Members PAsoapfan Posted January 25, 2011 Members Share Posted January 25, 2011 Haven't seen Blue Valentine yet but I'm happy but Michelle Williams! Blue Valentine is such a powerful movie Loved it. Ryan Gosling was robbed of a well desevered Oscar nod. Both he and Michelle Williams gave such raw performances that I'm still moved by it days after seeing the movie. The movie belongs in the Best Picture Catergory replacing "Winters Bone" I"m also disappointed that besides Jeremy Renner, "The Town" was virtually shut out which is a damn shame. Steller movie, with a great script, top notch cast and great direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted January 25, 2011 Members Share Posted January 25, 2011 You are being very generous. It was a dull, plodding, overly talking snoozefest. One of the worst movies of this year or any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 25, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted January 25, 2011 That pretty much describes the Coen Bros' movies that I've seen - "No Country for Old Men" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the trailer for "A Serious Man" looked sooooo boring too. So I have no intentions of watching "True Grit" or any other Coen Bros movies again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Becki Posted January 26, 2011 Members Share Posted January 26, 2011 I didn't mind True Grit that much. I still prefer the original though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 26, 2011 Members Share Posted January 26, 2011 The main reason the first True Grit was popular was because the Academy wanted to reward John Wayne for a long and successful career. This one, I guess people love the Coens. This is superficial, but Mark Wahlberg always looks so damn smug every time I see him, that I'm glad he wasn't nominated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted January 26, 2011 Members Share Posted January 26, 2011 I think it's more him trying to look HARD because of his past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted January 26, 2011 Members Share Posted January 26, 2011 i liked "No Country" and "Fargo" is great. This one though was typical dross. You take an old man, have him be a crank, he befriends a youngster, and call it a character study. I think Clint Eastwood starred in almost the exact same movie a couple years back but it was called "Gran Torino", and that was painful as well to sit through. And as for True Grit specifically, the original was no great shakes either. John Wayne made a lot of great movies, a couple are real classics. True Grit was not one of them. "The Searchers" is generally considered to be a masterpiece, but I much prefer "Man Who Shot Liberty Valence". Now that movie is a 10 out of 10. "Fort Apache", "Rio Grande", "The Quiet Man"...there are a lot of truly enjoyable John Wayne movies. (and most seem to be directed by John Ford-the greatest director of old Hollywood). The Oscar noms for this movie is just group think at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted January 26, 2011 Members Share Posted January 26, 2011 Toups.... being a film buff and dissing the Coens is like blasphemy In all seriousness, I realize they are not everyone's cup of tea, but they think outside the box and I prefer long drawn out bits of smart, crisp dialogue to ACTION ACTION ACTION any day of the week. Which explains why Tarantino and the Coens are probably my favourite film makers today. Some would say they are pretentious, I would say they are very smart and quirky. I thought True Grit was actually the most mainstream movie the Coens have made, definitely the most accessible anyway. It had everything a Coens movie is known for (excellent cinematography, excellent dialogue, crisp editing) but it also was told in a very linear, easy to follow format and there was a nice, clean resolution to the story at the end (something I know frustrated alot of people who saw No Country for Old Men). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 26, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted January 26, 2011 I love Tarantino! I guess I just can't connect to the Coen's stories/style like I do with QT. There were some aspects in NCFOM that I liked - like Javier Bardem's character and his cool gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 30, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted January 30, 2011 With Tom Hooper winning the DGA, looks like "The King's Speech" is now the Oscar favorite to win Best Picture and Director. If "The Social Network" or "The Figther" wins the SAG tonight, that film will be challenger for the home stretch. But if TKS wins it, it's over. There is no race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2011 With The King's Speech winning the SAG, Producers Guild and Directors Guild, the Oscar race for Best Picture is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted January 31, 2011 Members Share Posted January 31, 2011 Melissa Leo wins a SAG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2011 SAG Winners: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role COLIN FIRTH / King George VI - THE KING’S SPEECH Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role NATALIE PORTMAN / Nina Sayers – BLACK SWAN Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role CHRISTIAN BALE / Dicky Eklund – THE FIGHTER Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role MELISSA LEO / Alice Ward – THE FIGHTER Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture THE KING’S SPEECH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted February 1, 2011 Members Share Posted February 1, 2011 Apparently, Gervais's been called to host the 2012 Globes. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 6, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted February 6, 2011 WGA Awards Winners: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich Congrats to both! Love Nolan and Sorkin. Hope they both win at the Oscars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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