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Birdman

Rondar
about 10 years

was freaking awesome holy crap.

MeIody
about 10 years
"omg poor woman, you need someone to vacuum for you. Rich cambridge girls can't vacuum wth"
Laexio
about 10 years
cos stephen was supposed to be dead and she didn't know what she'd got herself in for. she felt trapped in the relationship, because being a carer is a full time job and stops you having your own life.
Lux
about 10 years
Tbh maybe that was cause it got boring and I wasn't paying attention???!

Idk
MeIody
about 10 years

Lux says

Halfway through I didn't know why I was supposed to feel bad for Jane tho :/// I'm criticising the lack of direction of the film, again


Yeah, like when her mom (?) is telling her she needs help, they hadn't even gone through the majority of her struggles...like she was vacuuming >_>
Lux
about 10 years
Halfway through I didn't know why I was supposed to feel bad for Jane tho :/// I'm criticising the lack of direction of the film, again
Katie
about 10 years
oh oh oh also that reminded me, it kind of pissed me off how the whole film was shot to make the audience pity stephen

i mean like yeah motor neuron disease is awful but i didn't think they went into enough detail about what jane had to endure and it almost came off as really bitter when she made the remark that was like "yeah but they said it was only going to be 2 years"
MeIody
about 10 years
Reasons why I at least appreciate Marius not kissing Eponine when she dies.

But goodness, she deserved a kiss.
runwithfire
about 10 years
I think it'd have to be him, because she'd feel like a *** if she did it
Lux
about 10 years
The film should've centred around Jane. Stephen was pretty boring
MeIody
about 10 years
@rwf :((((((((
Laexio
about 10 years
i guess we'll never know whether she really cheated
MeIody
about 10 years
What Lux said is correct, though I think like Stephen was the one who took the initiative (of saying "ok we're done").
runwithfire
about 10 years
helping out ;)
MeIody
about 10 years
She got pregnant but it was Stephen's child. The family questioned it because the other dude was helping out so much~~
Satan
about 10 years
What percentage of bird is a bird man? I would say a bird man is about half bird, maybe 65% bird?
Laexio
about 10 years
at any rate, i enjoyed the theory of everything more than i enjoyed birdman, which had no likeable characters and nothing that kept me hooked.
deletedabout 10 years
He left her for another woman so she married that piano guy
Lux
about 10 years

MeIody says

spoiler

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Nooo he was the one who was like "hey so I'm going to America with this chick SEE YA LATER" and then Jane married the other guy. But she stayed true to Stephen until he decided to leave ://


I don't think the movie was explicit on who divorced who tho it was just Stephen peacing out and Jane being like OK well I tried
runwithfire
about 10 years

MeIody says

Jane wasn't completely perfect if that's what you mean. Like, she clearly knew she had feelings for the guy and let him hang around. (Also went camping with him while Stephen was out of town iirc) but she didn't cheat afaik.


I could've sworn she got pregnant and the family had to question whose child it was
MeIody
about 10 years
Idk I hated Hawking in the film :{
runwithfire
about 10 years

Laexio says


MeIody says


Laexio says

the theory of everything was nice at the time, but i did a little researching after the film ended, and it changed the facts a little in stephen hawking's favour. for example, it was him that divorced the wife rather than the other way around.


This happened in the movie too? I thought? Which was why it was FREAKING AWFUl. ugh.


maybe i missed a little, but i thought she was leaving him because she didn't love him anymore. and the film didn't even mention his marriage to the new woman (wrong actress).


it's pretty clear that's where it's headed. The biopic was supposed to be about his marriage with jane wilde
MeIody
about 10 years
Jane wasn't completely perfect if that's what you mean. Like, she clearly knew she had feelings for the guy and let him hang around. (Also went camping with him while Stephen was out of town iirc) but she didn't cheat afaik.
Katie
about 10 years
i can't be bothered to go into detailed research but does anyone know what she thought of the film
Laexio
about 10 years
i dunno, really. i just think the film skewed things a little in favour of him. stephen hawking is actually known to be a bit of a git. he was saint stephen in the film.

was replying to rwf
Katie
about 10 years

Laexio says

the theory of everything was nice at the time, but i did a little researching after the film ended, and it changed the facts a little in stephen hawking's favour. for example, it was him that divorced the wife rather than the other way around.


this, i think that jane was portrayed as being a little bit of a wet weekend in the film which is pretty ironic considering the film was based on her memoirs/personal opinion which suggests that there was definite bias