It’s not just any fanger - This is Eric fucking Northman, who’s fucking ancient and stupid powerful and can kill all of us.
Anonymous asked:Yes, he should just wear his waistcoast and sassy hip every day for the rest of his life.
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![A reminder that What Maisie Knew opens in LA today and will be in more cities/theaters next week.
If you’re still not sure about seeing it (because you’re stupid or something idk) here’s some reviews. And also Star Trek and Iron Man 7 and Fast and Furious 898: Antarctica Slide will be fine regardless, so support indie movies if you can. /soapbox
The real surprise is Alexander Skarsgard as Lincoln, a sweetly naive bartender whom Susanna marries in a hurry, purely out of revenge — Beale has married Margo immediately after their divorce. Skarsgard, best known stateside for his brooding intensity as Eric on HBO’s campy vampire soap opera True Blood, plays Lincoln as the tender, caring parental surrogate Maisie needs, presenting him at first as a bit of a simpleton, but then ensuring that that first impression gives way to a sense that he simply shares a childlike natural trust with his new stepdaughter.
The film raises more uncomfortable questions about Maisie’s uncertain future than it ever answers, but that’s in keeping with the emotional honesty the filmmakers are striving for. If Maisie knew everything, there’d be nowhere left for her to go after the credits roll.
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/03/180842681/a-modern-maisie-still-yoked-to-absurd-adults
Alexander Skarsgård, who was so baffled and domesticated in Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia,” emerges here as a handsome and sexy leading man, the film’s shining hope, its natural center. You feel safe when he is around, even though Lincoln doesn’t know what he is doing half the time, and doesn’t know you’re supposed to hold a little girl’s hand when you cross the street with her. Lincoln is almost as innocent as Maisie is.
“What Maisie Knew” is an indictment of those who do not realize that innocence is not something to be scorned and used, but cherished and protected.
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/what-maisie-knew-2013
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Skarsgård’s portrayal of Lincoln is perhaps the most surprising and touching aspect of this saga. Susanna seems to pluck him from her crew of couch dwellers as an arbitrary step-parent. Or babysitter. An afterthought husband and an ill-equipped father figure, Lincoln comes to this role like a slacker who just woke from a nap and was asked to run an errand. Scott McGehee and David Siegel skillfully maneuver Lincoln’s evolution. During a half-hearted attempt to engage with Maisie, the smell of a crayon during a coloring session unlocks Lincoln’s nurturing nature. His growing devotion to Maisie is as surprising to him as it is to us.
McGehee and Siegel use understated scenes to show small moments of hope; an age-appropriate day at the beach, the listening to shells, a game of monopoly are detoxifying salves. Childhood is made of small moments among big people. What Maisie Knew conveys the precariousness of stability and hints at the promise of resilience.
http://www.kqed.org/arts/movies/article.jsp?essid=119785
The big surprise though is how well drawn out the secondary characters of Margo and Lincoln are as well. When Lincoln gets introduced into the movie, you would think that he would just screw up Maisie even more, but she turns out to be the best thing that’s ever happened to him. Skarsgård is wonderful as we watch his character essentially grow up with Maisie and become the adult he was always meant to be. Like Susanna, he’s a bit immature about where he’s at in life, but being around this little girl makes him see just what he’s capable of as a human being.
This is truly one of the most intelligent movies to come out so far in 2013, and here’s hoping that it doesn’t get lost in the shuffle of all the other independent films and summer blockbusters that will be opening alongside it. What Maisie Knew never feels like an emotionally manipulative experience, and each emotion you get out of it does ring true.
http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/maisie-knew-review
As Lincoln, hunk of the year Mr. Skarsgård gets the kind of tender, ingratiating role he rarely gets to play, while Ms. Vanderham is a real find as Margo. As Maisie, little Miss Aprile’s expressive face and swimming-pool eyes reflect the pain and bewilderment of a child without roots or security. Every element is needlepointed with enviable cohesion by writers Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne and guided to perfection by co-directors Messrs. McGehee and Siegel. What Maisie Knew does Henry James proud, updating his timeless classicism with an unfussy modern style that is relevant to the way we live now. The year is still young, but poignant and exemplary, this is one of the best films of 2013.
http://observer.com/2013/04/childs-play-a-graceful-and-intelligent-take-on-henry-jamess-1897-novel/](http://25.media.tumblr.com/e90772e70518300cfc3488f03d324d79/tumblr_mmrbzf16x21qa2ovmo1_500.jpg)
A reminder that What Maisie Knew opens in LA today and will be in more cities/theaters next week.
If you’re still not sure about seeing it (because you’re stupid or something idk) here’s some reviews. And also Star Trek and Iron Man 7 and Fast and Furious 898: Antarctica Slide will be fine regardless, so support indie movies if you can. /soapbox
The real surprise is Alexander Skarsgard as Lincoln, a sweetly naive bartender whom Susanna marries in a hurry, purely out of revenge — Beale has married Margo immediately after their divorce. Skarsgard, best known stateside for his brooding intensity as Eric on HBO’s campy vampire soap opera True Blood, plays Lincoln as the tender, caring parental surrogate Maisie needs, presenting him at first as a bit of a simpleton, but then ensuring that that first impression gives way to a sense that he simply shares a childlike natural trust with his new stepdaughter.
The film raises more uncomfortable questions about Maisie’s uncertain future than it ever answers, but that’s in keeping with the emotional honesty the filmmakers are striving for. If Maisie knew everything, there’d be nowhere left for her to go after the credits roll.
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/03/180842681/a-modern-maisie-still-yoked-to-absurd-adults
Alexander Skarsgård, who was so baffled and domesticated in Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia,” emerges here as a handsome and sexy leading man, the film’s shining hope, its natural center. You feel safe when he is around, even though Lincoln doesn’t know what he is doing half the time, and doesn’t know you’re supposed to hold a little girl’s hand when you cross the street with her. Lincoln is almost as innocent as Maisie is.
“What Maisie Knew” is an indictment of those who do not realize that innocence is not something to be scorned and used, but cherished and protected.
Alex at the What Maisie Knew Screening 5/16/13
So basically, all the ladies think Alexander Skarsgard is super duper swell.
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No one cool showed up to my 8th birthday, damnit.
