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by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:33 pm
Forum: 2024
Topic: Cannes 2024
Replies: 3
Views: 98

Re: Cannes 2024

I don't have time for extensive comment, but I thank dws for this fully-researched, greatly informative post.
by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: R.I.P. Joseph Lieberman
Replies: 8
Views: 116

Re: R.I.P. Joseph Lieberman

I know I'm several days late on this, but in case Sabin still wants an answer to his question re: Gore choosing a different VP... Richard Nixon had polling that showed he ran stronger solo than with any possible running mate, since any choice would antagonize someone. The trick became to choose the ...
by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: The People
Topic: R.I.P. Louis Gossett, Jr.
Replies: 5
Views: 60

Re: R.I.P. Louis Gossett, Jr.

I've seen him a bit more than some of you -- in addition to the obvious Raisin in the Sun/Officer and a Gentleman/Roots, I saw him in The Landlord, Skin Game (a quite funny pairing with James Garner), Travels with My Aunt, The Laughing Policeman...and, much later in life, Diggstown. But the majority...
by Mister Tee
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:54 pm
Forum: The People
Topic: R.I.P. M. Emmet Walsh
Replies: 3
Views: 127

Re: R.I.P. M. Emmet Walsh

The definitional working actor. Straight Time was the first time I really registered his presence. i'd probably seen him a dozen or more times prior, without quite registering him. But once I zoned in on him, I saw he always made his films better. IMDB shows he kept working steadily, right up to the...
by Mister Tee
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:38 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
Replies: 43
Views: 1818

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: 43
Views: 1818

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: 416

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: 160

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: 1212

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: 1212

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: 43
Views: 1818

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: 871

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: 871

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: 871

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: 365

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...

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