I'm doing as bad a job of keeping up to date with my blog as I am at seeing the oscar contenders which is usually my favourite passtime this time of year. Here's a roundup from the end of last year to the beginning of this.
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest
A fine end to the triology, this time an incredibly tense courtroom drama. Still brilliant central performances. Still uneven thanks to a film edit of a longer TV show. Still can't work out what David Fincher can do to better these.
The Kings Speech
Another standout performance of understatement from Colin Firth as the stuttering King. Another example of why It's great to put British thesps together in ensemble period pieces. If you haven't already seen it you must be running out of excuses.
Biutiful
The latest film from Alejandro Inaritu featuring a moribund medium who spends his life as a go between. Javier Bardem is as captivating as ever as the man who sees dead people. The other roles are well played and there are a number of interesting themes but they never came together leaving a cold, unengaging and pretentious film which is little more than interesting.
Animal Kingdom
An Australian take on the gritty family crime drama. There wasn't much I didn't like about this. Well filmed, well scored. A lean script that drives the story forward. The basic plot is nothing new but the film is brought together with a sense of realism that feels fresh. I really recommend this if you can find it. Much better than last years over-lauded The Town.
Thursday 17 February 2011
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