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The 1-Minute Critic gives his picks for the Best Picture Oscar from "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country For Old Men" and "There WIll Be Blood"
You have no business watching PT Anderson films, since you pretty much unfairly bash his work before even seeing it. We get it. You hate him. You've made that known.
I don't hate PT ...( 7 months ago by cwyricksolari)
I don't hate PT Anderson, and I saw "There Will Be Blood" long before it was released. The audience was giggling at how ridiculous that bowling alley scene was, so I'm shocked it's been so lauded. I'm always hoping he'll make a great movie. What do you feel makes PT's movies so critically popular? - 1-Minute Critic
you're shocked ...( 7 months ago by joshwaloveslotr)
you're shocked because the audience was laughing... that's their stupidity... don't fall into the same trap
Why is PTA loved by ...( 7 months ago by ckad79)
Why is PTA loved by critics and fans of great film work? Well, for starters, he admires Scorsese and Altman and uses their work to create complex, intelligent and quirky movies. He also gets unbelievable performances out of under appreciated actors (Mark Whalburg and Adam Sandler to name a few). He also likes character actors and he doesn't make a lot of movies, so he doesn't sell out to the Hollywood system.
I agree. PTA even ...( 7 months ago by ckad79)
I agree. PTA even admitted though that he wanted the audience to laugh during parts and enjoyed the response, but still, I think most people who laughed didn't let the movie come to them because they were also the people most stunned at the end.
All these films ...( 7 months ago by bryonpav)
All these films will be forgotten in a year except for NCFOM and TWBB. Michael Clayton has already been forgotten about. Juno just isn't Oscar material. Atonement is a bad tasting Oscar lure. There will be Blood was superfly, and you know it; P.T. Anderson may be an acquired taste, but "mediocre writer"? Where do you get off. No Country was brilliant. Brilliant. I just wish more people would have gotten it. If Juno or Michael Clayton wins, don't mention the Oscars to me ever again.
You honestly think ...( 7 months ago by ckad79)
You honestly think Michael Clayton has as shot? Just curious. I don't think it does. I liked Juno and it was cute and original but I feel its another Little Miss Sunshine and not on the scale of an Oscar caliber epic like TWBB is. Plus when he compare the overall acting, cinematography, set design, etc, it's clearly the film of the year.
Thanks for your ...( 7 months ago by cwyricksolari)
Thanks for your thoughts, but please remember that it's just my opinion, and we're both entitled to our own. BTW what was it in NCFOM that people "didn't get?" I thought there was enough explaining by TLJ at the end. - 1-Minute Critic
Check out the New ...( 7 months ago by cwyricksolari)
Check out the New Yorker glowing review of TWBB. Even they admit the ending is a mistake, though they consider PTA brilliant, and the film masterful. It's okay to make mistakes. I just thought the whole movie was one. -1-Minute Critic
No, I think NCFOM ...( 7 months ago by cwyricksolari)
No, I think NCFOM will win. I was just giving my choices. I think Juno will be touchstone comedy for this generation. I think the Academy likes movies that are more epic and deal with "big" themes. It's the difference between English Patient vs. Fargo or American Beauty vs. Election. Some movies win Oscars, some movies are classics. - 1-Minute Critic
Ridiculous? It ...( 7 months ago by AustralianStallion90)
Ridiculous? It parallels the theme so well, and instills the competition and capitalist mind in a manner that left you remembering it.
How anyone could consider it "ridiculous" is beyond me. You are either an Angelical, or crazy.
Not Angelical, so I ...( 7 months ago by cwyricksolari)
Not Angelical, so I must be crazy. - 1-Minute Critic
I've liked most of ...( 7 months ago by CynicTheInfotainer)
I've liked most of PTA's movies (Hard 8, Mag, Boogie & Punch-drunk) but I walked out of this movie thinking it was just okay. Then the hype machine did it's thing and I thought to myself...well, maybe I missed something or I was just getting my man-period during the viewing. Thank you, 1-minute Critic, for not making me feel like a pariah!
No, you're still a ...( 7 months ago by cwyricksolari)
No, you're still a pariah, you've just found another pariah to hang out with. What was TWBB missing that you saw in all of PTA's other movies that you liked? - 1-Minute Critic
He's so far out of ...( 7 months ago by cwyricksolari)
He's so far out of the Hollywood system that he's nominated for an Oscar? I think he's too concerned with being "cool" and making "important" movies that he's missing the one thing that can make a movie truly great -- living, breathing, 3-dimensional characters. I admire Scorcese and Altman, too, but that doesn't make me a great critic.
- 1-Minute Critic
CRAIG!!! I think ...( 7 months ago by shawntem)
CRAIG!!! I think Atonement should have been replaced with either The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford or Ratatouille... I don't have a big problem with the other nominees... I really dug Michael Clayton (it was the best script of the bunch, imo), I thought that Juno was a little too "quirky" and self-aware for its own good, but still funny and sweet... No comment on TWBB and NCfOM, except to say that I happen to love both movies... sorry... but anyway, this is good stuff!
