Movies to Watch

Rust and Bone (2012): Jacques Audiard
Savages (2012): Oliver Stone
Hate Crime (2005): Tommy Stovall
Fjellet (2011): Ole Giaever
Le Fils de Autre (2012): Lorraine Levy
The Turin Horse (2012): Bela Tarr
The Dark Knight Rises (2012): Christopher Nolan
Ronin (1998): John Frankenheimer
Grand Prix  (1966): John Frankenheimer
The Game (1995): David Fincher

More Than Meets The Eye II

Gerry: Gus Van Sant back to his experimental roots

Some fantastic material for my movie archive! I watched a number of great movies on my days off during recent months. I'd like to mention them. Moreover i added my personal scores which partly reflect how much i liked them. (I don't fully support the idea of rating artwork this way !) I've done so just to mark my initial personal impressions about each of these movies. My personal experience reveals the understanding and excitement about some artworks develop slowly. That's interesting to observe how my personal conception gradually changes by time. I'm willing to write a brief review about some of them in upcoming posts.


Hanna (2011) ; Joe Wright 6/10
The Trial (1962) ; Orson Welles 10/10
Les Asacias (2011) ; Pablo Giorgeli 7/10
The Holy Girl (2004) ; Lucrecia Martel 9/10
Gerry (2002) ; Guus Van Sant 10/10
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (2011) ; Nuri Bilge Ceylan 9/10
Batman Begins (2005) ; Christopher Nolan 8/10
Army of Shadows (1969) ; Jean-Pierre Melville 9/10
A Good Heart (2009) ; Dagur Kari 6/10
My Sister's Keeper (2009) ; Nick Cassavetes 9/10
Angela's Ashes (1999) ; Alan Parker 6/10
A Christmas Carol (2009) ; Robert Zemeckis 8/10
Z (1969) ; Costa-Gavras 9/10

"I believe what doesn't kill you,simply makes you...
                                                       ...stranger "

Golden Globe Nominations 2011

The Golden Globe nominations 2011 may be a bellwether for the Oscars. However, the Golden Globe nominations 2011 aren't the only clue to the Oscars this month. Many critics awards have already gone out, with most of them favoring The Social Network. After those awards, and after weeks of making predictions, today's announcement might not have raised that many eyebrows. Yet the 2011 Golden Globe nominations still had their share of notable results and surprises.

The Social Network and The King's Speech are considered the two favorites for the Oscars. This morning, they did little to change that, although The King's Speech got a boost by getting the most nods of the day. Despite mixed results in the critics' awards, The King's Speech received seven nods to The Social Network's six.

However, the Golden Globe nominations 2011 didn't have The Social Network or King's Speech stand alone. The Fighter is being regarded as a sleeper pick, and it came on strong with six nods, to tie for second overall.
Behind these three frontrunners, Black Swan, Inception and The Kids Are All Right tied with four selections. Yet the likes of The Tourist, Burlesque and Alice in Wonderland followed with three, as they had to fill out the music and comedy categories.
In the individual Golden Globe nominations 2011, the likes of Colin Firth, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Annette Bening, Christian Bale, Geoffrey Rush and Nicole Kidman got their expected slots. But the left field selections included Michael Douglas, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, and Johnny Depp twice.
The drama movie field was made up of The Social Network, The King's Speech, Inception, Black Swan and The Fighter. Yet the comedy field was left with The Kids Are All Right towering over Burlesque, Alice in Wonderland, The Tourist and Red.
On the TV side of the Golden Globe nominations 2011, Glee led the way with five nods. Meanwhile, the likes of 30 Rock, Mad Men, The Good Wife, Dexter, Modern Family and newcomer Boardwalk Empire tied with three. The Walking Dead even broke into the drama series category, despite airing six episodes, while Lost was shut out in its final try.

This awards show may not be the major Oscar indicator that it once was. After all, they still only select five Best Picture nominees for drama and comedy, while the Oscars now have 10 slots. In many ways, this morning backed up what everyone knew, as The King's Speech and Social Network led the field. Yet as The Fighter prepares for a wider release, its chances to sneak up on them are getting serious.

The 2011 Golden Globe nominees will hold the year's biggest party on January 16 on NBC, with Ricky Gervais coming back to host.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Godfather's Marlon Brando,Forrest Gump's Tom Hanks, Scent of A Woman's Al Pacino,The Piano Teacher Isabelle Huppert, The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger and now Jack Nicholson in Milos Forman's masterpiece :

i got the whole story this way: a kind of border line personality guy is sent to mental institution with a nurse not far from dogmatic manner, in charge

Randle McMurphy (Nicholson) shows his discomfort and tries to break the routines;but he's not well supported by other patients;as it's shown McMurphy's demands are far ahead of other patients thoughts.But after a while he finds other patients' assistance,confronting the wards staff specially cotquean head-nurse...

The squence McMurphy broadcasts Baseball across the TV showing a serial( pretending to watch World Series on TV) This is the saddest scene i have ever seen;a five star Nicholson could make it a memorable and everlasting picture;a mixture of innocence and waggery;how fantastic !

I don't get the concept of the movie;i can make some assumptions;Forman shows the role of elite and genious people demolished in the cast of democracy,or regular bureaucracy

Another angle shows the head nurse didnt really respect the votes as they reach the quorom for watching baseball she refuses to accept the vote.Isn't it a similar story we have with some democracies.(how about Afganistan elections as a recent example.)

It also shows McMurphy as a loser :in the end ; he's not the one who can escape,he's the one who gets caught and sink deeper,brainwashed by harsh treatment ; it seems they blurred his sight offreedom;

eventhough he finds ample oppurtunity to run away he misses them because of his inconssistent manner based on hedonism,and sometime due to his sense of compassion for other patients.He could really find his way out of sanitarium in the interview with psychiatrist but he finds kind of entertainment living there playing a superior role . He's not a must be admitted type at the begining.

I haven't watched any other Forman's film but as i read in IMDB he's got obssessed with this rebellious type personalities .

Final Words : Jack Nicholson realy deserved Oscar prize,also; credit to Sydney Lassick

I give it a 9/10