Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Not that anyone's officially come out and said it, but I think the real reason behind the cocaine-free Holmes is that RDJ is a much better actor when he's not high.
My main issue with the movie was that there was really no mystery for Holmes to solve - he (and the audience) pretty much works everything out that he needs to in the first ten minutes and the rest of the film is one long chase scene.
I found Up In The Air ultimately disappointing because
Vera Farmiga's character is set up early on as a perfect counterpart to Clooney, but the fact that she GOES TO THE FUCKING WEDDING WITH HIM means that she's actually either incredibly stupid or deliberately being cruel. I don't have a problem with her hiding her real life from him - I *do* have a problem with taking a perfectly good strong female character and turning her into (depending on your reading) either a moron or a bitch just so that your male lead can learn something about himself. FEH.
I still liked
Up In The Air
despite Jessica's complaint, even though I was thinking the same thing.
there was really no mystery for Holmes to solve
I don't know, I didn't work out how the bad guy was
seeming to work his mojo - I thought using that as the mystery was akin to the Hound of the Baskervilles.
Been a while since I read that, though
I watched There Will Be Blood the other night. I'm really confused as to why this movie is on the best of the decade lists. It just seemed really long, slow and there didn't seem to be much character development at all.
At the end of the 2 hours and 40 minutes, I just felt like I'd wasted 2 hours and 40 minutes.
I'm really confused as to why this movie is on the best of the decade lists.
It's not just on the list, it's atop them. When Gawker did their summary of the decade lists (eta: [link]
it
won everything. I have still to see it.
TWBB absolutely wrecked me when I saw it. To the point where I was (irrationally, obviously) furious with DH for showing it to me - in retrospect, not a reaction that makes any sense, but I was so emotionally raw by the end of that film that I needed someone to vent it at. I can't think of another movie that's left me that broken. It took a couple of weeks to fully digest and get the distance I needed to start actually thinking about it.
Still haven't managed work myself up to seeing it again. Way too intense.
I thought TWBB was long as hell, but it was strangely compelling. I preferred
No Country for Old Men,
but I didn't feel like I'd wasted my time.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
was as fantastic as people said! It would take the Oscar in a non-Pixar year.
The Royal Tenenbaums
was good. I think I liked it more than
Rushmore,
but I kind of want to watch that again to see what I really think of it. Also, Olivia Williams.
An Education
was great. Nice and funny and sweet and just on the line of icky.
It would take the Oscar in a non-Pixar year.
Is there a non-Pixar year? Don't they have a release every year now?
I find TWBB strangely compelling, mainly due to DDL. DH loves it and will watch it repeatedly but I get tired of it after a while. I think it's fascinating but slow.
I'm still dying to see Holmes.
Not that anyone's officially come out and said it, but I think the real reason behind the cocaine-free Holmes is that RDJ is a much better actor when he's not high.
Yes. This.
I want to see Young Victoria, too, but I'm not sure if it will make it to my town.
Is there a non-Pixar year? Don't they have a release every year now?
Now, I think so. There used to be non-Pixar years. Point is, it's a great animated flick, and there rarely seem to be any truly strong contenders besides the Pixar movies.
