NIGHT FILM MARATHON: OSCARS 2012
Several movies nominated this year hark back to times past and so did the four films with the highest number of nominations which were presented at the film marathon two nights before the Academy Awards Gala. As I had already seen "At Midnight In Paris" and hadn't found it Oscar-worthy, I skipped the film leaving myself more energy to stay up throughout the remaining three:
THE ARTIST
Recommended. Sometimes funny, often sad, all the time deeply emotional and humane, technologically impeccable and masterfully enacted by contemporary actors deserves all the Oscars it subsequently received.
MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Watchable. Emotional and fantastically performed as well which doesn't defend the silly story. I spent most of the running time thinking whether Marilyn was really such a lost soul or truly a manipulative bitch or if all of it was just another man's wet dream.
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
Watchable. The title seems to refer to the cult "Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels" - another movie the British are proud of and no other nation remembers. I watched out of curiosity of internal workings of MI6 and was bitterly disappointed to find out that spies' job not only are difficult and dangerous but unspeakably boring as well. The film lasted 2 hours, 1.5 hours of which too long.
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