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by Mister Tee
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:38 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 41
Views: 1489

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

I would put Yuh-jung Youn alongside Robert DeNiro or Benicio Del Toro, in that it is a foreign language performance in an American film. Except they're both foreign-language performances/elements within an otherwise English-speaking film. Unless my memory of Minari is warped -- and, with age/pandem...
by Mister Tee
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 41
Views: 1489

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

- Second consecutive year that the Best International Film wins sound. Too soon to talk about any trend but it is striking. I think you're confusing this with BAFTA. The sound Oscar last year went to Top Gun: Maverick (shudder memory), not All Quiet. This is, in fact, the first year the Sound Oscar...
by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
Topic: The 25th Annual Who'll Be Back?
Replies: 5
Views: 225

The 25th Annual Who'll Be Back?

So…a very good year, climaxing in an Oscar show whose winners it’s hard to argue were undeserving (even if not “my favorites”). What to do, after the big event (to which the entire year builds) has passed? Well, after putting away dishes, and indulging in a few late sleep-ins, the obvious answer is,...
by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:01 pm
Forum: 2024
Topic: Civil War reviews
Replies: 6
Views: 136

Civil War reviews

As Sabin notes in another thread, Alex Garland's newest has premiered at SXSW, and is getting strong reactions (not all good, but it's clearly something): https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/civil-war-review-1235942401/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/civil-war-review-kirste...
by Mister Tee
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:51 pm
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 25
Views: 808

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

Hmmm.... From previously nominated directors Blitz - Steve McQueen Civil War - Alex Garland Hard Truths - Mike Leigh High and Low - Spike Lee Juror No. 2 - Clint Eastwood The Phoenician Scheme - Wes Anderson Untitled - Paul Thomas Anderson (probably 2025) From others I admire Janet Planet (Annie Ba...
by Mister Tee
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: 97th Academy Awards
Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
Replies: 25
Views: 808

Re: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards

Main prediction: it's going to be a fall-off year; by the time nominations are ready to go, people will be lamenting that some of this year's entrants hadn't held off for 2024's less competitive field. This is partly based on what Bill James calls the plexiglass principle -- in his (baseball) world,...
by Mister Tee
Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:24 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 41
Views: 1489

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

Many people noted that the '00s were the first decade since the 60s without a single female winning for screenplay. So, it might be worth pointing out that we've now had such a winner every single year this decade so far: Emerald Fennell in 2020, Sian Heder in 2021, Sarah Polley last year, and Justi...
by Mister Tee
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Ceremony
Replies: 27
Views: 834

Re: Oscar Ceremony

I'm seeing a few complaints about how predictable the ceremony was, which is something we've been complaining about a little bit. The biggest surprises were Best Sound and Best Actress, both of which were BAFTA winners. It was refreshing the blogger consensus failed in several areas, but the fact t...
by Mister Tee
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:16 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Ceremony
Replies: 27
Views: 834

Re: Oscar Ceremony

mlrg wrote When Tom Hanks presented best picture to The Hurt Locker he also didn’t recap the nominees and opened the envelope straight away. I don’t recall anyone complaining about that back then. The short answer is bc this felt more chaotic. [/quote] As I said in an edited portion below: this hap...
by Mister Tee
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Ceremony
Replies: 27
Views: 834

Re: Oscar Ceremony

So... My experience of the Oscar show, when it finally arrives, is always so scattered -- I'm hearing the jokes, monitoring the winners, but also serving drinks, dinner and dessert, chatting with friends...it all becomes a blur. I have my overall impression, but it takes me till after I've watched m...
by Mister Tee
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:14 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: In Memoriam
Replies: 11
Views: 338

Re: In Memoriam

People have often complained that the concentration on the performer has obscured some of the names of those being remembered, but this year was the worst -- everyone at my place was shouting they couldn't see them. And they kept moving the screens around, making it even harder to focus on them. And...
by Mister Tee
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 41
Views: 1489

Re: I'm always here for the Trivia

- Second consecutive year that the Best International Film wins sound. Too soon to talk about any trend but it is striking. I think you're confusing this with BAFTA. The sound Oscar last year went to Top Gun: Maverick (shudder memory), not All Quiet. This is, in fact, the first year the Sound Oscar...
by Mister Tee
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:49 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Stray Thoughts for Day-of
Replies: 6
Views: 177

Stray Thoughts for Day-of

Thoughts that didn't fit naturally into other threads, but that are passing through my mind now that we're inside 24 hours: The hive mind has totally taken over, and what seemed a promising year has turned...well, if not exactly predictable...let's say there's a widely agreed-upon likelihood. The up...
by Mister Tee
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Predictions Contest
Replies: 27
Views: 873

Re: Oscar Predictions Contest

I wish I could be more adventuresome, but, as always, the prelims drain away most of the juice. Film: Oppenheimer Director: Christopher Nolan Actor: Cillian Murphy Actress: Lily Gladstone Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph Adapted Screenplay; American Fictio...
by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:07 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Your Oscar ballot
Replies: 3
Views: 158

Your Oscar ballot

Excluding best picture (covered in another thread, for preferential), what would you vote for in the other 22 categories? I found a number of the choices difficult -- some because I didn't swoon for anyone; others because I swooned for more than one. Best Actor: Paul Giamatti (it would have been And...

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