I won't join the chorus proclaiming it the best film of the year, but it's good. Often very good. I won't be the least bit surprised to see it nominated for Best Picture, or to see nominations for Kathryn Bigelow as Best Director and Jeremy Renner as Best Actor. Though, personally, Anthony Mackie was my favorite actor in the film, the praise Renner has been getting is much deserved.
It's an Oscar-y movie, in both the good ways and the bad ways. Some of the pulse-racing and heart-tugging is awfully predictable. There are a couple bits that I'd have preferred to see cut, and which seemed to be "nominate this serious film" moments. But thankfully those are few in number, and for the most part, this very well constructed. It's a powerful, tense story, and it's done quite well.
By the way, do any of you have a movie that you think is the "best" so far this year?
Posted by armand at August 9, 2009 05:27 PM | TrackBack | Posted to MoviesWill it still be Oscar eligible if it was nominated for a bunch of Independent Spirit Awards last year? I'm guessing that it's only the distribution year that counts for Oscar eligibility...
Posted by: kikimonster at August 9, 2009 07:17 PM | PERMALINKYes, it's eligible this year. And the more I think about it the more impressed I am by Renner.
Posted by: Armand at August 9, 2009 07:26 PM | PERMALINKI loved Renner! I think the scenes with and regarding Beckham were his strongest ones.
Posted by: kikimonster at August 9, 2009 09:41 PM | PERMALINK