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I don't know why I feel compelled to document my media consumption. I watched About A Boy last night and thought that it was really well done, an intelligent feel-good movie. I've been trying to think about how it compared to the book by Nick Hornby, but I read it a few years ago--long enough that that I didn't remember enough details to be bothered by differences.

For those of you keeping track of my movements, I'm off to see The Hours. Apparently not what you'd call a feel-good movie. Maybe I should've reversed the order?

Posted on Feb. 16th, 2003 at 01:17 pm | | Leave a comment | 5 comments |

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jenna_marie

Did you like The hours? I hated it - but I wasn't depressed when I saw it. I think that you have to be depressed when you see it to enjoy it.

The only 2 Oscar picks that I haven't seen are Gangs of New York and The Pianist. Have you seen either? Thoughts?

The only one I want to win is The Two Towers.

I loved About A Boy. Matt hated it - he turned it off half way through. Can you believe it?

The movie was very similar to the movie, which was nice.
Posted on Feb. 16th, 2003 05:30 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

joshc

Hmmm. Interesting theory about The Hours, though I'm not sure I agree. I thought it was good, but I wasn't crazy about it or anything. I think I expected it to be more depressing and the score by Phillip Glass to be more annoying. With that setup, it's probably strange that I saw it at all! So, I guess it's fair I didn't have overly high expectations.

I've seen the same Oscar contenders as you. I'm only mildly interested in seeing The Pianist even though it's supposed to be very good. I have even less desire to see Gangs of New York, which seems like "dirty people killing each other" to me. I don't have any opinion about which one should win. I seriously doubt that The Two Towers will win though. They'll have to wait for Return of the King to win any major awards.

Did Matt hate About a Boy for any specific reason?
Posted on Feb. 16th, 2003 08:21 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

jenna_marie

Yes, I also think that the 3rd LOTR will be the one that wins all of the awards. Oh well. I feel the same about the other two Oscar movies - don't really want to see them all that badly.

I guess Matt said that About A Boy was boring and couldn't capture his interest.
Posted on Feb. 17th, 2003 08:33 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

mattack

Hate is a strong word that I did not use, especially since I didn't see the whole thing. I just didn't find the story very compelling so, since it was very late, I turned it off halfway through.

It was disheartening to see that Peter Jackson wasn't nominated for Best Director. Did he win last year? Chicago has all the momentum; I will be surprised if it doesn't win.
Posted on Feb. 19th, 2003 04:54 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

joshc

Last year, the best director award went to Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind.

Posted on Feb. 28th, 2003 09:53 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply