The Academy Awards are less than a week away and I still have 4 Best Picture nominees to see. The next 5 days are going to be like cramming for an exam. Tonight, I kicked off my extended movie marathon with The Artist. Was it cute? Yes. Was it unlike any movie I have ever seen? Yes. Do I think this uniqueness will be rewarded with the Best Picture Academy Award? Yes. Was it my favorite film of the year? Not so much.
Sure it put a smile on my face but the story was on the simple and predictable side. Who said silent films need to be uninspired? Just because there are no words doesn’t mean you can’t give us a meatier story. I get the whole paying homage to silent film and the history of cinema but compared to the creativity and thoughtfulness behind Hugo, which paid a similar homage, I thought The Artist was a bit dull.
Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy is a spy “thriller” set in the 70s and follows a handful of officers and leaders within the Britain Intelligence agency as they try to uncover the truth behind rumors that there is a double agent within. I put the word thriller in quotation marks because I use that word loosely. It is certainly how the film is being marketed and probably an accurate word given the genre, but the pace of the move is slow as molasses and I think there has to be a certain speed at which a movie keeps up and maintain the thrills. My movie mate described it, “like watching a spy thriller on dial up,” which I think was perfectly fitting.
A Dangerous Method
The movie is based on truth, and focuses on the relationship between two of the most prolific pyschologists ever, Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, and the crazy-but-turns-out-to-be-pretty-brilliant woman that comes between them. in not necessarily the way you think.
I loved this movie and the connection I felt to it in many ways. From the topics of sex to pyschotherapy, it had my interest from start to finish.
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