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"A Single Man" (beware spoilers)
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on March 08, 2010, 06:05:18 pm ---
I hope Tom Ford has lots more favorite books he wants to turn into movies.
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Me too!! I'm with you...I didn't see Crazy Heart and have no desire to. But Jeff Bridges is a darling of the Academy and belongs to a Hollywood dynasty family. Oh well. Colin is getting great honors elsewhere in more enlightened parts of the world.
I'm glad you saw it and liked it, Fabienne!
southendmd:
I'm with you, Fabienne and Lee.
It's my best film of 2009 by far.
I actually saw Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart, and was underwhelmed. Just like in 2006, I saw Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote to check out the competition.
Ennis and George are genius creations.
Rob in Puyallup:
I saw both 'A Single Man' and 'Crazy Heart'. I returned to see 'A Single Man' seven times. Only saw 'Crazy Heart' once.
I certainly agree that Colin should've won!!!
Meryl:
--- Quote from: southendmd on March 08, 2010, 06:48:50 pm ---Ennis and George are genius creations.
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A-men. 8)
belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: southendmd on March 08, 2010, 06:48:50 pm ---
Ennis and George are genius creations.
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Sure enough.
Well I woke up this morning, thinking about George. I have a feeling he's going to be with me for some time coming.
I've read the book last week and both the movie and the book have the same 'clinging' quality. You can't shake these characters off, even if you wanted to.
One thing that didn't feel quite right in the movie: I thought George didn't really look 16 years younger during the flash back scene in the bar, when they first met. Or maybe that just means that he had aged really well.
Julianne Moore was fantastic wasn't she? She should have been nominated too.
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