Thoughts on A SINGLE MAN with Colin Firth and Julianne Moore — Page 2

Lioness, if you have BBC America I am pretty sure they still show season 1 and season 2 of the show skins. That's basically the Nicholas Hoult who grew up.

I could see Bridges winning if for the fact he is likable, consistent, and has been in the business for years without getting an Oscar. The contenders thus far don't seem to stand out yet aside from Firth, and I see Waltz from Inglorious Basterds be relegated to supporting just to help his chances of winning.

I agree that too much stuff gets censored but I take Skins over Degrassi or 90210 or really any show that tries to give a serious look of kids of that certain age. Skins in its first two season felt real though there were some moments that needed suspension from reality like the trip to Russia and a certain situation involving stealing a coffin. I adored the cast and their characters. The new ones, not so much.

Oh and Waltz must win no matter how he is categorized. Being such a sinister villain- in four different languages- while also being a bit hilarious, he really just needs to get one.

Really disliked A SINGLE MAN. A two-hour long Armani ad. Colin Firth manages the occasional bit of humanity, but Tom Ford manages to snuff them out pretty completely.

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Yeah, Erik, wasn't that sad? A real disappointment, and from such an interesting source too. It could have been really interesting in the right hands.

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Borstal, have you read the book? I'm wondering about certain aspects (the ending, in particular) in the novel, and the way they were handled in the film.

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Ditto to Son - and I have no idea how it stuck to the book, but I LOATHED the ending of the film.

The book ends, how can I say this, the same way, but different. It isn't the colossal tear jerk in the novel.

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Having now seen it I disagree with the FT.

In fact I though Colin Firth cane across as being a lot like the Christopher Isherwood that can be seen in interview and documentary footage from the period. Perhaps rather more confident but presumably deliberate none the less.

I think very little of it was like an Armani ad. And it did far better, or I assume it did far better, at recreating the period than 80s set rubbish such as The History Boys where they couldn't even get something as obvious as Dakin's socks right.