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Film: My Week With Marilyn

Not a good movie. Strangely amateur filmmaking. Looked it up on IMDB and the director is a long time British TV-movie director, which makes sense after seeing the film. A steaming turd of an actor is the main character. Every time the guy comes on screen, I'm thinking, "get this guy OFF the screen for chrissake." He was student film quality. So it was strange seeing him there with Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, the hot young girl from Harry Potter, Judy Dench, Julia Ormond, and all these super talented people. That said, there were some elements of the film I found interesting, most notably Branagh playing Lawrence Olivier and his objection to method acting (used by Marilyn). But let's get to the point - Michelle Williams as Marilyn - I simply assume she will get an oscar nomination and I suppose it is deserved -- my only comment would be she didn't really ooze sexuality and hotness the way Marilyn did. I'm no Marilyn aficionado, but her basic allure was her bonability, wasn't it? Williams plays it fragile, which to me, sort of misses the basic selling point. One final screenwriting note - great example of terrible voice over and various side characters who for no apparent reason offer our main character unsolicited sage wisdom throughout the script. What a remarkable guy this Colin Clark must be for every single goddamn person who interacts with him from Lawerence Olivier to the driver to the wardrobe girl to Judy Dench must offer some sort of pithy life wisdom like "first love hurts the most," "being careful about getting in too deep," and other such ridiculous platitudes.