Blog of the Day: Stuff White People Like

Stuff White People Like

I've never felt less black...

Indiana Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull trailer

Oscar Movie of the Week III: Before The Devil Knows Your Dead

If George Costanza was a real person, this would have been his favorite movie of all-time.

Why?

Because Marisa Tomei spends 55% of her onscreen time nude.

I really shouldn't put this with the other Oscar Movie of the Week reviews but if Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for this (he wasn't and I wouldn't replace any of those nominated with him), I wouldn't be mad. He was really the stand out.

The film itself was good albeit predictable. I hate it when every little mistake a criminal makes comes back to bite them in the end.

Oscar Movie of the Week II: Michael Clayton

It was a good legal procedural and George Clooney and Tim Wilkinson were very good (especially Wilkinson who was crazy but not too over the top).

But best picture? Really? I mean i liked it well enough but at no point was I thinking, 'Wow, this is one of the five best pictures I saw this year."

Oscar Movie of the Week I: There Will Be Blood

I saw this movie almost a week ago and I couldn't decided whether I loved it or thought it was ridiculous. I've settled on both.

First of all, Daniel Day Lewis is amazing. One of those "Oscar was locked up in the first 30 minutes" typer performances. However, between him and Paul Dano, who was also very good, the performances were so over the top that some scenes were flat out unintentionally hysterical. What didn't help was Lewis was at 15, Dano was at 10 and everyone else at 6-7.

Despite the fact that the story dragged in the middle and in some parts jumped around too much, overall it was very well-made. If I didn't know it was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, I wouldn't know it was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. If No Country For Old Men won Best Picture and he still won Best Director, I wouldn't be mad.