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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
oilgun:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 22, 2008, 10:52:29 am ---Norbit gets nominated for Makeup. It also got nominated for a gang of Razzies. Is that a first? Razzie noms and Academy Award in the same year?
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Somehow, I doubt that it's a first, but I can't remember any examples off-hand.
Hopefully Michael Clayton will be re-released, it's the only one I haven't seen. I just noticed that American Gangster was shut-out, haven't seen that one either.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: oilgun on January 22, 2008, 10:58:43 am ---Somehow, I doubt that it's a first, but I can't remember any examples off-hand.
Hopefully Michael Clayton will be re-released, it's the only one I haven't seen. I just noticed that American Gangster was shut-out, haven't seen that one either.
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Michael Clayton is being re-released, I think in the next week or two.
My son saw it and wasn't terribly impressed. I'll be interested in what you think of it. Frankly, the whole George Clooney mystique is lost on me, which is why I wasn't terribly interested in seeing the movie.
So far, of the best picture noms, I have seen one: Atonement. I do want to see Juno, which is still playing, and maybe There Will Be Blood. I'm not too interested in the other two.
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serious crayons:
I liked Michael Clayton a lot. It was very well written and directed: both as a suspenseful thriller as well as an effective, subtle character drama. And it's well acted, not only by George Clooney but also by Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton. I'm not as huge a fan of Clooney-as-matinee-idol as some people but I think he can be a very good actor.
I don't think it will win the Best Picture, one because it's just not a BP type of movie and two because it's so far overshadowed by Juno and There Will Be Blood (which seem like the front-runners to me). Nor do I think Clooney will win BA or Swinton BSA (my predictions: Daniel Day-Lewis and Cate Blanchett). But they were both good.
UPDATE: Oops! I belatedly realized that Tom Wilkinson had been nominated for BSA, too. Again, I don't think he'll get it (Phillip Seymour Hoffman is my prediction), but he was very good.
belbbmfan:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on January 22, 2008, 11:52:10 am ---I liked Michael Clayton a lot. It was very well written and directed: both as a suspenseful thriller as well as an effective, subtle character drama. And it's well acted, not only by George Clooney but also by Tom Wilkinson and Tilda Swinton. I'm not as huge a fan of Clooney-as-matinee-idol as some people but I think he can be a very good actor.
I don't think it will win the Best Picture, one because it's just not a BP type of movie and two because it's so far overshadowed by Juno and There Will Be Blood (which seem like the front-runners to me). Nor do I think Clooney will win BA or Swinton BSA (my predictions: Daniel Day-Lewis and Cate Blanchett). But they were both good.
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I agree! I really liked Michael Clayton. And George Clooney was very good. No pretty face mr. charming, but a man caught up in an empty world and trying to find his way out. I also liked him in Syriana.
Go see it Leslie, you won't be disappointed.
And I have a question. We're going to see Atonement tonight. And I was reading Robert Egbert's review. It started with 'Atonement" begins on joyous gossamer wings, and descends into an abyss of tragedy and loss.'
What does 'gossamer' mean? I couldn't find an adequate description in my dictionary. Fluffy? Featherlike? hmmm
I've never heard it before.
Front-Ranger:
What a lovely word, gossamer! To me, it is like a fabric, like chiffon, that is so feather-light and translucent that it may well be imaginary.
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