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Watching Jane Eyre right now which I find beautiful and kind of sexy. Of course, that's bound to happen when Fassy is involved.
I'm thinking about how much more I would have enjoyed The Skin I Live In if I did not see a really crappy straight to DVD US indie horror film that had literally the same plot as the second half of the film earlier this year.And I mean beat by beat the same story. It's like they found out what Almodovar was doing and quickly threw together a gorier version of it. It kind of ruined it for me. People talked about the power of the twist and I felt none of it because I knew what was going to happen. I liked the film, but was not as haunted as I would have liked to be.
I'm also excited to see Like Crazy tomorrow and crossing my fingers that Martha Marcy May Marlene will also be showing up at my local multiplex this weekend. And I'm going to watch Attack the Block in a few hours.
That wicked trailer for SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN has me back contemplating Theron’s Oscar prospects for YOUNG ADULT. Paramount did a screening for it’s employees back in Aug and I remember walking out and thinking, “That’s gonna be a real tough sell.” (at least, as far as Academy members are concerned). Theron is so deliciously nasty here and in such a rich, textured depiction of a woman somewhere between Julia Robert’s “Jules” and Helena Bonham Carter’s “Kate Croy”. Alas, she’s hot and uber unlikable; a combo rarely found in Oscar’s Best Actress. hmmm
The teaser trailer for "Snow White and the Huntsman" is online now. It looks pretty entertaining, actually, and Charlize Theron looks like a lot of fun.
WIll Glenn Glose's chances of a win (still predicting for a nom) or a career win slide, now that she has the very baity Therese Raquin?
LOVE CHARLIZE THERON!!!
Why more people haven't fallen in love with 'Midnight in Paris', why Liv Ullmann hasn't done more work lately, and what cinematic landmarks should I check out while in New York?
I want to know if I'm the only one left uncomfortable by Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close's 9/11 backdrop? I just find using such true events as emotional backbone cheap.
Want to see Martha Marcy May Marlene TERRIBLY bad :-). Gotta find the time soon. And Ides of March was forgettable. Good, decent, solid, but just kind of there. Recently saw The Grifters and The Constant Gardner. Ralph Fiennes is not as appreciated as he should be. Can't wait for his Shakespeare adaptation...among other things ;-)
I think Sharon Stone and Charlize Theron have the similar kinda look, very beautiful creatures!
Billy Crystal has officially been announced as our new Oscar host.
THANK GOD right?
Brian Z- to be fair, the 9/11 reference isn't some tragedy chosen just for maximal emotional impact. It ties in nicely to the trans-NYC romp the story becomes.
Otherwise, I saw J. Edgar. It wasn't astounding by any means, but I enjoyed it. I just wish Dustin Lance Black took more risks in his writing. Even Milk, which I loved, was utterly by-the-book in its set-up. In my opinion, the film would have done better to focus only on the Lindbergh case as a lens into Hoover's character as he's setting up the FBI. As it was, that narration! Blech!
And about the makeup, I thought during the movie that if they wanted J. Edgar to look like Jon Voight, they should have given the role to Voight himself.
I find it annoying how nowadays actresses/film industry itself always seem to get excited about making films about icons? Like, in the past two days, I read about ScarJo being up for playing Grace Kelly as well as Princess Diana. (Not to mention MM) Ugh. I like ScarJo alright in a good movie (less in something like 'The Avengers' what I saw a trailer of in cinema on Monday) but she can be her own (sexy) icon!
(I'm also watching Julianne Moore as semi-passionate Salome on tv now)
^Older J. Edgar I mean, of course.
Compared to The Help, Steel Magnolias is a masterpiece...
I was also thinking about how awesome and fabulous and HOT Charlize Theron is, especially after seeing the fantastic trailer for "Snow White and the Huntsman." Despite her Oscar win, she has somehow managed to still be underrated and not a huge star, while still doing great work and gaining even more respect. I can't wait for Young Adult.
Given the Academy's propensity to not give Best Actor awards to handsome men until they're in their 70s or 80s (unless, of course, they're Australian, relatively new to Hollywood, and swept up in a Best Picture wave), who will they pick if the nominees are all handsome leading men under 60 (five from Clooney, Pitt, diCaprio, Fasbender, Dujardin, Gosling)? I'm still hanging on to diCaprio as my November prediction for the win (subject to change after the weekend BO), but it may well be another Benigni year....
I saw Melancholia and Into the Abyss yesterday. Werner Herzog spoke about Into the Abyss. He said he didn't spend an hour (shooting time included) with any of the participants. He said that today filmmakers are not real filmmakers if they keep letting the camera roll and collect hours of footage which they spend months editing. he said that for many of his films, he spends a week to four weeks editing. that's it. Some films, five days!
Melancholia was blech blech. I am all for artistic projections but this one just did not come together (not that films need to). I was like, what's the point? I didnt feel anything. In fact I felt a couple of times I was trapped. I was praying so hard that there would not be a third part. Metacritic's Ty Burr blurb sums up my feelings for now:
"Watching Melancholia is like being stuck next to a brilliant depressive at a dinner party. The food is exquisite, the conversation scintillating, and the longer you sit there the more trapped you feel in another man's all-encompassing gloom."
@Troy
How did you like The Grifters?
Who do you think were the least deserving Oscar winners in Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories (top 3 each)?
This: http://www.astortheatre.net.au/special-events/mamba-an-incredible-35mm-discovery?ybct=1281
Duh... "Death Becomes Her" is now on Netflix Instant!
So next Saturday, I have the chance to see "The Descendants" and "Melancholia" back to back for free. I'm usually very wary of watching films back to back; I feel like all movies (even less-than-great ones) benefit from some reflection before moving on to the next thing. But it's free! So I'm a little torn.
Hi Leigh!
Re: Glenn Close.
I haven't seen the films, of course. But right now it would seem that the one to beat this year is Viola Davis. And then it will all depend, because --if Therese Raquin is released in 2013-- then the one to beat will be Meryl Streep! Glenn... you are doomed... Most probably Meryl will be nominated this year and will not win. So August - Osage County in 2013 might be her 18th nomination, with only two wins, 13 losses in a row and nearly 30 years since her last Oscar!
It would be nice to have Viola Davis in 2011, Glenn Close in 2012 and Meryl Streep in 2013!
You mentioned Almodóvar red in another place above. So here's Almodóvar talking about the use of color in his movies at the AFI Fest.
http://youtu.be/OCPQjAwV3lw
There's an interpreter. The same user has more videos and here there's another one with the whole thing.
http://youtu.be/Mov-mQU7avQ
i need inspiration to play a taxi driver for an audition...
what are the best taxi drivers in cinema, in your opinion, Nathaniel?
Carrie Ann Moss is doing a guest stint on NBC's "Chuck" as I write this, and I want to know why .
pedro -- the only one that popped into my mind immediately (besides, well, Taxi Driver) was winona ryder in Night on Earth. haha. i have no idea why.
Liz -- i totes agree with that but it's free so i'd do it. especially if Melancholia is second.
I just had this realization, and to find the open thread... I'm reading Pictures at a Revolution (just starting it) and getting into what a cool movie figure Warren Beatty was, and bemoaning my lack of a young Beatty in my lifetime, when it occurred to me. James Franco is our Warren Beatty, and the more I think about it, the more parallels I uncover.