Were I a betting man I’d place money on Kathryn Bigelow winning the Best Director Oscar for The Hurt Locker. Not only is the direction often astonishing, she’d be the first woman to ever win one. And beyond politics, it’s hard to argue that anyone deserves it more than she does this year.
If she wins the Oscar she may be taking that little gold statue back to the desert. She’s circling a movie based on the true story of New York Times’ David Rohde’s experience as a prisoner of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The film, based on Rohde’s five part Times series Held By The Taliban, has Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall ready to produce. While Bigelow isn’t officially attached, she’s shown plenty of interest.
But also showing interest is Terence Malick, who could maybe get the movie done in time for the end of our engagement in the Middle East in 2040. Actually, Malick only wants to produce the film, but his project would be in competition with Kennedy and Marshall’s.
It’s interesting that Bigelow would go back to the Middle East after the pounding drama of The Hurt Locker barely got audiences involved. Nobody wants to go see a movie set in our current wars, it turns out, even a really good and exciting one. I’m sure this is making Universal real squirmy with Green Zone, Paul Greengrass’ kick-ass action movie… that happens to be set in Iraq. Anyway, Held by the Taliban is sure to be a low-grosser, but after spending an extraordinary amount of time in director jail, maybe Bigelow is looking for low cost, low return stuff so as to not violate her parole.
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Good for Bigelow! I'm a die-hard fan of Point Break, which has been greatly underestimated through the years, and I generally admire her work beyond that. Hopefully she scores the Oscar this year, and hopefully she gets this project. And, damn, she still looks good!
She makes better films than her ex these days.
This could be great. And your Malick line gave me the lulz.
It was a pretty good film, elevated by its seeming coming-out-of-nowhereness, but I think it's pretty easy to make a case for Spike Jonze and a few others over her. Still, if she won, it wouldn't be a travesty.
I dont get it… all those iraq/afghan war related movies dont seem to make any money at the box office, yet they KEEP churning them out. thats not how it works with other genres…. could it be because the pentagon has a fund aimed at producing these movie for propaganda purposes?
i'd hit it.
She's a DILF: Director I'd Like to Fuck
Did I see a different movie then you? This movie was horrible. I particularly loved girly-man went on the ride with them. It was like watching the only black person in a horror film. And where was the suspense in this film. This and Lovely Bones would be on my worst of 2009 list if I had one.
Oh, God… I would gladly take her directions….
Tune out the hair and the nice blouse, and she's rather mannish, don't you think? Handsome… but mannish.
When did Chyna start making movies?
"Not only is the direction often astonishing…after the pounding drama of The Hurt Locker. Nobody wants to go see a movie set in our current wars, it turns out, even a really good and exciting one."
Since 'The Hurt Locker' was inexcusabley bad in almost every facet, that really puts your 'Avatar' hatred in perspective.
This is suppose to be this generations Apocalypse Now and/or Platoon? And the best movie/director of this year?
After I saw it I thought that they named it wrong. Jarhead 2: The Bomb Squad suits it better.
Seriously, best director? There were certain parts of the movie when characters just "disappear" and we simly don't see them evethough it seems they're out there and can even be heard (the desert-sniper scene). Not to mention that the more action filled sequences suffer the Christopher-I-do-not-understand-or-even-see-what-are-you-trying-to-show-me-here-Nolan direction.
Hey, was this good or not? I mean, Strange Days was perfect and Point Break is great, but K19 was shit. But yeah, she's a DILF. Totally.
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