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Posted by Carol May (Member # 4068) on 01-18-2014, 10:21 PM:
 
I saw Nebraska today and loved it! The story is set up in the first five minutes of the movie, if that, and it stays focused throughout, no unrelated side stories.

Early on, you're not sure if Will Forte and Bruce Dern will come off as two-dimensional losers, but the relationship between them builds, they work very well together, and Dern absolutely deserves the best actor Oscar.

I particularly like that we learned bits and pieces of Dern's life as a young man, but we weren't given everything. His character was still an enigma and you can fill in the blanks the way you want.
 

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Posted by Jonathan Goeldner (Member # 4854) on 01-18-2014, 10:39 PM:
 
I personally think it's Payne's best film to date although 'Sideways' comes pretty close to my other fave. I had the extra plus in seeing the film with a post Q&A / discussion with actor Will Forte and producer Ron Yerxa - the UVA film screening was also the second festival to present the film in 35mm.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 01-18-2014, 11:45 PM:
 
I'm not sure what the 35mm print would gain considering the movie was shot electronically with the Arri Alexa camera and post processed in a 2K digital intermediate. There was some note about the video being 4:4:4 (no chroma subsampling), which could yield some better quality blacks -but that's assuming other video-originated movies aren't shot 4:4:4 either.

 

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Posted by Terry Lynn-Stevens (Member # 7349) on 01-19-2014, 08:07 AM:
 

quote: Carol May

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Dern absolutely deserves the best actor Oscar

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quote: Jonathan Goeldner

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the UVA film screening was also the second festival to present the film in 35mm.

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Nice, it's always nice to see a movie presented in 35mm
 

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Posted by Mike Croaro (Member # 3123) on 01-19-2014, 10:58 PM:
 
Folks,

Sue is nice to see a new black and white movie. Definately aided the movie with it's smalltown feel.

Enjoyed the movie.

Mike
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-14-2014, 05:50 PM:
 
I liked this movie a lot. Bruce Dern was perfect for this role and really owns it. But the lady who plays his wife is the real scene stealer. She's the best cranky foul-mouthed old lady since Ruth Gordon in "Every Which Way But Loose."

The scenes shot in Billings, Montana were cool to see since it's close to home for me. Some of the locations didn't make sense for someone who's familiar with the town (for example, the opening scenes show Dern walking west on Montana avenue; then the next time he's out walking, he's heading east on First Avenue North, which is about 5 miles in the opposite direction) but that's no different than Vancouver being passed off as Chicago, I guess.

Anyway, I liked the way it didn't "gloss over" small town life. Just about every small town has most, if not all of those characters represented.

I liked the music score too.

I noticed a distinct graininess to the image in some of the simpler landscape shots. Is this due to the cameras used or is it added later? It seemed to give the picture a real film-like look to me.

Anyway, I liked it much better than I expected to. 4 stars.
 

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Posted by Terry Lynn-Stevens (Member # 7349) on 03-02-2014, 12:38 AM:
 

quote: Mike Blakesley

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But the lady who plays his wife is the real scene stealer.

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