fitzgerald's girl

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As anyone who knows me will know I am a serious F. Scott Fitzgerald fan. Seriously. For a few seconds though, I will digress and talk about the subject matter of another movie that is very close to my heart.

My sister has been teasing me over the past few weeks about how I apparently am counting down the sleeps until My Week with Marilyn is released. She's not wrong. I really am very excited to see it; mainly to scrutinise Michelle Williams's portrayal of the flaxen-haired icon (but also a little bit because I think Eddie Redmayne is divine). When I saw the first photos of Williams, I was not entirely convinced. Then once I saw the trailer and I was even less convinced.

However that was until I came across this video (above) of Williams performing "Heatwave" from There's No Business Like Show Business. I finally started to warm to the idea of yer won from Dawson's Creek playing the ultimate icon of the 20th century. I do have to hand it to her though, you need some set of balls to take on a role like that. I have seen so many TV movies and have never been wholly in favour of them. The only person who I have been remotely convinced by is, surprisingly, Anna Nicole Smith in her infamous "Gentlemen prefer fur-free Blondes" PETA campaign.

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Anywho back to Williams, after seeing that video of "Heatwave" I began to really really look forward to seeing her playing Marilyn. After seeing dozens of actresses trying their hand at the breathy beauty, I did like the TV mini series that adapted Joyce Carol Oates's immense dramatisation of MM's life. Both the novel and said mini series were named Blonde. I have read this massive novel on numerous occasions because it is just so insanely detailed that it's hard to believe it's not Marilyn herself. The mini series featured a young Australian called Poppy Montgomery in the role of MM and she was also pretty good. It's rumoured that said adaptation is going to be embalmed in celluloid with the lovely Naomi Watts as the lead. Unfortunately though I have found it pretty hard to find out any more information about this.

Now to my man Gatsby.

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Ahh.

The Great Gatsby. The costumes?! Think of the costumes!!

Although I was not particularly thrilled about Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway, after seeing these pictures I now have a new-found appreciation for his goofy face. I personally would have preferred someone like Luke Wilson but I guess I can't have everything. I was also very excited, when I initially heard they were remaking this, at the prospect of Ben Affleck playing Tom Buchanan but they have Sir Gawain for King Arthur otherwise known as Joel Edgerton who ain't half bad looking either. Carrie Mulligan as the lovely Daisy Buchanan? Well what is there to say? Except for the fact that the cute to boot Isla Fischer is paying the rival for her husband's affections: the ill-fated Myrtle. Ah! Too excited!
My only major concern is the fact that Baz Luhrmann is directing it. If anyone has had the pleasure of enduring Austraila then they will understand my anxiety. And it's in 3D...

Which I find slightly questionable...

I am however elated that they don't have Dominic Cooper in it. He irritates me. A lot. He is almost as annoying to look at as Nicolas Cage.
Hopefully he doesn't spoil Milton Greene for me.

Milton Greene and Marilyn Monroe
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Cheers for reading,

Jane