[on the oscars, and why i'm still rooting for atonement]

[fragmentedsky]

So I just watched No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood back to back, both for the first time. Anyone who has seen both of these movies is no doubt currently going Are you mad?! like Beckett's evil sidekick Creepy O'Lurk in the third Pirates movie when Jones is sailing into the maelstrom. I am probably not really all that sane, but it

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[carousels]

Can I just say how much I love this post? It gets me excited for tomorrow night- well, even more excited

[fragmentedsky]

[laughs] I'm glad you enjoyed it, given how annoyingly long it is. And yes, you really should see No Country for Old Men; there's a reason it's the frontrunner and you can then, y'know, say that you have.

Oh my god, I'm with you there. I confess, I haven't seen Michael Clayton, but I was pretty sure I was the only straight chick in the world who Clooney does nothing for. I mean, he's a great actor when he's in the right part - like Danny Ocean. But I simply don't see the overwhelming sex appeal, or the general overwhelming talent.

And then I look at James McAvoy. Surfacewise, while cute, he's not go-change-my-underwear-on-sight cute, if you get my drift. I'd only seen him in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe before Atonement, and I refuse to count the first because small children who I should have killed - and probably would have, nowadays - throwing popcorn at me the whole time. I would literally pay way more than the price of a movie ticket for the chance to go back and deal with those kids. ANYWAY. Atonement blew me

[carousels]

I will totally watch No Country. It's not in theatres here until march 7th or something (can you believe that?) so I'm waiting for that :)

Your "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" experience reminds me of my Spider-man 3 experience! Yeah, hmm, wasn't a good day for my mental health. And I COULD NOT AGREE MORE about the Mariah Carey analogy. It's like every movie I watch that guy in, he has a new look, a new accent, a totally different personality and he pulls it off so well. He's sort of like Christian Bale in my opinion. Figures that he's ignored in award shows all together if he really is the next Christian Bale!

Ps- have you seen the videos of Marion finding out she won the Golden Globe or when she got her Oscar nomination? Makes me wanna see her win the Oscar even more !

[fragmentedsky]

Is it still in theaters? I confess I relied on the powah of the INTAWEBZ! Oh, my bad little self. But good on you whenever you actually see it.

Bale I actually haven't seen in much at all. I haven't even seen Batman Begins although they have yet to cast a truly convincing Batman in my opinion...Bale just doesn't look like Bruce Wayne to me, but I can't comment on his talent yet either way. I'll be going to TDK anyway for Ledger. But McAvoy...did you see him last night? The boy was adorable. And did this weird little dance thing. 'twas awesome.

I haven't. Last night was the first time I'd ever seen Marion not on a poster for La Vie en Rose. She was cute, though. And lord knows I'm a sucker for a sexy accent.

[lost4everlouwho]

Just got here from fadingatonement.

Wow, you put in words exactly why I love Atonement.

I didn't really like No Country, just because it seemed really cold to me, and I wasn't really too invested in whether Moss got away or not because I didn't really care for him too much. :/ But I dunno, I need to watch it again.

Loved TWBB, and DDL just blew me away as did PT Anderson who proves he can just do all sorts of movies, and I'm so glad it won cinematography (though Jesse James was beautifully done as well).

I'm so pissed that Jason Reitman was nominated over Joe Wright, just because in Juno the cast and the script were so strong I didn't really feel like he needed to do much more than just tell them where to stand. Whereas Joe Wright managed to put Atonement on film, which is already a really difficult task and he did it wonderfully (Dunkirk!)

wow, I just wrote you a novel. :D

[fragmentedsky]

Hey, thanks for reading and commenting! I wasn't sure anyone would, which made me feel like a bit of an ass for rambling for so long...but it's not like I don't ramble anyway, so whatever.

And thank you. I was looking forward to the movie for like a year before I saw it; I love the book to death. It's rare that you find a movie that both stays completely true to the novel and does something completely original, which I felt Joe Wright and his cast and crew pulled off.

Really? I mean, my heart wasn't with No Country the way it was with Atonement, but I heard that every Best Picture nom this year was split on whether people loved it or hated it except No Country, and that was why it was favored. Also because, y'know, it was the Coen brothers and the Oscar people had already caught up with themselves on the Scorsese front

[lost4everlouwho]

Yeah, I loved Juno the first time, then it started to become really overly hyped and I just got so so sick of it. Bleh.

Poor Joe. :( Well, hopefully he'll have a shot next year with 'The Soloist.'

I totally respect No Country and all, I kind of just couldn't bring myself to care about anyone except Javier. Who I adore. Yeah, and all the BP noms (except maybe Michael Clayton) were love/hate things. More on the hate side I'm guessing. :/

PT Anderson's only done 4 movies, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Sydney (Hard Eight) and Punch Drunk Love, and TWBB of course. But he's a genius. I love him. I suppose I just really like DDL as well and he was much more interesting to me as a protagonist...

But lol @ Josh Brolin and James McAvoy presenting, it was like the "Sorry we didn't nominate you" award.

[fragmentedsky]

I didn't see Juno until it had been completely overhyped, sadly. I went in expecting to be rolling in the aisles (or on my bed, as it were) and thus part of why it fell flat for me was that my expectations were too high. I should really see it again for it's own merit, but I wanted to wait until after I was done being cranky over the fact that it was nommed for BP, otherwise I wouldn't judge it fairly anyway.

Oh, Joe'll be back.

I've seen movies like that. I'm trying to remember off the top of my head and failing, but I have. I tend to get invested. I cry at Disney movies.

I'll have to check out more of his stuff - I've only seen TWBB, sadly.

...SOMEHOW I DID NOT REALIZE THAT WAS JOSH BROLIN. [cracks up] That's exactly what it was - the "sorry we didn't nominate you" award! Oh well. They got to do silly little dances and one of the few marginally interesting introductions.

[pa_0205]

I read your whole review/post and it was extremely interesting!
I agree with almost all of what you said about Atonement! I haven't seen There Will Be Blood or No Country for Old Men, but I thought both sound like excellently made movies.

One thing that I particularly agree with is what you said about Juno. It was very enjoyable, funny, and good, but it so does not deserve a Best Picture nod. As you said, Little Miss Sunshine wasn't as funny or interesting to watch, but I thought it was a better movie and more deserving of the Best Picture nod.

Thanks for taking the time to write this out, it was very interesting! :)

[fragmentedsky]

Dammit, this will teach me to check my replies more often. I'm sorry this took so long!

They are. You should see them both at some point; brilliantly put together and wonderfully cast.

And Juno...I think I've become less bitter about it, I really just had to get that out. I do owe it a re-watch, I suppose; I only saw it once, and I was somewhat distracted by a sandwich at the time. But I felt like Juno didn't tell us anything new about human nature, but I have a friend who thought it did and that Atonement was the movie guilty of that particular flaw. I guess movies, like any stories, come down to perception.

Thanks for replying! Again, I'm sorry the reply took so long.

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