And my obsession continues.
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rogueslayer452Ever since Fantastic Beasts I have become quite a Colin Farrell fan, to the point of being excited about his upcoming projects. First it was The Beguiled, and now he has two new films that will be released soon.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is the second film Colin has done with director Yorgos Lanthimos. The first was The Lobster, which was an absurdist black comedy where in a dystopian world where being single is illegal and one must have a limited amount of days to find a compatible mate or be permanently turned into an animal of their choosing. Just from that description alone you can tell that Yorgos has a intriguingly twisted yet unique mind when it comes to his films. But while that film was a dark comedy, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a twisted psychological horror, which I remember Colin noting a while ago that this one is even more fucked up and disturbing. I haven't read much about the film aside from the basic description, but just from watching the trailers you can tell immediately that it is going to be uncomfortable and chilling. Yorgos Lanthimos films aren't for everyone, but I will definitely see this at some point.
Also, Colin with that magnificent beard? Serving up those dad looks? Yes please.
The second film coming out soon is Roman J. Israel, Esq., where he co-stars with Denzel Washington. Again, a film I only know basic information about, but apparently Colin has a much bigger role in the film than what the trailer suggests. I will most definitely watch this because he just looks so damn fine in it.
He also has other projects coming up for a possibly 2018 release, Widows where he plays a politician, and the live action Dumbo (yes, really) where he plays a one-armed soldier who just came back from the war and is the father of two children who were raised by the circus. I'm not always up for these Disney live action adaptations, but honestly when he plays tormented/broken characters like this and will be all fatherly I will most likely be somewhat interested because of that.
And since I will never let it go, someone made a petition a while back to have Colin return for the rest of the Fantastic Beasts film franchise, preferably as the original Percival Graves because there is so much left to explore with his character. While I do prefer the fandom interpretation and headcanons for him more and don't really trust JKR to do him justice in a way that makes sense, it would be wonderful to see him back in the role nonetheless, and play the character proper. Colin's performance was probably the best part of the first film, he was the reason I wanted to watch it in the first place, and is the reason why this resurgence even happened.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is the second film Colin has done with director Yorgos Lanthimos. The first was The Lobster, which was an absurdist black comedy where in a dystopian world where being single is illegal and one must have a limited amount of days to find a compatible mate or be permanently turned into an animal of their choosing. Just from that description alone you can tell that Yorgos has a intriguingly twisted yet unique mind when it comes to his films. But while that film was a dark comedy, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a twisted psychological horror, which I remember Colin noting a while ago that this one is even more fucked up and disturbing. I haven't read much about the film aside from the basic description, but just from watching the trailers you can tell immediately that it is going to be uncomfortable and chilling. Yorgos Lanthimos films aren't for everyone, but I will definitely see this at some point.
Also, Colin with that magnificent beard? Serving up those dad looks? Yes please.
The second film coming out soon is Roman J. Israel, Esq., where he co-stars with Denzel Washington. Again, a film I only know basic information about, but apparently Colin has a much bigger role in the film than what the trailer suggests. I will most definitely watch this because he just looks so damn fine in it.
He also has other projects coming up for a possibly 2018 release, Widows where he plays a politician, and the live action Dumbo (yes, really) where he plays a one-armed soldier who just came back from the war and is the father of two children who were raised by the circus. I'm not always up for these Disney live action adaptations, but honestly when he plays tormented/broken characters like this and will be all fatherly I will most likely be somewhat interested because of that.
And since I will never let it go, someone made a petition a while back to have Colin return for the rest of the Fantastic Beasts film franchise, preferably as the original Percival Graves because there is so much left to explore with his character. While I do prefer the fandom interpretation and headcanons for him more and don't really trust JKR to do him justice in a way that makes sense, it would be wonderful to see him back in the role nonetheless, and play the character proper. Colin's performance was probably the best part of the first film, he was the reason I wanted to watch it in the first place, and is the reason why this resurgence even happened.
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Date: 2017-10-27 03:54 pm (UTC)This is sadly true. It's interesting because his character has quite an extensive history, he was a very important person within the HP universe, but aside from that we didn't get much with who he was, especially on screen where we had like just a few scenes of the real Moody. At least with him though there is more to his character than that, whereas there is next to nothing about who Percival Graves is as a character. And since we probably won't get any kind of novelization of FBAWTFT we most likely will never know unless JKR decides to share or extend his character in the films.
It's honestly frustrating because people have asked about his character, but there hasn't been an answer. So either there is more planned for Percival in the future films and so nothing is commented on because of spoilers or she is just flat out ignoring his character.
Though one can argue that for Grindelwald and Barty Crouch Jr. to go undetected they must have done a good job impersonating Graves and Moody respectively.
I've always speculated that, once captured, their minds were heavily invaded through the means of Legilimency so everything about their personality and all aspects of their lives are known in order to not raise suspicions when impersonating them in public. I have plenty of headcanons in regards to Percival and what he endured, and why Grindelwald chose him specifically, which is something I really am curious about in canon. How did the encounter go down? Was in by surprise, or during a duel? These are important questions to ask considering that Grindelwald was impersonating him throughout the first film, therefore Percival must've been a big deal. And that is what frustrates me the most re: the silence about whether Percival will be back, or if any answer on his whereabouts are going to be addressed. In the film, neither President Picquery or anyone else seemed concerned about where the real Graves was. Graves who, if we're going by what little information that we do know, is related to one of the founding members of MACUSA and is a powerful wizard who earned his titles and position, and based on Grindelwald's interactions with others was well respected and regarded by his colleagues. You'd think there would've been more concern about him.
Sorry for rambling, I just have a lot of feelings about Percival Graves...a character we have minimal information about, but Colin sold me completely which is why he needs to return to the franchise to portray the real Graves. The character has so much potential to be something more, and if they waste him for the weak "reveal" at the end of the first film with no followup afterward I'm going to be so mad.