Well out of my predictions that I made I got 14/24 right. But I got all the big nominations right, (apart from Best Pic because i really thought The Academy would snub The Artist and go for The Tree Of Life) and the smaller guessing ones wrong, so I didn't do too bad.
Overall the night was better than the last two years. Billy Crystal did a great job hosting, he had plans for everything that happened and put them across brilliantly, hopefully they'll let him host again soon, or even better let Will Ferrel and Zach Galifinankis host. Their bit was hilarious, but even more funny was The Dictator pouring ashes over Ryan Seacrest, poor man looked like he was going to cry. Emma Stone was charming in her bit, Robert Downey Jr again stole the night with his presentation for best Documentary.
I'll say it again this year was the year of the snubs, and some of the winners proved it. Meryl Streep winning over Viola Davis for one, everyone knew it was going to happen though, even though they didn't want it to, but thank god Octavia Spencer won instead. Speaking of The Iron Lady why the hell did that win Best Make Up, over Harry Potter. Oh wait I remember, it's because Harry Potter makes money and has done a whole lot more than any of the other nominations combined, and the Academy doesn't like that.
Now as much as I dislike The Tree of Life, Hugo wiining Best Cinematography is just a stick up the arse. I'll admit The Tree of Life was beautiful and this was the only award that it deserved to win, but Hugo won a bit too mnay awards in my opinion. Best Sound over The Girl with The Dragon Tatoo and Visual Effects over Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Harry Potter. Really?
On a lighter note at least one film that was nominated didn't win anything. Extremelty Loud and Incredibly Close. In fact that was only nominated because of 9/11 sickens me. In fact when this was shown for Best Pic only one guy cheered, and no-one else did. Shows how much they like it as well. In fact I think the guy who cheered might have been Tom Hanks, or the director. Just him anyway.
I'll have to trust the others the only one i've seen out of the rest of them is Midnight In Paris which won Best Original Writing, so i'll have to watch the rest or read the scripts before i make up my mind on this one. A good night overall but upto about 10 films and actors/actresses deserved a bit more credit than they got. (Drive, anyone.)
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Oscar Nominations Part One. Best Picture Thoughts
About a month ago I posted a blog about Award Season and the nominations that came with it. With Oscar night happening tomorrow, I have managed to watch all nine nominations for Best Picture, and I must first say I'm a bit dissapointed, and I'll say why with a few of my thoughts and opinons on each of the nominees.
The Artist--Only truly one that deserves to be on this list, and it should win as well. With a great set up and scenes. With the brillant metaphor not just within the movie but symbolizes the entire thing altogether, with sweet, great, charming acting. The Artist deserves everything that it gets.
The Help--Last one I watched and probably the second that I say is worthy of a mention on this list. It doesn't have a strong sense of racial undertones, which is strange due to what the movie is based on. It is however funny, and told in a nice sensitive way, with both Octavia Spenser and Viola Davis worthy of being a winner.
The Tree Of Life--One of two movies I gave up on. I could not get or understand this at all. I am probab;y going to get killed for this, but this isn't a movie. And I am not the only one who thinks this. Cinemas had to put warning signs out saying it is not your typical movie, and the people who did see it booed it at the end, and criticised how much they hated it. So really should something that got booed by nominated. I don't think so. But the sad thing is it will end up winning, and if it does. Hollywood is basically admitting that they are shite.
Hugo--Although Hugo is well made and the sets are amazing. And I did really enjoy it. If Harry Potter cannot be nominated surely this can't either because it's basically on the same priniple with it being a fmaily film.
War Horse--Again well made that brought a few tears and heartwarming. Probably a backup nomination to put on, but there has been a few more worthy films to consider.
Extremely Incredibly and Incredibly Close--Second movie I gave up on. Reason. I hated the kid, he was so bloody annoying and I couldn't care for the story at all. One reason why this is nominated. 9/11. End of.
Midnight In Paris--This wasn't a brilliant movie, but it wasn't bad either. Certiantly not a Oscar nom.
Moneyball-=Great acting and a really enjoybale movie. I would put this under another backup option. In fact I'll admit that this is more worthy than some of the noms above.
The Descendents--Ok, I did dislike this movie. George Clooney has put in better performances than this and it's just him running up and down on a beach for above an hour. Nothing really kept me interested in this.
Final thoughts for this is that at least three of the noms are in because of who the director is. Which is fine but I would say that some films deserve better credit or at least better consideration than them.
Or at least drop how many is nominated, what happened to the good old 4/5 film fight out. Lets bring back the tension instead of having 6 plus and filling the space up aimlessly.
The Artist--Only truly one that deserves to be on this list, and it should win as well. With a great set up and scenes. With the brillant metaphor not just within the movie but symbolizes the entire thing altogether, with sweet, great, charming acting. The Artist deserves everything that it gets.
The Help--Last one I watched and probably the second that I say is worthy of a mention on this list. It doesn't have a strong sense of racial undertones, which is strange due to what the movie is based on. It is however funny, and told in a nice sensitive way, with both Octavia Spenser and Viola Davis worthy of being a winner.
The Tree Of Life--One of two movies I gave up on. I could not get or understand this at all. I am probab;y going to get killed for this, but this isn't a movie. And I am not the only one who thinks this. Cinemas had to put warning signs out saying it is not your typical movie, and the people who did see it booed it at the end, and criticised how much they hated it. So really should something that got booed by nominated. I don't think so. But the sad thing is it will end up winning, and if it does. Hollywood is basically admitting that they are shite.
Hugo--Although Hugo is well made and the sets are amazing. And I did really enjoy it. If Harry Potter cannot be nominated surely this can't either because it's basically on the same priniple with it being a fmaily film.
War Horse--Again well made that brought a few tears and heartwarming. Probably a backup nomination to put on, but there has been a few more worthy films to consider.
Extremely Incredibly and Incredibly Close--Second movie I gave up on. Reason. I hated the kid, he was so bloody annoying and I couldn't care for the story at all. One reason why this is nominated. 9/11. End of.
Midnight In Paris--This wasn't a brilliant movie, but it wasn't bad either. Certiantly not a Oscar nom.
Moneyball-=Great acting and a really enjoybale movie. I would put this under another backup option. In fact I'll admit that this is more worthy than some of the noms above.
The Descendents--Ok, I did dislike this movie. George Clooney has put in better performances than this and it's just him running up and down on a beach for above an hour. Nothing really kept me interested in this.
Final thoughts for this is that at least three of the noms are in because of who the director is. Which is fine but I would say that some films deserve better credit or at least better consideration than them.
Or at least drop how many is nominated, what happened to the good old 4/5 film fight out. Lets bring back the tension instead of having 6 plus and filling the space up aimlessly.
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Chronicle--Movie Review
In 1999 rumours started going around that a camera was found in the woods and the film was still intact, the footage was released and showed three high school students making a documentary about a local curse that haunts the woods. Later on they get lost, and die supposdly from who they were looking for. This was The Blair Witch Project, and started the trend of The "Found Footage" movie. However this trend has not seemed to have become as popular as it has today since J.J Abrams Colverfield. Chronicle is the next movie to follow in the growing list that is the "Found Footage" format.
Chronilce is anout high school students Andrew Detmer, the outcast of the group, who is being beaten by his father and looking after his terminanally ill mother. Steve Montgomery, the popular kid who is running for class president and Matt Garetty, Andrews cousin, who is just your average joe. The three attened a party, and then discover a hole in the ground with a strange sound emitting from within. Curious, they enter and find a high-tech possibly alien related technology inside which leads them to have "superpowers" or super physic abilities. The three just use their powers for kicks until Andrews life collides with his powers making him cause havok to the streetsm forcing him to be stopped. If he can??
Although Chronicle is an enjoyable movie and I myself enjoyed watching it, the movie does have a hell of a lot of flaws which toned down the experience of the film, which I will touch on and try to explain.
The first one is that they picked possibly the worst three people to gain these powers. Although I can understand Andrews reason, because I myself have been through what he has in school and felt connected to him. However he was still unlikeable as a character from the begining. Steve and Matt I could not possibly understand. Steve is one of the most popular kids in school why does he need powers? But possibly it adds to the realsim, that he acts cool and shows no fear so he would go hunting in the ground if he came across it. Matt I couldn't tell why either. Probably because he was the most underdeveloped character that there was. In fact all three seemed underdeveloped in some ways. Again it probably adds to the realsim, but I think for something like this, it would have been more realistic if three normal people got the powers instead of these three idiots. In fact no, hypocrites. Because of their rule "Don't show/use these powers in front of people or in public" but fot the best part of the movie that's what they were doing, especially when they enter that talent show.
Second flaw was why the hell was Andrew filming everything? To show proof of his dad beating him up, which I would have got. If so why take it to school and everwhere else. Did he want to look back on the footage and say. Yup my life is truly one pain in the ass. Talking of cameras, one thing Chroncile got right was the floating camera, this technique was pretty cool, and the way that they develpoed it actually worked. However there was no reason to cut to all the different cameras that they were, sercurity footage, news footage, police footage,the "Who the hell are you?" girl with her blogging camera, (Casey) They did overdue it and just I found it taking off the found footage format a little bit.
Last one I am going to touch one is the end. The end seemed rushed, now a lot of people would have preferd the end, but I liked the rest of the movie, with them testing out their powers in fun ways and everything. But the way took the end it was cringewrothy, again the cut to cut camera ruined the movie for me and then format of this was stupid. It would have been a hell of a lot better if Andrew just went around beating up everyone and robbing stores like he was insted ending up in freaking hospital, waking up then casuing hovok. It just didn't work out for me.
Now final point I want to mention again that Chroncile is an enjoyable movie, and I liked it it just has soom massive flaws within it that needed to be improved on.
Thanks for reading to the end guys if you have.
Chronilce is anout high school students Andrew Detmer, the outcast of the group, who is being beaten by his father and looking after his terminanally ill mother. Steve Montgomery, the popular kid who is running for class president and Matt Garetty, Andrews cousin, who is just your average joe. The three attened a party, and then discover a hole in the ground with a strange sound emitting from within. Curious, they enter and find a high-tech possibly alien related technology inside which leads them to have "superpowers" or super physic abilities. The three just use their powers for kicks until Andrews life collides with his powers making him cause havok to the streetsm forcing him to be stopped. If he can??
Although Chronicle is an enjoyable movie and I myself enjoyed watching it, the movie does have a hell of a lot of flaws which toned down the experience of the film, which I will touch on and try to explain.
The first one is that they picked possibly the worst three people to gain these powers. Although I can understand Andrews reason, because I myself have been through what he has in school and felt connected to him. However he was still unlikeable as a character from the begining. Steve and Matt I could not possibly understand. Steve is one of the most popular kids in school why does he need powers? But possibly it adds to the realsim, that he acts cool and shows no fear so he would go hunting in the ground if he came across it. Matt I couldn't tell why either. Probably because he was the most underdeveloped character that there was. In fact all three seemed underdeveloped in some ways. Again it probably adds to the realsim, but I think for something like this, it would have been more realistic if three normal people got the powers instead of these three idiots. In fact no, hypocrites. Because of their rule "Don't show/use these powers in front of people or in public" but fot the best part of the movie that's what they were doing, especially when they enter that talent show.
Second flaw was why the hell was Andrew filming everything? To show proof of his dad beating him up, which I would have got. If so why take it to school and everwhere else. Did he want to look back on the footage and say. Yup my life is truly one pain in the ass. Talking of cameras, one thing Chroncile got right was the floating camera, this technique was pretty cool, and the way that they develpoed it actually worked. However there was no reason to cut to all the different cameras that they were, sercurity footage, news footage, police footage,the "Who the hell are you?" girl with her blogging camera, (Casey) They did overdue it and just I found it taking off the found footage format a little bit.
Last one I am going to touch one is the end. The end seemed rushed, now a lot of people would have preferd the end, but I liked the rest of the movie, with them testing out their powers in fun ways and everything. But the way took the end it was cringewrothy, again the cut to cut camera ruined the movie for me and then format of this was stupid. It would have been a hell of a lot better if Andrew just went around beating up everyone and robbing stores like he was insted ending up in freaking hospital, waking up then casuing hovok. It just didn't work out for me.
Now final point I want to mention again that Chroncile is an enjoyable movie, and I liked it it just has soom massive flaws within it that needed to be improved on.
Thanks for reading to the end guys if you have.
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