It is strange the extent Dominick went to recreate certain historical moments - the photos, the details, filming both in Monroe’s childhood home and the room where she died - but also fabricating so much and using the “fictional” quality as a free pass.
@RaggedyCatProductions
2 жыл бұрын
No, it's based on a book. It's adapting a novel. It's not the directors fault that nobody could do the bare minimum and look up what the movie is before watching it.
@donjindra
2 жыл бұрын
It's based on a novel so don't blame the director.
@Thepriestessdeath
2 жыл бұрын
@@donjindra we are literally blaming him for being a bad DIRECTOR …
@Thepriestessdeath
2 жыл бұрын
@@RaggedyCatProductions it is literally the directors fault if he did a bad job directing
@wayneeast405
2 жыл бұрын
@@Thepriestessdeath but he didnt do a bad job. Would you rather watch a by the numbers biopic or a gut wrenching depiction of a tortured life.
@TheEvanesarah
2 жыл бұрын
This movie should've been a Vogue photoshoot.
@WaggieMaggieful
2 жыл бұрын
YESSSSS!
@itsalladream5559
2 жыл бұрын
Lmao!
@tcrijwanachoudhury
2 жыл бұрын
Has as much substance as one tbh
@Kay-kg6ny
2 жыл бұрын
Ha!!
@Alonepistachio
2 жыл бұрын
Im pretty sure they’ve already done it, but to be fair this movie has also been done to death. How many movies on Marilyn are there?
@PabloAlvestegui
2 жыл бұрын
I watched this movie last night. Wish I never had. It was a horrible, depressing and flagrant character assassination of Marilyn Monroe.
@donjindra
2 жыл бұрын
I thought is was very good.
@PabloAlvestegui
2 жыл бұрын
@@donjindra, I don't think I have ever watched a worse one.
@donjindra
2 жыл бұрын
@@PabloAlvestegui That happens. But I'm glad i watched it. I'm glad there's something to see that's about human beings and also devoid of woke ideology..
@PabloAlvestegui
2 жыл бұрын
@@donjindra, yeah, well, this movie is not about human beings properly speaking; and while it did not have any obnoxious woke ideology, it is also devoid of anything good.
@user-jf7ej5py1u
2 жыл бұрын
I swear everything on Netflix has such a disturbing and sinister undertone to it.
@lotusthemermaid
2 жыл бұрын
This movie infuriated me like no other. I'm not a Marilyn stan and I couldn't care less about JFK. It's simply disgusting that this film which condemns the exploitation done to Monroe in her time then does exactly the same thing and forces modern audiences into voyeurs of her torture. It was just horrifying.
@miintyfresj
2 жыл бұрын
I dont think it condemns the exploitation, I don't even think they were trying to do that a little. I think this movie is just giving you all the gory details in visual form, just like a buffet, no reason, no message.
@Ilovecerealcerealcereal
2 жыл бұрын
There is only evidence she was friendly with the Kennedys. Everything else is speculation. This false narrative that she dated the two brothers is fan fiction at best. She may have had an affair with Bobby, she may have. It’s not that important to her life story except for the people who think she was murdered. I hated this movie so much! First Kim K now this? #JusticeforMarilyn
@connorflahive9510
2 жыл бұрын
couldnt have said it better.. i dont think a movie has ever made me genuinely angry after watching it until this movie
@sulimanthemagnificent4893
2 жыл бұрын
Snowtown, just fucking watch Snowtown. It's a fucking EPIC movie, but it's... well, buyer be ware. (It's pretty much what you are saying about this)
@LongDeathBlueNeck
2 жыл бұрын
@@sulimanthemagnificent4893 kurzel's work on snowtown and nitram do the same thing as this movie where it doesn't comment on the proceedings, just gives you an unfiltered look into it. I really liked snowtown and LOVED nitram, but i have no interest in the slightest in watching Blonde. maybe if either of kurzel's films were about women and the harm done to them people wouldn't like them either. if Blonde were about a man i would be way less hesitant to see it. i think people don't like watching horrible things happen to women, i know i dont.
@naracharlize3792
2 жыл бұрын
Marilyn Monroe was one of the first women in Hollywood to defy studio moguls move to NYC and create her own production company and fund her own movies. She was quite literally the "girlboss" and president of her company. This isn't a story they want to tell.
@elizabethmchugh9811
2 жыл бұрын
💯.Marilyn displayed more agency and control than people recognise.
@javierflores7888
2 жыл бұрын
exactly 💯💯💯💯💯
@wordswordswords8203
Жыл бұрын
Yup. She was brilliant and a trailblazer.
@iconslegends5230
Жыл бұрын
You are right, Marilyn was also combative and determined, had a great sense of irony and knew where she wanted to arrive. This film is absolutely to be forgotten
@lavenderblu2207
Жыл бұрын
@@elizabethmchugh9811 It’s because they can’t imagine a woman who found her own version of agency in an industry in that tried to take it from her anyway they could. To people she cannot be sympathetic for the abuse she faced throughout her life and a sexual adult woman. To them she can be one or the other.
@bigolemaddie
2 жыл бұрын
I’m not a diehard fan of Marilyn, but I wanted to come into the movie thinking I was going to learn more about her backstory; I was wrong. She was portrayed as a sexually promiscuous blonde, yet again. I felt like it was just an excuse to show the actress nude more than anything. Some scenes dragged on for so long with no direction, to the point where it started to become boring; the visuals were nice, but the scenes just wouldn’t end when needed. I wish I could’ve seen this movie in the artistic light of representing her trauma, but I just can’t.
@j.m5299
2 жыл бұрын
yes! there are so many nude scenes for no reason. the one that left the most confused was when her husband gets into the room and she is just sitting on the bed with no top on for no reason? i hated the movie. stopped watching 40 minutes in
@bigolemaddie
2 жыл бұрын
@@j.m5299 I feel the exact same way about that scene! There’s so many other ways for directors to give us that uncomfortable/disturbed emotion they want to invoke without having to leave female characters nude and vulnerable all the time.
@j.m5299
2 жыл бұрын
@@bigolemaddie yes, for me it felt like the director was trying to sexualize the actress or even ridicule marylin. i think ana de armas did a good job as marylin, but the character felt so empty
@KhadaJhin04
2 жыл бұрын
Another movie that sexualizes a woman instead of treating her like a real person because women are fundamentally only seen as what their bodies are worth, wow, color me surprised... Seriously I am tired of women being written like we're aliens, it couldn't be that hard to write us as people, without the need for eye candy or else the audience will have no value in viewing the movie.
@Spaceghost22
Жыл бұрын
@@j.m5299 that scene wasn´t supposed to be sexual, it´s just that people immediately connect nudity to sex but anyways...
@seanledden4397
2 жыл бұрын
Haven't seen the movie, but it smells of victimization porn. Taylor's point about the film striving for visual accuracy to "prove" that it's Monroe fantasy is the real truth indicates that the project is a kind of con job as well.
@lulucica1
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly ...victimization porn Is the best description of this trash on film !
@matalobos
2 жыл бұрын
I watched it. I actually survived SA in my life. This shit was fucking triggering. I legit ended crying in the bathroom. At first I tought the rape scene with the director was justified as a denounce of what actresses of the time had to endure, and that bastard actually had acusations so that could habe happened. I actually was enjoying the start. But everything goes downhill fast. the JFK was way too much. There was no excuse. Marilyn was dumb down, the script completely disregarding that she suffered of severe endometriosis and that was what caused her miscarriages (her autopsy actually revealed she didnt went through abortions), and tons of other sins. But the victimization porn is the main focus of this tilm.
@nerdrage9739
2 жыл бұрын
They managed to make Marilyn Monroe boring. Wow. I watched about 1/4 before giving up. Didn't even make it to the infamous fetus scene. And they should have gotten Ana a voice coach. Her accent was obvious and distracting. Another day, another bad Netflix movie.
@crumblebee6728
2 жыл бұрын
You think they DIDN’T have a voice coach? Lol they worked on her accent for 3 hours a day.. it’s just too strong to get past
@donjindra
2 жыл бұрын
Netflix does have a lot of bad movies. But movies such as Blonde are the reason I'm keeping my Netflix subscription.
@KhadaJhin04
2 жыл бұрын
@@donjindra so for bad movies?
@donjindra
2 жыл бұрын
@@KhadaJhin04 No, for gems like Blonde mixed in with the bad movies.
@Likelyfairy
2 жыл бұрын
@@donjindra “gems” 😭😂
@26349
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if in this movie they mentioned how she suffered from severe Endometriosis and how the state of care for this uncurable chronic disease was ubhorrent then (just like these days) or were they only sexualising her and showing her relationships and some "unexplainable" struggles to concieve and an "unexplainable" opioid overdose which actually happened due to severe endo pain?) Something tells me they showed none of those important things. #endometriosis
@misscoco8774
2 жыл бұрын
you are right, they showed nothing of these matters. Instead they portrayed her as a promiscuous, overly sexualized being and focusses on showcasing made-up abortions in detail rather than on her real struggles with endometriosis and difficulty to conceive, ectopic pregnancy etc.
@jennypeck1186
2 жыл бұрын
As someone who has lived with this disease since I was in 4th grade & someone who happens to be a really big fan of Marilyn , it’s infuriating that movies never touch on this & the incredibly HUGE impact it had on her everyday life. I hated the book the movie was based on but watched it anyways & it was awful. Ana de Armas did a good job & it’s a shame that THIS was the Marilyn movie we got with her. If you are a fan of Marilyn, don’t waste your time.
@mondoenterprises6710
2 жыл бұрын
Opening a movie with 10 minutes of child abuse for entertainment value shut it down for me. He could have opened with a How to Marry number and fed in a few brief flashbacks of the abuse she suffered. Huge disappointment for me.
@sarahjane434
2 жыл бұрын
ive said this before and i will continue to say it: LET THIS WOMAN REST
@ezra4320
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, if they replaced the queens gambit with a blonde girl who’s a famous actress, rather than a ginger who’s good at chess, and told me it was a fictionalized version of Marilyn Monroes life, that would have been more believable.
@biancachristie
2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU!! This is exactly what I’ve been trying to say about Blonde. Why go through all the meticulous technical work for its verisimilitude, including its locations, if it’s not telling Marilyn Monroe’s story? Doesn’t that open the door for (more) misrepresentation of an already badly misunderstood and terribly exploiter (in life and afterwards) public figure? I just don’t see what Blonde adds to the discourse around her life-God knows there was already enough. Clearly, Dominik isn’t interested in provoking conversation about why Marilyn is so misunderstood, or why certain misunderstandings are so prevalent around her life and demise. He made exactly the kind of film that plays right into those, a prurient film that depicts her abuse (not a fault in itself, but it doesn’t do anything in the film-there is no documentation of her mother doing what is shown in the film, and he could have chosen from plenty of the things that Gladys actually did-and, of course, off-the-chain hypersexualized, then punished for her sins with raging fertility issues and finally a traditional old school film whore’s punishment, ghoulishly enacted in Marilyn’s own bedroom. Oof. So we’re supposed to admire the images and not think about the script? I sincerely don’t understand what the film wants to be. For once, I’m kinda glad social media exists, because plenty of people have a lot to say about Blonde. Thanks for helping me formulate my own thoughts😊
@lulucica1
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you... Exactly everything in your comment is on point!!
@rubykgarrett
2 жыл бұрын
he reduced a sex symbol to a literal sex organ, more than once, and this film is a hate letter to the icon that she was. it was one of the worst waste of 3 hours of my entire life.
@pinkpandamiranda
2 жыл бұрын
Hollywood considers Marilyn Monroe to be an object that they own. For women, seeing these portrayals of what men truly consider Monroe to be just reinforces our understanding of men in power. They think we're objects too. She just happens to be the famous and prettiest one.
@thepanda9782
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like the recent juxtaposition in the naming 2 recent films Elvis & "Blonde" really says it all. He wouldn't even use either of her names... Like seriously, it's almost like he made the movie to be his own personal snuff film & hid the fact with "well its based on a fictional book". Hey, your sexism is showing! Maybe don't direct it to be like the book? Which is already notoriously difficult to do?? Maybe try to display the dull breadth of Norma Jean, not "The Blonde Sex Icon of the 50's"? You could get a better idea of her character from Wikipedia than this film. Also, I'm not a huge fan of the actress they chose to play Marilyn. Norma Jean was much more doll-like & soft in her features, & instead they chose someone who conforms to modern beauty ideals - much more model faced. Again, showing how little they actually cared to observe her character from a realistic instead of characterized POV. We have Marilyn's original films if we want to see the Sexy, Dumb & has Daddy Issues trope.
@hellopeople1013
2 жыл бұрын
the existence of the movie just makes me mad. kudos for being able to talk about it so calmly, i think i'd be flipping tables and yelling so loud the mic blew out
@stephennootens916
2 жыл бұрын
It does make you think though. Can you do anything with a dead celebrity and as long as you slap fiction on it you can get away with it?
@TheGamerThing
2 жыл бұрын
@@stephennootens916 based on a book
@kayraa98
2 жыл бұрын
This movie was hard to watch. It was so upsetting that I wish I could go back in time and save her. 💔
@violetaviana1888
2 жыл бұрын
i'm not going to get into the way marilyn's life and personality was depicted in the movie cause it'd take me forever. i'm just gonna say the scenes were so short it didn't feel cohesive. the random effects such as the zooming in when marilyn enters into the asylum and sees her mother for the first time literally had no artistic value and added nothing that evoked any type of feeling in the audience, i honestly feel it was just the director trying to make the film seem more caricaturesque and original and it made it worse. the emotional range is so flat during the entire 2 and a half hours, it doesn't feel like a story being told, it's just a recollection of "marilyn's" worst moments. it had no buildup. and it's because of this that the most horrific scenes caused nothing in me. just like you said, there's no emotional contrast. what angers me the most is that if you decided to disrespect someone's memory like that at least make a good movie out of it. i thought it would be a hard watch due to the disturbing scenes but it was so artistically weak and boring it was actually hard to watch.
@fghjkas5098
2 жыл бұрын
this movie is probably the example of the values of restraint
@gojiplusone
2 жыл бұрын
Blonde is the kind of film that will quickly grab your attention and mesmerize you on the first watch (mostly due to powerhouse performance by Ana de Armas), then make you feel guilty for being mesmerized the next time you watch it. I especially hate the last part of the film (the cruel gift from Cass, the way they end the film by lingering on her naked lifeless body). Now I feel complicit on the tragedy of Norma Jeane.
@doitee52
2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't watch the whole movie. It was just too sordid, but that's Hollywood for you. Can't be far enough over the top. Felt really bad for her. Glad I found out not all of it is documented otherwise it would be hard not to walk away without feeling utterly heartsick for how terribly sad her life was.😕
@donjindra
2 жыл бұрын
Hollywood is sordid. That was the point.
@LoneWulf278
2 жыл бұрын
That’s exactly what my mom said when she watched it. I just wish the industry was interested in making us feel something other than sorry for her. She was a cultural icon and a survivor, not a child trapped in a woman’s body. That image was a fantasy she made up. You can’t convince me that she was helpless when she did so many great things for people in her life. Yes. She was troubled, but she was many other things too. And mental illness is not unique in classic Hollywood. I notice when it comes to Marylin, they really lay it on thick. Sadly, Hollywood just doesn’t care about anything that isn’t tantalizing or shocking to an audience. What else is new.
@st3458
2 жыл бұрын
I just don’t understand why make a biography based on a book that’s fictional and not actually Marilyn Monroes story they stilll exploited Marilyn image just in a darker way
@lulucica1
2 жыл бұрын
so true so disturbing and unnecessary.
@arnesahlen2704
Ай бұрын
I am very very impressed with your preparation - also presentation. So sincere and soft-spoken, you make impact stronger than if you went wild with hyper dramatics. BRAVO! 👏 👏 👏 👏
@aspacelex
2 жыл бұрын
Oh man, I remember really loving Killing Them Softly.
@Uhohlisa
2 жыл бұрын
Assassination is one of the best movies ever made
@antshouse9323
2 жыл бұрын
AND THE AVN AWARD GOES TO!!....but seriously though this film felt more like something that came straight from the adult industry lol
@nickv.6712
Жыл бұрын
Wow you bob your head with every word you speak, like a power ranger.
@kelleymarina7933
Жыл бұрын
When the weird waterfall scene started - that was when I knew the movie wasn’t about Marilyn at all.
@OgGwuap
2 жыл бұрын
One of the eeriest and darkest films I’ve watched to date. Although, man being the reason why she did what she did was one of the most putrid ways of depicting dependency on a lacking father/mother figure.
@barbiquearea
2 жыл бұрын
I think the 2001 miniseries is far better than the recent film. I think its docudrama style of telling Marilyn Monroe's life worked a lot better.
@gabbysm411
Жыл бұрын
thank you for this brilliant commentary. so well said. everything i was thinking but didn't know quite how to articulate.
@SnarkierThan-U-R
Жыл бұрын
Because you are a know nothing child.
@rubykgarrett
2 жыл бұрын
this film should have NEVER gotten the green light. it's an absolutely disgusting film and he's just another marilyn fetishizer that doesn't deserve to speak on her name.
@Tosspoet
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Concise and very well considered. And sums up why this film fails so hard. Well done
@darudysandstorm3455
Жыл бұрын
Watched The Assassination Of Jesse James and was shocked to find out it was the same director for Blonde
@bonzobonanza
Жыл бұрын
The movie is truly abysmal, which is a shame because the cinematography is absolutely gorgeous.
@jeffreywillstewart
2 жыл бұрын
The lighting was so bad it gave her shadow lines on the corners of her mouth in the black and white. reminded me of the girl under the radiator from Eraserhead. I couldn't take it seriously because of that.
@antoniocardentey9564
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting that discontent arises whenever women are portrayed as either "the perfect woman from the male gaze standpoint" or "the tortured woman who's victim of sexism and oppression." Da*n if you show women on traditional roles, and da*n if you show women as a victim of patriarchy. It seems that the only "correct" way to portray women is as "empowered women," even if they weren't empowered at all at the time. This is particularly true with well-known figures like MM whose mythical aura is untouchable for many. It's true that the film focuses on one side of MM's fictionalized life, making it monotonous for the most part, but at least the film takes distance from the sweetened image of MM that most are used to. Many talk about this MM being deprived of agency, but they seem to forget that for the most part of her life she was constantly objectified and used to please the male gaze - something that she herself barely challenged, except the moment when she founded her own film production company. On a side note, the film's cinematography was beautiful and Ana de Armas' performance excellent.
@BrennFilm
9 ай бұрын
Pearls before swine comes to mind.
@anamaria-girllover
Жыл бұрын
in her biography, norma jean talks about how she was molested by a man who lived near her when she was a child. and in a heartbreaking paragraph, she says that all of her questions about sex were answered without her being able to ask any questions. yet people who mention marilyn’s disinterest in sex, will only ever mention her exploitation in hollywood. i suppose it’s not as easy to romanticize pedophilia and child rape. marilyn was not some permanent child, she understood sex and exploitation in hollywood and she talked about it frequently. but those who feel bad for her will frame her as ignorant to what she was enduring. as though sympathy is only afforded as long as she was blind with childhood innocence, as long as she was the perfect victim.
@rubykgarrett
2 жыл бұрын
he also somehow managed to make his already disgusting film a piece of pro life propaganda bullshit ??? he's so damn weird
@moeezS
2 жыл бұрын
I've heard Spencer went for this kind of approach but apparently it was more successful?
@fromgreattobrilliant922
2 жыл бұрын
It might just be the material it was working with. The content with Blonde is more shocking than the content of Spencer. Not to downplay what both main characters went through, but the material in Blonde tends to get bigger reactions out of people.
@medealkemy
2 жыл бұрын
More focused, more coherent, she keeps her clothes on, she speaks with her offspring and it's not foetuses, no r@pe, no beatings, no sex altogether and in the end she decides to leave that marriage and reclaims her maiden name (hence Spencer) The only thing in common is that these movies portrayed two blonde women with eventful lives and mythical auras who died at 36.
@strega0
2 жыл бұрын
those speculum scenes were absolutely unnecessary
@wordswordswords8203
Жыл бұрын
Once when I was working, I went into the bathroom to wash my hands. I looked into the mirror and Marilyn was leaning up against the wall behind me. This was long after she died. We just kind of looked at each other. And then she was gone. So call me crazy but I appreciated the visit. She was wearing a simple checkered light green and white dress, just totally down to earth, gorgeous and nice.
@chikari123
2 жыл бұрын
The pro life message was utterly fucking disgusting and made light of her ectopic pregnancy that could’ve killed her. This movie should not exist.
@lulucica1
2 жыл бұрын
So true ...could not be any more disrespectful !!!! it's not enough that she was abused in her life ...lets make a shit film about her and make up abuses that happened and glorify it all the way through.
@basharatahmad306
2 жыл бұрын
Abortion is murder. Pro life is the future. Abortioners are murderers.
@victorarielv7597
2 жыл бұрын
You say its a failure and everyone asks me to hate it, but I adore it. Give me more movies like Blonde instead of the usual crap hollywood induce us with.
@lindsayr2853
2 жыл бұрын
The imagery and acting was amazing
@candygirl1990
Жыл бұрын
I watched it, and it made me feel uneasy and sad. I'm sure Marilyn wasn't really like that. It's beautifully filmed. I think the girl playing Marilyn was nude too much, I think that made it look a bit porn filmish
@kentjensen4504
2 жыл бұрын
Spot on, Williams.
@ral3514
2 жыл бұрын
I made it 20 minutes into this movie. When that movie producer bent her over I was out.
@user-jf7ej5py1u
2 жыл бұрын
Same 😞
@basharatahmad306
2 жыл бұрын
True story. she got bent over a lot in real life and wanted it. All to be part of hollyweird.
@ral3514
2 жыл бұрын
@@basharatahmad306 read Gus Russo's The Outfit. Some of the guys from Chicago do some crazy shit to her and photograph it to hurt Frank Sinatra who was in love with her.
@santiagoaner433
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! An actually nuanced take on this movie, I never thought I'd see the day!
@francescadifrancesco9754
2 жыл бұрын
I would disagree that they were careful about marketing for this film. I remember in like 2020/early 2021 when they announced Ana was going to play Marilyn in this film... They said it was a biopic. Then, went back and said it was fictional and based on Joyce Carol Oates book, 'Blonde'. If you go and look at the logline that Google offers when you look up the film, they describe it was: "A look at the rise to fame and the epic demise of actress Marilyn Monroe, one of the biggest stars in the world." Nowhere does it say it is fictional. So, I actually really think they had very shoddy publicity. It is so clear they did not do their do-diligence. Paired with Dominik's clear disregard for his subject, Ana's blatant acceptance of doing work like this for the chance to play Marilyn, and (it doesn't seem) like much else... It's just an absolute disgrace to Marilyn. Amazing conversation on this subject though, it's greatly appreciated that you are speaking on this. We need to dialogue about this movie. It's very important moving forward in the industry to do better when presenting the lives of people we regard in our culture; not censoring tragedy, but not shutting out all other elements of someone's life.
@dominos6576
2 жыл бұрын
Marilyn would not like this.
@lindsayr2853
2 жыл бұрын
I felt for her in many instances
@gladysnajar2254
2 жыл бұрын
It triggers men… women who have men constantly objectifying you… it’s part of our world. It’s a film that makes men feel guilty
@codycorey2593
Жыл бұрын
I’m gonna jump on the bandwagon and say this movie was no good. I don’t think they did Norma Jean Justice, she’s an absolute icon and bold, and was treated like a weak little fawn. Very disappointing, I hope someone does this women Justice one day.
@earnthis1
9 ай бұрын
The director made a big poopoo
@warmbeergamingdude
Жыл бұрын
How was it a fundamental failure? It was a movie adapted from a fictional book on Norma. Ha ha man, i bet you guys will cry when Kurt Cobains biopic doesn’t show him to be a choir boy? 😂
@paolita9618
2 жыл бұрын
I know she lived through unspeakable things but this very much felt like an attempt to bring Norma Jeane back to life to take advantage of her one last time in every way possible. The scenes in which men r*p*d her were like something out of a deranged person’s fan fiction story. The whole daddy issues vibe also really threw me off. I know she struggled with the loss of a father figure but this wasn’t presented in a humane way, more like a way for a man to get off on…
@musics4me
2 жыл бұрын
She's the least convincing when lipsyncing to the actual Marilyn songs. But hopefully Ana would soon come out and talk about how uncomfortable the filming of this shitshow was
@lindawoodruff2772
2 жыл бұрын
Cast amazing. Script is horrific. Horrible way to treat Marilyn memory.
@Gruliet
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t want to be too mean but Ana de Armas portrayal of Marilyn is just so far away from how I imagine Marilyn... the complexity of Marilyn is just lost, it is too one-dimensional... there is just something fundamentally wrong, it plays with the stereotypes in a way that leaves out the real supernatural creature that was Marilyn. I don’t claim to understand Marilyn, but I think she was complex to the point which defies definitions, thus making it very hard for any actress to replicate even if they actually knew her. Also, I have read Marilyn stated she never orgasmed with a man, and that she had a mental block prohibiting her according to her psychologist. In the movie, it seems like in the threesomes (which I wonder a lot about) she is in ecstasy and climaxing... again playing at the image people want... that she was able to orgasm freely and easily with men although she actually was probably super estranged sexually and connected on a way more spiritual level with people. Let’s face it, she was sexually traumatised, a rape and abuse victim who would have been extremely complex when it came to letting go with another person. I think Ana de Armas captures potenitally one dimension of Marilyin, her fragiliy, but even this is too stereotypical.. the electricity of Marilyn and her quickness and intelligence, her charm, her radiance, her power, where is it? Ana de Armas voice also reflects this... All in all I think the movie has some highlights and don’t want to be too mean.... but nah... just nah! ❤️❤️❤️
@ankitm7030
2 жыл бұрын
I watched Blonde and feel its really impactful movie......People are not trying to understand what Dominick wants to portray through the film.Its not the demeaning of a Legend,its about understanding them as an emotional human being.The film is as much about Legends like Monroe as it is about us or audience what we expect them to be.The film is the struggle of a person to cope with life,her gender,her hopes,past(her mother) and future(her child) ,her struggle with understanding People(Father,mother,Child and Husband) and most importantly her struggle to understand herself.
@abdulrosyida236
2 жыл бұрын
i dont like this movie
@MonikaVighovaCZ
2 жыл бұрын
I watched it today and I loved it!! It was dark and sometime little disgusting but honestly I loved it. I believe that it must have been this awful for her at some of those situations. And I loved the visuals. Those "live photos" gave me goosebumps!
@lindsayr2853
2 жыл бұрын
Back than they call eachother daddy my grandparents do its that era and I liked the fetus immagery especially for this time where abortions and muscarriages do haunt woman and she did go down the tubes after miscarriage etc. I loved her connection with her pregnancy
@smallcartonofmilk
2 жыл бұрын
Although it wasn’t the most enjoyable experience to watch, I felt like a pretty interesting interpretation of how she might have experienced a lot of things from her own perspective.
@tiggaW4eva
2 жыл бұрын
I knew this movie was directed by a man🙄 I hated this movie.. your video is very informed thanks.
@august6389
2 жыл бұрын
Ok Karen
@is21rocks
2 жыл бұрын
Sooo....did you like it?
@mariapencheva9129
2 жыл бұрын
u cool bro
@TonyMarinou82
2 жыл бұрын
The movie does a fantastic job of portraying the inescapable (and desperately tragic and unfortunate) absurdities that occur with poor mental health. A lot of people will look upon someone struggling with mental health issues in the same way that they view this film; As a self-indulgent trauma-fest. I hope that in time, more people come to understand that this is what it can sometimes feel like
@gorequillnachovidal
2 жыл бұрын
movie was horrible
@limitless1692
Жыл бұрын
Any modern movie is a bad movie. I stoped watching modern woke movies, because they are soo politicized and boring!
@pandabear7426
2 жыл бұрын
One perverted movie. They ruined Marylan Monoro's image. I had to stop watching it.
@juliad988
2 жыл бұрын
I put this comment on the Netflix trailer too. This movie was horrible. It was half a porno. It was just vapid…. If I wanted to see a porno I would go to Pornhub…. How about making a movie next time?
@iciajay6891
2 жыл бұрын
If you can't even bother for the actress to gain some weight to actually even try to look like the subject you are portraying, it says a lot about the effort even given. I knew not to watch this just seeing the stills. She looks like every other woman who dresses like her on Halloween. If you can't be bothered to even attempt the basics, what is the point?
@heru-deshet359
2 жыл бұрын
Fundamental failure? Which movie did you watch?
@uhhcallmejefe
2 жыл бұрын
Ok
@davidoffinski1637
2 жыл бұрын
One of the best movie I have seen in years
@TheRealDarrylStrawberry
2 жыл бұрын
This film is brilliant. People who hate it are most likely the ones that just wanted to see her jump out of a cake and sing happy birthday. Norma Jean possibly had 9 abortions in her life. Think about that... The film held back quite considerably. Especially with Dominicks fever-dream direction. This film is a horror movie about extreme loneliness disguised as a bio-pic about a woman who lived a tortured life. Again it seems most folks just wanted to pin-up version of this story. Assassination Of Jesse James is almost identical in the "factual" retelling of the character, and JESSE JAMES name is IN THE TITLE. this film is simple called BLONDE. Think about it, kiddies. How many of you wanted to see the cake? Be honest?
@anagarciasevilla3065
Жыл бұрын
There's no evidence that she had any abortion, she had three miscarriages
@iconslegends5230
Жыл бұрын
A disgusting movie. Sorry Marilyn Monroe
@SnarkierThan-U-R
Жыл бұрын
It was a great movie, one of the best of 2022
@iconslegends5230
Жыл бұрын
@@SnarkierThan-U-R Disgusting movie full of lies
@calliopexn
2 жыл бұрын
i think i'm in love with you
@zoeplsno
2 жыл бұрын
bold
@kienmaple
2 жыл бұрын
Highly disagree. It is a brilliant and much need film. Sure the depictions of brutality are endless. However, that is how trauma is. It stays with you and never let go. The visuals work with that. This movie is not surface level at all. It goes deep into her psyche and show us that, despite all of her achievements, she's still the lost little girl who's looking for daddy and that she would trade anything to get a father. Interviews in the past have stated how much family means to Marilyn, and this movie accurately communicates that sentiment.
@josephirizarry5195
2 жыл бұрын
Isn't it delicious?
@registeredsexoffende
2 жыл бұрын
what the fuck where you all expecting?? this is a movie about the dark and grim side!!!!! its not respecting nor exploiting Mariliyn Monroe. It never blamed her for shit. It was just showing what was written in the BOOK!
@petermj1098
2 жыл бұрын
Marion Monroe fans are delusional. They really think that someone being deemed a sex symbol wasn’t treated like a sex object in real life. This movie is brutally honest that the cost of her being a sex symbol in movies was being a sex object in real life.
@iknowmyusernamesucks1939
2 жыл бұрын
This is the best review of Blonde I’ve seen! So balanced, intelligent and nuanced. Thank you.
@MultiIDK1234
Жыл бұрын
the movie White Girl is more NC17 than Blonde, Blonde was fucking boring im so fucking tired of these boring ass movies.
@SnarkierThan-U-R
Жыл бұрын
Then don't watch them and STFU.
@Tigerheiress
2 жыл бұрын
as a society we need to LEAVE THIS WOMAN ALONE. if i were marilyn my ghost would haunt america forever 😭
@Boobalopbop
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it’s getting to a point where we need to just leave her be. Admire her work, her images and the person she was. Maybe someone can make a great documentary or something, but biopics in general lately have been so cringe.
@Tigerheiress
2 жыл бұрын
@@Boobalopbop and its just getting OBSESSIVE. like so many people dressing like her, taking her clothes out of museums to wear them, its all so disrespectful and out of control. you wouldn’t wear any other dead person’s clothes so why is it ok to wear hers? not to mention these exploitive biopics. its like nobody has learned anything. being exploited like this is what caused her life to end early to begin with. the marilyn obsession needs to end because its not even about honoring her, its about defiling an ideal and exploiting a narrative of female suffering. its strange and scary.
@Boobalopbop
2 жыл бұрын
@@Tigerheiress Oh, that vile plastic pig wearing her dress was just so wrong. Ugh… I forgot about that. I think my brain just wants to block it out. And mind you, I don’t see Marilyn as this God-like creature we should only worship, or something. I just think it’s disrespectful. I wouldn’t even mind if she bought the dress at auction. But to borrow it, alter it and just wear it, it’s just some “I’ll do it cuz I can” BS. I hate it.
@layla2822
Жыл бұрын
And move the bodies of those creepy old men. Let her rest in peace 🙏🏻
@Tigerheiress
Жыл бұрын
@@layla2822 period.
@talistheintrovert
2 жыл бұрын
I wrote about the twisting of Marilyn Monroe's image for my dissertation (it was an extended thesis about the way women have their images taken away and twisted after they've died and can't speak up for themselves) and I read Blonde as part of my research. Joyce Carol Oates is known for her particular kind of fictional-non-fiction writing and it REALLY doesn't translate well to screen, but even ignoring the book it's based on this is just a horrible portrayal of an incredibly interesting woman who lived through a lot of really horrific stuff and yet is mostly only known for her "perfect" image (and "difficult" personality), done by focussing mainly on... her image. This is exactly the kind of thing I was pointing out in my dissertation as completely missing the point in a way that makes the point it's missing even more obvious.
@syxpcotic9452
2 жыл бұрын
She has always been sexual that was her whole image
@bistander
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds like an interesting long video essay topic
@nulle_part_recordings8918
2 жыл бұрын
But do you not think exactly what you said is what this movie is. The way they portray Norma Jean as thinking of Marilyn as perfection as the thing that will carry her out of the darkest parts of her life but which also brings her fame as well, sort of twisting them together as she wants herself to be an actually good actor but is betrayed by who people want Marilyn to be, those people thinking Marilyn is her, is that not what the movie points out by showing an unabashed look at it?
@talistheintrovert
2 жыл бұрын
@@nulle_part_recordings8918 I think there is a way of making this movie that *could* effectively portray that, but that's not what this movie is doing. You don't need to have drawn out scenes of assault in order to show that her life wasn't perfect, all while focussing on her face. Changing scenes' aspect ratios and colour grading depending on *what photoshoot they're in reference to* is also a prime example of that surface level thinking. The movie is attempting to say "marilyn monroe is a facade, Norma Jean was a tortured individual" which is not necessarily incorrect, but it does this by explicitly portraying that image over and over again in a way that goes full circle back to being exploitative of her again. It's uncomfortable (and not in the way the book is, trying to force you to think about such things) but in a way that makes it clear it doesn't understand the problem with this portrayal. It's sexist and dehumanising and reduces a woman who lived through childhood s*xual assault and physical abuse and grew up to become a woman who tried to make a career and a life for herself into a helpless waif with daddy issues. In the novel the fetus is a metaphor (and she doesn't have LITERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH IT) but in the film it is a heavy-handed schlocky message that is incredibly tasteless. Her supposed throuple never happened, the threesome never happened, there's no proof she ever had an abortion and there are no records of any studio executives r*ping Monroe - especially that particular one, who she actively got away from in a professional capacity, something that is well known. So there is even less reason to show these things in explicit detail with exploitative nudity and almost laughable cgi. It reduces her image to the one society already thought she was "the ditzy slut with no agency who is a tortured person behind the scenes" and doesn't dig any deeper than that. If anything it makes her image more surface level because it chooses to focus so image-heavy on the things that didn't happen, and in particular on the overly sexual content which Marilyn explicitly didn't want herself reduced to. Marilyn Monroe just wanted to be seen as a person but this is yet another portrayal of her that goes out of its way to see her as almost entirely just a sex symbol even as it pretends it's not. I see where you're coming from but the movie doesn't.
@Angela-rt8xp
2 жыл бұрын
@@talistheintrovert is your paper public access and can I please read it? it sounds fascinating (gender studies minor communications major Marilyn Monroe admirer here....just asking)
@Bamgeutcutiepie
2 жыл бұрын
this movie.... oh man. it looked SO GOOD at first... it set the mood and had such interesting cinematography! such cool shots... but ... firstly: this movie is much up it's own butt just focusing purely on the visuals. scene, next, scene, next... doesn't really feel like a movie as much as collection of scenes. THEN the way it just completely degrades her!! All the assault and violence, her total passive nature and dumbed down portrayal of Marilyn. Made up assaults and having her naked in 50 of the movie. close ups of her face as she is getting F'ed .... close up of her ace as she gives a ... Job... and again, totally made up scenario. just degrading her. *WHY* just WHY did they objectify her so much? The actress Ana too! this just shows her as a total mess and borderline insane. this movie is so messed up. a scene that lasted an eternity where they close up of her crotch as the dress goes up. hearing her getting violently beaten up. seeing her abortion from the inside of her V... WTF is wrong with this movie! it had such potential and the trailer looked good. Ana does an amazing job with what she is given, but.... nothing could save this disgrace of a film.
@shawklan27
2 жыл бұрын
Well said
@vicanjel
2 жыл бұрын
There wouldn't be Marilyn Monroe, The Icon, without objectification. How could they make a movie of an icon that was built on objectification without doing some objectification of their own? Sure, they could do a documentary, but not a movie. It is a plus 18 movie, there's a warning before it begins. I personally felt awkward when I watched those scenes you criticize but I knew what I had signed in for. So did the actress Ana de Armas, who agreed to do the portrayal. Disney should do the next movie about Marilyn Monroe...(to avoid people getting offended)
@donjindra
2 жыл бұрын
The "dumbed down" version of Marylin? That's a dumb comment. Look at her interactions with Miller. He's amazed at how smart she is.
@Velvet62211
2 жыл бұрын
Wtf, really?! I’m just 25 minutes in the movie and I already dislike it but wth. I thought the movie would be good because it’s top 10 in Netflix rn but the movie just seems like it’s only disrespecting, objectifying and sexualizing Marilyn even when she’s dead
@LB-mo1dc
2 жыл бұрын
Nope, tired of people infantilizing Ana a GROWN women. I lost all respect when she read the script and still chose to act in this role. Everyone involved is gross for participating
@JamesLawner
2 жыл бұрын
Of all the times biographical/historical media tries to be progressive, this movie missed out on showcasing how Marilyn Monroe helped out Ella Fitzgerald on getting a gig at a nightclub (seriously, this was a true story, and there’s even a photo with Fitzgerald and Monroe), and many other things that showcased Monroe’s intelligence and intellectuality (this movie only briefly mentions how she’s read Chekov and Dostoyevsky). Lastly, why make a fictionalized account of a real person’s life when you can just tell an original story with original characters and have it be allegorical? Anyways, go watch Jackie for a better biopic experience.
@LoneWulf278
2 жыл бұрын
YES! I read about that event and always wanted to see it play out on screen. But instead we got… this. Predictable trauma p0rn passing itself off as a “message about fame”. 😂 I’m sorry, but you just can’t convince me that woman who was able to get an icon like Ella Fitzgerald better pay was some kinda indigent, fragile, child in a woman’s body. Sadly, people in the industry are enamored with that image and nobody is interested in the truly admirable parts of her life.
@mikaylasmith7600
2 жыл бұрын
YES!!! I also hated how they didn't bring in Jane Russell. Apparently she was on Marylin's side a lot during their filming of GPB. But no, women supporting women?? Nope, just misery and emotional torture.
@LoneWulf278
2 жыл бұрын
@@mikaylasmith7600 YEP. This is why I prefer TV shows and have for years now. Movie-makers are so lazy and aggravating these days. They have a very limited amount of time to tell a big story, so they just pick the narratives that they find to be the most likely to get attention.
@stephennootens916
2 жыл бұрын
The interesting thing about her is she was vary intelligent woman who did a lot in the time she was working but also had mood disorder that most like could be have treated today.
@stephennootens916
2 жыл бұрын
@@mindyengledow6860 i do recall reading somewhere she did go to therapy
@dinkybo
2 жыл бұрын
It was terrible. It should be called the Victimization of Monroe. She’s crying and miserable in the entire movie. Anna did a good job but boooo to the director. He exploited both actresses.
@donjindra
2 жыл бұрын
It was very good. The actress was not "exploited." She did an excellent job.
@ChildOfTheFlower
2 жыл бұрын
And this actress got paid for her services that she signed a contract to do.
@melissadavis18
2 жыл бұрын
Ana did well with what was given to her but Jesus! Don’t have to expect an awards from this
@Luke-Emmanuel
2 жыл бұрын
Now you know what borderline personality disorder is. Next time, maybe you’ll try not to let them die.
@arnemyggen
Жыл бұрын
The book on which this is based is getting rave reviews on Amazon. Maybe it’s because grownups read books and kids see Netflix?
@mctheplaywright
2 жыл бұрын
WHY DID THE MOVIE HAVE A TALKING FETUS WHY DID THE MOVIE HAVE A TALKING FETUS WHY DID THE MOVIE HAVE A TALKING FETUS WHY DID THE MOVIE HAVE A TALKING FETUS WHY DID THE MOVIE HAVE A TALKING FETUS
@fromgreattobrilliant922
2 жыл бұрын
Wait until you hear about P.T. lmao
@lulucica1
2 жыл бұрын
Because the film Is PURE TRASH!
@basharatahmad306
2 жыл бұрын
Because abortion is murder
@user-bj7em4fv1p
2 жыл бұрын
That scene was so horrible and ridiculous I stopped watching just to say out loud WHAT THE F*CK IS THIS SH*T? I can’t believe someone decided it was a good idea to put a scene like that in the movie. It was not only hideous visually, like all the other fetus imagery in the movie, it was so tone deaf and in poor taste it shocked me. I believe it is one of the worst scenes I have ever seen in a movie.
@user-bj7em4fv1p
Жыл бұрын
@Vicar Amelia 100%!
@emd2831
2 жыл бұрын
I can’t even believe they allowed this to be made , showing fictional key word FICTIONAL rape scenes about a real woman that died years ago is absolutely disgusting and horrifying I’m sure she’s rolling in her grave right now , the amount of disrespect is unreal , also they released this movie without really specifying to the audience that the movie is based off of a fictional book about her this just completely distorted and twisted her life story and people are taking it as real
@lulucica1
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly !!!! Just WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS ...Thanks for articulating my thoughts on Marilyn being robed of her humanity and strength !!!
@emd2831
2 жыл бұрын
@@mindyengledow6860 exactly my heart breaks for her so much right now , I’ve seen so many people already talk about this movie as if it’s factual .
@emd2831
2 жыл бұрын
@@mindyengledow6860 there’s also a extremely graphic fictional abortion scene , I think that part was the end of it for me it made me extremely mad like so mad , there’s no proof she ever got an abortion,she had multiple miscarriages because of infertility /reproductive issues. Now people are talking about it as if it really happened, how dark and twisted to take something so private and then make up a lie to present to the world .
@emd2831
2 жыл бұрын
@@mindyengledow6860 and we all know deep down that if she was alive today to see this it would’ve broke Monroe’s heart 💔
@lovelymelody7
2 жыл бұрын
1000% they purposely didn't explicitly say this was almost entirely FICTION. This movie could have been easily a made-up Hollywood actress but making Marilyn the focal point and inflicting that much fabricated pain is disgusting. I hate the director if I'm being honest. he himself hates Marilyn..
@EllieC130
2 жыл бұрын
I think the JFK thing annoyed me because... well, she didn't have to be drugged and raped by JFK for an affair between them to be messed up. We all know there was an obvious power imbalance so to speculate it was more nefarious on his end than already was commonly depicted just feels artistically like they're trying to push it further to show off they're the movie that has the guts to "go there". But given we don't even know if it happened in general, it feels like they're using speculative trauma porn of a real person for clout.
@smythejane7345
2 жыл бұрын
Right. Like you said, there’s zero credible evidence that an affair between JFK and Marilyn Monroe actually happened, the majority of the “evidence” stems from her happy birthday performance where she purposefully played a caricature of herself since it was his birthday, she was invited, and had to entertain him along with the audience. But aside from that there is so much out there about JFKs affairs and I feel like a lot of it is overblown but there’s no denying that he had quite a few affairs. It’s so crazy how you can have such progressive, inspiring and seemingly good people be absolutely horrible and reckless sometimes, but oddly enough that’s the human race for you, full of complexity and contradiction.
@dotcombabytm4644
2 жыл бұрын
I watched Andrew Dominik's Blonde reeeally late last night/early morning (till 4 am), and....to be frank. This is a movie to watch once and never watch again. Blonde is one truly dark, eerie, rough, disturbing and depressing cinematic roller coaster ride. Dominik being raw with depicting Marilyn's life is one thing. Dominik treating Marilyn's life like a visual snuff film meant to ethically, morally, artistically and visually r*pe Marilyn's soul, dignity, memory and humanity in the process is another. I previously read reviews of Andrew Dominik's Blonde and while reading graphic details of Marilyn's sexual trauma was already depressing and I was mindful of what to expect by watching this movie, it was still very hard to watch and I didn't enjoy it at all. Watching the way Domink would constantly drag Marilyn through the ringer with back to back suffering and trauma was just a lot, and that was so depressing to watch unfold on my TV screen. Dominik not only going over the top with showing Marilyn's sexual trauma with overly graphic and gratuitous detail back to back but Dominik also figuratively and literally recucing Marilyn to her private sexual organs in two forced abortion scenes just feels very invasive and dehumanizing. Just even reading that detail of those scenes in reviews beforehand really got to me to where I teared up and actually cried. And frankly, Dominik's use of gratuitous content in a way is a rape of viewers and audience members too. And I was deeply affected and disturbed and I felt terrible for poor Marilyn and was depressed and numb during this movie and afterwards. Granted I only watched two of Marilyn's movies during childhood (Niagara and Don't Bother To Knock) and I'm not a Marilyn superfan but even I know Marilyn should get a movie that treats her with gentleness and humanity, and that's not what Dominik did. Also: Dominik's disdainful and sexist views on Marilyn only makes matters worse. In conclusion, Dominik should've left Marilyn's life story alone and shouldn't have filmed Blonde.
@26349
2 жыл бұрын
Let me guess, the director also showed none of her suffering from severe endometriosis
@bomnitoperro9422
2 жыл бұрын
Every time i se marilyn i feel weird. It feels like every person that has portrayed her allways use her to an extent that feels like an image rape. She is not a person is a warhol icon, a fashion concept, a mans sexual dream. And then this movie feels like the final nail in the coffin. Do we really need to dip once again in a womans sexual traumas, and how life treathed her by faking situations and having her naked 50% of the movie. Once again Marilyn is not a person, just a prop for a narcisist
@donjindra
2 жыл бұрын
There was a lot of humanity in this film. That's one of its strengths.
@wraithful5300
2 жыл бұрын
What makes it truly horrible is that these forced abortion and graphic sexual assaults never occurred in real life. If you want the real story, Marilyn has an autobiography “My Story” that was published posthumously and it is a much better insight on the woman herself and her life.
@donjindra
2 жыл бұрын
@@wraithful5300 The movie is not clear that the abortion was forced. Regardless, this was not supposed to be the "real" story. It was based on a novel.
@maregzz8650
2 жыл бұрын
The bj scene of the movie was unnecessary and waaaay to long
@CharlizeQuin
2 жыл бұрын
How come everyone under the sun can get a humanizing “biopic” EXCEPT for Marilyn Monroe? It’s not because of lack of material there is plenty of information about her. I wish we could get ONE that shows the bad, the good, the brilliant, the great and the horrible. But since it’s apparently impossible can we at least have the decency to LET HER REST and not continue to bastardize and exploit her image? Jfc.
@harlottebronte
2 жыл бұрын
Every single person who I've seen try and defend this movie is a man. That fact alone says a *lot* about how this movie treats women and the trauma they're put through. It's like some people fundamentally cannot understand that being treated like a sex object doesn't actually make someone less of a person. This movie is jsut pretending to critique the way Marilyn was objectified in life by continuing to objectify her in death, and making her death a spectacle in and of itself. But the cinematography is decent so now it's a "masterpiece" 🙄. Fucking gross.
@evi4043
2 жыл бұрын
Movie was ironic. All Marylin wanted was to be seen as Norma throughout the movie. All Dominik showed us was Marylin. I was so disappointed with that. She was more than her trauma and conspiracy theories.
@Sharpe1502
2 жыл бұрын
This movie could’ve been this generation’s Fire Walk With Me, but Dominik kept every character (even Marilyn) at a distance and he didn’t let the audience connect with anyone. It felt more like watching a car crash in slow motion.
@ImTheBitchWitch
2 жыл бұрын
My enemies often have accidents biachh bet on that one 😊
@TheDRODOR
2 жыл бұрын
@@ImTheBitchWitch ??
@Mencazable
2 жыл бұрын
This movie is becoming a cult in the next few years. Just like FWWM.
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