I'm so sorry to have taken so long to return to blogging, but there was no way to wake up and motivate myself after seeing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button back in January with Mariam. Mariam convinced me to see this movie, citing it's numerous oscar nominations. I wanted to see the seemingly endearing old people romance Last Chance Harvey, but Mariam told me that movie was just for old people. The problems with the Benjamin Button movie were obvious to me upon hearing the concept of the film - there is only one point in the movie where pedophilia isn't an issue. Yeah, I know the mind of old Benji isn't the same age as his appearance, but while it might be appealing in the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it's extra creepy on film. The beginning involves a deformed old man baby hanging out at an old folks home chilling with other people's grandkids, and the end involves Cate Blanchett holding her old man baby lover at the same old folks home. You may go into the film thinking that at least I get to look at Brad Pitt for 3 hours, but you have to endure the first two hours waiting for the guy you swooned over in Fight Club and Meet Joe Black to emerge. You are staring at a scientifically impossible ugly old man baby for far too long, and I don't know how this film could have been inspired by a SHORT story. I simply have to agree with Jon Stewart's assessment of the insomnia curing film, "It's Forrest Gump meets (snore)." Now that I've finally emerged from the coma this movie induced, I hope to return to telling humorous tales of the adventures of a 3rd year medical student.--by Farrah, who recently got to watch the extremely messy, sloppy, and bloody miracle of childbirth
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I don't know why that movie was nominated for so many Oscars. And Brad Pitt for Best Actor? Hello the CGI + makeup did the acting for him.
I am sorry I made you go see that movie, but at least we sneaked food into the movie theater (i.e. stuck it to the Man).
I am a big F. Scott Fitzgerald fan and I sat through this movie thinking, "he wrote this?" The romance between an old (young) man and a little girl gave me the creepy crawlies. I think Andrew had a hard time staying awake through the movie; I kept motivating myself that it was going to get better. Nope. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett had some beautiful scenes, but overall the movie didn't move me. Was it supposed to?
Mariam do I sense a hint of Marxism coming from you?! I can't believe Slumdog won Best Movie; am I the only one who thinks it should have gone to The Dark Knight?!?! COME ON! Slumdog wasn't bad, I didn't think it was anything great though. Rev Road was pretty good I thought - the acting was good, it certainly did the trick, wasn't fantastic though.
I start a month of obs n gynae in in about 5 hours. Childbirth rocks!
Btw I do appreciate that no one asked for my opinions on film nor on the Oscars, I just thought I'd share. I can't sleep and am bored. I stayed up all night last night watching Prison Break season 3, am waiting to get hold of season 4 now. (Please don't say what happens if you know!)
Slumdog Millionaire was amazing!! It was mainstream but it was so cute. Those kids were so adorable!! I'm so sad they had to go back to the slums after a magical night at the Oscars. It was so cute - they didn't know English and kept speaking in Hindi!!! TOO CUTE
I only really enjoyed the first half which showed the young kids growing up, it was a tad nostalgic. Other than that I thought it was just a regular movie, not bad, not great.
DARK KNIGHT ALL THE WAY! :p
I didn't watch the Oscars :(
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