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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Unrecognizable Actor Transformation
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Tilda Swinton is no stranger to unrecognizable transformations and in this movie she becomes an elderly guest at the hotel.
Cloud Atlas (2012)
I thought I would have a lot more options to choose from, but I am having a hard time remembering major transformations.
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014 & 2017)
If I had not known Karen Gillan plays Nebula, I would not have thought it was her by looking at the character.
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014 & 2017)
If I had not known Karen Gillan plays Nebula, I would not have thought it was her by looking at the character.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Tilda Swinton is no stranger to unrecognizable transformations and in this movie she becomes an elderly guest at the hotel.
Cloud Atlas (2012)
A lot of the actors in this played multiple characters and had some very big transformations.
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Good call on Karen Gillan! I never saw Cloud Atlas so I can't speak to that.
ReplyDeleteI would say skip Cloud Atlas. It was quite a mess.
DeleteI'm not familiar with the actress from Guardians but the makeup was impressive.
ReplyDeleteEverybody seems much more enchanted with Grand Budapest Hotel than I was but Tilda's transformation was good. I thought it was unnecessary though, Angela Lansbury was originally going to play the part then had to bow out and I would have preferred Wes Anderson to have pursued another actress of her maturity, say Eva Marie Saint or Leslie Caron, for the role to stay true to the character.
I hated Cloud Atlas so very much but it did include some fine makeup contributions.
I went with transformations achieved though makeup as well rather than the performer starving themselves into a wraith or gaining an unhealthy amount of weight. I think that sort of extreme sacrifices for their art are foolish and set a dangerous precedent.
The Lost Moment (1947)-Publisher Lewis Venable (Robert Cummings) is desperate to acquire love letters between noted 19th century poet Jeffrey Ashton and Juliana Bordereau (Agnes Moorehead). Learning that Juliana is still alive at 105, Lewis arranges an introduction. Assuming the identity of a rich author, Lewis meets the now-blind Juliana, who allows him to rent rooms in her home. As Lewis' searches for the letters he must contend with the resistance of Juliana's great-niece, Tina (Susan Hayward) a tightly wound schizophrenic duel personality obsessed with Ashton. This slightly reworked version of Henry James The Aspern Papers isn’t for everyone, star Susan Hayward hated it and referred to it as The Lost Hour and a Half, but features a most impressive makeup job on Agnes Moorehead who though in her mid-forties is unrecognizable as the ancient Juliana.
Mask (1985)-Rocky Dennis (Eric Stoltz) a sweet-natured extremely bright teen suffers from Lionitis which caused his facial features to be deformed taking on the appearance of that beast. Thanks to his wild but tough and loving mother Rusty (Cher) and biker friends who see him for who he is Rocky doesn’t let his affliction get in the way. But the greater world is not so understanding, at least at first, and there are many obstacles to face. Based on a true story Stoltz is buried under mountains of prosthetics but manages to convey Rocky’s essence extremely well, matched every step of the way by Cher.
Bettlejuice (1988)-Tim Burton’s wild ride of a movie tells the tale of Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) freshly dead in a car accident, finding themselves stuck haunting their country residence and unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes (Catherine O'Hara, Jeffrey Jones) and teen daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) buy the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), a rambunctious spirit whose "help" quickly becomes dangerous for the Maitlands and innocent Lydia. Keaton done up in wild style is brash and inimitable.
Karen Gillan is probably best known for her role in Dr Who. She's also in the new Jumanji movies as one of the avatars.
DeleteI am also not that a fan of Grand Budapest Hotel. I prefer most of Wes Anderson's other movies to it.
I didn't like Cloud Atlas too. It was a mess, trying too hard to make an important point.
We share The Grand Budapest Hotel! Swinton is so good at transformations
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DeleteTilda Swinton is amazing, I barely recognise her in any movie she's in!
ReplyDeleteI love the weird and wonderful Tilda and she was great as the old crone in this fun movie. I still have to see the other 2 films and will see Guardians 2 before I see the latest Avengers
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