From @FashionsAddict:
“Water for Elephants directed by Francis Lawrence is a beautiful and very romantic movie with a lot of emotion. A Hollywood movie made to resemble traditional American cinema. Beautiful scenery, a beautiful story and a happy ending… and let’s not forget the amazing actors. Robert Pattinson is simply excellent and more beautiful and seductive than ever before. Stepping far from the character of Edward Cullen, he plays a veterinarian in a circus during the 1930s. In this role he proves that he is an excellent actor. Reese Witherspoon is equally good and her chemistry with Robert is beautiful… there is no doubt that this movie will become the great success that it deserves to be. People will certainly talk about it for a long time to come.”Fashions-Addict
From @FilmsActu:
Good news for fans of romantic paintings, Water for Elephants respects to the letter codes of the genre. A simpleton hero, a femme fatale trapped in a tyrannical husband, a love impossible … All the ingredients are there to make this new Francis Lawrence [film] an [novel] adventure , especially since the cast will make more of a dream ( e). Incidentally, the director of Constantine and I Am Legend takes with Water for Elephants surprising turn. The fears were legitimate on its affinities with the genre, but it is quickly understood perfectly the expectations of her (new) public.JeuxActu
Water for Elephants proportions perfectly the ingredients needed to make a traditional romantic movie without adding too much sweetness into the mix. However, one could be put off by the opening: an old man telling his story, narrating it as a voice-over – the opening is in fact the only bad thing about the film. Once the film takes us into the past of the hero, Jacob (Robert Pattinson) the story shifts without difficulty into a well constructed classic scenario based not only on romantic issues but also on the nomad universe in which the characters evolve. A universe that Lawrence chose to convey not through the prism of baroque fantasy or dreams but with realism, with all the social misery that the period of the Great Depression entailed. The metaphorical dimension of the train whose employees have become useless is inescapable. This is the context in which Robert Pattinson plays the archetypal character of an educated young man turned outcast following the death of his parents who becomes a foreigner in his own world and decides to abandon it. As you might expect, he falls in love with Marlena (Reese Witherspoon), the wife of August (Christoph Waltz), the violent and unstable boss.
With ambitious art direction, the charm of Water for Elephants obviously also rests on its cast: Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon form a very cute couple on screen. Getting away from Twilight and recently seen in Remember Me, Robert Pattinson proves in this film that his talent is not limited to portraying handsome hunks and makes a very endearing Jacob, armed with his boyish smile. However Francis Lawrence sometimes misses opportunities for sensuality in the scenes between the hero and his partner. The filmmaker manages to raise tensions at the height of the love triangle, with Christoph Waltz excelling in the role of the powerful psychopath who is both terrifying and unpredictable. This is done differently to the style of Tarantino. Yet, emotions are truly heightened through the character of Rosie the elephant who will become the object of a power struggle both within the circus and in Marlena’s heart. Animal lovers, this film is for you.
So yes, with its familiar themes and melodramatic accents (which however have the good taste not to be too pronounced), the new Francis Lawrence [film] is one of those romantic movies that are known by heart the springs. But classicism is not always a defect. Water for Elephants is tasted like one of those candies that, provided they do not eat too often, always bring a dream.
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