Good films

This Tuesday, we’ll know the nominations for the Oscar awards in 2011.  Let’s post about the better films this season:

– The Social Network. David Fincher got a bunch of impossible things here:  cool nerds with hoodies. A really interesting story about a start-up and how this industry works… well, expecting that the raising of all the successful companies does not require the fighting part, the betrayal, etc, etc. [Spoiler Alert!!] Rooney Mara helped a lot appearing only 10 minutes.

– The King’s Speech. Probably, the cheapest of all films. Colin Firth is imperial in his role of a King of England with a horrible stammer. Also, Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush are perfect as supporting actors. I also remember that the film was praised as one of the bests in the Toronto Film Festival. Maybe the big surprise at the gala in the best film category.

– Inception. Wow. Cristopher Nolan again. Actually, I cannot believe that someone put the money needed to shoot the film after reading the script. All the cast was really solid in their roles (probably, not everyone understood the script – Indeed, I do not understand everything after reading a lot about it). Best sequence of the season, the fight in the hotel corridor with the gravity changing.

If there was a category for the “best trailer original score” Inception would win. For sure. The music was composed by Zack Hemsey, and not Hans Zimmer, the usual contributor to the last Nolan’s films.

– Dark Swan. Well, I have a soft spot with Natalie Portman (who doesn’t?) and think it is time for her to get an Oscar. (Which will compensate the other three “bricks” that she did, and that I’ll probably watch). A really good film by Darren Aronofsky along the line of his previous film “The Wrestler”. Er, just one thing: please, do not abuse of the camera following the actors. It is a good narrative resource but it should be used with restraint, as everything. However, this is not really important, and the ballet scenes are incredible.

– Toy Story 3. As delicious as every Pixar film. It is a shame that animation films can not compete for the Oscar to the best film (but there are exceptions, like “The Beauty and the Beast”). In fact, this year we’ll see how a guy from this studio films the next “Mission Impossible” film.

And finally, which was the best film of the season?. Well, I liked a lot Inception, BUT, in my opinion, the best was Let Me In, an american  remake of a Swedish film, which for its part, is based on the book “Let the right one in”, by John Ajvide Lindqvist. (Interlude: I bought it, read it and I lost it when I moved out of Madrid, ggggg). Well, speaking of the american remake, it is perfectly filmed by Matt Reeves and specially well acted by the main characters (adolescents! how can they be so good?). This particular film was praised for the critics, but it didn’t get a lot of money, more or less the quantity needed to cover the budget (around 20 million dollars). Grrrr.

A golden globe

One of my hobbies is cinema. I normally like to be informed about movie world, directing, awards and all the stuff related to this art, so is a perfect topic to begin (again, I know):

Tonight will take place the Golden Globes gala. I’m not going to give you a detailed forecast, but I’ll tell that “The Social Network” (David Fincher) seems to be the favorite of everyone (including me), so I expect it to receive two or three key awards. “Black Swan” (Darren Aronofsky) will have the award to Natalie Portman and “The Fighter” (David O. Russell) will collect G.G. too but in less important categories.

My last season’s favorite film was “Inception” by Christopher Nolan. Sadly, I believe it’s  going to win only the technical prizes. Anyway I must point that in my opinion, one of the most important awards is the one conceded for the best Film Editing in a motion picture. This category, and I quote: ‘”involves the selection and combination of shorts into sequences and ultimately, the creation of the movie”‘. That means, the architecture of the movie. Here, this film has no rival. Yes, the plot is confusing but, in this internet-powered era, we can find FAQ’s for everything: Inception FAQ (I must confess that I had to visit this page to fully understand the film).

Well, tomorrow we’ll check the winners. Meanwhile, I leave you with a song from the soundtrack of one of these films.

From now on…

Hellooo.

Notice something different?. Yeah, apart from the new design… From now on (and trying to fulfill my new year’s resolutions) the blog will be posted in English. It also means that I’ll post again… about everything. I thought about fill-in the gaps and tell you about what I did these months (almost half a year!!), but finally, I gave up. Let’s say that (in the meantime) I traveled three or four times, I left Ottawa and now I’m waiting for my new destination.

Please, stay with me.