"I'm not a puppet! I'm an Artist!"

Rating: 9/10 (18 March 2012)

Greetings from Lithuania.
Was is a good idea to make a silent black&white movie in the age of "Avatar"? - yes, (if you have an idea, passion to do this and not a lot of money). Is "The Artist" a good movie? - definitely. Is it worth of the awards it won? - definitely. Now the main question - was it wort of winning the Oscar for the Best Movie of the year? In my opinion - no.
As i said, "The Artist" is great movie, charming movie, made with a good idea, wonderful performances of two leading actors, and with a nice score. And yet, i would prefer "The Descendants" of taking home the Oscar for a best movie. It's when i first time heard all the buzz about "The Artist", and the love it portraits to Hollywood's "history", i could bet on everything that we already have a Best Oscar winner for 2011. It's a "perfect" winner. After watching it, i disagree with this award. Why? Here comes an ugly word for a movie review - it's just "small". The world's best film of the year never ever should look "small".
And yet, i truly recommending to see this movie to anyone who doesn't scare to spend an hour and a half with a silent black&white movie, you will have a really good time. And Bravo to Jean Dujardin - his performance blew my away.
By the way, just the fact, Michel Hazanavicius is a real native form Lithuania.