tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930820078773220980.post8114517099918046780..comments2023-05-11T02:33:30.259-07:00Comments on Reviewers without Borders: The Descendants (2011)Danish Sheikhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11715691370124189956noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930820078773220980.post-8858432272046354442012-02-05T06:42:12.329-08:002012-02-05T06:42:12.329-08:00This is ONE overrated movie. As far as dysfunction...This is ONE overrated movie. As far as dysfunctional family comedy-dramas go, there have been far better examples in the past and I'm pretty sure, there'll be better examples in the future. Payne has done and can do better than this. Giving him the award for this would be the travesty of the decade considering he's up against Scorsese, Woody and Hazanavicius - three storytellers at the top of their game this year. And as for Clooney, well, he does in this movie what he usually does best - play George Clooney with varying degrees of intensity. I'm rooting for Dujardin.Initialshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192600745443222661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930820078773220980.post-74141422532047223082012-01-26T22:33:50.856-08:002012-01-26T22:33:50.856-08:00actually, while Midnight in Paris has a wonderfull...actually, while Midnight in Paris has a wonderfully inventive script, I think A Separation is much more worthy of the award - very complex, and the way it makes a family legal drama play out with the pace of a thriller is absolutely brilliant. Of course, I'm sure the Academy will think that the nomination is enough for those Iranian folk. sigh.Danish Sheikhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715691370124189956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930820078773220980.post-18323557951915272562012-01-26T09:44:56.768-08:002012-01-26T09:44:56.768-08:00George really got the dad-living-the-quiet-life do...George really got the dad-living-the-quiet-life down pat. The way he runs, talks, the kind of clothes he wears, even his hair style. So removed from his usual Danny Ocean type roles. <br /><br />As much as I liked the movie, it's IS a Fox Searchlight Dysfunctional Family Drama. But it wasn't typical... far far more raw and and non-quirky, unlike Little Miss Sunshine/The Kids Are All Right type movies. And definitely not contrived like Juno. So it still has a fighting chance at Best Picture. But I have a feeling Payne might swing Director... but only if they give Woody screenplay as consolation prize (let's face is: Midnight in Paris SO deserves the screenplay prize).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610611971424924332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930820078773220980.post-32664345182394380352012-01-26T02:26:38.436-08:002012-01-26T02:26:38.436-08:00I'm watching it today!I'm watching it today!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610611971424924332noreply@blogger.com