tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post7822652962354845470..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Now Playing: Delusional Oscar HopefulsNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-26975799675893674072007-12-30T03:32:00.000-05:002007-12-30T03:32:00.000-05:00i doubt There Will Be Blood has much of a shot for...i doubt <I>There Will Be Blood</I> has much of a shot for best pic, but it does have lone director written all over it -- almost enough pic support, and other pic likelihoods with the sort of directors who get skipped over (<I>Juno, Michael Clayton, Diving Bell</I>)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7607265598386405752007-12-30T03:25:00.000-05:002007-12-30T03:25:00.000-05:00Maybe it's just the lack of good horror/suspense m...Maybe it's just the lack of good horror/suspense movie in American/Canada, I find the Orphanage on my top 10 of the year, and yes, i'm a sucker for a mother-child story. Granted, it's not a big movie or it has new concepts, but it's so well done in what it sets out to do, and the emotional pay off in the end is great as well. I actually have to say the Pan's not really the great film that people make it to be. I mean it's good, but somehow the ending is just dead cold, not tragic or hopeful, but just...meh...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-19246801751700843632007-12-29T13:24:00.000-05:002007-12-29T13:24:00.000-05:00Blah blah blah. I want a full review of "Next," n...Blah blah blah. I want a full review of "Next," now that I see Ste. Julianne has received her very first F!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-9677403995007322382007-12-29T12:42:00.000-05:002007-12-29T12:42:00.000-05:00I know you've commented many times about the insan...I know you've commented many times about the insanity of Dec. release dates, Nate, and it seems particularly true in the case of TWBB. I haven't seen it but I've yet to hear a negative word about it - and it's PT Anderson. Come on, folks. (And directing Daniel Day-Lewis, no less. Instant cineaste nirvana.) But why would the studio hold it back for so long, rather than give it a chance to win devoted fans? I can't wrap my head around that.<BR/><BR/>RedSatinDollAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-66331947041105527412007-12-29T09:17:00.000-05:002007-12-29T09:17:00.000-05:00Oh and as a side note, I'm sorry to say that I wou...Oh and as a side note, I'm sorry to say that I wouldn't call <I>They Shoot Horses...</I> all that great. Despite actors' best efforts, the screenplay never gave me a reason to care for any of the characters braindead enough to willingly take part in such a humiliating enterprise as the dance marathon was presented. In terms of its social commentary/satirical aspect, the movie said all it had to say in the first twenty minutes and then only kept regurgitating it. Until the ending, which in turn I found random out-of-character (for both involved parties) act put there for the sake of being depressing. (cathartic? deep? Neither worked for me.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49778589917428646402007-12-29T08:25:00.000-05:002007-12-29T08:25:00.000-05:00something along the lines of a They Shoot Horses D...<I>something along the lines of a They Shoot Horses Don't They? or a Hud or even a Children of Men... pictures that they'll recognize as great (who wouldn't?) but that they can't quite go all the way with because they have this hangup about "warm" movies.</I><BR/><BR/>Unless I am misunderstanding what you mean by "warm", your assessment doesn't seem fair. The year <I>Children of Men</I> was shut out, for instance, <I>Little Miss Sunshine</I> is the only eventual BP nominee that I'd describe as "warm" (and even that with reservations). Sure, exceptionally bleak films often get little Oscar love, but so do those that the Academy considers insufficently serious (in either style or content). I agree there is a bias, but it clearly works <I>both</I> ways here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-14599832084883729372007-12-29T00:54:00.000-05:002007-12-29T00:54:00.000-05:00No, The Orphanage is not as startling as Pan's Lab...No, The Orphanage is not as startling as Pan's Labyrinth but it's a neatly done first film and I was impressed by the performances of the lead actress and the young actor who played her son.gabrieloakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460263240309976652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-82255222895499094532007-12-28T21:23:00.000-05:002007-12-28T21:23:00.000-05:00I really wanna see There Will Be Blood. But the re...I <I>really</I> wanna see <I>There Will Be Blood</I>. But the regular problems (lack of closeness, lack of good movie parent) apply.<BR/><BR/>March 9, 2010 will be the greatest day in the history of the world for me, yes it will.J.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17126912928153855523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-14567283925205492502007-12-28T21:12:00.000-05:002007-12-28T21:12:00.000-05:00I saw The Orphanage for you today, Nat! You didn't...I saw The Orphanage for you today, Nat! You didn't miss a lot. It's a solid little ghost story but nothing that's gonna blow anyone's mind. Kinda The Others meets Pan's, with a little Devil's Backbone thrown in. But... not really as interesting as any of those three. But a nice throwback; it felt sorta old-fashioned in the best sense. Just with a eensy bit of spectaucular gore thrown in. Which rocked, btw ;-)Jason Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.com