Among the mini movies History of real geniuses introduced cinema highly appreciated “The Theory of Everything” (Theory of Love – 2014) as an outstanding film about the years of youth and the journey of facing illness by famous physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).
Story film truly tells the biography of a genius, a giant of human intelligence in the 20th century and struggle with a rare disease.
As fate would have it, Stephen Hawking suffered the curse of “tortured geniuses” when he suffered from a motor neuron disease that caused the phenomenon Muscle atrophy left him almost completely paralyzed and had to communicate through a voice-emitting device.
Something that biographical films about the life of a genius often have to face. is how to keep the characters’ life stories from falling into boring, clichéd narratives because the public already knows a little about them.
How to keep the film’s story from going beyond what is public they know they can still create emotions in viewers; And even more difficult is to explain the specialized scientific concepts that make up the career achievements of geniuses, but often these concepts are too complicated to understand and do not make many people want to understand deeply.
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A successful biographical film “The Theory of Everything” received 5 nominations at the Oscars including nominations for Best Actor/Female Lead/Adapted Screenplay/Soundtrack/Best Picture. In the end, male lead Eddie Redmayne took home the golden statue.
The film was not only appreciated by critics but also loved by the public with a film budget of only 15 million USD. The film has grossed 1123 7 million USD from the box office.
Not going beyond the stereotypical formula of a biographical film “The Theory of Everything” has handled the challenges posed in an impressive way The film’s story touches the hearts of viewers.
The love story between young scientist Stephen Hawking and his first wife – Jane (actress Felicity Jones) is placed in the center. mind about movies. After only 2 minutes into the movie, the two main characters met each other. Their love takes place like a tornado, showing the passion, understanding and fateful bond between the two.
He is a graduate student studying for a doctorate at a prestigious university. has a hunchbacked gait, a cheerful, lively and confident personality; She is a friendly and lovely girl studying for a doctorate in medieval literature. They youthfully joked and flirted with each other. Then, staggering on his feet, he encountered an accident and suddenly fell down…
Diagnosed with motor neurone disease after a stunning fall Hawking was initially given about two years to live. But for the next 30 years until Hawking divorced Jane in 1995, Jane devoted the best part of her life to taking care of Hawking and raising their three children.
The film’s script was adapted from Ms. Jane’s autobiography – “Travelling to Infinity” – skillfully portraying the difficulties and subtleties to retain a thoughtful respect for the past. The couple’s private life. There will be many questions that viewers silently ask in their minds but are not answered.
If family life is so difficult, do they ever argue? Hawking was so sick, how did the couple manage to have three children?
Because Hawking’s illness spent more time at home, the burden of care placed on Jane became even greater. while Hawking’s health condition gradually deteriorated over time.
The couple had different views, but all of those oppositions were expressed in a gentle and polite way through The debate between two people full of education and culture.
Come here “The Theory of Everything” easily falls into the scene of portraying characters without drama, easily causing the characters to become superficial, lacking depth, or even unrealistic. But that is Stephen Hawking, an outstanding person who, despite a tragic fate, always looks forward to the positive in every situation.
Only because the positive aspect of his personality is so great. It’s so big that it’s not simple to portray the painful inner struggles of a transcendent human being.
When the brain’s ambitions are held helplessly within limits. The misery of physical illness felt like my body was betraying me, then the film’s story decided to change direction…
In fact, the film’s story was separated from the perspective of the character Stephen Hawking told. from the moment the character has to sit in a twisted position in a wheelchair. It was like a silent helplessness that was also when Jane began to meet Jonathan, a widower she knew when joining the church choir.
Gradually Jonathan became a part of of the house becomes friends not only with Jane but also with Hawking and the children. Between Jane and Jonathan, pure feelings are formed.
At this time, Jane was placed under arrest. in the dilemma of being a woman whose strong desires for love have been placed for too long under the burden of family responsibilities. Jane vaguely aims for a simpler, gentler love…
In the film, male lead Eddie Redmayne’s performance overwhelmed both critics and audiences: completely convincing in terms of appearance; Accurate in portraying motor neurone disease; close to the expressive personality of the prototype – just warm enough but not overly optimistic.
While the film’s story leaves blank the depictions of the painful, tormenting inner turmoil of the protagonist. If a genius is suppressed in a sick body, viewers can still interpret it for themselves through wordless scenes.
A haunting scene in which Hawking walks with difficulty painfully going up the stairs to where his young son Robert is looking down is a scene that depicts the physical breakdown, pain and mental frustration of the sick father.
Pain Hawking’s wordlessness was also portrayed a second time in a scene at the end of the film when tears fell from his eyes as Hawking and his wife had to face the reality that their half-life-long marriage could no longer be saved.
With “The Theory of Everything” viewers were moved to tears by admiring Hawking’s superior mind. before the cruel fate of an outstanding person and moved by the beautiful love story of two outstanding people who gave each other the most beautiful things possible.
A biographical film made about a Outstanding scientist but also very “everyday”. Hawking himself cried after watching this movie. The nurse who cared for him recalled that she wiped away the tears rolling down his cheeks.
The life of Stephen Hawking – the film’s prototype character – praised the authenticity of the film. cinematographic works. The film made the scientist believe that he was seeing himself on the screen. There are many movies made about Hawking, but this deserves to be a work of cinema that combines realistic and artistic elements to tell the story of a genius.
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