The Artist

[A Robot Bit Me]

I was going to post something in "I Just Watched," but I think enough people 'round here would be interested in this that it merits its own thread. It's about a proud silent film actor that gets pushed aside by the advent of talkies. It's a silent film itself, and a shrewdly self-aware one, toying with its format and the audience's expectations thereof without ever coming close to being irritatingly self-reflexive. But that's not what's important.





What's important are the impossibly animated performances, the impossibly expressive photography, and the so impossibly gorgeous that I'm not even sure I saw this movie at all Bérénice Bejo.

And the best performance by a dog in the history of movies. And John Goodman.

I can't believe something like this exists, but I'm glad it does.

[Dolemite]

Hmm...sounds interesting.

[A Robot Bit Me]

It's a really fun movie! I started looking forward to watching it again before it had even ended.

[Rumpy]

It's got some serious Oscar buzz behind it too. I want to check it out.

[Josh]

Interesting.

[Razor Ramon]

Is it?

[Josh]

I can't be certain.

[Dolemite]

Nor can I.

[A Robot Bit Me]

BE CERTAIN. I saw it again. If you can make it through this movie without smiling, you're dead, dead as a rock.

This will probably be up against The Tree of Life for Best Picture. It is the anti Tree of Life, which is the highest praise a movie can receive.

SKA BA SKA BA SKA BABADOOBEE DIP DAP DEE DAP DOO YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[YellerDog]

This looks aweeeesome.