This Sunday is the Academy Awards. I'm going to try to compile my Oscar predictions by Friday. However, they will be based off of what I have seen. I won't be able to see everything. Therefore, I cannot be perfect (implying that were I able to see everything I would be perfect). I'm planning on watching all of the short films one of these next few days (and posting about them, of course). But I will probably not be able to watch the following films:
-Blood Diamond (nominated -- Leonardo DiCaprio for Actor, Djimon Hounsou for Supporting Actor, Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing)
-Venus (nominated -- Peter O'Toole for Actor)
-The Pursuit of Happyness (nominated -- Will Smith for Actor)
-Notes on a Scandel (nominated -- Judi Dench for Actress, Cate Blanchett for Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay)
-Cars or Monster House (both nominated for Animated Feature)
-The Black Dahlia (nominated for Cinematography)
-The Curse of the Golden Flower (nominated for Costume Design)
-Marie Antoinette (nominated for Costume Design)
-Iraq in Fragments or My Country, My Country (both nominated for Feature Documentary)
-After the Wedding or Days of Glory (both nominated for Foreign Language Film)
-Apocalypto (nominated for Make-up, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing)
-The Good German (nominated for Music)
-Flags of Our Fathers (nominated for Sound Editing, Sound Mixing)
-Poseidon (nominated for Visual Effects)
If you think that list is long, try seeing the list of what I have seen.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Breach
It's this time of year that many, many, many movies come out that will never be remember. They're not necessarily bad movies, they're just movies that are decent to what we the movie-watchers know as "pretty good," and they come out at a time of the year when people don't care enough about new movies. This is Oscar season. People only care about Oscar nominated movies from the past year.
Breach is one of these films. It's not a bad film, by any means. It's a perfectly adequate piece of film. It's an interesting thriller, a well-told tale. But at the same time, it's missing that extra umph that would give it enough soul to make it a truly great film. The movie just lacks that soul. The soul is the overall "why do I care" factor. It's a good movie, but halfway into it I couldn't help but feel like I didn't really care all that much about where it was going. It's not that it's not interesting, it's just that it doesn't have enough substance. The way the movie opens tells you straight up how things are going to be. The actual duration of the movie is merely the fancy stuff that brings you from point A to point B.
But Chris Cooper does a wonderful job as the veteran FBI mole. In fact this doesn't even need to be stated. Everything that Chris Cooper has done has been wonderful. That man can do no wrong. And this is no exception. His performance really put some life into that character, which is something that could have been done wrong by another actor and would have led to a worse film. Chris Cooper alone gives this movie a little more reason for one to go see it.
But give it 5 years. Let the dust settle. Then you'll see what I mean. That's the sad part. Now go watch the Oscars.
B-
IMDB information on BREACH
Breach is one of these films. It's not a bad film, by any means. It's a perfectly adequate piece of film. It's an interesting thriller, a well-told tale. But at the same time, it's missing that extra umph that would give it enough soul to make it a truly great film. The movie just lacks that soul. The soul is the overall "why do I care" factor. It's a good movie, but halfway into it I couldn't help but feel like I didn't really care all that much about where it was going. It's not that it's not interesting, it's just that it doesn't have enough substance. The way the movie opens tells you straight up how things are going to be. The actual duration of the movie is merely the fancy stuff that brings you from point A to point B.
But Chris Cooper does a wonderful job as the veteran FBI mole. In fact this doesn't even need to be stated. Everything that Chris Cooper has done has been wonderful. That man can do no wrong. And this is no exception. His performance really put some life into that character, which is something that could have been done wrong by another actor and would have led to a worse film. Chris Cooper alone gives this movie a little more reason for one to go see it.
But give it 5 years. Let the dust settle. Then you'll see what I mean. That's the sad part. Now go watch the Oscars.
B-
IMDB information on BREACH
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