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After that long review by MC2B, there is not much more for me to say! Wow! That is a great review. I also loved this film because of Alex’s performance and the whole idea behind the film. Imagine what it would be like to be between life and death! How would that influence our perceptions of others, of good and evil? Some scientists say that it is a particular stimulus of the brain itself that causes such experiences, but they are still not able to understand them completely. This part of the story intrigued me and I completely empathized with Nick’s ordeal (thanks to great acting by Justin Chatwin) of trying to save himself. Annie on the other hand, I could not like her at all until the very end. Yes, I understood why she was “broken,” but in my opinion, she had the strength to be different. She chose to let her upbringing and surroundings take control of her. Annie was not happy to go down by herself and involved Marcus in her downfall because of her anger towards the world. I see Marcus more as a victim of circumstances than her. Alex’s great talent allows him to prtray a sympathetic character, even though Marcus is imperfect. Yes, I wanted to jump in and save him from harm. (I am positive; this is what happened to him. MC2B and I saved him).
Finally, while I think Margarita Levieva acting as Annie was superb, it is Alex O’Loughlin as Marcus that steals the show. He is beautiful with a shaved head and with those extra tattoos. He exudes strength, vulnerability, and sexiness all at once. Even in a small role, one feels his presence and one knows that Alex is a superstar!
Memorable quote: Nick to Annie – “you are so broken…”
I didn’t mention one thing in my previous comment – Annie WAS broken, and I felt sorry for her. She was a good person hiding behind a persona that she had created to try to survive her horrible home life. Between the bruises that we saw on Annie when she pulled her sweater off and her threat to her father – that if anything happened to her little brother she would come back and kill him – we are given the impression that not only was she ignored by her father, but abused by him as well. She was smart and beautiful and was wasting her life due to her low self-esteem. As Nick followed her around he didn’t want to see the good in her, but he couldn’t help but see it. I thought that it was so sad when she said that she wanted to do just one good thing in her life – and then of course she did. Very touching story and character.
I bought this DVD after seeing Alex in Moonlight, and as always, I was delighted. As his fans have talked about so many times, Alex has a way of portraying each character so differently, and Marcus Bohem (love that name) is a perfect example. Alex is such a perfectionist, not only did he shave his head for the role, but he also thought that since Marcus had just gotten out on parole, that he would have worked out in prison – so he ran 10 miles a day before and during the filming of the movie. He is so dedicated and takes each part so seriously. It shows. (I also love the added tatoos – the Bluebird on his neck and the red crescent on his chest. The earring was a nice touch – and having his head shaved just showed off how beautiful the man’s face is even more!)
As always, Alex stole the film as Marcus, but I really did enjoy the whole movie. I wish of course that his role could have been bigger, but unlike August Rush, when I watch The Invisible I usually watch the whole film and not just Alex’s parts. The story was unique and interesting and the cinematography was very impressive. I also enjoyed the soundtrack.
Margarita Levieva was perfect as Annie, or “baby girl” as Marcus called her – I love that. After watching DVDs the first time, I like to watch again and listen to the commentaries that are done. This one has one with the director and one of the writers, and another with a different writer. Both are filled with very interesting information. I learned that the casting for Annie was done with the scene where Annie comes back to get Marcus to be her alibi – and she goes around his place smearing blood and pointing out everything that was stolen. That scene got her the role. I was very impressed with her myself, and would like to see more of her work.
Justin Chatwin was impressive as Nick Powell and Marcia Gay Harden was excellent as his mother. There was one scene where Mrs. Powell was supposed to cry and act distraught – they had to reshoot the scene and she immediately was able to do it all over again without missing a beat.
This was a very difficult film to shoot with the weather the way it was, and I admire all that the actors had to endure. As mentioned in mizzoH’s trivia above, that was very brave of Alex and Margarita to do that scene on the side of the road overlooking that cliff with just safety wires around their ankles. There was one part where she even gave Alex a little shove. They all endured very cold temperatures. I can just imagine how cold and miserable that must have been in the scenes where they were walking around in those woods at night in the rain! The director pointed out that in one scene, if you watch closely, you can see that it actually began to snow.
As usual, Alex let me see so much more of Marcus than just some criminal out on parole for car theft. I saw a man who really did have feelings for Annie in the beginning, and when he saw how “out of control” she was, as he tried to tell her, he actually became scared of what she might do. There is a scene in the car right after Annie and Marcus have eluded the police after the car theft and Annie’s robbery of the jewelry store where Marcus starts to backhand Annie and stops. She flinches, but then she shoves him as hard as she can. That was how their whole relationship seemed to go – Marcus fighting to be the man and maintain control over Annie, while seeing more and more that he was losing any control that he may have ever had over her. In one of the commentaries it was mentioned that one thing that Marcus did to “prove his manhood” to himself and to others was working on cars. I love what writer Christina Roum said about Alex’s portryal of Marcus (see the 5th item in mizzoH’s trivia above) – her comments were perfect. That is one thing that Alex does so well – despite the character’s overt actions, he lets us see a vulnerability that leaves us rooting for him, and when it came to Annie, he really did end up “fighting for his life”.
*** SPOILER ALERT***
For those who have seen the film, we know that the last we saw of Marcus was after Annie shot him – he laughed and tried to get up once and couldn’t. She left. I assume that Marcus was saved by a friendly motorist who happened to come by – someone like myself – and he lives happily with her to this day…;)
Hey, baby girl! That is a memorable quote!!
Very interesting trivia, Alex played his character with remarkable talent and made him believable, his performance in The Invisible as Marcus Bohem is excellent.
Plus he looks so sexy with all the tattoos and shaved head!