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The Artist - Greg_phpbb3_import1 - 07-13-2012
The Oscar winner with a gimmick. It's in black and white! It's silent! If we love it, it will show we are artistic and high-brow.
It's the story of early days Hollywood when they transitioned from Silents to Talkies. George is a star of the silents. Peppy is a newcomer who George gives a job to after a chance meeting. But in the switch, George's star fades while Peppy's rises. It all gets very tragic before it gets better. And there is a dog. The dog is in every scene. I don't know why.
It was kind of dull. I kept thinking about "A Star is Born" so there was a lot of been there, done that. Malcolm McDowell pops in for a second. They was he is listed in the credits I thought there would be more of him. But plenty of room for the dog.
I was amazed how dark this film got. I was expecting something much more light-hearted.
And they guy who plays George basically has one go to move. He cocks his head at a rakish angle in a lip smile that quickly opens to show hundreds of teeth. He must of done this gesture a thousand times. It should be the Artist drinking game, drink when George does the head cock smile.
One tiny sword fight. But they were ripping off Zorro.
it was all about the dog - Drunk Monk - 09-17-2012
A cute film, quite charming, the kind of homage crap that the Academy laps up like a thirsty puppy. There was some cleverness to it and some striking cinematography although I kept having the nagging feeling the most of the best frames were poached from classic b&w films. Sort of the parallel opposite of Hugo in that both glorified old film but one went B&W and the other going all 3D.