Let's Talk Movies! #21...Oscar Bait, Christmas Movies, "Bad" Movies You Loved......)

[Vash01]

Silver lining was a very predictable story, but I enjoyed the movie. It was well done. I don't see it as a Best picture Oscar contender, however.

[martian_girl]

The AFI Top Ten:

Zero Dark Thirty
Lincoln
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
The Dark Knight Rises
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

[smurfy]

I saw 'Hitchcock' this past weekend. I had heard so no great things, but I enjoyed it. Nice entertaining movie -interesting story about the making of Psycho and Hitchcock's relationship with his wife - a nice marriage in Hollywood. Everyone was very good, especially Mirren. Janet Leigh came across like a really sweet person. It took me awhile to recognize Toni Collette. The meetings Hitchcock had with the ratings board were amusing - things sure have changed.

[Vash01]

Hitchcock and many of those listed by martian-girl are on my 'to see' list. This is such a great time of the year!

[Alixana]

Silver lining was a very predictable story, but I enjoyed the movie. It was well done. I don't see it as a Best picture Oscar contender, however.

Imo, it was a fairly realistic portrayal of a person with bi-polar disorder up till one specific scene.

Spoiler

where Bradley Cooper realizes that Jennifer Lawrence wrote the letter that supposedly came from his estranged wife

I liked the movie overall but was disappointed that they caved and turned the last 20 minutes into a rom com.

[Sofia Alexandra]

In exactly 24 hours I'll be sitting in a movie theatre, the lights will dim, a hush will fall - and The Hobbit will begin.

[PeterG]

In exactly 24 hours I'll be sitting in a movie theatre, the lights will dim, a hush will fall - and The Hobbit will begin.

My guess is that the house will be packed...and there may be a peep or two in the midst of that hush!

[Vash01]

Yesterday I found out that Hobbit is going to be a trilogy, and not just one movie. I am not thrilled about this. I hate having to wait for 3 installments of a story. I was not crazy about the LOTR trilogy either.

[topaz]

I saw Lincoln this weekend. Incredibly good movie.

I saw Skyfall a few weeks ago and loved it. Daniel Craig is just wonderful as Bond. He's made the role his own. He's a different kind of Bond, the most physical Bond ever, imo.

[Vash01]

If Skyfall gets a Best picture Oscar nomination, will it be the first ever for a James Bond movie?

[Nan]

So when was the last time I told y'all that you just HAD to see a certain movie. I've given some big thumbs up to a number of movies, but I think it's been almost a year since I told you you HAD to see something. Well, it's that time again.

Will this make me cry?

[orbitz]

Les Mis is running 74% approval currently on rottentomatoes. Among the criticisms are that there are too many close-ups of the actors and too many of the shots are the same. There's almost universal praise for Anne's 3 minutes one-take rendition of IDAD. Most likely an Oscar winning performance for her.

[Artemis@BC]

I just scored some tickets to the preview of Cirque du Soliel: Worlds Away on Saturday morning. I'm putting aside the fact that it's a James Cameron production ... and concentrating on the fact that it's Cirque.

[Anita18]

Man of Steel full trailer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVu3gS7iJu4

Henry Cavill. And it looks like Zack Snyder's visual effects prowess has been used to great effect. And properly restrained.

[PeterG]

Will this make me cry?

Maybe. But NOTHING like Terms of Endearment!!!

[martian_girl]

The Critics Choice Awards announced their nominations:

BEST PICTURE
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"The Master"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis – “Lincoln”
John Hawkes – “The Sessions”
Hugh Jackman – “Les Misérables”
Joaquin Phoenix – “The Master”
Denzel Washington – “Flight”


ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – “Zero Dark Thirty”
Marion Cotillard – “Rust and Bone”
Jennifer Lawrence – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Emmanuelle Riva – “Amour”
Quvenzhané Wallis – “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Naomi Watts – “The Impossible”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin – “Argo”
Javier Bardem – “Skyfall”
Robert De Niro – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones – “Lincoln”
Matthew McConaughey – “Magic Mike”


SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – “The Master”
Judi Dench – “Skyfall”
Ann Dowd – “Compliance”
Sally Field – “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway – “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt – “The Sessions”

Man of Steel full trailer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVu3gS7iJu4

Henry Cavill. And it looks like Zack Snyder's visual effects prowess has been used to great effect. And properly restrained.

I wasn't really excited for this one, but the trailer looks awesome!

[PeterG]

Okay, so last week, I didn't think ANY of the trailers for the smaller movies looked any good. This week...they ALL do! The first three are going on my To See list.

December 14 Any Day Now (Drama with Alan Cumming and Frances Fisher)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ghwGOuuNy0

December 14 Let Fury Have The Hour (Documentary. From imdb.com: “A documentary that chronicles how a generation of artists, thinkers, and activists used their creativity as a response to the reactionary politics that came to define our culture in the 1980s.”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWleS2KfRY0

December 10 The Loving Story (Documentary. From imdb.com: “A racially-charged criminal trial and a heart-rending love story converge in this documentary about Richard and Mildred Loving.”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h62ZBiHNJoM

December 14 The Girl (Drama with Sienna Miller, Toby Jones and Imelda Staunton)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4ALGg1gzFc

December 14 Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (Documentary. From imdb.com: “When doctors diagnosed 19-year-old rock star Jason Becker with Lou Gehrig's Disease, they said he would never make music again. 22 years later, without the ability to move or to speak, Jason is alive and making music with his eyes.”)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGFDWTC8B8g

[VIETgrlTerifa]

Glad to see Ang Lee and the Life of Pi getting some recognition.

[Sofia Alexandra]

I have now seen The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey, and I have two words for y'all: Thorin Oakenshield. Didn't expect to find myself wanting to throw myself at one of the dwarves, but there you go.

[Vash01]

I have now seen The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey, and I have two words for y'all: Thorin Oakenshield. Didn't expect to find myself wanting to throw myself at one of the dwarves, but there you go.

From what I read, this 'dwarf' is a 6ft 2 in. hulk in real life.