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just_the_things68. Watch the Academy Award Best Picture nominees each year (2010, 2011, 2012)
This is one I'm going to really try to do before December 6.
District 9- I started watching this last night and I finished it about an hour ago over lunch. I found a lot of it disturbing--I had to look away at parts. It was shot to feel real and it definitely did. I liked the journalistic style. I liked the various transformations, even though the twists were all really predictable. In the end, style wasn't enough to impress me. It was good to see a human side of sci-fi movie nominated for best picture, but I didn't love this one. I felt like I had to make myself watch it and was glad when it was over and I could move on to something else.
The Descendants- Going into this, I was aware a lot of people said this was a movie where nothing happens; I don't usually love movies like that. Actually, I surprisingly liked it. Everyone felt like real people and the dialogue was great. The story was sweet and sad, heartwarming without really trying to be. And the setting worked so well despite itself. I really liked this movie.
Up in the Air- This movie kind of broke my heart. George Clooney back-to-back movies, but he really transforms well into each of these. I really felt for this guy and thought this was so well written. I could watch it again easily.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close- My favorite movie I've seen this year, easily. This was incredible. Laughing, crying--all the feels, actually. I loved it all.
I'm watching Black Swan right now.
This is one I'm going to really try to do before December 6.
District 9- I started watching this last night and I finished it about an hour ago over lunch. I found a lot of it disturbing--I had to look away at parts. It was shot to feel real and it definitely did. I liked the journalistic style. I liked the various transformations, even though the twists were all really predictable. In the end, style wasn't enough to impress me. It was good to see a human side of sci-fi movie nominated for best picture, but I didn't love this one. I felt like I had to make myself watch it and was glad when it was over and I could move on to something else.
The Descendants- Going into this, I was aware a lot of people said this was a movie where nothing happens; I don't usually love movies like that. Actually, I surprisingly liked it. Everyone felt like real people and the dialogue was great. The story was sweet and sad, heartwarming without really trying to be. And the setting worked so well despite itself. I really liked this movie.
Up in the Air- This movie kind of broke my heart. George Clooney back-to-back movies, but he really transforms well into each of these. I really felt for this guy and thought this was so well written. I could watch it again easily.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close- My favorite movie I've seen this year, easily. This was incredible. Laughing, crying--all the feels, actually. I loved it all.
I'm watching Black Swan right now.
