I hate going to the theatre alone.
Honestly, after years of doing it, I now much prefer going to the cinema by myself. You don't have friends talking over you, you can be a complete pig in terms of refreshments without anyone you know judging you, you can find the best seat without having to worry about the people you're with, you can go and see the films you like as opposed to compromising and seeing something that'll appeal to everyone. All of these are entirely selfish reasons, but nowadays I find it weird going to the cinema
with someone than without... but I'm aware I'll be in the minority on this one.
Speaking of supporting performances, there wasn't a lot of good female supporting performances to cite for 2012, I thought. 2011 had a freak-load of amazing supporting performances by females (Bayat, Hatami and Farhadi in A Separation, Jessica Chastain in Take Shelter, Carey Mulligan in Shame, Mary Page Keller in Beginners (!!!), and some great turns by young actresses such as Elle Fanning and Shailene Woodley) and I would've easily compiled a top 5 or a top 10 favourite.
Bolded the ones I agree with completely. Major props for mentioning Keller; Plummer got the Oscar but she was definitely best in show in that film.
The few performances that I liked from last year was Adams in The Master, Isabelle Huppert in Amour, Jacki Weaver to a lesser extent... and that's it, and neither of them held up to any of 2011's quality performances. Of the five nominated for Best Supporting Actress this year, Hunt gave the best performance, but she's lead in the film in my eyes.
I'd definitely agree with you on Hunt in the category (as well as all of the category fraud prevalent... along with Waltz who is
not a supporting actor). And you're right in that great supporting female performances have been a lot more desolate this year. Off the top of my head, my favourite was Jennifer Ehle in
Zero Dark Thirty, closely followed by Sarah Silverman in
Take This Waltz, but when Huppert can come on screen for about 15 minutes and also deliver one of the best supporting perfs, that's not saying much in terms of the rest of the field this year.
Anyways, Cat, you excited for that new Farhadi film? He's working with Tahar Rahim and Berenice Bejo. I exploded (in sheer excitement, of course).
I'm always excited for a new Farhadi film.
About Elly finally came out in the UK last year and that was amazeballs (not as amazeballs as
A Separation, but what is?) and also featured one of the best supporting female performances last year in Golshifteh Farahani. I'll be interested to see how the language barrier affects this new one, but I'm definitely looking forward to it.
Well, I just returned from seeing Side Effects! What a fantastic movie, definitely one of the best psychological thrillers I've seen in awhile. It beat House at the End of the Street by a long shot, and even that was an alright movie. I feel like Rooney Mara, despite Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones' great performances, made that movie. She was excellent, superb; all those frivolous, complimentary adjectives! I love her so much and even moreso now.
Loved it!
I hate that I can't see this yet. Stupid month-long wait... but I'm glad you liked it, David!