10/10!!! This has broken through to get a perfect score! I may have to rethink my scoring system! There is no way up!
Ok, just today, I was saying there is a lack of originality in romcoms. I asked if a rating of 10/10 was achievable. Well, I rated the last one as 9, losing a little due to predictability.
This one broke all of the stereotypical boundaries. This aimed high and hit the bullseye.
A fresh, original, exciting and risky, beautiful, amazing movie!
Based, in part, in the world of aerial silks. When done right, a beautiful display of art, dance, strength, bravery, exhilaration and expression. No safety net. Nothing between you and the ground, apart from 2 strips of silk.
This art is occasionally seen in the background of shows and movies.
This one, decided to really challenge the actors, to act, dance and aerial silks! Simple!
While the male lead, actually had a background in the world famous live show Cirque, the female lead has a history of ballet, I could not find any references to her doing any aerial work. The male lead has obvious strength, you really can't miss it, even before the silks! If anything, I would think his arm muscles would make him too big and bulky for the, some what elegant art of silks. The female lead is obviously very, Very fit and strong, but Aerial silks make you use muscles you never knew you had, after an hour, muscles you wish you didn't have!
I cannot even start to think how many hours they must have put in to learning these skills.
A stretch too far? Asking too much of them physically? I would say to the first, absolutely not for this pair! To the second, Absolutely!! It is absolutely too much to expect two actors to be able to learn the silks until their muscles go in to spasm and take days to recover from the lesson! Then repeat! Then make a movie. It is simply too much to ask of anyone.
Yet, they made it work! Not just work, in fact, they made the film fly.
While the time frame in the film, made the evolution a little unbelievable, I would guess it took them hundreds of hours of hard labour, which wouldn't really make a great film! So I will happily allow that artist licence.
I don't want to give any hint of spoilers, so I will just say, that either a rehearsal, or the show itself, they show an almost tear pulling, beautiful, heart confusing ( heart in your throat, while also pounding And missing a beat, all at the same time! Heart confusing!) Seamless, amazing display of timing, strength, beauty, smooth, dazzling, gravity defying risky dance in the air.
While I did see that stunt doubles were used in part, you could easily see the actors were able (or maybe, allowed) to do the lower level tricks, therefore, they have both learned the skills needed to do the same thing, higher up the silks. So, I guess, insurance or health and safety decided that the risk of injury, leaving them unable to complete the movie, was definitely a possibility.
What can I say? Even if you have no respect for actors, (then, you have obviously never acted on stage, or not put your heart in to it. You have to become a different person, you take on the characters pain, anger, love, confusion. Then show all of that, to an audience or camera, feeling the characters feelings, then wait for the judgement of the audience. It isn't as easy as just reading lines. It is like going to work at the office naked and waiting to see if people look impressed, laugh or turn green) You have to give these actors so much respect and praise for the strength, work and train, to be so good in these hugely difficult characters.
I am in awe. I know they will never read this, but huge praise to them. Heck, doing the splits is impressive to me! Doing the splits, with absolutely no support, other than your heels in a loop of silk, 6 feet off the ground? Come on folks! Respect is due here. The female lead, very beautiful, fluid, flexible, ballet probably had a part to play. So much strength, without bulky muscle. The male lead, obvious strength and muscle, yet able to still be graceful.
And on top of all that, with help from the cast and crew and associated persons required, they made a great movie.
Review by MidnitewolfVIP 4BlockedParent2024-01-30T17:13:51Z
10/10!!! This has broken through to get a perfect score! I may have to rethink my scoring system! There is no way up!
Ok, just today, I was saying there is a lack of originality in romcoms.
I asked if a rating of 10/10 was achievable.
Well, I rated the last one as 9, losing a little due to predictability.
This one broke all of the stereotypical boundaries. This aimed high and hit the bullseye.
A fresh, original, exciting and risky, beautiful, amazing movie!
Based, in part, in the world of aerial silks.
When done right, a beautiful display of art, dance, strength, bravery, exhilaration and expression. No safety net. Nothing between you and the ground, apart from 2 strips of silk.
This art is occasionally seen in the background of shows and movies.
This one, decided to really challenge the actors, to act, dance and aerial silks! Simple!
While the male lead, actually had a background in the world famous live show Cirque, the female lead has a history of ballet, I could not find any references to her doing any aerial work.
The male lead has obvious strength, you really can't miss it, even before the silks! If anything, I would think his arm muscles would make him too big and bulky for the, some what elegant art of silks.
The female lead is obviously very, Very fit and strong, but Aerial silks make you use muscles you never knew you had, after an hour, muscles you wish you didn't have!
I cannot even start to think how many hours they must have put in to learning these skills.
A stretch too far? Asking too much of them physically?
I would say to the first, absolutely not for this pair! To the second, Absolutely!! It is absolutely too much to expect two actors to be able to learn the silks until their muscles go in to spasm and take days to recover from the lesson! Then repeat! Then make a movie. It is simply too much to ask of anyone.
Yet, they made it work! Not just work, in fact, they made the film fly.
While the time frame in the film, made the evolution a little unbelievable, I would guess it took them hundreds of hours of hard labour, which wouldn't really make a great film! So I will happily allow that artist licence.
I don't want to give any hint of spoilers, so I will just say, that either a rehearsal, or the show itself, they show an almost tear pulling, beautiful, heart confusing ( heart in your throat, while also pounding And missing a beat, all at the same time! Heart confusing!) Seamless, amazing display of timing, strength, beauty, smooth, dazzling, gravity defying risky dance in the air.
While I did see that stunt doubles were used in part, you could easily see the actors were able (or maybe, allowed) to do the lower level tricks, therefore, they have both learned the skills needed to do the same thing, higher up the silks. So, I guess, insurance or health and safety decided that the risk of injury, leaving them unable to complete the movie, was definitely a possibility.
What can I say? Even if you have no respect for actors, (then, you have obviously never acted on stage, or not put your heart in to it. You have to become a different person, you take on the characters pain, anger, love, confusion. Then show all of that, to an audience or camera, feeling the characters feelings, then wait for the judgement of the audience. It isn't as easy as just reading lines. It is like going to work at the office naked and waiting to see if people look impressed, laugh or turn green) You have to give these actors so much respect and praise for the strength, work and train, to be so good in these hugely difficult characters.
I am in awe. I know they will never read this, but huge praise to them. Heck, doing the splits is impressive to me! Doing the splits, with absolutely no support, other than your heels in a loop of silk, 6 feet off the ground? Come on folks! Respect is due here.
The female lead, very beautiful, fluid, flexible, ballet probably had a part to play. So much strength, without bulky muscle.
The male lead, obvious strength and muscle, yet able to still be graceful.
And on top of all that, with help from the cast and crew and associated persons required, they made a great movie.
New, original, fresh, exciting, exhilarating, powerful yet elegant and beautiful movie.
I would love to see a second movie about what happens next! Please! With new tricks, higher ceilings and original storytelling.