Benedict Cumberbatch News

[T.o.b.y]

Whether it's luck or smarts, I don't think BC's ever been in anything truly bad. Nothing embarrassing, at any rate

 

Well, apologies to Star Treck fans, but I didn't think "Into Darkness" was such a good film... Although Benedict Cumberbatch really did a splendid job as Khan. A bit too splendid, at least compared to the rest of the cast. The movie completely failed to get me interested in the heroes. I was on Khan's side from the first scene he appeared in onwards, and since I knew it could all only end badly for him, I felt as if I was watching a tragedy.

 

 

[Arcadia]

I think it's my favorite of all the ones listed above!

 

That's okay, I'll just watch it extra times to make up for all the times you don't watch it......

[T.o.b.y]

I think it's my favorite of all the ones listed above!

 

That's okay, I'll just watch it extra times to make up for all the times you don't watch it......

 

Hmmm... I saw it once and only for another beloved person's sake and have no intention of seeing it again - I guess you're in for quite some repetition!   

But I bet a lot of people around here would be willing to share the load. Quite a lot of Star Treck fans on this forum, as far as I know. (I have absolutely nothing against Star Treck fans, just to make that clear. In my experience, they are mostly lovely people, and the group includes one of the nearest and dearest I have, so... just not me).

 

[Slithytove]

I'm afraid I watch films shamelessly just because Benedict is in them, though my family tease me about it. I've seen all those mentioned so far with the exception of Third Star. I'm a bit afraid to watch it because I'm a terrible baby and cry easily at sad films, and I don't want to start sobbing in front of everyone. I'll have to buy the DVD and watch it when the house is empty.

 

August: Osage County was another film where Benedict had a comparatively small role but he was adorable as Little Charles. It was interesting to see him as a gentle, uncertain character, as he seems to be frequently cast as spiky, difficult intellectuals.

 

And then there is Frankenstein.....Not available on DVD but worth seeking out at the cinema. It's being shown again in the UK at the end of October/beginning of November. Benedict as the creature is particularly heartbreaking. Hopefully his stage version of Hamlet will also be filmed, as it's the only way most of us will ever see it. At least we can look forward to his Richard the Third on tv. If ever anyone had the voice to speak Shakespeare's beautiful words...

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

I'm afraid I watch films shamelessly just because Benedict is in them, though my family tease me about it. I've seen all those mentioned so far with the exception of Third Star. I'm a bit afraid to watch it because I'm a terrible baby and cry easily at sad films, and I don't want to start sobbing in front of everyone. I'll have to buy the DVD and watch it when the house is empty.

 

Same here! I cry when dogs and cats and rats and elephants and other stuff die in movies! I cried over a friggin' VOLLEYBALL for Christ's sake! First time I read Where the Red Fern Grows, I was about ready to burst when the ending came. And I've read tons of fanfics that've made me regress into a preschooler not allowed to play with a thing I really want to! 

[jesskayding]

 

 

Hmmm. I missed the deerstalkers. If Sherlock was somehow up for an Oscar I would watch, but to be honest I haven't really seen Benedict in anything else. Not into cartoons, Victorian or period pieces. Certainly not into fantasy, wizardry or action movies. I'm soooooooo boring. I like stories. Just good ole fashioned stories, maybe ones that seem like an autobiography. I also like documentaries, romantic comedies & classic movies. I like some Black/African American classics ( I really don't know what to call myself anymore), some are really horribly done, but they tend to be more sentimental.

 

 

And of course I just love detective stories.

How about you give "The Fifth Estate" a try? That film has been rather unfairly maligned, if you ask me. I liked it a lot! (And come on, I am in no way a patriotic person, but Daniel Brühl is one of the few international actors my country has produced whom I am in any way "proud of", so I'll take this chance to advertize him, too).

And I'm wondering if you might also like "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". It's not exactly a detective story but it's spies, so kind of. Altho BC's part is rather small.

 

Oh, and "Hawking" -- it's basically a biography, and it's terrific. Uplifting, even. Not at all what I expected. You could also try "Van Gogh", which is a documentary, but in story form. It's not a slick movie-type production, but it's good.

 

 

I may like Van Gogh!

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

I doubt I will ever watch Third Star or War Horse. I go to the movies for the entertainment value not to be grossd out, scared out of my wits, or to be depressed. That to me is a terrible waste of my time and money.

[Convict13]

I'm afraid I watch films shamelessly just because Benedict is in them, though my family tease me about it. I've seen all those mentioned so far with the exception of Third Star. I'm a bit afraid to watch it because I'm a terrible baby and cry easily at sad films, and I don't want to start sobbing in front of everyone. I'll have to buy the DVD and watch it when the house is empty.

 

August: Osage County was another film where Benedict had a comparatively small role but he was adorable as Little Charles. It was interesting to see him as a gentle, uncertain character, as he seems to be frequently cast as spiky, difficult intellectuals.

 

And then there is Frankenstein.....Not available on DVD but worth seeking out at the cinema. It's being shown again in the UK at the end of October/beginning of November. Benedict as the creature is particularly heartbreaking. Hopefully his stage version of Hamlet will also be filmed, as it's the only way most of us will ever see it. At least we can look forward to his Richard the Third on tv. If ever anyone had the voice to speak Shakespeare's beautiful words...

 

 

You are right that about his role on August: Osage County but once more an important role,  I was more interested in his story than the mother and daughter. He seems to specialise in small but pivotal roles as well as August; Osage Country there is of course Atonement, and even War Horse.  

 

With Frankenstein I actually like Benedict as Frankenstein and Miller as the creature, I feel they fit those roles better.  

[by the sea]

 

Same here! I cry when dogs and cats and rats and elephants and other stuff die in movies! I cried over a friggin' VOLLEYBALL for Christ's sake!

 

 

LOL !  I think I was traumatized as a child by my parents taking me to what they considered "warm hearted" movies about animals and watching the animals die or mourn the loss of their "persons".  I've never sort of lost the idea that animals are soooooooooo much more noble than people and, although I'm capable of empathizing with human distress ... more or less   ... I don't often find myself bawling over sad stories about people ... and never a volleyball, I do admit  !!

I was moved, however,  by Mr. Cumberbatch as Peter Guillam in Tinker, Tailor  when, for the safety sake of everyone, he had to dispatch his partner from his home.  His frustrated sadness was conveyed so well, you could feel it with him ... a noble act by a person.  HA !   

 

Debbie

[Arcadia]

I'm afraid I watch films shamelessly just because Benedict is in them, though my family tease me about it. I've seen all those mentioned so far with the exception of Third Star. I'm a bit afraid to watch it because I'm a terrible baby and cry easily at sad films, and I don't want to start sobbing in front of everyone. I'll have to buy the DVD and watch it when the house is empty.

Same here! I cry when dogs and cats and rats and elephants and other stuff die in movies! I cried over a friggin' VOLLEYBALL for Christ's sake!

LOL ! I think I was traumatized as a child by my parents taking me to what they considered "warm hearted" movies about animals and watching the animals die or mourn the loss of their "persons". I've never sort of lost the idea that animals are soooooooooo much more noble than people and, although I'm capable of empathizing with human distress ... more or less ... I don't often find myself bawling over sad stories about people ... and never a volleyball, I do admit !!

Boy, do I ever relate! I think Third Star will depress me, that's why I haven't watched it yet; I have to be in just the right mood to see it.

 

I won't cry at it, tho (well, I don't think so. Since it's BC, I might.) I don't cry at people stories. But put a fuzzy little bunny on the screen and threaten one little hair on it's head, and I dissolve into a puddle of gloop.

 

Did anyone see "Animals Are Beautiful People"? By the same guy who did the brilliant "The Gods Must Be Crazy". It's mostly hilarious but there's one scene

when all the baby pelicans march to their deaths

where I was sobbing brokenly on the couch; I think that's the hardest I've ever cried in my life. And yeah, I sniff a little when Wilson floats away, too.

[Arcadia]

The other awful thing was ... when I was a kid, I was horse-crazy (still am, in some ways). So my Dad suggested I read Steinbeck's "The Red Pony". I remember going to him after I read it, in tears.... "it was horrible!" "Why, I thought you'd like it, it's about a pony!" "But Dad, the pony dies!!!!!!!" I don't think I ever quite got over that....

[SherlockedCAMPer]

I can be a mess with movies. I finally don't cry at the very end of "Return of the King" when Frodo leaves middle earth (that took a few years).  I saw War Horse and wanted to know what happened to Mjr. Stewart even though his part in the movie was not even the point of the movie.  I also want to know what ended up happening to Little Charles Aiken in August: Osage County even though that was not the point of the story & I loved Benedict's singing (& seeing his name listed as the performer for that song in the credits).  I still cry when I hear the story about my favorite musician losing his first wife to cancer.

 

I do like how some of Benedict's characters are willing to step up and be a father even if the child is not his & his wife is/was cheating on him.  And I just feel for his character in those roles, (wondering what could be going through the character's head as if the fictional person were real) while cheering inside that he doing something that is hard.  I even wonder what would be going through Sherlock's head looking at the picture that Sherlockology has for August 2014's wallpaper calendar.

[T.o.b.y]

Boy, do I ever relate! I think Third Star will depress me, that's why I haven't watched it yet; I have to be in just the right mood to see it.

 

I won't cry at it, tho (well, I don't think so. Since it's BC, I might.) I don't cry at people stories. But put a fuzzy little bunny on the screen and threaten one little hair on it's head, and I dissolve into a puddle of gloop.

 

Did anyone see "Animals Are Beautiful People"? By the same guy who did the brilliant "The Gods Must Be Crazy". It's mostly hilarious but there's one scene

when all the baby pelicans march to their deaths

where I was sobbing brokenly on the couch; I think that's the hardest I've ever cried in my life. And yeah, I sniff a little when Wilson floats away, too.

 

Just sniff? I cried buckets over Wilson! That is one of the saddest movie scenes ever.

 

I didn't find Third Star depressing at all. To me, it is a beautiful, uplifting film, and the ending is happy, in a very unusual way. Still, a story that has the main protagonist terminally ill and deals with his death and things like that certainly won't be everybody's cup of tea, and I am very far from sure that people who have actually lost a loved one due to cancer or any similar tragedy should watch it.

 

What I admire about Third Star the most is

that I think it deals with the problem that as we are all mortal, our lives cannot possibly have a happy ending, because we all die, and death is not accepted as a happy ending in fiction. I think the film finds a way to make death as happy an ending as possible, because the main character wants to die in a certain way, and he gets his wish. He keeps his dignity and autonomy up to the very, very end. What's not to love about that? Especially since I see very different deaths almost every day (people die a lot where I work...).

 

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

This past year I lost to friends to cancer and one was my soul mate so I probably won't be able to watch Third Star for a good long time.

[sfmpco]

This BC narrated documentary, "The Man Who Predicted 9/11" just came across my desk...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMVr1O45Pso&feature=youtu.be

[Arcadia]

This past year I lost to friends to cancer and one was my soul mate so I probably won't be able to watch Third Star for a good long time.

Oh, I'm sorry. That must be so hard for you, I'm really sorry. 

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

I thank you for that Arcadia. Cancer is such an invasive disease. I suppose if a person is able to go out on their own terms there is something to be said for that.

[by the sea]

This past year I lost to friends to cancer and one was my soul mate so I probably won't be able to watch Third Star for a good long time.

 

My deepest sympathies.  These days, almost everyone has been touched by cancer.  I lost my father and my uncle to it and have had a little brush with it myself.  I understand that Mr. Cumberbatch is a strong supporter of cancer research.  I'm assuming everyone has seen his photo as Mr. Darcy for the fund raising of the Give Up Clothes For Life campaign for research into children's cancer ?  I hate to sound like that woman in Toronto, but YUMMY  !  I'm sure the campaign will get a huge shot in the arm from his efforts ... and those of all the other participants.  Good on them !  

 

Debbie

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

 

These days, almost everyone has been touched by cancer.  I lost my father and my uncle to it and have had a little brush with it myself.

 

  Thank you, Debbie. And my sympathies for your loss. It seems to everywhere and the harder some people fight it seems it strikes back all the harder.

[T.o.b.y]

This past year I lost to friends to cancer and one was my soul mate so I probably won't be able to watch Third Star for a good long time.

 

Oh my god. No, do not watch that film. Way too close to home.

 

I am very sorry. It is one thing to lose loved ones in the course of time, because of old age and so on, but this must be another kind of hurt altogether. I suck big time at comforting people (I never know what to say - what can you say, sometimes, except "that sucks", which is not usually a helpful comment?), but I feel for you.

 

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

Any words at all are a help, T.o.b.y or a certain look....even the aborted touch, no words necessary at all at times. Someone just standing close...no touch, no words....just...communion.

[jesskayding]

This past year I lost to friends to cancer and one was my soul mate so I probably won't be able to watch Third Star for a good long time.

 

Wow. Sorry Fox.

[Bakerstreet Irregular]

Thank you Jess. Of course I am not the only grieving. They had families. One had a husband, mother and a brother plus all the friends who loved her. She died in January. The other passed in June, she had children, grandchildren, sisters. She, I miss every day.

[Bendydoodle Cantaloupe]

This past year I lost to friends to cancer and one was my soul mate so I probably won't be able to watch Third Star for a good long time.

 

Sorry about your friend, Fox. I feel for you. :c

 

These days, almost everyone has been touched by cancer.  I lost my father and my uncle to it and have had a little brush with it myself. 

 

It's scary, isn't it? My science teacher talks a lot about how it was when she was younger. When she was younger almost nobody had allergies or asthma, but in her neighborhood everybody had at least one close relative that had had cancer.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

This BC narrated documentary, "The Man Who Predicted 9/11" just came across my desk...

 

That was a good documentary.  Hard to watch though.  I remember where I was & what I was doing when my mom called my hubby's (then fiance's) phone.  Benedict did a good job narrating it.  You can tell he takes his job seriously.