Comments on: And the Oscar for Revision Goes to…. http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/and-the-oscar-for-revision-goes-to/ Raise a glass to the lost arts of reading, writing, and drinking. Thu, 23 May 2013 00:42:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mike Land http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/and-the-oscar-for-revision-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-5547 Mike Land Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:20:06 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=1521#comment-5547 I missed Rabbit Hole and can't track it down anywhere -- it's my one gap in Oscar-nominated categories I care about -- but the observations above are interesting. I was happy with Steinfield, but I haven't seen the original since it came out, so Darby isn't fresh in my mind. I am pretty sure that Matt Damon is better than Glen Campbell, though. As for Blue Valentine, tremendous performance by Wiliams in an amorphous story; unlike Portman, Williams has to drive the story without much benefit from suspense or cleverness of any kind. But my main comment is: Rabbit Hole and Blue Valentine in the SAME day? Man, Bill, you really must like to just get the depression over with in one cinematic swoop. I missed Rabbit Hole and can’t track it down anywhere — it’s my one gap in Oscar-nominated categories I care about — but the observations above are interesting. I was happy with Steinfield, but I haven’t seen the original since it came out, so Darby isn’t fresh in my mind.

I am pretty sure that Matt Damon is better than Glen Campbell, though.

As for Blue Valentine, tremendous performance by Wiliams in an amorphous story; unlike Portman, Williams has to drive the story without much benefit from suspense
or cleverness of any kind. But my main comment is: Rabbit Hole and Blue Valentine in the SAME day? Man, Bill, you really must like to just get the depression over with in one cinematic swoop.

]]> By: John Jack http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/and-the-oscar-for-revision-goes-to/comment-page-1/#comment-5484 John Jack Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:35:44 +0000 http://billanddavescocktailhour.com/?p=1521#comment-5484 Hailee Stanfield's portrayal of Mattie Ross doesn't rival Kim Darby's portrayal of Mattie. Darby's portraying Mattie's self-righteousness perfectly matches Mattie's ironclad sense of the unequivocal black and white division of right and wrong, good and evil. and her portrayal of Mattie's colorful and eccentric offness contrasts with and enhances the wrongness of unequivocal, uncompromising righteousness. She's so righteous it's wrong, makes her into a bible and lawbook thumping middle childhood girl so convinced of the absolute rightness of her convictions that she's invulnerable and shown wrongly so vulnerable at every turn. Though weaker wills bow before her will, uncertain of their convictions, stronger wills know better, know the gray overlaps of right and wrong. Sublime. Darby either fit the part naturally or knew Mattie's true personality in a way Stanfield can't because of her thorough indoctrination in this post Postmodern generation's expectations and multicultural social mores, taking as given that things aren't really any different now than they were as portrayed in the movie's setting. Oh, they were different, so different they're alien to today's generations. Hailee Stanfield’s portrayal of Mattie Ross doesn’t rival Kim Darby’s portrayal of Mattie. Darby’s portraying Mattie’s self-righteousness perfectly matches Mattie’s ironclad sense of the unequivocal black and white division of right and wrong, good and evil. and her portrayal of Mattie’s colorful and eccentric offness contrasts with and enhances the wrongness of unequivocal, uncompromising righteousness.

She’s so righteous it’s wrong, makes her into a bible and lawbook thumping middle childhood girl so convinced of the absolute rightness of her convictions that she’s invulnerable and shown wrongly so vulnerable at every turn. Though weaker wills bow before her will, uncertain of their convictions, stronger wills know better, know the gray overlaps of right and wrong. Sublime.

Darby either fit the part naturally or knew Mattie’s true personality in a way Stanfield can’t because of her thorough indoctrination in this post Postmodern generation’s expectations and multicultural social mores, taking as given that things aren’t really any different now than they were as portrayed in the movie’s setting. Oh, they were different, so different they’re alien to today’s generations.

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