I’ve been slacking on my Oscar buzz movie list. Luckily, I dragged my happy meal ass to see Crazy Heart at the Embarcadero Cinema after work on Friday. I was kind of skeptical about seeing such a movie on a Friday night. According to socially correct standards, one is supposed to go party and get plastered on a Friday night, right? But I think Jeff Bridges’s Bad Blake in Crazy Heart got boozed up enough for the entire world.
Again, I was skeptical about this film, but since Bridges won a Golden Globe (and a SAG Award), for his portrayal of a washed up country star, I figured I’d see it – and I was happy I did.
Bridges’s accolades are well-deserved. More than that, the film reinvigorated my love for country music of the non-Taylor Swift/Carrie Underwood variety. Granted, I do appreciate today’s country; but the gritty storytelling of the down home country from the days of yore makes my heart joyfully sink. (and yes, I do like country – I spent most of my life in Texas, what can I say?) After the movie, I immediately went home to download the soundtrack.
Nonetheless, who’s ready to see Bridges reprise his role as Kevin Flynn in Tron Legacy?! I know I am!
Up in the Air
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Precious
Inglorious Basterds
Invicticus
An Education
Up
A Serious Man
The Messenger
Julie & Julia
A Single Man
Crazy Heart
The Blind Side
The Last Station
Nine
Star Trek
District 9
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Lovely Bones
(500) Days of Summer
It’s Complicated
The Young Victoria
Bright Star
The Informant!
- Excited
- Fascinated
- Amused
- Bored
- Sad
- Angry
