Precious [MERGED]

[MisterMajestic]

Re: Precious

I saw "Precious" over the weekend. When you guys see it just remember to keep an open mind about the subject-matter..The Movie will have you laughing and crying. The Acting is Superb. Mo'Nique, Oh my Gosh...LOL...Mo'nique will Win the Oscar in March..Mo'Nique did what she was hired to do and she was CONVINCING as "Mary Jones"...

New comer Gabriel Sidibe is "Precious" and in my opinion she deserves to walk away with the Oscar for Best Actress...

The "physical and sexual abuse" in the film is not over-kill. The movie has a Solid message and you should walk away wanting to make your Life better after watching what "Precious" had to endure...

This year the Oscars is doing something different in the "Best Picture" category...Instead of Nominating 5 Films they've changed it to 10 films...That's too many in my opinion, but oh well..

"Precious" should Win Oscars for:

Best Director: Lee Daniels

Best Actress: Gabby

Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique (Paula Patton gave an excellent performance as well)

Best Picture


We'll see how things go down in December when the Golden Globe Nominations come out...

 

[coolguy21]

Re: Precious

Just watched it today. Definitely overrated. It's not bad; it's just bland. Crash deserved the Best Picture Academy Award, but this doesn't. The storyline was NOT strong enough! It was actually fairly weak. And it's kinda short, which is fine if you can just get to the point. But this didn't. After it ended, I was like, "That's it? What happens now? A part 2? NO!" As with the acting, they all played their roles well, but it's not Oscar-worthy in my opinion. There is emotion, but not the kind that gives you goosebumps or makes you cry or anything like that. The only part that got me going was when the mom was holding the baby and then went crazy on Precious and they just kept fighting. The problem is...I always get like this when girls fight...lol. So I guess this means there weren't any scenes that I could truly feel due to the acting. Also, I couldn't help but laugh when I saw Mariah 'cuz it's Mariah! Good job, but she's just too funny (and too much of a diva) for me to take her seriously.

So, to keep it simple...don't waste your time and/or money watching this film!!! Especially with all the hype it's gotten, YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED!!! Again, it's not a bad movie; it's just blah. Hope those of you that actually liked it aren't pissed. I was just expecting much more. That's all folks!

 

[Digicel]

Re: Precious

I agree it seemed like a Lifetime movie. The directing left much to be desired. I questioned alot of Lee Daniels choices as i was watching. I also left the movie thinking what was the point of it all? Why did this story have to be told?

 

[miaedu]

Re: Precious

If we eat Thanksgiving meal early enough some of the family are planning on attending tonight.

 

[Digicel]

Re: Precious

Precious had potential; but the script and the director missed the ball.

 

[MisterMajestic]

Mo'nique picks up another MAJOR Acting Critic Award on her journey to the Oscars..



Meryl Streep, Mo’nique pick up Boston Film Critics’ nods

By James Verniere

Monday, December 14, 2009 -



For “The Hurt Locker,” yesterday’s annual meeting of the Boston Society of Film Critics was sweet relief.

The film, an Iraq-set war movie about the hellish challenges facing an Army bomb squad unit, has struggled at the box office.

But yesterday it swept the group’s awards voting, winning Best Picture, Best Actor (Jeremy Renner) and Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow). The win places Bigelow, director of such acclaimed previous films as “Near Dark,” “Point Break” and “Strange Days,” on track for the Best Director Academy Award.


If she were to win, she would be the first woman to do so in the history of the Academy Awards. ”The Hurt Locker” also picked up BSFC awards for editing and cinematography.

Meryl Streep added another bauble to her collection, winning Best Actress for her inspired turn as Cambridge’s own Julia Child in Nora Ephron’s comedy blockbuster “Julie & Julia.”

Streep had serious competition from newcomers Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”) and Carey Mulligan (“An Education”). But the veteran, again demonstrating a brilliant flair for comedy, prevailed. Streep also can be seen in the upcoming romcom “It’s Complicated” and heard in the acclaimed animated film, “Fantastic Mr. Fox.”

Comedienne Mo’Nique picked up Best Supporting Actress for her explosive performance as the monstrous mother in “Precious.” She may be unstoppable in the upcoming Oscar race.

“Up,” Pixar’s saccharin animated fable about a house that floats away tethered to balloons, was named Best Animated Film.

In an unlikely pairing, “Precious” and “Star Trek,” J.J. Abrams’ delightful reboot of Gene Roddenberry’s beloved 1960s sci-fi classic, tied in the Best Ensemble category.

In the only win for Quentin Tarantino’s deliriously cinephilic World War II-genre film, “Inglourious Basterds,” Vienna-born Christoph Waltz was named Best Supporting Actor. Waltz, who plays a relentless Nazi colonel in the film, delivers a diabolical tour de force in no less than four languages.

Joel and Ethan Coen, previous society Best Picture winners for “No Country for Old Men,” picked up the screenplay award for their existential, coming-of-age comedy, “A Serious Man.” The film was also a strong contender in most major categories.

“Crazy Heart,” a drama about a washed-up country music star (Jeff Bridges), picked up the Best Music in a Film nod for veterans T. Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton.

“The Cove,” a difficult-to-watch, but brilliant nonfiction film about the slaughter of dolphins in Japan and the “Mission Impossible”-like plot to expose it, was named Best Documentary. The film is on the short list for an Oscar.

South African Neill Blomkamp, auteur of the low-budget, sci-fi gem “District 9,” received the Best New Filmmaker award, while “Summer Hours,” a French drama co-starring Juliette Binoche, was named Best Foreign-Language Film.

http://www.bostonherald.com/enterta...boston_film_critics_nods/srvc=home&position=7
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This is the First of MANY Awards Mo'nique will win on her way to Oscar-Gold...:..........

 

[miaedu]

Oscars announced:

Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html

 

[miaedu]

Actress in a Supporting Role

Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

 

[miaedu]

Directing

“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

 

[miaedu]

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

 

[miaedu]

Best Picture Oscar nominees

“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

 

[wastingmymind]

I actually loved the book. It was very poetic and abstract when it moved from one image/scene to another. It's the way we or at least some of us talk these days. The best part about the book was how funny, intentionally and unintentionally, Precious could be despite of her circumstances.

And the racism against Caucasians reflected on the character, not the author. And even the Paula Patton character tried to scrub that mentality off her.

And yeah, I read that thing in three hours. Br elitist if you want, but I couldn't read George Eliot in three hours.

 

[EvilTwinTwo]

Caught Gabourey Sidibe on The View. I see comedy in her future. Girl is funny.

 

[MisterMajestic]

^^^The Director Lee Daniels is Gay with his Handsome-self.....he's 50-ish..I think the Gay couple was in the book and I like how he related their story to Precious's revelation about her life and the way she was raised..

..Mo'nique had me under her "Evil Spell" when she was sitting on that couch giving Precious the "Evil Eye" when the social worker showed up...She WAS that crazy lady in & out hands-down...LOL......


Mo is now winning Awards overseas..The 2010 London Critics just named her "best supporting actress of the year"...

Before the "Precious" hype there was talk of "running/positioning" Mo'nique's performance for "Best Actress" not "Best Supporting"...I don't know what happened in 2009 but things changed when the Film Festivals Critics began saying she gave the "Best Supporting" actress performance to date....


Had Gabby's (Precious) performance been weaker than Lee Daniel's expected Mo'nique probably would have landed in the "Best Actress" category...She would have been unstoppable because Meryl Streep & Sandra Bullock's awesome comedy scenes would not have been strong enough to take her down...

No matter how you spin it Mo'niques performance was a tough one to "match" this season...

There will be a FLOCK of Dramatic movies in the Quest for Oscar-Gold in 2011...Mo'nique has shaken things up..

 

[MisterMajestic]

Next Stop, Oscars: Mo'Nique Wins BAFTA For Precious --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Posted on Feb 22, 2010 @ 05:50AM





Award season is here and RadarOnline.com is keeping tabs on all of the events, such as Sunday's British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, where Mo'Nique took home the Best Supporting Actress for her dramatic turn in the critically-acclaimed film Precious, making her the odds-on favorite to pick up the same honor at next month's Oscars.



Mo'Nique's BAFTA honors mark her 23rd major award season win for her performance in the Lee Daniels-directed film, also having collected a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild award and Sundance Special Jury Prize. She was not at the award show to accept, as Daniels collected the award on her behalf.



The BAFTA win puts Mo'Nique as a heavy favorite to win the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award over fellow Oscar sleeper Anna Kendrick, whose breakout performance in Up in the Air has garnered her only four awards in comparison. Penélope Cruz (Nine), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart) and Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) are also nominated in the category.


Other notable winners from Sunday's affair include Colin Firth, who took home Leading Actor honors for his role in A Single Man; and Carey Mulligan, who won the Leading Actress award for An Education.


Kathryn Bigelow’s war film The Hurt Locker garnered her six awards -- including Best Film and Best Director -- while her ex-husband James Cameron's box office behemoth Avatar won just two awards on its’ eight nominations. Bigelow is the first woman to win a BAFTA as Best Director.


The Academy Awards will air on ABC March 7 from the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.
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[Digicel]

Wow i just saw "Up in the Air" and Monique so does not deserve the Oscar.

Anna Kendrick was a revelation. She was substance over spectacle which is what Moniques performance was.


There was no reason to her madness it was just shock after shock and her breakdown at the end of the movie did not shed light into why she was such a monster.

Actors have won Oscars before for playing horrific people but at least they had reason and motive for doing what they did so in some cases we even routed for them even though we knew what they were doing was wrong.


Moniques character got no sympathy from me and i was unmoved by the breakdown.