Oscar bait. That sums up this movie. I’m sure it’s a good movie, but you don’t hire Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer and Paul Giamatti without the Oscars on your mind. Also the fact that it’s about the drama in Leo Tolstoy’s personal life doesn’t hurt. I won’t pretend that I know anything about Tolstoy, but War & Peace is somewhere on my list of books to read (sure it is).
And look it’s Octavia of the Julii.
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From Apple.
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This movie is looking very good. I wonder what’s going to happen at the Oscars this year. When Chicago was nominated and won almost all of the Oscars back in 2002 people were shocked. I was happy, but I wonder if people will give this movie much of a chance. To say it’s similar to Chicago is an understatement, it relies on most of the same sets, costumes and characters. I don’t think that’s a bad thing, I loved Chicago, but I hope everyone else remembers how good it was rather than how it didn’t deserve the Oscar.
Regarding the casting, I just heard some really unfortunate news. The role that went to Nicole Kidman was originally supposed to go to Catherine Zeta Jones. That would have been better. I’d rather watch Chicago than Moulin Rouge, any day. The rest of the cast seems quite good. Kate Hudson stands out as the most American, least versatile of all the actresses (I don’t count Fergie as an actress), that could be why they gave her this trailer. About Fergie, you have to admit that she was cast well as a dirty whore. I hear that Penelope Cruz is going to mask her accent for this movie to make it more Italian. I’m thrilled, I hate her real accent. Marion Cotillard is likely going to do the best in this film. I believe that because she looks like the least assertive out of all these women but you know she’s going to have the best voice and probably be the most likable. If you saw Public Enemies you know how good she is. That movie is full of ridiculousness, but she was amazing.
Click picture to watch trailer (still no poster for this movie):
From Yahoo.
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I actually never posted the original teaser or the first trailer for The Road. I have been keeping track of this movie, but it’s just taken sooo long to come out. It was supposed to come out last fall, but apparently someone didn’t have confidence in the movie. So they delayed it until March or something. Now they’ve regained confidence in the film and it’s being released this fall for the next Oscars. Here’s hoping this doesn’t happen again.
I tried to read this book. My cousin insisted that I read it, she said it was extremely emotional. So I gave it a try. I didn’t get far. I can handle tragedies, they’re great, but I guess I need poetic tragedy. This apocalyptic, unending tragedy is just too much. So I didn’t get through the book. I still want to see the movie. I figure I can handle an hour or three of sadness.
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From YouTube.
Or try Movieweb.
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Very interesting stuff. Cracks is a new movie directed by Jordan Scott. Never heard of her? Probably you’ve heard of her father, Ridley Scott. Those are some big shoes.
But on to this movie. It looks like a lot of fun. I loooove Eva Green, she could just glare at the screen for an hour or two and I’d pay to watch. This movie is about a boarding school with a very influential teach, played by Eva Green. The girls are completely devoted to her and she to them until an Spanish exchange student comes in and steals all the attention. You’ll probably understand the story better once you actually watch the trailer. The operative word about this movie should be ‘intrigue’.
The acting looks like it’s going to be very good. Eva Green is always good, and it’ll be awesome to see her as a delusional villain. Juno Temple has an infinitely interesting face, and mix that with that crazy hair and she looks like a very fun character. This new Spanish girl is amazingly beautiful.
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From YouTube.
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I just posted this trailer because of the cast, it looks moderately funny, but how can you resist Mery Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.
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From Apple.
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This is a Peter Jackson movie. I’ve been very concerned about this movie for quite some time. It was announced years an years ago, after King Kong was made. I had my doubts about Peter Jackson making anything that resembled a modern drama. I don’t know why but I figured he couldn’t handle normalcy. After seeing this trailer I think I can put aside those doubts. He definitely didn’t aim for a normal setting. It appears as though this is an intense drama with some serious fantasy elements. I think this story will be very hard for the general public to accept, having a film partially set in an amazing looking after-life will be hard to fathom. But I’m sure most of you, those of you with good taste, will be able to accept the unrealistic with the realistic.
On a side note, they got two very emotionally intense actresses in this movie, Susan Sarandon and Rachel Weisz are amazing actresses, and I’m sure they’ll get me crying. The girl who plays the main character is also quite good. I obviously haven’t seen her in a lot of movies, but she was good in City of Ember and Death Defying Acts and I hear she was good in Atonement. Mark Wahlberg was an interesting choice, I hope he doesn’t go too over the top with his performance. He was actually a second choice, Ryan Gosling was supposed to play that role. And then there’s Stanley Tucci, he’s going to be freakifying.
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From the Official Site.
Or try Apple.
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