Awards are a drug

6 Responses to “Awards are a drug”

1. Vic - Feb 6 '10, 2:52 pm

   Be careful: the ASPCA may get on you for this one! ;)

2. Alison Flynn - Feb 6 '10, 3:49 pm

   See, that’s what Jeremy Renner’s character needed – an understanding guinea pig like Muriel to assist him.

3. Pierre de Plume - Feb 6 '10, 11:33 pm

   I like this one a lot.

4. jennybee - Feb 7 '10, 9:23 am

   Brilliant. I can just imagine the WTF look on Renner’s face. Haha.

5. Andy - Feb 8 '10, 12:51 am

   Of the two 2009 films I managed to catch (HP#6 was the others for those playing along at home), this one was tops. That isn’t to damn Bigelow’s film was faint praise: it is a lean, incredibly suspenseful psychological character study about men who choose the unthinkable path of going towards danger whether with a heavy heart (Samborn), nagging insecurity (Specialist) or just plain craziness (James). One of the boldest directorial visions to come in a long while, where everything from the editing to the writing and sound design just seems to come together perfectly in unison.

   A deserving nominee for Best Picture. I will be psyched if Bigelow wins (I think she is unstoppable at this point).

6. Paul C. - Feb 8 '10, 10:17 am

   Chew the green wire! CHEW THE GREEN WIRE!

   I think Muriel could do James’ job. If she’s tough enough to lose an eye and cool enough to walk a tightrope, she’s got the right kind of nerves for bomb disposal. The way she’s positioned in the pic makes it look like she’s going to say, “it’s OK, James, I got this.”

   By the way, the eye-losing thing really happened. The tightrope, as you know, not so much.

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