Thoughts on the Danish Girl

[Lucie]

I've not seen it yet but hope to soon. Anything that raises awareness in a way that is mostly positive is surely a good thing and this film does seem to be getting mostly good things said about it. I'm looking forward to seeing it and hope my wife will get something from it.

At the risk of hijacking the thread, has anyone seen "Different for girls" starring Rupert Graves and Steven Mackintosh? I first saw this many years ago, before I'd figured any of this out and thought it was one of the loveliest films I've ever seen. Made in 1997. It's about a trans girls meeting an old school friend years after school and her transition is complete and how their friendship develops as they become friends again. Also has a beautiful performance from Mirriam Margolees as a minor but important character. It leaves me feeling great about the world every time I watch it. It can be had on <insert large internet retailer of that sort of stuff>. Couldn't recommend it highly enough.

Just checked the back of the DVD cover and apparently it won the best film award at the montreal world filn festival in 1996.

I am looking for english subtitles (file with suffix .srt) for "Different for girls". If someone can provide them, please contact me with a PM. Thanks a lot in advance.

[BeverlyAnn]

I preordered The Danish Girl on Amazon the day after we saw the movie.  I got an email from Amazon saying I should receive it on March 7th or 8th.  Kind of ironic if I got it on the 8th of March, the day of my first appointment with an endo.

[Serverlan]

A great review, I think, of The Danish Girl by my local radio station.

Movie Squad: The Danish Girl (starts at 11mins:45secs)

[Belial]

I saw it and I love it. I could see Einar having dysphoria. Gerda was great too. I got so emotional.
I loved that it was a toned down film, no displaying operation etc and focusing mostly on 2 people.

I see some people complain about things related to now and project them onto a film set over 80 years ago.

As for a trans and cis actor. I'm not happy with all the hysteria. Sure my les friend would like to see trans actors getting main roles so they won't be excluded but on the other hand I don't want to see trans actors put only into trans roles.

When a cis actor play trans, we get a supporter. If he/she treats a job seriously and do research they will be believeable. If fans of the actor will see they treat it nornally, maybe some fans attitude will change as well. I prefer to look at the bright side.

[Belial]

I just had to write a review on my blog. The most irritating thing for me related to the film are actually the reviews. A good review is hard to come for some kind of a reason. :/
https://forculturessake.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/the-danish-girl-review/#more-2129

[Jalynn]

I read your review. You might want to fix one of your last sentences.
"Definitely the film wasn't not dumbed down and not straight-washed."

[rosinstraya]

Neither as bad as the hatchet jobs nor as good as the raves.

Having read about 49 articles on it in the last few months the story wasn't exactly a surprise.

My partner saw it with me and said she cried each time "Gerda" did. She found it truthful in those areas.

[schwarzwalderkirschtort]

I'm not even MTF, but I could relate so much, and booyyy did I cry.

[Violets]

I must be the only one here who didn't enjoy the movie. It was a bit too close to home for me and it was painful to watch. I had a bit of a meltdown at the end with a "I don't want to be trans" moment.

Time to make another appointment with my therapist.

[whereto]

it was very nice and moving movie to watch. i watched it twice, once alone, and one time with my straight male friend. it was hard for him to "swallow" the film but it indeed gave him some thoughts about what i'm going through. it doesn't matter if you're MTF or FTM, you feel what the character is struggling and it only becomes so real, you feel her pain too.