Good, entertaining, very imaginatively filmed (loved the settings!). Very nice performance by Gosling, I love Naomi Watts, but I thought McGregor was just adequate. I wasn't looking for much in the way of deep symbolism or "meaning", so I was content simply that the loose ends were generally tied up to my satisfaction...
HOWEVER: A particular scene shows us a young actress rehearsing the role of "Hamlet", and I was gritting my teeth through it all because she was playing EXACTLY the sort of watery, neurasthenic, bloodless Hamlet that I can't STAND to watch. It's all Olivier's fault, I suppose, because he was the best-known Hamlet of the 20th century yet he played the role (at least on film) so low-key that everybody who follows his example underplays it to the point of listlessness...
I don't blame Elizabeth Reaser, but Mark Forster apparently has a poor understanding of the play in question. Unless his INTENT was to have Athena come across as a poor actress, which I doubt...
By the way, while I don't agree that anyone who didn't like 'Stay' must have been too dim-witted to understand it, those of you who take EXCEPTION to that characterization should be VERY careful about checking your spelling before you post. If the best you can come up with is "Where not imbessiles, you know!", you're really not helping your case.
HOWEVER: A particular scene shows us a young actress rehearsing the role of "Hamlet", and I was gritting my teeth through it all because she was playing EXACTLY the sort of watery, neurasthenic, bloodless Hamlet that I can't STAND to watch. It's all Olivier's fault, I suppose, because he was the best-known Hamlet of the 20th century yet he played the role (at least on film) so low-key that everybody who follows his example underplays it to the point of listlessness...
I don't blame Elizabeth Reaser, but Mark Forster apparently has a poor understanding of the play in question. Unless his INTENT was to have Athena come across as a poor actress, which I doubt...
By the way, while I don't agree that anyone who didn't like 'Stay' must have been too dim-witted to understand it, those of you who take EXCEPTION to that characterization should be VERY careful about checking your spelling before you post. If the best you can come up with is "Where not imbessiles, you know!", you're really not helping your case.