The Whale

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to play the role, which brings to mind a quote by an actor friend of mine who had been subject to "cancelling" due to a "questioned" performance of A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. (less) Samuel D. Hunter's writing wasn't especially good -- say, as good as something David Mamet would have penned. Hunter wasn't very subtle. "Look at the fat guy! Go on and LOOK at him! Isn't he a tragic figure?! And aren't I brilliant for pointing out the tragic nature of his situation?!" Kind of interestingly, at least given the downright claustrophobic ambience of the film, the closing credits roll offer a Dolby Atmos logo, though this disc

Liz is a compassionate woman who’s both empathetic to Charlie’s condition and angry with him for being unwilling to get the hospital care he needs. Though fatigued from her efforts to keep him alive, she remains a steady presence in his life as the bond between them becomes increasingly strained by his resistance. Without Liz’s help, Charlie would be dead already. He’s incapable of the most basic activities and can’t even lift himself off the couch, get into bed, or answer the door without heaving himself onto a walker. Later, as his health gets progressively worse, Liz brings him a wheelchair large enough to accommodate his huge bulk. For Charlie, standing is extremely difficult, walking nearly impossible, stepping into the light of day out of the question.Charlie sees only one person, his friend Liz (Hong Chau), a nurse who visits him often and does as much for his health as he will allow. Recognizing how badly his health has deteriorated, Liz urges him to go to the hospital but he refuses. Knowing death is near, he wants only one thing before he dies—to mend the broken relationship with his daughter, Ellie (Sadie Sink), whom he was forced to abandon when his marriage ended because he loved another man. occasionally too mannered and at times kind of almost ridiculous, as evidenced by some of the interplay between Ellie and Thomas in particular, but

such a confined environment). He teaches an online English course via a Zoom like interface, though he is careful to always keep the camera on his Two words - Brendan Fraser. He was born to play Charlie and his Oscar award is extremely well deserved. While the audience can't help being somewhat disgusted by Charlie's outward appearance, they are drawn to his inner sensitivity and strength, offering others to look beneath the surface to the pain and anguish he lives with and tries to destroy by eating his feelings. scheduled to air in just a few hours as I'm typing this sentence. Fraser is unabashedly disturbing from a physical standpoint, but it's the sweetness have come off courtesy of some strict dieting. Fraser's performance, along with those of Hong Chau (also Oscar nominated for this performance) and The small cast is filled out mostly courtesy of Charlie's aide, Liz (Hong Chau), a nurse who it is ultimately revealed has a heartbreaking personalAt the 28th Critics' Choice Awards, Fraser was named Best Actor. He also got nominations for Best Actor at the 80th Golden Globe Awards, 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards, 76th British Academy Film Awards, and 95th Academy Awards. It speaks volumes about how well Brendan Fraser did in the film.

We start today with a new disc review: Stephen’s look at Tommy Wirkola’s Violent Night (2022) on Blu-ray from Universal Pictures. Days of Summer ) supporting the film gently in the lossless transfer. Lionsgate offer optional English actor taken both during production and after, he did in fact "help" things along with a bit of his own "padding", which one assumes is now going toboth CGI and prosthetics to achieve the disturbing vision of a 600 pound English teacher named Charlie, as is quite evident from candid shots of the At least the 4:3 aspect ratio was a choice to fit the film. You can easily find articles about this and understand why Aronofsky shot the film with that aspect ratio. Unlike all the bs tv show aspect ratios garbage going on now. All these different aspect ratios to make sure television shows MADE TO BE WATCHED ON A TELEVISION no longer fit the television screen. I have not read one single post for any of the billion tv shows from a showrunner giving a reasonable explanation why their television show was shot in an aspect ratio that doesn't fit the tv. If it's a film property masquerading as a tv show, like The Mandalorian, that's one thing. But for 99% of other shows, if Game of Thrones and The Sopranos didn't need a wider frame the newest Netflix teen comedy sure doesn't. but the whole sidebar of a homophobic church in the neighborhood gives things a kind of odd angle that never really feels organically woven into Still, the good news is: I’m excited to say that we’re adding a terrific new staff reviewer here at The Digital Bits, and I’ll have a lot more to say about that in the coming weeks. The Sounds of the Sea: Scoring The Whale – Composer Rob Simonsen discusses writing the music for The Whale. He was inspired by Brendan Fraser’s performance and the nautical theme of the film. Emotions can have depth, like the ocean. He tried to suggest rolling movement with bold chords as well as quieter tones. He speaks about special instruments used in writing the score, particularly the overtone flute. The score was recorded in London, with Simonsen digitally finessing the various instrumental elements to get a reverberant sound.