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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk
I just watched Colin Firth's magnificent performance in A Single Man. Jeff Bridges must have had one hell of a role in Crazy Heart and I'm now contemplating watching it (previously didn't interest me). However, I just don't see how it could top Firth's performance.
Moreover, to not even garner a Best Picture nod is mind-boggling to me. Everything about the movie was nailed to perfection. I loved the way they went in and out of moments. Beautiful is the best way to describe it.
And then the score on top of it is underrated.
Man, I watched a beauty tonight.
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Nailed to perfection? I got annoyed the 40th time that Tom Ford made the colors bloom brightly out of the film's normal sepia tone. It was the visual equivalent of an overeager score: pretty but obvious to the point of being emotion-by-numbers. I also thought that they ending was self-defeating. But man did Colin Firth act the Hell out of his character. He was tremendous (and, yes, Jeff Bridges was on-par and probably better).