I want to watch all the movies up for Best Picture at the Oscars (Feb 24th) and here is in a nutshell what I think so far...
Argo - should win best picture. Great thriller with a fair bit of comedy, deftly directed by Affleck who it is universally acknowledged was robbed of no directing nomination. Django Unchained - very amusing bloody/gory quintessential Taratino. |
| Les Misérables - big old musical - enjoyable guff. Lincoln - historical biopic. Day Lewis hugely convincing, and it is very watchable film about a hugely important historical moment. But as a movie? Not that exciting... Silver Linings Playbook - Very watchable movie about mental illness, but don't think it deserves all the Oscar hype around it. |
| Zero Dark Thirty - deftly directed by Bigelow, but I don't think it's as good as Hurt Locker. I have Life of Pi still to watch, but am going to have to hunt to find Amour and Beasts of the Southern Wild, when I am back in LA next week. Other movies I have seen with Academy Award buzz are Flight, in which Denzel was a very convincing drunk/cocaine dependent pilot and The Impossible, which was a heart wrenching movie about the Tsunami in 2004 and how a Spanish family dealt with it. I was pretty much blubbing throughout and Naomi Watts was very convincing. I am genuinely really excited to see the Oscar's this year, live and on time. Not remotely oscar worthy, but still pretty fun are Warm Bodies, a zom rom com involving Nicholas Hoult as a zombie who falls in love. And Gangster Squad, which is defnitely no LA Confidential or The Untouchables, but doesn't deserve 33% on Rotten Tomatoes (IMHO). So get to the movies and watch some of these crackers - you won't be sorry! |
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