tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post4623591585943316970..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: In Defeat: Defiance.NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-52479166640431396202009-09-10T11:58:33.117-04:002009-09-10T11:58:33.117-04:00For me the best thing about the 1999 movie is its ...For me the best thing about the 1999 movie is its music... It is so powerful that the movie is more or less carried by it, I believe.<br />If one compares the performances of the actors with the 1955 version of the film, I must admit I like the original one with Deborah Kerr better (even though Julianne Moore's acting was very very fine). It's just that the 1999 version makes everything feel a little 'acted'...baccanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-11854048842728501002009-09-08T18:19:06.618-04:002009-09-08T18:19:06.618-04:00@Nathaniel R: Wasn't there some of that screen...@Nathaniel R: Wasn't there some of that screen magic already last year, again? <br />She was a finalist for the film bitch awards as best actress for Savage Grace and Blindness (one of her best performances, actually; so subtle, so compelling- a terrific and criminally underrated /overlooked turn). <br /><br />And wow, what a year she had in 1999. Wonderful, versatile performances - Magnolia, End of the Affair, An Ideal Husband, Cookie's Fortune, A Map of the World...cinephilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-9917338320305944632009-09-08T13:40:23.229-04:002009-09-08T13:40:23.229-04:00As a Moore fan, I consider hers a quality (even fi...As a Moore fan, I consider hers a quality (even film-elevating) performance in a mediocre piece. ;)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05756810421569628669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-36968941000919241542009-09-08T12:51:21.265-04:002009-09-08T12:51:21.265-04:00i always though t moore fans felt this was her wor...i always though t moore fans felt this was her worst performance in a quality peice.mrriplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1817921367888156122009-09-08T09:37:19.760-04:002009-09-08T09:37:19.760-04:00imblankingonthename = Chloeimblankingonthename = ChloeVictor Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829079954878388921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-26635608522030215622009-09-08T09:31:55.373-04:002009-09-08T09:31:55.373-04:00Good God, I love this movie.
How Sandy Powell didn...Good God, I love this movie.<br />How Sandy Powell didn't get an Oscar nomination for the costumes??? She makes Julianne even more beautiful (further evidence: Far From Heaven - and another Oscar snub).Victor Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829079954878388921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-65571978970433670442009-09-08T08:48:09.352-04:002009-09-08T08:48:09.352-04:00andrew well "the end..." isn't so ro...<b>andrew</b> well "the end..." isn't so romantic, you know? I love this movie, too. Moore is so good in it. She really was on fire back then. Crossing my fingers that this festival triple she's got (A Single Man, Pippa Lee and imblankingonthename) renew some of that screen magicNATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-61300471039897864342009-09-08T00:19:53.303-04:002009-09-08T00:19:53.303-04:00Okay now I have to see this movie.Okay now I have to see this movie.Wayne Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03540719966379852977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-50516114654979761062009-09-08T00:02:35.114-04:002009-09-08T00:02:35.114-04:00How weird. Mere minutes ago I posted how this was ...How weird. Mere minutes ago I posted how this was a favourite of mine in 1999. Fiennes and Moore were really good in this...but this film is much maligned by audiences. Definitely not a feel good film though...the romantic name is so misleading.Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.com