Pollyanna goes hunting.
Nominated for:
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
Best Supporting Actress: Hailee Steinfeld
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Directing: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Best Picture
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Also nominated for:
Art Direction
Costume Design
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
It's been almost two weeks since I saw this film and I still can't make up my mind about it. I was highly entertained by the antics of Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon, but I was highly annoyed by the young girl's plucky enthusiasm for vengeance. How can someone so hell bent on killing a man remind me so much of Pollyanna?!
Thinking about these things makes me worry my head will do this.
So I'm going to just call it even and pretend this film never existed. I guess it looks pretty and sounds great and all that business, but I can't get past the aforementioned conflict. If you like westerns, you'll probably enjoy the movie. If you like classic Cohen brothers, you probably won't.
Damn you, Ethan and Joel! Only you two could pull my poor, tortured head in such opposite directions.
Eli
Rating: 3 for innovation, 3 for emotional content, and 3 for cohesiveness.
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Haha, I appreciate the "Polyanna goes hunting" line.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't mention the script...I felt that was the best part - espcecially the horse + pony negotiations.