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The Iron Lady: A Biography Of Britain's First Female Prime Minister
by LongmanSex on Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Margaret Hilda Thatcher is the longest serving, female British Prime Minister to date. She earned this strange nickname "The Iron Lady", because of her bold and unforgiving opinions and decisions made during her office was in charge. This movie was made as a biography of this powerful and impacting woman and was released in 2011.
Meryl Steep, an exceptional actor was given the main task of portraying this certainly bold woman but her younger role was played by Alexandra Roach. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd, who is known for outstanding achievements from the movie Mamma Mia. The movie has had some mixed reviews thus far, but Meryl Steep has received an overwhelming reception of her portrayal.
She won best actress for her role in this film at the 84th Academy Award show, one of the highest honors in Hollywood. The plot starts off, showing an almost faint resemblance of an older, frail woman buying milk. There is news about the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing in the background playing but almost no one recognized this once unforgettable woman.
As the story goes on and you continuously see her talking to her husband, you realize he is dead and she is now suffering from dementia. Her staff and her daughter are all there trying to deal with her illness, and the movie goes into, her reflecting on her life as she talks to her dead husband.
Margaret, journeys on both her highest and lowest moments throughout her life. From her acceptance into Oxford University, meeting her husbands, falling in love, battling the very male oriented House of Commons for acceptance and also in Edward Heath's cabinet.
You also go on to see other battles such as trying to fit into the role as "Lady" in the house and also in Edward Heath's cabinet. The film then ventures more in depth and highlights an intimate friendship with Airey Neave, who was later assassinated and then her decision to stand for leader of the Conservative Party.
The directed give you a personal outlook on how this woman had to coach herself, change her voice and reinvent herself to become the leader and image of this party. It really gives you both sides of the story and shows that not everything is what it seems. What's most surprising is the sate that Margaret Thatcher is not now, from being so powerful, into so frail and vulnerable.
The journey takes you all the way through her career, until the point of her resignation. She lives through all the obstacles faced, while being prime minister. You can see when she was forced to resign, that she was angry and it's been almost twenty years but you can still taste how bitter she is. The ending is a symbolic one of her packing her husband's thing as if to say goodbye to him and her past. It is interesting to see how she was transformed and how her decisions affected both her personal and public life and the lives of many others. Many critics argue about the accuracy and the effects of highlighting Margaret Thatcher's, state in terms of her illness but you have to watch The Iron Lady in order to judge for yourself.
Meryl Steep, an exceptional actor was given the main task of portraying this certainly bold woman but her younger role was played by Alexandra Roach. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd, who is known for outstanding achievements from the movie Mamma Mia. The movie has had some mixed reviews thus far, but Meryl Steep has received an overwhelming reception of her portrayal.
She won best actress for her role in this film at the 84th Academy Award show, one of the highest honors in Hollywood. The plot starts off, showing an almost faint resemblance of an older, frail woman buying milk. There is news about the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing in the background playing but almost no one recognized this once unforgettable woman.
As the story goes on and you continuously see her talking to her husband, you realize he is dead and she is now suffering from dementia. Her staff and her daughter are all there trying to deal with her illness, and the movie goes into, her reflecting on her life as she talks to her dead husband.
Margaret, journeys on both her highest and lowest moments throughout her life. From her acceptance into Oxford University, meeting her husbands, falling in love, battling the very male oriented House of Commons for acceptance and also in Edward Heath's cabinet.
You also go on to see other battles such as trying to fit into the role as "Lady" in the house and also in Edward Heath's cabinet. The film then ventures more in depth and highlights an intimate friendship with Airey Neave, who was later assassinated and then her decision to stand for leader of the Conservative Party.
The directed give you a personal outlook on how this woman had to coach herself, change her voice and reinvent herself to become the leader and image of this party. It really gives you both sides of the story and shows that not everything is what it seems. What's most surprising is the sate that Margaret Thatcher is not now, from being so powerful, into so frail and vulnerable.
The journey takes you all the way through her career, until the point of her resignation. She lives through all the obstacles faced, while being prime minister. You can see when she was forced to resign, that she was angry and it's been almost twenty years but you can still taste how bitter she is. The ending is a symbolic one of her packing her husband's thing as if to say goodbye to him and her past. It is interesting to see how she was transformed and how her decisions affected both her personal and public life and the lives of many others. Many critics argue about the accuracy and the effects of highlighting Margaret Thatcher's, state in terms of her illness but you have to watch The Iron Lady in order to judge for yourself.
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