Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - Mo'Nique/Precious: Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga were good, but from what I've heard, Mo'Nique was better, so ill have to agree with this one. Her acceptance speech was great too.
Best Actress in a Television Series Comedy - Toni Collette/U.S. of Tara: I disagree, I think Lea Michele from Glee deserved this one.
Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series - John Lithgow/Dexter: I've heard this show is amazing, but I would have liked to see Michael Emerson from Lost win this one. That show is amazing, and much its success his due to his acting skill. Also, Neil Patrick Harris is funny, but not Globe Worthy.
Best Animated Feature Film - UP: No surprise here, everyone loved it. For some reason I didn't think it was that great. The Fantasic Mr. Fox would have been my pick. But then again, I instantly love anything Wes Anderson creates.
Best Actor in a Television Series Drama - Michael C Hall/Dexter: I agree with this one, I dont watch the show, but the other nominees weren't spectacular. Im surprised, however, that it didn't go to John Hamm of Mad Men.
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy - Meryl Streep/Juilie and Julia: I agree with this one, she easily beat out Sandra Bullock in The Proposal, and Julia Roberts for Duplicity. Meryl actually nominated twice for two different movies, in this category (Its Complicated).
Best Screenplay Motion Picture - Up In The Air: This ones difficult for me. Movies wise, I thouht District 9 and Inglorius Basterd were both better. But, I beleive screenplay means which has the best script, or which is written best, and in that case Up In The Air was written brilliantly, so that would make sense.
Best Actor in a Television Series Comedy - Alec Baldwin/30 Rock: Of course, being the diehard Office fan that I am, I am going to say that Steve Carell should have won this one. But even if I wasn't, I just think he is much funnier in The Office and outside it. Michael Morrison from Glee was also great, but not quite great enough.
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture - Christoph Waltz: I could not agree more with him winning this award, if you haven't seen his preformance in Inglorius Basterds, you are missing out, he is amazing. I would have thrown a fit had anyone else won this one.
Best Director Motion Picture - James Cameron/Avatar: Even though I didn't love Avatar as much as the general public, im going to agree with this one. I thought the directing was fantastic, and if you throw in the fact that he had to deal with all the technology and he was still able to come up with this great movie, I think you have to give him this one.
Best Television Series Comedy - Glee: I completley agree. For this show to be this great its first season, and be so different, it would have been a shame to see it not win. I love The Office but it just didn't beat Glee this year. SO happy 30 Rock didn't win. It wins too much.
Best Motion Picture Comedy - The Hangover: I agree. Anyone would agree. If you don't, chances are you didn't see this movie.
Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama - Sandra Bullock/Blind Side: Yes. Agreed. She was good enough in this movie to beat out the other nominees.
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Comedy - R Downey Jr./Sherlock Holmes: I actually haven't seen it yet, and I kind of wanted to see Joseph Gordon Levitt win this one.
Best Motion Picture Drama - Avatar: This is very much a disapointment to me. Not a surprise at all, but very much a disapointment. I thought Inglorius Basterds was ten times better, and even Precious Im sure was better than Avatar. I think its the special effects that won them that one, is that fair? Anyway I give huge props to James Cameron for speaking in Na'vi for part of his acceptance speech. That was cool.
AND I AM PUMPED! This show is beyond good. It's genius. The people behind this show have gotten this genre down. They know how to send chills down your spine, they know how to leave your jaw on the floor, they now how to get you to swear at your TV set. Yes, while watching the 4 hours of 24, I swore several times. In only the first two episodes I am emotionally drawn in to the characters. Although that is also due to 7 previous seasons, it's still a big deal. For fans of drama shows, you will still love this show. There are plenty of moments I caught myself yelling at Jack, not to go through some door, or not to listen to some person. Action junkies will instantly fall in love with the fast paced high suspense action.
About a year ago I had a chance to speak with Howard Gordon, one of the Executive Producers and Writers on the show, and he said that this will most likeley be the last season, so this is your last chance to watch a 24 season live. So get to it! Get as caught up as you can, and watch this show. You will not be let down.
This movie is very adult. Not how you're thinking, there were no overly explicit scenes or horrible language, it was really wasn't bad in that way at all. It was adult in the topics that it dealt with. Unemployment, marriage, just life in general, things that will probably only interest you if you are above a certain age. That being said, it was a fantastic movie. It was smart, it wasn't too sing songy, not everything worked out as planned, but it wasn't depressing. Basically, Ryan Bingham, (played really well by George Clooney) has a tough job. He travels the country, firing people of various companies, so the boss doesn't have to. This being a high travel job, he lives in the air. Not literally, but he is constantly traveling, always at an airport, in an airplane, or in a hotel. And he is constantly racking up miles, trying to reach a certain milestone.
It was funny but definitely was a serious movie. And it was definitely a good movie, but you wouldn't be doing any sort of horrible injustice by waiting for this movie to come to On Demand or DVD. If you think this is your kind of movie, and it deals with stuff that pertains to your "age" than for sure check this movie out. Otherwise, I suggest waiting a little while. Oh and just something to help you make your decision, Jason Reitman, the director also directed (and wrote) Juno and Thank You For Smoking. This movie has a similar feel, but not really too much in common with the other two besides that. I liked Up in the Air more than Thank you for smoking, but I liked Juno far more. I guess it just has to do with the whole "age" thing.
I recently began watching a relatively new show called "Modern Family" and it's hilarious. Fans of The Office will immediately fall in love with the new take on the "mockumentary" genre, with the confession shots and actors looking directly at the camera. The jokes are laugh out loud funny and the characters are all quirky and entertaining. The whole show is about these three families that are all related to each other through strange re-marriages. You kind of have to watch it to better understand what I'm talking about. Unfortunately, this show premiered a while back, around November, so I am just watching them online. You can find the first two at www.abc.com and the episodes five to the most recent one on Hulu. But be quick, because they expire. So go watch it. now.
Coming July 16, 2010, is Inception, a Sci Fi-Action-Thriller, written produced and directed by the Dark Knight's very own, Christopher Nolan. The full plot of the movie has been pretty mysterious, but tagline is: "The Crime Scene is the Victims Mind."
I am so excited for this movie, it's ridicoulous. It is one of the reasons Im so eager for summer to come along. Probably my all time favorite actor is the lead, none other than Leonardo DiCaprio. One of the supporting Actors is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, one of my favorite up and coming actors, along with Ellen Page, who I am legitimately in love with. It will be really cool to see these actors in an action movie. Chris Nolan really hit it big with the Dark Knight, its two years later and his movie is still one of the most talked about, referenced, and loved movies in a long time. Hopefully he will meet his high se standards with Inception.The crazy thing is the trailer. It's amazing. You could probably sell just the trailer, because it is quite possibly one of the most intense, intruiging, overall amazing trailers i've ever seen. TRAILER
You may not have known, (but could probably tell from the ending of the last movie) that there were plans for a Spiderman 4 to be coming out around Summer of 2011. Well those plans are no longer plans. They are, ex-plans? Anyway, what happened is Sam Raimi, the director of the first three Spiderman films ( and Drag Me To Hell if it means anything ) decided that in order to meet the 2011 deadline, the movies "creative integrity" would be sacrificed. Basically he didn't think he would be able to make a quality movie in that short of a time. Toby Maguire heard the news, and also jumped ship, followed by the entire Spiderman cast. Apparently, the fued between Raimi and and Sony had been going on for a while, so this has not come out of nowhere. Plus there was some disagreement between Raimi and the studio about whether The Vulture was the best pick for the main villian. (John Malkovich was going to portray The Vulture, personally I think that would have been fantastic).
But if you are a Spiderman fan, don't give up hope, it has been decided that Spiderman Franchise will be "Rebooted". Basically, a new script is being written, a new cast, and a new director. The films will be completley different, and of course, there has been plenty of speculation about possible Spidermen, and possible directors. Spidermen: Patrick Fugit, Michael Angarano, Zac Efron, Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Cera, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson. (All young actors, apparently the film will surround Peter Parker's Highschool escapades) Directors: Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer), Gary Ross, Michael Bay (Transformers), Wes Anderson, James Cameron and David Fincher.
Anyway, the whole idea of a new franchise is kind of exciting, but to be honest I'm really dissapointed. I absolutley loved the first movie, I thought Tobey Maguire was an amazing Spidey, along with James Franco and Kirsten Dunst (also amazing) and I'm really sad to see that they wont be playing the characters we know them as. Anyway, do they need to "reboot"? Is it going to be any good? We'll see. I konw it will be interesting...
Good movie. Because of the special effects. Sort of. Im torn on this review, because I loved this movie, but I'm not really sure why. Ok, the special effects were amazing. I mean they were phenomonal, when you went from human to pandora world, the transition was seamless, yet amazing. There was zero difference between the movements of the humans and the aliens, it was really incredible. And for that, I reccomend you see this movie. However, the story fell a little flat towards the end. The last, say, half hour, was just too predicatble and dragged out for me. It all blended into one big unnecesary clump of scenes. The rest of the movie was pretty good though.
One thing I noticed is that this movie takes a lot of stories from other succesful movies, and kind of mashes them togethor into one masterplot. Of course when you are in the theater, you don't realize that, so they can get away with it. Take plots like Dances with Wolves, Braveheart, even Pochahontas. Main character becomes one of the native people and helps them rise up againts the oppresive forces that the main characters introdcuced. Just Some food for thought.
Until I looked into it. Apparently there has been some uproar about Jame's Cameron stealing the plot completely from a Sci Fi book. This book is called "Call Me Joe" by Poul Anderson. In it, the main character is parapalegic, just like in Avatar. He goes to another planet and explores, just like in Avatar. He finds freedom in his new Alien body, exactly like in avatar, and finally, becomes a native and fights the power. Just like in avatar. Oh and oth characters have blue skin. So Yeah. The chiller: Poul Anderson apparently wrote another book. Called Avatar.
However, this is the internet, and to be completley honest you can't really trust everything you read, especially when it's coming from an angry mob of sci fi nerds. Plus, I love all of James Cameron's work, hes genuis, so It would be kind of hard to beleive he really did this.
Anyway, this might be one of those movies that you see only because everyone is seeing it and talking about it, but I think you should see it anyway, its basic solid movie qualities plus the amazing FX = downright good entertainment.
This show has been going on, and on, and on. And it will continue for quite some time, I am sure of it. I want to be able to say that I am going to stop watching, but I would be lying. I am so sick of this show, but I can't stop. Im sick of Randy's nonsense advice: "it was a little pitchy dawg" loses meaning after the 500th time. Im sick of Simon's unnecesary rudeness. Im Sick of judges leaving the show and having it big news. Im sick of it, but I keep watching. I guess it just has lost all of it's novelty. The emotion that comes with a cancer patient making it big, or someone who everyone at hom thought was great, getting shot down. Its just so over done. I am going to make some sort of effort to try to watch this show as little as possible this season, but I know it wont last. This show is a timewaster and a lifewaster, so if you can escape the vortex while theres still hope for you, save yourself, from this show. It's too late for the rest of us.
This movie was fantastic, definitley see this movie, wether you rent it or buy it or watch it on demand, its something you should see. Western movies are sort of withering away, because the genre was so over juiced no one could make a western with out falling into a cliche. Somehow, this movie completley defies all cliches.
Ben Wade is the most wanted, sharp shooting, caravan stealing, villian of this movie, played wonderfully by Russel Crowe. The main character, Dan Evans, (played by Christian Bale) is offered a reward for escorting Ben Wade safely to the train, so he can be taken to jail. Meanwhile, Ben Wade's team of criminals is following close behind. This movie is so great I can't even begin to explain. One of my favorite actors makes an appearence, Luke Wilson, which also ups the movie in my books.
This movie is great, you are at all times interested, all I can say is that I wish I had seen it in theaters. The acting is incredible, the whole western feeling is so cool. Watch it. For sure.
This is my first post of 2010, so I will be talking a little about what the new year will bring to this blog. One thing I am going to try to do is, well, blog more, sort of as a resolution. Wether or not I have recently seen a movie, or show, or something like that.
The second this is more important. I've decided to not just write posts about movies in theaters, but also movies that are out of theaters. And not necessarily recent movies, I may be reviewing and talking about movies from 30 years ago, we'll just have to wait and see. Basically, if I see a movie that I like, or hate, or interests me for some reason, I will try to write about it here. However, I watch a lot of movies, so some will get by unreviewed. In the long term I ope to get some sort of search feature, which will create a library of "You Cant Look Away" reviews, so if you cant decide wether the movie thats on is any good, you can check my blog to see if its been reviewed, and see what i thought about it.
That's it for now, lets hope 2010 brings some good movies to theaters, and some good things to this blog. Oh and good things to the economy and world peace and everything like that. So yeah. Happy New Year.
Synopsis: In the somewhat near future, technology allows a new Gaming platform. Humans controlling other humans. Kable, an inmate being controlled by a 17 is one deathmatch away from being released.
