Film Experience Blog

Thursday, February 02, 2006

14 comments:

adam k. said...: Awwww...

This post is adorable.

We're all sorry, Joan.; 1:56 AM
Anonymous said...: Yup, we sure are. Though the picture reminds me of that earlier point about them being a completely implausable family.

Casting director: "Hmm, why worry about creating a family when we can get 3 up-and-coming purty young things who have proved themselves to have formidable acting chops? It's bound to work."

Rob; 2:29 AM
Anonymous said...: Joan Allen's performance was so not Oscar Worthy the snub was well deserved.; 2:39 AM
Anonymous said...: I think it was oscar worthy... But so was Eternal Sunshine, and they killed that too...

For consolation, please show us that picture of Montgomery Clift again (the one with the straw...) Or e-mail it to me at:

gipperee@hotmail.com

Thanks!!; 3:02 AM
Glenn Dunks said...: It's always the anonymous people who are the snarky ones.

Joan will live on forever.; 5:50 AM
Anonymous said...: Poor Joan -- it's been a tough week for her. First Wendy Wassertein dies on Monday (Joan starred in her Pulitzer Prize winning play in the late 80's) and then the snub on Tuesday. I'm sure the death puts the Oscar snub in perspective.

Jason; 7:06 AM
John T said...: I'm sorry about this Nathaniel (I feel the same way about Ralph Fiennes). Also, when are the Film Bitch Awards going to be finished?; 9:05 AM
NATHANIEL R said...: yeah. the FB Awards. I'll get back to it any second. promise ;)

will be handing out the medals very soon.; 11:44 AM
Anonymous said...: I bought them as a family-- perhaps not in terms of physical appearance, but their interaction seemed credible enough. Who were they again? Evan Rachel Wood, Alicia Witt, and two others. It's escaping me at this point. (Jussa sec... ah... Erika Christensen and Keri Russell. Well, at least I remembered the two interesting actress' names.)

That's a very cute post-- although for a moment I thought it featured McDormand, Adams, Weisz, Williams, and Keener all hugging and trying to console Maria Bello! That would've been sweet. :)

As far as THE UPSIDE OF ANGER goes, the golden moment in the picture was Mike Binder's cad getting a moment to explain himself, and stick up for his opinion. You don't need to agree with the character (guy's a bastard), you're just glad his dignity gets preserved and he gets a word in edgewise.

I had a good time watching that movie. Though it's not the type of movie I'm particularly interested to say anything more than that about. And as accomplished as Allen's performances tend to be, I'm thinking back through the year's lead female performances and not finding a single one I think compares to Reese's (though I haven't seen KING KONG, KINGS AND QUEEN (Desplechin is pretty much a genius, isn't he?) or TRANSAMERICA. I've heard Emmanuelle Devos is exactly the kind of actress I'll fall head over heels for. Plus I'm sure Naomi Watts delivers a delightful performance-- she has the makings of a future legend.) No Samantha Morton-esque stealth stunners this year (even more than Del Toro, I'm glad she's been selected as a "we like you a bunch" Oscar favourite)but hey, wait, did anyone see DOWN TO THE BONE? How about that Vera Farmiga?; 12:58 PM
Anonymous said...: See, and I forgot about Alicia Witt even being IN Upside. She's another one of those actresses I confuse with other actresses. For me Evan and Keri are the supremely talented two, though Erika was pretty great in Traffic (more so, perhaps than CZJ).

Rob; 2:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Just as Jim Carrey was royally snubbed (once again) for career-best work in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" last year, so it is with Joan Allen in "The Upside of Anger" (also a March release, by the way). It's a real shame that AMPAS figured Johnny Depp's bland turn in "Finding Neverland" trumped Carrey's challenging role in 2004; and Charlize Theron's generic, cliche-ridden part in "North Country" outshone Joan's full-bodied, spirited perf. Unfortunately though, them's the breaks (sigh).

Now as an aside, does anyone else think that the San Diego Film Critics Circle is the coolest, edgiest one around (and across the board)? Sure, even they make occassional odd and/or populist choices (e.g. Susan Sarandon for "Stepmon" (?), Phillip Seymour Hoffman for "Flawless" (?!), Renée Zellweger for "Cold Mountain"), but at least their choices usually never mirror the critics at large. Plus, incidentally, they gave top honors to Allen and Carrey this year and last, respectively. Kudos for independent thought!

Marco

P.S. I may be too lazy to register for an accont here and therefore technically anonymous, but I do use my name and stand by my cinematic op-eds, warts and all. Just own your posts, people -- as unpopular as they may be. There ain't no respect in drive-by, flame-throwing, which is so passé anyway.; 2:54 PM
NATHANIEL R said...: Marco
San Diego also gave Michelle Pfeiffer one of her only two awards for WHITE OLEANDER. Plus they named VERA DRAKE the best picture of 2004.

so yeah.

San Diego is A-OK with me. Independent thought and mostly good taste.; 3:23 PM
adam k. said...: Yeah San Diego is definitely the coolest of the small, inconsequential critics' groups - they always have something fun and different up their sleeve - though the NYFCC is still the coolest of all in my book.

I thought Evan was totally believable as a daughter, Erica was passable, Keri was iffy and then once you added redheaded Witt to the mix, it was just too much... they all look too different. Plus, four teenagers/young adults and no other kids is kind of a stretch.; 11:46 PM
Glenn Dunks said...: I was so confused about Keri Russell's character still going to high school. Like... huh?

Marco, you actually use your name at the end of your post (like i used to do til I got an account), so that don't matter. You're awesome.; 2:15 AM