Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 477

Morrigoon · 09-16-2009, 11:59 PM

I finally saw Doubt. Great great performances! And I loved the very ending.

flippyshark · 09-17-2009, 05:47 AM

Yes, I highly recommend Doubt. I was especially pleased by the remarkable mid-movie performance of CCH Pounder.

LSPoorEeyorick · 09-17-2009, 06:41 AM

Viola Davis, but yes. She was tremendous. I actually thought everyone's performances were quite brilliant. It was one of my favorites of last year (and with the exception of one or two badly-angled shots, I don't know why it wasn't nominated for best picture.)

innerSpaceman · 09-17-2009, 09:32 AM

Yes, I enjoyed that one very much, and was impressed with it. Didn't Davis win Best Supporting for, basically, her two scenes? If so, I was amazed to discover that was completely deserved.

Alex · 09-17-2009, 09:45 AM

No, she didn't win. She was nominated though (she and Amy Adams may have split the vote). Penelope Cruz was the winner for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

Haven't seen Doubt yet.

Have recently seen:

Quarantine - A bad horror zombie movie. Angela Carpenter showed good natural ease in the early parts of the movie. But it quickly got down to formula and was boring.

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Both Nick and Norah are charismatic and likable (and Kat Dennings in my wheelhouse for fine people watching) but the movie is hampered by the fact that teenaged love strikes me as comicly silly and not romantically intense. Not the movies fault but I couldn't take them seriously.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 09-17-2009, 04:48 PM

Last week I watched I Love You So Long. I place Kristin Scott Thomas' performance on the shelf next to Maria Falconetti's in The Passion of Joan of Arc. Some of the finest acting I've witnessed on film or stage.

3894 · 09-26-2009, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

Last week I watched I Love You So Long. I place Kristin Scott Thomas' performance on the shelf next to Maria Falconetti's in The Passion of Joan of Arc. Some of the finest acting I've witnessed on film or stage.

Well, that's good to know about and I'll give it a chance. Kristin Scott Thomas in "The English Patient" and "The Horse Whisperer" made me want to bite the heads off kittens.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 09-29-2009, 01:42 AM

FAME! - It was a good popcorn movie and thankfully we were the only ones in the theatre so we could seriously MST3K the film. Best part was when my Projectionist friend came dancing into the theatre during a dance number.

The SECRET OF JONATHAN SPERRY - Not to be confused with The Secret of Jennifer Sperrry's Body... (heheh) Saw mmost of this very Jesus/ bible thumping/ Christian films staring Capt. Stubing and Benson. A older man befriends 3 young boys and teaches them about Jesus. No, it's not a chapter from Michael Jackson's Bio-pic. This is a film that beats you over the head with Jesus this, Jesus that and wacks you in the crotch with the Bible. Horrible acting but like all "Christian" films, needs to be viewed while intoxicated and laughed at... LOUDLY..

Alex · 09-30-2009, 04:20 PM

I only made it about halfway through, and it has thoroughly but me off the idea of seeing it on stage.

Alex · 09-30-2009, 04:20 PM

I only made it about halfway through, and it has thoroughly but me off the idea of seeing it on stage.

09-16-2009, 11:59 PM	#1
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	I finally saw Doubt. Great great performances! And I loved the very ending. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Yes, I highly recommend Doubt. I was especially pleased by the remarkable mid-movie performance of CCH Pounder.
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Viola Davis, but yes. She was tremendous. I actually thought everyone's performances were quite brilliant. It was one of my favorites of last year (and with the exception of one or two badly-angled shots, I don't know why it wasn't nominated for best picture.)
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09-17-2009, 09:32 AM	#4
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yes, I enjoyed that one very much, and was impressed with it. Didn't Davis win Best Supporting for, basically, her two scenes? If so, I was amazed to discover that was completely deserved.
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09-17-2009, 09:45 AM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	No, she didn't win. She was nominated though (she and Amy Adams may have split the vote). Penelope Cruz was the winner for Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Haven't seen Doubt yet. Have recently seen: Quarantine - A bad horror zombie movie. Angela Carpenter showed good natural ease in the early parts of the movie. But it quickly got down to formula and was boring. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Both Nick and Norah are charismatic and likable (and Kat Dennings in my wheelhouse for fine people watching) but the movie is hampered by the fact that teenaged love strikes me as comicly silly and not romantically intense. Not the movies fault but I couldn't take them seriously.
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09-17-2009, 04:48 PM	#6
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	Last week I watched I Love You So Long. I place Kristin Scott Thomas' performance on the shelf next to Maria Falconetti's in The Passion of Joan of Arc. Some of the finest acting I've witnessed on film or stage.
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09-29-2009, 01:42 AM	#8
Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	FAME! - It was a good popcorn movie and thankfully we were the only ones in the theatre so we could seriously MST3K the film. Best part was when my Projectionist friend came dancing into the theatre during a dance number. The SECRET OF JONATHAN SPERRY - Not to be confused with The Secret of Jennifer Sperrry's Body... (heheh) Saw mmost of this very Jesus/ bible thumping/ Christian films staring Capt. Stubing and Benson. A older man befriends 3 young boys and teaches them about Jesus. No, it's not a chapter from Michael Jackson's Bio-pic. This is a film that beats you over the head with Jesus this, Jesus that and wacks you in the crotch with the Bible. Horrible acting but like all "Christian" films, needs to be viewed while intoxicated and laughed at... LOUDLY..
	Submit to Quotes

09-30-2009, 04:20 PM	#9
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I only made it about halfway through, and it has thoroughly but me off the idea of seeing it on stage.
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