tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post119478434862093002..comments2024-03-13T06:02:45.251-05:00Comments on Cinema Romantico: Random Cinematic AwardsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-7221578076397207412008-01-06T10:11:00.000-06:002008-01-06T10:11:00.000-06:00Very well. But if her next movie is filled with 5...Very well. But if her next movie is filled with 522 jump cuts, 834 changes in film stock, and a moving camera moving for no other purpose than that it's moving and moving so fast you feel like you need to hurl, don't come crying to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-9408469426157566182008-01-04T16:53:00.000-06:002008-01-04T16:53:00.000-06:00Exactly: she let the script do the work. Yes, res...Exactly: she let the script do the work. Yes, restraint is a refreshing thing sometimes, but it doesn't mean she's a good director. She just set the camera down and filmed. I'm not saying she isn't a good director, I'm saying that until she demonstrates a thorough grasp of movement and pacing, I'm not willing to give a final verdict.Wretched Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691397733214664019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-88029506557508179272008-01-04T16:28:00.000-06:002008-01-04T16:28:00.000-06:00...said the screenwriter....said the screenwriter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-65957656141479033152008-01-04T16:11:00.000-06:002008-01-04T16:11:00.000-06:00Polley trusted her story, which is rare beyond rar...Polley trusted her story, which is rare beyond rare with the first-time filmmaker. She never felt a need to show off. She knew the script COULD do the work and so she didn't get in its way. To me, her restraint was refreshing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-210040506091174542008-01-04T15:42:00.000-06:002008-01-04T15:42:00.000-06:00Best Guilty Pleasure Cinematic Moment: TIE1. The ...<I>Best Guilty Pleasure Cinematic Moment:</I> <BR/><B>TIE</B><BR/>1. The sound effect (you know the one) when the first robot transforms in "Transformers."<BR/>2. When Optimus Prime jams a blade through a Decepticon's head.<BR/><BR/><I>Best Action Scene:</I><BR/>Ditto on "The Bourne Ultimatum."<BR/><BR/><I>Best Use of Music in a Movie:</I><BR/>"Hurdy Gurdy Man" in "Zodiac."<BR/><BR/><I>Best First-Time Director:</I><BR/>Affleck alone. Polley let the script do all the work, which is fine for the movie, but is unrepresentative of her directing talent.<BR/><BR/><I>Worst Villain of the Year:</I><BR/>Wes Bently in "Ghost Rider." In fairness, he made a much better better villain later in the year with "P2."<BR/><BR/><I>Most Erotic Cinematic Moment of the Year:</I><BR/>Eva Mendes on the couch in "We Own the Night."<BR/><BR/><I>Best Individual Line of the Year</I><BR/>(regarding the coin in a coin toss) "It's been traveling twenty-two years to get here, and now it's here, and you have to call it."<BR/>-Javier Bardem, "No Country For Old Men"<BR/><BR/><I>Most Underrated Movie of the Year:</I><BR/>"Mr. Brooks." Sure, it's contrived and gave Dane Cook another "acting" job, but every scene with Kevin Costner and William Hurt was well worth the time wasted in between.<BR/><BR/><I>Worst Movie of the Year:</I><BR/>Every comic book film that was released this year.<BR/><BR/><I>Best Rental Experience:</I><BR/>"Blood Car." Intentionally bad movie that is actually really funny.<BR/><BR/><I>Worst Rental Experience:</I><BR/>"Pirates of the Carribean 3"<BR/><BR/><I>Best Performance of the Year That Won't Even be Mentioned at Oscar Nomination Time:</I><BR/>Steve Zahn, "Rescue Dawn"<BR/><BR/><I>Best Movie Review of the Year:</I><BR/>"I literally could have stripped off all my clothes and somersaulted down the aisle screeching the lyrics to 'Umbrella' while watching 'Southland Tales,' secure in the knowledge that my actions would constitute merely the second craziest thing happening in the theater at any given moment."<BR/>-Nathan Rabin, "Southland Tales"Wretched Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691397733214664019noreply@blogger.com