25 days until OSCAR...
I think i've made an honourable leap forward in the number of films i've seen since the nominations were announced last week, but i'm a bit concerned about that lengthy list of films that can't be found anywhere. I guess time will tell...
So, from this year's list of 44 nominated films, i've now seen 19:
Across The Universe
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Charlie Wilson's War
Eastern Promises
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
No End In Sight
Norbit
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
Ratatouille
Sicko
Surf's Up
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
3:10 To Yuma
La Vie En Rose (La Môme)
7 films on DVD now, or soon:
Away From Her
Once
Transformers
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford - on DVD 2/5
Gone Baby Gone - on DVD 2/12
American Gangster - on DVD 2/19
In The Valley Of Elah - on DVD 2/19
Zero films in Kelowna Theatres now!
9 films i'll have to see in Vancouver:
August Rush
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
I'm Not There
Into The Wild
Persepolis
The Savages
There Will Be Blood
And 9 films that can't be seen (almost) anywhere (so far):
Beaufort (Foreign)
The Counterfeiters (Die Fälscher) (Foreign)
Katyn (Foreign)
Lars And The Real Girl (Original Screenplay) -- the only place to see it in BC is Victoria!
Mongol (Foreign)
Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience (Documentary)
Taxi To The Dark Side (Documentary)
12 (Foreign)
War / Dance (Documentary)
3 of 21 categories from which i've seen 'em all:
Costume Design, Makeup, and Original Score
Of all the films i've seen this past week, i have to highly recommend Juno and The Kite Runner. They are both strong 9s (out of 10). Juno will grab you from the minute the opening titles begin -- they're so "indie" and endearing -- and the entire film is clever and wonderful. And The Kite Runner might take a little while to reach you, but once it does, it never lets go -- you will care deeply about every character in the film, even a couple who you might have disliked at first. I would also give strong 8s to Atonement and 3:10 To Yuma, with a special mention of the latter for being the first film i watched on my new TV!
So, from this year's list of 44 nominated films, i've now seen 19:
Across The Universe
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
Charlie Wilson's War
Eastern Promises
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Juno
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
No End In Sight
Norbit
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
Ratatouille
Sicko
Surf's Up
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
3:10 To Yuma
La Vie En Rose (La Môme)
7 films on DVD now, or soon:
Away From Her
Once
Transformers
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford - on DVD 2/5
Gone Baby Gone - on DVD 2/12
American Gangster - on DVD 2/19
In The Valley Of Elah - on DVD 2/19
Zero films in Kelowna Theatres now!
9 films i'll have to see in Vancouver:
August Rush
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
I'm Not There
Into The Wild
Persepolis
The Savages
There Will Be Blood
And 9 films that can't be seen (almost) anywhere (so far):
Beaufort (Foreign)
The Counterfeiters (Die Fälscher) (Foreign)
Katyn (Foreign)
Lars And The Real Girl (Original Screenplay) -- the only place to see it in BC is Victoria!
Mongol (Foreign)
Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience (Documentary)
Taxi To The Dark Side (Documentary)
12 (Foreign)
War / Dance (Documentary)
3 of 21 categories from which i've seen 'em all:
Costume Design, Makeup, and Original Score
Of all the films i've seen this past week, i have to highly recommend Juno and The Kite Runner. They are both strong 9s (out of 10). Juno will grab you from the minute the opening titles begin -- they're so "indie" and endearing -- and the entire film is clever and wonderful. And The Kite Runner might take a little while to reach you, but once it does, it never lets go -- you will care deeply about every character in the film, even a couple who you might have disliked at first. I would also give strong 8s to Atonement and 3:10 To Yuma, with a special mention of the latter for being the first film i watched on my new TV!