I too am on the side supporting There Will Be Blood.
The top 4 films for me this year, in this order were: There Will Be Blood Michael Clayton No Country For Old Men Before the Devil Knows Your Dead I think "Before the Devil" was better than both Atonement and Juno, although it was damn hard to watch because every character was so easy to dislike. DBT <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor> Profile From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:08 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Oscars -SNOOZEABLE Franc's comments about JONNY GREENWOOD'S score for THERE WILL BE BLOOD are in line with my own. Fantastic score from him. Of course, there WAS some Brahms in there. However I thought THERE WILL BE BLOOD was a magnificent movie, the best of PT Anderson's films. As far as Best Actress I would have chosen Ellen Page or the wonderful Julie Christie. LA VIE EN ROSE, for me, was jumbled, although her performance was the best thing about it. The big disappointment for me was that HAL HOLBROOK did not win Best Supporting Actor. He was the absolute light of INTO THE WILD and his role was actually a supporting role, which JAVIER BARDEM'S (in NO COUNTRY) was not. I don't know what the rules are that govern nominations in this category, but I've seen this before. That role was too central to the film - and too big - to be considered supporting. This says nothing about Bardem's performance, which I thought was great. Kirby On Feb 25, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Franc wrote: I hated both films. I thought La Vie En Rose was one of the most inept star-is-born films I'd ever seen. Here's an example of how inept that is: just as Piaf is making her big breakthrough, she opens her mouth to sing and the director actually cuts away from the vocal track and provides an orchestra-only track with a montage. You don't have the pleasure of a) hearing her sing or b) being finally transformed into a star. The flashbacks at the end of the film refer to scenes that were apparently cut from the film and have no reference. You just never understand from this film why this dreadful, rather plain-looking woman ever became so popular, especially given that everyone of her songs sound virtually alike. There Will Be Blood was so under-written and stillborn; I never felt there was any motivation for DDL's character. His performance left me with the impression that he was over-acting so badly because frankly the character didn't exist anywhere in the script and he was trying to fill in the blanks.. I did like the scoring to the film and of course that was totally overlooked by the Oscars. In contrast to the above two films, I thought Atonement was beautifully written and acted. I especially liked the way multiple point of views were handled in the film. Needless to say, this film did not fair particularly well last night either. Franc -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Hershenson Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 7:19 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Oscars -SNOOZEABLE Franc Martarella wrote, "I though Daniel Day Lewis and Marion Cotillard gave two of the worst over-the-top, scenery-chewing, histrionic performances I had seen all year in two very badly written films" But OTHER THAN the terribly acting and writing, what did you think of those movies? Bruce Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
