My basic thought through most of Black Swan was "huh". One of my daughter's friends thinks it is the best movie ever made. I used to think she was a smart girl.

I really liked the performances in Black Swan, and it was visually beautiful. So, I can sort of ignore the fact that the story went nowhere.

le n, I completely agree. I expect that the hair is historically accurate (the costumes were really nice, just in general). And Firth totally deserves an Oscar for the role.

I will admit, though, that I have come to realize that I cannot differentiate between "Australian" and "one of the many accents native to the British isles". I did have a much better time with comprehension than much of the crowd I saw it with. There were about a half-dozen times when I heard someone ask, "What did he say?" (I only remember the answer to the last one, which was "knighthood") Granted, it was, in general, a more mature audience.

I find it particularly notable that it got its R rating entirely for language ( seriously, that was the most entertaining barrage of profanity, possibly in the whole history of cinema ), as there is no sex or violence.

Debet, in addition, there were a few left out. I would have died to hear Firth yell motherfucker and a few others, but oh well.

There definitely were, but it was more the rhythm and progression of it that were compelling to me. tits! got a huge laugh from the audience, not because of the word itself, but the shape of the thing as a whole.

Oh! And the silent fuckfuckfuck in the speech at the end of the film!

yes yes! I agree with all of what you said. It works perfectly. I just want some talk show host (maybe he needs to go on Bill Maher), have him shout a few more.

I think this is the first time I've linked to an xkcd comic in the Movies thread:

3D

We saw True Grit over the weekend, and holy cow, I loved it. Definitely one of those movies that just keeps improving the more you think about it. In particular, of course, I freaking loved Mattie Ross, and how confident and capable and just awesome she was. The scene where she crosses the river on Blackie just made my heart sing. And they didn't sexualize her character or make her fall in love with anyone! Hallelujah! Also, I loved how she just brushed it off whenever anyone called her ugly. It just didn't matter to her at all.

I also just enjoyed how well-made it was. Gorgeous scenery, interesting characters, good actors, beautiful score... I keep feeling like I want to light out for the territories myself. (And meet Mattie Ross.)

I haven't seen True Grit yet, but I recently read an interview wit the Coen brothers where they were asked about making it a PG-13 movie and their answer was basically "the main character is a 13-year-old girl, so 13-year-old girls should be able to see it. That's just logical." Love.

I've also seen them in interviews talking about how many girls they had to audition to find their Mattie. They'd almost given up. They needed somebody that could handle the language naturally.