I’ve watched “Wilde”. It was on my to-watch list for a pretty long time, thanks to @xenolinguistics-department ’s Instagram it was there even before I started making different segments for different actors. Be sure, though - I watched it because of Michael Sheen. I’ve seen clips from this movie in so many Ineffable Husbands Human!AU videos… Well, Michael Sheen is twenty-eight years old in that movie and it’s just illegal to be so young, pretty and charming! Have you seen those eyes? (And lips, and buttocks which were shown for the whole screen…) I probably should confess – I have read “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” and I didn’t like it… It felt boring and pretentious. I’ve read some of Oscar Wilde’s short stories (yes, the one about the giant too) and, what’s the most important - “The Importance of Being Earnest” – I’ve seen twice in the theatre and it was great! So, I’m a little familiar with Oscar Wilde’s works, but not a big fan of it. I’ve also seen Stephen Fry for the first time in that movie and I liked his performance a lot. I also wanted to make a note – I don’t know how historically accurate it is, so I’m not going to judge it those grounds. I enjoyed this movie so much! It’s dramatic, it’s romantic, it’s sensual (I was going to write sexy, but this word is just not good enough). I’ve seen so many beautiful naked young men in this movie. A lot of them was Jude Law, but I’m not saying it’s something bad. I cried a few times while watching – a lot of times, when I saw Michael Sheen, during the scene (Spoilers!) when Oscar and Bosie had a meeting in prison and started holding hands through the bars and I definitely cried in the end, which I didn’t expect to be at least slightly happy, however, it was. So, watching queer movies with no particular actors in them.
“I was not an enemy. Not then, not now,” — Grindelwald says to the magicians who crowd around him. “I was not the enemy,” — says Grindelwald, but he sees only one Dumbledore. “I wasn’t,” — Albus’s heart thumps loudly. It still remembers what it means to love. “I was not an enemy,” — and Grindelwald flies into the abyss without taking his eyes off him.
Albus knows they will meet again. Albus knows that nothing has passed. It won’t pass.
Back at (over)analyzing the expressions on Jude’s and Mads’ faces during the restaurant scene because there’s still so much to say. Their acting skills are truly mind-blowing and here’s another proof of that:
The contrast between the look on Dumbledore’s face when he mentions the blood pact and tells Grindelwald that they could free each other of it and Grindelwald’s own expression is truly fascinating. If you pay close attention to Dumbledore’s body language, you can clearly see that he’s seriously thinking about breaking the troth. His body leans forward, his shoulders go up, his head moves lightly so that he nods exactly when he pronounces the words “we can” (in a really subtle way). All these small movements mean that he’s sincere, he knows that if they both agreed to break the blood troth, they could break it. Of course it’s not easy for him to give up on the pact but he knows that’s the best thing to do.
Meanwhile if you focus on Grindelwald’s face when Dumbledore brings up the idea of breaking the blood pact, you can see that it truly infuriates him. I’m not 100% certain of that because his expression switches so quickly that it’s hard to interpret it perfectly, but I would even say that it disgusts him. “Breaking our blood troth? How can you even THINK of doing that?“. His nostrils are flared, he huffs loudly, he slowly pinches his lips together and then he closes his eyes, curls up his lips and turns his head looking sickened. He’s so damn mad that Dumbledore brought that subject up and Mads manages to show that anger so well, it’s impressive. The expression only lasts for a second, he doesn’t flare up, he quickly collects himself (of course), but his attitude changes for the rest of the conversation and he later "takes revenge” by trying to make Dumbledore feel guilty.
I will never stop saying it: Jude and Mads truly understood the assignment.
Mads.. we don’t need to hear him voice his vexations; the look in his eyes and his little movements say everything.
This is the so famous micro expressions acting and Mads is wonderful in this.
