I used to get turned off movies because everyone was excited about them, and I just don't share the background that they're all coming from, and got too irritated to find out if I even cared. And I've spent a fair amount of time catching up from that. I don't have the energy to build up that resentment anymore. I just care or don't care.
My first reaction to the Oscar noms is Kung Fu Panda 2? I'd never have guessed. I like that The Warrior got a bit of mention, and the movies the leading men are nominated for--most of them I have some intention of seeing.
Albert Nobbs weirds me out. Anyone have recommendations for it?
Whoah. Pixar didn't even get nominated.
Was there a Pixar movie this year?
Oh yeah, Cars 2. It was pretty roundly panned, if I recall, so I'm not surprised. It might be better than some of those movies, but my guess it got passed over as a punishment to Pixar for doing so much worse than their usual.
It kills me that half of the nominated movies aren't going to show up in theaters near me until after they win something. I really want to see both The Artist and Albert Nobbs, but getting into Philly to see them is a little more complicated than I want to tackle.
I'm glad Rooney Mara was nominated. She blew me away as Lisbeth. I'm a little surprised the movie didn't get any other nominations, though.
Whoah. Pixar didn't even get nominated.
Maybe next year they should go back to making kids movies where the characters aren't tortured to death?
But really that category is Rango and oh-shit-we-need-four-other-movies.
Only two original songs? And, listening to the Rio one, I am deeply underwhelmed.
My first reaction to the Oscar noms is Kung Fu Panda 2? I'd never have guessed.
It was surprisingly beautiful. Visually. The story was basically what you'd expect.
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" got a sound editing nom? How much artistry can there be in the continuous roar of explosions for 90 minutes? (Full disclosure: I haven't seen the movie, but having seen one playing in the theater next to it I feel qualified to be judgmental.)
It was surprisingly beautiful. Visually.
Wrod. They do wonderful things with the various styles of animation. I meant to go see it again just so I could marvel at the lushness and realism of what they did. They used traditional 2D Saturday morning style animation for flashback sequences, and when they went back to the standard 3D version, the sheer difference made me think I was looking at photography for several minutes.
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" got a sound editing nom? How much artistry can there be in the continuous roar of explosions for 90 minutes?
It's next up in my Netflix queue, so I will LISTEN.
Also, the goddamn thing is 154 minutes.
