I have been catching up on some of the films that were up for Oscars this year, I watched Dallas Buyers Club and The Wind Rises.
Dallas Buyers Club was one of those films I didn't think I'd bother with - I watched the Golden Globes, and realised it would be a strong contender for the Oscars, but Matthew McConaughey's (SERIOUSLY, THIS NAME, I NEED TO LOOK IT UP AT LEAST TWICE EVERY. SINGLE. TIME) speech was so off-putting that I thought "fuck it". And then True Detective happened, and things changed. Whoops.
I was prepared for a gritty realistic drama about trans people and HIV/AIDS, the film is so much more, though. It has a lot of great scenes, humour,
amazing acting by everyone involved. It is also quite educational, I must admit I knew absolutely nothing about the buyers club phenomenon until I watched this. McConaughhey's Oscar win was well deserved (even though his Oscar speech was 100000x more deranged than his Golden Globes one) ...
Anyone else seen this film? Thoughts? I just read a review that wrote it off as libertarian and right wing ("but go watch it for the performances!") ... I really didn't see it like that, but people's individual interpretations are subjective, of course.
It is bizarre to think that this film has been 20 years in the making. The original article that sparked the idea for the film, can be found here:
http://buyersclubdallas.comWith all the work McConaughhey did last year, I'm starting to wonder if we'll ever see him again
*looks him up on IMDB* THEY ARE MAKING A MAGIC MIKE 2? OH HELL NO. HAHAHHAHAHHAHA.