Wilson

"Don't worry Wilson, I'll do all the paddling. You just hang on."

Katyn (2007)

It's the brutal characteristic of this dirty piece of history which makes Katyn so special. It's splendid and of course depressing.  It's a deep cut into the post-traumatic aspect of disaster.The Families,Mothers,wives,children who lost their beloved in this dark collision with fate penned by war-time so-called allies.

Golden Globes

Facebook film “The Social Network” picked up four GoldenGlobe Awards on Sunday, including Best Film drama, making it a front-runner inHollywood’s Oscar race.

“Social Network” picked up the best director award for David Fincher, best screenplay for writer Aaron Sorkin and best musical score for its music, written by Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor.

The film recounts the story of the founding of social networking site Facebook, an international phenomenon with millions of users that started in a college dormitory. Accepting the Golden Globe, producer Scott Rudin called the movie “a metaphor for communication and the way we relate to each other.”

Another winner of some big awards was “The Kids Are All Right,” which featured two lesbian parents whose children search for their sperm donor father. “Kids” also picked up the award for best actress in a film comedy for its star Annette Bening, who portrayed one of the mothers in the film.

British actor Colin Firth was named best actor in a film drama for his portrayal of stuttering King George VI in “The King’s Speech,” while Natalie Portman took home the Golden Globe trophy for best actress in a drama with “Black Swan.” Paul Giamatti won the prize for best actor in a comedy film for his role as a caustic man in “Barney’s Version.”

The Golden Globe Awards, which are given out by the nearly 90 members of the HFPA, are one of the major Hollywood award shows leading to the film industry’s most-prized honors, the Oscars, which are handed out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Many film industry watchers look at the winners of Golden Globes and other honors for clues as to which films, performers, directors and writers might win Oscars. This year, “Social Network” has swept many early honors and added the Golden Globe to its cache of trophies.

In other movie honors, boxing drama “The Fighter” picked up two GoldenGlobes for Christian Bale as supporting actor portraying a drug-addicted fighter and for Melissa Leo as supporting actress playing the mother ofChristian Bale’s character.

“Toy Story 3″ was named best animated movie for what director Lee Unkrich called “”an animated movie that beat with a human heart.” And Denmark’s “In a Better World” was named best foreign language film.

The 10 Most Valuable Stars of 2010

CNBC Introduced a short list of 10 most valuable stars of 2010.A newcomer ? Anne Hathaway...
Anne Hathaway is number 10 in this list
Today, she makes her debut on the list at number ten, thanks to her appearances in the romantic comedy Valentine's Day, Love and Other Drugs and Tim Burton’s 3D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.

Other stars in this list are :George Clooney,Leonardo DiCaprio,Denzel Washington,Matt Damon,Steve Carrel,Tom Hanks,Angelina Jolie and No.1 is Johnny Depp.

A Very Happy Couple

My mind has got really preoccupied with the movie"Annie Hall".Here's one of my favorite sequences :

Annie Hall Highlights

I could finally watch Annie Hall (1977).It was splended .The movie is a sharply critical comedy/drama  with some extreme opinions. It takes up a fortified position on some social,political or moral  issues.In my opinion it's a highly intellectual picture of a liberal culture in jeopardy.The screenplay is brilliant (written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman).Annie Hall won 4 oscars,deservedly including Diane Keaton as best actress in a leading role...Pedram

Alvy Singer:[narrating] After that it got pretty late, and we both had to go, but it was great seeing Annie again. I... I realized what a terrific person she was, and... and how much fun it was just knowing her; and I... I, I thought of that old joke, y'know, the, this... this guy goes to a psychiatrist and says, "Doc, uh, my brother's crazy; he thinks he's a chicken." And, uh, the doctor says, "Well, why don't you turn him in?" The guy says, "I would, but I need the eggs." Well, I guess that's pretty much now how I feel about relationships; y'know, they're totally irrational, and crazy, and absurd, and... but, uh, I guess we keep goin' through it because, uh, most of us... need the eggs. 

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