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Scandanavian War Machine:
Up is the animated one, right? I saw it once and it was just about the saddest thing I've ever seen. Won't be watching it again. (not to say that it wasn't awesome, I'm just.....I'm just a wimp)

Up In The Air, however, was not really sad and was actually really good so.....yeah. I don't really follow academy awards (besides from you guys) so I don't really care that much.




--- Quote from: RallyMonkey on 17 Feb 2010, 19:41 ---SWM, have you seen any other Coen comedies? The "abrupt, seemingly unfulfilling but after thinking it through all of those loose ends were tied up" ending is really common in their comedies, and quite a few of their serious films.

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Yes. I even own most of them. I didn't say it was bad, just that it was a little more abrupt and "wtf" than usual. I thought it was awesome, and it really did seem like they wrote it backwards, which sounds like fun in my head.

Buttfranklin:
Great movie.  About the only movie the Coens have made that I couldn't get into was The Hudsucker Proxy, but even that was a pretty decent movie.

Every once in a while it's good to see a movie where the emphasis is not on the plot, like this one.  The entire movie is really about the emotional payoff at the end, and it definitely leaves a real impression.  More so than any fancy workings of dialogue and plotting could work.  The Coens understand that a good story doesn't necessarily need a plot, just characters people can identify with in situations people can empathize with and if you write it right then the emotions come naturally.  I have to say I was positively glued to the screen (something I can't say about Hudsucker.)  It was a little confusing for me at first because the movie kept throwing things that could turn into plot lines and drama but ended up not, even though it was still important to understanding what happens later.  (Script writing 101: nothing unnecessary, at all, ever).  Halfway through was when I realized, "it's not about the plot, it's about this guy's life right now, and the people in his life."


--- Quote ---It would be excellent if this won Best Picture - it's an unconventional period piece, it's a contemporary reworking of a Biblical tale, and it's extremely idiosyncratic.
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Putting it that way puts me to sleep.  =/

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