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Being Julia (2004)
Try Acting, dear boy
This film reminds me of the story about Sir Larry Olivier and Dustin Hoffman in the marathon man - Dustin was freaking out, asking Larry what should he do for this scene that was bugging him - should he do this or that, etc. "What shall I do, Larry" says Dustin. "Try acting, dear boy", says Larry.
This film shows all the differences between the Brits and the Yanks - its about superior acting, or indeed, just actually acting. And yet, heres Annette Bening, a Yank. acting as if she invented the skill. Well done to the best piece of acting, Brit, Yank, or whatever, that the film world has seen in years. A great ensemble cast, but Bening is as good as it gets. Oscar? They should give it her now, and forget the nominations.
Perfect Strangers (2003)
life is horrible if you insist on being a loony
Yeah. Great movie. All about how ugly life is if you don't ever question anything. two nitwits act out the different imperatives of their egos and we have murder and tedium. This movie gets made because Canada, New Zealand and to some extent, Australia, have some kind of post-colonial guilt going on and this has backfired into 'all women directors must get their movies published' However, Hollywood only publishes crap by men so I guess its all even.
This movie Isn't uplifiting, Isn't kind, Isn't beautiful, Isn't clever, Isn't witty.
It has few redeeming qualities except for the wild landscape. Hey! take out the people and the story and this is one HELL of a nature documentary.
If you see this movie and think that it 'shows life as it really is', you need to get out more. And to the person who said it describes the 'dating scene' out there, I say: bollocks.
Oh and the acting wasn't great either.