David Cronenberg delivers another cinematic jewel in "Eastern Promises", the story about a midwife (Naomi Watts) who stumbles upon the Russian mafia in London. While "A History of Violence" bases most of its story on violence, this new film focuses on the dialogue and the characters. The script is phenomenal and should show up in the final five.
Viggo Mortensen could be looking at his first nod as the driver for a powerful mafioso. He is very sedated throughout but comes out in full force towards the end of the film. He really has some balls (anybody who's seen it will get that joke). Mortensen's accent is so good that, sometimes, you can't understand what he is saying. Other than him, Armin Mueller-Stahl is the only other actor with a great performance. He is the bad guy and sadly they don't get honored very often (i.e. Jack Nicholson in "The Departed")
Awards Possibilities:
Best Director-David Cronenberg
Best Original Screenplay
Best Actor-Viggo Mortensen
Best Supporting Actor-Armin Mueller-Stahl
Best Cinematography
Next: "In The Valley of Elah" or "Across the Universe"
2 comments:
nice joke lol. Yea the movie was good. I hope Viggo can pull off an Actor nod. A screenplay nod should be in the bag.
i think a nod for Viggo is in the bag. He was soooo great in this movie which overshadowed Naomi Watts' really good performance.
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