Casting:

Director: Jason Reitman

Kate Winslet: Adele Wheeler

Josh Brolin: Frank Chambers

Tom Lipinski: Frank Chambers (young)

Gattlin Griffith: Henry Wheeler (young)

Tobey Maguire: Henry Wheeler (old)

Brooke Smith: Evelyn

Clark Gregg: Gerald (Henry's father)

Synopsis:

                 In 1987, Adele Wheeler is a depressed single mom who lives in a rural home with her 13-year-old son, Henry. While they are clothes shopping, a bloody man approaches Henry and makes them take him home to look after him. The man is revealed to be Frank Chambers, a convict who is wanted by the local police after breaking out of jail...

(Source: Wikipedia)

My opinion:

              I really loved that movie. It's very intimist. I really appreciated the way of filming. The director filmed essentially inside the house (or the garden), very few scenes are filmed outside (except for the flashbacks) so we're really into it. The characters' temper could have been a little bit more developed but still we are totally able to understand them. For instance, I would have liked Henry had a stronger personality, you know, a little bit more conflicted mind so that he could protect his mom more when Franck got into their life. At a moment in the movie Henry had a choice to make. Whether he let Franck live with his family or he turned him to the police. And for him it was such an evidence. He wanted Frank. He wanted him to stay because he needed a paternal figure and because he loved him. But it would have been more interesting if he was in some kind of conflict, if we had the possibility to watch him weighing the pros and the cons.

            Kate Winslet is still fabulous in that sort of movie. She always arrives to pass on the emotions at the perfection. She gives us shivers.

              But there's another point where I'm totally ashamed of myself. I've watched No Country For Old Men so I know who is Llewelyn Moss but the fact is I didn''t even recognize Josh Brolin in that movie. I didn't know what I was thinking! Anyway, if I had to compare the both  "performances" I prefer Josh in Labor Day.

                 As for the title, "Labor Day", the explanation is quite simple. Franck is supposed to leave on the Friday. But he won't because there is no train and the reason is because it's Labor Day. So if Franck and Adele are gonna "live together" few more days it's only because it's a public holiday. 

          The French title (and I think in other countries as well), "Last Days of Summer", is smart but less explicit than the original one. Less explicit in the way that we have to know Labor Day in the United States is at the beginning of September so at the end of summer. But I have a theory about why they chose that title. It's purely hypothetical. Summer is related to the sun. And for me Franck is like the sun Adele was waiting for and that for a very long time. He enters into her life and illuminates everything around her. And actually the lovers are kind of talking about this in the movie when they're about to leave for Canada. Adele explains she's "a prisoner of her own life" and the ex-convict responds "I'm here to save you". That's what it's all about. 

In general, I'd say it's a really great movie you have to watch ! It's a good 8/10.

I was so glad when I learnt that Lauren Kate's books will be adapted on screen!

The movie called Fallen (based on the name of the first book) will be released in 2015. I can't wait! I'm so exciting! 

And now things are getting better and better because the cast has been officially announced and a first picture has come to us! 

Here's the pics and the cast:

Addison Timlin as Lucinda (Luce) Price 

Jeremy Irvine as Daniel Grigori

(Ps: Jeremy is also know to have played in Spielberg's movie "War Horse")

Harrison Gilbertson as Cam Briel

Lola Kirke as Penn

Joely Richardson as Sophia Bliss

Daisy Head as Arriane Alter

Sianoa Smit-McPhee as Molly Zane

Malachi Kirby as Roland

Hermione Corfield as Gabbe Givens

I'm really happy about the choice of actors to portray Luce, Daniel,Cam, Gabbe..... The only deception I have is Molly. In my head she was completely different but before judging the actress I guess I'm gonna have to wait 2015 ! 

For those who have absolutely no idea of what we're talking here just know that Fallen is the first book of a series written by Lauren Kate between 2009 and 2012. The others are called Torment, Passion and Rapture.

         Basically the story is around Luce and Daniel who turn out to be damned lovers. Luce arrives in a creepy, shabby school named Sword & Cross. Other there she meets weird people and some are really mysterious such as Daniel who doesn't seem to appreciate her. But after some time Luce learns the truth which is Daniel, Cam (another gorgeous boy!!!!) and others are angels. But the thing is Luce and Daniel never stop meeting each other all over again. They met in the past but like they are cursed Luce dies pretty much all the time at 17. And then it starts again in another period. I'm gonna stop here just to not spoiling you everything ! 

So what do you think about the cast ? Do you like it ?

ATTENTION SPOILERS POUR CEUX QUI NE CONNAISSENT NI LA SERIE NI LE LIVRE

            Il me semble que j'ai fait l'erreur de commencer la série avant de lire le livre car oui j'ai été déçue par le bouquin. A côté, la série est cent fois mieux. Les personnages et l'histoire sont beaucoup plus développés dans la version télé que la littéraire. Alors qu'est-ce qui m'amène à dire ça ? 

       Tout d'abord, je vais dire deux mots sur le livre. A la base, l'histoire est la même, même lieux, même intrigue, même but... MAIS des différences majeures me sont apparues!

Les personnages sont très différents de la série télé. Dans cette dernière, on rencontre des jeunes gens courageux, braves, un brin rebelle pour certains voire même des gens avec des sentiments exacerbés! Or, dans le livre, tout m'a paru plat, sans émotions. Je n'ai éprouvé aucun plaisir à le lire. Le développement de l'intrigue est meilleur sur écran que version papier! On est pris dans le mouvement et on est de suite happé par le mystère ! 

       De plus, dans le livre, nous découvrons des personnages jusque là insoupçonnés comme Glass, jeune fille restée sur l'Arche. Or une fois encore, sur le petit écran ele n'existe absolument pas. D'ailleurs, lire son histoire est d'un ennui terrible et qui, navrée de le dire, n'apporte rien à l'histoire (enfin je parle exclusivement du premier livre, je ne compte point lire le deuxième qui va paraître à l'automne). Aussi, certains personnages disparaissent dans la série alors qu'ils exitent "par écrit"...

          Dernier point que je trouve un des plus important si ce n'est pas LE plus important: les fameux "GROUNDERS"! Et oui, dans la série ils tiennent une place primordiale. On les aime instantanément...enfin certains. Ils amènent un vent de nouveauté et l'action nécessaire à la série. Les épisodes sont rythmés grâce la découverte de ses tribus, aussi anciennes que les premières explosions et radiations. OR, dans l'oeuvre originale...nada....quasi inexistants ou alors s'il s'avère que des scènes leurs soient attribuées nous n'apprenons rien d'essentiel. On dirait qu'ils sont là pour faire passer le temps. J'espère sincérement que pour ceux qui liront le deuxième bouquin, l'intrigue sera plus développée et que de la grande aventure en ressorte enfin!

        Au final, le problème majeur du livre ce sont les émotions. Elles nous manquent. On se sent quasiment vide et on a l'impression d'être vraiment à l'extérieur de celui-ci. Or, quand je lis je veux me sentir vivante, je suis avec les personnages, je suis leurs traces, je suis dans leur univers, je me sens comme actrice de l'histoire et active dans cette aventure. Tout ce que je viens de décrire c'est exactement ce que l'on ressent quand on regarde la série. Nous sommes immergés, on a envie de vivre les mêmes choses. On est transportés ailleurs pendant quarante-cinq minutes et c'est en cela que la série est palpitante, haletante. On ne raterait un épisode pour rien au monde.

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