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Flight (A-), Les Miserables (C+), Django Unchained (stupid decision on my part, F-)

Posted by: accountant_4_Jesus (a.k.a ) on Jan 29, 09:18 in response to islander s.i. #9's post So who saw what this week? Rashomon (1950, A+), Joint...

My thoughts on each one, briefly:

Flight: The main characters were very well portrayed. It made me really feel for them and in a way identify with them somehow. I was rooting for them to get through everything ok all through the movie, which is great when you can manage to achieve that in a movie. The big "reveal" at the end actually made me break down and cry. Washington nailed that character and definitely deserves his nomination.

Les Miserables: The movie is too much of an emotional rollercoaster. The music pulls you one way emotionally then forcefully pulls you back the other way, not giving you enough time to deal with your emotions from the previous musical number and the drama unfolding at that particular point in time in the movie. When I left the theatre I was in emotional turmoil from the rollercoaster and it brought me down for the rest of the day. Hathaway does NOT deserve an Oscar for that performance. The movie itself doesn't warrant any Oscar attention at all. It's mediocre at best.

Django Unchained: My first (and last) Tarantino flick. Never again will I watch another. Absolutely woeful. Gore only for the sake of gore, way way way way way way way too many N and F-bombs, a wafer-thin plot, barely any character development at all, and Christoph Waltz does NOT deserve his nomination. I went into the movie expecting at least something decent, but never once actually became remotely interested in the story or emotionally invested in any of the characters, and for me to say that is a pretty bad thing. I would definitely have preferred Looper to get the Original Screenplay nod than this turd.

So who saw what this week? Rashomon (1950, A+), Joint Security Area (2000, A; a terrific last shot), Oldboy (2003; A+) {nm} islander s.i. #9 Jan 29, 09:01

Straw Dogs (F), Brotherhood Season 1 A- how come I never heard of these series? Went w/ Netflix's recommendation and they were great! {nm} Oleg Max Jan 29, 09:08

Zero Dark Thirty (A); How to Survive a Plague (B+); Gangster Squad (C); Movie 43 (D+) {nm} helmetz Jan 29, 09:10

What prevented it from being an F? {nm} forlorne Jan 29, 09:51

I thought Chastain's performance was brilliant and Kathryn Bigelow's direction extraordinary. :) {nm} helmetz Jan 29, 11:59

I wonder if forlorne meant Movie43? He was looting me, ruining me! Jan 29, 13:34

Oldboy is great! Looking fwd to new version, though I suspect certain elements will need to be toned down for the domestic audience {nm} GMov Jan 29, 09:10

Dumplings, for instance. But more centrally... (spoils) islander s.i. #9 Jan 29, 09:46

Zero Dark Thirty: A; End of Watch: A-; Insidious: B-; Mama: B+; Hangover (4th time I think): A- {nm} GMov Jan 29, 09:12

Flight (A-), Les Miserables (C+), Django Unchained (stupid decision on my part, F-) accountant_4_Jesus Jan 29, 09:18

I hope you'll forgive me for saying this if it is out of line, but I think with respect to DJANG... second gary Jan 29, 11:55

With regards to the points you raised... (minor spoils) accountant_4_Jesus Jan 29, 14:35