Quirky. That's the cool hip buzzword in Hollywood. Little Miss Sunshine, Lars and the Real Girl, blah blah blah. Dress up people in retro 80's clothes, have them babble endlessly about geek chic topics, throw in overcooked opinions on retro music and or societal matters and throw them in a situation when their unique individuality tries to exist in a banal environment and you get critical and oscar praise. Don't forget the quirky and yet heart warming older figure (JK Simmons, Alan Arkin). I have nothing against these movies, I really don't. Juno was a bit overcooked for my taste. I don't need my meals cooked way past their time and then salted within an inch of its life with righteous indignation. For all the cool little pats on the back these films have gotten, the critics seem to convienatly overlook the fact that the same shit has been done before and much sharper by Kevin Smith. Only when he did it it was written off as one long dick and fart joke. Now it's all the rage. I read one review that said Diablo Cody has a wonderful ear for dialogue. My ear seems to have heard this type of dialogue done so much better in the likes of Clerks, Chasing Amy and Mallrats. Oh, but the critics will say, Juno has a heart warming element that the low brow comedy of Kevin Smith doesn't posess. I submit to you, Jersey Girl and Chasing Amy again. If diablo Cody wins for original screenplay the first words out of her mouth should be "I'd like to thank Kevin Smith for allowing me to rip off his wonderfully developed sense of dialogue and give the critics an overstuffed rant of how absolutly cool and neat I really think I am!" These fake independent films get way too much recognition. Nothing changes in any of the characters, no one grows, no redemption happens, no lesson learned. She has a baby that's it. No long indecision or choices abou the baby. Hardly any conflict. It's all "I'm gonna have a baby, no biggie, I'm way too advanced of a person to really care either way about anything blah blah". All this could have been accomplished in a film short. Oh but we'd be robbed of all the meaninless verbal masturbation I almost forgot!
Not impressed. Not in the least bit. Ellen did a wonderful job with her timing on the dialogue but it's one note over and over again. The plot arch had about as much curve as a pancake. But hey who's noticing right?
Monday, January 28, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Heath Ledger
Farewell young man. You were starting to become a phenom in the acting world. I look forward to seeing you as the joker. How many times are we going to bury another waste of a budding star? It's turning into a routine thing. Soon the sting of such things will lose its bite.
Too many times. Too many negative messages.
Too many times. Too many negative messages.
The Game Plan
Ok...it's Disney folks. It's fun and it's cute and it's a good time. Quit trying to pick it apart as if it's To Kill A Mockingbird or something.
It's a ton of fun so get the stick out of your ass and see it.
It's a ton of fun so get the stick out of your ass and see it.
The Bucket List
Why are the critics so harsh on this film? God forbid there is a formulaic hollywood movie with respected established stars in it that's entertaining. It doesn't give you much but sometimes I just want to get away for an ahour and a half to two hours and just enjoy a popcorn flick. Can we still have that or does everything have to have deep impactful meaning?
The Assasination of Jesse James and the title longer than most movie titles should ever really be...
How shitty is it that we read all these wonderful reviews and get an oscar nod for Casey Affleck for this film but nobody as fricking seen it?
I know they're trying to keep costs down and profits up by making a small release and then letting the oscar hype and dvd sales clean up, but come on.
I'll see it soon enough though. Mr. Pitt has turned into quite the impressive producer hasn't he?
I know they're trying to keep costs down and profits up by making a small release and then letting the oscar hype and dvd sales clean up, but come on.
I'll see it soon enough though. Mr. Pitt has turned into quite the impressive producer hasn't he?
There Will Be Blood
There will be...
An incredible performance by one of the greatest actors anyone has seen. Sure he's a lil wierd but who isn't when they're this good. Nothing happens for the most part and the piece falls squarely on the actors.
Paul Dano suprised me as well. Not only did he hold his own opposite Daniel Day Lewis, he makes a mark on the film himself. If you remember Paul Dano was the guy who doesn't speak in the film "Little Miss Sunshine".
There is no way in hell Daniel Day Lewis doesn't get an oscar for this. If it wasn't for the fact that the supporting actor catagory is chock full of major heavyweights, Paul Dano could have easily snuck in as a dark horse.
An incredible performance by one of the greatest actors anyone has seen. Sure he's a lil wierd but who isn't when they're this good. Nothing happens for the most part and the piece falls squarely on the actors.
Paul Dano suprised me as well. Not only did he hold his own opposite Daniel Day Lewis, he makes a mark on the film himself. If you remember Paul Dano was the guy who doesn't speak in the film "Little Miss Sunshine".
There is no way in hell Daniel Day Lewis doesn't get an oscar for this. If it wasn't for the fact that the supporting actor catagory is chock full of major heavyweights, Paul Dano could have easily snuck in as a dark horse.
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