What were the highlights of Gary Oldman's performance in "Darkest Hour"?

Jamarcus 2022-04-22 07:01:07

To be honest, I didn't even notice it was Gary Oldman after reading it, and there was absolutely no trace of it.

Of course, I've never seen what the real Churchill looked like, and can't judge like or not.

But from impassioned speeches, fat hands trembling when excited, grumbling scolding Hitler when angry, submissiveness when giving to the President of the United States, crying on the subway, tenderness to his wife and children, cigars that never leave his hands, careful words...

I can feel very strongly that this is the best performance about Churchill, absolutely worthy of the "Oscar". ???

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  • Oma 2021-11-25 08:01:26

    The back of Dunkirk, the front of Churchill. Great actors and performances can largely conceal the flaws and imperfections in other aspects of the film. This is an excellent example. In addition, to make a rough calculation, Daniel Day-Lewis played Lincoln, Anthony Hopkins played Nixon, Alan Rickman played Reagan, Gary Oldman played Churchill... these people The President and Prime Minister were all contracted by old British men.

  • Keeley 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    political film. When I watched it, I kept thinking of "Namhan Mountain Fortress", but the history and film values ​​were diametrically opposite. I also think of Churchill's ending in "Motherland": Britain seeks peace, Churchill and the Queen hid in Canada after abdication to write his memoirs. I still think that it is easy to fight chickens in wartime, but difficult to seek peace. It is useless to incite national sentiment by fighting chicken blood. Although Gary Oldman's acting skills are extremely outstanding, the film as a whole still seems too neat and routine.

Darkest Hour quotes

  • Winston Churchill: [in his first speech as Prime Minister] But now one bond unites us all. To wage war until victory is won, and never to surrender ourselves to servitude and shame. Whatever the cost and the agony may be, conquer we must, as conquer we shall.

  • Winston Churchill: Do I have your, uh, permission, uh, to send, uh, an aircraft carrier to pick up the P-40 fighter planes we purchased from you? Mr. President?

    President Roosevelt: Well, you-you've got me there again. New law preventing transshipment of military equipment.

    Winston Churchill: Uh, but we paid for them. We-we paid for them with the money that we... that we borrowed from you.