Anya ,'Storyteller'
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I didn't hate Brad Pitt in Tree of Life and that's saying something. There were only a few moments where he was showing how hard he was working.
I thought DeNiro was unrecognizable in Raging Bull, but I don't really have a problem with DeNiro, Fockers notwithstanding.
Wow. No one told me there was Two and a Half Men in Due Date.
Is there a name for the genre of "Person so fucking pathological, but the protagonist spends the whole movie with them anyway, and doesn't shoot them in the head"?
This had the most plausible-to-me ending of that sort of movie I've seen in a while, but seriously. OMG.
I completely disagree about Hugo in 3D. I think it's the third movie I've ever seen that is absolutely worthy of the technology, the others being Avatar and Coraline. I felt like the 3D really added to the movie. Which is wonderful.
I thought it really enhanced the depth of a lot of scenes and led to some very eye-catching compositions.
Unfortunately, I fell asleep in the middle and basically missed the emotional climax. I started losing the ability to stay conscious when Hugo started having nightmares, and then I came up again to try to stay awake for the big Melies flashback, and then the next thing I knew, Melies was being honored and the Station Inspector had somehow wooed the flower girl. I am sure I missed something important. Ah well, I'll read the book eventually.
Did y'all see this 13 Villains from NY Times magazine?
Video of thirteen different actors playing classic villains in short, impressionistic clips. There's some really amazing stuff on here. Viola Davis had the creepiest, but Gary Oldman came close.
The bar is apparently kind of low for villainy this year. Kirsten Dunst? Not remotely scary. Jean DuJardin? Angry boxer. Adepero Oduye? Dependent entirely on knowing canon.
Also Mia should wear safety goggles. You could put an eye out!
Ooh, I liked the Rooney Mara one. But are they calling Lisbeth Salander a villain? That I don't quite get.
But are they calling Lisbeth Salander a villain?
I don't think so. I think she was just Alex from Clockwork Orange.
Also Mia should wear safety goggles. You could put an eye out!
Heh. I had the same reaction.
I think she was just Alex from Clockwork Orange.
I don't think there's a think there.
Alex: [link]
Lisbeth: [link]
Alex! My droog!
Ah, I thought they had picked the 13 best cinematic villains from this year to play iconic cinematic villains from years past. (Which made me think, "Why isn't Antonio Banderas on this list??")
No, it's just actors that have (apparently) done good work this year. I haven't seen most of them in anything, but I don't get out much.