Doubt

Doubt was the next movie I watched that was up there with the best of 2008, and it was pretty amazing. I just finished it, and I have sat in silence for a bit, just taking it all in.  I wasn't necessarily jumping at the opportunity to watch the film [as I downloaded it weeks ago, and just watched it today] because I was afraid of the subject matter.  I tend to stray from most movies that have to do with the Catholic Church, as they tend to stray to matters not appropriate in the Church.  Cause, of course, who wants to watch a movie in which religion is actually working properly?  It's definitely not often.

But I have to say, out of the films I've watched in 2008, Doubt easily has some of the best performances out of any of them.  Ben Button was pretty good, but I didn't feel like a lot of the parts were acted amazingly.  I wasn't overwhelmingly happy with Pitt's performance, especially when I contrast it with the Academy Award winning Philip Seymour Hoffman.  He was absolutely stellar in this, giving the viewer a character that is incredibly deep.  Everyone's been talking about Rourke's role in The Wrestler [directed by my man Aronofsky!], but I felt the script was a little lacking there, and an actor can only be as good as the script they're given.  Revolutionary Road was just intense lol. Meryl Streep and Amy Adams gave Oscar-worthy performances as well, which rounded out the awesome acting in Doubt.

The script was great. Fantastic.  Aaaand that's all I really need to say about that.  It handled its subject matter with tact and ease, never stepping over the line, as I am constantly fearing in films these days.  The story is from a play that was written by the same guy who directed and wrote the film.  I'd love to check out the play.

Anyways, I liked it.