My [angry] thoughts on the Oscars tonight given to No Country For Old Men:
I had heard some hype about the movie several weeks ago and bought the book on mp3. I listen to books on mp3 a lot (audible.com is quite tasty for my brain) and find that it's a really good way to do something physical (walking, pottery) while also, essentially, reading a book.
About 3 weeks ago I started listening to No Country For Old Men and had an abrupt realization - I only knew that the main character was a guy, that stuff was happening in the desert (or somewhere dry and dusty,) and that there was some sort of law enforcement involved. AND I HAD BEEN LISTENING TO THE BOOK FOR 90 MINUTES. There is something wrong with the story if it makes me zone out so much that I only knew three tiny facts, andeven those I may have just picked those up from commercials for the movie.
So it won 3 Oscars tonight, including Best Film.
Some possible explanations:
1. The Coen brothers REALLY earned that Adapted Screenplay Oscar... like, they completely re-wrote the story and just decided to keep the title to be funny.
2. You need at least one Y chromosome to like this story
3. Lots of chicks like Javier Bardem in that f*ed up haircut... and somehow managed to stuff the ballot box
The movie MUST have been good... but, given the first fifth of the book that I listened to, I cant for the life of me understand why.
ps JUNO ROOLS!
Monday, February 25, 2008
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It was number 2.
ReplyDeleteI did NOT think the was the best film of the year. There Will Be Blood was a thousand times better.
And seriously, what was up with the haircut? Not cool.