I used to think that the Golden Globes are less rated than the Oscars. I was wrong. I said somewhere, maybe on my Romanian blog, many years ago, that these awards are voted by intellectuals not by the trade members. The journalists who gave their vote for the Golden Globes 2018 Awards know where China, India or Bangladesh are situated on the map. I'm not so sure that 50% of the Academy members are that instructed. "Who cares?" can be their reaction, and indeed, it doesn't matter. I have great … [Read more...]
Amores Perros
Amores Perros is a 2000 Mexican drama thriller film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. I didn't know till recently that it made part of a trilogy, of whom the other two parts were 21 Grams and Babel. I liked 21 Grams, I liked only the story in Babel (wonderful story broken up by Brad Pitt "World War Z!" style, he's a specialist in being utterly non-credible), but I have enjoyed this one, Amores Perros, the most. [source: imdb] I have to be ashamed … [Read more...]
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a 2014 American comedy–drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the Mexican famous director who was almost winning the Oscar for Babel. I didn't like Babel, it was too hard and heavy for my taste. Otherwise, a very good concept, with that shotgun and the circle. [source of all pictures: imdb.com] Birdman stars Michael Keaton (former Birdman, actual Riggan Thomson) , Zach Galifianakis (his lawyer and … [Read more...]
American Sniper
American Sniper is a the last Clint Eastwood movie, nominated for no less than 6 Oscars. It is a war movie, a biography of "the most lethal sniper of US Army's history". You remember the 2009 Oscar award for Best Film, Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, isn't it? Iraq, war, bombs, danger, warrior's psychical condition, etc? It was neutral, and it won because of that, even if Avatar was much better and much entertaining. I felt it hadn't "message", you know? It wasn't a positive thing, it was too … [Read more...]
Mental – Hail to Australians!
Neglecting Australians as movie producers is not good at all. There is a bunch of native Australians actors who are already famous, and I bet not many knows that they are actually Aussies. What is good and what is wrong with them doesn't matter. What matters is that they're more than talented, they make Australians to be proud without too much fuss. Let's take this amazingly wonderful comedy, as quirky as it is, and say that as far as I\m concerned, it's one of the best comedies I've seen … [Read more...]