Matt's Monday Movie

  • Matt Hires
    Matt's Monday Movie
    Matt Hires
    Posted On / February 21, 2011

    With the Oscars being less than one week away, I figured I would do this week's “Matt's Monday” on my pick for the “Best Picture” category.

    This year, there are ten nominations for Best Picture, which shows what a good year it was for movies. I'll admit that I've only seen six of the ten nominations, so my choice will just be between the films that I've seen.

    One of the four that I haven't been able to see yet was The King's Speech. I hear from everyone who has seen it that it is fantastic, so I'm sure I'll be seeing it soon.

    Inception, Black Swan, Toy Story 3, 127 Hours, The Social Network, and True Grit were all incredible, but my favorite, out of that group, will have to be 127 Hours.

    I feel like Danny Boyle was the perfect director for this film and James Franco absolutely owned the lead role. I won't pretend to be a movie critic or anything, so I'll just say this about the film... I went into it wondering how they could make a story about a dude who cuts his own arm off into something worthwhile, but I left with a fresh appreciation for life and the people I live it with.

    It was a great movie. See it... Also, let me know what film you think should win the Best Picture category.

    Happy Monday!

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Submitted by Matt Hires
on February 21, 2011

With the Oscars being less than one week away, I figured I would do this week's “Matt's Monday” on my pick for the “Best Picture” category.

This year, there are ten nominations for Best Picture, which shows what a good year it was for movies. I'll admit that I've only seen six of the ten nominations, so my choice will just be between the films that I've seen.

One of the four that I haven't been able to see yet was The King's Speech. I hear from everyone who has seen it that it is fantastic, so I'm sure I'll be seeing it soon.

Inception, Black Swan, Toy Story 3, 127 Hours, The Social Network, and True Grit were all incredible, but my favorite, out of that group, will have to be 127 Hours.

I feel like Danny Boyle was the perfect director for this film and James Franco absolutely owned the lead role. I won't pretend to be a movie critic or anything, so I'll just say this about the film... I went into it wondering how they could make a story about a dude who cuts his own arm off into something worthwhile, but I left with a fresh appreciation for life and the people I live it with.

It was a great movie. See it... Also, let me know what film you think should win the Best Picture category.

Happy Monday!

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February 21, 2011 — Lizzy
Nice review, Matt! I want to see 127 Hours, but it will have to wait til it comes to dvd.... like most of the rest on that list.
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February 21, 2011 — faith
I still have a few Best Pics to catch up on. I saw the King's Speech in the theater and then again last night (shhh, someone had a bootleg copy) and it was just as good. The storyline was interesting, but I especially liked the visuals. The use of open space within the frame of a scene made it interesting to watch. I'm on the fence about 127 Hours. I think I'll have to watch from behind my fingers since I'm kind of squeamish about stuff like that.
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