Flight
What a bizarre movie.
Amazing, but bizarre. Basically, all that needs to be said is that it was Denzel Washington, and he is seriously incredible - and I'm thinking a lot of it has to do with film selection. He picks great scripts that highlight his strengths. And seeing Denzel Washington do cocaine and get completely drunk - and have it be believable - was great.
The ending was... meh. It made me cry, but that's just because Denzel is great. I still cry at John Q. too, but they wrapped it up very quickly with too much morality at the end. I think I would have liked it better if he had lied at the end and blamed everything on the flight attendant. But, I suppose, it was all about how he was the last person to truly realize he needed help and blah blah blah. I'm just saying, it would have been cool to see a film with no moral at the end and see a guy get away with being completed wasted during a flight.
The casting was great too - especially Don Cheadle and John Goodman. I think maybe John Goodman had just watched The Big Lebowski before filming because the characters were similar, but it was funny and compelling and throughout the film there were a lot of surprising and awesome moments. The movie itself wasn't as good as Denzel Washington - so I think it's right that he is nominated but the film is not.
Overall, it was creepy and bizarre, but believable and interesting - he should not have been charged with manslaughter, but being wasted during the flight was wrong. So I'm glad that he ended up only doing five or six years. Thumbs shakily up.
Amazing, but bizarre. Basically, all that needs to be said is that it was Denzel Washington, and he is seriously incredible - and I'm thinking a lot of it has to do with film selection. He picks great scripts that highlight his strengths. And seeing Denzel Washington do cocaine and get completely drunk - and have it be believable - was great.
The ending was... meh. It made me cry, but that's just because Denzel is great. I still cry at John Q. too, but they wrapped it up very quickly with too much morality at the end. I think I would have liked it better if he had lied at the end and blamed everything on the flight attendant. But, I suppose, it was all about how he was the last person to truly realize he needed help and blah blah blah. I'm just saying, it would have been cool to see a film with no moral at the end and see a guy get away with being completed wasted during a flight.
The casting was great too - especially Don Cheadle and John Goodman. I think maybe John Goodman had just watched The Big Lebowski before filming because the characters were similar, but it was funny and compelling and throughout the film there were a lot of surprising and awesome moments. The movie itself wasn't as good as Denzel Washington - so I think it's right that he is nominated but the film is not.
Overall, it was creepy and bizarre, but believable and interesting - he should not have been charged with manslaughter, but being wasted during the flight was wrong. So I'm glad that he ended up only doing five or six years. Thumbs shakily up.
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