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Gandhi (1982) - Not really part of my ongoing Best Picture quest as I had already seen it a couple times. But it really is what a Best Picture should be all about. Just a great film. It's a smart, well produced, important biopic of epic scope, containing one of the great performances of my lifetime by Ben Kingsley.

(One odd little tangent that comes to mind: if they could do such a seamless job of aging character 30 years ago, why couldn't Clint Eastwood pull it off even a fraction as well in J. Edgar?)

But no matter. Thoroughly enjoyable movie experience for me.



9 out of 10



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They made us watch that in Catholic school. I don't remember much other than we ate Pringles and made a star viewer out of the Pringles can during the movie.
 
Teela
They made us watch that in Catholic school. I don't remember much other than we ate Pringles and made a star viewer out of the Pringles can during the movie.
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That's interesting insamuch as there is so little about catholicism in it. I imagine it is mentioned but just in passing. There is plenny islam and hinduism. Some sikh thrown in.

Not much catholicism.

I don't know if I should congratulate your school for promoting harmony and understanding between religions or question what the heck they were up to.
 
On an unhappy note, Jennifer Lawrence is now the overwhelming favorite (-3000) to win Best Actress. I believe the race is actually much closer than those odds suggest but still, I don't like it.

And Anne Hathaway is the overwhelming favorite for Supporting Actress at -10,000.

Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway could both win Oscars on Sunday. Only dramatizing slightly when I say: just kill me now.
 
Cimarron (1931) - A former Best Picture winner from the early days,

Very interesting Edna Ferber story of the settling of the Oklahoma Territory which covers several decades and the evolution from wild west into statehood. It is forward thinking for its time with themes of racial and gender equality and tolerance, and in openly and opinionatedly discussing the raw deal that native Americans have gotten.

On the other hand it has one of the more douchy hard-to-take lead characters I could imagine. Predictably, the acting is comically bad and there are several heavy-handed plot turns.

It's a borderline 7 based on its historical significance and socially ambitious agenda however on basic watchability, gotta hold at 6.


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Grand Prix (1966) - Caught this on TV yesterday. Pretty shitty movie overall but the racing scenes are mesmerizing. Even the GF was watching and she hates everything about cars.

Outstanding technical achievement for the time - I'm not sure how they managed to rig cameras on top of a bunch of cars back then - the things musta been HUGH. Either way the results are stunning. Ima hunt down the Blu-Ray disc in bargain bins.

9.1 Matty Rains for the racing scenes

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Matty
Grand Prix (1966) - Caught this on TV yesterday. Pretty shitty movie overall but the racing scenes are mesmerizing. Even the GF was watching and she hates everything about cars.

Outstanding technical achievement for the time - I'm not sure how they managed to rig cameras on top of a bunch of cars back then - the things musta been HUGH. Either way the results are stunning. Ima hunt down the Blu-Ray disc in bargain bins.

9.1 Matty Rains for the racing scenes

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Cameras weren't that big back then. They're about the same size today actually. We used vintage Bolex cameras (which were often used back then... even earlier) for several film classes that I took in college which could easily mount on a GT40. Would just need some high speed film stock.

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TV cameras are a different story though.
 
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