With 10 possible Best Picture nominees, @Zombieland has a chance at Oscar gold! Badassawesome! A zombie wave4u: http://tinyurl.com/y8wpd7aCertainly this is a satirical statement, but because of that, it leaves me to wonder about the quality of movies this year. Can a zombie flick (not directed by George A. Romero) be one of the ten best films this year?
So, lets partake with a week by week break down of what has been offered by Hollywood.
January 2 (based on information gathered from film-releases.com:)
Only movies that were released were limited to the coasts. Can't base any conclusions from that.
January 9
- Bride Wars - Why we should be happy the Oscars snubbed Hudson and Hathaway.
- Not Easily Broken - I like to be behind Billy Duke, but wrong ethnicity for subject matter. Take the Color Purple as an example. Especially when no one dare cross Oprah.
- The Unborn - Classic issue of a great writer being a wretched director.
- Hotel for Dogs - at least the kids get something.
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop - I saw it, liked it, but it ain't art.
- Notorious - Give me a break. Tupac was at least kind enough to leave us a great performance in Juice.
- My Bloody Valentine 3-D - Unless you are producing for Disney World, stay away from the format.
- Inkheart - Drawings and Brendan Frasier? I didn't remember Monkey Bone working out.
- Underworld - Rise of the Lycans - British actors in sci-fi are never taken seriously. I've rented Doomsday, so I'll find out if we can take the Kate Beckingsale knock off seriously.
- New In Town - When my Midwest conservative mom cannot relate, it must have missed its mark (or she get thrown off by "abooots" and "ehs")
- Taken - This was technically released in 2008, and action movies never win Oscars.
- Coraline - I've probably seen this movie in its entirety, but when you have to deal with an overly involved two year-old, I can't say I know what it is about. Still, the buzz at least secures it a Best Animated Feature Nomination (which it will either lose to Up or Ponyo). The only bad thing I can say about it is the 3-D bull shit it embraces. If it proved appropriate for a two year-old, I can tell you that the audience could care less about 3-D. The glasses annoy them.
- He's Not That in to You - Made for dates, not for accolades.
I've actually wrote a couple blogs about this weekend:
February 20
- Fired Up - PG-13 humor about R-Rated characters always fails (with the exception of Dude, Where's My Car?)
- Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail - If you don't screen your films for critics, then they aren't art.
- Jonas Brothers The Bull Shit Concert Experience
- Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li - Since Street Fighter is the best video game franchise, I'm sure I'll rent it, but I'm not expecting Tai Chi Master or Hard-Boiled.
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