tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post1397309262913030634..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: All the World's a BarSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-46643635405936050902015-11-04T12:37:05.294-06:002015-11-04T12:37:05.294-06:00I don't mind Nicole Kidman, but I agree on Ren...I don't mind Nicole Kidman, but I agree on Renee Zellweger. She's the main reason that films like <i>Cold Mountain, Jerry Maguire,</i> and <i>Bridget Jones's Diary</i> are still on my unwatched list.<br /><br />Seeing Georgia as Judy Garland is interesting, and if that's the intent, I agree with you on the problem being Simon's script. I'd have never made the connection. I like McNichol here more than you, since I think she adds a nice amount of rationality to what is otherwise a bunch of crazy people running around being crazy. <br /><br />One and done sounds about right to me. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-51485138088776136612015-11-04T12:10:10.411-06:002015-11-04T12:10:10.411-06:00I saw this recently after hunting it down for year...I saw this recently after hunting it down for years and was pretty indifferent to it. <br /><br />I like Marsha Mason much more than you, though I understand your reaction-I feel the same way about Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger both set my teeth on edge, and thought she did fine with what was handed her but her character is so selfish it's difficult to sympathize with her and since that's integral to relating to the film its a major deficit. From what I understand Georgia is based at least partly on Judy Garland but she's missing those bewitching qualities that people mention about Judy which made them tolerate her maddening behavior. She's merely prickly without the charming magnetism that would compensate for her petty, difficult and sometimes cruel behavior. That fault lies in Simon's writing not her portrayal.<br /><br />As far as the rest of the cast, I like Coco but thought his performance was kind of mushy in this, I don't see it as nomination worthy and McNichol aside from one big scene didn't make much of an impact for me but that again seems the fault of the script since it doesn't seem to know what it wants her to be.<br /><br />I LOVE Joan Hackett and was glad she was nominated for this, that scene you mentioned is beautifully done, though I suspect that this was partly a career acknowledgement nod since it was well known at the time that she was battling terminal cancer and would die shortly afterwards.<br /><br />I'm not sorry I watched it and didn't hate the film but it's lesser Simon and once was enough.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com