So, a few weeks ago, the Queen (check our her blog sometime, she's not as post happy as me, but she has good things to say when she does) and I saw Black Snake Moan. Not a bad little movie, very interesting concepts, even if I thought it was a bit unevenly executed. Christina Ricci was good in it, and surprisingly enough so was Justin Timberlake. In fact, acting was not remotely a problem to me.
However, they shouldn't have released this in late Feb/March. They should have held on to this movie for Nov/Dec. Why do you ask?
Because it would benefit Samuel L. Jackson.
I'll say this right now, and I freakin' mean it: If this movie would have been released at the end
of Oscar season and not the beginning, there'd be serious Best Actor talk for SLJ. Seriously. As it is now, he'll probably get a mention here or there, depending on the Golden Globe nominations, but inevitably get shafted because of the timing. He was really that good. I have never, EVER seen the guy post Pulp Fiction and not consciously known I was watching Samuel L. Jackson. I forgot it was him in about 5 minutes flat. He became his character of Lazarus, through and through.I wish I had Hollywood clout, because I'd lobby for the guy right up until the Oscar ceremony.
See how she clings to his leg? That's because she's afraid he won't get nominated.
