13 down, 47 to go.

[cwfilmbuff]

Updated tally: 47 down, 13 to go.

The Adventures of Tintin
Albert Nobbs
Anonymous
The Artist
The Barber of Birmingham
Beginners
A Better Life
Bridesmaids
Bullhead
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
The Descendants
Dimanche
Drive
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Footnote
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
God is the Bigger Elvis
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
Hell and Back Again
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
If a Tree Falls
In Darkness
Incident in New Baghdad
The Iron Lady
Jane Eyre
Kung Fu Panda 2
La Luna
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Monsieur Lazhar
A Morning Stroll
The Muppets
My Week With Marilyn
Paradise Lost 3
Pentecost
Pina
Puss in Boots
Raju
Rango
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Saving Face
A Separation
The Shore
Time Freak
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Transformers 3
The Tree of Life
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Tuba Atlantic
Undefeated
W.E.
War Horse
Warrior
Wild Life

Comments

[ion-duck.livejournal.com]

I watch 20 minutes of Transformers at FYE shopping. Not worth it since it relies 85% on the effects and 15% on close ups on the actor's faces to make the movie-- leaving 100% of the acting to Leonard Nimoy.

[filmbuff.livejournal.com]

While there are a few on the list that I'm not going to go to great lengths to see before February 26, Transformers and Anonymous are going to be actively avoided. One could argue that this will leave me less informed in the categories of costume design, sound design & editing, and visual effects, but I would counter with the idea that there are too many good movies to see to waste my time on Michael May or Roland Emmerich (a philosophy that I do not limit to awards season).

Also, the visual effects in the first Transformers movie were some of the ugliest things ever put to film, and I've seen nothing to indicate that they've changed the look since then - how does this work keep getting nominated?