Might be the only one who wants this but i'd but up for having Kermode go to America Frost style and do an interview with George W Bush. Make a film of it and call it Bush/Kermode.
Starring Jason Isaacs as Kermode and David Morrissey as Bush.
Ron Howard is never great at anything. He just has a great mind to hook people on a marketable concepts. Even Apollo 13 was a great selling idea. Because of the subject matter, because it's all American hero Tom Hanks people are gonna show up anyway. Hell you may convince them it's a great movie before they even saw it! But once you're there, there was not much to it, it was shallow, predictable. When it comes down to it, people already knew the story! It was a con. Like Frost/Nixon is a con.
tyruk, there is nothing competent or nuanced about Sheen. He's an over the top HAM. His work on F/N was like watching someone do a bad impersonation of Mike Myers Austin Powers. I kept waiting for Shine to look into the camera and go: "yeah, baby".
The Oscars really isn't anything but fluff. The best performance is almost never rewarded - it's all just "Which one of our actors (we have about 20 that we just circle around) has done a WWII drama or somewhat serious FBI-flick this year...? With a British accent and against racism? Well, score, we'll take that one there, thanks very much."...
@Lilja124 I saw the King's speech pretty late on (my old school has a mini cinema, it's black swan this friday) and I do believe that Colin Firth deserved best actor, but nothing else, Best film - Inception. Best Actress I'd have to say the girl from True grit, Best support, Id have to say Hit girl from Kick-Ass. 2010 was a brilliant year for movies it's just unfortunate only 2 got recognised. I think IMDB should do their own awards, and any film which stays in the top 250 is clearly good
I'm not completely sure I agree. I think you confuse popular with good. Transformers (2007) has a rating of 7.2 in IMDB, compared to Bunuel's Belle de Jour's 7.8! There's a difference of 0.6 in their ratings. Does that mean that Transformers would be in the same league as Bunuel's masterpiece? No, but people saw it. I think we should reward originality and skill more than popularity... A movie not given the publicity ride hasn't a chance in the Oscars.
but out of the 100,000 plus movies in there only 250 have a number higher than 8.1, and trust me i haven't found a film in there that I was disapointed with, your french movie i'm guessing is a cult movie, like black swan, which I didn't like, Natalie Portman was a brilliant actress in it, but it should have been a cult film not a mainstream one, everyone in the cinema I know for a fact only went due to the hype it had (oscars and what not) the kings speech got an applaud, the swan died
@Lilja124 It isn't, I was wrong but in my opinion it should have been. It's a film that you take your girlfriend to see as it has a theme that clearly is uninteresting to most men.I didn't hate black swan, I just hated the fact it was recommended to everyone when it shouldn't have been. the whole audience at the viewing (it was a secondary school mini cinema that was filled with old people) were left in horror, as it was a film they were told to go and see.
Dude, you don't think that's just a wee bit sexist? What about Susperia, which it's been compared to time and time again - is that a movie that wouldn't be interesting to men? Now, I haven't seen it, but I think that it's rubbish to say that a movie would be uninteresting to men because the main character is a ballet dancer. It's meant to be a movie about internal struggle, not about flexing in a pretty way. No, not everyone is going to like it, but sexism and ageism, come on.....
I didn't know that it was a movie about ballet. I thought it was a movie about internal struggle. Would you say that Susperia is a chick flick about ballet dancers? Or that Death walks at midnight is a chick flick about models?
@etocadet hmm sorry to butt in, but black swan had very little ballet in. If you didn't like the film, it certainly wasn't because it was about ballet.
Great film.
CaptUndies 9 months ago
Might be the only one who wants this but i'd but up for having Kermode go to America Frost style and do an interview with George W Bush. Make a film of it and call it Bush/Kermode.
Starring Jason Isaacs as Kermode and David Morrissey as Bush.
Filmzie 1 year ago
@Filmzie
I'd see that, but only in 3D.
KingOfTheShrews 11 months ago
Ron Howard is never great at anything. He just has a great mind to hook people on a marketable concepts. Even Apollo 13 was a great selling idea. Because of the subject matter, because it's all American hero Tom Hanks people are gonna show up anyway. Hell you may convince them it's a great movie before they even saw it! But once you're there, there was not much to it, it was shallow, predictable. When it comes down to it, people already knew the story! It was a con. Like Frost/Nixon is a con.
skinwalkerxxx 1 year ago
the mode's impressions are sometimes funny but they never actualy sound like the person hes ripping on, the danny dyer one is a great example of this
GoinDownToJunkieTown 1 year ago
Thank goodness a leading critic has given The Piano the kicking it deserved.
williamwilson666 1 year ago
I love ya Mark but The Piano is a amazing movie, Keitel kicking ass as usual!
shawndimery 1 year ago
I'm too young to have experienced Nixon in real life, so I have no emotional connection to the things he did in the past.
But I still found the interview scenes more exciting than any of those movies that wanna make me care about a boxing match or a football game.
DontTouchMyVicodin 1 year ago 2
Oh screw him. The Piano is beautiful.
BunnyMan456 1 year ago
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This movie sucked! Sheen can't act his way out of a wet paper bag!!!
loxj 2 years ago
@loxj
You must have no understanding of a nuanced performance. Michael Sheen is a very competent actor.
tyruk 2 years ago
tyruk, there is nothing competent or nuanced about Sheen. He's an over the top HAM. His work on F/N was like watching someone do a bad impersonation of Mike Myers Austin Powers. I kept waiting for Shine to look into the camera and go: "yeah, baby".
loxj 1 year ago
@loxj It's absolutely so much NOT the case.
zionravescene 1 year ago
@zionravescene When is this movie due to be released?
dowling1981 1 year ago
@dowling1981 Two years ago, mate.
Beestroker 1 year ago
@Beestroker No, if it had been released then there would have been talk of it. Is Ian Beale due to be involved?
dowling1981 1 year ago
Who's up for Frost/Kermode?
"I DIDN'T WANNA ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON ALISTAIR CAMPBELL!"
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago 3
@TheConciseStatement
I'd watch that. I would watch that forecer.
Filmzie 1 year ago
@Filmzie
...In 3D! "Noooooo!"
TheConciseStatement 1 year ago
@Filmzie
...In 3D! "Noooooo!"
TheConciseStatement 1 year ago
Also watched this at the Donmar. It was packed with incredible performances. One of the best stage plays i have seen in terms of story
crazydave19882006 2 years ago
what was that? i never seen someone do that beforethat was hilarious... i didnt see that one comming haha [=
Chick6517 3 years ago
Please tell me that somebody else out there thinks Frost/Nixon was over rated?
While I accept Langella (Nixon) gave a powerful performance, the dialogue was as subtle as a sledgehammer.
Its all subjective I suppose.
I enjoyed his review more than the movie. Now
hughoc 3 years ago 2
@hughoc But that's the way Richard Nixon ACTUALLY TALKED. If you listen to any recordings of him he was melodramatic and anything but subtle!
Listen to the speech he gives at his farewell address and tell me Frist Nixon didn't nail it.
Wobbothe3rd 1 year ago
I agree with the Michael Sheen comment, it's an absolute disgrace that he is being ignored in all this Oscar hype.
doosher 3 years ago 28
@doosher
The Oscars really isn't anything but fluff. The best performance is almost never rewarded - it's all just "Which one of our actors (we have about 20 that we just circle around) has done a WWII drama or somewhat serious FBI-flick this year...? With a British accent and against racism? Well, score, we'll take that one there, thanks very much."...
Lilja124 11 months ago
@Lilja124 I saw the King's speech pretty late on (my old school has a mini cinema, it's black swan this friday) and I do believe that Colin Firth deserved best actor, but nothing else, Best film - Inception. Best Actress I'd have to say the girl from True grit, Best support, Id have to say Hit girl from Kick-Ass. 2010 was a brilliant year for movies it's just unfortunate only 2 got recognised. I think IMDB should do their own awards, and any film which stays in the top 250 is clearly good
etocadet 11 months ago
@etocadet
I'm not completely sure I agree. I think you confuse popular with good. Transformers (2007) has a rating of 7.2 in IMDB, compared to Bunuel's Belle de Jour's 7.8! There's a difference of 0.6 in their ratings. Does that mean that Transformers would be in the same league as Bunuel's masterpiece? No, but people saw it. I think we should reward originality and skill more than popularity... A movie not given the publicity ride hasn't a chance in the Oscars.
Lilja124 10 months ago
but out of the 100,000 plus movies in there only 250 have a number higher than 8.1, and trust me i haven't found a film in there that I was disapointed with, your french movie i'm guessing is a cult movie, like black swan, which I didn't like, Natalie Portman was a brilliant actress in it, but it should have been a cult film not a mainstream one, everyone in the cinema I know for a fact only went due to the hype it had (oscars and what not) the kings speech got an applaud, the swan died
etocadet 10 months ago
@etocadet
The Black Swan is not a cult movie? Or what you mean?
Lilja124 10 months ago
@Lilja124 It isn't, I was wrong but in my opinion it should have been. It's a film that you take your girlfriend to see as it has a theme that clearly is uninteresting to most men.I didn't hate black swan, I just hated the fact it was recommended to everyone when it shouldn't have been. the whole audience at the viewing (it was a secondary school mini cinema that was filled with old people) were left in horror, as it was a film they were told to go and see.
etocadet 10 months ago
@etocadet
Dude, you don't think that's just a wee bit sexist? What about Susperia, which it's been compared to time and time again - is that a movie that wouldn't be interesting to men? Now, I haven't seen it, but I think that it's rubbish to say that a movie would be uninteresting to men because the main character is a ballet dancer. It's meant to be a movie about internal struggle, not about flexing in a pretty way. No, not everyone is going to like it, but sexism and ageism, come on.....
Lilja124 10 months ago
@Lilja124 I said MOST men. and before you start throwing "ists" at me, I think it's a given fact that ballet isn't an interest in MOST men.
etocadet 10 months ago
@etocadet
Nor is it an interest for MOST women.
I didn't know that it was a movie about ballet. I thought it was a movie about internal struggle. Would you say that Susperia is a chick flick about ballet dancers? Or that Death walks at midnight is a chick flick about models?
Lilja124 10 months ago
@etocadet hmm sorry to butt in, but black swan had very little ballet in. If you didn't like the film, it certainly wasn't because it was about ballet.
SweetMintPie555 8 months ago 2
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Mark - why persist with this remarkable shock of hair. Gary Rhodes belatedly got over his Nigel Kennedy error. C'mon - get down the barbers !
francisjtuk 3 years ago
Alright francis you go to hair dressing corner with Gary and Nigel and the rest of us can get on with less vacuous preoccupations...
sid1662 3 years ago 4
I can't wait for 'Frost/Rushton' about their time on the road doing 'Ultra Quiz'.
lavverlylad 3 years ago
Are you fifteen? LOL
Sapphonouveau 3 years ago 10
This guy is awesome. Loved the Pirates review as well.
twilightmike1020 3 years ago 26