Thursday, March 10, 2016
Weighing In at Oscar
After viewing "Creed" this evening because "Zoolander ll" had been bumped by "The Forrest," I could not believe that Mark Rylance walked away with Best Supporting Actor. Both Christian Bale and Sly had egg on their their faces. What was the academy thinking? A one-dimensional yet funny straight man doesn't have the same sack to compete with Rocky Balboa. The film "Creed" was successful, until ultimately it succumbed to Hollywood's current fad. They just couldn't hack out the big fight. Everything was so tightly timed like a great old school flick until the end. Then Renderman computer tricks dropped the ball and the ending. The film was a real contender, until it just petered out. (in lieu of more to come I suppose) Mr. Stallone is such a monumental film presence, like Norma Jean, without trying they completely upstage any wannabe actors in the same screen. It is an unfortunate turn of events, and it is unfortunate I had to watch a preview of Inarritu's "The Revenant" again. What may become the worst movie of all time, watching the visual hubris yet again was sickening and a spit in the face of veteran director Ridley Scott. Absolutely it should become the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" of the millennium. The imagery is so staid and false like a graven image, it parallels only Charlie Rose's endorsement of the iPhone 6.