I don't even know if words can express how phenomenal this film was. After it finished I sat in silence for about 5 minutes, and for the next 20 minutes I inadvertently would start crying because I was so emotionally overloaded. The story was so innately created, it didn't even seem like a story; there was no doubt in my mind that this was really happening somewhere in Spain.
Javier Bardem was so incredibly good, he dealt with so many different issues-as a viewer I didn't know which part of his life to be most upset about. The story dealt with so many current issues our world is facing: immigration, illegal workers, health care, broken homes, in addition to people living in poverty, but it never felt like a social propaganda based film. There are some films (read: Avatar) that are awesome, but also the social issue undertone is so strong that you almost feel like you have been brainwashed. The directing and acting was just on a completely different level than anything else I've seen this year.
My Oscar picks have changed. THIS is it-Best Picture. If not, then the entire cast and country of Spain have been robbed. Go see it.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Throwback Thursday
Again, not on a Thursday. But its the premise of the thing. One day I'll get it.
Today's option is "Shawshank Redemption".
Okay, I expected it to be good...but HOT damn it was really good. I watched it at home, and I can always tell a movie is good because I don't want to pause it or do anything else! This was this good. Morgan Freeman always does a stellar job, and he plays the all-knowing mentor figure exceptionally well. The story was well crafted so that there was enough suspense, intrigue, and action. I loved it! The cast was phenomenal, and the action was so blatant and unexpected that I really never knew what was coming.
DO IT. One set of thumbs WAY UP.
Today's option is "Shawshank Redemption".
Okay, I expected it to be good...but HOT damn it was really good. I watched it at home, and I can always tell a movie is good because I don't want to pause it or do anything else! This was this good. Morgan Freeman always does a stellar job, and he plays the all-knowing mentor figure exceptionally well. The story was well crafted so that there was enough suspense, intrigue, and action. I loved it! The cast was phenomenal, and the action was so blatant and unexpected that I really never knew what was coming.
DO IT. One set of thumbs WAY UP.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Blue Valentine
When I saw Ryan Gosling's interview with Ryan Seacrest at the Globes, he claimed that it took him something like 5 years to shoot this film. After seeing it, I completely agree with him, and love him even more as an actor. I just wish he wasn't so dang serious so there wasn't this massive gap between each one of his wonderful works.
The story was so intimately told, that I really didn't know where we were going on the journey. The on screen, not chemistry, but realness between Gosling and Michelle Williams was uncanny. Supposedly they lived together for an extended period of time in order to reach this level. The plot line was beautifully told and really made me concerned and understand what is going on with American society. The story really wasn't anything new or different to things people experience everyday, but unless you have lived that you can't really relate. This was so real, and so emotionally gripping that I felt it, and was seriously affected by it. I always say that you can tell what a movie was like by how the audience is during the credits. Recently, in both this movie and Black Swan, people have been dead silent. For minutes on end just sitting still and quiet, which you don't see much these days outside of elementary school. I highly recommend this one, get it while you can, because you will hear it being called to receive some gold men statues. And if not, its probably because the Academy is still so dumbfounded by "The Tourist".
The story was so intimately told, that I really didn't know where we were going on the journey. The on screen, not chemistry, but realness between Gosling and Michelle Williams was uncanny. Supposedly they lived together for an extended period of time in order to reach this level. The plot line was beautifully told and really made me concerned and understand what is going on with American society. The story really wasn't anything new or different to things people experience everyday, but unless you have lived that you can't really relate. This was so real, and so emotionally gripping that I felt it, and was seriously affected by it. I always say that you can tell what a movie was like by how the audience is during the credits. Recently, in both this movie and Black Swan, people have been dead silent. For minutes on end just sitting still and quiet, which you don't see much these days outside of elementary school. I highly recommend this one, get it while you can, because you will hear it being called to receive some gold men statues. And if not, its probably because the Academy is still so dumbfounded by "The Tourist".
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