To fans of Reese Witherspoon, she's barely recognizable in Wild, the film she's nominated in. How could our lovable perky blonde of the Legally Blonde franchise now do drugs, and go totally nude and be so unappealing, you can actually sense how bad her character smells as she treks the Pacific Northwest! Well, it's a showy role and an assured Oscar nomination, if played perfectly. Guess Reese did just play the role right..
When I was watching Wild, the movie, last night, you were the first person who came to my mind! This is a must watch for you - and something that I hope you can do in the future! I know many hikers but 99% of them are men - so it's great to see it done from a female perspective.
The truth is, doing this 1000-mile trek would be very dangerous for any woman to do - alone - especially one as beautiful as Cheryl Strayed - the character portrayed by Reese Witherspoon.
It's fun to see lang how the perky and well put-together Reese has transformed herself from her Legally Blonde roles to this character who tries to find herself and her life compass while doing this very physical and emotionally draining trek through the Pacific Coast wilderness!
Reese really lets loose in this movie! She does nude scenes and does sex scenes and injects herself with heroin - a far cry from the fun, perky Legally Blonde lawyer that she famously played a decade ago.
Water for Elephants is another movie I was not able to watch during its theatrical run here - and once again, I regret it now. The movie was pretty interesting since it is set in a traveling circus - not the usual setting for a love story. Well, at first glance, Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson have almost zero chemistry but even then, I still liked the movie.
I wonder though why Robert Pattinson's fans do not watch his other movies when they go gaga over him when they watch him in those vampire movies! He only has almost one face in the movie though - his famous smirk - but I admit, without his white make-up here - he does look kinda cute - and I understand why the girls go wild over him!
Well, what I love about this movie are the circus animals, particularly Rosie, the elephant! She's quite endearing! Also, Reese looks particularly graceful when she rides both the horse and the elephant! Para talagang totoong circus performer (Just like a real circus performer!) Critics say her body really followed the period body of the women at that time. I think what they are saying is true!
As for Christopher Waltz, well, he's an Oscar-winning actor who can play meanie roles really well - and he does it again here.
