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Review: Paddington (2014)
Rating: 9.5 of 10
Paddington is a famous talking bear of beloved children's illustrated literature in the UK since 1958. (He even has a line of stuffed toys, merchandises, animated series, and even stamps and a statue.) Paddington's original illustrations are instantly recognizable, but as we all know, nothing is exempt from 21st century CGI treatment! So Paddington is now a hyperrealistic bipedal talking bear with a red hat and no pants (which may sound a bit terrifying), but this CGI Paddington is actually very cute, none the least because of his antiquated British manners and Ben Whishaw's mild soothing voice.
Paddington the bear comes from the forest of "Darkest Peru" and arrived at Paddington Station in London, looking for a family. He has been taught manners and how to greet people politely by his Uncle Pastuzo and Aunt Lucy and he hoped he could find family soon, but sadly London has become cynical. Children, or bears, cannot simply arrive at a train station and hoped to be adopted anymore, until Brown family approached him and offered him to give him a night's stay at their house. They agreed to help him finding an explorer who visited the bears years before in Peru, so Mr. Henry, Mrs. Mary, Judy and Jonathan learned to live with him momentarily.
Paddington learns as much as The Browns learns from him, and while the movie is also filled with regular "fish out of water" gags, Paddington's real story is about giving kindness and finding a family and the movie is really great at telling that. Paddington is not even afraid to bring out its sadness factor, which I appreciate because it made things much more poignant. I love children's stories that do not hold back (within reason, of course) because hey, bad things happen and the thing that matters is how we deal with them. TL;DR Throughout the movie Paddington is sweet and reminds us the wonder of a more friendly, civilized world even though he is a literal bear from the wilderness. That paradox is what made him special, and we ended up loving him as much as The Brown Family do.
*Here's a trailer. There's a bodily humor which might gross out some people, although I found it impossibly cute! I must remind you though that it's only a small part of the film and the rest of the film is really lovely.
Ben Whishaw as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006), dir. Tom Tykwer
00q only appeared for 5 sec in the trailer and the sass is so strong already
I missed these two idiots so much
When I was watching Spectre in the cinema
I heard someone saying ‘Dude..’ when Q laughed at his own joke
London Spy before and after
Before London spy: OMG Ben's going to play a character who's a drug addict with a lot of sexual experience!! Is he going to be like Robert Frobisher in Cloud Atlas seducing everyone with his charms?!? Seductive Whishaw!! YES!!
After London Spy: Ah, Whishaw was Whishaw
What happens every time when I explain about Ben Whishaw to other people
Me: You know, yesterday, Ben Whishaw-
Them: Who's Ben Whishaw
Me: Talented British actor who got BAFTA award and also one of my favourite actors
Them: Well, what kind of movies is he in?
Me: Cloud Atlas, Skyfall, Spectre, Bright star, tv series The Hollow Crown, The Hour...
Them:...
Me: (sigh) The movie Perfume: the story of a murderer
Them: OHHHH THAT GUY
I guess Ben in the movie Perfume gave people a quite strong impression
I literally squeaked out loud thinking that Q got shot in the van- chasing scene
I mean, those vans are suppose to be totally bullet proof. Why did Q’s bloody window got pierced through out of all the other parts being shot??? ..Definitely the writers want to see us suffocate
I've just seen Spectre
I love Ben Whishaw as Q! Also I heard that Daniel Criag chose to do another Bond movie!! I hope it is true I also think that Lea Seydoux was a perfect bond girl after Eva Green to be honest
Q in 007 skyfall and spectre I hope Q appears more in spectre
I’ve seen this film yesterday and it was amazing! This movie was in my mind for an entire day and I think it will for several more weeks. Ben Whishaw is a brilliant actor