1-Minute Critic on Best Picture Oscar Nominations

The 1-Minute Critic gives his picks for the Best Picture Oscar from "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country For Old Men" and "There WIll Be Blood"

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[CynicTheInfotainer]

I've liked most of PTA's movies (Hard 8, Mag, Boogie & Punch-drunk) but I walked out of this movie thinking it was just okay. Then the hype machine did it's thing and I thought to myself...well, maybe I missed something or I was just getting my man-period during the viewing. Thank you, 1-minute Critic, for not making me feel like a pariah!

[cwyricksolari]

No, you're still a pariah, you've just found another pariah to hang out with. What was TWBB missing that you saw in all of PTA's other movies that you liked? - 1-Minute Critic

[alexxxdamasta187]

There Will Be Blood is superior to all of the nominees and you know it. By the way, I don't think three Academy Award nominations in writing means Paul Thomas Anderson is far more than "mediocre." He's probably the most brilliant writer/director of our generation.

[robertrosado]

*the correct thing I was going to say*

I'm sorry, my friend, I just don't agree with you. I thought "Juno" was cute, but far too self-concious to merit anything than a pat on the back (that said, Garner and Page are fantastic). "No Country..." and "...Blood" are masterful pieces, and will undoubtedly stand the test of time. "Clayton" is a wonderful thriller with magnificent performances, and "Atonement" is a well-acted, well-meaning disappointment.

[robertrosado]

I'm sorry, my friend, I just don't agree with you. I thought "Juno" was cute, but far too self-concious to merit . "No Country..." and "...Blood"

[shawntem]

CRAIG!!! I think Atonement should have been replaced with either The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford or Ratatouille... I don't have a big problem with the other nominees... I really dug Michael Clayton (it was the best script of the bunch, imo), I thought that Juno was a little too "quirky" and self-aware for its own good, but still funny and sweet... No comment on TWBB and NCfOM, except to say that I happen to love both movies... sorry... but anyway, this is good stuff!

[CynicTheInfotainer]

Hard 8 is a good "li'l movie" - basically an apprentice story (I'm a big John c. Reily fan). Boogie & Mag I liked for their Altmanesque qualities...right down to being nicely cast with a wide range of talent. Punch-Drunk Love I liked because it delt with "geek/socially awkward love" and I found that to be interesting. Prior to that I was not an Adam Sandler fan, that movie made me like him more. Now, maybe if I see TWBB again when it comes out on DVD, it might grow on me or...it might not.

[cwyricksolari]

He's so far out of the Hollywood system that he's nominated for an Oscar? I think he's too concerned with being "cool" and making "important" movies that he's missing the one thing that can make a movie truly great -- living, breathing, 3-dimensional characters. I admire Scorcese and Altman, too, but that doesn't make me a great critic.

- 1-Minute Critic

[cwyricksolari]

Not Angelical, so I must be crazy. - 1-Minute Critic

[AustralianStallion90]

Ridiculous? It parallels the theme so well, and instills the competition and capitalist mind in a manner that left you remembering it.

How anyone could consider it "ridiculous" is beyond me. You are either an Angelical, or crazy.