Ahh... to be a SAG nominator. It's so cool, getting to see much anticipated films in advance, even if you have to go through a strip search to do it.
Last night, oh I have been looking forward to it, I got to see Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood team up for a story of Mandela in South Africa. It's called "Invictus" and it's got all kinds of Oscar buzz. I mean after all, we're talking Eastwood and Freeman. Screeeeeeeeeeeeech! That's the sound of the Oscar express slamming to a halt. "Invictus" is Latin for invincible. Turns out this movie is very vincible.
It's a cliched sports movie for God's sake! This? This is the Nelson Mandela movie they chose to make?!? A film about Rugby players trying to play for a championship in order to give South Africans something to cheer about? A film that barely touches on the racial tensions facing a duly elected African in a post-aparthied atmosphere?
Anything new? No. Anything raw? No. This is TV movie-of-the-week land. Well, maybe the sports stuff will be good. I like sports movies. YAWN!!!! Cliche piled upon cliche. One more slow-mo shot of Matt Damon pushing in a scrum and I'd have puked. Someday I hope we get to see a great movie about Mandela. This ain't it. Too bad. Nothing nominatable here. Want to see a good sports movie from this year? Try "The Damned United".
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment