Looking through the Oscars Best Picture nominations this year, I'm surprised to notice that I watched almost all the mentioned movies. As for the ones I haven't watched yet, I profoundly feel that I'll never do. It happened with Twelve Years a Slave, even when I knew it will win. It was one of those slipped Infos the night before the ceremony, which wasn't a coincidence and it wasn't a good movie either. I shall not watch Belfast, CODA, and West Side Story because I don't resonate with any of … [Read more...]
Mad Max: Fury Road – A best Picture Nomination
Mad Max: Fury Road is a B movie with a lot of glue to the public. It made the imdb Top 250, it appeared on the nominations list for the Oscars this year. That is not a problem, if some committee wants to brainwash the population, it nominates such a movie for Best Picture, for Golden Globes, for whatever. It's insane, I know. This movie has a legacy, but the makers never dreamed to arrive so far. It is part of a franchise which was Mel Gibson's trampoline to a star status. I actually wanted … [Read more...]
Boyhood
Boyhood is a 2014 American movie written and directed by Richard Linklater, of Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight fame. I have hurried to include it in my Oscars reviews this year, because it is nominated for Best Picture, and for another three important categories, Best Original Screenplay (Richard Linklater), Best Supporting Actor (Ethan Hawke) and Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette). This movie is very special because it was filmed with the same actors on a period of … [Read more...]
The Social Network
With all the incredible sympathy feeling The Social Network movie awoke in me, I still don't have a Facebook account. But I want to make a correction. Of course not all the movies nominated for Oscars deserve the nomination. They cheapened this fact widening the number, for the second year in a row. By "they", I mean "the Academy". So the winner will be greater. With the SAG Award now as another push in the morale, the production team for The King's Speech feels closer to the award than ever. … [Read more...]