Oscars
Another busy day of preparing for my next accountancy exam. I've done three mocks today, I badly failed the first one, improved with the second and passed with the third, so I guess that's progress.
I belatedly caught up with the results of the Oscars on Sunday, as my prolonged period of underemployment has resulted in me becoming a semi movie buff over the past couple of years. I was pleased that The Grand Budapest Hotel was acknowledged with four gongs. It was the film I most enjoyed watching last year at the excellent Phoenix Cinema in Finchley. Ralph Fiennes is terrific in it, it's visually fantastic and it's genuinely very funny in places too.
A well deserved best actress nod for Patricia Arquette was the only award for Boyhood which some people have described as a snub. I enjoyed Boyhood very much but wouldn't say it was the out and out best film of the year. Shot in various spells over a twelve year period, it's a remarkable achievement from Richard Linklater and I look forward to seeing it again soon.
I don't have a particular issue with the big prize going to Birdman. The fact it's a film about actors and acting has raised eyebrows among critics. It's undeniably a pretentious film but as a performer it struck a chord with me. It's a strange, disorientating, fun ride with a number of very strong performances, including Michael Keaton who a little surprisingly missed on Best Actor to Eddie Redmayne in "The Theory Of Everything". TTOE is one of many films looking down that list that I would have liked to have seen but didn't have the time, including Wild, Whiplash, American Sniper, Selma and Mr Turner..
Big Hero 6 won best animated feature. I'm sure Big Hero 6 is very good and that I would enjoy it if I went to see it. What I am quite confident of is that it is nowhere near as good as The Lego Movie. That film was an absolute cinematic joy and its exclusion from the list of nominees continues to mystify.
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME, EVERYTHING IS COOL WHEN YOU'RE PART OF A TEAM. EVERYTHING IS AWESOME, WHEN WE'RE LIVING OUR DREAM.
I belatedly caught up with the results of the Oscars on Sunday, as my prolonged period of underemployment has resulted in me becoming a semi movie buff over the past couple of years. I was pleased that The Grand Budapest Hotel was acknowledged with four gongs. It was the film I most enjoyed watching last year at the excellent Phoenix Cinema in Finchley. Ralph Fiennes is terrific in it, it's visually fantastic and it's genuinely very funny in places too.
A well deserved best actress nod for Patricia Arquette was the only award for Boyhood which some people have described as a snub. I enjoyed Boyhood very much but wouldn't say it was the out and out best film of the year. Shot in various spells over a twelve year period, it's a remarkable achievement from Richard Linklater and I look forward to seeing it again soon.
I don't have a particular issue with the big prize going to Birdman. The fact it's a film about actors and acting has raised eyebrows among critics. It's undeniably a pretentious film but as a performer it struck a chord with me. It's a strange, disorientating, fun ride with a number of very strong performances, including Michael Keaton who a little surprisingly missed on Best Actor to Eddie Redmayne in "The Theory Of Everything". TTOE is one of many films looking down that list that I would have liked to have seen but didn't have the time, including Wild, Whiplash, American Sniper, Selma and Mr Turner..
Big Hero 6 won best animated feature. I'm sure Big Hero 6 is very good and that I would enjoy it if I went to see it. What I am quite confident of is that it is nowhere near as good as The Lego Movie. That film was an absolute cinematic joy and its exclusion from the list of nominees continues to mystify.
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME, EVERYTHING IS COOL WHEN YOU'RE PART OF A TEAM. EVERYTHING IS AWESOME, WHEN WE'RE LIVING OUR DREAM.
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