Living was actually surprisingly charming. After the first 10 min or so I was afraid it was going to be painfully boring, but it got much better. Great performance from the Nighy.
I confess to not really knowing didley squat about Marilyn Monroe. I enjoyed the movie, at least for Ana de Armas' performance. She's incredible in the film. She carries it. The film itself is not great, though. It's a tough watch. She has daddy issues and that's pretty much the entire film. I give it a 7/10, but that's honestly just for her performance. And she's topless several times.
After the movie I looked up some of her real life and it seems the movie (and novel) does take great artistic liberties with the truth, but it's at least based on reality and rumor.
It seems like Everyything Everywhere... is a shoe in for best picture. Personally, it didn't really do it for me. I thought it was a fun and original movie but I didn't love it.
I really liked Banshees.
But really I'm only interested in the best actor race this year. Having been hearing tons of praise for Fraser, i was kind of expecting it to be hyperbole based on nostalgia people have for him and the films of his form the 90's that they enjoyed, but having now seen The Whale I'm rooting very hard for him. He's truly incredible in that film and elevates it beyond what it otherwise would have been. The fact that he was able to elicit such emotions and give such a nuanced and powerful and human performance while so limited in his movements because of the character's situation was just so impressive to me. Also the way he captures all the little things that living in such a way would certainly include, like the constant heavy, labored breathing, and every movement he makes seeming like such a struggle. Just incredible stuff.
Agreed. Plus the awards he's won already and the speeches he's given show him to be truly humble and incredibly grateful towards the fans that have been pressuring studios to bring him back to the fore.
Yeah, by all accounts he's a great guy. I'd honestly be pulling for him even if I didn't think his performance warranted the win, just because how nice he seems. But since he absolutely does deserve to win on the merits of the performance alone, it's an easy thing to root for.
Agreed. Hoping for Fraser to win. And I also didn't like Everything Everywhere... it didn't work for me at all. Honestly it's the worst Best Pic nominee to me, so I'll be annoyed if it wins.
I actually re-watched Banshees of Inisherin to show my wife. It's even better the second time.
99.9% of the time, I couldn’t give two tugs of a dead dog’s dick about the Oscars, but Brendan Fraser deserves his Best Actor award. He hit a grand slam.
I loved Everything Everywhere All At Once, but I still did not predict it winning all of these awards. I mostly viewed it as an entertaining movie with a little heart.
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Mar 8th, 2023 01:02 AM
yeah, he did.
