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    The Descendants

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    This film from Alexander Payne scored a lot of Golden Globe nods and will most likely receive a pile of Oscar nods as well but the real question here is why? Now I loved Election and Sideways and even though this film is similar to those in offbeat quirkiness, it just doesn't really jump out at you in any significant way. The pace is very deliberate, and the story (concerning an unfaithful wife in a coma who's about to die) is way too heavy to really derive any amusement from. Even the big climatic scene in which Clooney confronts the man his wife had been sleeping with kinda comes and goes without much of anything occurring. It's fascinating when real life is more interesting than the movies supposedly trying to be about real life. And in real life any man woulda slugged him at least, not do the honorable movie nice-guy thing so nobody gets too upset. Another distraction was my mind wandering to the lovely Shailene Woodley, who seems to be in a bikini the entire time, too much even for Hawaii! Now I'm not complaining but it seemed like Payne had the camera touring her barely legal body quite a bit, and I know what I was thinking about but I kept wondering what Payne was thinking about and so should MS Woodley's parents. Anyway this movie is a lot like Up in The Air, highly lauded and praised by critics and awards yet underwhelming. The acting is great, and there are moments of realism and tenderness but the biggest question this film will leave you with is "Is that it? "

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    jerster82@  17.12.2011 age: 26-35 438 reviews

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