William ArnottFor Your Consideration - 4 Clocks
December 3rd 2006 17:32
With the Oscars right around the corner, leave it to Christopher Guest and company to come out with a movie mocking the entire process. Unfortunately the funniest thing about this film is the suggestion that something written by a no-name, online critic, like myself, could spiral into the craziness that is For Your Consideration. It all starts when an Internet critic deems the performance of has-been actress Marilyn Hack [Catherine O'Hara] "Oscar-worthy." And before we know it the entire cast of Home For Purim seems to be infected with Oscar fever.
In a nutshell, For Your Consideration is a "How To" [or how not to] guide to getting an Academy Award nomination…
Step One – The Internet: Get the Oscar buzz started with some good online press
Step Two – Your Audience: Cater to the masses by changing the film's title to something more commercial
Step Three – The Circuit: Have your publicist book a few talk show appearances
Unfortunately both movies forgot Step Four – Make a quality movie!!!
Guest & Co. have become famous for taking already ridiculous situations and making them all that much more ridiculous by creating characters who are as funny as any comedian but apparently not in on the joke. It is what made movies like Best In Show and Waiting For Guffman cult classics and it is what is missing from For Your Consideration. That is with the exception of one performance – Eugene Levy. Levy, who has turned the act of senseless rambling into an art form, is hilarious as a Hollywood agent Morley Orfkin. But with very limited screen time, Levy's off-the-wall persona doesn't make up for the disappointing performances of his usually entertaining co-stars.
And with that being said, now that I have seen the great power that I, and other online critics like myself, possess, I want to make perfectly clear that come January 23rd, when this year's Academy Award nominees are announced, the cast and crew of For Your Consideration can sleep in.
In a nutshell, For Your Consideration is a "How To" [or how not to] guide to getting an Academy Award nomination…
Step One – The Internet: Get the Oscar buzz started with some good online press
Step Two – Your Audience: Cater to the masses by changing the film's title to something more commercial
Step Three – The Circuit: Have your publicist book a few talk show appearances
Unfortunately both movies forgot Step Four – Make a quality movie!!!
Guest & Co. have become famous for taking already ridiculous situations and making them all that much more ridiculous by creating characters who are as funny as any comedian but apparently not in on the joke. It is what made movies like Best In Show and Waiting For Guffman cult classics and it is what is missing from For Your Consideration. That is with the exception of one performance – Eugene Levy. Levy, who has turned the act of senseless rambling into an art form, is hilarious as a Hollywood agent Morley Orfkin. But with very limited screen time, Levy's off-the-wall persona doesn't make up for the disappointing performances of his usually entertaining co-stars.
And with that being said, now that I have seen the great power that I, and other online critics like myself, possess, I want to make perfectly clear that come January 23rd, when this year's Academy Award nominees are announced, the cast and crew of For Your Consideration can sleep in.
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Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Love the mockumentary stylings of Chris Guest and the trailer had me laughing out loud.
Shame you didn't dig it as much as you hoped, my fingers are still crossed that it will make me smile.
As usual there is no scheduled Australian release date for this film yet.
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Comment by Lizard68591
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Hey whats the deal with the delayed Austrailian schedule???