Back in Brockville for a few days over this reading week break, nothing too exciting going on. Before I left the other night, I watched The Pianist, one of the films up for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. I thought it was a really good movie, a little bit long but it’s to be expected from the type of movie. There are similarities and comparison that can be made to Schindler’s List, I think I liked this one better (although I guess it could also be compared to Life is Beautiful, another good one). Black and white is nice and artistic but I find that the visual part of my brain likes looking at colour. The Pianist has that. It also comes from the perspective of one man, rather than a more sweeping look at was going on. And the dark comedy elements, the things you think probably shouldn’t be laughed at, but do anyway because that’s what it was intended for. Adrien Brody did an excellent job as the lead character and is deserved of his Oscar nom.
Tag: movies
Raging Bull
Just finished watching Raging Bull, directed by Scorsese, staring Robert DeNiro. I enjoyed the movie, job well done. It’s older, but was one of the movies on my list of movies to see. It was made in 1980, DeNiro won an oscar for best actor for his performance. In my opinion he definitely deserved it, he did a great job.
Pretty lazy day today, had a couple quizes that i didnt do to well on, oh well, i didn’t really study for them at all. Stayed afterwards and did somework on the yearbook, i think i’ve figured out who’s going to be design editor next year, so i can start training him. It’s great to know that they’ll be covered next year.