"It's awards season, people! The 2023 awards season has been kick started with the Golden Globes. Right here, right now, I am going to review all of the movies that were nominated in the best Drama motion picture motion picture category." --Cb omand, 7th grade
It's awards season, people! The 2023 awards season has been kick started with the Golden Globes. Right here, right now, I am going to review all of the movies that were nominated in the best Drama Motion Picture category. I think the Golden Globes went pretty well this year, even though most of the films that I wanted to win didn't, but the ones that did win were very good. The only downside to this year's Golden Globes was the fact that most celebrities got Covid after!
It was hard work, watching all of these movies... but I did it, for you. Enough of this, let's review some movies. (I promise I will try not to spoil anything.)
Avatar Way of Water
I. LOVE. THIS. MOVIE. I kid you not, I cried for the full second half of this movie, while in the theater. Mind you it is three hours and 12 minutes long. I personally also love the first Avatar movie as well—I think they both deliver a good message. The first film was about preserving rainforests, and really forests in general, and the second one was about saving ocean life, and not over hunting, or wasteful hunting. It is amazingly done and it took a lot of work. The actors had to take lessons from famous freedivers so that they could learn to hold their breath long enough to record a scene. Since it is made with motion capture, they couldn't use scuba gear because it would show up on the camera.
“Kate Winslet broke Tom Cruise's underwater filming record from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) of six minutes with a record of seven minutes and 14 seconds,” says IMDb. Winslet plays the role of Ronal, who is the mate of the tribe leader Tonowari—and she can really hold her breath, dang.
I spoke with Literary Arts 7th grader Zanthe Jones-Gerachis, who definitely has some opinions of this movie. “The first one was ehh whatever its a movie who cares stuff happens, but the second one was like *pooh pooh [vigorous hand gestures] pooh pooh!* amazingness!” For the record, I do NOT AT ALL agree that the first one was boring! It was and continues to be amazing, but whatever you say.
Rotten tomatoes: 77%
IMDb: 7.8/10
Cb: 1000/10
Elvis
To absolutely no one's surprise, I cried while watching this one as well. It kinda feels like a fever dream because I can barely remember anything at all. It's told from the antagonist’s perspective which I did not expect. They definitely made Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis’s Manager, the antagonist, which makes sense because, from what I have gathered, he was a pretty bad person. Speaking of the Colonel, he was portrayed by Tom Hanks, and you could tell that it was him but in the most vague way ever. Elvis was played by 31 year-old Austin Butler. I think he did a great job at portraying the ways Elvis was in real life, but don't quote me on that because I know nothing about Elvis. It was well done and had a good story, but not a must watch.
Rotten tomatoes: 77%
IMDb: 7.4/10
Cb: 8/10
Tar
I really have no way to describe this movie, but it really is not in a good way. I couldn't even get halfway through it, it might have just been not the kind of movie that I would like, maybe it's aimed more towards adults. But, either way, I don't think it was that good. The acting was well done, but I mean the main character is played by Cate Blanchett, and she is amazing. Sophie Kauer, who plays Olga Metkina in Tar, is a professional cellist and had never acted before Tar. “She learned to act by watching Youtube tutorials hosted by Michael Caine,” says IMDb.
“Scenes of the Orchestra playing are completely 100% real. Cate Blanchett was actually conducting the Dresden Orchestra,” according to IMDb. I think this movie was incredibly well done but it just wasn't for me at all, but to each their own.
Rotten tomatoes: 91%
IMDb: 7.6/10
Cb: 4/10
Top Gun: Maverick
I watched this movie in theaters when it came out and it was pretty good! I thought it was a good story but most of the people who I talked to about it said that it was almost the same storyline as the 1986 Top Gun. I really was trying to pay attention to the movie but it was so outstandingly loud—but that might have just been because I saw it in I-MAX. IMDb talks about how the director of the first Top Gun, Tony Scott, was developing his own sequel before his tragic death in 2012. Top Gun:Maverick is dedicated to him.
“According to Miles Teller, the cast got to choose their own call signs. He chose ‘Rooster’ because it was in the same family as ‘Goose,’” says IMDb. Well, luckily they called him Goose in the movie because Miles Teller’s character’s legal name is Bradly Bradshaw. It was a good movie, and obviously well done, but kinda predictable.
Rotten tomatoes: 96%
IMDb: 8.3/10
Cb: 6/10
The Fablemans
The Fablemans was, again, an amazing movie. But I mean it was made by Steven Spielberg so obviously it was good. In fact it was so good that it won 5 whole golden globes—includingBest Original score, Best Actress in a Drama, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and the coveted, Best Drama Motion Picture! With a total runtime of 2 hours and 31 minutes, it could 100% bring you to tears, I don't know if it will but it TOTALLY can. There are definitely some really, really gross parts but then again I am a 7th grader so I think almost everything is gross.
“For the scenes of Sammy filming his own 8mm films, Steven Spielberg decided to have the character re-create the exact ones he made during his childhood,” IMDb states, “and worked with cinematographer Janusz Kaminski to ensure that they were portrayed as accurately as possible.” I thought it was really interesting to see how all of the film was put together in those shots of Sammy Fableman making his movies. As well as seeing him figure out little tricks to make his films more realistic.
Rotten tomatoes: 92%
IMDb: 7.7/10
Cb: 10/10
All of these movies were good in their own way, and were definitely well done, but, after this I don't think I will be able to watch a movie for a while. All of these movies have been nominated in at least one category for the Oscars, which are coming up in March.
Check out this Telegraph article about the Golden Globes, and what that means for the Oscars. “The Golden Globes and now the Oscars, your guide to the awards season.”
It was hard work, watching all of these movies... but I did it, for you. Enough of this, let's review some movies. (I promise I will try not to spoil anything.)
Avatar Way of Water
I. LOVE. THIS. MOVIE. I kid you not, I cried for the full second half of this movie, while in the theater. Mind you it is three hours and 12 minutes long. I personally also love the first Avatar movie as well—I think they both deliver a good message. The first film was about preserving rainforests, and really forests in general, and the second one was about saving ocean life, and not over hunting, or wasteful hunting. It is amazingly done and it took a lot of work. The actors had to take lessons from famous freedivers so that they could learn to hold their breath long enough to record a scene. Since it is made with motion capture, they couldn't use scuba gear because it would show up on the camera.
“Kate Winslet broke Tom Cruise's underwater filming record from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) of six minutes with a record of seven minutes and 14 seconds,” says IMDb. Winslet plays the role of Ronal, who is the mate of the tribe leader Tonowari—and she can really hold her breath, dang.
I spoke with Literary Arts 7th grader Zanthe Jones-Gerachis, who definitely has some opinions of this movie. “The first one was ehh whatever its a movie who cares stuff happens, but the second one was like *pooh pooh [vigorous hand gestures] pooh pooh!* amazingness!” For the record, I do NOT AT ALL agree that the first one was boring! It was and continues to be amazing, but whatever you say.
Rotten tomatoes: 77%
IMDb: 7.8/10
Cb: 1000/10
Elvis
To absolutely no one's surprise, I cried while watching this one as well. It kinda feels like a fever dream because I can barely remember anything at all. It's told from the antagonist’s perspective which I did not expect. They definitely made Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis’s Manager, the antagonist, which makes sense because, from what I have gathered, he was a pretty bad person. Speaking of the Colonel, he was portrayed by Tom Hanks, and you could tell that it was him but in the most vague way ever. Elvis was played by 31 year-old Austin Butler. I think he did a great job at portraying the ways Elvis was in real life, but don't quote me on that because I know nothing about Elvis. It was well done and had a good story, but not a must watch.
Rotten tomatoes: 77%
IMDb: 7.4/10
Cb: 8/10
Tar
I really have no way to describe this movie, but it really is not in a good way. I couldn't even get halfway through it, it might have just been not the kind of movie that I would like, maybe it's aimed more towards adults. But, either way, I don't think it was that good. The acting was well done, but I mean the main character is played by Cate Blanchett, and she is amazing. Sophie Kauer, who plays Olga Metkina in Tar, is a professional cellist and had never acted before Tar. “She learned to act by watching Youtube tutorials hosted by Michael Caine,” says IMDb.
“Scenes of the Orchestra playing are completely 100% real. Cate Blanchett was actually conducting the Dresden Orchestra,” according to IMDb. I think this movie was incredibly well done but it just wasn't for me at all, but to each their own.
Rotten tomatoes: 91%
IMDb: 7.6/10
Cb: 4/10
Top Gun: Maverick
I watched this movie in theaters when it came out and it was pretty good! I thought it was a good story but most of the people who I talked to about it said that it was almost the same storyline as the 1986 Top Gun. I really was trying to pay attention to the movie but it was so outstandingly loud—but that might have just been because I saw it in I-MAX. IMDb talks about how the director of the first Top Gun, Tony Scott, was developing his own sequel before his tragic death in 2012. Top Gun:Maverick is dedicated to him.
“According to Miles Teller, the cast got to choose their own call signs. He chose ‘Rooster’ because it was in the same family as ‘Goose,’” says IMDb. Well, luckily they called him Goose in the movie because Miles Teller’s character’s legal name is Bradly Bradshaw. It was a good movie, and obviously well done, but kinda predictable.
Rotten tomatoes: 96%
IMDb: 8.3/10
Cb: 6/10
The Fablemans
The Fablemans was, again, an amazing movie. But I mean it was made by Steven Spielberg so obviously it was good. In fact it was so good that it won 5 whole golden globes—includingBest Original score, Best Actress in a Drama, Best Screenplay, Best Director, and the coveted, Best Drama Motion Picture! With a total runtime of 2 hours and 31 minutes, it could 100% bring you to tears, I don't know if it will but it TOTALLY can. There are definitely some really, really gross parts but then again I am a 7th grader so I think almost everything is gross.
“For the scenes of Sammy filming his own 8mm films, Steven Spielberg decided to have the character re-create the exact ones he made during his childhood,” IMDb states, “and worked with cinematographer Janusz Kaminski to ensure that they were portrayed as accurately as possible.” I thought it was really interesting to see how all of the film was put together in those shots of Sammy Fableman making his movies. As well as seeing him figure out little tricks to make his films more realistic.
Rotten tomatoes: 92%
IMDb: 7.7/10
Cb: 10/10
All of these movies were good in their own way, and were definitely well done, but, after this I don't think I will be able to watch a movie for a while. All of these movies have been nominated in at least one category for the Oscars, which are coming up in March.
Check out this Telegraph article about the Golden Globes, and what that means for the Oscars. “The Golden Globes and now the Oscars, your guide to the awards season.”
