If you’re a nerd (and chances are if you’re here then you are) then you’ll totally enjoy ComicBookGirl19’s youtube channel.
She’s funny, she’s witty, her videos are well produced. For Game of Thrones fans she has a bunch of videos where she gives you the scoop on the historical background of the various houses. I know I felt a little lost watching the show until I found her videos and was able to learn the who’s who and what’s what of Westeros.
She also has fun characters that appear on her show like “Robot” and “Space Brain.” I dunno. Seems a little nerdy to me. Dudes who claim to know aliens and yetis would be into that sort of thing I suppose.
Anyway, we’re all “indies” in one way or another just trying to get a foothold in this big wide world of Internet commentary, but I’d argue her videos provide a good standard for e-nerds to aspire to.
Here’s her movie review of Avengers: Age of Ultron
It’s an eternal romance that makes you think about the fragility of life and love.
Bookshelf Q. Battler here to review the crap out of The Age of Adaline.
Warning: spoilers to come.
The incomparable Blake Lively, star of stage, screen and many of Bookshelf Q. Battler’s fantasies stars as Adaline Bowman. Born at the turn of the Twentieth Century, she experiences a freak accident that leaves her ageless. No matter how many years pass, she continues to remain young and beautiful.
TRAILER – Age of Adaline – Lionsgate
When Adaline hits her forties, people begin asking questions about how she’s managed to remain so youthful and so her life of solitude begins. Afraid to reveal her secret, she packs up and moves to a new place every ten years, taking on a new identity every time she does so.
Tragically, she refuses to look for love as she figures it will be too heartbreaking when she grows old while a significant other remains young.
Hollywood, we need to have a talk about your priorities.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 – S
I’m…I’m sorry everyone.
Let’s just put it all out there. I’m sorry I lost 2 hours of my precious life on this movie. You’re sorry you lost 5 minutes of yours reading this review. We’re all sorry. Let’s just try to get through this, ok?
For those who’ve never wasted their lives, Paul Blart is a mall cop played by Kevin James. He takes his job seriously, maybe a bit too seriously. That isn’t easy, as few, if any, have respect for the noble mall cop.
In the first film, Blart saved his mall from a group of highly trained criminals who took control of a shopping center in order to rob…um…the local branch bank. Ummm….really? For more criminal masterminds, wouldn’t robbing a mall branch bank be akin to knocking over a 7-11? I mean, the idea that highly sophisticated ne’er-do-wells would put so much time and effort into…
Nope. Nope. Not going to question it. Just going to sit back and watch.
This time Blart attends the security officer convention in Las Vegas, only to have his daughter kidnapped by art thieves who are really there mainly just as an excuse for Blart to crack the case with his patented “I’m incompetent but somehow I get things done anyway” style.
Here’s the hard part when it comes to busting on Paul Blart – the movie constantly busts on itself. The folks behind the screen are fully aware they aren’t bringing you high-brow humor.
And it’s not like they tricked you into thinking you’re coming to see something sophisticated. They didn’t package it as “Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits” to get you in the theater (would that have gotten you in the theater?) and then pull the rug from underneath you and show you Paul Blart.
It’s goofy. It’s silly. It isn’t raunchy, life a minute fun like the original Hangover. When we’re talking about movies you can take the whole family to, Paul Blart is about as funny as it gets.
It has its moments. Blart gets attacked by various animals. Blart crosses between two casino rooftops on a zip line.
An attractive female hotel manager provides Blart with some assistance. The dimwitted Blart mistakes this as a pass, and “shuts her down” with a longwinded speech about how he’s off the market. She wasn’t buying in the first place, but as the movie progresses, the more he rejects her, the crazier about him she becomes until she’s madly in love with him.
I’m just going to throw it out there – I might try that trick myself. Attention women of the world, I reject you.
It’s not the worst movie in the world. It might be worth a rental. I don’t think you need to rush out to see it at the theater.
Yeah. I took that bullet for you. I even wore a disguise so no one would recognize me coming out of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. You’re welcome.
Status: Unshelf worthy. You might watch it once if you’ve got nothing better to do, but as the years go on, you won’t be feeling any sudden urges to return to the world of Blart.
Bookshelf Q. Battler here with a review of The Woman in Gold.
Based on real events, the film follows the story of Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren) and Randol Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds) in an underdog against the odds quest to return a famous painting once stolen by Nazi’s from Maria’s family.
The year is 1998 and Maria is an elderly boutique owner in California. Young Randol (Randy) is the son of an old friend of Maria’s. Randy’s a newly minted lawyer and having a rough go of it. His practice just went under, he and his wife (played by Katie Holmes) just have a newborn baby, and he’s just managed to secure a position with a big time law firm.
It all begins with some polite free advice – Maria consults Randy about what to do in light of the fact that the Austrian government has been making an effort to return artwork stolen by the Nazi regime to their rightful owners.
The painting in question? The much admired “Woman in Gold” painted by artist Gustav Klimt. Over the years, it moved from Nazi hands to a public art gallery and has become beloved by the country as “the Austrian Mona Lisa.”
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But to Maria, it’s a picture of her dear Aunt Adele.
The movie switches back and forth from past to present. Randy and Maria take on a government that doesn’t want to return the painting. In the past, young Maria once lived a happy life in a prominent Jewish family, where her father played the cello and there was much singing and dancing by all.
Alas, the Nazis come to power, roll into Austria, and Jewish people are robbed blind, their homes stripped of possessions. Nazis takeover Maria’s home and haul off all the artwork inside, including the portrait of Adele.
They’re forced to undergo all manner of humiliations, often cheered on by onlooking non-Jewish Austrians.
Maria’s family had worked hard for what they had and the Nazis took it all. So many decades later, for the elderly Maria, the fight for the painting’s return isn’t so much about the painting itself, or about the money (its worth at the time was 150 million), it’s a desire for the Austrian government to admit it did wrong – that Austrians welcomed the Nazis into the country with open arms and openly supported the mistreatment of Jewish citizens.
In the past, we see young Maria and her husband make a heroic and daring escape out of the country, after which they make their way to America. For the rest of her life, Maria feels resentment at those who turned Austria into a place she had to leave. She also feels guilt for leaving her family behind, and is angry at those who made her do so.
In the more recent past, the late 90’s, we see Randy go from viewing the case as a nuisance, then a chance to make some loot when he realizes how much its worth, and finally a chance to right a past wrong. Randy puts his career on the line and loses everything in pursuit of the case. Meanwhile, Maria goes from wanting to pursue the case to wanting to forget it all.
It becomes an international and complicated case as Randy battles the Austrian government in Austria, and later before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Do they win? Well…that’s a spoiler in gold, isn’t it? Ha ha ha.
This was an interesting and enjoyable film. It’s not getting a lot of press. It’s a film I like to call “Oscar-ish.” Hollywood often makes Oscarish films, movies about serious subjects and give actors a chance to flex their serious role chops but for whatever reason, they don’t end up in the Oscar running. That’s not to say this film won’t, though it is rather early in the season.
It’s also a story that needed to be told. I’m often amazed that even after so many WWII movies, even today there are stories that are still emerging. Maria’s family had worked hard for what they had, contributed to their society and the thanks they received was the government and their fellow citizens cheering on the Nazis in their anti-Jewish reign of terror.
Copious amounts of testosterone? Better believe that’s a check.
Plot? Ehhh…
Fasten your seat belt and hit your nitrous switch, it’s time for my review of Fast and Furious 7.
But be forewarned…the spoilers are going to come…at a fast and furious pace! (:::rimshot:::)
Cars jumping out of planes? Sure, that could probably happen…
BQB: Yeti, what did you think of the movie?
THE YETI: I did not understand the plot. I have not seen parts 1-7. Did a scientist unleash a chemical that turned most of the characters into a bunch of angry jacked bald men?
BQB: What?
THE YETI: The Rock, Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Djimon Honsou…like 90% of the cast are a bunch of cueballs!
BQB: I’m pretty sure that’s the great cosmic deal, Yeti. The universe can make a badass, but in exchange, you have to give up your hair.
THE YETI: The film company must have saved a mint on shampoo costs alone.
Paul Walker
Let’s get the sad part out of the way first. Paul Walker passed away during the film’s production in a tragic car crash (sadly and ironically, on his own time). Since he plays a main character (Brian) in these films, would the continuity of the film suffer without him became the question on the minds of movie buffs.
THE YETI: BQB, do you think the continuity of the movie suffered due to Paul Walker’s unfortunate passing?
BQB: Good question, Yeti. That was just on my mind. No, I don’t think it did. Going into it, I assumed his character would somehow leave mid-film, but he stays right to the end, so apparently a great deal was taped before the world lost this action star.
I would be interested in learning what had to be done to compensate for his passing. Toward the end of the film, there are some action sequences that take place in the dark, and “Brian” is either seen from far away, or if his face is on screen, it’s only for a split second between various karate moves. That made me wonder whether a stunt double was utilized or if that was just the intent of the scene since it took place at night in a dark building.
In other words, there are times when I’m not sure whether or not it was Paul and I don’t want to diss Paul if in fact he was in said scenes.
There is a scene at the end where Dom and Paul do their usual “pull up to each other at the end” and have a heart-to-heart talk. There, the scene did look like footage taken of Paul in the past.
And whereas these movies usually end with Dom and Paul drag racing, they instead, drive off, going their separate ways…Dom to continue his life as a bad ass, Brian to be a husband and Dad.
Aww. Tear.
Obviously, I care more about Walker’s life than an action movie, but from a critic’s perspective, I did not think that Walker’s death impacted the overall quality of the film and in my eye anyway, I did not notice any defects or flaws caused to the film. Any changes they had to make were minor or barely noticeable.
Great question, Yeti. Do you have any others?
THE YETI: Yes. Were there any sad scenes made even sadder due to Walker’s passing?
BQB: Indeed there were, Yeti. There’s a scene where Brian has a heartfelt phone conversation with Mia, where she tells her husband that the way he’s talking makes it sound like he’s never coming home and well, that becomes more depressing now that we know Walker is not coming home.
There’s also a montage of Walker through the years in the past 7 movies, dating back to 2001 and it’s just amazing how you don’t recognize it while it’s happening, but people really do grow and change over the course of a decade.
One more thing – Walker left one more movie behind. Last year’s Brick Mansions, was, in my opinion, another must see flick for fans of urban action films.
Alright then. Let’s move from the sad to the awesome.
Obviously, with these films, you check your thinking cap at the door. In fact, here’s my thought process with every outlandish stunt I see:
BQB: Oh, come on. That could never happen! Cars jumping out of planes? Preposterous! Through buildings? Get out of here! That defies all laws of science and physics and…OH MY GOD THAT WAS SO AWESOME!!! DO IT AGAIN!
Nope, you don’t go for the plot. You go for the action and special effects.
THE YETI: Why do they bother pulling all of these fast car jobs when they have so many skills? Driving skills, computer skills, planning skills…
BQB: Shut up, Yeti.
I dare say that the scene where Dom jumps a 3.5 million dollar plus car through three buildings (as in it exits out one window, jumps a large expanse, does it again, then ends up in a third building).
THE YETI: What did you think of Kurt Russell?
BQB: You’re full of questions, aren’t you, Yeti? Personally, I think the Rock is awesome and let’s be honest, he saved this franchise. I get the impression that the Rock enjoys Hobbs, a character who is unapologetic about his awesomeness.
Therefore, it was sad to see Hobbs get laid up in the hospital for most of the film, with Kurt Russell taking over as the agent that convinces Dom’s crew to pull a job. That being said, Russell did a great job and he was awesome.
At one point, I was left wondering about the overall question of what makes a movie great. Let’s face it. Flicks like this one will never win an Academy Award and yet when you think about it, with all the stunts, action, special effects and so on…there’s probably more moving parts and issues to coordinate than, say Birdman.
And while I’m not saying, “Let’s give Fast and Furious an Oscar!” I am saying that F and F 7 is a better film than Birdman.
Yup. I’m sorry. I said it. Had F and F 7 come out in 2014 it would of been more deserving of an Oscar than Birdman.
Other notables:
Game of Thrones fans will be pleased to see Nathalie Emmanuel aka the Khaleesi’s translator Missandei in a major on screen role.
Did anyone else think “If it is possible for this franchise to have a “Jump the Shark” moment, that it might have been the part where the crew jumps out of plane in their cars and somehow they all manage to land on one road in perfect formation?
Why are their cars constantly being sprayed with bullets and yet they never die?
Was the Rock’s epic fight in the beginning with Jason Statham the best thing ever?
Has anyone figured out why so many musclebound dudes go bald?
THE YETI: But it’s so stupid. They drive cars. They blow stuff up. Constant chaos. It reminds me of the Yeti village.
BQB: Again, suspend your concerns about plot and substance at the door. These films are basically one big on screen thrill ride. They might as well make the seats shake it charge admission to it at Disney World.
THE YETI: Are you going to talk about Paul Walker again before you go?
BQB: Yes. So, on this blog, I talk a lot about heroes for average people – folks that the ordinary man can look up to. Now, Walker was an above averagely good looking movie star, so obviously we can’t call him average.
But here’s what sets him apart from other action stars. There’s a scene where he takes on a bus full of terrorists while wearing a hoodie. That may not seem like much, but think about other movies where the hero wears a uniform, or a bullet proof vest or armor or something.
Maybe I’m just reading too much into it but when you see a good guy taking out bad guys while wearing ordinary street clothes, it makes me think that maybe that could inspire moviegoers to become better than average.
You too can do awesome things in just your hoodie and jeans. But, you know, just don’t try to take out a bunch of terrorists by yourself. Duh.
I’ll be interested to see what direction the series goes in from here, if it does continue at all. As discussed above, it was left that Brian drove off in his own direction to become a family man. I think that was a good decision because to kill the character off would have been a bit macabre given the the actor’s tragic passing.
Will the crew go on without Brian? Will they hang up their stick shifts and call it quits? Time will tell. But all in all, they were faced with a difficult task – deliver an over the top action blockbuster while remaining respectful to the loss of one of the main stars…and it delivered.
STATUS: Shelf-worthy. RIP Paul Walker. You will be missed.
By: The Siberian Yeti, Self-Appointed Ruler of Bookshelfbattle.com Until Further Notice
Hello pitiful 3.5 readers. The Siberian Yeti here. I have heard that the American loser known as Bookshelf Q. Battler has occasionally escaped my surveillance and found ways to post onto this blog behind my back. Worse, his Intergalactic Correspondent, Alien Jones, has some kind of super computer that is able to post onto this blog without even having access to it. He must have a Commodore 1,064.
It is my understanding that this website is some kind of entertainment blog, operated by a lowly attention seeking nerd with nothing better to do with his free time than tell 3.5 people about his interests in books, film, and television.
This is apparently some kind of trend in the Western world. “Oh! Look at me! Here is a picture of my lunch! Oh, look! A picture of my feet on the beach!”
Blah. You know what they feed us for lunch in Siberia? Better you not know but let’s just say, you don’t want to see a picture of it.
All criticism of your annoying “look at me” American ways, I suppose if I am going to be the Self-Appointed Ruler of this Blog (forever apparently, since Hell will freeze over before BQB reaches 4000 Twitter followers), then I had best, how do you say, “go with the flow” and review some of my favorite Russian entertainment.
First up is Olga’s Stewstravaganza II – Electric Stewgaloo.
First, a warning. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. Yes, pitiful Americans. All of the world there are people dying in shallow graves from all manner of diseases but the only thing that gets your ire up is when someone tells you what happens in one of your precious shows before you see it.
Second, if you have yet to see Olga’s Stewstravaganza Part One, I suggest you drop everything and go see it. Ha, one guy just googled it to see if it exists. That is funny.
But seriously, if you have not witnessed Olga’s antics in one, then you will never be able to comprehend two.
Part II picks up directly after the events of Part One. Frumpy peasant woman Olga, who wears a coat fashioned from cow hide and chicken feather stuffing (the height of elegance in Siberia) has just vanquished all of her enemies, the degenerate low lives who tried to get between her and her pot of stew.
Now, she is left to simply cook her stew in peace. And I must say, the suspense is unbearable. In the opening scene, we see Olga’s hand holding a paprika shaker. Will she add the paprika? Won’t she? Will she add oregano? Will she add the floor sweepings?
Answer to all three questions? Yes. I told you there would be spoilers. Stupid Americans. You never listen.
By the middle of the film, we are introduced to Olga’s love interest, Ivan. Ivan is a dedicated farmer. Here, I will translate his first scene for you:
INTERIOR – POLLING PLACE
Ivan, a tall burly man with a mustache that reaches to his chest, picks up a ballot. It reads:
ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA – PLEASE PLACE AN X NEXT TO YOUR SELECTION
1) Putin ___
2) Putin ___
3) Putin ___
4) Write-in Vote for Candidate Not Putin (Please attach instructions to your home, as well as times of day when you are asleep and at your most defenseless).
I won’t spoil it for you. OK I will. He votes for Putin.
Ivan then makes the long ride home to his village on a sleigh pulled by a team of twelve mangy, drooling oxen with flies swirling around their heads. The ride takes two hours, and the director ensures we are not spared one moment of it.
Upon arrival at the village, Ivan realizes he forgot his wallet at the polling place. We are left to watch the two hour journey back to the polling place, followed by the two hour return trip.
After six hours of driving oxen through the snow (a brisk 807 inches and therefore a mild winter for Siberia), Ivan passes out in front of Olga’s humble abode.
Olga brings Ivan in and revives him and the following scene transpires:
IVAN: Olga, this stew is delicious. What kind of animal did the meat come from?
OLGA: Do you trust me, Ivan?
IVAN: Da.
OLGA: Good. Because sometimes love means not knowing what kind of animal the meat in the stew you’re eating comes from.
“Sometimes love means not knowing what kind of animal the meat in the stew you’re eating comes from.”
I just wanted to repeat that for effect. What a wonderful, beautiful film. And you evil Americans give the Oscar to Birdman. Patooie. For shame.
Thank you 3.5 readers. I will try to be a better ruler of this site and bring you more reviews until BQB reaches 4000 twitter followers. And let’s be honest. That will never happen. Miley Cyrus will join a convent before that loser gets that many followers.
Bookshelf Q. Battler here. I snuck out while the Yeti was playing Tapper to take in a movie tonight. Hate to say it, but the Yeti has become less of a captor and more of an annoying uninvited house guest.
But I digress.
Regrets? Liam Neeson’s Jimmy Conlon has had a few and they’re all catching up with him over the course of one non-stop, action packed night.
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Ever since Taken, Neeson has had a resurgence, moving from dramatic actor to tough guy action star. In most of these films, he’s calm, cool, collected. Surprisingly, in this film we see a divergence. Neeson still plays a man you want on your side if you’re in a pinch, but he’s also a bad guy. Worse, he’s not just any bad guy. When we’re introduced to Jimmy, he’s a sloppy, slobbering, lowlife drunk, depressed over a life spent being a murderer for his longtime friend and mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris). Of course, Jimmy sobers up quickly as he can’t be expected to take out one goon after the next in an inebriated state.
Michael Conlon (Joel Kinnaman from last year’s Robocop reboot) hates his father and avoids him all costs in the name of living a law abiding life. Unfortunately, he ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time when he inadvertently witnesses Maguire’s son Danny (Boyd Holbrook) shoot some Albanian drug dealers during a deal gone awry.
Danny tries to shoot Michael so as to leave no witnesses but ends up being shot by Jimmy. Maguire vows revenge against his long time friend and criminal associate and has a seemingly endless supply of degenerate henchmen to lob at the father-son duo as they navigate their way through the streets of New York City.
Common provides a chilling turn as stone cold hit man Andrew Price, dispatched by Maguire to take the Conlons out. Vincent D’Onofrio also submits an emotional performance as Detective Harding, the good cop who has been hunting Jimmy for twenty-five years, only to see every case he’s brought against the mob murderer fall through the cracks of a corrupt justice system.
And yet, the rub for Harding is that on this particular night, Jimmy is not the bad guy, so the detective is struck with the unenviable task of having to help a man he despises do a good thing – i.e. save the lives of Michael and his family.
Why is revenge such a powerful force that it makes men blind to the realities around them? Maguire knows his son did wrong. He knows Jimmy just did something any father would do. Even so, Maguire is out for blood and it is a bit heartbreaking to watch as a duo with a thirty year friendship take each other on.
Nick Nolte makes a quick cameo and, well, not to put the guy down because, hey, time eventually comes for all of us, but it did take me a second to realize it was Nick Nolte.
The film moves at a mile a minute pace and never slows down. If you’re looking for a good Spring action flick, you won’t be disappointed.
Look, I never saw The Theory of Everything. I’m sure its great. I’m sure Eddie Redmayne did a great job.
But come on. He’s young. He has like 50 years to get one. Michael Keaton’s been around for so long and snubbed for so long. It was really his turn.
Maybe it’s wrong to think like that. The award should just go to whoever did the best job, but it’s too bad. I just think Keaton is awesome and I thought it was going to be his night.
Oh well. I suppose he had a win in that the movie sort of semi-based on his career took home best picture.
Still, I feel like this results in either Keaton never gets an Oscar, or they pull a Jack Palance/City Slickers move and give it to Keaton when he’s 70 and appears in some random role in a goofball comedy.
OK so I have failed miserably in my self-challenge to watch all 2015 Oscar nominated films. I’m sorry to drop the petals off the daffodil folks, but occasionally this humble book blogger only reaches a 99.9% rate of perfection.
Thus far, I have only seen American Sniper, Birdman, and The Imitation Game (I still owe you a review). I have Boyhood loaded into my iTunes but have yet to get around to it.
So I’m a bit handicapped having not seen everything, which begs the question:
Bookshelf Q. Battler, are you really going to opine on things you know nothing about?
Um…yeah. I do that everyday. My original title for this blog was “Opinions on Stuff I Know Nothing About.” Writing opinions on stuff I know nothing about is my God given right as an American.
Without further ado, my predictions:
BEST FILM – Birdman
All the commentary out there suggests there is a horse race going on between Boyhood and Birdman. From what I’ve heard of Boyhood, it’s basically a “meh” sort of film and without the novel idea to shoot the young boy protagonist at different stages of his life, it probably wouldn’t have made it to the Oscars.
Meanwhile, Birdman has been winning many other awards and that’s a strong sign.
I’m going to flip a coin here and say Birdman. Birdman has a lot of messages that Hollywood wants you to hear, namely a) Stop complaining we feed you so much crap when you’re the ones who are eating it b) Stop complaining we don’t make enough artsy fartsy movies when you never watch them and c) being an actor isn’t all its cracked up to be
BEST ACTOR – Michael Keaton (Birdman)
I’ve got to go with Keaton. He’s been around for so long, he’s been in many amazing movies, and well, sad to say but, time keeps a-moving on whether we want it to or not, and he may not have many more chances to appear in Oscar buzz worthy work. Carrell, Cooper, Cumberbatch, Redmayne all turned in great performances, but they still have time and haven’t been around as long. It’s Keaton’s turn.
BEST ACTRESS – Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
I really, really want Rosamund Pike to win this for Gone Girl. SPOILER ALERT – in that movie, she plays the Amy whose safety you’re very concerned about when she goes missing as well as the Amy who…well, just go watch it.
But this is the year where Hollywood settles its debts and like Keaton, Moore is also overdue. That’s not a knock on Still Alice. I’m sure it’s great. She’s certainly been in a lot of other great films and is deserving.
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – JK Simmons (Whiplash)
The King of the Actors Long Overdue for Recognition. He’s that guy in every movie, you recognize his face as soon as you see it, but up until this nomination, you didn’t really know his name. He’s also the voice of the Yellow M and M.
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
When it comes to “long overdue” Arquette and Laura Dern (Wild) are both deserving. However, Boyhood has had more attention than Wild, so I think it’s going to go to Arquette. Emma and Keira turned in great performances, but they still have plenty of time. And Meryl? Jesus, she must be using these awards as paperweights at this point.
BEST DIRECTOR – Richard Linklater
Come on. Filming a kid at different stages of life and mixing it all into one film. Creative. Give him an award.
SNUBS
Finally, here’s my list of snubs:
Interstellar – the movie laid out a roadmap on how to get to deep space. Completely ignored! What? Who cares about outer space travel? Michael Keaton’s pretending to be a bird!
The Lego Movie – Best animated movie of the year no matter what. I assume it got turned down because it was seen by some as just a big commercial for legos but come on, most kids movies do lead to big time toy merchandising. If it was a commercial, it was a commercial with heart.
Saint Vincent – That old grumpy person you know might not actually be a jerk. He might have experienced some heinous crap that you can’t begin to comprehend. He may have earned the right to be grumpy. So cut him some slack.
The Drop/James Gandolfini – I wish James Gandolfini could have received a posthumous Best Supporting Actor nomination since, sadly, he’ll never have a chance at another one. It was a decent film and in my opinion, Gandolfini’s best performance since The Sopranos.
What are your picks? Who do you think got snubbed? Inquiring Bookshelf Battlers want to know.
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