Adorable, the both of you.
The Golden Globes have handed out their trophies and created the crazy buzz that will eventually be the more glamourous Oscars. Ricky Gervais wasn’t as harsh as people were hoping to be, but at least was present.
But inside I was hoping for just one of those awards to be handed over to Michel Hazanavicius and his film The Artist. As with all golden statue-related ceremonies, most nominations are films with a particular focus that makes them stand out. No one saw Green Lantern as a nomination because it was predictable, like Thor, though I preferred Thor.
The usual picks are those with topical issues, or those that if you said you didn’t like, would label you inferior. This is common with films that ‘break barriers’ or ‘pay homage’ to a particular celebrated aspect of film.
For me it was The Artist. Filmed as a black and white movie set in the times where the ‘talkies’ were just becoming a thing in cinema, it starred a familiar face from OSS 117, the French spy film I talked about last year.
But the real star in that film was different. No, not the gorgeous co-star, nor was it the list of cameos that made you say “Ohh cool! ***** **** is in it!”. It was Uggie the dog.
Don’t know him? Watch this:
There were plenty of clips to see, but I just wanted to show you that the dog does indeed have a sponsor on his skateboard.
He already won the Palm Dog award, the animal equivalent of a Palm D’Or, but his list of films is pretty large. He was in Water for Elephants as well, and more than likely a better actor than Robert Pattison.
Any animal you’ve seen in a movie that has stolen the show?
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Arnie tells it exactly how it is
Monday, November 21st, 2011Arnie listening to his own voice.
DVD commentaries are the gateway to diving deeper into a director’s mind, giving him or her a feature-length opportunity to explain parts of a film that may have been misinterpreted along the way.
Along with the leading actors, discussions can get quite deep. For some commentaries, the discussions about subtext and what the director’s intentions were give a new reason to go back and watch the film again.
Some are just a fantastic way of getting another hour and a half of comedy (even if the genre of the film is not the same).
But then you have your hit-and-misses. These are the ones that scream out: “I don’t care, but the studio paid me to come in for two hours”.
But THEN you have a whole new echelon of commentary that I can’t quite explain. Please, watch this and tell me what you think:
It’s almost like watching a movie about a guy watching a movie that…INCEPTION!
But no, this in fact does not win any awards for its in-depth analysis into the film, but it does make everyone chuckle at Arnold once again. But hey, he’s been Governator of California before, why can’t he be a tour guide for films too?
Recommended commentary you SHOULD hear:
This is Spinal Tap!
You might recognise something’s afoot the moment you put the DVD in. It sounds like Nigel Tufnel and the gang from Spinal Tap are in a recording studio doing the commentary. And they are. And it’s great. Christopher Guest’s ‘mockumentary’ series (loosely-based term) are fantastic, but the talents of the actors surrounding him as well are improvisational geniuses.
Recommended commentary you SHOULD NOT hear:
The Matrix
I know, it’s one of the greatest films of its time, and still a classic (let’s just forget numbers 2 and 3, shall we?). But the commentary is so…what’s the way to put it…full of itself. Self-appreciating movie people digging into how much they invested in their roles. Blah blah bleh, nothing new about the film. And we still don’t know kung-fu.
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