Thoughts on Birdman and the other "Best Picture" nominees?
Birdman deserves it. I saw it yesterday and it was really amazing. I think that the conflict inside Michael Keaton character reflects some of us at one point in our life, in the sense that we want to find a place and we risk it all instead of continuing something that somehow works, but aren't sure if it's gonna work out. The long take was really great, the drums too, and Edward Norton was fantastic. The fact that hours of work can be bashed by a simple comment must be terrifying for artists/entrepreneurs. American Sniper was good, not great. The actors are solid, the ambience is great, but I felt it misses something. Maybe a lack of the perspective of the other side on the conflict. The Imitation Game was great. I knew some of the story of Alan Turing, but the film really put into perspective how important his work turned out to be. Boyhood was amazing, it reflected me, growing up. I'm 21 and my brother is 24, so I connected a lot with Mason. In addition to that, I really like Richard Linklater (The "Before" Trilogy is fantastic), and the fact that the film is filmed over a period of 12 years is kind of revolutionary and adds a lot to the power of the movie. The Theory of Everthing is emotionally heavy. Eddie Redmayne deserves his oscar, even if some consider that the film was an oscar-bait. I really enjoyed it. It's kind of extraordinary how some people, in the face of adversity, continue to work extremelly hard. Whiplash was also amazing. The music, J.K. Simmons and the story are great. It's worth watching. I saw The Grand Budapest Hotel but I didn't really connected with this one. Selma isn't available yet where I live.
Yeah, I was expecting this one to win, even though I liked Birdman more. I still haven't forgotten The King's Speech, which I thought was mediocre, but which also seemed like it was designed to win an award.The Theory of Everthing is emotionally heavy. Eddie Redmayne deserves his oscar, even if some consider that the film was an oscar-bait. I really enjoyed it. It's kind of extraordinary how some people, in the face of adversity, continue to work extremelly hard.
I just watched this with my gf. I couldn't really get into it. Really well shot, just not my style I guess.