I recently got around to finally seeing 2014’s TheTheory of Everything (yep, I’m only 9 years behind the times) – damn good movie! Who knew the life of Stephen Hawking would produce such a sweet/bittersweet love story? The charm of that love story really came from the chemistry and talent of the two stars – Eddie Redmayne (Stephen Hawking) and Felicity Jones (Jane Wilde/Hawking) – whatever nominations/awards they received, they 100% deserved. I really enjoyed the early parts of the movie when they were in college together - it put a genuine smile on my face.
There were a
couple of other parts that made me chuckle and flat out laugh as well…
First, when
the Jonathan character shows up and shows a clear interest in Jane, Stephen is
looking at him like “Who the hell are you moving in on my woman? If I could get out of this wheelchair, I’d
create a new black hole with my foot in your ass!”; and then later, when the
character of Elaine shows up and shows a clear interest in Stephen, Jane is
looking at her like “Bitch, who the hell are you moving in on my man? I’ll come at you like a spider monkey!” But, eventually, proving that real life is indeed
crazier than fiction, Jane ended up with Jonathan, and Stephen ended up with
Elaine.
Second, there were two great scenes that showed Stephen Hawking – genius mind though he was – was also just a regular ol’ guy as well…
