Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Alex, I disagree with you about Cotilard merely lip synching.

I didn't say she was merely lip-synching. Cotilard was fine, I was just bored with everything that didn't involve singing (all of which was lip synched, whether to Piaf or Aigrot).

Currently I've seen four of the five nominees for Best Actress (and if I have time I will see Julie Christie in Away from Her tonight) and I'd put her as the best among the other nominees, that's just not a terribly high bar this year. Laura Linney was fine but there was nothing special about The Savages; Ellen Page was good in Juno; maybe Blanchett was good in Queen Elizabeth and just tainted by the overall stink of the movie so I'm not seeing it.