I've finally made my decision. Now, without further ado, my list is as follows:
1. The Departed
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Little Children
4. Children of Men
5. The Prestige
6. Letters From Iwo Jima
7. Little Miss Sunshine
8. United 93
9. Babel
10. The Last King of Scotland
Sunday, February 11, 2007
The Queen
Just as I suspected. The Queen is a movie solely based upon its leading performance. I had to dive right into that because this is the most essential information about the film.
I don't know, the subject matter doesn't seem entirely interesting enough to hold a film. Frankly, if Helen Mirren's performance wasn't as perfectly spot-on as it was, the film wouldn't really have a saving grace. Well, Michael Sheen also does quite a good job. The acting in the movie, in general, I guess, should get a round of applause. But it's the actual movie itself that I just find to be slightly interesting. It's very much a character study about a character that I had no reason to be very interested in. I got the depth of what was trying to be portrayed pretty early on... and it just stayed there. I was just not very satisfied with this film. Perhaps Rotten Tomatoes and it's near-perfect rating of it had me expecting a masterpiece, but this was just not too much.
Now Helen Mirren will win the Oscar, and she deserves it, too. No one is as convincing at being someone that they are not as she is at being the queen. But as for the other awards, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, I would be baffled if it one them. It's definitely not one of the best movies of the year, and the screenplay was hardly noteable.
I really think I was expecting more. Disappointment is never good. Especially this close to the Oscars.
C+
IMDB information on THE QUEEN
I don't know, the subject matter doesn't seem entirely interesting enough to hold a film. Frankly, if Helen Mirren's performance wasn't as perfectly spot-on as it was, the film wouldn't really have a saving grace. Well, Michael Sheen also does quite a good job. The acting in the movie, in general, I guess, should get a round of applause. But it's the actual movie itself that I just find to be slightly interesting. It's very much a character study about a character that I had no reason to be very interested in. I got the depth of what was trying to be portrayed pretty early on... and it just stayed there. I was just not very satisfied with this film. Perhaps Rotten Tomatoes and it's near-perfect rating of it had me expecting a masterpiece, but this was just not too much.
Now Helen Mirren will win the Oscar, and she deserves it, too. No one is as convincing at being someone that they are not as she is at being the queen. But as for the other awards, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, I would be baffled if it one them. It's definitely not one of the best movies of the year, and the screenplay was hardly noteable.
I really think I was expecting more. Disappointment is never good. Especially this close to the Oscars.
C+
IMDB information on THE QUEEN
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