What classics did you see last week ? (17 Mar - 23 Mar 2019)
Mar 25, 2019 23:29:35 GMT
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Post by marianne48 on Mar 25, 2019 23:29:35 GMT
Two for the Road (1967)--Wonderful romantic comedy that flashes constantly back and forth among the years of Albert Finney's and Audrey Hepburn's passionate but rocky marriage. Unlike most couples in romantic comedies, their bickering is often witty as well as realistic. The film also features one of the most horrible children in film history. One of Stanley Donen's two great comedies of 1967 (Bedazzled is terrific, too).
Eighth Grade (2018)--Remember how wonderful it was to be thirteen? If you do, then you're probably misremembering, since that year is hellish for many people, as in this movie. Elsie Fisher, in the lead role, at first comes off as an unlikeable, surly brat, obsessed with her phone, her computer, and her vlog that almost no one watches, and she treats her caring dad like garbage. But then she manages to capture your sympathy, and it's heartbreaking to watch her angst. Too bad this film is rated R; it should be required viewing for all 12-year-olds (as well as adults who have forgotten how awful that time in your life can be).
The Wife (2018)--Glenn Close was robbed. (See below). She plays the wife of a Nobel Prize winner for Literature, and has to sit stoically by as her husband accepts his award. But there's a catch. Sad, infuriating, and recommended.
The Favourite (2018)--I watched this to see if Olivia Colman deserved to win the Best Actress award over Close, and if this film deserved its Best Picture nomination. No and NO!! I guess the Academy likes anyone who plays the role of royalty, no matter how over-the-top. Elsie Fisher from Eighth Grade would have been a better choice; at least she shows some subtlety rather than the screeching, bellowing and raging displayed here. This film should have been nominated for a Razzie, as it's one of the worst movies of the year. It's pretentious and self-consciously clever, what with its grating "soundtrack," its annoying fish eye lens used in much of the indoor scenes, and its modernized style of 18th-century plot and dialogue (ooh, everybody says "f***" a lot). It's also historically inaccurate, so don't feel that you should watch it for the sake of learning some bit of history, and it's boring and unfunny. Skip it.
Eighth Grade (2018)--Remember how wonderful it was to be thirteen? If you do, then you're probably misremembering, since that year is hellish for many people, as in this movie. Elsie Fisher, in the lead role, at first comes off as an unlikeable, surly brat, obsessed with her phone, her computer, and her vlog that almost no one watches, and she treats her caring dad like garbage. But then she manages to capture your sympathy, and it's heartbreaking to watch her angst. Too bad this film is rated R; it should be required viewing for all 12-year-olds (as well as adults who have forgotten how awful that time in your life can be).
The Wife (2018)--Glenn Close was robbed. (See below). She plays the wife of a Nobel Prize winner for Literature, and has to sit stoically by as her husband accepts his award. But there's a catch. Sad, infuriating, and recommended.
The Favourite (2018)--I watched this to see if Olivia Colman deserved to win the Best Actress award over Close, and if this film deserved its Best Picture nomination. No and NO!! I guess the Academy likes anyone who plays the role of royalty, no matter how over-the-top. Elsie Fisher from Eighth Grade would have been a better choice; at least she shows some subtlety rather than the screeching, bellowing and raging displayed here. This film should have been nominated for a Razzie, as it's one of the worst movies of the year. It's pretentious and self-consciously clever, what with its grating "soundtrack," its annoying fish eye lens used in much of the indoor scenes, and its modernized style of 18th-century plot and dialogue (ooh, everybody says "f***" a lot). It's also historically inaccurate, so don't feel that you should watch it for the sake of learning some bit of history, and it's boring and unfunny. Skip it.