Comments on: Million Dollar Movie

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:49:53 +0000

Here’s a good line from that piece: “And why not cast a Latino actor in this part? Benicio Del Toro might’ve gotten a second Oscar if he’d starred in this.”

Amen to that.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:46:28 +0000

13) Exactly. You can be quiet and brooding and still hold the screen. I just don’t think there’s anything there with Affleck to carry it off. I’ll check out the Seitz piece, thanks.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:53:12 +0000

[12] So, just like THE TOWN. It’s like he tries to a quiet, contemplative tough guy thing, ala McQueen, but he’s just not interesting enough. I have yet to see ARGO and I will. Did you read the piece Matt Zoller Seitz wrote about it?

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:28:27 +0000

11) I think he was going for something but I just don’t think he’s got the chops to get it.

By: Dillon

Dillon — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:36:29 +0000

10) Argo was tense and exciting, but Affleck looked less tense and excited and more, just, morose about the whole thing. I couldn’t get over it. The character was definitely internal, but I agree that a better actor could’ve made internal look a lot less…..bored.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:28:31 +0000

9) I also saw ARGO. I thought it was tense and exciting but I wish Affleck wouldn’t cast himself in his movies, at least not in the leads. He isn’t offensively bad but he’s leaden and I don’t think he brings much to most of his roles. A better actor could have done so much more with that part–even though the character is tight-lipped and internal.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:59:49 +0000

[8] LINCOLN is really about political process and about Lincoln the political genius. I think it succeeds really well with that narrowed focus. The cast is terrific. It has an ending or two too many, in my opinion, and I didn’t care for John Williams’ score, but I found it really engrossing. Reminded me of Preminger’s ADVISE AND CONSENT.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:55:14 +0000

6) I didn’t think it was as good as THE FIGHTER.

7) Glad to see LINCOLN is solid.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:40:56 +0000

I’ll check it out eventually. Need to see ZERO DARK THIRTY, HOLY MOTORS and AMOUR, too. I liked LINCOLN much more than I expected to.

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:34:31 +0000

I didn’t hate it, but I don’t get all the praise thrown its way either. To me it was something you’d watch on an airplane.

Nice to see DeNiro not completely embarrass himself for a change, though.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:31:28 +0000

4) Yeah, bro, it’s completely unreal. Enough to ruin the whole thing. The Cooper character has problems until…he doesn’t, and we’re almost led to believe that a good woman is what cures him.

But even the sports fan stuff doesn’t feel quite right either.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:10:27 +0000

I’ve read really mixed things about this one. Seems like some people object to how bi-polar disorder is portrayed.

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:27:35 +0000

I know, a lot of people hate it.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:32:06 +0000

1) Oy. I couldn’t make it through that one.

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:43:45 +0000

I think my favorite movie he directed was I Heart Huckabees