Okay so here's a direct link to the list of nominees....I have alot of movie watching to do before I can decide who I think will win. This is unusual for me since usually by the time the release the nominees I have seen about 90% of the movies already. I'm not keeping up on my movie watching.....maybe it has something to do with an excess of school work to do.....hmmmm. ;)
http://oscar.go.com/nominees
Here are the movies I have seen: The Help, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Bridesmaids, Warrior, Rango, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Jane Eyre, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Real Steel, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Ides of March
Movies I hope to see before making a decision: Moneyball, The Artist, The Descendants, War Horse, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Iron Lady, My Week with Marilyn, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Anonymous, Drive, Midnight in Paris
Friday, January 27, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
The White Countess, Eight Below, Joyful Noise and Haywire
Okay folks - it's time fo rme to report on my last weeks movie watching activities. First of all: ******Spoiler Alert*******Spoiler Alert*****
There - you have all been warned. Any and all of my posts may contain movie spoilers. I generally won't reveal key plot points but I cannot make any promises. So my advice is if you haven't seen the movie yet and want to without any previous information tainting the movie watching experience don't read my posts until after you have seen the movie.
So - here are the movies I watched in the last week and my commentary on them:
1. The White Countess - (2005) Slow movie as all Ralph Fiennes movies tend to be. Also co-stars the late Natasha Richardson. Some vague Russian royalty history. Based in Shanghai. Not much else to say about this one.
2. Eight Below - (2006) NOT a movie for dog lovers. I bawled my baby blue eyes out through half the movie and I'm pretty sure I hated every character in that movie by the end. (except maybe Jason Biggs cause he's just too goofy to hate really)
3. Joyful Noise - (2012) Perfect movie if you want to turn your brain off and cruise through a religiously themed romantic comedy. It's good to see Dolly Parton in a movie again but at the same time boggles the mind how they got her into some of those outfits.....painted them on her maybe??? Also I hate it when there are such obvious anomalies as a church choir from a town suffering from economic depression that spends half the movie complaining about budget and not being able to afford future competitions staying in a Wyndham hotel....pretty sure there are cheaper hotels in Los Angeles - Just sayin!
4. Haywire - (2011) Okay so here's the one most of you have probably been looking forward to and so here are my thoughts on strange stuff in this movie. First of all....the soundtrack. Was it meant to dredge up old memories of 1970's Charlie's Angels TV episodes? I also found it rather disturbing that there seemed to be music in parts of the movie where it was NOT appropriate and no music where perhaps it would have been appropriate....say during the fight scenes? I have to let them off the hook a little on this aspect though as I suspect it was to highlight the fighting ability of one Gina Carano who in case you missed it is an actual MMA fighter in real life so yep - most of those moves were really hers! Hurray for butt kicking chicks! :) (It surprises and pleases me even more that she is rather attractive and can actually act.) The pronounced lack of music throughout seemed to produce a bit of an anticlimatic effect for me however which I suspect was NOT the directors intention.
Second - I have to pick on the dad. If I remember correctly he was also an ex-marine or military man of some sort yet when his daughter was getting her butt kicked right under his nose he stood around passively like he had no idea how to engage in combat.....seems inconsistent. But then again action movies are never known for their characters consistent ability to injure or be injured. She can get the living daylights knocked out of her in the hotel room and recover like she's hardly been touched but when she falls a few feet onto a roof ledge she is walking with a pronounced limp for the next stretch of her journey. Also she has a broken arm at one point that prevents her from taking a drink of water from a bottle on her own but a few minutes later she has it thrown up over the back of the seat so she can twist herself around and navigate the vehicle backwards.
So those were the major points. There was a minor inconsistency with her hairstyle moving around in a few scenes and of course the underlying message that you should never trust or work with the government especially in high risk jobs, but overall I would say if you like action movies - go ahead and see this one!
Feel free to leave comments and feedback - have a great day everyone!
There - you have all been warned. Any and all of my posts may contain movie spoilers. I generally won't reveal key plot points but I cannot make any promises. So my advice is if you haven't seen the movie yet and want to without any previous information tainting the movie watching experience don't read my posts until after you have seen the movie.
So - here are the movies I watched in the last week and my commentary on them:
1. The White Countess - (2005) Slow movie as all Ralph Fiennes movies tend to be. Also co-stars the late Natasha Richardson. Some vague Russian royalty history. Based in Shanghai. Not much else to say about this one.
2. Eight Below - (2006) NOT a movie for dog lovers. I bawled my baby blue eyes out through half the movie and I'm pretty sure I hated every character in that movie by the end. (except maybe Jason Biggs cause he's just too goofy to hate really)
3. Joyful Noise - (2012) Perfect movie if you want to turn your brain off and cruise through a religiously themed romantic comedy. It's good to see Dolly Parton in a movie again but at the same time boggles the mind how they got her into some of those outfits.....painted them on her maybe??? Also I hate it when there are such obvious anomalies as a church choir from a town suffering from economic depression that spends half the movie complaining about budget and not being able to afford future competitions staying in a Wyndham hotel....pretty sure there are cheaper hotels in Los Angeles - Just sayin!
4. Haywire - (2011) Okay so here's the one most of you have probably been looking forward to and so here are my thoughts on strange stuff in this movie. First of all....the soundtrack. Was it meant to dredge up old memories of 1970's Charlie's Angels TV episodes? I also found it rather disturbing that there seemed to be music in parts of the movie where it was NOT appropriate and no music where perhaps it would have been appropriate....say during the fight scenes? I have to let them off the hook a little on this aspect though as I suspect it was to highlight the fighting ability of one Gina Carano who in case you missed it is an actual MMA fighter in real life so yep - most of those moves were really hers! Hurray for butt kicking chicks! :) (It surprises and pleases me even more that she is rather attractive and can actually act.) The pronounced lack of music throughout seemed to produce a bit of an anticlimatic effect for me however which I suspect was NOT the directors intention.
Second - I have to pick on the dad. If I remember correctly he was also an ex-marine or military man of some sort yet when his daughter was getting her butt kicked right under his nose he stood around passively like he had no idea how to engage in combat.....seems inconsistent. But then again action movies are never known for their characters consistent ability to injure or be injured. She can get the living daylights knocked out of her in the hotel room and recover like she's hardly been touched but when she falls a few feet onto a roof ledge she is walking with a pronounced limp for the next stretch of her journey. Also she has a broken arm at one point that prevents her from taking a drink of water from a bottle on her own but a few minutes later she has it thrown up over the back of the seat so she can twist herself around and navigate the vehicle backwards.
So those were the major points. There was a minor inconsistency with her hairstyle moving around in a few scenes and of course the underlying message that you should never trust or work with the government especially in high risk jobs, but overall I would say if you like action movies - go ahead and see this one!
Feel free to leave comments and feedback - have a great day everyone!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Introduction
So you know as you sit and watch a movie you notice something out of place, or you want to yell at the characters for doing stupid things, or the movie is just plain terrible? Well this is what my blog is about. I am going to choose a different movie (or 2) each week and write about all those little annoying things that the movie industry does to our movies and we basically just have to sit back and take it as their form of spoon-fed mindless entertainment. Oh yeah - I am going to blog in a few days about the Academy awards as well....cause how can we talk about movies and ignore the awards cermonies. I'll be posting my picks for winners then we can compare and see how well I did. The true to test to find out if I am a movie buff or not!
Welcome to my blog! Please let me know if you have a particular movie you would like torn to shreds. (This gives me a really good excuse to go see a couple new movies every weekend cause who wants to read me blog about old movies right?)
Welcome to my blog! Please let me know if you have a particular movie you would like torn to shreds. (This gives me a really good excuse to go see a couple new movies every weekend cause who wants to read me blog about old movies right?)
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