Film at 11
Josh and I try to see each one of the five Oscar-nominated films every year. I am proud to say that despite having a 2-year-old and giving birth six weeks ago, we did meet the goal again this year. My friend, Heather, also blogged about seeing all the films this year, inspiring me to share as well.
We got the last ones in just under the wire this weekend. Josh went out to a nice steak dinner with his friends on Friday night (what a bitch he is!) and I stayed home and watched "Michael Clayton" on On Demand.
Saturday afternoon we dumped the children at my parents' house and went to the theater to see "There Will Be Blood."
We had seen "Atonement" on my birthday, right after Emmie was born, and saw "Juno" the day after Christmas. I endured "No Country For Old Men" sometime in November with Josh, as I recall.
I say endured because I was not a fan. Yeah yeah, I know all the symbolism and blah blah blah. But I just didn't like it.
We both liked "Juno," but it wasn't really a Best Picture in my mind. Don't get me wrong, awesome flick and wicked funny. But just not on the level of the others. Josh disagreed, saying it was his favorite of the five.
I liked "Atonement," but Josh thought it was too predictable. He saw "Michael Clayton" in the theater a few months ago and really liked it; I thought it was good, but there was a lot lacking. (Like why would the main female character order two hits when she seemed to unsure of herself? Why would he call his brother Timmy when it was a critical situation -- in real life Timmy would have let him down. It just didn't add up for me.)
That brings me to my favorite, "There Will Be Blood." I was a HUGE fan. Blew me away. And I thought it blew "No Country" out of the water. I found it ironic, since that was the one movie I didn't really want to see. I knew I would have to see it though, so I went. So glad I did.
So there you have it, my very own unofficial Oscar voting. Care to share yours?
We got the last ones in just under the wire this weekend. Josh went out to a nice steak dinner with his friends on Friday night (what a bitch he is!) and I stayed home and watched "Michael Clayton" on On Demand.
Saturday afternoon we dumped the children at my parents' house and went to the theater to see "There Will Be Blood."
We had seen "Atonement" on my birthday, right after Emmie was born, and saw "Juno" the day after Christmas. I endured "No Country For Old Men" sometime in November with Josh, as I recall.
I say endured because I was not a fan. Yeah yeah, I know all the symbolism and blah blah blah. But I just didn't like it.
We both liked "Juno," but it wasn't really a Best Picture in my mind. Don't get me wrong, awesome flick and wicked funny. But just not on the level of the others. Josh disagreed, saying it was his favorite of the five.
I liked "Atonement," but Josh thought it was too predictable. He saw "Michael Clayton" in the theater a few months ago and really liked it; I thought it was good, but there was a lot lacking. (Like why would the main female character order two hits when she seemed to unsure of herself? Why would he call his brother Timmy when it was a critical situation -- in real life Timmy would have let him down. It just didn't add up for me.)
That brings me to my favorite, "There Will Be Blood." I was a HUGE fan. Blew me away. And I thought it blew "No Country" out of the water. I found it ironic, since that was the one movie I didn't really want to see. I knew I would have to see it though, so I went. So glad I did.
So there you have it, my very own unofficial Oscar voting. Care to share yours?
posted by Amy at
9:30 PM
1 Comments:
Hey, that's me! :)
Of the five, I think Atonement is the one that affected me the most. It was on my mind for DAYS afterward. And it seems like most frequent critical response on it was that the book's ending was more powerful than the movie's. But I didn't read the book, so the way it wrapped up was pretty powerful for me.
It has been so long since I saw No Country, I almost feel like I can't be a good judge on that one. I DID watch much of it through clenched eyes though.
I also enjoyed There Will Be Blood much more than I expected. DDL was frickin' amazing and the look and sound of it was phenomenal.
Michael Clayton? I came away from it thinking it was nice to see a thriller with no guns. Not really best picture material, though, in my mind.
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