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Went to see A Single Man tonight with the awesome miss_begonia. I totally loved it. I was both looking forward to it and totally hesitant about it, because there is a lot in the book that doesn't really feel like it will translate well to film. I was right in the first instance and utterly wrong in the second, I feel. One of the features I didn't think would work in cinema is how well Isherwood managed to convey a tremendous amount of movement through utter stillness. But that same feeling came through perfectly. Colin Firth was every inch George, and Julianne Moore is absolutely stunning, even when she is a wreck. And Nicholas Hoult. My god. When miss_begonia pointed out that he was the boy in About a Boy, you could have knocked me over with a feather. He... wow. Does not look even REMOTELY the same. I have just done a google image search, and I can vaguely see the evolution, but still. Wow.

If you are a fan at all of Isherwood, of Cinema, of Firth, or Moore, or Hoult, of gay movies, of the 60s, of costumes, of the variety of storytelling, or of gorgeous houses, there is something for you in this film. I wish it had gotten a much wider release, because it really was stunning.