On the whole Darling thing. First of all, YES, it's really all hinged on that. Plus the flirty bickering, but the darling is what caught everyone's attention. My friend and I left the theater the first time having thoroughly enjoyed the intelligent fun of the movie but then almost immediately fell into the shallow reaction of, "OMG, everyone was so beautiful in this movie!" following quickly by "And I want everyone's clothes!" Then she commented that the bulk of the slash fic out there was Arthur/Eames, and at first I was like, "Hmm, ok." There was a second pause and we both turned to each other and said, "Well, there was that darling. That's all we really need."
Also, once I heard that Tom Hardy had improvised the Darling plus the fact that he was in many ways drawing on Christopher Nolan's personality for his performance, I wondered if Nolan wanders around the set calling people darling. If this were true, it would amuse me no end.
And yes, I completely appreciate that Tom Hardy is a total BAMF too. I finally got to see Stuart: A Life Backwards, and that just cemented that he's also a skilled actor. I think part of the success of both of these two is not only are they playing great characters in this particular film in such a scene-stealing manner, they are both evidently smart and talented in real life. Maybe it's just me, but knowing that actors are smart, articulate, and talented on top of being quite lovely physically just makes them that much more devastating in attractiveness. And of course, that's why even stunningly beautiful people become that much less attractive when they are revealed to be stupid, boorish, or hacks. All that pretty doesn't help if there's nothing going on upstairs.
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Date: 2011-01-02 06:31 am (UTC)Also, once I heard that Tom Hardy had improvised the Darling plus the fact that he was in many ways drawing on Christopher Nolan's personality for his performance, I wondered if Nolan wanders around the set calling people darling. If this were true, it would amuse me no end.
And yes, I completely appreciate that Tom Hardy is a total BAMF too. I finally got to see Stuart: A Life Backwards, and that just cemented that he's also a skilled actor. I think part of the success of both of these two is not only are they playing great characters in this particular film in such a scene-stealing manner, they are both evidently smart and talented in real life. Maybe it's just me, but knowing that actors are smart, articulate, and talented on top of being quite lovely physically just makes them that much more devastating in attractiveness. And of course, that's why even stunningly beautiful people become that much less attractive when they are revealed to be stupid, boorish, or hacks. All that pretty doesn't help if there's nothing going on upstairs.
And I'm shutting up now...I must go sleep!