Friday, February 14, 2003 :::
I was talking to a friend of mine last week about the concept of a "favorite movie". If I'm asked, I generally list a few -- I can't really narrow it down to one. She said that she's the same way, and I think Derbyshire, at NRO, has expressed similar sentiments.
I bring this up because I saw Signs yesterday. I give the story a B+ -- it's very good, it's just not clever enough to get an "A". It's presented wonderfully, though, and it's found a place on my "favorite movies" list.
It was, needless to say, not nominated for an Oscar. Nor was Abigail Breslin, who played the little girl -- though I'm sure her acting would have impressed me a lot less if she wasn't five.
What was nominated for an Oscar? Well, Chicago was nominated for Best Movie, as you likely know -- I would think there have to be five better movies from last year, but I'm not particularly worked up about this. I discovered last night, though, that Chicago was also nominated for its cinematography. Regular readers will remember that one of my first reactions to Chicago was that "[t]he cinematography warranted a beating."
::: posted by Steven at 12:44 PM
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