The Big Short is another movie on the Best Pictures nominees list this year. I am a very big admirer of all the guys involved with it, actors, the director, the book's author, etc, but I feel that I have to mention a few things from the beginning. This is not The Wolf of Wall Street, this is not some biography, this is a movie largely based on real facts with some more than large suppositions and invented characters. Nor them, nor the figures are appropriate, or even close to … [Read more...]
Foxcatcher
Foxcatcher, my friends, is a very dark movie from the beginning. It started very somber, continued in this note and had a terrible finale. I'm not very fond of biographical movies because when you know the persons involved, there is no more surprise. You watch the technique, the play, the talent, maybe. [source for all pictures: imdb.com] Foxcatcher is not nominated for Best Picture this year, but it determined another three important nominations, the Best Actor for Steve Carell, who … [Read more...]