Has anyone seen a 2004 production called The Reckoning with Paul Bettany and Willem Dafoe? I saw it this afternoon and kinda liked it, even with the usual historical errors.
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JohnSweden - Feb 27, 2005 1:09:25 pm PST #9432 of 10001
I can't even.
alienprayer - Feb 27, 2005 1:41:20 pm PST #9433 of 10001
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce
I enjoyed The Reckoning, less for the history and more for the actors. It felt authentic enough, if you kept your head down. And no one was miscast, which helped.
Lilty Cash - Feb 27, 2005 3:36:15 pm PST #9434 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I'm in an intesting place tonight as far as the Oscars go- since I've seen virtually none of the movies involved, I'm rooting for whomever I just plain like best. I really want to see Finding Neverland, and I would like to see The Aviator, but didn't get to see a damn thing. (Except Eternal Sunshine- rock on Kate Winslet.)
But yay, Chris Rock!
Alicia K - Feb 27, 2005 6:52:33 pm PST #9435 of 10001
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Do you think Jamie Foxx's grandmother will whup him in his dreams tonight, as punishment for telling the whole entire world that she used to beat him?
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2005 6:55:15 pm PST #9436 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
as punishment for telling the whole entire world that she used to beat him?
Any black woman her age is expected to have whupped any kid in arm's reach.
Volans - Feb 28, 2005 3:57:46 am PST #9437 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Not Oscars-related, but Constantine is opening here on Friday. Not really a good sign that it's opening overseas so quickly after the US opening. Also, the ads for it are dubbed (most US movies here are sub-titled) so they clearly had planned for a fast overseas rollout. Who knows? Maybe it's the kind of movie that will do decent box in non-US markets, because shiny! And no one knows the source material.
Also, I just watched Master and Commander again. I really liked it when I saw it in the theater, but this time I was very "meh" about it. It seemed really slow, and the writing was not good. Honestly it seemed like the script kept wanting to be about Lord Blateney (the young blond midshipman) and not about Aubrey/Maturin. (And I mean that "/" in every sense of the punctuation).
Jessica - Feb 28, 2005 7:41:25 am PST #9438 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
This was probably already linked to somewhere in the 700 posts I skipped in Natter, but Salon has a few of the Oscar-nominated shorts online, here.
I was thrilled that Ryan won for Best Animated Short -- content-wise, it never really gelled the way it should have, but its use of animation as an art form was light-years ahead of the other nominees.
[eta: Damnit, nevermind. Turns out they were only available last Friday -- all the links are dead now. Sorry!]
tommyrot - Feb 28, 2005 7:42:54 am PST #9439 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
but Salon has a few of the Oscar-nominated shorts online, here.
Nuh-uh. They were made available for a limited time and can no longer be downloaded.
Jessica - Feb 28, 2005 7:44:46 am PST #9440 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Ooh, but you can see Ryan on the National Film Board of Canada site.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 8:01:08 am PST #9441 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He can't be Bond! He's not British!
Nip/Tuck actor Julian McMahon is competing against one other unnamed actor to become the next James Bond. The Australian-born star of the TV cosmetic surgery drama will find out in the next few months if he has been chosen to follow in Pierce Brosnan's footsteps as the next 007 in the hugely successful spy-series. The other contender is believed to be British actor Clive Owen - who was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Julia Roberts' husband in Closer. The 36-year-old says, "I'm a big James Bond fan. I met the producers for a final audition. They told me to expect a decision in a couple of months and they said it was between me and one other person. It's going to a very nervous wait."
Do you think it's part of someone's job description to leak these things?