A somewhat shocking winner in 2006, as most pundits had Pan's Labyrinth taking the oscar in a cakewalk.
I finally got around to watching Pan's Labyrinth a few months ago and thought it didn't nearly live up to hype. The Devil's Backbone is many times better, and didn't get any recognition at all. And, going even further back in del Toro's career, Chronos was also a superior film, and it gets even less buzz.
Heard a lot of good things about The Lives of Others, adding it to my Netflix queue.
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I finally got around to watching Pan's Labyrinth a few months ago and thought it didn't nearly live up to hype. The Devil's Backbone is many times better, and didn't get any recognition at all. And, going even further back in del Toro's career, Chronos was also a superior film, and it gets even less buzz.
Heard a lot of good things about The Lives of Others, adding it to my Netflix queue.
That's interesting... I've not seen either Devil's Backbone or Chronos, but I actually quite liked Pan's Labyrinth. I thought it was a shame that it and Lives of Others were released in the same year.
That's interesting... I've not seen either Devil's Backbone or Chronos, but I actually quite liked Pan's Labyrinth. I thought it was a shame that it and Lives of Others were released in the same year.
Don't get me wrong, I thought Pan's Labyrinth was perfectly adequate. But I couldn't help compare it to his other (non-Hollywood, i.e., not Blade II, Hellboy) films, and thought it came up short. The hype machine really turns me off - it seems to always get attached to mediocrity when there's plenty of better material out there that gets absolutely no attention. At least in this case it was a decent film, and not a steaming pile like most other movies that get shoved in our faces by marketing.
Jagger is AK'd, Windom is out, that means octo is up, Proto, EG are on deck.
Yikes, I'm simultaneously up in three drafts. I'll make this short: Supporting Actress, Cate Blanchett, the Aviator. Best actress of her generation, and in the 12 years or so she's been making movies, she's done incredible and consistently great work. Her performance as Katherine Hepburn in the Aviator was note perfect in portraying another amazing actress.
Since it's been a day and a half just thought I would bump this
Hopefully nobody saw this.
I meant what was here before this.
Never mind!
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