Review the Danish Girl

"The Danish Girl" gets 4.5 points out of 5 from me.

This great, and true story tells the life of two married painters, which live together in Copenhagen. Einar Werder, which is played by the academy award winner Eddie Redmayne, poses for a painting his wife Gerda, played by Alicia Vikander, has to finish for a Ballet dancer, which couldn't make it to this appointment herself. So Einar gets to hold a dress and wear stockings and this is the moment when his true self comes to the surface.
As a game, Gerda suggests Einar going to an event as a woman, Lili. For his wife all of this is just a fun thing to try out but Einar/Lili is starting to find out who he really is...

I am not going to go on here because I for my part did not know the whole story so it was a fascinating time watching the movie. What I did know was which actors would be starring in this film so I have to admit that I set my standards really high and I am not overacting by saying that they exceeded all my expectations! And of course, Eddie Redmayne is nominated AGAIN for an Oscar which makes me so unbelievably happy because he really would deserve another one in my opinion. Alicia Vikander is nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a supporting Role, and after her performance in The Danish Girl I would be less than surprised to see her going home with a prize!

I can say this is a heart-rending story, amazingly told. So a thousand congrats to the director Tom Hooper and Lucinda Coxon for the screenplay.

The whole content of this film is very important especially for people struggeling with intersexuality! It shows so much strength in only 1h and 59 minutes and I think it helps to understand what it means to be worn in the wrong body.
I actually don't have the right to say something like that because I don't know those problems and I cannot even imagine how hard it must be to be treated insane but I just felt the urge to share my thoughts.

So if you are looking for a movie that makes you laugh and cry and has stunning costumes you should definitely go and check out "THE DANISH GIRL".

The Danish Girl - True Story

Review Requiem by Lauren Oliver

Hey there!

So, I've finished the third book out of the delirium trilogy: REQUIEM by Lauren Oliver.

Here my review:

To be honest, I didn't really get into it until page 50 I guess but even after that I didn't really get captured by the story. I liked part one and two, pandemonium a little bit better than delirium, but requiem… I don't know. There was just no chemistry between us! And that's a pity because I was really looking forward to reading it!

Other than that I was kind of annoyed that Lena wouldn't choose between Alex and Julian. And I was hoping for some great romantic parts but they were barely there sadly. 

I did enjoy reading the book though because although there was a lot that bothered me, there was also a lot that I liked! 

I think it was great to see how Lena's character would grow and change, get stronger and become who she finally wants to be!

The ending is not quite clear in my opinion, I am not gonna spoiler it no worries! :)

The story all in all is really interesting and I loved how different all the characters were and how their paths crossed some way or the other. 

All in all I can just give 2/5 stars for requiem.

X,C

Delirium tv show

I have just finished the pilot for delirium and I am in love! They twisted the story a little bit so it's not exactly as in the book but they really did an amazing job! And the cast was on point! 

I'm fan girling so hard right now!

But sadly they never aired any more episodes so I am really hoping that they will change their mind someday and let us watch the rest! ☺️

X, C.

book challenge

Thanks to school I couldn't be as active in the past few days as I would've wanted to...

So anyways, I came across a lot of reading challenge requests and I was thinking about it a lot too.
How many books do I wanna read this year? But then I thought, well, I don't know! I don't want to set a "goal" because I know I will be sad if I don't reach it. And what if school or maybe something else keeps me distracted..

So no, I am not settling down on a number of books I might or might not be reading in 12 months.

To be honest, and there might be some hate now, I don't think too much good about those reading goals! I know they are fun for a lot of people and don't get me wrong I am sure they motivate a lot to read many books in a certain period of time, but shouldn't reading a book be about enjoying the story and everything around it and not thinking about how much time I have left to finish my tbr list?
So you get stressed because you have only read 50 books out of 200 and it's already october.. That's just my opinion but I would be under so much pressure to reach my goal and literally devour the whole book! lol

Nevertheless everybody who decided to join the challenge,  I really wish you guys a lot of fun! Not in a sarcastic way, I swear!

It seems like I'm all negative about this topic but there are, of course, good sides too! Like the fact that you are likely to find really great books which are pretty unknown yet!

Everybody have a great week!

x, C

Jennifer Lawrence in JOY

JOY produced by David O. Russel

Hey there!

I just came back from watching "JOY" at the movie theater. I really didn't know what to expect and I was surprised!

The story is pretty easy to summarize: A young girl has a dream, she invents all different kinds of things and her grandmother encourages her to become a strong woman and to live her dream.

The young girl, Joy, grows up and has a little family, a job and a house. The thing is that she shares this house with her mother and later her father but those two do not get along at all, her grandmother, her kids and her ex husband. So a pretty full household. But she manages everything quite well.

Nevertheless Joy has some great ideas and she wants to implement them.

She works hard and tries to reach her goal but it's a long way and not everybody supports her.

Review: Like I said, I didn't know what to expect so I sat there and watched without any prejudice.

The first half an hour I think I was kind of unsure of wether I would like the movie or not. You know, there is a point where you usually know that this movie will or will not excite you. This was my moment to decide, and I really enjoyed it! The story all in all is grand! It definitely has you thinking about the content hours after leaving the theater and this is a great challenge. There are so many movies nowadays that let you think "Oh, yeah great, another one like the one I saw a month ago..." But not this one. The "American Dream" is what I would call what is happening in "JOY".

So David O. Russel made it happen again! After Silver Linings and American Hustle he, of course, produced another movie to be remembered! 

Talking about Silver Linings, Jennifer Lawrence was breathtaking as always, but I am not surprised about that, I would have been if she was not! I dare to say that Jennifer is the most adorable and stunning actress nowadays and I am pretty sure that most people will agree here. 

It does not matter what character she plays she will always be gorgeous and stunning and I am happy to say that she is my role model.

Other than that I have to admit that this was the first movie, in which I found Robert de Niro unappealing(perfect for his character).. He is one of my favorite actors and he did such an amazing job here too, I can't explain! The whole cast was just on point... 

You could see that there was a great chemistry behind the camera, especially between Jennifer, Robert and Bradley Cooper. 

The message this movie showed gave me personally so much motivation! If you have a dream go follow it! Fight for it and never let anybody bring you down! If it seems like there is no way to reach your dream, keep looking and never give up on anything! 

You don't need a prince no get what you want

Leaving it like that I hope you guys enjoy or already enjoyed JOY as much as I did! 

Here a link to a trailer

JOY (2015)

x, C 

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