Post by donny on Sept 8, 2020 19:14:03 GMT -5
Performances of the Decade
2010's Edition
Nora Fanshaw
Portrayed By: Laura Dern
From: Marriage Story
Why:
Versus
Tonya Harding
Portrayed By: Margot Robbie
From: I, Tonya
Why:
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Note: As I suspect for a few others on here, the 2010's was the first full decade I could consider myself an adult. During this time, my likes and interests grew and developed, not only in film, but all areas. In this space, I will present some of my favorite things from the 2010's, unrelated to the tournament, on both a national and local level.
3.
Magic Mike Review- FilmDrunk
4. Conan and Tom Cruise- Roadtrippin
2010's Edition
Nora Fanshaw
Portrayed By: Laura Dern
From: Marriage Story
Why:
Versus
Tonya Harding
Portrayed By: Margot Robbie
From: I, Tonya
Why:
My Vote: Margot
These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Note: As I suspect for a few others on here, the 2010's was the first full decade I could consider myself an adult. During this time, my likes and interests grew and developed, not only in film, but all areas. In this space, I will present some of my favorite things from the 2010's, unrelated to the tournament, on both a national and local level.
3.
Review: Magic Mike is the best film of the summer
Vince Mancini, July 5, 2012
The common sentiment about Magic Mike seems to be that it’s a bit of a bait and switch, but it’s not often you’re baited (‘bated?) with fluff and presented with the profound, and who the hell complains about something being too good, anyway? I went in expecting Bring It On with thongs or Coyote Ugly-style, so-bad-it’s-good schlock, and judging by how hard my screening audience laughed at the Pitch Perfect trailer, I wasn’t alone. (Can you imagine being in a room full of people belly laughing at that? It’s like wandering into Klan rally). But what I went in expecting to enjoy sarcastically, I ended up loving genuinely. In a way, it’s a metaphor for Channing Tatum’s entire career. No one in the world has gone from awful actor to brilliant one this fast! No one!
If it was just a story about male stripping, it’d be good enough. Matthew McConaughey as the strip club owner, Dallas, absolutely crushes every scene he’s in, whether he’s wearing a do-rag and jazz shoes (!!!!) while he teaches Alex Pettyfer dance moves in front of the mirror (“You’re the boss, you’ve got the dick!”), or singing the ladies a song he wrote himself before whipping them into such a frenzy that they rip off his g-string (laaawbreakers, the lot of them). He deserves an Oscar nom and I’m not kidding – an actor’s persona and portrayal rarely harmonize so perfectly, maybe once in a decade, but you truly believe that Soderbergh could’ve followed around McConaughey with a videocamera and just spliced the footage into the movie without anyone noticing, alright alright alright.
Vince Mancini, July 5, 2012
The common sentiment about Magic Mike seems to be that it’s a bit of a bait and switch, but it’s not often you’re baited (‘bated?) with fluff and presented with the profound, and who the hell complains about something being too good, anyway? I went in expecting Bring It On with thongs or Coyote Ugly-style, so-bad-it’s-good schlock, and judging by how hard my screening audience laughed at the Pitch Perfect trailer, I wasn’t alone. (Can you imagine being in a room full of people belly laughing at that? It’s like wandering into Klan rally). But what I went in expecting to enjoy sarcastically, I ended up loving genuinely. In a way, it’s a metaphor for Channing Tatum’s entire career. No one in the world has gone from awful actor to brilliant one this fast! No one!
If it was just a story about male stripping, it’d be good enough. Matthew McConaughey as the strip club owner, Dallas, absolutely crushes every scene he’s in, whether he’s wearing a do-rag and jazz shoes (!!!!) while he teaches Alex Pettyfer dance moves in front of the mirror (“You’re the boss, you’ve got the dick!”), or singing the ladies a song he wrote himself before whipping them into such a frenzy that they rip off his g-string (laaawbreakers, the lot of them). He deserves an Oscar nom and I’m not kidding – an actor’s persona and portrayal rarely harmonize so perfectly, maybe once in a decade, but you truly believe that Soderbergh could’ve followed around McConaughey with a videocamera and just spliced the footage into the movie without anyone noticing, alright alright alright.
4. Conan and Tom Cruise- Roadtrippin
