Tuesday, January 31, 2012
It's getting tough...
I knew that once school started, my movie watching would be limited. That's why I'm going to try to get two movies done this weekend. I think it's going to get easier once I have a legit schedule to follow. Thanks to those who are keeping up with the blog. Feel free to comment because I love LOVE seeing all the comments. I really hope I get to where I want to be by the time his new movie comes out. Thanks for reading and be prepared to check out some new posts this weekend.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The English Patient (The Fifth One)
When I first told my parents about doing this blog, my dad asked if I was going to do the English Patient and I said yes. He then gave a snoring sound indicating that it was boring. I was somewhat surprised but my dad didn't like the English Patient. At all! My views on it? It was a long movie, but wow was it good!
It takes place in Africa during WWII with Ralph Fiennes playing an injured man named Count Laszlo de Almasy, who was shot down while flying a plane, with severe burns surrounding most of his body. He cannot move on his own, and he can't breathe well either and will likely die soon. He was rescued by an army who tries to nurse him back to health. After a dangerous run in with a bomb on the road, a nurse named Hana (played by Juliette Binoche) takes him away to a different location because of the danger on the roads with bombs. While being taken care of by the nurse, Almasy goes back between when he is on bed rest with the burns on his body and when he was well. Before his accident, he was a map maker following archiologists. During his work, he fell madly in love with a fellow worker's wife named Katharine (Played by a very beautiful Kristen Scott Thomas). The love affair becomes very strong and passionate. And as the love affair unfolds, the reasons why he is on his deathbed surfaces.
If there is one thing I realized during this movie, it was how surprised I was with his transitions. According to a source, it took 8 hours for the makeup artists to put on the burn makeup for Fiennes. As well as acting with terrible burns and dying is pretty intense acting. He was also nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar for his work in The English Patient. Another reason why he did a very good job is that he was incredibly charming while commiting an affair. He was so passionate about this woman, so kind to her and he did everything to help her when she most desperately needed it most. I'm not saying AT ALL that cheating on your husband, or boyfriend is okay, but if there is anyone you should begin an affair with, it's Ralph Fiennes characher, Almasy in The English Patient.
So far we have seen him as the sympathetic jerk, extreme bastard, internally conflicted individual, sleeze ball drug dealer, and passionate and dying man. So far it's a good journey. Can't wait for more but be prepared. With school here now, it will take a while for me to get posts out. Thanks for understanding.
Favorite Quote: "I claim this shoulder blade, no wait, turn over, I want this place. I love this place, what's it called? This is mine. I'm going to ask the king permisison to call it the 'Almasy Bosporus.'"
It takes place in Africa during WWII with Ralph Fiennes playing an injured man named Count Laszlo de Almasy, who was shot down while flying a plane, with severe burns surrounding most of his body. He cannot move on his own, and he can't breathe well either and will likely die soon. He was rescued by an army who tries to nurse him back to health. After a dangerous run in with a bomb on the road, a nurse named Hana (played by Juliette Binoche) takes him away to a different location because of the danger on the roads with bombs. While being taken care of by the nurse, Almasy goes back between when he is on bed rest with the burns on his body and when he was well. Before his accident, he was a map maker following archiologists. During his work, he fell madly in love with a fellow worker's wife named Katharine (Played by a very beautiful Kristen Scott Thomas). The love affair becomes very strong and passionate. And as the love affair unfolds, the reasons why he is on his deathbed surfaces.
If there is one thing I realized during this movie, it was how surprised I was with his transitions. According to a source, it took 8 hours for the makeup artists to put on the burn makeup for Fiennes. As well as acting with terrible burns and dying is pretty intense acting. He was also nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar for his work in The English Patient. Another reason why he did a very good job is that he was incredibly charming while commiting an affair. He was so passionate about this woman, so kind to her and he did everything to help her when she most desperately needed it most. I'm not saying AT ALL that cheating on your husband, or boyfriend is okay, but if there is anyone you should begin an affair with, it's Ralph Fiennes characher, Almasy in The English Patient.
So far we have seen him as the sympathetic jerk, extreme bastard, internally conflicted individual, sleeze ball drug dealer, and passionate and dying man. So far it's a good journey. Can't wait for more but be prepared. With school here now, it will take a while for me to get posts out. Thanks for understanding.
Favorite Quote: "I claim this shoulder blade, no wait, turn over, I want this place. I love this place, what's it called? This is mine. I'm going to ask the king permisison to call it the 'Almasy Bosporus.'"
Ralph Fiennes as Count Laszlo de Almasy in The English Patient (talking about the hollow base of a woman's neck called the suprasternal notch on Katharine)
Friday, January 20, 2012
Strange Days (1995) The Fourth One
I apologize for the delay in getting this post out but I saw it coming. School has started! And being at a new school, in my hometown, I feel at ease. What I'm very happy about is that if the stresses of school become overwhelming, I am glad I have Ralph to lean on. So now to the fourth post. There's only one word to describe Strange Days and that's... Well, strange.
The word to describe Fiennes in this movie is sleeze ball in a couple ways. He plays an ex cop named Lenny Nero in Los Angeles, on New Year's Eve before the new millenium in 2000. He sells a new drug which is somewhat like a small DVD that holds memories. These memories vary, either they're sexual encounters to pump up the sexual pleasure and robberies to pump the adrenaline. Fiennes plays this futuristic drug pusher and the citizens of Los Angeles are becoming addicted to this new drug. Fiennes is addicted to the drug as well, but it's his own memories of his past girlfriend, Faith (Juliette Lewis) who became an addict to the memory drug. With the help of his friend Lornette "Mace" Mason (Angela Bassett) Fiennes uncovers a mystery surrounding the drug, Faith and other corrupt people before the clock strikes midnight for the year 2000.
When I had heard about this movie, I didn't quite know what to think. I was very taken at back by the somewhat uneasy ex-cop exterior presented in the movie... Very taken at back. Where I was used to him acting as handsome, scary people I didn't expect him to be so different. Wow! Such different roles he has. Very different. What I also found interesting, is how he can hide his accent. Born in London, Fiennes has a very obvious British accent and in Strange Days he hides his accent well.
I apologize again for getting this post out pretty late. But like I said, I've been busy
No quote for this one (the movie's already overdue at the library)
See you next post
The word to describe Fiennes in this movie is sleeze ball in a couple ways. He plays an ex cop named Lenny Nero in Los Angeles, on New Year's Eve before the new millenium in 2000. He sells a new drug which is somewhat like a small DVD that holds memories. These memories vary, either they're sexual encounters to pump up the sexual pleasure and robberies to pump the adrenaline. Fiennes plays this futuristic drug pusher and the citizens of Los Angeles are becoming addicted to this new drug. Fiennes is addicted to the drug as well, but it's his own memories of his past girlfriend, Faith (Juliette Lewis) who became an addict to the memory drug. With the help of his friend Lornette "Mace" Mason (Angela Bassett) Fiennes uncovers a mystery surrounding the drug, Faith and other corrupt people before the clock strikes midnight for the year 2000.
When I had heard about this movie, I didn't quite know what to think. I was very taken at back by the somewhat uneasy ex-cop exterior presented in the movie... Very taken at back. Where I was used to him acting as handsome, scary people I didn't expect him to be so different. Wow! Such different roles he has. Very different. What I also found interesting, is how he can hide his accent. Born in London, Fiennes has a very obvious British accent and in Strange Days he hides his accent well.
I apologize again for getting this post out pretty late. But like I said, I've been busy
No quote for this one (the movie's already overdue at the library)
See you next post
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Quiz Show (1994) The Third One
It was a race to get Quiz Show from a library on the other side of town for me. I got it and I was so happy even though there were a couple bumps getting there. So, Quiz Show, what is it about? First off, it's a really good movie where Fiennes plays the good guy (for the most part). I'm as shocked as you are!
So, to start off, Quiz Show is about a game show called 21 set in the late 1950s. The show was rigged where producers would give the contestants the correct answers to questions about assorted topics. It stars John Turturro (who is more well known as the butler from Mr. Deeds or Agent Simmons in Transformers) playing Herbie Stempel, a contestant on 21 whose reign is ending after producers want him to take a dive for a new contestant; a handsome professor who comes from a prominent family, Charles Van Doren (Fiennes). Stempel takes the dive and the movie continues to describe the ongoing battle between Van Doren and his conscience, Stempel and trying to prove the show was rigged, and Congress and NBC. What is so amazing about Fiennes in this movie? He actually has a conscience compared to when he had no heart in Schindler's List. As I watched this, I felt bad for the pressure that was on him but then again, I wished he would just say the wrong answer. As a professor, he didn't want to set the example that cheating is okay. And what professor wants to send that message even on a game show where thousands of dollars can be won?
I feel astounded that in the last post I was saying Fiennes was playing a ruthless villian, and in this one I'm saying he plays a sympathetic man struggling with what's right and wrong. I'm just surprised that a man can play those extremely different characters. There aren't many great young actors who can do that nowadays is there? I'd like to see what comments I get off of that... If anyone is reading this.
If there is anything that I have learned in these three movies I have seen, it's that Fiennes can play the heartbroken sympathetic man, the cruel Nazi and the professor struggling with whether to tell the truth. He can play some pretty damn diverse characters and I haven't even seen all of his great movies. Isn't it amazing to see an incredible actor strech his wings and do something different? That's what I like about Fiennes. His range as an actor. But I'll get to that more later.
Favorite Quote: "Dad, I can't simply just tell them the truth... I can't... The problem is Dad, is it seems I was one of those frauds. They gave me the answers."
So, to start off, Quiz Show is about a game show called 21 set in the late 1950s. The show was rigged where producers would give the contestants the correct answers to questions about assorted topics. It stars John Turturro (who is more well known as the butler from Mr. Deeds or Agent Simmons in Transformers) playing Herbie Stempel, a contestant on 21 whose reign is ending after producers want him to take a dive for a new contestant; a handsome professor who comes from a prominent family, Charles Van Doren (Fiennes). Stempel takes the dive and the movie continues to describe the ongoing battle between Van Doren and his conscience, Stempel and trying to prove the show was rigged, and Congress and NBC. What is so amazing about Fiennes in this movie? He actually has a conscience compared to when he had no heart in Schindler's List. As I watched this, I felt bad for the pressure that was on him but then again, I wished he would just say the wrong answer. As a professor, he didn't want to set the example that cheating is okay. And what professor wants to send that message even on a game show where thousands of dollars can be won?
I feel astounded that in the last post I was saying Fiennes was playing a ruthless villian, and in this one I'm saying he plays a sympathetic man struggling with what's right and wrong. I'm just surprised that a man can play those extremely different characters. There aren't many great young actors who can do that nowadays is there? I'd like to see what comments I get off of that... If anyone is reading this.
If there is anything that I have learned in these three movies I have seen, it's that Fiennes can play the heartbroken sympathetic man, the cruel Nazi and the professor struggling with whether to tell the truth. He can play some pretty damn diverse characters and I haven't even seen all of his great movies. Isn't it amazing to see an incredible actor strech his wings and do something different? That's what I like about Fiennes. His range as an actor. But I'll get to that more later.
Favorite Quote: "Dad, I can't simply just tell them the truth... I can't... The problem is Dad, is it seems I was one of those frauds. They gave me the answers."
- Ralph Fiennes as Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show
See you next post!
Schindler's List (1993) The Second One
Luckily I didn't have to go far to get Schindler's List, because I have it. And when I watch that movie, I can't help but think, that Fiennes' role in Schindler's List could be one of the great reasons he was asked to play Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter.
To say Fiennes plays a real jerk in Schindler's List would be a grave understatement. He plays a very evil, corrupt villian.
The movie centers around a man named Oskar Schindler (played by the never disappointing Liam Neeson) during World War II in Poland. Wanting to build a successful enamal ware factory, he hires Jewish people who are being held in ghettos by the Germans. He hires Jewish people because they are cheaper than paying Polish people. After the clearing of the ghetto ends in a violent massacre by the Nazis, Schindler becomes sympathetic towards his Jewish workers and their families. The surviving Jews are sent to a labor camp run by Amon Goeth (Fiennes) and he finds pleasure in the sickest of ways. He shoots the Jewish people randomly from his balcony and beats his servants, particularly, his Jewish maid Helen Hirsch. With the help of Schindler's accountant Itzhak Stern (A very Amazing Ben Kingsley) Schindler helps save 1,100 Jews from persecution.
Fiennes plays such an incredibly horrifying character, it's no wonder he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars in 1994. Fiennes plays a man who seems to have no compassion and no sense that the Jewish people are human beings. That is most noted in the scene where he goes down to Helen's quarters and talks to her as she stands there shivering in fear. I have never been more afraid for someone in a movie before. He caresses her body and runs his fingers through her hair, wondering out loud whether she is human like he is human. When I watched this when I was sixteen, it disgusted me to hear that, because anyone with a right sense will know that he is far from human. He reviews in his head what he think she would say, he feels a very slight amount of compassion towards her and then it is changed entirely. He understands that she is tricking him, rather he is tricking himself and beats her viciously although she stays silent the entire time. It was so strange to see him practically talking to himself and translating it into her talking back.
Comparing this to the way he treats others in Wuthering Heights it is evident that Fiennes plays an amazing bad guy. In Schindler's List though, you feel don't feel bad for him at all because the woman he loves, he is beating her terribly. In another scene, Stern states that a man tried to escape from the camp and Goeth shot 25 men surrounding him to show him a lesson. He shot them right in the head, with no remorse after, covered in their blood. The violent scenes shows that Fiennes can play a heartless, cruel person with no regard for human life. Unfortunately, that was how Hitler wanted his followers to feel towards Jewish people. And Fiennes does a terrifying, convincing job.
Do I recommend this movie? You BET I do!!! But be prepared if this is your first Holocaust movie, it's pretty intense.
Favorite Quote: "Is this the face of a rat? Are these the eyes of a rat? Hath not a Jew eyes? I feel for you, Helen." *Leans in to kiss her* "No I don't think so... You nearly talked me into it, didn't you?"
To say Fiennes plays a real jerk in Schindler's List would be a grave understatement. He plays a very evil, corrupt villian.
The movie centers around a man named Oskar Schindler (played by the never disappointing Liam Neeson) during World War II in Poland. Wanting to build a successful enamal ware factory, he hires Jewish people who are being held in ghettos by the Germans. He hires Jewish people because they are cheaper than paying Polish people. After the clearing of the ghetto ends in a violent massacre by the Nazis, Schindler becomes sympathetic towards his Jewish workers and their families. The surviving Jews are sent to a labor camp run by Amon Goeth (Fiennes) and he finds pleasure in the sickest of ways. He shoots the Jewish people randomly from his balcony and beats his servants, particularly, his Jewish maid Helen Hirsch. With the help of Schindler's accountant Itzhak Stern (A very Amazing Ben Kingsley) Schindler helps save 1,100 Jews from persecution.
Fiennes plays such an incredibly horrifying character, it's no wonder he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars in 1994. Fiennes plays a man who seems to have no compassion and no sense that the Jewish people are human beings. That is most noted in the scene where he goes down to Helen's quarters and talks to her as she stands there shivering in fear. I have never been more afraid for someone in a movie before. He caresses her body and runs his fingers through her hair, wondering out loud whether she is human like he is human. When I watched this when I was sixteen, it disgusted me to hear that, because anyone with a right sense will know that he is far from human. He reviews in his head what he think she would say, he feels a very slight amount of compassion towards her and then it is changed entirely. He understands that she is tricking him, rather he is tricking himself and beats her viciously although she stays silent the entire time. It was so strange to see him practically talking to himself and translating it into her talking back.
Comparing this to the way he treats others in Wuthering Heights it is evident that Fiennes plays an amazing bad guy. In Schindler's List though, you feel don't feel bad for him at all because the woman he loves, he is beating her terribly. In another scene, Stern states that a man tried to escape from the camp and Goeth shot 25 men surrounding him to show him a lesson. He shot them right in the head, with no remorse after, covered in their blood. The violent scenes shows that Fiennes can play a heartless, cruel person with no regard for human life. Unfortunately, that was how Hitler wanted his followers to feel towards Jewish people. And Fiennes does a terrifying, convincing job.
Do I recommend this movie? You BET I do!!! But be prepared if this is your first Holocaust movie, it's pretty intense.
Favorite Quote: "Is this the face of a rat? Are these the eyes of a rat? Hath not a Jew eyes? I feel for you, Helen." *Leans in to kiss her* "No I don't think so... You nearly talked me into it, didn't you?"
- Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Wuthering Heights (1992) First One!!!
Welcome, welcome to my first blog post! After much tribulation in trying to find where I could get the movie, I stopped arguing with myself and bought it on Amazon to watch instantly. And gosh was I not disappointed!
Ralph Fiennes plays one of the main characters Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights based off of the book of the same name by Emily Bronte. If anyone read the book, they will know how it all goes, but for those who haven't read the book (guilty!) here's the rough summary (Note: This is a TERRIBLE Rough summary and I suggest you watch the movie yourself or read the book then watch the movie!).
Heathcliff is adopted by a man who has a daughter named, Catherine (Juliette Binoche) and a son. When the man dies, the son makes him a stable boy,or a slave at that time. Catherine and Heathcliff develop a relationship and fall madly in love. Then after some complications, she marries off and he is left heartbroken. To the point where he treats everyone like dirt. As you will find out through these blogs, Fiennes plays a great asshole (pardon the language). You want to hate him when he treats everyone like dirt, but you feel such sympathy for him because he truly loved Catherine and she blamed him for her death (SPOILER!!!!)
I have never read the book but now I actually might with the vision of Heathcliff being Fiennes. I don't think I've read any of Bronte's work, nor have I read any of her sisters work so that should be fun.
Since this is the first one, I don't have much to say, but I will probably reference this one more as the blog goes on. It is a great movie, and I suggest it entirely. There are so many other Wuthering Heights movies but I really really like this one, then again, this is the only one I've seen.
Favorite Quote: "I pray one prayer. I repeat it till my tongue stiffins. Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living. You said I killed you... I know that ghosts have wondered the Earth. Be with me always."
Ralph Fiennes plays one of the main characters Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights based off of the book of the same name by Emily Bronte. If anyone read the book, they will know how it all goes, but for those who haven't read the book (guilty!) here's the rough summary (Note: This is a TERRIBLE Rough summary and I suggest you watch the movie yourself or read the book then watch the movie!).
Heathcliff is adopted by a man who has a daughter named, Catherine (Juliette Binoche) and a son. When the man dies, the son makes him a stable boy,or a slave at that time. Catherine and Heathcliff develop a relationship and fall madly in love. Then after some complications, she marries off and he is left heartbroken. To the point where he treats everyone like dirt. As you will find out through these blogs, Fiennes plays a great asshole (pardon the language). You want to hate him when he treats everyone like dirt, but you feel such sympathy for him because he truly loved Catherine and she blamed him for her death (SPOILER!!!!)
I have never read the book but now I actually might with the vision of Heathcliff being Fiennes. I don't think I've read any of Bronte's work, nor have I read any of her sisters work so that should be fun.
Since this is the first one, I don't have much to say, but I will probably reference this one more as the blog goes on. It is a great movie, and I suggest it entirely. There are so many other Wuthering Heights movies but I really really like this one, then again, this is the only one I've seen.
Favorite Quote: "I pray one prayer. I repeat it till my tongue stiffins. Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living. You said I killed you... I know that ghosts have wondered the Earth. Be with me always."
- Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights
See you next post!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Trouble Already
I don't know what's harder!
Trying to sort through the zillion remakes of Wuthering Heights, trying to find the Ralph Fiennes one, or actually trying to find a place to go buy it. It's times like these I wish Blockbusters were still around.
I had debated with myself like crazy, thinking whether to buy the movie on Amazon or search for another place to get it but I am pretty picky about movies. First, I gotta see the movie and like it to buy it. Plus, I don't want my computer to have a bunch of extra unnecessary stuff on it, it's acting a little funny already. So tomorrow I'm gonna try and find it. I know Pawn shops have a lot of movies I can get for like $1. Okay, I can break my movie rule for a buck a movie. Wouldn't you?
So tomorrow evening will be my first Fiennes movie post. Unless I can't get the movie, that that will really be unfair!
Wish me luck (yet again!)
Trying to sort through the zillion remakes of Wuthering Heights, trying to find the Ralph Fiennes one, or actually trying to find a place to go buy it. It's times like these I wish Blockbusters were still around.
I had debated with myself like crazy, thinking whether to buy the movie on Amazon or search for another place to get it but I am pretty picky about movies. First, I gotta see the movie and like it to buy it. Plus, I don't want my computer to have a bunch of extra unnecessary stuff on it, it's acting a little funny already. So tomorrow I'm gonna try and find it. I know Pawn shops have a lot of movies I can get for like $1. Okay, I can break my movie rule for a buck a movie. Wouldn't you?
So tomorrow evening will be my first Fiennes movie post. Unless I can't get the movie, that that will really be unfair!
Wish me luck (yet again!)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The Beginning!
My name is Gabriella "Gabby" Flores. I've never done a blog before so I think this should be fun.
I have heard so much about how great blogging is but I have never been a blog follower, nor have I ever written one before. I say I am a writer, I have many great ideas but I don't write them down. I hope a blog will change that. I want to do something that I think will keep me interested, I'm giving myself a deadline. I am going to try and watch every big Ralph Fiennes movie before his next movie release in March.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love LOVE movies. I have a few favorite actors, like the handsome leading men in action films and even some great Oscar winning actors. I like to consider myself as one of those Oscar buffs who know the Oscar movies, I dissect movies based on how great they would be at the Oscars and I love the great older actors who can hold their own in big movies. I also like the young men who take their shirts off a lot in action movies or chick flicks that have bad acting and a lack of script. I'm a 20 year-old woman. What can I say???
So, what is this blog about? It is a breakdown of some great movies, from a great actor, Ralph Fiennes. I've seen only a few of his movies. Throughout this blog I will say which ones I have seen, which were my favorites, and even the experiences I have had with these movies. Why Ralph Fiennes you may ask? I think he's a great Great actor. The movies I have seen him in I have never been disappointed with, and it doesn't hurt that he is a pretty handsome older man. Is that weird for a 20 year-old to say? It might be but let's move on.
I've seen his most popular movies like "Harry Potter" with all my girlfriends at mid-night when I was a young teenager (They've read all of the books and it took me a long time to read them, I'll get to that later). I was horrified at the evil he portrayed in Schindler's List and Red Dragon, I felt such sympathy for him in The Reader and The Constant Gardener and I fell in love with him in Maid in Manhattan. So what I'm going to do is this: I will try to watch his most popular movies, starting with Wuthering Heights.
The goals I hope to accomplish with this blog is to become a better writer (#1), get a better understanding of what is considered a good movie, see some of Ralph Fiennes' best movies and even determine some favorite actresses, since I don't really have any. I have 36 of his movies to view and criticize, and 13 weeks to watch them all. My posts will most likely happen on Thursdays and Saturdays, and during my Spring Break, I will try to do a movie marathon. I have until March 30th to complete my movie experience.
Wish me luck and I hope to find more Fiennes fans.
I have heard so much about how great blogging is but I have never been a blog follower, nor have I ever written one before. I say I am a writer, I have many great ideas but I don't write them down. I hope a blog will change that. I want to do something that I think will keep me interested, I'm giving myself a deadline. I am going to try and watch every big Ralph Fiennes movie before his next movie release in March.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love LOVE movies. I have a few favorite actors, like the handsome leading men in action films and even some great Oscar winning actors. I like to consider myself as one of those Oscar buffs who know the Oscar movies, I dissect movies based on how great they would be at the Oscars and I love the great older actors who can hold their own in big movies. I also like the young men who take their shirts off a lot in action movies or chick flicks that have bad acting and a lack of script. I'm a 20 year-old woman. What can I say???
So, what is this blog about? It is a breakdown of some great movies, from a great actor, Ralph Fiennes. I've seen only a few of his movies. Throughout this blog I will say which ones I have seen, which were my favorites, and even the experiences I have had with these movies. Why Ralph Fiennes you may ask? I think he's a great Great actor. The movies I have seen him in I have never been disappointed with, and it doesn't hurt that he is a pretty handsome older man. Is that weird for a 20 year-old to say? It might be but let's move on.
I've seen his most popular movies like "Harry Potter" with all my girlfriends at mid-night when I was a young teenager (They've read all of the books and it took me a long time to read them, I'll get to that later). I was horrified at the evil he portrayed in Schindler's List and Red Dragon, I felt such sympathy for him in The Reader and The Constant Gardener and I fell in love with him in Maid in Manhattan. So what I'm going to do is this: I will try to watch his most popular movies, starting with Wuthering Heights.
The goals I hope to accomplish with this blog is to become a better writer (#1), get a better understanding of what is considered a good movie, see some of Ralph Fiennes' best movies and even determine some favorite actresses, since I don't really have any. I have 36 of his movies to view and criticize, and 13 weeks to watch them all. My posts will most likely happen on Thursdays and Saturdays, and during my Spring Break, I will try to do a movie marathon. I have until March 30th to complete my movie experience.
Wish me luck and I hope to find more Fiennes fans.
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