tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post1546810247871185269..comments2024-03-28T08:13:56.915-04:00Comments on Best Actor: Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1965: Rod Steiger in Doctor ZhivagoLouis Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-20191631331447438792020-02-08T21:05:32.364-05:002020-02-08T21:05:32.364-05:00Wow super late to the party but wanted to give my ...Wow super late to the party but wanted to give my input anyway. Absolutely agree about Steiger/Komarovsky. For me he stole the whole film (Courtenay and Guiness helped too) and he remains one of my favorite (and absolutely underrated) film characters. I like how you mention his "vile warmth". The character has a heart/warmness to him that is not completely untrue or unsincere but its vile because its a warmth that can burn. He is manipulative yet sincere all in one.Cruel yet tender, sometimes. One could also argue that despite his vileness and cruelty, he loved Lara more than the other 2 man in her life. I think his front of using her and treating Lara like a whore was just that. He was deathly frightfully afraid of loving her. Ultimately though neither Yuri's idealistic love who saw her as nothing but a pristine representation of who he wanted her to be, and Komarovsky's toxic earthy obsessive lusty love proved to be right for Lara. Both men failed her in the end. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-47360049731216512912015-01-07T14:58:20.835-05:002015-01-07T14:58:20.835-05:00Louis: I completely agree with your comments, alth...Louis: I completely agree with your comments, although he is a 4.5 for me, mainly because of the drumming scenes.<br /><br />Selma Ratings<br />Oyelowo - 5<br />Egogo - 4<br />Wilkinson - 4<br />Roth - 3.5<br />Winfrey - 3<br />Gooding Jr - 2.5Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-28994055777802923142015-01-07T14:49:02.039-05:002015-01-07T14:49:02.039-05:00Luke:
Whiplash - (I really enjoyed the film almo...Luke: <br /><br />Whiplash - (I really enjoyed the film almost throughout and there were moments of it, the ending in particular, where I absolutely loved it. There is the small bit in the middle where Teller's character becomes self-absorbed that I did not feel was quite built up enough, I did feel that maybe it rushed that little part of the film there. The rest though certainly moved well, and it was one of those films that was an entertaining treat. I certainly preferred over its soon to be Oscar precursors of The Paper Chase and An Officer and Gentleman if you know what I mean. )<br /><br />Teller - 4(Switch back between 4 and 4.5 with him. He is dynamite in any of the scenes where he is playing the drums, and no not because he can play the drums, I always hate when too much attention is brought to something like that, but in terms of the physical exhaustion and determination Teller brings he's outstanding. In these scenes you see the conviction of the player, and it is wonderful. He's equally good in his scenes with Simmons both reacting first as the earnest student then as the devastated victim. My only minor problem, echoing my thoughts on the film, is the scenes in the middle where he only cares about drumming didn't quite for me. It went there just a little too fast, and even though its either the writing or the editing Teller can't quite make up for it either with his performance)Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-17076455330029279712015-01-07T13:55:16.719-05:002015-01-07T13:55:16.719-05:00Louis: Your thoughts on Whiplash, plus your rating...Louis: Your thoughts on Whiplash, plus your rating & thoughts on Teller.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-63329678845039501352015-01-07T13:33:29.143-05:002015-01-07T13:33:29.143-05:00Luke: I think I've given everyone else at one ...Luke: I think I've given everyone else at one time or another. <br /><br />Thanks for the links, but I intended on getting to several of these in the theater over the week/weekend so I'll wait until then.<br /><br />I saw Whiplash. <br /><br />GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar:<br /><br />If we're talking about current output I think I'd completely agree. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-53837190949863210952015-01-07T12:09:31.550-05:002015-01-07T12:09:31.550-05:00Imitation Game Ratings
Cumberbatch - 4.5, but it i...Imitation Game Ratings<br />Cumberbatch - 4.5, but it is not final, as I may give him a 5 in the next couple of weeks, since it's a hard performance to rate.<br />Knightley - 4, her best performance<br />Goode - 3.5<br />Strong - 3.5<br />Dance - 3.5, God I love Tywin<br />Leech - 3<br />Kinnear - 3<br />Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-78699904199564963612015-01-07T11:50:57.555-05:002015-01-07T11:50:57.555-05:00Selma, Into The Woods, American Sniper and Big Eye...Selma, Into The Woods, American Sniper and Big Eyes........ I AM COMING TO GET YOU =D (thoughts coming soon)RatedRStarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-90745923237549160602015-01-07T11:19:02.687-05:002015-01-07T11:19:02.687-05:00I already gave mine before, so I'll just copy ...I already gave mine before, so I'll just copy and paste them again:<br /><br />Corden - 4.5: I'm completely shocked at how little praise he's getting. He's perfectly cast as the Baker and brings out the comic charm and emotional aspects of the character perfectly. If they didn't cut out "No More", he'd be a 5.<br /><br />Blunt - 4.5: Yes she and Corden were the easy highlights for me. Like Corden, she handled the comic and emotional aspects wonderfully. They both had great chemistry and lit up the screen whenever they were on.<br /><br />Streep - 3.5: Not the disaster I thought it was going to be, but still has a few problems. The main is not of her own, but of the film sparing Rapunzel, therefore removing any emotional impact from her arc. That being said, she was fairly amusing. Her histrionics were far more justified here than in other cases.<br /><br />Depp - 1.5: HOW THE HELL DID THEY MAKE THIS MORE RAPEY THAN THE PLAY?! I've defended Depp's singing in Sweeney Todd in the past. Hell, I've defended his genre movie mugging in the past. But this? As the cut song would say, no more. Thank God he's just a cameo.<br /><br />Pine - 3.5: I really wish there was more of him. He was hysterical for what he had, especially Agony, but the film's adaptation choices cost him one hell of a number with Agony Reprise.<br /><br />Kendrick - 3: Her singing is very good, but Cinderella as a character is so... blah.<br /><br />Huttlestone - 2: Annoying kid actor is annoying.<br /><br />Crawford - 2.5: Red Riding Hood is supposed to be deadpan, but her comic timing was off.<br /><br />Ullman - 2.5: Funny enough, but not much to do.<br /><br />Magnussen - 3: Like Pine, I wish there was more. Both Princes were a riot in the play. I don't really like that they made his character nice in this version, but he does a decent job.Robert MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264501767985746886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-12146315192676294962015-01-07T11:05:01.900-05:002015-01-07T11:05:01.900-05:00What everybody's ratings and thoughts on the c...What everybody's ratings and thoughts on the cast of Into the Woods?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-63333466024178061362015-01-07T10:06:04.133-05:002015-01-07T10:06:04.133-05:00Louis: Also, have you seen Whiplash or Joe yet.Louis: Also, have you seen Whiplash or Joe yet.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-71566500423778235472015-01-07T09:49:49.931-05:002015-01-07T09:49:49.931-05:00Louis:
Imitation Game
American Sniper
Birdman
Into...Louis:<br />Imitation Game<br />American Sniper<br />Birdman<br />Into The Woods<br />Selma<br />Big Eyes<br />& Unbroken are all online<br />Source: Putlocker.IsLuke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-74779932938969846692015-01-07T08:55:13.009-05:002015-01-07T08:55:13.009-05:00GDSAO: Honourable Mentions:
Ralph Fiennes
Ewan McG...GDSAO: Honourable Mentions:<br />Ralph Fiennes<br />Ewan McGregor<br />Jude Law<br />Benedict Cumberbatch<br />Chiwetel EjioforLuke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-38297041262151910582015-01-07T08:49:16.427-05:002015-01-07T08:49:16.427-05:00GDSAO: I liked the Drop as well, It's not in m...GDSAO: I liked the Drop as well, It's not in my top ten, but it is in my top twenty. <br /><br />My Current Top Ten Actors from the British Isles (Yes, Ireland is one of them) are.<br />1. Gary Oldman<br />2. Michael Fassbender<br />3. Tom Hardy (Number 2 & 3 are interchangable)<br />4. Daniel Day Lewis<br />5. Brendan Gleeson<br />6. Christian Bale<br />7. Cillian Murphy<br />8. Ben Whishaw<br />9. John Hurt<br />10. Michael Caine<br /><br />I liked Paddington alot & I'm considering whether or not it'll be in my top ten for the year. Whishaw's voicework for Paddington Bear was terrific and made him extremely lovable. I thought the cast was great overall, Bonneville was enormously enjoyable and I thought his change from risk analyst to a devil may care hero was well earned, I personally thought he stole the show. Hawkins was very good as the kind, loving mother, who's willingness to help find Paddington a home, came off as endearing. Kidman was enjoyable as the villain and I do agree that Capaldi was underused, but I was happy to see him on screen nevertheless.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-57170148501609420052015-01-07T04:04:19.626-05:002015-01-07T04:04:19.626-05:00Steiger is brilliant here.
Also thanks for your ...Steiger is brilliant here. <br /><br />Also thanks for your thoughts on The Drop Louis, you really helped me re-evaluate the film as a whole and it's now my personal BP win after re - watch. Not sure if anyone else will agree with me but I think Hardy is the best British actor working today, followed closely by Bale, Oldman, Day - Lewis and Fassbender.<br /><br />Luke: Thoughts on Wishaw, Hawkins and Kidman in Paddington, I loved the film personally although I thought Pete Capaldi was criminally underused as he was hilarious whenever he was onscreen.GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-32953689872159450292015-01-07T02:37:50.071-05:002015-01-07T02:37:50.071-05:00Louis: Your ratings & thoughts for the rest of...Louis: Your ratings & thoughts for the rest of the cast. Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.com