tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post112674676598412498..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: 2005... So FarNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1127179535455499362005-09-19T21:25:00.000-04:002005-09-19T21:25:00.000-04:00Um, could you please kinda see Bride & Prejudice? ...Um, could you please kinda see Bride & Prejudice? If anything, you'll end up with an interesting Best Original Song line-up at the end of the year. Of all the reviews I've read on the movie, I think EW's is really the best and sums it up perfectly. The movie is a reinterpretation of the Jane Austen, which has an uncanny irony considering it's India reflecting on Britain. Beside, the queen Lisa Schwartzabaum loves it, so why not? LOL.<BR/><BR/>Better yet, if you absolutely do NOT want to see it, get the songs! Of course, the lyrics lose context, but the melodies are very nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126958729859533322005-09-17T08:05:00.000-04:002005-09-17T08:05:00.000-04:00i agree that much of crash is sort of out there......i agree that much of crash is sort of out there... but for the most part it works. movies really only have to work within their own context.<BR/><BR/>but anyway. i don't love it or anything. it's just been a terrible year so far. hopefully that all changes nowthat september is here.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126956849483049392005-09-17T07:34:00.000-04:002005-09-17T07:34:00.000-04:00I'm handing Crash the reigns from Sideways as the ...I'm handing Crash the reigns from Sideways as the most over-hyped movie this year. The premise of movie was good, but some of the stories were incomplete and far fetch.<BR/><BR/>Take Thandie Newton and Terrence Howard characters for instance. Wasn't it strange that there was no reaction from them being caught by the cops engaging in a sexual activity. Most people would be horrified, not have an expression of ecstasy on their face. Also, why wasn't her accident ever mention to her husband? Do you think maybe she might have called him and said. "Honey, guess what happen to me today.....I almost blow up in my car...and that cop that molested me last night...saved me."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126941925723639382005-09-17T03:25:00.000-04:002005-09-17T03:25:00.000-04:00Oh okay, I just need to comment on something about...Oh okay, I just need to comment on something about the 2006 awards (i KNOW!)<BR/><BR/>If the Australian film 'Little Fish' ever gets an American release (which surely it will - it stars Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Sam Neill amongst others) I would suggest keeping Hugo Weaving in the pack for supporting actor.<BR/><BR/>He is simple hands-down career-defining brilliance in the film. I just saw it today and I agree with all the critics who have said so already. Plus, he plays a gay drug-addict ex-footballer and the Academy love their gay disease-riddled men plays by famous people.<BR/><BR/>I'd also love Noni Hazlehurst to have a shot but that's too much to ask.<BR/><BR/>-GlennAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126849217511239732005-09-16T01:40:00.000-04:002005-09-16T01:40:00.000-04:00For me it would go as thus:Best Picture: Oyster Fa...For me it would go as thus:<BR/><BR/>Best Picture: <I>Oyster Farmer</I><BR/>Best Director: Wong Kar-Wai, <I>2046</I><BR/>Best Actress: Joan Allen, <I>The Upside of Anger</I><BR/>Best Actor: Tony Leung, <I>2046</I><BR/>Best Supporting Actress: Zhang Ziyi, <I>2046</I> - Thandie Newton, <I>Crash</I><BR/>Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Costner, <I>Upside of Anger</I><BR/>Best Screenplay: <I>Oyster Farmer</I><BR/>Cinematography: <I>2046</I><BR/>Production Design: <I>Charlie & The Chocolate Factory</I><BR/>Costume Design: <I>Charlie...</I><BR/>Editing: <I>The Interpretter</I><BR/>Visual Effects: <I>Sin City</I><BR/>Make-Up: <I>Sin City</I><BR/>Score: <I>Oyster Farmer/2046</I><BR/>Sound: <I>The Island</I><BR/><BR/>pretty blah if I do say so myself.<BR/><BR/>-GlennAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126824455195243202005-09-15T18:47:00.000-04:002005-09-15T18:47:00.000-04:00Ooh.. I love David Lynch and I love murder mystery...Ooh.. I love David Lynch and I love murder mystery. Excellent.<BR/><BR/>As for the nominations, no Radha Mitchell in Melinda and Melinda?? I didn't like the film but she was excellent. Tony Leung was good but Zhang Ziyi stole 2046. A brilliant performance.<BR/><BR/>My favourites so far (even though I've only seen 20 films):<BR/><BR/>Picture: Nobody Knows<BR/>Director: Wong Kar Wai (2046)<BR/>Actor: Yuya Yagira (Nobody Knows)<BR/>Actress: Nathalie Press (My Summer of Love)<BR/>Supp Actor: Paddy Considine (My Summer of Love)<BR/>Supp Actress: Zhang Ziyi (2046)<BR/><BR/>Not hard to see what my fave films were.Calum Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410595002533524268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126818300610202532005-09-15T17:05:00.000-04:002005-09-15T17:05:00.000-04:00I'm so dying to see "Inland Empire", but another m...I'm so dying to see "Inland Empire", but another masterwork after "Mulholland Drive"? I don't know...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126806264549204752005-09-15T13:44:00.000-04:002005-09-15T13:44:00.000-04:00...and my Oscar dream for 2006: David Lynch's "In......and my Oscar dream for 2006: David Lynch's "Inland Empire." Just heard about it, will be at Cannes next year (Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Julia Ormond, Jeremy Irons). Murder-mystery set in LA's hellhole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126799905609880772005-09-15T11:58:00.000-04:002005-09-15T11:58:00.000-04:00um, Nick, you're not supposed to pay that much att...um, Nick, you're not supposed to pay that much attention to the models, they're supposed to be blank - the focus is on the clothes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126798628613552162005-09-15T11:37:00.000-04:002005-09-15T11:37:00.000-04:00right said -TCG had lots of good elements (hence t...right said -TCG had lots of good elements (hence the nominations) but it didn't all come together very well i don't think.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126790284866258422005-09-15T09:18:00.000-04:002005-09-15T09:18:00.000-04:00You give Constant Gardener a C+ despite nominating...You give <I>Constant Gardener</I> a C+ despite nominating it for Best Actor, Supporting Actress (probably lead), Screenplay, Costumes, Art Direction, AND Sound (Sound?!?)?<BR/><BR/>Please explain. Did you think the direction was really that bad? I eagerly await your review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126790166083222662005-09-15T09:16:00.000-04:002005-09-15T09:16:00.000-04:00But Nat, "Whisky" *was* released in the US this Fe...But Nat, "Whisky" *was* released in the US this February. Mirella Pascual should be a Supporting Actress nominee, she was wonderful ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126783378563146722005-09-15T07:22:00.000-04:002005-09-15T07:22:00.000-04:00Nick, I did really like Embeth in Junebug (6th pla...Nick, I did really like Embeth in Junebug (6th place) but then I thought everyone was good. with the exception, possibly of my new husband Allesandro Nivola if only because they didn't give him very much to do. I'm pretending i didn't hear the Tony dissing. Moving on...<BR/><BR/>Glenn, I don't think all five in every category are worthy so don't be too jealous. ;) for example I think the Batman Begins screenplay is very problematic but that category has brought us very little to date.<BR/><BR/>And on Heath Ledger... I will probably boost him up into the shortlist at the next Oscar update (sept 19th) but I am not totally sold yet. I'm trying to remind myself that September buzz comes mostly from highbrow Festivalgoing and then the general public and Oscar voters start seeing stuff. And their tastes can be a lot different.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126774775576119082005-09-15T04:59:00.000-04:002005-09-15T04:59:00.000-04:00Sorry to be off topic, but I want to ask a questio...Sorry to be off topic, but I want to ask a question. What are your thoughts about Heath Ledger's shot of a Best Actor nomination?<BR/><BR/>Just reading an article at NYTimes, they say "Mr. Ledger's wrenching performance is the stuff of Hollywood history."<BR/><BR/>...and I've read other extremely positive notices. The double-shirt scene should be heart-tugging for almost anyone, right?!<BR/><BR/>I know Ledger isn't the most admired actor (I've liked him since <I>Blackrock</I>) but could this be a Adrien Brody style nomination? I have a sneaking suspicion the Globes will go for him (maybe not to win) and could even decided to double-reward him with a Casanova comedy nod... i dunno. Just musing...<BR/><BR/>-GlennAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126772494327924432005-09-15T04:21:00.000-04:002005-09-15T04:21:00.000-04:00Zhang is probably the best thing about 2046! Or......Zhang is probably the best thing about 2046! Or... that's what I thought.<BR/><BR/>But, man, you're lucky Nath! You can actually congure up enough nominees to make five each! But then, you have seen more movies than I so i suppose that's fine.<BR/><BR/>If I were to do something like (which i may... in a few minutes) it would be made up of a whole lot of <I>2046, Oyster Farmer, Crash</I> and <I>Upside of Anger</I> with Batman, Red Eye, Charlie, Sin City and a few others making up the rest. <BR/><BR/>I consider the "Art Direction" catagory has "Production Design" which is why i would nominate Sin City, just like I (and you, right) did with The Incredibles last year.<BR/><BR/>-GlennAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1126755917180389112005-09-14T23:45:00.000-04:002005-09-14T23:45:00.000-04:00Speaking of the upside of anger, here's how to pro...Speaking of the upside of anger, here's how to provoke Nathaniel's... I'm really getting tired of Tony Leung, and I thought he was a considerable problem in <I>2046</I>. Had his persona been more involving or even more charismatic, I might have gotten more absorbed in that film, but I really thought he was a blank. (Can't say I was bowled over by Zhang in that film, either.)<BR/><BR/>Please don't hate me coz I'm contrarian.<BR/><BR/>And one question: did you not see anything special about Embeth Davidtz in <I>Junebug</I>? She's up there with Allen among my year's favorites now.NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.com