Or else swoon to death

[sovay]

I cannot understand why Bright Star (2009) was Oscar-nominated only for its costume design; and if that was to be the case, why it didn't win.

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[tithenai.livejournal.com]

I KNOW, RIGHT? *love*

[kittygoth.livejournal.com]

Me too!

I've been thinking about that film on and off since I saw it a few weeks ago. Very rarely do they hang around that long!

[xanadu-dreamer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. Honestly, before watching that, I didn't know much of Yeats, but the movie has sort of infected me and bumped him up on my "To read" list.

[sovay]

I KNOW, RIGHT?

This makes the second film from 2009 that I think was critically, criminally overlooked. I understand it was a banner year for movies and I don't grudge The Hurt Locker any of its awards, but seriously: I am supposed to believe Sandra Bullock was better than Abbie Cornish? Stanley Tucci (in The Lovely Bones; I am informed he was quite wonderful in Julie & Julia) than Paul Schneider? Or that the cinematography of Bright Star was nothing to write home about? I had never heard of Ben Whishaw, and now I am looking forward to his Ariel. What wasn't the Academy thinking?

[sovay]

but the movie has sort of infected me and bumped him up on my "To read" list.

I remain unconverted to the worship of Keats' poetry beyond "La Belle Dame sans Merci" and "This living hand," but I am now interested in him as a person, which really is an improvement.

[sovay]

I've been thinking about that film on and off since I saw it a few weeks ago. Very rarely do they hang around that long!

Definitely a good sign!