tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1867901386544642681..comments2024-03-29T07:56:36.655-05:00Comments on Althouse: The Academy Awards nominations.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42917420600343325622011-01-26T21:22:57.226-06:002011-01-26T21:22:57.226-06:00I thought the ending of True Grit was anti-feminis...I thought the ending of True Grit was anti-feminist.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74031269794596422552011-01-26T00:03:20.075-06:002011-01-26T00:03:20.075-06:00I've, of course, seen all the movies except Th...I've, of course, seen all the movies except <i>The Kids Are All Right</i> because I object to a movie called that not being about The Who.<br /><br />OK, it just looked so aggressively PC, that my spidey-sense kept me away. I think it's probably good but it's so hard to tell when a movie "has the right message". <br /><br />It was really kind of a "meh" year. Usually I find several gems among the foreign/indie/low-budget/documentary selection, but most of even the best movies this year seemed lesser.<br /><br />Surprised to see no <i>Get Low</i> on the list.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58501031634114890532011-01-25T23:51:19.613-06:002011-01-25T23:51:19.613-06:00As Chuck says, Black Swan is Roman Polanski's ...As Chuck says, <i>Black Swan</i> is Roman Polanski's <i>Repulsion</i> meets <i>Swan Lake</i>.<br /><br />BJM said, "You will not see the ending coming." <br /><br />Dude, I saw the ending coming from the trailer. So did my 15-year-old son (who's never seen <i>Repulsion</i> or any other movies in the genre). Movies like that really have only one ending.<br /><br />Least surprising movie ever. To its credit, I still enjoyed it.<br /><br />Also, the Kunis/Portman scene isn't really hot. It isn't meant to be (I don't think.) There is a momentarily hot Portman solo scene.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6368990215852420722011-01-25T23:35:27.687-06:002011-01-25T23:35:27.687-06:00i've seen:
black swan,
127 hours,
the king...i've seen:<br /> <br />black swan, <br />127 hours, <br />the king's speech, <br />inception, <br />true grit, <br />the fighter, <br />the kids are all right, <br />the social network<br />toy story 3<br /><br />prof ann, i recommend you watching black swan, the social networkjohn marzanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08036820667908976630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49781706910003684282011-01-25T21:46:53.509-06:002011-01-25T21:46:53.509-06:00Yep Jason, Althouse is "old" because onl...Yep Jason, Althouse is "old" because only young people are dumb and ignorant enough to sit through boring crap movies that are nothing more than badly made rehashes of the same old, same old.<br /><br />And if you didn't like the original "True Grit", don't bother with the new one - its not that different. Its just like the old movie - the plot and characters are the same - but with a bigger budget and better direction.rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14586156713611497312011-01-25T20:42:59.886-06:002011-01-25T20:42:59.886-06:00Wow, Althouse can't even gather up the strengt...Wow, Althouse can't even gather up the strength it takes to sit through a single movie. Somehow, I would have thought getting married would energize her, instead she just sounds old.<br /><br />I agree with everyone who recommended <i>Winter's Bone</i>. That movie was thrilling. This year also had <i>Exit Through the Gift Shop</i> and <i>Heartbeats</i>. (Even the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gCPIof4kNQ" rel="nofollow">trailer</a> for <i>Heartbeats</i> is pretty magnificent.)<br /><br />This was a great year!Jason (the commenter)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16045360562791361484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14736089435899726362011-01-25T17:37:07.198-06:002011-01-25T17:37:07.198-06:00I was mildly disappointed by True Grit. I went in ...I was mildly disappointed by True Grit. I went in thinking I was going to love it, but it actually left me a bit cold. it's a bit antiseptic for a western and it was a bit too slow and casual for my tastes. One example, the "bad guy" is actually kind of a pitiful loser, and not all that scary at all. <br />Don't get me wrong, I liked it and thought the performances were great, but I didn't love it.jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/07630491937904835553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70979138352177499122011-01-25T16:10:40.514-06:002011-01-25T16:10:40.514-06:00Winter's Bone was outstanding, as was True Gri...Winter's Bone was outstanding, as was True Grit (and almost every single thing the Coen Brothers have been involved in). Toy Story 3D was great fun, but Oscar can't bless a kiddie movie. I didn't give Inception a fair shake since I saw it at a crappy beach cinema with a lousy sound system. I will rent, but Chris Nolan needs to rein himself in a little.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741966714510339124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81618923516096601172011-01-25T16:06:33.379-06:002011-01-25T16:06:33.379-06:00And she behaved far more honarably and courageousl...And she behaved far more honarably and courageously than all the Ivy League sucks in that film about the oberklasse.Saint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64997096539912105082011-01-25T16:06:32.263-06:002011-01-25T16:06:32.263-06:00Okay, they're subhuman. Happy now?Okay, they're subhuman. Happy now?ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38880491153401325922011-01-25T16:00:50.260-06:002011-01-25T16:00:50.260-06:00I see everyone's doing the proper bow to Winte...<i>I see everyone's doing the proper bow to Winter's Bone, a numbingly dreary film about the numbingly dreary untermenschen.</i><br /><br />Yeah, cause when you bitch about the "subhuman," it's always a good idea to use German.Saint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86087996736630450552011-01-25T15:34:33.165-06:002011-01-25T15:34:33.165-06:00I see everyone's doing the proper bow to Winte...I see everyone's doing the proper bow to Winter's Bone, a numbingly dreary film about the numbingly dreary untermenschen.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36832852748503954792011-01-25T15:23:09.357-06:002011-01-25T15:23:09.357-06:00I found True Grit surprisingly charming...must hav...I found True Grit surprisingly charming...must have been because none of the characters ever used a contraction. Hence, their speech had an interesting contrast to the roughness of their appearance. Also, the formal speaking style softened the violence...funny it had that effect on me. Loved everything but the ending.michaelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370942132583989253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27191739271337554932011-01-25T15:19:45.720-06:002011-01-25T15:19:45.720-06:00Matt said...
The King's Speech was amazing, I ...Matt said...<br />The King's Speech was amazing, I recommend you at least see it.<br /><br />==================<br />Yeah a great movie. But I'm a little sick of Hollywood going goo-goo over anything "Royal" and giving bonus points for a British accent.<br />Fuck the Brits. Vote American!<br /><br />***************<br /><br />Freeman Hunt - "Jeff Bridges should get some sort of special award for being good in every role he's ever played."<br /><br />It goes with his stunning versatility! He has played Jeff Bridges being a young Dude, bad Dude, THE Dude, and now charmingly Jeff Bridges crotchety old Dude.<br /><br />He is much better than Dude Bro Beau, though.Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14136138328049834952011-01-25T14:50:56.677-06:002011-01-25T14:50:56.677-06:00Okay, ricpic, I'll bite. I don't think of...Okay, ricpic, I'll bite. I don't think of any of those other things as "sitting in a dark room with strangers," especially not a restaurant! Watching a movie is just about the most passive "going out" that there is, and I'd just rather do it where I have my own sofa and fridge and dog close by. All of the other things, including live theater, feel more active to me and so I enjoy doing those. That's all.<br /><br />But True Grit was worth the trip. So was "Toy Story 3" which I took all four of my kids, plus three neighbors, to in the middle of the summer. <br /><br />wv: megarat. Hmmmm.....Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05893841698363004399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85886822781732980412011-01-25T14:20:36.382-06:002011-01-25T14:20:36.382-06:00"T'was Mila doing the rug munching."...<i>"T'was Mila doing the rug munching."</i><br /><br />This fact has not diminished my raging Oscar one little bit.<br /><br />Sorry, but I'll be burning this off the Netflix rental too. No way I could go to a theatre and watch this.<br /><br />I'd get arrested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66637405310857661102011-01-25T14:15:04.283-06:002011-01-25T14:15:04.283-06:00True Grit and The King's Speech are both first...True Grit and The King's Speech are both first rate.<br /><br />I find it fascinating that "sitting in a dark room with strangers" is something that Cheryl will only chance once a year. It used to be a real excitement to go out and be amongst strangers, whether in a legitimate theater, movie house, concert hall, cafe or restaurant. It was called going out on the town. Something has changed in people. Something big.ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49578311871989071492011-01-25T13:40:28.452-06:002011-01-25T13:40:28.452-06:00Inception was too long for the ultimate payoff it ...Inception was too long for the ultimate payoff it delivered...which was quite good, I will admit...but nonetheless I thought it was worth it.<br /><br />News in over the weekend on fanboy sites has Keanu returning for Matrix 4 and 5, a Bill & Ted third installment, and $5 million price paid by Warner Bros to the Wachowski brothers for a future-era Robin Hood story with Will Smith as the lead. All of the aforementioned aren't rumors, apparently, but projects with bona fide green lights.Scott Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91750450349767843992011-01-25T13:34:36.996-06:002011-01-25T13:34:36.996-06:00Not feeling the love for Inception. Probably only...Not feeling the love for Inception. Probably only the 2nd movie I've seen in a theater/drive-in over the last 10 yrs. Went because my son wanted to see it. Knew nothing about it. I thought it was quite good and necessarily confusing, requiring less suspension of disbelief than the idea that Marxism works.Crimsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618292072861640747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24261204139743952912011-01-25T13:25:53.401-06:002011-01-25T13:25:53.401-06:00WTH? Have more than five people collectively seen ...<i>WTH? Have more than five people collectively seen half of those movies?</i><br /><br />Yeah. I've seen eight of them. <br /><br /><i><b>Winter's Bone </b></i>. Awesome. Best picture of the year. Nobody's in it. No hype. Totally authentic, totally cool. About mountain people and drug running in the mountains and this girl trying to find her missing father who was mixed up with drug dealers and her psycho uncle and everybody's related cause they're all mountain people and they all have guns and nobody voted for Obama. It's awesome. Good movie for Ann.<br /><br /><i><b>True Grit</b></i>. Better than the original, I think. I think Ann would like it okay. <br /><br /><b><i>Toy Story 3</i></b> Pretty good. Overrated. First one is way better. Ann doesn't like cartoons.<br /><br /><i><b>The Fighter</b></i>. Blue collar boxing movie. Like Rocky except much more realistic. Mark Wahlberg is the boxer and Batman is his crackhead older brother. Batman is getting all the props but Wahlberg is totally underrated. Amy Adams is one of the best actresses working right now. Ann likes Amy Adams but is bored with the boxing.<br /><br /><b><i>The King's Speech</i></b> This is an overcoming-of-the-handicap movie. There have been a thousand of these, and there will be a thousand more. Oscar never gets tired of people overcoming the handicap. Oscar also likes royalty. Royalty overcoming a handicap, wow. Ann thinks the acting is good, but doesn't think the movie is all that. <br /><br /><b><i>Inception</i></b> Really cool set pieces but it doesn't grip emotionally. In the climax, they're all asleep. Ann won't like this. <br /><br /><b><i>The Kids Are All Right</i></b> Kinda fun. Mean lesbian and unfaithful lesbian borrow Mark Ruffalo's sperm and have two kids and then the kids want to meet daddy. And there are shenanigans. I swear Mark Ruffalo's character is like a man designed by lesbians. I mean, what man sings along to Joni Mitchell? Ann might like this one. <br /><br /><b><i>The Social Network</i></b> Maybe the most misogynist movie I've seen in a good long time. I've acquitted Mark Zuckerberg of his crimes. I'm convinced Aaron Sorkin is the guilty party here. This one will send Ann right to her blog.Saint Croixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876368500159112781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55174106642885705962011-01-25T13:12:29.276-06:002011-01-25T13:12:29.276-06:00I'm not going to do it.
Then you will miss on...<i>I'm not going to do it.</i><br /><br />Then you will miss one the most powerful scenes in the cinema in decades.<br /><br />The editing and Portman's transformation into the black swan queen is riveting. <br /><br />Portman's fearless performance is as good as it gets. The only other glimpse of her range was in the badly paced "Closer". <br /><br />You will not see the ending coming.<br /><br />We really enjoyed "The King's Speech"...but I must admit I'd watch Firth read the phone book. <br />However, that doesn't take away from Firth giving the performance of his career and Rush offers up another quirky, but believable character. Bonham Carter resisted chewing the scenery and delivered a nuanced performance.<br /><br />@Florida<br /><br /><i>Natalie Portman eating out Mila Kunis?</i><br /><br />T'was Mila doing the rug munching.<br /><br />Sorry, but I didn't care for "True Grit", I'll stay with the original.<br /><br />"The Fighter" was good, but not best picture worthy, Bale certainly upped his game, but Firth leaves him in the dust.<br /><br />I haven't seen "Inception" and "The Kids Are All Right" was a smarmy PC snooze fest. <br /><br />Will Beatty pulls strings for Bening? If so and Portman loses it will be the robbery of the century thus far.BJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447134335568803085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20380414338839701932011-01-25T12:43:52.412-06:002011-01-25T12:43:52.412-06:00I highly, highly recommend seeing the Kings Speech...I highly, highly recommend seeing the Kings Speech. It is very, very good. It was the best of the movies on your list.<br /><br />I HATED The Black Swan. Hated, hated, hated. I went with a friend and we both keep discussing how horrible it was. <br /><br />Social Network is overhyped blah. Sorkin is a one trick pony and the talking fast thing was old with the West Wing. <br /><br />True Grit and The Fighter are both quite good and I would say they are both worth watching at home on a snowy winter night.Mary Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00719610017317232480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-470228350738967302011-01-25T12:25:18.619-06:002011-01-25T12:25:18.619-06:00Had no interest in Black Swan till I read that the...Had no interest in Black Swan till I read that there is a lesbian scene between Portman and Kunis. Now its a definite bittorrent download. Still wont waste money on it though.jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/07630491937904835553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36413021647823259412011-01-25T11:37:08.476-06:002011-01-25T11:37:08.476-06:00Can't wait to see True Grit. Took the whole f...Can't wait to see True Grit. Took the whole family to see King's Speech, partially because one of my sons is a stutterer. We all enjoyed it. The R rating is kind of silly. Helena Bonham Carter was fantastic as was the divine Colin Firth. I can't believe HBC is closing in on 50. She looks great.<br /><br />We saw Social Network last weekend. I really enjoyed it, in the same way I enjoyed The Insider. There was suspense in a way you wouldn't expect suspense (we all know how it turned out!). The guy who played Mark Zuckerberg was really good. As much as I hate Aaron Sorkin's politics the guy can write some snappy dialogue.Julie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690671242789619416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48413010752872834792011-01-25T11:30:17.520-06:002011-01-25T11:30:17.520-06:00True Bone
The King's Grit
Social Swan
The Blac...<i>True Bone<br />The King's Grit<br />Social Swan<br />The Black Fighter<br />Winter's Speech</i><br /><br />LOL<br /><br />This makes me think of that trend where all the titles are "Chasing Amy" "Saving Silverman" "Boxing Helena". There's about 20 of them like that.knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231876226573540476noreply@blogger.com