Beauty. No other word can describe what The Hours is. The Hours follows three woman, who, in one way or another, are affected the Mrs. Dalloway. A Book by Virginia Woolf.
Stephen Daldry directs this piece. Daldry has directed films such as The Reader (his most recent) and Billy Elliot, which is one of my favorites. His direction in the hours is simply subtle and effortless but leaves big impact that radiates off of the screen. He directs the film so the people watching it, see it going in their own direction. Simply superb. One of Daldry's best works.
Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge) gives the performance of a life-time as Virginia Woolf. A Woman filled with depth and wonder. She leads the story, even though she has the shortest segmant of the film. Nicole Kidmans subtleness and beauty that she brings to the performance is beyond what I thought she would be able to do.
Julliane Moore gives a fantastic performance also. What a great addition to her breathtaking performance in Far From Heaven. Both performances so beautiful and lovely that she is now one of my favorite actresses. Her character in The Hours is so vulnerable and scared but she tries ever so hard to pull through and make her life seem normal, when it of course is not. Meryl Streep also gives a great performance as she always does.
One of the stand-outs I witnessed in this film is Toni Collette. A personal favorite of mine for a while now, Toni Collette gives a masterclass performance on acting as the vulnerable and beautiful Kitty. Although in the film for ten minutes, Collette creates a character fille with depth and issues that I can only hope to even have an essence of her talent as I get older. She made me laugh, cry, think, worry and for the most part look, at one of the most lovely short performances I have ever seen.
Ed Harris plays the secluded son of Julliane Moore, Richard Brown. Ed Harris has always been fabulous in his fine supporting performances that he is just equally as good in this film. Surely a film that he is proud to keep on his resume.
The technical aspects of the film are mind-blowingly subtle. The score is beautiful and the screenplay and costumes are divine. It is not just an acting spectacle but a visual spectacle.
10/10
Friday, December 11, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Today- My Top 50 Movies of All-Time!
01. Pans Labyrinth
02. The Sixth Sense
03. Best in Show
04. Juno
05. Atonment
06. Fiding Neverland
07. What's Eating Gilvert Grape
08. Let the Right One in
09. The Breakfast Club
10. It Happenened One Night
11. The color Purple
12. LOTR 1
13. LOTR 3
14. Shawshank Redemption
15. Rent
16. Muriels Wedding
17. The Wizard of Oz
18. Casablanca
19. Gone with The Wind
20. West Side Story
21. Curious Case of Benjamin Button
22. Chicago
23. Finding Nemo
24. Good Will Hunting
25. Notes on a Scandal
26. Little Miss Sunshine
27. Sound of Music
28. A Beautiful Mind
29. Kramer vs. Kramer
30. Life is Beautiful
31. Persepolis
32. On the Waterfront
33. The Aviator
34. Girl, Interrupted
35. The Pianist
36. One Flew Over the cuckoos Nest
37. Milk
38. Million Dollar Baby
39. La Mome
40. Once
41. The French Connection
42. Crash
43. Tootsie
44. Oliver!
45. Ray
46. Rebel Without a Cause
47. Slumdog Millionaire
48. Revolutionary road
49. Autism The Musical
50. There Will Be Blood
ENJOY
02. The Sixth Sense
03. Best in Show
04. Juno
05. Atonment
06. Fiding Neverland
07. What's Eating Gilvert Grape
08. Let the Right One in
09. The Breakfast Club
10. It Happenened One Night
11. The color Purple
12. LOTR 1
13. LOTR 3
14. Shawshank Redemption
15. Rent
16. Muriels Wedding
17. The Wizard of Oz
18. Casablanca
19. Gone with The Wind
20. West Side Story
21. Curious Case of Benjamin Button
22. Chicago
23. Finding Nemo
24. Good Will Hunting
25. Notes on a Scandal
26. Little Miss Sunshine
27. Sound of Music
28. A Beautiful Mind
29. Kramer vs. Kramer
30. Life is Beautiful
31. Persepolis
32. On the Waterfront
33. The Aviator
34. Girl, Interrupted
35. The Pianist
36. One Flew Over the cuckoos Nest
37. Milk
38. Million Dollar Baby
39. La Mome
40. Once
41. The French Connection
42. Crash
43. Tootsie
44. Oliver!
45. Ray
46. Rebel Without a Cause
47. Slumdog Millionaire
48. Revolutionary road
49. Autism The Musical
50. There Will Be Blood
ENJOY
Monday, May 18, 2009
Todays Review- The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music. Rodger and Hammerstiens most famous musical, is brought to the screen. With unforgettable characters like: The Baroness, Captain Von Trapp, Uncle Max, Mother, The Von Trapp Children and of course, Maria. These are the characters that comprise one of histories most sought after musicals.
The Sound of Music tells the true-life story of Maria. A Young woman who always has music and youth on her mind and in her soul. When she gets sent to be the governess of Captain Von Trapps 7 children. She sees that Captain Von Trapp does not allow music or entertainment in the house. So with music and fun, Maria brings love and laughter to the Von Trapp family.
Julie Andrews stars as Maria, and plays her to perfection. Matching every note reuired to play the role and not being too childish. She has the childish soul inside of her but she also has a caring disciplined woman in her and does not let the child in her take over. Which is hard for a charactor with such a wide dimension of emotions.
Christopher Plummer plays Captain Von Trapp, a disciplined, hard-working, sad father. Since his wife had died, Christopher has to play a character that is soft and sweet on the inside but rough and tough on the outside. Christopher does this with immense talent. With such a small range of expressions with the face, he expresses so much.
The Von Trapp children were perfect. Seriously, their voices were like an angelic choir, all matched evenly. Perfect. And the acting was good too, it would be hard for a director to direct 7 cyhildren into such diverse roles but Robert Wise and the children do it wonderfully.
The music in this film is brilliant. Spectacular. Their is also such a wide range of music. From Romantic to comedic. The singers bring the lyrics to life.
With a great screenplay, unforgettable characters and songs, The Sound of Music is a movie worth everything it's ever gotten. It got 5 Oscars including Best Picture and several Golden Globes.
10/10
The Sound of Music tells the true-life story of Maria. A Young woman who always has music and youth on her mind and in her soul. When she gets sent to be the governess of Captain Von Trapps 7 children. She sees that Captain Von Trapp does not allow music or entertainment in the house. So with music and fun, Maria brings love and laughter to the Von Trapp family.
Julie Andrews stars as Maria, and plays her to perfection. Matching every note reuired to play the role and not being too childish. She has the childish soul inside of her but she also has a caring disciplined woman in her and does not let the child in her take over. Which is hard for a charactor with such a wide dimension of emotions.
Christopher Plummer plays Captain Von Trapp, a disciplined, hard-working, sad father. Since his wife had died, Christopher has to play a character that is soft and sweet on the inside but rough and tough on the outside. Christopher does this with immense talent. With such a small range of expressions with the face, he expresses so much.
The Von Trapp children were perfect. Seriously, their voices were like an angelic choir, all matched evenly. Perfect. And the acting was good too, it would be hard for a director to direct 7 cyhildren into such diverse roles but Robert Wise and the children do it wonderfully.
The music in this film is brilliant. Spectacular. Their is also such a wide range of music. From Romantic to comedic. The singers bring the lyrics to life.
With a great screenplay, unforgettable characters and songs, The Sound of Music is a movie worth everything it's ever gotten. It got 5 Oscars including Best Picture and several Golden Globes.
10/10
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Todays review- REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Love, Hate, Power. All words that describe the new Sam Mendes Masterpiece. Revolutionary Road, Starrring Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio, featuring Michael Shannon.
Revolutionary Road follows the lives of a distraught couple living the lives they wanted to live but failed to be happy. Events, dramatic events pull them apart. From, a mentally challenged neighbour to affairs, this movie shows real-life, and it shows that not everybodies lives are like a Princess and a Prince.
Sam Mendes directs this film to steely perfection, pushing the actors to there strengths and telling the story so subtely that it shows so powerfully on the screen.
The real highlight for me in this film was Kate Winslet. She gives one of the most powerful performances of the decade. Emotionally troubled and wanting be happy, but she can't seem to get there. She plays it perfectly. Most people might think her performance is just screaming back and forth with her husband, but it's deaper and there is much more.
Leonardo Dicaprio gives a career highlighter. In One of the best and most critically acclaimed male performances of the year, Leonardo Dicaprio plays it sort of like a mid-life crisis. He also played it like he had been living a lie for his whole life, the woman he thinks is his soul mate doesn't turn out to be the one. With emotion and expression that would scare a bat out of it's cave. Leonardo Dicaprio defines himslef as one of the great actors of the decade.
Michael Shannon was a reall huge surprise for most people. He plays the mentally challenged son of April and Frank's (Leo and Kate)friend, played by Kathy Bates and he completely nails it! Perfect performance, he truly acts like he doesn't think before he speaks.
With a fantastic screenplay, director, cast and costumes this film is one of the best films of 2008.
10/10
Revolutionary Road follows the lives of a distraught couple living the lives they wanted to live but failed to be happy. Events, dramatic events pull them apart. From, a mentally challenged neighbour to affairs, this movie shows real-life, and it shows that not everybodies lives are like a Princess and a Prince.
Sam Mendes directs this film to steely perfection, pushing the actors to there strengths and telling the story so subtely that it shows so powerfully on the screen.
The real highlight for me in this film was Kate Winslet. She gives one of the most powerful performances of the decade. Emotionally troubled and wanting be happy, but she can't seem to get there. She plays it perfectly. Most people might think her performance is just screaming back and forth with her husband, but it's deaper and there is much more.
Leonardo Dicaprio gives a career highlighter. In One of the best and most critically acclaimed male performances of the year, Leonardo Dicaprio plays it sort of like a mid-life crisis. He also played it like he had been living a lie for his whole life, the woman he thinks is his soul mate doesn't turn out to be the one. With emotion and expression that would scare a bat out of it's cave. Leonardo Dicaprio defines himslef as one of the great actors of the decade.
Michael Shannon was a reall huge surprise for most people. He plays the mentally challenged son of April and Frank's (Leo and Kate)friend, played by Kathy Bates and he completely nails it! Perfect performance, he truly acts like he doesn't think before he speaks.
With a fantastic screenplay, director, cast and costumes this film is one of the best films of 2008.
10/10
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Todays Review, I Love you, Man
Today I will be reviewing one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. I Love You, Man.
From the writer of Meet The Fockers and Zoolander comes a bromance comedy all about being best friends.
I Love You, Man follows Peter Klaven. An engaged real estate agent who's wife thinks he has to get more man friends. He goes on a search for a best friend and finally finds the rock-out, cool guy, Sydney Fife. They instantly become best friends.
Personnaly I loved this movie. It is filled with hilarous and memorable dialogue. something that comedies these days aren't doing. Also I thought the cast was great. Jason Segel plays Sydney Fife. A stoner, rocker who loves Rush. He hits the comedic parts perfectly. Adding emotion and probably even ad-libbing som dialogue.
Paul Rudd plays Peter Klaven. A friendly real-estate agent. He plays the average nice guy perfectly but suddenly when there is a switch from nice hsband to frat boy he makes the immediate ransition and plays it well.
The screenplay is one of those genuinly funny screenplays that you can tell will be memorable by the first line. Whoever wrote it did a grea job at capturing the plot and adding comedic parts but not losing the original idea of Peter trying to make a man friend.
This movie wold appeal to teenagers and Men in there mmid 30's to 40's. Because they know what it's like to have a really good guy friend. And you know that when you have a good guy friend, there will be laughs along the way no matter how mindless and vulgar it is.
Armed with a fantastic screenplay and a great leading and supporting cast. I hope this will be remembered as one of the great comedies of 2009. I reccommend everyone from 14 to older to go view this movie. You will have a laugh but you will also learn something. It's ok to love a dude.
Great movie 8/10
From the writer of Meet The Fockers and Zoolander comes a bromance comedy all about being best friends.
I Love You, Man follows Peter Klaven. An engaged real estate agent who's wife thinks he has to get more man friends. He goes on a search for a best friend and finally finds the rock-out, cool guy, Sydney Fife. They instantly become best friends.
Personnaly I loved this movie. It is filled with hilarous and memorable dialogue. something that comedies these days aren't doing. Also I thought the cast was great. Jason Segel plays Sydney Fife. A stoner, rocker who loves Rush. He hits the comedic parts perfectly. Adding emotion and probably even ad-libbing som dialogue.
Paul Rudd plays Peter Klaven. A friendly real-estate agent. He plays the average nice guy perfectly but suddenly when there is a switch from nice hsband to frat boy he makes the immediate ransition and plays it well.
The screenplay is one of those genuinly funny screenplays that you can tell will be memorable by the first line. Whoever wrote it did a grea job at capturing the plot and adding comedic parts but not losing the original idea of Peter trying to make a man friend.
This movie wold appeal to teenagers and Men in there mmid 30's to 40's. Because they know what it's like to have a really good guy friend. And you know that when you have a good guy friend, there will be laughs along the way no matter how mindless and vulgar it is.
Armed with a fantastic screenplay and a great leading and supporting cast. I hope this will be remembered as one of the great comedies of 2009. I reccommend everyone from 14 to older to go view this movie. You will have a laugh but you will also learn something. It's ok to love a dude.
Great movie 8/10
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Expect a review tomorrow.
I just went to go see I Love You, Man with my friends. One of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time. See you later.
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