winterbadger (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
winterbadger) wrote2010-09-22 11:02 pm
winterbadger) wrote2010-09-22 11:02 pm
can I slit my wrists now?
Flipping through my "saved to Instant view" list on Netflix, I came across a lode of Scottish films I added all together and decided to watch "Aberdeen".
Wow. I think the blinding headache and the feeling of mild-to-medium nausea I'm feeling may be the result of putting my contacts in again after a couple of weeks of not wearing them, plus too much coffee during our work off-site today. But it may be the result of watching the far-too-good acting of Stellan Skarsgard as a bingeing alcoholic and Lena Headey as his despairing and frequently coked-up daughter road-trip their way across Norway, England, and Scotland.
That is the sort of movie that is hard to watch, difficult to enjoy, but shows incredible talent by writer, director, and--most of all--actors.
Wow. I think the blinding headache and the feeling of mild-to-medium nausea I'm feeling may be the result of putting my contacts in again after a couple of weeks of not wearing them, plus too much coffee during our work off-site today. But it may be the result of watching the far-too-good acting of Stellan Skarsgard as a bingeing alcoholic and Lena Headey as his despairing and frequently coked-up daughter road-trip their way across Norway, England, and Scotland.
That is the sort of movie that is hard to watch, difficult to enjoy, but shows incredible talent by writer, director, and--most of all--actors.
no subject
no subject
SS is a truly amazing actor. There are terrific actors who don't ever seem to go beyond different versions of the same personality (Bogart and Pacino would be two examples that spring to mind). Then there are actors who are terrific and have *range*. Stellan Skarsgard is definitely one of those.