Re: the Oscars (was: Nazi sympathies soft-pedaled in The King's Speech?)
Lance McLain <lance-X3DuywwxauBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
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I thought the flashback perspective of the film, flashing back from various legal proceedings was well done. It encouraged me to look for deeper motivations of the characters and the decisions they made in a way I wouldn't have if the story was just told linearly. I also liked the portrayal of Harvard life and the scenes with the twins in the presidents office. The Larry Summers character was hilarious. I didn't notice the soundtrack, perhaps that isn't a bad thing. I thought the acting was marginal, I was surprised about the best actor nod to Jesse whatshisname. To me, it was just a bit too close to real life and seemed more of a documentary without a real strong point of view, so I found it boring. I found the pacing of the dialogue was too fast to be believable. A good an enjoyable film, but I wouldn't call it a great film Regards, -Lance Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2011, at 10:59 AM, "Karl" <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you be a little more specific? The Zeitgeist thing I get, though I am not > sure that should be an Oscar qualification, but the craftsmanship, what are you > referring to. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Peter T. Chattaway > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:58 AM > To: DADL (off topic) > Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] the Oscars (was: Nazi sympathies soft-pedaled in The > King's Speech?) > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2011, Karl Swenson wrote: >> Well, more to the point, what about it makes is an Oscar contender in >> the first place. > > What, The Social Network? Well, it's a meticulous bit of craftsmanship, for > starters. And it's got the whole "zeitgeist" thing going for it. > > -- > dadl-ot mailing list > http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot > > > > -- > dadl-ot mailing list > http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot