movie talk

I may as well speak my peace before my favorite time of year (awards season) comes to an end tonight.

1. I really wish Nick Nolte was going to win for “Warrior.” He was beyond amazing, and “Warrior” was a great great great movie; however, this is Christopher Plummer’s year. I absolutely loved him in “Beginners” and I’m glad he is going to win his first Oscar tonight.

2. Rooney Mara deserved her nomination, without question. I would love for her to win as well, but that one isn’t happening, either; nevertheless, “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” has made me a huge fan of her, and I’m sure she’ll get her chance again soon.

3. I rarely have uncertainty when it comes to who is going to win, but the best actor race is the one thing I can’t make bets on. I want Jean Dujardin to win. I really want Jean Dujardin to win. George Clooney is a good actor, but even he can’t deny his popularity has earned him awards he didn’t deserve. The academy could give him the Oscar tonight just because they like him so much, which would be ridiculous and somewhat of a poor judgement call, but then again, so was not nominating Michael Fassbender …

4. “The Artist” already has best picture in the bag, but I would be SO happy if “Midnight in Paris” won, instead. I loved every minute of MiP. If hell did freeze over and “The Artist” lost to anything, then this would be the movie to lose to.

5. I’m looking forward to Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer’s acceptance speeches :)

I went to see “Haywire” expecting a very action-heavy movie with a weak story, one-dimensional characters and a lot of fighting. This is what I got: a very action-heavy movie with a weak story, one-dimensional characters, virtually no signs of an intelligent plot whatsoever, and a whoooooooooole bunch of fighting. This isn’t something I would normally see. I prefer movies with an actual story, lots of dialogue, and some semblance of character development. “Haywire” had none of that; instead, it was nothing but fight scenes, long close-ups of Gina Carano’s face, more fight scenes, a sprinkle of a story, and more fight scenes. The fight scenes are nothing short of spectacular. Instead of the typical cut-between of the camera jumping from one person to the other (and virtually creating the fight scene in an editing room), the scenes are extended takes that just keep going; in other words, you are getting about 30-45 seconds, if not a whole minute, of uninterrupted fighting. That in itself makes “Haywire” worth the price of admission. Gina Carano is a total beast. She did everything without a stunt double, which is pretty awesome considering some of the stuff she had to do (roof-jumping, crashing a car into a tree, executing a bad fall and landing hard on her ribs, etc.) I will say this: her acting ability isn’t that great. She’s kind of like the female Rock in the sense that I’m not holding my breath for an Oscar nomination for her anytime soon. She is good at beating up people, but that is about as far as it goes for her. Would I see this again? Maybe. Do I recommend it? Yeah, but not to the point of “Oh my God! You have to see this!” The film’s score is pretty good, and the pace is good enough to where it doesn’t feel as if the movie is slogged down too much. Overall, it is worth seeing when you want a mindless action movie and don’t really care about the plot. If you are all about the story and character development and philosophical lessons to be learned, go elsewhere because this is not the movie for you.

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You’re very welcome! I always enjoy finding fellow Fassbender devotees :)

“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” was fantastic. The opening credits were not necessary; if anything, it was really boring and served no purpose to the rest of the movie. Daniel Craig is much easier on the eyes than Michael Nyqvist, but Nyqvist plays the role of Mikael a little bit better. That is not to say Daniel didn’t do a good job, because he did. Rooney Mara made for one hell of a Lisbeth Salander. I was in complete awe of her from start to finish. She pulled off a very daunting role and made it look easy. Nobody can touch Noomi - that goes without saying - but Rooney came thisclose. I can’t picture any Hollywood actress in this role other than Rooney. The screenplay was top-notch, as was David Fincher’s directing. If he got an Oscar nomination for directing, it would be genuinely deserved. There was a little more humour to be found here than in the original. I don’t know if the writers intended this part to be funny, but I let out an unintended chuckle when Lisbeth asked Mikael’s permission to kill someone. If I had to choose between the Swedish version or the American remake, I would stick with the Swedish original. I felt there was a lot more depth in the emotion and storytelling than with this one. That is not to mean anything negative to the remake. This is one of the best, if not the best movie that came out last year, and I really mean that. It was well written and directed, and had one of the year’s most truly captivating performances in Rooney Mara.