Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Stunning. Best Woody Allen in ages, maybe ever.
Terrific dialogue and the wonderful Spanish setting is like another character in this excellent ensemble piece. A sheer delight from start to finish. A+
Frozen River - Saw it for Melissa Leo's Oscar
nom and she is certainly deserving, trouble is I can't help feeling she took Kristen Scot Thomas' spot. You're never exactly hard pushed to guess where the film is going, but it gets there with no shortage of skill. A great debut from Courtney Hunt.
B+
Wendy and Lucy - Michelle Williams stars as Wendy, and gives a decent performance, but I have to say I found her character fairly irritating. She makes a series of illogical decisions and I had little sympathy for her, although this is once again a well made film and a good debut by a female director.
C+
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - AKA Forrest
Gump 2, and it might be wort noting that I hated that film too. Tedious, much much much much much much much too long self-indulgent wank. I love David
Fincher's work but this is borderline unforgivable. 13 Oscar nominations??? Pah. (More to follow)
D
Let the Right One In - Swedish horror film riding high in the
IMDb charts, and it
ain't bad. It's not the best horror ever, in fact it isn't even the best
horror this year but it is the best Swedish horror film I've ever seen. Actually it is the only Swedish horror film I've ever seen - it it is nicely shot and atmospheric, but found slightly wanting in terms of real suspense or intrigue.
B-
The Fall - Spectacularly beautiful film - amongst the most visually pleasing I've ever seen in fact. The cinematography and art direction are outrageously good. It proves there no excuse for poor visuals as this was all accomplished with a very modest budget - the makers of low budget films everywhere should take note and be embarrassed with their half-hearted efforts.
A-
Doubt - Enjoyable Meryl
Streep - Philip Seymour Hoffman double act. The 10 minute long scene featuring a tempestuous confrontation between them is wonderful. Nicely written although slightly irritating direction with director John Patrick
Shanley mistakenly believing tilting the camera 30 degrees adds something to the shot. There's a reason no-one else does that John.
B+
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Stunning. Best Woody Allen in ages, maybe ever. Terrific dialogue and the wonderful Spanish setting is like another character in this excellent ensemble piece. A sheer delight from start to finish. A+
Frozen River - Saw it for Melissa Leo's Oscar nom and she is certainly deserving, trouble is I can't help feeling she took Kristen Scot Thomas' spot. You're never exactly hard pushed to guess where the film is going, but it gets there with no shortage of skill. A great debut from Courtney Hunt. B+
Wendy and Lucy - Michelle Williams stars as Wendy, and gives a decent performance, but I have to say I found her character fairly irritating. She makes a series of illogical decisions and I had little sympathy for her, although this is once again a well made film and a good debut by a female director. C+
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - AKA Forrest Gump 2, and it might be wort noting that I hated that film too. Tedious, much much much much much much much too long self-indulgent wank. I love David Fincher's work but this is borderline unforgivable. 13 Oscar nominations??? Pah. (More to follow) D
Let the Right One In - Swedish horror film riding high in the IMDb charts, and it ain't bad. It's not the best horror ever, in fact it isn't even the best horror this year but it is the best Swedish horror film I've ever seen. Actually it is the only Swedish horror film I've ever seen - it it is nicely shot and atmospheric, but found slightly wanting in terms of real suspense or intrigue. B-
The Fall - Spectacularly beautiful film - amongst the most visually pleasing I've ever seen in fact. The cinematography and art direction are outrageously good. It proves there no excuse for poor visuals as this was all accomplished with a very modest budget - the makers of low budget films everywhere should take note and be embarrassed with their half-hearted efforts. A-
Doubt - Enjoyable Meryl Streep - Philip Seymour Hoffman double act. The 10 minute long scene featuring a tempestuous confrontation between them is wonderful. Nicely written although slightly irritating direction with director John Patrick Shanley mistakenly believing tilting the camera 30 degrees adds something to the shot. There's a reason no-one else does that John. B+
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Really like the sound of the Fall. We were going to try and see Button on Sunday but everything caught up with us - again! Maybe this weekend....
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