I was born 2 years before Gilda died. I just saw this movie for the first time last week when I bought it but...I have read and re-read her book numerous times.
This movie I don't think, did her justice by any means. I think Jami Gertz is a great actress and I believe she did an all right job portraying Gilda.
BUT Nowhere in this movie does it mention her abortion when she was younger which she later blamed for her inability to procreate.
It mentioned her miscarriages a bit...but it didn't show her heartbreaking struggle to have children. That was the one thing Gilda wanted most. A baby girl she was going to name Lily.
It did NOT mention Gilda and Gene living in Conneticut. Nor did it come close to showing the countless doctor visits she had...or the different things she tried to slow down the cancer.
They didn't elaborate on her career. She made movies with Gene. She was doing Haunted Honeymoon when she started having pains from the then unknown cancer.
Gilda was a FANTASTIC person. Inside and out. It would have been an absolute honor to meet her. But this movie didn't show anywhere near all the amazing things Gilda did...it was about her "suffering" her entire life.
This movie made Gilda seem like a self-obsessed neurotic woman. She was the exact opposite. She cared about everyone she knew. This made her life seem like 42 years of sadness.
She had problems like everyone does. But she had amazing times also. When Gene FINALLY asked her to marry him...being on SNL...
Once she got sick she found support and friendship in Joanna Bull and the Wellness community. Sure she was upset that she had cancer as was everyone who knew...but she didn't let cancer stop her from being funny. Gilda was funny...funny was Gilda. Plain and simple.
Gilda was taken too soon. I think it says A lot about a person when someone hears about them or sees them in a movie 10-15 years after they die and become completely captivated by them and strive to keep their spirit alive.
I didn't know who Gilda was until I was about 17. Now. I buy everything that she was connected to. I have read her book, watched old SNL, her movies...and I have realized that we have so much in common. Or did. I would have loved to have been her daughter but with a happier ending. :) VIVA LA GILDA...
This movie I don't think, did her justice by any means. I think Jami Gertz is a great actress and I believe she did an all right job portraying Gilda.
BUT Nowhere in this movie does it mention her abortion when she was younger which she later blamed for her inability to procreate.
It mentioned her miscarriages a bit...but it didn't show her heartbreaking struggle to have children. That was the one thing Gilda wanted most. A baby girl she was going to name Lily.
It did NOT mention Gilda and Gene living in Conneticut. Nor did it come close to showing the countless doctor visits she had...or the different things she tried to slow down the cancer.
They didn't elaborate on her career. She made movies with Gene. She was doing Haunted Honeymoon when she started having pains from the then unknown cancer.
Gilda was a FANTASTIC person. Inside and out. It would have been an absolute honor to meet her. But this movie didn't show anywhere near all the amazing things Gilda did...it was about her "suffering" her entire life.
This movie made Gilda seem like a self-obsessed neurotic woman. She was the exact opposite. She cared about everyone she knew. This made her life seem like 42 years of sadness.
She had problems like everyone does. But she had amazing times also. When Gene FINALLY asked her to marry him...being on SNL...
Once she got sick she found support and friendship in Joanna Bull and the Wellness community. Sure she was upset that she had cancer as was everyone who knew...but she didn't let cancer stop her from being funny. Gilda was funny...funny was Gilda. Plain and simple.
Gilda was taken too soon. I think it says A lot about a person when someone hears about them or sees them in a movie 10-15 years after they die and become completely captivated by them and strive to keep their spirit alive.
I didn't know who Gilda was until I was about 17. Now. I buy everything that she was connected to. I have read her book, watched old SNL, her movies...and I have realized that we have so much in common. Or did. I would have loved to have been her daughter but with a happier ending. :) VIVA LA GILDA...