Besides the fact that A Beautiful Mind is very dull, full of scenes that are just hilarious, and a twist that should not be celebrated but denegrated, is this: John Forbes Nash sucks. It's not an interesting character study in schizophrenia or a truly damaged man or the kind of abusive genius that could come up with his ideas. He just sucks. He places his family in genuine danger under the pretense that he has his shit under control, and then quick cut to: decades later, he still sees all those imaginary people, but he has it slightly better under control. That's his progress. He no longer smacks his wife or tries to drown his child. At least, not that we see in these final scenes.
At the end of A Beautiful Mind, I hate John Forbes Nash and I shouldn't. The film just fails. I think that Jennifer Connelly's win is probably the emptiest performance to win this decade. It's not bad or just grossly miscalculated like Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland, but completely empty and the product of hype. Shame too, because she's such a talented actor. The 2001 Best Supporting Actress lineup is the dullest in memory.
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Crash is a mixed bag, and when it's bad its truly awful. But still it's a better film than several other Best Picture winners over the last decade: American Beauty, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, No Country For Old Men.
"Y'know, that's one of the things I like about Mitt Romney. He's been consistent since he changed his mind." -- Christine O'Donnell
--Sabin wrote:I'm human, but I still think [Crash] might be better than A Beautiful Mind.
Oh, it most definitely is. A Beautiful Mind is so mind-numbingly boring and awful it's hard to settle on just the right adjective. Jennifer Connelly should give her Oscar to Maggie Smith, too.
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"The mantle of spinsterhood was definitely in her shoulders. She was twenty five and looked it."
-Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
-Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
--Big Magilla wrote:A Touch of Class was a huge hit in 1973, but it appealed more to older audiences of the day who liked those titillating comedies where the characters flirted with having sex outside of marriage but didn't actually have it.
Adjusted for inflation, A Touch of Class grossed around $40 million, which, I suspect, made it the Four Weddings and a Funeral of its day and is pretty good for a British romantic comedy.
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"...it is the weak who are cruel, and...gentleness is only to be expected from the strong." - Leo Reston
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
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The Crash threads are still around, though they may take some digging to find.
My recollection is that the film was modestly liked by those who had seen it before it started winning awards. Its surprise Oscar win over Brokeback Mountain erupted in outright hostility that has still not calmed down. The most hated Oscar winners around here, though, are Braveheart and A Beautiful Mind with Gladiator and Crash probably not far behind.
A Touch of Class was a huge hit in 1973, but it appealed more to older audiences of the day who liked those titillating comedies where the characters flirted with having sex outside of marriage but didn't actually have it.
My recollection is that the film was modestly liked by those who had seen it before it started winning awards. Its surprise Oscar win over Brokeback Mountain erupted in outright hostility that has still not calmed down. The most hated Oscar winners around here, though, are Braveheart and A Beautiful Mind with Gladiator and Crash probably not far behind.
A Touch of Class was a huge hit in 1973, but it appealed more to older audiences of the day who liked those titillating comedies where the characters flirted with having sex outside of marriage but didn't actually have it.
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5/10
How was this movie received back in 1973?
Well for starters it was nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture so obviously it was rather well received.
Crash received 6 nominations three years ago... Was it well received around here?
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A Touch of Class (Melvin Frank) 1973
5/10
After reading so much about this movie recently here, I decided to see it (as I'm also trying to see all oscar nominated acting performances since 1970).
My expectations were very low. In fact it's not a great film but not as bas ad I was expecting. The screenplay is rather dull and tremendously dated. Glenda Jackson is good as always. George Segal is very annoying.
How was this movie received back in 1973?
5/10
After reading so much about this movie recently here, I decided to see it (as I'm also trying to see all oscar nominated acting performances since 1970).
My expectations were very low. In fact it's not a great film but not as bas ad I was expecting. The screenplay is rather dull and tremendously dated. Glenda Jackson is good as always. George Segal is very annoying.
How was this movie received back in 1973?
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One Potato, Two Potato (Larry Peerce, 1964) 8/10
Dated, but still powerful film of inter-racial couple being sued for custody of the wife's child by her former husband. Terrific performances by Barbara Barrie and Bernie Hamilton as the couple, Richard Mulligan as the former husband, Harry Bellaver as the judge and Robert Earl Jones and legendary Broadway star Vinnette Carroll as Hamilton's parents.
Someone should write a sequel for Barrie, the only player still alive. Felicity Huffman could play her now grown daughter.
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Dated, but still powerful film of inter-racial couple being sued for custody of the wife's child by her former husband. Terrific performances by Barbara Barrie and Bernie Hamilton as the couple, Richard Mulligan as the former husband, Harry Bellaver as the judge and Robert Earl Jones and legendary Broadway star Vinnette Carroll as Hamilton's parents.
Someone should write a sequel for Barrie, the only player still alive. Felicity Huffman could play her now grown daughter.
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Love Actually (Richard Curtis, 2003) 6/10
Romantic comedy with several bright spots, most of them involving Hugh Grant as the new British Prime Minister and Emma Thompson as his sister with the husband (Alan Rickman) with the roving eye. The vignettes involving Liam Neesom as a new widower take on a renewed poignancy as the scenes with his now motherless son (Thomas Sangster) foreshadow his own future.
Also with Bill Nighy, Laura Linney, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Chiwitel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Rowan Atkinson, Billy Bob Thornton as a Clintonesque U.S. President and many more.
Romantic comedy with several bright spots, most of them involving Hugh Grant as the new British Prime Minister and Emma Thompson as his sister with the husband (Alan Rickman) with the roving eye. The vignettes involving Liam Neesom as a new widower take on a renewed poignancy as the scenes with his now motherless son (Thomas Sangster) foreshadow his own future.
Also with Bill Nighy, Laura Linney, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Chiwitel Ejiofor, Andrew Lincoln, Rowan Atkinson, Billy Bob Thornton as a Clintonesque U.S. President and many more.