An Oscar, really ??!!?? I don't see it.

Rating: Null/10 (19 October 2012)

*Spoiler/plot- The Artist, 2011, Hollywood 1927 George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. The coming of the 'talkies'sounds the end for his career and he falls into star's oblivion due to stock market crash and investing in his own bad film. For a young movie 'extra' Peppy Miller, she gets a break from Valentin and it seems her career takes off with her major stardom. The film tells of their intertwined destinies.
*Special Stars- Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, Penelope Ann Miller, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Ed Lauter, Malcolm McDowell, and a spunky Jack Russell terrier.
*Theme- Talent and luck will out once given an opportunity.
*Trivia/location/goofs- Black and White and silent, Best picture Oscar, 3 Golden Globe awards. New York Sreet scenes shot at Paramounts NY street back-lot, staircase office scenes at Los Angeles Bradbury Building. The Mary Pickford home in Belaire for Peppy Miller's house. Filmed in the Hollywood sign neighborhood.
*Emotion- A gimmickry narrative film that should have been a documentary with some exquisite matching of historic clothes, car, locations, cinematography and lighting but NOT saved by the rest of the film's script writing/dialog and slow pacing. It looked like this film was 'cashing-in' on the recent Hollywood studio 100th anniversaries 'nostalia' news. I wanted to like this film due to enjoying and knowledgeable about the history of Hollywood, I could not. It wasn't entertaining and the box office ticket receipts agree with me worldwide. It's very bad and a waste of the starring actor's performance talents. This theme and story has been told hundreds of times before and done far better in 'A Star Is Born', Silent Movie', 'Sunset Boulevard', 'The Entertainer', and many others.