This year's finalists include best picture Oscar winner Palme d'Or at Cannes, a winner of the best film drama of Sundance, a slavery-era super violent spaghetti western, an adaptation of a book much appreciated on a boy and a tiger, another film time of slavery while passing a law, the latest film by the Director who once exploded on the set with Lily Tomlin, the bin Laden / torture movie, the faster music to cross the 100 million at the U.S. box office and a film directed by the husband of Jennifer Garner.
LOVE
Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Two old men in an apartment. What is its good? Apparently, at the Academy, which is composed of many elderly people, it sounds good. Everyone loves to see movies that they can relate to. If you get over the years, it makes sense that you might like a film like love that represents seniors like you. But to be fair, Michael Haneke is a wonder with an impressive body of work, and the National Society of Film Critics has name love their best film 2012.
ARGO
A film directed by the husband of Jennifer Garner. I enjoyed Argo compelling story, period costumes sweet and defining and get good performance of the whole. But this touted film is not necessarily biting the overwhelming emotional that I hope for winning best picture. Gone Baby Gone is still film directed by the husband of my favorite Jennifer Garner.
Husband of Jennifer Garner.
Beasts of the southern forest
Winner Best drama of Sundance. The undisputed success at the Sundance Film Festival last year, conquered beasts huge praise from everyone of the talented filmmaker Keith Davis to my NFS Patrick partner. It is a beautiful film with amazing images and representations in small groups by the girl and MOM, two players not professionals. But the fragile portable camera left me with a headache, and I would have preferred more of a narrative screenplay.
Django Unchained
A violent super spaghetti western slavery at that time. While not a big fan of Quentin Tarantino, I really appreciate his bold approach to telling stories, and I greatly respect his encyclopedic knowledge of cinema. While I have rush to see Inglorious Bastards a couple of years ago, it left me a little disappointed because it had less to do with the team of Brad Pitt, kick your ass as I expected. This is what am looking at Django up to this point. I'm just afraid that it will disappoint.
Lincoln
Another film time of slavery while passing a law. Since Steven Spielberg directed the epic of the slavery-era Amistad, I had trouble to love his films. When I saw that there was another drama about slavery, my first reaction was "no thanks". But while I have not yet seen the film, I might change my mind with a strong recommendation from someone whom I really trust, winner of an Oscar Luke Matheny who wrote that it was his favorite of the year Facebook movie:
Les Misérables
The music faster to cross the 100 million at the U.S. box office. Has not only made a film the GIS with Liam Neeson, Uma Thurman and Claire Danes? Oh, wait that was 15 years ago? Never mind. No matter how many times I tried, I can never in musicals. I'm not a guy from musicals. It took me a long time to come to this realization, but I'm at peace with it now. And although I wouldn't watch Hugh Jackman incredibly talented and beautiful out break in the song, and I once shared an elevator with Anne Hathaway at NYU, I did not intend to watch this movie.
Handsome Hugh Jackman.Life of Pi
An adaptation of a book much appreciated on a boy and a tiger. After having read life of Pi a decade, I was so much in it that I bought a copy for my parents. When I heard that the book turned in a major film, I am quite excited about it. And then about eight years passed before the film was finally directed by Ang Lee. I would like this movie if I watched it? Probably. I will see later? Probably not. He seems to have lost its luster over time.
Playbook silver linings
The latest film by the Director who once exploded on the set with Lily Tomlin. Patrick really hated this film, which means that I'll have like probably when I watch it. I want to say that I love watching Bradly Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. And I really liked David o. Russell first works including three kings, flirting with disaster, and of course, this...
Zero dark thirty
The bin Laden / torture film. I really liked The Hurt Locker, so I really look forward to watching this. I love to see torture on the screen? Honestly, not as much as I have. I want to see one behind that behind the scenes look at the mission of bin Laden from the Director's Point Break and Strange Days? Of course!
Hey, not that guy in Mad Men?
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Stephen Dypiangco is co-founder of the national society of Film. On Twitter, it is @dypiangco. You can also send him through stephen [at] nationalfilmsociety [dot] com
Tagged as: Academy Awards, thirty love, Argo, beasts of the forest of the South, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, the life of Pi, Lincoln, Oscars, Playbook silver linings, zero dark
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