(From Sean Wu at TheScreenTeen)
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It’s really funny how people would predict 10 best actress and 10 best supporting actress contenders and leave Julia Roberts out of either category? I mean hello. A lot of people saw the movie and she even outperformed Meryl in some scenes.
WHo would want a movie version of Sunday Park in the George when the original stage version has been so wonderfully captured on video. All of the magical transitions and other theatrical transitions would be gone. It’s a masterpiece.
I’m sick of this. Meryl does not always get the “good” roles for older actresses. She just makes them look good (mostly). That’s all.
Was there anyone standing in line for the role of Margaret Thatcher? Maybe, but HARDLY in a film made by Phyllida Lloyd. 😆
Of course Violet Weston is a prestige role, or the Witch in Into the Woods and they were served to Meryl on a silver plait. She’d have been nuts not to take them.
It’s nice to think of other actresses and there are plenty who could have played these roles. In reality you just know these roles are first presented to Meryl.
But sometimes even “leftovers” can be lucky, like Emma Thompson.
She might be more likely of a nom for SMB than Meryl this year.
I think she’s grateful. 😉
actually there are too few stage works brought to the screen. wish there were more with great directors taking the helm (Kazan “Streetcar”, Nichols “Virginia Woolf”) makes me sad when they disappoint (“Gods of Carnage”). still waiting for the great Jack O’Brien to make a film. he has a slew of Tonys but hasn’t made a movie. originally slated to direct his hit HAIRSPRAY but was replaced with Adam Shankman. i am anxious to see OSAGE but still have wonderful memories of the Broadway tour with the great Estelle Parsons who killed it at 81. Oddly, Streep’s mastery of accents takes a hit with a southern drawl. it seems to be one that sounds inauthentic. it’s also a situation where she has become the Queen of roles of a certain age–she gets them all. i’d love to see Judy Davis in this part.
Ryan, I concur wholeheartedly! I’d love to be able to see those Broadway plays at home. It’s nice to know that many are preserved, but so few are marketed for sale. I have the Zero Mostel/Burgess Meredith version of “Waiting for Godot” at home, and I’ve gone to a live performance by non-pros, but I’d kill to see the Robin Williams/Steve Martin one.
I know, right? I don’t even need to see a play turned into something cinematic. If I want cinematic I’ll watch a movie. Don’t take a play and “open it up” either. All that usually does is let the magic out of the box and deflate a lustrous thing that was airtight on stage. Just set up a camera 3rd row center and don’t touch it till the curtain comes down. All I want to see is the very same thing the New York audiences saw. Glad to know there are 1000 treasures recorded, saved and stashed away for safe keeping. But they need to be more accessible or else they’re just entombed.
Sasha, can you please post part 2 of the 2000 Oscars podcast? Its not on the twitter or itunes/podcast links
Ryan, when I move to New York next year, I’m treating you to a Broadway show of your choosing =)
Ryan, you actually can see pretty much any NY stage production produced over the last 30-40 years at the New York Public Library. They have a Theatre on Film and Tape Archive that you can access anytime, all you have to do is provide a “legitimate” reason for doing research. Granted, you have to be in NYC to do it, but at least there is some record of the performances.
But more to your point, I agree–I wish stage performances were MUCH more accessible than they are.
Excited to see this. Saw the stage production and loved it…interested to see what these actors do with the material.
That’s so great to hear, Wesley. Thank you. I feel better just knowing it’s all there, even if I don’t have access. Could be someday when all this material is digitized, some of it might be available to be shared online.
I guess it would look strange to take a trip to New York and spend a week in the library. But being seen as strange never stopped me from anything else I ever do.
What are they eating? Ham? I think Meryl’s had enough.
In my defense, I had to save up LIKE CRAZY to attend that show =P
I do agree that these comparisons can be annoying. Sorry.
Just envious, André. No need to apologize for your enthusiasm and good fortune.
Can we please all stop comparing it to the play and just enjoy the damn movie? Looks entertaining, to say the least
“Can we please all stop comparing it to the play and just enjoy the damn movie?”
Also, can we please start a new trend in cultural preservation? When a play closes on Broadway, during one of the last performances can somebody please set up a no-frills camera on a tripod to capture the miracle on video. So the rest of the world can witness all these legendary stage ensembles, captured for posterity.
I’m pretty sick of hearing about these masterpieces that can only be seen by the fortunate few who can travel to New York and buy a $250 ticket.
I’ve always been skeptical that Sarah Bernhardt was all that. Prove it. I suspect she was hammy as hell.
Agree with Bryce about Catching Fire 100%. It impressed me quite a bit. Oddly enough, it opened here in Brazil one week before everywhere else!
As for August, I don’t think this matches the tone of the Broadway production I saw back in ’08. The film seems a lot lighter than the play. Don’t know how I feel about that…
Chilean Paulina Garcia is superb in Gloria and Academy must reward her wonderful performance.
First posters, clip, and TV Spot for The Wolf of Wall Street!
http://thescreenteen.blogspot.com/2013/11/first-posters-and-clip-for-wolf-of-wall.html
Just came from CATCHING FIRE, and all I have to say is WOW. Thoroughly enjoyable. Reaping the rewards of casting a top-of-the-line cast, and embracing the eccentricities. Far from perfect, but I don’t think anyone comes in expecting that. Fidelity to the mediocre source is certainly a burden they will never overcome. I love the world, the characters, the costumes, the affectations, everything about it. In a perfect world this would be an elaborately constructed teen melodrama with these hunger games and this “revolution” as mere backdrops. All the ingredients are there. The love triangle is luminous and one for all time. The dialogue in general, but mainly the humor were significant improvements from the original. Now, the actual “hunger games” are really weak, really boring, they really drag on. Can’t be helped I guess –that’s how this person wrote them. You crave for more romantic plot, but what we’re given is enough to come back. It ends quite strong, for a franchise. And no inadequate hand-held this time. ★★★★
p.s. I think I stayed spoiler-free
I can hardly wait, as I love movies based on plays. I hope the Dec. 25 opening isn’t NY/LA only.
The editing on this clip is very clunky. The part where he “eats fear” is split with a whole lot going on in the middle.
The clip suggests a movie every bit as bad as the trailer merely hinted at. When theatre folk dabble in movie making the results are generally bad. (“Producers” the musical, for example.
As I did see the stage work on Broadway years back, I am eager to compare notes. The advance word has clearly stated some of the performances are superlative (and Oscar worthy) so I go there with high hopes.
Hey Ryan,
This is sean, the guy that posted the August Osage County clip. My blog is TheScreenTeen, not ScreenOnScreen. If you could make that chnage that would be great. thanks
oh sorry, Sean. I thought you were linking to Paddy’s site. I’ll fix that.
not a big meryl fan by any means but she actually looks really good in this. i think i will like this movie.
I am really looking forward to this movie. I could care less about the worrying over Oscar worry predictions … AOC looks like a great showcase for actors.