tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post1440987252533252873..comments2024-03-07T18:38:58.284-08:00Comments on kidchamp dot net: laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429404210444847213noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-81567574819156326302008-01-31T10:12:16.000-08:002008-01-31T10:12:16.000-08:00i agree with most of your picks, since (stating th...i agree with most of your picks, since (stating the obvious) most of them coincide with golden globe/SAG winners. i do think diablo cody/juno will grab best original screenplay, and atonement the award for original score. other than that, neither will come away with anything else. <br /><br />the green dress WAS epic, i agree. also, at awards shows, javier bardem is...kind of a babe. like the reverse of how viggo mortenson is hot as aragorn but not in real life. shame about that.babyjonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-72836103612065404472008-01-31T10:30:34.000-08:002008-01-31T10:30:34.000-08:00i can't decide how i feel about atonement'...i can't decide how i feel about <i>atonement</i>'s score. it was clever, to be sure, but it was maybe a bit in love with its own cleverness? like, is it a good thing that the typewriter effects were a bit intrusive at times? i recall liking the <i>3:10 to yuma</i> score, but it wasn't anything special (same w/<i>ratatouille</i>). mostly i am eighty-five kinds of glad that <i>there will be blood</i> wasn't nominated, as its score made me want to rip out my sinuses and throw them at the screen. <br /><br />agreed on javier bardem in real life. i neglected to mention that they were <i>sexy</i> nightmares.laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-6358593463991450392008-01-31T15:08:01.000-08:002008-01-31T15:08:01.000-08:00having seen none of the above, i can only say that...having seen none of the above, i can only say that every review of 'atonement' mentioned the typewriter effect, which, to me, means that the movie was much worse than everyone says it was.<br /><br />i do love james mcavoy - i'd watch him toast bread - but i don't know if i'm willing to commit myself to the time required...<br /><br />otherwise, there's too much blood in ST or TWBB for my tender nerves - lucky for kolz, he doesn't have to sit through them with me.<br /><br />javier bardem is still the gay cuban poet from 'before night falls', in my head. so seeing him as a psychopath with that wacked haircut might damage me permanently.wabesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-73062929861534538242008-01-31T15:12:27.000-08:002008-01-31T15:12:27.000-08:00Atonement = English class-warfare period piece. Y...<i>Atonement</i> = English class-warfare period piece. Yuck. I mean, such things are almost manipulative at this point. You walk in <i>knowing</i> that the prole is going to get screwed over by a system that perpetuates The Way Things Are -- but everything is overcome or at least resolved quite neatly in the end because Love Conquers All, or Everybody Gets Their Just Desserts, or both. Give me a break.<br /><br /><i>Juno</i> and <i>No Country for Old Men</i> are outstanding. Nuff said. <br /><br />I intend to see <i>There Will Be Blood</i>, but something makes me nervous about that. Something about milkshakes. For some reason, I never got around to seeing <i>Michael Clayton</i>, but I suspect it was plenty good, but not overwhelming.<br /><br />And if "Falling Slowly" doesn't win, somebody should be picked from the audience, at random, and flogged. (And this from a guy who <i>hates</i> musicals.)<br /><br />Finally: you will note that Tom Hanks, formerly Mr. Oscar Bait, did not get through for <i>Charlie Wilson's War</i>. So George Clooney isn't the first guy to go through that whole thing.tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-40648954976978098522008-01-31T19:12:06.000-08:002008-01-31T19:12:06.000-08:00@wabes: on the potential dreaminess of james mcavo...@wabes: on the potential dreaminess of james mcavoy, i saw <i>atonement</i> right after reading wing chun's <a href="http://www.taraariano.com/?p=632" rel="nofollow">post</a>:This is a helpful hint for everyone who spent all of <i>Atonement</i> tortured while trying to figure out what famous lady James McAvoy reminded you of because I did the same through all of <i>The Last King Of Scotland.</i><br><br />Its Edie Falco. Youre welcome.<br />no one should have to watch a keira knightley sex scene <i>and</i> think of carmela soprano. i was ruined!<br /><br />@tom: <i>atonement</i> was about much, much more, it...just didn't work very well. i realize now how much i lost by seeing the movie before reading the book.<br>laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-85789733887743939952008-02-01T07:19:49.000-08:002008-02-01T07:19:49.000-08:00I'm sure you're right about the movie bein...I'm sure you're right about the movie being much more than what I was proposing. But the thought of "<i>you're not one of us</i>" in a movie just makes my skin crawl, to the point where it almost drowns out every other redeeming facet of it.<br /><br />True, you can see that in a lot of movies and books. But plunking down ten bucks knowing that this is precisely what you're in for? Respectfully, I'll pass.tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-67642605277202843892008-02-01T11:55:15.000-08:002008-02-01T11:55:15.000-08:00Ok, I've seen almost none of these movies (hel...Ok, I've seen almost none of these movies (hello, crazy year), but I am obsessed with "Falling Slowly." Once was ok, if weird, but we got the soundtrack and I totally listen to that song over and over when David is out of the house (I don't think he approves of obsessive song listening).<br /><br />As for Atonement, it was enjoyable, but overrated by a mile. Up until the meta-post-modern ending (whaa?) it was like those Victorian novels (the later Annie of Green Gables, Little Woman, etc) that I used to sob over at 12. So, I mean, I liked it. But it wasn't Oscar worthy.Megnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-71567031136764955392008-02-01T11:56:10.000-08:002008-02-01T11:56:10.000-08:00** except it left me kind of cold... I didn't ...** except it left me kind of cold... I didn't cry a single tear. Even weirder.Megnoreply@blogger.com