The Hours gave me two of the best hours of my life. Being one of the most intricate and detailed pictures I've seen in years, it shimmered with beautiful make-up, costumes, and hair, resplendent sets, and the actors couldn't have made single choice or line reading even the least bit more believable or riveting.
Although the Academy felt the need to make up for Nicole's non-Oscar win for Moulin Rouge last year, Julianne Moore actually delivers the most powerful and superlative performance in this film. I was brought to tears just seeing the interactions between her character and her son about an event as simple as making a cake for her husband. And I'm extremely heated that she did not even receive a leading actress nomination for her role in this movie (she did receive a supporting acting nomination for The Hours), which I think obviously surpasses her performance in Far From Heaven, which she was nominated for.
Though many parts of the movie seem unexplained because of the time frame incompatibility of book-to-movie, the outline of the plot and the characterization fixate the audience from beginning to end - both of which are surprising.
Although this movie does seem to drag at times, and certain supporting characters seem to have no purpose whatsoever, the movie is a huge success for the intelligent and intellectual audience member, and will be a baffling bore for the ordinary mainstream idiotic sheep that just eat up laughable crap like Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and Jeepers Creepers 2.
Edit:Aaman,Tan The Man
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1 - Tan The Man
Hated the movie.
Although I will add that if you add the time that either Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman appeared on screen, they are about equal. How you could give one actress a leading actress nomination over another is beyond me?
2 - Chris Evans
Tan The Man, it's most likely the same case with Collateral. Nicole's a bigger star than Julianne, so according to their logic, that allows them to give her a leading nomination over Julianne--the lesser star(rolls eyes)--a supporting nomination.
3 - Tan The Man
As true as that might be, The Hours is a different case since it IS an ensemble film with more than 2 leading actors/actresses. Although with Collateral, you are right on the money.
4 - Chris Evans
And...I really don't see how you could have possibly hated this movie. o__O
5 - Tan The Man
Well, in my defense, I think Nicole Kidmas is overrated and I saw this film after she won the Oscar. So I might have been very distracted and maybe overcritical with Nicole's section of the film. I did love Julianne Moore's section. I was indifferent to Streep's.
6 - Chris Evans
Hm...I agree with you about Streep. Even though she is one of my fave 3 actresses, for some reason I wasn't feeling her in this film. Not really sure why, but I was just kind of underwhelmed. Although I've loved her in everything else I've ever seen her in. ::Shuffles to quickly write a review of Angels In America::
7 - Tan The Man
Hah... Man have I been wanting to watch Angels in America. Dammit.
8 - Chris Evans
OMG You should....it's the best thing ever!