These are probably our last new photos of Tom Hiddleston for months. Hiddles made one last stop in New York to promote Crimson Peak. Tom, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Guillermo del Toro all came out for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. These photos of Tom are from his arrival, where he seemed to be wearing the same jeans and blue button-down that he wore throughout the week in NYC. He also added a pair of black-frame glasses which… I mean, I LOVE a man in glasses. Tom needs to wear his glasses more often. They do make him look different though – suddenly he’s not the dashing, classically handsome Englishman and more like the nerd-hot I.T. guy. The guy who wears a cape to Comic-Con. That guy.
As for the Colbert interview, this is the only clip online. Of course Colbert asked Tom about showing off his “English countryside.”
Very cute.
Meanwhile, there’s sort of bad news for Hiddles fans – after his promotional blitz in the past month, he really is going off into the jungle for months and months for Kong: Skull Island. Which means he would not have been able to promote I Saw the Light in late November. Which is the excuse being given for why Sony Pictures Classics just pushed back the release date for ISTL. It was set to have a limited release on November 28 and now it’s being pushed back for March 25, 2016. Which means no Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical. I tend to think “Tom’s lack of availability in November” is just a face-saving excuse though. The reviews coming out of TIFF were not all that great. Most critics said Tom and Lizzie Olsen did a decent job with the material, but the film was largely panned. My guess is the March release date is Sony’s way of burying it.
Update: we’ll have the Nashville photos tomorrow. Please do not threadjack.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
Or just wanting to see better?
Dorky for wanting to see better? Jeez…
Right on. The percentage of actors with myopia and astigmatism is probably the same as the percentage of non-actors with myopia and astigmatism. The percentage of engineers, programmers and scientists needing vision correction is probably the same as well. Maybe the latter group just has less need of contacts for cosmetic purposes?
I wore contacts for two decades before deciding the time and expense wasn’t worth it. And besides, glasses rule! Now I own several pairs to match my mood for the day.
As for Hiddles, to me he looks like a shy book nerd with a secret naughty side, with or without glasses. But better with glasses.
It does bother me a little that people in the public eye get accused of wearing glasses for reasons of fashion and while some do, many also wear contacts so we don’t actually know they need them until photo’s like this appear.
I’d love to wear contacts but alas i get a bit freaked out putting things in/near my eyes so contact are out. I wear glasses but have strabismus amblyopia so while they help I’ll never have proper vision 🙁 But i have been told i look like a sexy secretary with my designer classes LOL
I love your train of thought, Bettyrose. And Betti, someone once accused me of wearing non-prescription glasses because I have a pair of those big, nerdy glasses which are so popular these days.
Maybe he’s been wearing contacts for years and just recently his eyesight has gotten to the point where he needs glasses too. I’ve always had glasses but finally bit the bullet and asked my eye doctor about contacts only to be told that contacts couldn’t fix all my problems and I’d still need glasses in certain situations – even with the contacts in. Sucks to get old – and that’s a direct quote from my doctor when I expressed my displeasure at that idea.
@dara. I had cataract surgery four years ago and it was like magic – corrected my near-sightedness, presbyopia, astigmatism and lousy night vision. Now, the only time I need glasses is for fine print in the phone book(and I’m a person who’s needed glasses since around age five). It was a very simple operation, so if your doctor ever suggests it, it might solve some if your problems.
I wore contacts for 20 years and finally got to the point where they started hurting my corneas.
I had a surgery and it is wonderful. I am kicking myself I didn’t have it 10 years earlier.
I love me some Colbert. And Hiddles on Colbert…..swoon. *falls over*
I know, right. Two Dorks on the Boob Tube. I was in heaven.
I agree it’s a face-saving excuse. Releasing it in March decidedly puts it out of awards contention, whereas late November was a prime date. SPC miscalculated the Oscar chances of this one, scrambled to buy Miles Ahead at the last minute and even that one didn’t have a fantastic reception at NYFF I think.
SPC are a mess this year. But moving ISTL out of the Oscar calendar is sensible since it’ll avoid the crowded box office competition at year-end, and the movie’s awards chances are dead anyway.
Yep. If anything, I think they will go after box office now and cut their losses on any awards – despite what they said in the Deadline article.
I know this is not the favourable opinion, but seeing Tom performing at the party last night makes me cringe. Time to give it up. Over-performing. The photos of Tom and Elizabeth are over-performed too. Acting in the movie is one thing, and I’m sure he’s excellent. Let that movie slip quietly away. Just my observations.
I wonder if Kaiser actually ever met any real IT guys. They do not look like this, not even the hot ones. Tom looks really good here, glasses or no glasses. Nothing nerd about it, just hot.
Yup. IT gals, too. : )
He seems to be one of those people who can carry glasses and hats well.
In general balls2thewalls (great name, btw), ITA, but there was one IT guy at this temp job I had during grad school…he was your ultimate hot-hipster-nerd-dreamboy. I was only there for three weeks. I was 25 and totally dressed for him in hipster geek girl every day. We awkwardly smiled at each other when we passed in the hall, but never spoke. One day, I loudly mentioned a network issue I was having, and without a word, even though I hadn’t asked, he came over, sat at my desk, tinkered a bit on the computer, fixed the issue, and walked away. I was only at the job a couple more days and I never saw him again. 🙁
My husband is an “IT guy” and looks like this. Actually, he resembles Hiddles with darker hair. It took a while to get my daughter to not say “Daddy!” when she saw his pictures so people didn’t think I was nuts! Right now, he is scruffy, in cargo shorts and a t shirt (still good looking!) but tomorrow he will put on dress pants and a shirt and wear the shizz out of it. It helps that he is very well educated in a completely different field (political science and economics) so yeah, hot, nerdy IT guys do exist!
@Moochimom – you have just made me all kinds of jealous. Someone who looks like Hiddleston and can get my wi-fi up and running? Is it hot in here or is it just me?
I am thinking someone who runs a popular online blog probably has met an IT guy.
I worked in IT, and not one dude was remotely sexy, charming, or physically appealing.
Tom is very clean cut, handsome, witty and sexy. Perfection.
Oi, what is with all this criticism of IT guys? I worked at Accenture, which is pretty ITish. I met plenty of hot and smart guys.
Holy crap. I would climb that like a tree.
I agree. He’s one of my Forever Dongs. I saw Crimson Peak yesterday and he was delicious. 😋 Plus you get to see his adorable little butt! Rowr.
Of course it’s a face saving excuse. If people actually think otherwise they haven’t been following Hollywood very long!
I’m more stunned at the bad opening for Crimson Peak. I’ve always said the movie star is dead and concept rules (not that any of the actors involved are “movie stars”). I thought for sure the concept in October would catch on. Nope, another underperformer.
I enjoyed the film for my own reasons, but this was promoted as GDT’s masterpiece, and the script was really half baked. It wasted a great set and great cast. This is a shame.
And some of it was a bit corny but it was all very, very pretty. Well, except for the ants.
None of this stopped me from enjoying it, but I am not surprised that it is not doing well.
The Martian is still kicking major box office butt and the showing of Bridge of Spies I attended last night was sold out. Far too many films open in the fall instead of being spread throughout the year. The studios really need to examine how they release stuff because that really factors into how things make money. People only have so much time yet they release nothing in February and everything in October and November.
And I enjoyed it too. It was all so pretty. Pretty is good. Whereas Steven Jobs had some pretty but not a lot and was just people talking at one another for two hours about the Apple 2.
“The studios really need to examine how they release stuff because that really factors into how things make money.”
A lot of it has to do with the awards calendar and wanting to take advantage of the fall festival circuit to raise the profile and cachet of their movies. Crimson Peak may not get any director or acting nominations at the Oscars but it can still make a bid at the tech categories like Production Design and Costume Design for instance. Giving it a year-end release date implies the studios have analysed its prospects and are reasonably confident such movies can withstand the greater box office competition. Sometimes they miscalculate and the movie bombs or gets lost in the shuffle amid a tonne of other movies released during this period.
> A lot of it has to do with the awards calendar and wanting to take advantage of the fall festival circuit to raise the profile and cachet of their movies
Yes, the “Bridge of Spies” is a possible contender, they have to release it in the fall.
Though I think the target audience for the “Bridge of Spies” and “Crimson Peak” doesn’t overlap much.
I think Martian is what did it and the other movie- Goosebumps, whatever it is.
I think Crimson Peak and The Martian don’t have too much overlap either. One attracts the blockbuster and sci-fi crowds who want to see big special effects. The other is a much smaller, intimate Gothic drama. And The Martian has already been in theatres for a few weeks, so it’s not competing head-on for opening box office bow.
I’m not quite sure why CP did so badly though. The marketing has been quite extensive I think. It could be a combination of factors, e.g. middling critical reception, lack of superstar power, competition from other releases and the fact that it kinda got buried at TIFF as other movies like Room took precedence. It didn’t get the buzz that was hoped for.
@Beth No. 2, Crimson Peak didn’t show at TIFF. Legendary kept it out of the festival circuit and its only festival showing was a surprise booking at the Fantastic Fest.
I know all about the Oscar push scheduling and it drives me nearly insane. As it is, a majority of the AMPAS voters don’t see all the films in their nomination categories and they get special screenings and home screeners. Films in the costume, makeup/hair, set design and other technical categories tend to reflect the full year better than those in the acting categories. Clumping everything into the final three months of the year, when people are also busy with Halloween/Thanksgiving/Chanukah/Christmas and everything else that goes on in life means films are going to fail just because there is too much competition for viewer time. I have an 86 year old great aunt who is a huge movie buff and I take her to see at least one if not two movies every weekend. Since she was very young, she has made a point of seeing every film nominated in the best picture and acting categories before the ceremony – yes, there’s a lot of guessing involved. We go through months when there is absolutely nothing worthwhile to see (hello, February!) and then we have a real difficulty getting in to see everything she wants because of time constrictions. The studios would actually get more of her money if they spread stuff out more – and AMPAS voters would probably actually see more of what they’re voting for.
Whoops sorry, I got it mixed up with ISTL. And yes, the year-end movie calendar is crowded and competitive. There is some method to the madness, mainly that the distributors want their movies to be fresh in voters’ minds when the Oscars roll around and to capitalise on the awards buzz during this time of the year. Hence Feb-Mar are traditional dumping grounds. There is always a risk scheduling a movie for the year-end calendar, and many films do fail.
There are some exceptions, like The Grand Budapest Hotel and Boyhood last year which were major awards contenders despite being released in March and July. But these are the rare ones which manage to not lose steam and they were helped by tremendous critical acclaim. But the vast majority still stick to the year-end madness and unfortunately that means an awfully uneven movie schedule through the year for the likes of your aunt!
@lilac. Your aunt sounds great. May she have many more years of movie going.
Yeah, I enjoyed it and thought it was very pretty, but I thought more could have been done with the concept. The bits about the house were great, but the Too Dumb to Live Heroine is an overdone trope, and frankly, I think it was less appropriate here than in many other films. Even older books about women caught in creepy houses seemed more realistic to me – Jane Eyre was an employee, the heroine in Rebecca was a poor, naive girl whose other options were limited, and heroines in Faulkner and Shirley Jackson’s works tend to own and have grown up in the creepy house. Ethel is wealthy, confident, and street smart enough to socialize with men in business settings. It’s harder for me to believe she became such a ninny so quickly.
As for its opening, I saw it tonight and The Martian screened at the same time. I was generally not able to predict which people were going into one or the other – I’m sure The Martian has the bigger teen audience, but I think it did compete for the audience of adults who want to see reasonably good movies (The Martian is well-reviewed and Crimson Peak has the del Toro stamp on it) that aren’t super serious Oscar bait.
I’m going to see CP today solely on the basis of the set and costuming. (And Tom’s ‘English Countryside’.) I’m not a scary movie person so I’ve read all the spoilers and know what to expect; a disappointing execution of script, to be sure, but I’ll enjoy it for what it is.
Set, costumes, and the English countryside are all well worth the price of admission.
… can someone please tell me whose baby that was!??
I liked it for what it was. Writing wasn’t great at all but Tom was lovely. And despite the, ahem, circumstances, it made me want to see Chastain and Hiddleston together in real life. LOL
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MI6: wasn’t it the child Lucille and Thomas’ baby? It was born “with something wrong” as Lucille explained…at least I thought so??
@Kate: thank you, that’s what I thought. Would have appreciated more back story as to why they did what they did to make it more sympathetic. Also would have liked more reaction from Thomas Sharpe after the much vaunted ” sex” scene, since Edith was presumably the only other woman he’d ever been with aside from his sister. TH could have had a field day with that.
We were missing quite a bit of backstory, like the parents of the baby and the environment that Thomas and Lucille had while they were growing up that encouraged all the dysfunction, besides being locked away in the nursery.
Don’t get me started on the sex scenes, they could have been done better and the significance of the first one should have been obvious at the time it was happening, not afterwards.
I think the press needs to manage expectations in regard to a period piece that is a ghost story, opening against a big family movie and Martian which is getting great reviews. It’s on limited screens and iMax as well which puts people off, or people sneak in without paying and get tickets for other shows.
And, I still haven’t seen it yet, Some of us avoid cinema at the weekend and will enjoy with adults next week.
and, for $60 million film it’s nothing to worry about too much, sales will come in globally.
Unfortunately, it’s flopping overseas if Variety is accurate. It looks like it’s bombing.
The budget is just too high when you look at all the marketing too, they probably needed to make $100 million to break even. Right now it’s looking like it’s not going to even make $60 million total 🙁
well, it was only on limited screens in the UK for first week, because of IMAX so it will be interested to see if sales steady once it’s on 2D screens and price comes down.
for what’s it worth i still havnt seen it yet, and others will still go and see it during the week.
It wasn’t just going up against The Martian, but also the new Spielberg film, Bridge of Spies. The huz wanted to see that last night and the room was packed. Once global receipts are in, I wouldn’t be surprised if CP makes its money back.
I wish they hadn’t called it a Horror film because it wasn’t that. It was gothic, but it’s even difficult to call it a romance since there’s very little of it and it’s pretty f*cked up on that front. It should have been called a Gothic Suspense.
I enjoyed it for the beauty of the gorgeous production, Chastain’s performance and the Hiddlebum, but the plot had holes in it and the character development was weak.
I think there is confusion as to what it is.. It seems to be a gothic thriller targeted to women. But women are not big on horror and thriller movies. It is guys area, but for guys this movie is too pretty,
I would have called it a scary tale.
Was it any good? The ads on Hulu are cartoonishly awful, but the cast is so dreamy.
We had high expectations for Crimson Peak and were very disappointed.
Yes it’s good. The cast, the visuals are all very good- beautiful in fact. It’s an experience for the senses. It’s a Gothic romance mystery/thriller that has aspects of horror (ghosts, creepy house). I was fine with the pace and was enthralled with the characters overall. Because it has such large scale visuals, it doesn’t go into depth with the backdrop stories, but that’s what the we’re supposed to put together throughout the course of the film as Del Toro gives hints and clues everywhere that will finally become crystallized at the end.
@lilacflowers: “Crimson Peak didn’t show at TIFF. Legendary kept it out of the festival circuit and its only festival showing was a surprise booking at the Fantastic Fest.”
I get the feeling they knew they had a dog on their hands. That would explain the review embargo, the lack of festival showings and then the insistence on describing CP as ‘gothic romance, not horror’. All seem like damage control.
So true. You don’t move a movie you have faith in. And you don’t move it thinking it’ll have a better chance at getting nominations in 2017. They are moving it for financial reasons. There will be more and more dramas released between now and January. Very little wiggle room to make money. But move it to March and it might be what people want to see instead of Batman vs Superman.
IMO, one of the reasons CP isn’t doing so well is because it was marketed as a horror movie when its not. There have been many comments on various message boards about this bait and switch. Many people weren’t happy about it.
As for the pictures above, is he over-posing? Oh my gawd. LOL
Women make passes at men who wear glasses!!! Love a good looking man in glasses!!!
Crimson Peak is essentially an art movie. Not surprised at the soft opening. Regular horror fans will skip it because it reads too much like a romance and not gory enough and some Hiddles fans, myself included, will skip it because it IS horror-ish. I have never cared for gothic romance spooky stuff (or any kind of horror) so would not even try seeing it on Netflix. It’s too bad for the cast, but it is not a mass appeal movie.
He looks hot. In the best way.
It’s not my typical movie fare either, but I enjoyed it because of the performances and sets. Try it, you might like it.
Me too. I will not watch it, I don’t do horror, period.
I saw it yesterday. There is not that much horror in it, and only really toward the end. It is mostly a gothic romance.
If you like Hiddles, you will really like this film and Jessica Chastain is also amazing.
I read a critic who said CP is not horror enough for the horror fans or harlequin romance enough for the romance fans. Figured if I want to see TH’s bottom and avoid the scares, I could re watch The Deep Blue Sea. BCC critic said JS’s English accent is almost as bad as CH’s American one. Everyone seems to agree the clothes and set are beautiful. Maybe those teams will get Oscar nods.
It’s worth seeing in the theaters. Tom is beautiful in it. He gets a lot of footage, more than DBS. Also the “love” scene is worth it alone not just because of his bum, but because it’s a climactic, desirous scene (albeit a little short). It goes the next step from where DBS leaves off as far as Tom’s sex scenes.
No IT guy I ever met looked like my darling husband Tom. His glasses accentuate his cheekbones, as if they needed help.
We are all packed for the flight to move the veranda to the Monkey Island jungle. I do hope all who are joining us are up on the necessary shots. Upon arrival, I’m going to wrap Tom up in mosquito netting for the duration. And only mosquito netting.
I hope the veranda makes the flight to the island safely. Will Mark be able to set up the buffet on time? Perhaps Colin will lend a hand with that before he has to mix the cocktails? As per usual I would like to request an orange juice and vodka. Make sure the mosquito netting is of the non-stick variety, for the sake of easy removal when necessary, dontcha know.
Everything has traveled safely. Colin is bringing you your screwdriver.
Colin is such a faithful factotum, I shall have to try and think of a way to thank him. Do you think it will be hot and sticky on the island, and do I need to bring some appropriate lingerie? I only plan on bringing a very small haversack, so I hope extra clothing is not a requirement.
Clothing is optional. But do remember that there are bugs and stuff.
I’ll be joining you soon. However, I am currently in London, awaiting Hamlet tomorrow night with Lord Bendy and then off to Paris for a few days. Care to join me for a bit before the jungle?
I am green with envy BGE, do enjoy Lord Bendy’s performance. I would love to join you for a bit before the jungle, but I have to ask, a bit of what/who? Paris is my most favourite city, would you give my regards to the City Of Lights for me? Merci bien. Lucky you.
Mais oui!
There were some, on some website……, who insisted that the specs had no lenses. 🙂
Of course! And the reflections in the lenses in the bottom two pictures were photo-shopped in.
Of course!
He needs glasses, I think, for sharpening his vision a bit and taking the strain off.
The reason they don’t appear to have lenses in is because they are beautiful clean and expensive lenses and mild strength
I think the suggestion was they weren’t prescription lenses. I agree with Penny I don’t think he needs to wear glasses all the time.
There was a basketball player, can’t remember which one it was, who actually would wear glasses with no lenses in them at all. Just for the look.
Lots of us don’t have to wear our prescription glasses all the time. I need mine for distances, especially when driving or watching a sports event or a movie. They make things just a little bit sharper when looking at people but I don’t really need them for that. I can’t read or work on a computer while wearing my glasses. Of course, I can’t stand wearing glasses, which is a completely different problem, so I wear contacts, which means in order to read, I have to use reading glasses because I can’t just pop out the contacts. But some people can’t grasp such things so, of course, they’re fake glasses just to be stylish.
And he was wearing the same glasses on Top Gear because then, of all times, he was particularly concerned with making a fashion statement. It’s totally in character for a man whose casual wardrobe consists of three shirts, one pair of jeans, and two pairs of shoes to be so concerned about accessories, after all. The conspiracy theorists are right!
I suspect he might need vision correction all the time, because he wears glasses pretty much the same way that I do – when he’s bumming around town in casual clothing with friends, when he’s about to do something stressful, when he’s about to get on a plane – and wears contacts when he’s dressed up or doing something athletic.
He appears to be nearsighted and when you’re stuck having to keep contacts in your eyes all day long, glasses are so much more comfortable. I only use my contacts for running and special occasions because my eyes get dry within a few hours. Also, I’m old enough now that I need to pull my glasses off to read on my phone or tablet without straining.
The link above is only to a clip from Colbert’s show but the entire episode is still available for free on the Late Show website.
oh thanks for this. I was going to ask.
Oh gracious…..he’s beautiful.
I’m fairly sure the frame is dark grey, and not black.
I love the glasses. But I tend to like dorky nerds.
Taking my lover’s glasses off is a fine first move in kicking off foreplay too, I might add. 🙂
Well, glasses will not “un-hot” him, but I suspect TH is after a niche as a more serious actor and this may be his way of shifting his image from Internet BF/Lord Dragonfly (probably desirable after seeing what happened to his friend Cumberbatch) to Thoughtful Serious I’m Not Loki Actor. It’s a shame about ISTL, but the reviews apart from the lead performances were merciless, and I think this film was meant to do more than show TH’s range, it was meant to garner a slew of award noms. I saw Crimson Peak yesterday and TH was ravishing – those glass-blue eyes, the height, the voice, the skill (and considering the absurdity of it all it was a remarkably sincere, sensitive performance – he can really act), all of which were far more compelling than the incredibly overhyped sex scene, all of a few seconds of his derriere, which was no big deal and no different from what we’ve seen from loads of actors at this point. After seeing Fassy in “Shame”, Dominc West’s scenes with Romola Garai in The Hour and Ruth Wilson in “The Affair”, Viggo Mortensen’s nude scene in “Eastern Promises”, this little scene was really no screen burner. Cumberbatch was starkers onstage in “Frankenstein”. And, TH already appeared naked in “Only Lovers Left Alive” although without a glimpse of any particularly private areas. The amount of talk devoted to this little scene was truly shameless promo.
@SEESITTELLSIT, I agree on all points. Dunno why I was surprised by how subtly skilled and nuanced his performance in CP was (after all, I’ve been following this guy’s work for 4 years), but it did. He really is enormously talented, and so committed to the craft. Actually, I thought all the leads did a terrific job despite the plotting issues and rather overwrought material.
(And yes, the sex scene has been incredibly overhyped. I love me some English countryside as much as the next girl, but IMO it wasn’t as noteworthy as it’s been/being made out to be.)
The main think I took away from that sex scene, was how it seemed to be more about Edith than Thomas, I think it really was a turning point in the movie and should have been done a lot better, but I don’t think love scenes are where GDT really shines.
SPOILERS AHEAD — I thought neither sex scene had the graphic punch that it needed to. I don’t mean super-explicit, expose all the kibbles and bits – Game of Thrones has been there and done that and I think people are no longer shocked when they see it. But there was something missing in both scenes, a lack of intensity and emotional need perhaps. I really wanted Edith to walk in on something truly mind-blowing and I don’t think that scene went quite far enough. I guess I’ll just have to see the film again to do further analysis.
The first sex scene made Thomas look like a boy scout who was finally getting some real nooky. The English Countryside was nice, but brief.
The second “sex” scene doesn’t even qualify as such. It looked like Lannister-style snuggling at most. The idea was clear, but come on. They could have shown a tangle of alabaster limbs at the very least. I’m thinking of the climactic scene from the film Damage– something like that, with some real impact.
Another cliche that is straight from the Things to Avoid If You Want to Be a Successful Evil Overlord Handbook: The villain who pauses in committing the all-important murder to explain everything to her victim.
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It’s right here! #7 on the list!
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilOverlordList
#7: When I’ve captured my adversary and he says, “Look, before you kill me, will you at least tell me what this is all about?” I’ll say, “No.” and shoot him. No, on second thought I’ll shoot him then say “No.”
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Miss Jupitero,
Agreed. Me and my sick mind wanted MOAR incesty incest in the second scene between Lucille and Thomas. I’d been warned something was, er, coming (sorry)…but it could have been way more ESCANDALO! than it actually was.
If those two sibs are so desperate for one another…it didn’t quite appear that way.
Somebody should share #7 with the makers of every James Bond film.
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Dara, I couldn’t agree more. I thought both sex scenes lacked the intensity and weight that they were supposed to play in the narrative. It wouldn’t require more nudity or graphic-ness to get that across.
The more I think about the film the more I realize I had unanswered questions about Thomas and Lucille’s history and the baby’s origins. While Lucille was the one that made the huge impression, I felt like Thomas’ character could have been fleshed out a bit better. For a guy who was a willing participant in offing 4 wives, the significance of sex with Edith wasn’t more apparent at the time and the transition to feeling enough remorse to try and save her in the end really wasn’t believable.
I apparently have the same disturbed mind as others, because I didn’t think the incesty sex was shocking enough, either. It almost seemed like something Lucille and Thomas might have at least attempted to explain away rather than as indisputable evidence that they were up to no good.
The sex scene with Ethel was just a bit…odd. I don’t know that it wasn’t intense enough, but it seemed a bit too like an ordinary sex scene given that the movie suggested it was the first time for this couple – who’d been married for a month or two – and the first time for Ethel at all. I also thought it was odd that there was no scene depicting his declining to have sex with Ethel shortly after the marriage and that all we know about that comes from her conversation with Lucille. That seems like it would have been an odd conversation, and I think showing would have been better than telling.
I agree with all of the above. How long was the run time? It felt short – I know it was near 2 hours, but I think the story could have used another 10-20 minutes to great effect.
I can agree with all the above in regards to wanting my Tom sex desires given more screen time or just wanting to see the sex scenes fleshed out for my own cinematic gratification. But I think this is what really classifies CP as a “classic” Gothic horror film. GDT uses the cinematic landscape to tantalized us with sex and desire and the anticipation that sexual desire will be fulfilled and satiated, but then we are never given full gratification of our desires. We’re given just enough to arouse and heighten our senses so that we’re kept in a state of tension until the final climatic explosion. It’s all psychological, subliminal and very Freudian which does keep in line with the traditional era of Gothic horror stories. When I look at CP in this respect I think Guillermo in pretty spot on with CP especially considering CP is mostly a large scale visual/sensory film experience.
PS. Other than being too short and not “fleshed out” like many other sex scenes (albeit, my theory is that it wasn’t supposed to be), I think it still had all the elements that were required. Tom was ravishing, and I’m not just talking about his bum. **Spoiler** It was totally sexy when he was on the bottom and she was riding him even if it was only for 3 seconds and wasn’t in most of the frame. There’s just something sexy about Tom’s physicality and the easy at which he moves.
Also, I agree that GDT doesn’t like to do sex scenes. I think he did it well for what it was intended and could do better if he had to, but I don’t think that’s his comfort zone. Plus, hearing him in previous interview, he seems to have partially made CP with his teenage daughters in mind.
Nerd hot.
I wish the IT guy where I worked looked like that.
ISTL’s move is definitely face-saving. It’ll open in March, Tom will give a couple of interviews, and then everyone will forget about it and move on, which is the best that those involved can hope for.
Hiddleston in glasses? Can’t decide if it’s more Hot For Teacher or Hot Nerd You Never Noticed Before but either way 10/10 yes please I am here for it.
HOT. Damn it, he looks so much like my real-life boyfriend sometimes. If they ever make a film about my beloved, I want Tom Hiddleston to play him.
You are one lucky lady.
I know! 🙂 I love him to pieces. On top of being so darn hot, he is also the most decent man I’ve ever known. *swoons and reaches over only to be reminded by the empty space in bed that he will be home in two days finally, YAY!*
I call Tom in glasses Professor Tom. He teaches English Lit and Shakespeare courses at a small, private college somewhere in middle America. He is the most popular Prof on campus and offers a lot of extra credit after class in his office 😉
I can see it, only I feel that he belongs in the UK. Cambridge all the way. (But that’s just me.)
As a prof in the U.S. he’s more mysterious and European with a sexy accent…but.I’d take his class anywhere lol.
Fair enough! 🙂
I actually kind of think that’s what he might have done with himself (except I’d assume he’d be more likely to teach classics or drama, since that’s what he studied) if his acting career hadn’t worked out. He seems to enjoy explaining things to people, and he’s got that mix of an engaging personality and steelier crowd management skills that a lot of the most successful teachers have.
Ralph Lauren makes frames. Noticed these glasses are as blue as his clothes of late. Maybe a connection between wearing their clothes and wearing their glasses too? http://www.ralphlauren.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=67501396&cp=1760781&ab=ln_men_cs_sunglasses&eyewear
Maybe! Though Ralph Lauren is a pretty common manufacturer – the frames I had before my current set were Ralph Lauren too. I also don’t know if he’s coordinating intentionally. He’s always seemed to wear a lot of blue, and I’m prone to assuming that it’s either a favorite color (as it is for many people) or that he’s just aware that it flatters him and matches his eyes.
I think he is very handsome, the glasses are just adding to his allure! Nerd hot for sure
In other news, Tom took the stage at the ISTL premiere after-party in Nashville and judging from all the videos on Instagram, got his full Hank on – I think there even may have been some yodeling. He did such a good job I’m now officially sad the movie’s been pushed back. I knew he’d improved since that first song at Wheatland, but lordy this surprised even me.
I’m sad too. You can tell he puts his heart in this project and that he cares deeply about HW.
I sincerely hope that Sony gives the movie another shot.
And here is the video with Tom:
youtube.com/watch?v=ELg6jtEiQOQ&feature=youtu.be
Major dorko. Not because Hiddles is wearing glasses but because he is just dorky in general. And also because his poses are so dorky! Whats up with whole hand on chin “intellectual” pose?? That cracked me up!
I honestly Never thought ISTL would be an award contender, and that has nothing to do with TH’s performance, I knew he’d give it his all and he’s a talented enough actor for that to result in a stand out performance (As many reviews have noted). But a second time director with a first move that was, to put it mildly, mediocre, was always a risky move.
I’ve seen some people talk about this year being a bust for TH but I think it’s the complete opposite, I think he’s shown some great range this year and that’ll help him land more diverse and better roles in the future,. And as far as BO success goes, I think the true test of that would be Skull Island. And at least as Loki, he is a box office draw, I know he’s the reason I paid for a ticket for the Thor sequel.
Only option to see Crimson Peak in my area was the Chinese Theatre in IMAX. Friends and I went and loved the movie. However the availability of this movie is terrible. Wanted to go to Santa Monica, Westwood, Century City, Landmark at the mall, etc.. Could not find it. Of course its going to have a soft opening! Bet a lot of people were interested but they just couldn’t go out of the way to see it or IMAX is to expensive for them. Still is a beautiful movie and complex movie. We all loved it. The sex scenes were hot!
I absolutely loved Crimson Peak! I knew the nudity had been overhyped, because the media are basically a bunch of sniggering teenagers with short memories (it’s not his first love scene – if you’ve been paying attention you’ve seen his bum before ) but the look Thomas gives Edith in that sex scene was positively smouldering.
I thought his performance was wonderful – I have really missed watching his mouth say one thing while his eyes say something totally different. I don’t think he’s had a chance to play a character so conflicted since the first Thor, and he’s so good at it.
The film as a whole is gorgeous, obviously, made me jump a good few times and also grin with literature-geek delight at all the little references. I do think that if you’re not familiar with gothic romance as a genre then you’ll find the pacing strange, as it’s very much a slow build, as all of those books are. You can of course see the plot points coming – the point is the slow, tense, building dread as you wait for the heroine to discover the inevitable, and for it all to kick off.
It left me feeling very satisfied. I want to watch it again just to see if I can track what Thomas is really feeling throughout the film.
KTE
I agree with you completely. I totally enjoyed myself; even watched again. I thought the sex scene was smouldering too. Yes it was short, but it still packed a punched as far as my lady parts go. My many theory about why it’s so short and not as explicit as most other sex scenes go is that it was meant to cut short our desirous gratification, our sexual fantasy climax, to keep the audience in a state of heightened (sexual) tension. I think many things throughout the film cinematically (awkward transitions, over the top, gaudy dresses, hysterical hair) did this as a way to keep the audience in state of dis-ease or dis-congruity which is a major aspect of classic horror as a gene.