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Chari910
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 Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: Reviews, critics, etc.. |
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Possibly my least favorite movie at Toronto, by contrast, is "Good," which is not. Based on a stage play, it's set in WWII Germany and concerns a weak-willed, mild-mannered academic (Viggo Mortenson) who keeps cutting compromises with the Nazi party until he finds himself wearing a SS uniform at a concentration camp, stunned by the fact that Jews are actually being killed. This is a not unworthy subject -- how we can incrementally lose our souls through daily moral bargaining -- but director Vicente Amorim turns it into hamfisted Holocaust kitsch, complete with single tear running down the star's cheek at the end. Jason Isaacs is quite good as the hero's doomed Jewish friend, but Mortensen fights against his natural gifts (poise, silence, flawed strength) and loses. The funny thing is that I interviewed the actor a few days back during the "Appaloosa" publicity junket, and he urged me to see "Good," convinced of the film's worth and his own performance stretch. I didn't and don't doubt Mortensen's sincerity, but this is not a well-made film. Surprise: Even the most talented actors may not be the best judges of their own movies.
From http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/blog/2008/09/toronto_day_4_1.html |
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kjshd05
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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thanx Char, I just read this review myself...they don't seem to think
too much of Viggo, but like Mr Jason |
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Goodfan
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kjshd05
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| good fan I've posted under another thread, but thanx.... |
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Chari910
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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Variety didn't like it either......grrrrghh
Didn't even mention Jase.. |
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Gillian
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Possibly my least favorite movie at Toronto, by contrast, is "Good," which is not. |
Umm, ... how can he review a movie that hasn't even been screened yet? |
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fruitbat
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Now Magazine didn't like it.
At all.
http://www.nowtoronto.com/guides/tiff/2008/play_details.cfm?play_id=1794
| Quote: | Review by NW
You know something? Some of Hitler's SS weren't all bad. Or so this atrocious moral fable would have us believe. It follows the rise of Mortensen's distracted Aryan academic from humble literature professor to sharp-dressed subcommandant – much to the consternation of his one Jewish pal (Isaacs).
If you're feeling particularly charitable, it's possible to see what Mortensen and Amorim were trying to do with C.P. Taylor's 1981 play – though they utterly fail to pull it off. This is an awful mix of stilted dramatics and faux-ironic posturing, capped off with one of the least appropriate tracking shots in recent memory. |
MTA: a couple of years ago, Rogers cable channel 10 broadcast press conferences for the films. I remember seeing Gerard Butler, (presented as "Gerald" to the crowd), who was in Beowulf and Grendel and Matthew MacFadyen, who was there for P&P.
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kjshd05
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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my thoughts exactly Gillian....
and, what the hell is a "tracking shot?"...from the Now Mag article.. |
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Sea Lion Woman
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Damn! That's not good! At all!
Crap! Let's just hope other reviews are better than this ones...*crossing her fingers* |
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Helen8
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, I hope the Toronto jury gives a more positive review. |
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Vig
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:03 am Post subject: |
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JAMD.com
...better getty images |
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Vig
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| Vig wrote: | JAMD.com
...better getty images |
If you dont know how get these images.....there are they  |
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Vig
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:11 am Post subject: TIFF 2008 Portraits |
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Sea Lion Woman
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:01 am Post subject: |
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The last picture
*snapping fingers*
FIERCE!...
and the rest are....
*snapping fingers*
SEXY!
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kjshd05
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:15 am Post subject: |
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thank you Vig for posting the links to all the pics from the premiere,
and much more of "Good"....
however, due to copyright laws, we cannot post pics that have
watermarks on them....but as I stated, the link posting is fine... |
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