tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post8710632693266567943..comments2024-03-26T15:33:47.822+05:00Comments on THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS: Oscar predictions: you can ignore NineTom Shonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06938779517705582285noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-8544177586759139362009-10-08T04:08:15.748+06:002009-10-08T04:08:15.748+06:00I saw a trailer of this movie with a friend recent...I saw a trailer of this movie with a friend recently , and<br />our jaws clanged to the floor simultaneously - notwithstanding my devotion (drooling hero worship) to Daniel Day Lewis it was cringingly awful, ghastly in fact.<br /> I still haven't recovered from the sight of him hoofing a la Roy Scheider. But badly.LidiaAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-32602849878535650852009-10-07T10:04:52.782+06:002009-10-07T10:04:52.782+06:00How very open-minded of you. You haven't seen ...How very open-minded of you. You haven't seen the movie yet, and you have already dismissed it. I read an earlier blog of yours about Daniel day-lewis' best movies. On the list you mentioned the Unbearable Lightness of Being (which I love) but it is a film in which the three leads are not Czechs and are speaking English with Czech accents (directed by an American). Why didn't this bother you--why didn't you dismiss that particular movie as a "art house movie for those who can't be bothered with subtitles?" <br /><br />Also, Nine is not about the films of Fellini--it is a musical remake of 8 1/2 specifically. It was first performed on Broadway in 1982. This musical won 5 tony awards including best musical. <br /><br />In reference to your earlier DDL list, how could you place the shallow Last of the Mohicans as your number one and leave out the genuinely moving working-class drama "My Left Foot"? (a movie which avoids the disease of the week label because of its honesty, lack of sentimentality and depth of good performances from the entire cast)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3081747433018117316.post-44035519879362264952009-10-07T10:04:51.144+06:002009-10-07T10:04:51.144+06:00How very open-minded of you. You haven't seen ...How very open-minded of you. You haven't seen the movie yet, and you have already dismissed it. I read an earlier blog of yours about Daniel day-lewis' best movies. On the list you mentioned the Unbearable Lightness of Being (which I love) but it is a film in which the three leads are not Czechs and are speaking English with Czech accents (directed by an American). Why didn't this bother you--why didn't you dismiss that particular movie as a "art house movie for those who can't be bothered with subtitles?" <br /><br />Also, Nine is not about the films of Fellini--it is a musical remake of 8 1/2 specifically. It was first performed on Broadway in 1982. This musical won 5 tony awards including best musical. <br /><br />In reference to your earlier DDL list, how could you place the shallow Last of the Mohicans as your number one and leave out the genuinely moving working-class drama "My Left Foot"? (a movie which avoids the disease of the week label because of its honesty, lack of sentimentality and depth of good performances from the entire cast)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com