2008 Oscars
Mar/02/2008 10:03
So I think everyone knows by now that
No Country for Old
Men was my pick for best
movie at the Oscars. I am usually more
interested in the Oscar outfits than in the
actual movies. I think I became disillusioned
after Shakespeare In Love and
then A Beautiful Mind got Best
Picture. Those were not good movies but maybe
there were no really good movies those years.
Around that same time Gladiator and Lord of the Rings rightly
won so I should not have been quite so
disgusted. Many of the movies this year were
quite good so it was an interesting contest.
Atonement was the only one
I thought should not be on the list. It was
more fluff than substance and the music was
used way too heavily to make me feel what I
should feel. It was interesting that No
Country hardly used any music at all.
There are some directors who in my mind can do no wrong. The Coen Brothers are almost on that list. Their movies are always good but they can get sloppy and lose track (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?). "No Country" was probably their tightest and best acted. The top two directors on my list right now are Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch. We just recently watched Darjeeling Limited and Broken Flowers. Wes Anderson makes dysfunctional families look like such fun and Jim Jarmusch is so good at portraying personal journeys. They both use casts of quirky characters. Their scenes are stuffed with weird little situations and details, a well thought out color palette, great dialogue and meaningful, interesting music. Wes has used the same techniques in his commercials for American Express, AT&T and this little gem for IKEA (Qicktime movie, 4MB).
OK, enough looking down my nose at movies other people like. Here are some fun pictures from a recent trip
Tommy and Mickey's contribution to breakfast. Mickey has on fabulous pajamas.
Lynda and Grandee, who is right out of a Ellen Gilchrist novel
Some goodbye waves
There are some directors who in my mind can do no wrong. The Coen Brothers are almost on that list. Their movies are always good but they can get sloppy and lose track (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?). "No Country" was probably their tightest and best acted. The top two directors on my list right now are Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch. We just recently watched Darjeeling Limited and Broken Flowers. Wes Anderson makes dysfunctional families look like such fun and Jim Jarmusch is so good at portraying personal journeys. They both use casts of quirky characters. Their scenes are stuffed with weird little situations and details, a well thought out color palette, great dialogue and meaningful, interesting music. Wes has used the same techniques in his commercials for American Express, AT&T and this little gem for IKEA (Qicktime movie, 4MB).
OK, enough looking down my nose at movies other people like. Here are some fun pictures from a recent trip
Tommy and Mickey's contribution to breakfast. Mickey has on fabulous pajamas.
Lynda and Grandee, who is right out of a Ellen Gilchrist novel
Some goodbye waves