Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

innerSpaceman · 01-28-2013, 11:57 AM

Catching Up on Oscar Nominated Films, I'm a tad disappointed.

Beasts of the Southern Wild was very sweet, but Best Picture material? Not unless standards have drastically slipped. And I seriously don't understand all the general buzz about this movie. The young thing with the child Oscar nom was very good - but since most of her "acting" was voice-over done in studio, I look a bit askance at an Oscar nom. This film is Highly Over-Rated IMO.

Silver Linings Playbook was adorable. A sweet piece of RomCom fluff with a flavoring of mental illness, which was a cute theme affecting many of the characters - and not just the central couple - which I appreciated. But sweep of the actor categories AND Best Picture? Um, not if this movie had been released before November. No one would remember it. It's an adorable trifle. And just because actors are playing mentally ill does NOT mean those performances are automatically Oscar-worthy. I'm very tired of that trope.

BUT - I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It's just Very Overrated, IMO.

Argo was a very well-told, 70's-era true espionage tale. Very well done. Very entertaining. Also slightly over-rated imo, but only because there's such gushing about it. I've got nothing bad to say about the movie, but it didn't strike me as OMG Fantastic.

Oh well, at least I'm catching up on Oscar noms.

01-28-2013, 11:57 AM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Catching Up on Oscar Nominated Films, I'm a tad disappointed. Beasts of the Southern Wild was very sweet, but Best Picture material? Not unless standards have drastically slipped. And I seriously don't understand all the general buzz about this movie. The young thing with the child Oscar nom was very good - but since most of her "acting" was voice-over done in studio, I look a bit askance at an Oscar nom. This film is Highly Over-Rated IMO. Silver Linings Playbook was adorable. A sweet piece of RomCom fluff with a flavoring of mental illness, which was a cute theme affecting many of the characters - and not just the central couple - which I appreciated. But sweep of the actor categories AND Best Picture? Um, not if this movie had been released before November. No one would remember it. It's an adorable trifle. And just because actors are playing mentally ill does NOT mean those performances are automatically Oscar-worthy. I'm very tired of that trope. BUT - I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It's just Very Overrated, IMO. Argo was a very well-told, 70's-era true espionage tale. Very well done. Very entertaining. Also slightly over-rated imo, but only because there's such gushing about it. I've got nothing bad to say about the movie, but it didn't strike me as OMG Fantastic. Oh well, at least I'm catching up on Oscar noms.
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