....starring Best Actor nominee, Colin Firth.
The Link
Good acting, but not an otherwise worthwhile or memorable movie for me.
Spoilers ahead!
A slow moving story about a gay, British, professor of English in Los Angeles, who's just lost his life partner, it seemed to me like a poorly filmed stage production of an introspective book I wouldn't have chosen to read.
And the indoor and outdoor colors of the moving pictures projected on screen often looked washed out to me.
I later read a review that credited the director, Tom Ford, for manipulating that degree of lightness and darkness on purpose to emphasize the main character's mood changes.
I declined to review it initially, but have recognized the very talented Colin Firth as a Dark Horse for Best Actor in my Oscar prediction post.
You might like this flick better.
However, I found much more to relate to, enjoy and empathize with in the casting, acting, characters, storyline, emotion, values, beautiful scenic setting, more conventional cinematography and Academy Award winning direction of Ang Lee in "Brokeback Mountain."
Different strokes.
Any thoughts?
The Link
Good acting, but not an otherwise worthwhile or memorable movie for me.
Spoilers ahead!
A slow moving story about a gay, British, professor of English in Los Angeles, who's just lost his life partner, it seemed to me like a poorly filmed stage production of an introspective book I wouldn't have chosen to read.
And the indoor and outdoor colors of the moving pictures projected on screen often looked washed out to me.
I later read a review that credited the director, Tom Ford, for manipulating that degree of lightness and darkness on purpose to emphasize the main character's mood changes.
I declined to review it initially, but have recognized the very talented Colin Firth as a Dark Horse for Best Actor in my Oscar prediction post.
You might like this flick better.
However, I found much more to relate to, enjoy and empathize with in the casting, acting, characters, storyline, emotion, values, beautiful scenic setting, more conventional cinematography and Academy Award winning direction of Ang Lee in "Brokeback Mountain."
Different strokes.
Any thoughts?
