The soundtrack to SLUMDOG is great.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Bette Midler in The Rose
Haven't reported in on a bunch of movies I've seen this month, but I feel compelled to mention how strongly I responded to Bette Midler in The Rose. I grew up watching Bette in funny comedies and maudlin Disney dramas, so this raw, sexy, animalistic performance pretty much shocked me. Glad I've seen it. If you haven't, check it out - Am I crazy or should Bette have won the Oscar over Sally Field (Norma Rae)? Or was Field's role as a union organizer much easier to swallow in March of 1980?
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wait... did you JUST see this??? The Rose is my favorite movie of all time... Bette's performance is so amazing to watch- and I really feel that it is because the story was so close to her own life that it has become one of the greatest performances on film. I don't think anyone has really experienced her depth of emotion until they have seen her live, or in this particular movie. She definitely deserved the Oscar, and it's too bad that she hasn't been offered something since then that could get her one. Hocus Pocus was pretty close ;)
I saw Bette at the Majestic Theatre just as this movie was opening and her performance of "Stay With Me" is still one of the single greatest live performances I have ever seen
I just saw this movie last weekend! It was such an amazing performance...I was shocked that I was watching Bette Midler.
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