I am not surprised at all of all the praise the movie is getting. Here in Spain, at my theater, women were crying everywhere around me. I heard them multiple times getting a tissue from their handbags. I was sure then that this movie would ignite some serious passion and I am sure now that this is going to be a great contender for a Best Picture nomination.
FYC
Upstream Color - Best Picture
Shane Carruth - Upstream Color - Best Director
The Act of Killing - Best Documentary
You're phuked.Originally Posted by Cédric
OMG. I've just realized I will be in Thailand on Oscar night. This must be a subliminal sign or something.
No, that's too tacky a destination darling, I'll be liped.
4 stars from Roger Ebert!
http://www.rogerebert.com/apps/pbcs....121219990/1023
current score from rottentomatoes: 82
current score from metacritic: 77
Roger Ebert's sentiment often times mirrors the Academy. Still think this is getting a BP nod. If it does, Watts is winning this baby.
Last edited by Keirdancer; 12-20-2012 at 06:22 PM.
Beam me up, Scotty. Way up.
It has to be a BO hit in order to win.Roger Ebert's sentiment often times mirrors the Academy. Still think this is getting a BP nod. If it does, Watts is winning this baby.
New stunning reviews
http://<a href="http://aisleseat.com...ssible.htm</a>This is one of the most gut-wrenching and emotional pictures I've ever seen. I walked away from it physically exhausted. Unpleasant would not be an appropriate descriptor, though. The Impossible is enormously life-affirming; you just have to go through a lot of tragedy to get there... Aside from the ceaseless, riveting realism of the plot, the movie is made by performances that are nothing short of brilliant. Naomi Watts, as I've said repeatedly, is my favorite working actress. She's fearless, willing to do whatever a role requires, with no sense of vanity. As Maria Bennet, Watts is required to project near-constant terror, grief, and anguish. She doesn't just play those emotions, she embodies them. The actress is a special effect in her own right, convincing you of the emotional devastation the tsunami wreaked on its victims. Ewan McGregor is great as well. He gets a powerful, tear-inducing moment in which Henry borrows a cell phone to call home and promptly has the enormity of his situation hit him.
http://www.philly.com/philly/enterta...#ixzz2FdwqrWd4Watts, too, is extraordinary - she manages both the physical and emotional demands of the role, with soul-deep conviction.
Clint Eastwood's 2010 film, Hereafter, also re-created the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Thailand. It was an effective piece of cinema, but it is nothing compared to the visceral realism that Bayona and his team achieve. And yet, The Impossible isn't just a brilliantly executed disaster movie. It's a brilliantly executed movie that asks us to contemplate the seemingly random and indiscriminate brutality of the planet we live on, and also the resilience, compassion, and courage we are capable of.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entert...1693512.columnThe Impossible: Naomi Watts Keeps This Disaster Film Afloat. Maria (Watts) and Henry (McGregor) embark on their separate stories of beating the odds, as they search for each other, and their three boys, amid a landscape of pure chaos. Bayona has a knack for complicated lines of action and for relying on Watts — a mighty photogenic sufferer, as well as a first-rate screen actress — throughout the ordeal... In a largely nonverbal performance, Watts conveys a world of motherly anguish and hurt and resolve. She's the heart of the film, and director Bayona knows it and frames the story accordingly.
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/2012...wUK/story.htmlThe depiction of the natural disaster itself, which killed 230,000 people, is visceral and horrifying. Director Juan Antonio Bayona has crafted an event that’s impeccable from a production standpoint with its dizzying, seemingly endless sprawl of destruction, a relentless, wet menace full of things that snap and stab and strangle. And Naomi Watts gives a vivid, deeply committed performance as the wife and mother of three young boys who finds the strength to persevere despite desolation and debilitating injuries. But man, is this thing heavy-handed. Although ‘‘The Impossible’’ sucks you in at the start, it proceeds to pound you over the head after that.
Rogert Ebert's review of The Impossible A+
Gross.
I'm also starting to think that this might get a Best Picture nomination. I had it in my predictions a few months ago, then I took it out, but now I'm considering putting it back in. The problem is that this will all have to be completely on gut instinct because I don't think it's going to get any major guild nominations. I don't even think it's making the PGA top ten.
That said, even if it does get nominated and even if it does well at the BO, Watts isn't beating Lawrence or Chastain. Their films are just way too popular, their performances are too acclaimed and they have too much buzz.
Just moved up from 77 to 78.
Wow. Can't believe this isn't in the 60's.
This started with a couple huge 100s from trades, it would have been strange for it to go that low I think.
A mixed/negative review from the NY Times. Watts still gets good ink.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/12/21...tml?ref=movies
Beam me up, Scotty. Way up.
Very good word on the performances. Registered as a 50 on MC.
Now certified fresh on RT with the consensus:
"The screenplay isn't quite as powerful as the direction or the acting, but with such an astonishing real-life story at its center, The Impossible is never less than compelling."
Well, I'm seeing this in a few hours at Arclight. I've built her performance up so much in my head I hope I won't be disappointed. I'm dragging my boyfriend with me, lol. I don't think he has any idea what he's about to see.
Beam me up, Scotty. Way up.
It'll see it on Jan.4 when it gets nationwide expansion.
76 from metacritic with 27 critics.
Oh, the NY Times trying to preach morals and atone for missing the boat in other, more morally dubious films. Ah, the ironies...
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