Sadly, I've only seen three of the nine Best Picture nominees, and I think it's also missing a couple films, such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Harry Potter 7 part 2. What a weird year.Discuss your choices in the comments.http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/84/nominees.html
The Iron Lady isn’t a sequel to Iron Man. I think I would’ve liked it better if it did feature Margaret Thatcher in an iron suit taking on the Argentinians in the Falkland War. That sounds more entertaining than what this movie ended up being.
Meryl Streep channels Maggie Thatcher. Except at times I was waiting for her to break character and channel Julia Child. It could’ve been a very good movie if I couldn’t tell which character she was playing. The young actress, Alexandra Roach, had the thankless task of playing the young Maggie Thatcher. People will talk about Streep. They should talk a little more about Roach. She won’t get any mention, but Streep will get a nomination. No idea why.
The problem with this film is that it didn’t give an idea of why Thatcher became who she was. Her dad was conservative. Did she get it from her dad? Why? Which part? No idea why she decided things. She just became Maggie Thatcher. The film also doesn’t touch on why she was the leader for that time. What did she do to make England better? The Falkland War? No idea. The film misses out on why she lost the backing of her party. Was she driven? Did she drive too hard? No idea.
At some point, we should understand who Margaret Thatcher was. It was Meryl Streep and that is all I got from the movie.
2 of 5 stars.
In our younger days, we would’ve been doing this ourselves. What’s stopping us?
Let’s go. I’ve got a blaster right here.
I’ve never been so on edge during a movie that had barely any action than I was during Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. It’s a straight up action flick with no action, and yet surprisingly it will have you on the edge of your seat. It reminds me of the 1970s action with no action flicks which is fitting considering its setting, London in the early 70s.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy starts very opaque, fragmented, and hard to follow. The facts as they were: there’s a mole in the British spy agency and it’s up to Gary Oldman to find him. Oldman was retired from the agency because of his mentor’s screw up in his first attempt to find the mole. As his investigation proceeds, it all starts to make sense and the mole gets flushed out. If you don’t see it, you already know who it is.
I liked this movie. So far it’s been nothing but good films this year. Of course this is only the second one.
4 of 5 stars
EDIT: Misspelling! Damn Lion autocorrect!
With all the talk today of SOPA/PIPA, I'm craving for a sopapilla.
Go Ravens!
You really have to dig down deep into your geek cred to get this one. In fact, you may have grown out of liking this, but you, in your inner little geek, have to admit that Macross was awesome. You’ve grown up and may have missed Macross F from which she was the “Minmei.” Now that, you’ve got to admit is awesome.
Now if I had a movie theatre, I would give these guys a call. Dayyumm! Look at those posters. If they don’t make you want to catch at least one Ghibli film, then you must be a zombie. I would happily watch Kiki’s Delivery Service, Spirited Away, or My Neighbor Totoro on the big screen. I would be giddy with pleasure.
If you live in LA or in CA or anywhere in the Pacific time zone, I would try to make some time to catch as much if not all of this Studio Ghibli slate of anime playing on a big screen.
