saccitygrl

I am not saying this movie isn't entertaining, it is. But oscar worthy? Really?

I won't rehash what others have said already. I will just say that it's movies like this which is why I don't watch the oscars anymore and rarely go to the movies much less rent them. If it not some comic book trash it's trash sold as being deeper than what it really is.

I don't like musicals except the old ones like West Side Story. A friend dragged me to this and I was not expecting to like it.

So, it met my expectation but it also tested my endurance for watching a film. This movie is soooo slooooow. I was so bored watching it -- kept checking my watch. I've read the book and this movie barely gets though a 1/3 of the story. Definitely just another effort to cash in on a popular book/play by stretching it out into 2 films. Not planning on seeing the second one.

As an unwashed heathen I will not comment on the story but the cinematography in this film is horrendous. One close up after another--for hours. I felt like I was watching a movie using a magnifying glass. No sense of space, context, perspective. And the same shot was repeated over and over---framed shot moving into a close up. Over and over. I never notice these things in movies usually but in this film it was so consistent and it was irritating. I don't think I would recognize most of the actors in this film in any other context as I never saw them beyond the neck up.

I am no expert but this issue with the cinematography seems a bit amateurish.