Comments on: Roger Simon didn’t vote in the Oscars, and I don’t blame him

By: Exeter mom

Exeter mom — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 11:19:11 +0000

Neo,
Agree completely about the Phantom Thread. What a self-absorbed and utterly selfish character Lewis plays. There is nothing even remotely attractive about him, except that he dresses women well. Or he does if you like the clothes, which I didn’t. And the one who turns out to be a keeper is his match, but also manipulative. It is a strange tale, with little to redeem it. What an odd choice of a movie to end Lewis’s acting career.

By: Cornhead

Cornhead — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 01:21:34 +0000

Just saw Red Sparrow and I loved it. Better than the book. Different ending.

The criticism of Jennifer Lawerence is very misplaced.

By: Lowell

Lowell — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:11:10 +0000

Huxley, please do try “Three Billboards”. Woody Harrelson goes completely against his past characters and is the “nice guy” of the movie. Not to spoil it but I could stretch it and even say there are Christ-like similarities in his role.

By: huxley

huxley — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 17:09:24 +0000

I keep running into good word of mouth on “Three Billboards” so maybe I’ll give it a try, though my experience of indie films about scrappy female protagonists has not been good, nor of indie films in general.

It was another strike against the film when I saw the real-life person behind the “Billboards” story was the father, not the mother.

As much as I like Frances McDormand, I’m getting tired of how adult white males have disappeared as main characters in film. Last night I was looking through a list of best 2016 films and the only film that looked interesting with white male leads was the action comedy, “The Nice Guys,” with Crowe and Gosling in a throw-back buddy movie.

By: Lowell

Lowell — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 13:16:28 +0000

“Three Biilboards”, on the other hand, does have a moral point to it and well worth seeing. T’will be interesting to see how it does in the Oscars.

By: miklos000rosza

miklos000rosza — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 07:32:42 +0000

I happened to read the novel RED SPARROW, as I sometimes will read crime or spy novels if they don’t seem too dumb. I never finished this one, however, as it became extraordinarily stupid almost at once. I doubt that I made it through 50 pages.

When I saw that it was a film my reaction was “Oh no!”

Supposedly the mark of a really good publicist is the ability to achieve a great opening weekend for a bad movie, before reviews and word-of-mouth have had time to get out. I don’t know whether they made back their money on RED SPARROW or not. The novel no doubt has a large of publicist-padded 5-star reviews and the author can say, “They screwed it up,” and rest content with the fact that he got paid.

By: John Guilfoyle

John Guilfoyle — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 06:03:33 +0000

“I haven’t paid attention to the Oscars for decades.”
I don’t pay attention to Roger Simon now. Virtue signals from the alleged right are no better than those from the left.

By: FOAF

FOAF — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 05:00:30 +0000

I haven’t paid attention to the Oscars for decades. Or seen a first-run movie in years for that matter.

By: Griffin

Griffin — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 02:51:17 +0000

Patrick,

Agree that Costner was a decent athlete but if I remember correctly he was like a 10 handicap at the time of Tin Cup which is so far from being good enough to play on Tour as to be laughable.

Cheech Marin as his caddie on the other hand was perfect casting.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 02:46:09 +0000

Along with Tony Perkins, pretty clear Tim Robbins was no pitcher in “Bull Durham”. Of course, acting ability more important than athletic ability. I’d disagree on Costner, he’s a decent athlete.

I think it will be quite difficult for actors to be quite as sanctimonious as usual at the academy awards given the Weinstein revelations. And Streep, always making moral judgments, saying she knew nothing is not in the least bit credible. And they have that bizarre disconnect where they are constantly defending Roman Polanski. So they’d be well advised to stick to just saying thank you, except I don’t think they will.