I've yet to see The Blind Side, but having seen the trailer for Academy Award Winning Movie below I suspect I probably now have no need:
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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- Lynden Barber
- Twitter: @lyndenbarber I am a Sydney-based freelance journalist specialising in film and music; a curator for the National Film and Sound Archive website, Australian Screen Online; and lecturer in screen studies at Sydney Film School. My professional journalism appears in The Australian, Limelight magazine and Lumina (journal of AFTRS - the Australian Film, Television and Radio School). My writing also appears on-line at SBS TV's film website and Goethe-Institut's Australian website,and sometimes in The Drum at the ABC site. In 2005 and 06 I served as Artistic Director of the Sydney Film Festival, "attracting good crowds to a well-received program" (Sydney Morning Herald) and achieving "a good critical wrap" (Variety). Before this I was the staff film writer at daily broadsheet The Australian for a decade & before that staff film critic at The Sydney Morning Herald. Born in the UK, I moved to Australia in 1985. My work has also been published in Melody Maker, NME, Meanjin and Rolling Stone (Australia) among other publications.
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3 comments:
Well you've blown it now, Lynden. That covers 80% of local releases, which I'm not going to go to now that you've spoiled it.
The Blind Side confounded me. I think it must speak to the deeply conservative heart of mid west America -- or something. Sandra Bullock, god love her, was playing Sandra Bullock.
Signed,
Confused Film goer.
Haha,
This movie has everything!
CATCH PHRASE!
Summing all movie cliche's into one trailer was great. But really, movie goers know that storylines and structure are repeated and don't care because as long as it's entertaining and another oscar winner or nominated cast and crew has a hand in it, they'll watch it.
But if you wanted originality, District 9 would be my vote.
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