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| Jun 25th 2012, 16:54 |
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Finally got around to watching this trailer. Needles to say, I will certainly be seeing this in theaters.
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| Jun 26th 2012, 16:53 |
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A bunch of new reviews have come in, though we have a long way to go - the Metacritic score is down to 85. I don't think it is likely to get any higher than 90 if it even rebounds a bit. My biggest concern for the film is overhype - it is quite good, easily better than maybe 7 of the last 10 BP winners, but it still is a raw work by a novice director.
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| Jun 26th 2012, 20:22 |
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 After the week from hell I've had (dad hospitalized for 5 days with elevated blood count, me with a knee sprain which required a cortisone shot), ^^ was welcome comic relief. |
| Jun 26th 2012, 20:49 |
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Oh, so now you are a fan of Oscar best picture winners? That goes against just about everything you have written about a thousand times over the last couple years, Or you just on principle against very good movies not based on comic book characters? For the record, I think it is better than Chicago, Crash, No Country for Old Men, The Departed, Slumdog Millionaire, The King's Speech and The Artist. I think LOTR:ROTK, Million Dollar Baby and The Hurt Locker are better. But why am I trying to discuss rationally with someone who wears his ignorance (as in making up his mind about a movie before he sees it) as a badge of honor?
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| Jun 30th 2012, 04:54 |
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Going into it, I wasn't sure it would appeal to me (and had the usual skepticism about whatever wins at Sundance) but found it to be very powerful and very unlike anything else I've seen in quite some time. Give it a chance, I think you'll be rewarded and surprised. |
| Jul 1st 2012, 20:14 |
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I hope Quvenzhane Wallis gets nominated and wins just to see Jean Duajrdin have to try so hard to say her name twice (that is a punishment for winning undeservidely last year), I being english have trouble saying her name can imagine Jean being french having to say it, so funny. |
| Jul 4th 2012, 15:57 |
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Im seeing this on Friday...I can not wait... One of the top two movies I want to see this summer.
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| Jul 30th 2012, 02:46 |
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Beasts of the Southern Wild (Zeitlin, 2012) So I finally got to see this and I really liked it. Loved the atmosphere Zietlin created fort 'The Bathtub'. It just looked effortlessly magical and the score is perfection. What can I say about Wallis? I thought she was really strong carrying this film ably on her shoulders. Fierce, vulnerable, childlike yet with some degree of maturity. It is an accomplished performance that deserves the praise. Her Hushpuppy is a hero for the ages, she really is Da Man! Dwight Henry is solid as Wink, although his inexperience can be seen in as lot of the earlier scenes where all he basically does is shout, he nails the quiet moments with Wallis and sells the emotion of the film. He can easily be swept up in the film's momentum. But while there is a lot to like here, the film is not without its problems. I admire and am fascinated by the ideas Zietlin presents with regard to the aurochs but he doesn't realize these as strongly as I wanted him to. The scene where Hushpuppy finally confronts the titular beasts felt a little anti-climactic and diminished the high I was getting from this film. Despite this, the film succeeds on most levels and I left the theatre feeling pretty satisfied. A- |
| Jul 30th 2012, 07:57 |
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Pretty stellar film, and Quvenzhané Wallis is worth all the attention she's received so far (and likely will receive in the future). Dwight Henry should enjoy some of that positive reception too. He's as worthy as Wallis is for it. Acknowledging Hushpuppy without Wink? I hope that's not the case this season.
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| Jul 30th 2012, 14:00 |
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I haven't watched it yet but just seeing the trailer i am totally confused about what this movie is about..........lol |
| Aug 2nd 2012, 12:01 |
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I have seen this movie, and honestly I didn't really care for it. I know that I am in an extremely small minority with my opinion, but I think that it was very overhyped. It was quite a let down for me because I was really excited to see it. Needless to say, I was disappointed. That's just my opinion, and I know that very few people will agree with me. |
| Aug 22nd 2012, 01:50 |
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I am so tired of kid actors being praised for being kids who act half-comptetently in an awards-friendly film. Quvenzhané Wallis is flawless. It gets you thinking, but the film is not the best thing ever—it could have ended sooner and I did not really understand the beasts themselves, but it is certainly a great film and is deserving of its 86 on Metacritic and probably picture, director, supporting actor and score nominations. |
| Aug 22nd 2012, 10:47 |
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It looks like "Beasts" isn't even going to reach 10 million domestically (a pause for a sigh of frustration). Hopefully it can pull a Hurt Locker, Tree of Life sort of thing, an still make it despite not having great box office numbers for an indie movie.
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| Aug 22nd 2012, 11:58 |
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Beast will only be a best pic nominee if: 1) It wins one of the top 3 critics' groups awards (possible, but far from certain) and/or 2) There isn't a fresher indie/outside the box contender before the end of the year (again possible, but far from certain - it needs to be like Winter's Bone - a far more conventional film - and stand alone). I've always thought it was a less likely BP nominee than The Dark Knight Rises. It is not, despite some of the hysterics from certain quarters, an Academy-friendly film. It's ultimate about $10 million gross is not an asset. (It will be at 8.4 by Thursday, 8.8 by the end of next week, so it still could make it).
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| Aug 22nd 2012, 14:41 |
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Regardless of the merits of the film, its release during the summer doldrums will not help its chances of Oscar noms this winter. It's tragic, really, but nowadays all Oscar-bait, especially the indie-type, has to be released in December to make an impression on the feeble minds of Academy voters... |
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