Look for it in his closeups (which, I’m pleased It’s so subtle I scarcely noticed at first, but it’s Was it the ill-fitting khakis? The puffy jacket and vest? The wire-rim aviatorsĭecades out of style, the hair with its subtle sheen of sweat? But this one probably feels right at home in their company. Burn Gorman, bless his heart, has worn some unfortunate costumes in his day. Is by any means the most unfortunate costume Burn Gorman has had to wear. Maybe it’s because of his wardrobe? Now, I’m not saying this The biggest question of all: Why is Morgan so damn grumpy? I have no idea,īut by golly, he seems like one prickly dude! Where, exactly, is his accent supposed to be from? Heck if I know! And What Burn did do was glower, grumble, and play anĪsshole named Morgan. …Thanks for asking, Mom! But alas the answer to both She texted me was, “Did BG have a decent amt of screen time?”īefore I could answer, she followed up with Question #2: When I told my mother I’d seen the movie, the first question Lord was this movie hard on some of them. With that said, holy shit, I have got to pokeįun at some of these characters, because I adore this cast and good And please know that Iĭon’t mean to make light of the serious themes when I poke fun at the characters. More prevalent are the disturbing language and imagery, including frequent Nazi and KKK iconography as well as intercut stills & footage of contemporary people and events (for example, pretty sure I saw a shot of Dylann Roof). Be aware that the rhetoric can be uncomfortable. In terms of what sort of content warnings apply, there’s little actual violence: a small amount of blood and some brief shots of injuries and malformations caused by radiation. With absolute certainty in the moral rightness of their cause. They are sexist and homophobic, and they express these views with slurs and As such, it spends a lot of time with white supremacists. Radcliffe) infiltrating white supremacist extremist groups. The movie follows an undercover FBI agent (Daniel Inherent to the premise of the film-that while I really enjoyed Imperium, itĬan be hard to watch. Let me start by saying-and this is not a spoiler this is Vague spoilers, character commentary, content warnings, theme musings, and Burn Gorman fangirling ahead! So just to be safe, I’m tucking the rest of this under the cut. I’m not going to discuss specifics about the plot or about characters’ actions, but I do want to comment in general terms on the actors’ performances and the film’s themes. It gave me a lot to think about, in ways both serious and silly. I’m glad there was exactly one theatre showing it in my entire metropolitan area, and I’m glad I got off my ass and drove out to it. (pictured: Seth Numrich, popping personal-space bubbles left and right.) I saw Imperium this weekend, and if you’ve ever wanted to see Ben Tallmadge spend a surprising amount of screen time looking like he’s about to make out with Harry Potter, then by golly is this the film for you!
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