Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: In Praise of the Golden Globes

[Bhairitu]

On 01/16/2012 02:07 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
 Winners in red and starred. My comments in whatever this color is.
 Cecil B. DeMille Award  Morgan Freeman

 About bloody time.
http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/#   Best Motion Picture -
 Drama  * The Descendantshttp://www.foxsearchlight.com/thedescendants/
big snip

I don't usually watch awards shows.  They remind me of high school 
graduations.  But I caught about the last hour of it.  In backward 
American NBC bleeped out comments by Rick Gervais and also Meryl Streep 
when she realized she didn't have her glasses.  For the record the 
networks have this censorship rule in front of the Supreme Court.  It 
would be great for the court to rule against FCC rules on this and it 
could happen because of the conservative nature of the court (ruling 
against government interference with network business).  Sometimes I 
guess conservatives are worth something.  I don't think it's because the 
networks want to load down shows with F and S words (the latter 
showing up on cable networks these days but not the former) but probably 
to save the expense of creating two versions one for the US (and 
probably prudish India) and another for the rest of the more enlightened 
world.  Hearing the sound cut off makes one think you're in the old 
Soviet Union.

I followed the Golden Globes by watching Monty Hellman's 1971 film Two 
Lane Blacktop.  I should have watched it on Saturday when it was 
*supposed* to have arrived but mail delivery in the greatest country in 
the world is getting worse and worse.  I got mail on Saturday but the 
carrier dropped the Netflix envelope at one of the neighbors who didn't 
drop it off until Sunday morning.  I'm on the fence about keeping 
Netflix disc delivery but it is damn hard to find gems like this film 
and it won't be a Redbox.

I wanted to see this film after watching Hellman's Road to Nowhere on 
Bluray recently (it's available now as streaming too).  It was his first 
film in 20 years and a movie about a movie and filmed using Digital SLR 
cameras.  However it pales compared to his 1971 film which stars James 
Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Laurie Bird and Warren Oates.  Yes that James 
Taylor and Dennis Wilson both non-actors who along with non-actor Bird 
did fine in the film.  It's about a road race across the country in a 
souped up 1955 Chevy.  Usually not my cup of tea either but a great 
character study and a 70's film classic.  Not only that the DVD (not 
available streaming) is a Criterion edition and wonderfully restored 
with two very interesting commentaries one with Hellman and another film 
teacher which I listened to after the film.  The second queued up for 
tonight is with the writers.

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Two-Lane_Blacktop/1074742

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067893/

[FairfieldLife] Re: In Praise of the Golden Globes

[turquoiseb]

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn emilymae.reyn@... wrote:

 Suggest seeing the Beginners - it was excellent. I took both 
 my kids and they loved it also. I also saw the Descendents - 
 wasn't overly impressed, but it was good film as compared to 
 many. I want to see the Artist, for something different and 
 will see Moneyball tonight as it hit the local $3 cinema.
 
 Thanks for posting these as I don't follow awards shows much.

I am in a position to have been able to download a 
version of the Golden Globes awards show and then
fast-forward it, watching only the good parts. I 
was interested in seeing what various celebrities
look like these days, especially when drunk (the
Golden Globes gig serves booze; the Oscars does 
not...Dustin Hoffman was definitely drunk). :-) 

I look forward to seeing The Descendants. This
much praise overcomes my initial ho hum reaction
to the trailers. I watched Moneyball last night
and found it a surprisingly good movie, even though
I am officially The World's Premiere Not A Sports
Guy. It's not really about baseball per se; it's 
about drawing outside the lines, thinking out of
the box, and the occasional effect that has on 
people who believe that there is nothing *but*
drawing inside the lines and thinking inside the
box. 


 
  From: turquoiseb no_re...@yahoogroups.com
 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 2:07 AM
 Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: In Praise of the Golden Globes
  
 
   
 Winners in red and starred. My comments in whatever this color is.
 
 Cecil B. DeMille Award
 Morgan Freeman
 
 About bloody time.
 
  Best Motion Picture - Drama
 * The Descendants
 
 Ad Hominem Enterprises; Fox Searchlight Pictures
 Haven't seen it, have seen the others. Hard to imagine a bunch of film 
 critics, foreign or domestic, ignoring the loving tribute to film that was 
 Hugo, but at least they gave Martin Scorcese Best Director.
 The Help
 DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Media; Touchstone Pictures
 Hugo
 Paramount Pictures presents a GK Films Production; Paramount Pictures
 The Ides Of March
 Columbia Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media Group, Crystal City 
 Entertainment; Sony Pictures Releasing
 Moneyball
 Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing International
 War Horse
 DreamWorks Pictures; Touchstone Pictures
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
 Glenn Close â€Â Albert Nobbs
 Viola Davis â€Â The Help
 Rooney Mara â€Â The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
 * Meryl Streep â€Â Iron Lady
 
 Haven't seen it. Winner should have been Glenn Close. At least they didn't 
 give it to Rooney Mara.
 
 Tilda Swinton â€Â We Need To Talk About Kevin
  Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
 * George Clooney â€Â The Descendants
 Haven't seen it. Loved his dick joke about Michael Fassbender though.
 Leonardo DiCaprio â€Â J. Edgar
 Michael Fassbender â€Â Shame
 Ryan Gosling â€Â The Ides Of March
 Brad Pitt â€Â Moneyball
  Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
 50/50
 Summit Entertainment and Mandate Pictures; Summit Entertainment
 The Artist
 
 * a La Petite Reine - Studio 37 - La Classe Americaine - JD Prod- France3 
 Cinema - Jouror Production-uFilms coproduction; The Weinstein Company
 Good call. Although I have to admit I preferred Midnight In Paris.
 Bridesmaids
 Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Apatow Productions; Universal Pictures
 Midnight In Paris
 A Mediapro, Versatil Cinema  Gravier Production; Sony Pictures Classics
 My Week With Marilyn
 The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company
  Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
 Jodie Foster â€Â Carnage
 Charlize Theron â€Â Young Adult
 Kristen Wiig â€Â Bridesmaids
 * Michelle Williams â€Â My Week With Marilyn
 Haven't seen it, or Carnage. Charlize Theron was good, but I hear Michelle 
 Williams was better, so this is probably a good choice.
 
 Kate Winslet â€Â Carnage
  Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical
 * Jean Dujardin â€Â The Artist
 Good call, although I would have preferred the award go to either Brendan 
 Gleeson or Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
 Brendan Gleeson â€Â The Guard
 Joseph Gordon-Levitt â€Â 50/50
 Ryan Gosling â€Â Crazy, Stupid, Love.
 Owen Wilson â€Â Midnight In Paris
 Follow this category on Twitter using #GoldenGlobesComedyMusicalActor 
  Best Animated Feature Film
 * The Adventures Of Tintin
 
 Paramount Pictures/Columbia Pictures/ Hemisphere Capital/Amblin 
 Entertainment/Wingnut Films Production/ Kennedy/Marshall Production A 
 Steven Spielberg Film; Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures
 Good call.
 Arthur Christmas
 Columbia Pictures  Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman; Sony Pictures Releasing 
 International
 Cars 2
 Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures
 Puss In Boots
 DreamWorks Animation; Paramount Pictures
 Rango
 Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies