Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 450

innerSpaceman · 07-07-2009, 02:32 PM

I haven't seen either one yet, but I think Kate excels at playing unlikeable characters sympathetically. I'm looking forward to both, which are queued ... and at my current Netflix viewing rate, will be arriving in my mailbox sometime in October.

Snowflake · 07-07-2009, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

To me, it was because she helped turn this pretty heartless and unlovable person into a sympathetic character. That's my feeling. (I also felt that she should have been given one long ago.)

I'm with you there, so I basically viewed this Oscar as a cumulative, sort of a little overdo Kate, oops, the Academy bad.

Alex · 07-07-2009, 03:05 PM

For me what was good about Winslet's performance in The Reader is that she didn't (at least not to me) make the character sympathetic. She simply make the character human. Showed that evil isn't just a mighty efficient thing but can also be a passive uneducated thing.

I figure that it was a combination award for this and Revolutionary Road (though that movie didn't really work for me either).

Overall, though, I didn't really care for the movie.

Nephythys · 07-07-2009, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Yes.

well thanks for the illumination

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-07-2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

My Name is Bruce - Bruce Campbell, action star, thinks he's on a lark.

In the thinks it is real but it isn't camp:
Last Action Hero
Bolt

My Name is Bruce is why we brought this up in the first place. Ooh, I thought of Bolt but forgot to post it.

The Game, heh, that's an interesting one. Great movie.

flippyshark · 07-07-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

The Game, heh, that's an interesting one. Great movie.

I wanted to like it, but I left the theater with an irritating question.

Spoiler:

Alex · 07-07-2009, 10:43 PM

Yes, The Game definitely suffered from omniscient villain syndrome.

Alex · 07-07-2009, 11:00 PM

Another would be A Bug's Life, at least from the circus performer's point of view anyway. They think they're there to do a show not fight.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-08-2009, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

I wanted to like it, but I left the theater with an irritating question.

Spoiler:

The most accurate psychological programming in the history of the universe of course.

And how do you know they didn't have something set up on any of the other sides of the building as well?

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-08-2009, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

Another would be A Bug's Life, at least from the circus performer's point of view anyway. They think they're there to do a show not fight.

Ah, good one! Should have thought of that.

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I haven't seen either one yet, but I think Kate excels at playing unlikeable characters sympathetically. I'm looking forward to both, which are queued ... and at my current Netflix viewing rate, will be arriving in my mailbox sometime in October.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	For me what was good about Winslet's performance in The Reader is that she didn't (at least not to me) make the character sympathetic. She simply make the character human. Showed that evil isn't just a mighty efficient thing but can also be a passive uneducated thing. I figure that it was a combination award for this and Revolutionary Road (though that movie didn't really work for me either). Overall, though, I didn't really care for the movie.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yes, The Game definitely suffered from omniscient villain syndrome.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Another would be A Bug's Life, at least from the circus performer's point of view anyway. They think they're there to do a show not fight.
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