Jim Burke,Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor-Best Picture
George Clooney-Best Actor
Alexander Payne-Best Director
Kevin Tent-Best Editing
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash-Best Adapted Screenplay(Winner)
It's not rare at the Oscars that the movie that you like the most does not end up winning, or gets ignored altogether.It's not rare that an Actor who you have grown up seeing acting more brilliantly with each passing movie is shunned for the one category he most deserves to win. It's not at all rare at the Oscars.
The Oscars have always been funny in a way. They definitely recogise gems and most deservedly award the statue to the most eligible. But shouldn't it be given to the most capable??
I'm sorry for beginning on such a negative note on the credibility of the Oscars, but when you see gems like these, it's tough to understand the Academy sometimes. Anyway let's get down to the review..
Nominated for 5 Oscars and Winner of 1, The Descendants is Alexander Payne's best work yet, with my previous favorite being Sideways ( again an Oscar Nominated Film).
Matt King, george Clooney's character in the movie is a Land Baron in Hawaii who is planning to sell of a huge chunk of Paradise that he and his siblings had inherited and are going to cash in on the biggest deal of their lives. Meanwhile, Matt King's wife, Elizabeth meets with a boating accident and is is Coma. Having not exactly been close to his 2 daughters, Matt now faces the daunting task of taking care of them and breaking the seriousness of their Mum's condition pone step at a time. In the meanwhile they discover things from Elizabeth's past and reveal more of themselves to each other as well. It;s the perfect family comedy drama without actually beinhg over the top. It's subtle and it's smart and that's what works best for the film.
Nominated for Best Actor and probably the most deserving, George Clooney delivers what could be his best performance yet and although he was wearing hawaiin flowery shirts tucked into his cotton trousers...The girls around me were still drooling over him(Dont Ask Me Why).the girls who play his daughters have done a fairly decent job too.
Now coming to the Oscar they actually won-Best Adapted Screenplay-Well, The Descendants is actually based on a novel of the same name which was written by Kaui Hart Hemmings. I have not read it and I don't know how much of the dialogue is actually from the book, but the screenplay is absolutely amazing-it's funny and it's quick. Extremely well written.
The descendants is the kind of movie you can see without the aura of being an OSCAR nomination movie. It's breezy and light and when it gets heavy, it does hit you..just the way a good movie should.
I'm going with 4.5 out of 5 fot The Descendants.
Dont Miss This One!!!
Keep reeling!!!
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