For a second there I thought you were talking about the new Channing Tatum comedy "Dog."
Not nominated for any Oscars. Although that's because it won't be eligible until next year's awards. On Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 8:08:42 PM UTC-5 PGage wrote: > I have now seen the Dog. I don’t hate Campion, and I find Dave’s judgement > far too harsh. There is something of an irritating challenge in much of her > work though, as if she is pacing the action as slowly as possible and > daring the audience to complain. > > I enjoyed the four main performances a lot in Dog (not enough for The > Batch to overtake Denzel in my judgement for Best Actor). I wonder if the > book comes across in the same way; the film’s only camouflage for its > ending is sparse dialogue and cryptic direction, rather than plot > complication. That is not necessarily bad, but it does not seem substantial > enough in this case to me to justify itself. > > I have now seen 6 of the nominated Best Films, and would rate Dune, > Macbeth, Belfast and Licorice Pizza (not in that order) ahead of Power of > the Dog (that’s not a knock on Dog, because I liked those 4 all very much). > I have to take Dave’s comment as hyperbole, as Dog is far more satisfying > than the Ricardo’s. > > On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 1:29 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Suffice it to say, Mr. Cumberbatch's performance is as interesting as his >> 'Murcan accent sounds authentic, which is to say, not at all. >> >> Campion is now the first woman to be nominated for Best Director twice, >> apparently for bamboozling studios into allowing her to make two of the >> dullest pictures in film history. >> >> I'd rather watch the Ricardos again ... >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> On Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 4:16:54 PM UTC-8 PGage wrote: >> >>> Hottest Take: I have not yet seen “Dog”, but Cumberbatch will have to >>> deliver the performance of a lifetime to out due Denzel as Macbeth. I am no >>> expert, but I have seen the play, filmed and live, many many times, and he >>> made me feel like I was seeing it for the first time. A month after seeing >>> it I find myself thinking about it again and again. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b4d22e54-84aa-4d97-a8c9-dbd7039ebba6n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b4d22e54-84aa-4d97-a8c9-dbd7039ebba6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5fe0e482-e698-4b71-9741-910e152d4ab6n%40googlegroups.com.
