is beyond insufferable in this film. Her affected speech---her nasally crap, rolling rrrrr's and lisp all just make me vomit when I listen to her. I lo e the film, except for her. She ruins every *beep* scene.
shareI didnt notice any of the above traits you mentioned, maybe you just despise her.
Thought she was alright as Marge
She was excelent
shareWhile I find Gwyneth Paltrow to be annoying, I think her "wealthy" attitude was part of the character.
share" I think her "wealthy" attitude was part of the character."
In the novel ,Tom really despises Marge ;it's even hate.She's a "silly goose" for him;anyway she does not suspect tom Of the double murder;and most amazing scene ,we feel that hIGHSMITH,herself a lesbian ,hated her character she would never use again in her Ripley series ( 5 volumes in all ,the best are ,outside "talented" the second and the third one)
I wish I could be like Gladstone Gander.
" I think her "wealthy" attitude was part of the character."
In the novel ,Tom really despises Marge ;it's even hate.She's a "silly goose" for him;anyway she does not suspect tom Of the double murder;and most amazing thing ,we feel that hIGHSMITH,herself a lesbian ,hated her character she would never use again in her Ripley series ( 5 volumes in all ,the best are ,outside "talented" the second and the third one)
I wish I could be like Gladstone Gander.
I'm curious as to why Minghella cast two blondes (Paltrow and Blanchett) for the female leads. They seem interchangeable. Two bland blondes. Is he making a subtle critique on wealthy women? The male characters have very distinctive personalities.
shareI can't stand Gwyneth in real life but I thought she was just right for this role. She was affected and snobby and that's what her character needed to be.
I thought the blonde women was a Hitchcockian reference. Hitchcock loved chilly blondes.
Thanks. I didn't think about the Hitchcock reference.
Ripley is such an impressive movie. I love the cinematography and (OMG) the editing. The jazz music is brilliantly integrated. I guess Walter Murch gets the kudos for that as well?
I love how surprising it is. When he opens his mouth and speaks with someone else's voice, it's kind of shocking. When he admits outright to Dickie that his father sent him to bring him home, and so many other moments, are just so unexpected. That kept me on edge. What's going to happen next? I loved it.
shareMe too. Right from the jump Ripley admits to Dickie that his talents are as a forger, liar and impersonator. Ripley is able to get out of every bad situation through just dumb luck (or by committing murder). And then when Dickie Sr. lays hush money on him....
shareThat was a twist, wasn't it? Ha! Of all the dumb luck.
share"I can't stand Gwyneth in real life but I thought she was just right for this role. She was affected and snobby and that's what her character needed to be."
Absolutely. She was perfectly cast in this role.
I thought Gwyneth was perfect as the kind, upper class woman from the late '50's. Also, the character started to say the same things about Tom as Freddie did.
shareTwo blonde leads who were a little vapid?
Perhaps that is how these women were brought up to be in order to become wives of the young men of their class?
Gwyneth Paltrow has often been mentioned as having a British accent (which she doesn't have) elsewhere (despite being American). She has basically, in those cases, a kind of mid Atlantic accent that I think she SHOULD have used for here...it fits the time and sociaL register so perfect!! She;s so glamorous.she even is like Grace Kelly in those days, who had a
"mid atlantic:" accent. Philip Seymour Hoffman certainly did, being from the Atlantic Shore (but this is common fore him..) oh, I'd love for the Australian blonde Cate Blanchett to have been allowed to use her normal one!!!!!