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[Review] Hemingway & Gellhorn

So,
I've just finished watching Hemingway and Gellhorn. In fact, I intend to wait, at least for one day, before writing the movie's review. However, it was in vain. I just can't get this movie out of my mind. It seems like words are craving to flow, as soon as possible, and they are yearning to be written, hence where I am now.

The movie is said to portraying one of the most beautiful romances of all times. Though I am in love with how it paints the relationship between these two talents, I cannot say that I'm totally agree with the statement. But indeed it's a beautiful romantic movie.

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Rating: 8 out of 10


Gellhorn first met Hemingway in a saloon in Spain, where he was a famous writer, and she was an up-and-coming war correspondent. She was attractive, wise, talented, yet still inexperienced in covering the war subject. She was "one of the bravest women" that Hemingway had ever met, but not really a good writer: She wanted to write, but couldn't. In one way or another, Hemingway inspired her, and gave her what a writer really needed: "Just sit down before the typewriter and let it flow." Being by Hemingway's side had made Gellhorn what she truly was. She was mesmerized by him being so enthusiastic a writer, the man who was dead drunk at night and still able to wake up at the break of dawn and be there with his typewriter. They seduced and fell madly in love with each other.

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"You are more of a man than every man I've ever met," said Hemingway.

However, the words of Pauline - Hemingway's ex-wife - seem to be a premonition that something bad is going to happen:

"She will not be your muse! She will leave you an unbroken man!"

Hemingway filed a divorce with Pauline and married Gellhorn after that. Gellhorn then proved to everyone that she was more than just a mere woman who could only be a housewife, standing behind her husband's back all the time. At some points I can see Gellhorn outdid Hemingway. Her improvised speech received standing ovation - while Hemingway had difficulties in public speaking. And Hemingway didn't really like that. His ego was too big to handle this talented wife, He ended up stealing her job, not giving her a press pass, flirting another woman named Mary Welsh whose appearance seemed to resembled Gellhorn a lot and eventually, Gellhorn decided to give up on him. Between them there was a big, big wall. He wanted a woman who could take care of him (which later he said that woman was Mary), wait for him obediently at home, in bed, while Gellhorn was a woman so passionate about the world, the humanity that she "followed the war wherever I could reach it".

Yes, they were truly in love with each other, but this ego collision was too severe to forget,

"The poison that kills marriage is not jealousy. It's boredom." 


"We got along well during the wartime, but when there's no war, we created our own."

 
The last time they met was in the hospital, when Hemingway got in an accident with Mary. Seeing them so happy with each other made Gellhorn speak the words that she had always wanted to say, but denied to,

"I don't know what I'm doing here, really. I just...
I just want to say that I want a divorce."

Silence descended over the room immediately. Hemingway chased after Gellhorn, dragged his injured legs, trying to climb the stairs, slammed his head into the door of her room, screaming for a "second chance." But there was none for him. His behavior, his jealousy, his ego had proved that he was not the man, and she could not give him anymore chances.

"Go way, please, go!" crying Martha.


Later in her life, in an interview, Gellhorn stated that she had no intention of "being a footnote in someone else's life" when she was asked about her "debt to Hemingway." In the past, at that fated hospital, Hemingway did shout out loud that he created her, he made her how she was now.

Yes, I think that in one way or another, Hemingway influenced Gellhorn with his courageous, inspiring attitude, but not so greatly. It was her determination, her yearning for peace, for reaching out to human being's lives at the battlefield and understanding them, even though that sometimes caused her to "lose my faith in humanity," that made her one of the greatest war correspondents. That was a huge mistake of Hemingway, and to my belief, he did realize it after breaking up with his Marty.

One of the most memorable scenes of the movie is when Gellhorn sees a crow. The first time, if I remember correctly, was when Gellhorn was mesmerized by the talented Hemingway, when she was head over heels in love and bury her head into his wide, hairy chest. She saw the crow again when she grew old. I was wondering what she saw when she looked into the crow's eyes. Maybe she saw herself, a happy young woman who found a man that changed her life completely. Maybe she saw that man again, the one she loved, when he was a loving, responsible husband. Or maybe in those eyes, she saw the Spanish Civil War again, the horrible battlefield, the real bloodbath where thousands of patriotic people sacrificing their lives for their mother country and decided to pursue her dream, her life goal, once again putting everything behind her back and going to where only the horrid sounds of guns and the screaming for freedom of innocent people exist.

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SY saw the whole thing, he was already there when SM and SR arrived but leave before SR react against the hug, SM told SR something that make her worried as SY goes back to the gisaeng house thinking of JJ words that SM like SR he realize that probably SM wanted him out of his way for SR.
Su Yang ask to talk to SR. SY is obssesed with Ah Kang he hear her voice and remember her.

Some gang has come to the gisaeng house to cause some trouble, one very mad SY arrives and ease his anger with a good fight, the rebel friend seems worried about this and talk to him, SY doesn't want to tell his name or anything about himself. After some talk the sour face gisaeng piss him off and he leaves the room. The young gisaeng see him and says SY is hers.

The gang chief is punishing the one SY defeated and he tell him about SY. SY recall SR in jail saying she would wait for him to come and kill her, he watch his sword with sadness as SR in her room think of Su Yang, SY and sis in law words, they are both in mutual angst in their rooms.

KH, JJ and the other uncle are planning to crash the wedding to kill Su Yang.

The uncle find SR in the street and talk to her about KH, he is planning something with 3 strangers.

SR goes to KH kouse, she tell her she knows she is going to marry, both seem sad, KH gives her SY ring telling her what it is, how she got it and that it's her last gift to her. SR cry. She wear the ring outside. JJ is about to collapse, he and KH talk about SR, SY and the kings situation, KH seems desperate.

KH maid goes to see SM, she tells him that JJ would go to the wedding, he is very happry. The old ugly man from the round table of evilness is with the evil gisaeng paying to a man who tells him about Su Yang murder plan, and the old man goes straight to Su Yang and they plan how to deal with KH and JJ.

Sexy black costume SY is agreeing to some kind of instructions of the sour face gisaeng, the sour face gisaeng and the rebel friend talk about him. The gisaengs's clients are bullying SY he doesn't even blink when they trow a knife to him, then when things get more serious the bully gets a few broken ribs.

SM and his father talk about Su Yang, SY goes to the "police station" to ask for something but SM comes out, he hides and hear the guards talk about the wedding, and he remebers the hug scene between SR and SY. SY ask a woman about sis in law and hear they commit suicide and gets furious in denial..
SY cry and return to the giseang house where the guy gisaeng is flirting with a guy that says something that catches SY attention but the young gisaeng let them know he is there screaming "oraboni", he leaves to train with his sword as he remebers all his good sweet moments with SR with her words that she would wait for him to kill her, his shirtless and sweaty in complete angst revenge mode.

The next morning SY is outside SR house, she is in her room looking at her ring with loving eyes, JJ goes to talk to SM and tells him something that makes him sad, JJ is about to cry

SR leaves the house and SY goes in stalker mode, as SM goes to Su Yang house to give a present to SR but finds Yeo Ri and he ask where SR went. SR is in the gisaeng house door were she met SY so many times, she keeps walking and SY is about to catch her with a rope when SM joins her in her walk
SM gives SR the long hairpin that married woman wear, she thanks but leaves him. She put the rings on a stone mountain used to pray, SR bow and leave and SY take the ring back remembering when he bought it, SR regret leaving the rings and goes back but the rings are not there, SY is breaking them with a stone and she sees him but don't recognize him, she runs away from her and she take the pieces of the ring. SY goes to his room and drinks.

The day of the wedding arrived, KH ask JJ to be safe and they share a sweet moment, he goes to the uncle and they talk. JJ goes to SM remembering the day of his own wedding, Su Yang man are following him. SY in disguised saw them. The heartless mom is trying to comfort a very sad looking SR giving her some advice but she only remember SY saying something similar the first time they met, she is like a zombie while the maids dress her with the wedding dress and a single tear falls and she is being put make up on, Yeo Ri dry her tears..

A very happy SM arrives, follow by the uncle and JJ, they congratulate Su Yang.. Sr is all dress up and she looks in the mirror disgusted and close it as she remeber SY kiss and poem and say it out loud, the paper wall behind her begins to moves and SY silently come out from it with a rope in his hands,

SM gives SR the long hairpin that married woman wear, she thanks but leaves him. She put the rings on a stone mountain used to pray, SR bow and leave and SY take the ring back remembering when he bought it, SR regret leaving the rings and goes back but the rings are not there, SY is breaking them with a stone and she sees him but don't recognize him, she runs away from her and she take the pieces of the ring. SY goes to his room and drinks.

The day of the wedding arrived, KH ask JJ to be safe and they share a sweet moment, he goes to the uncle and they talk. JJ goes to SM, remembering the day of his own wedding, Su Yang's men are following him. SY in disguised saw them. The heartless mom is trying to comfort a very sad looking SR giving her some advice but she only remembers SY saying something similar the first time they met, she is like a zombie while the maids dress her with the wedding dress and a single tear falls and she is being put make up on, Yeo Ri dry her tears..

A very happy SM arrives, follow by the uncle and JJ, they congratulate Su Yang.. SR is all dressed up and she looks in the mirror disgusted and close it as she remember SY's kiss and poem and say it out loud. The paper wall behind her begins to moves and SY silently come out from it with a rope in his hands.

Preview written by Lỉ3a8@Soompi

Episode 14 preview

-Suyang says who dare kidnap my daughter...
-Danjong says something like i wont do nothing about it.
At the scene of the pic where seungyoo is with seryung.
-Seungyoo vents his anger on seryung. ( either about wanting to kill her, or about his family),
but seryung hugs him... saying "I'm thankful that you are alive.
"

Preview written by jaejoongstolemyheart@Soompi

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{ Princess Man | Watch Preview | Ep 13 }

Finally the preview for Princess man Episode 13 is out xD Enjoy it everyone ~~



Preview ep 13 with translation:

Kyung Hye: This was what he sent to me while he thought you were me, this is the last gift I can give to you.

Kyung Hye: Our promise to protect His Highness, is that we are ready to hand out our lives at any time, we must have this determination.

Man: Crazy, completely become crazy!

Fugitive: This young lad, what's your real identity?

Jungjong: I will come back alive, and take control of your heart.

Narrative: The night of Se Ryung's wedding, the prince consort must be taken care of.

Se Ryung: I've become his shadow, is he watching it?


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{ Princess' Man | Wallpaper }

It's been a long time since I last used Photoshop to blend something. Hope my skills haven't gotten worse. Usually I'm motivated to use Photoshop again when I find new love, such as right now it's Park Shi Hoo (and Princess' Man) ~ - such dark motives =]]

Ah, when I go to find some Photoshop tutorials, I suddenly think of those people who use others' actions to adjust the color, add some brushes, type simple words like "love", "smile",... and call it their "designs". It's the same as those so-called photo manipulators that download stocks on the Internet, adjust colors a little bit and call that their photo-manip works. Don't call yourself designer baby, noone's gonna be tricked. That's actually plagiarism!

OK, no more talking.. Hope you guys like these wallpapers as much as I do. I'm currently using the first one \m/

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{ 2nd set }



{ Download 1st set here }

Used stock:
99mockingbirds
discopada@dA
kindsoflove@dA
lady Himiko@dA
tokiobsession@dA
sellyourhate@dA


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{ Princess' Man | Avatar }






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{to be continued}



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{ Princess Man | Preview Text | Ep 13 }



승유는 빙옥관에 머물며 형수와 아강이를 찾지만
그들마저 죽었다는 소식에 복수를 결심한다.
한편, 수양을 암살하려는 금성의 계획이 수양의 귀에 들어가고
수양은 이번 일을 계기로 금성과 정종, 경혜까지 한꺼번에 제거할 음모를 꾸민다.
세령의 뒤를 쫓으며 기회를 노리는 승유.
세령의 혼례 당일, 짐꾼으로 가장한 승유가 수양의 집에 숨어드는데...

※ 13부 예고 영상 준비 중입니다. 이 점 양해바랍니다. ※

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Seungyoo stays at the giseng house while trying to find his sister-in-law and niece.
After hearing that they have died, he decides to seek his revenge.
Meantime, Su-Yang hears of his assassination plot.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Su-yang plots to get rid of Jungjong and KyungHye in one go.
Seung-Yoo follows after Se-Ryung, waiting for his chance.
On Se-ryung's wedding's day, Seung-Yoo disguises himself as a worker and makes his way into Su-Yang's house...

※ The 13th episode is still shooting and this preview may be prone to changes.
Please be understanding. ※

(Translated by dotori - soompi.com)

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In this episode, we come to know the man who shares the chain with our Seung Yoo is called Jo Suk-Joo. Together they successfully trick those mercenaries into believing that Seung Yoo has died (as they saw him falling from the cliff with their own eyes) and use their boat to escape the island with Wang No Geol, a coward, pompous prisoner. However, Seung Yoo is severely injured so they come to a gisaeng house to seek for help, for Suk-Joo's brother is a gisaeng here (he's too beautiful for a man).


The princess and Jung Jong joins the scheme of Keum-Sung to assasinate Su Yang on Se Ryung's wedding day. After that, Shin Myun begs Jung Jong to come to his wedding, as he's the only friend left. Jung Jong refuses, yet Shin Myun says desperately, "I'll be waiting for you!".

Knowing that the ship has sinked, Se Ryung's like a dead person. Because of that, Shin Myun asks Su Yang to postpone the wedding day (he's a gentleman indeed).

Se Ryung and Shin Myun helps Seung Yoo's sister-in-law and his niece to find a shelter to hide in the meantime because they were degraded into slaves. Knowing Se Ryung's heart has never opened to him, he shouts, "Just how long do I have to wait?" and suddenly hugs her. In scouting the house of Prince Su Yang, Seung Yoo happens to see them together...


My comment: I'm kinda disappointed with Moon Chae Won's performance in this episode, fortunately Park Shi Hoo's has compensated for her failure. I always have the feelings that she's merely acting and the mask she's wearing is starting to crack. Even though Se Ryung's living, she's actually dying. The wedding day is near and Se Ryung should have been a wandering spirit who has nowhere to go, no one to believe in. But all I see in the Moon Chae Won's Se Ryung is just an annoying brat, tears are fake and pain isn't there, in her heart.
On the other hand, Park Shi Hoo has done a good job, even though his lines aren't many. He has captured the character's feelings and let it all out. Well, I'm not saying this because I'm his fan, but because of his talent. Keep up the good work, PSH!
I'm starting to like Princess' Man's soundtracks even more, especially the song {Destino}, which you often hear in intense moments and the ending song (I still don't know its name, urg...)

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{ Destino - PM OST }



{ I love you too - PM OST }




{ USEFUL LINKS }

Watch Princess' Man ep 11

Watch Princess' Man episode 12 with Eng sub:
Download Princess' Man English subtitle for ep 12
Download Princess' Man ep 1 - 12 raw at:


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