My very Broadway weekend included two films, each of which were Tony Award winning Broadway shows, and the 2007 winner for Best Musical,
Spring Awakening.
Doubt was delicious. This film tells the story of Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), who suspects and accuses Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) of an inappropriate relationship with one of their students. And accuse she does. If you want to see some class act, grade A acting you should see
Doubt immediately. The scenes, particularly with Hoffman and Streep, are filled with fireworks. More than that, every scene with Streep was just great. Her character was just so cruelly comical, it was beyond fun to watch.
Another film with some great performances was
Frost/Nixon. Like
Milk a couple of weeks ago, this film also does a great job of recreating a past time and telling a true story. Frank Langella's portryal of Nixon was full of passion and fire - a great balance to Michael Sheen's Frost who was quietly and subtlety great. A great supporting cast here too with Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon (where have you been?), Matthew "You've bewitched me body and soul" Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, and Rebecca Hall (coming off her great performance in this summer's
Vicky Cristina Barcelona).
Spring Awakening is a great musical. Going into it, I knew nothing about the plot, just that it had won some Tony's - and deservedly so as I quickly found out. The music was great, as would be expected, it had some really fun and rockin' numbers, but the thing that struck me the most was the lighting. It was beautiful! The set was very simple and the lights really became additional props and scenery. Very cool!
Doubt was delicious. This film tells the story of Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), who suspects and accuses Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) of an inappropriate relationship with one of their students. And accuse she does. If you want to see some class act, grade A acting you should see Doubt immediately. The scenes, particularly with Hoffman and Streep, are filled with fireworks. More than that, every scene with Streep was just great. Her character was just so cruelly comical, it was beyond fun to watch.
Another film with some great performances was Frost/Nixon. Like Milk a couple of weeks ago, this film also does a great job of recreating a past time and telling a true story. Frank Langella's portryal of Nixon was full of passion and fire - a great balance to Michael Sheen's Frost who was quietly and subtlety great. A great supporting cast here too with Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon (where have you been?), Matthew "You've bewitched me body and soul" Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, and Rebecca Hall (coming off her great performance in this summer's Vicky Cristina Barcelona).
Spring Awakening is a great musical. Going into it, I knew nothing about the plot, just that it had won some Tony's - and deservedly so as I quickly found out. The music was great, as would be expected, it had some really fun and rockin' numbers, but the thing that struck me the most was the lighting. It was beautiful! The set was very simple and the lights really became additional props and scenery. Very cool!
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