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- Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:37 am
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Golden Globe reactions
- Replies: 96
- Views: 5498
Re: Golden Globe reactions
Almost forgot: the Green Book producer's speech couldn't have better distilled the essence of what some of us viscerally dislike about the film. An older white guy telling us we just all need to be nice and racism will go away. Everyone watching at my place felt the exact same thing -- "all we...
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:26 am
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Golden Globe reactions
- Replies: 96
- Views: 5498
Re: Golden Globe reactions
Glass half full: well, at least the Oscar narrative had some big curve balls thrown its way. Glass half empty: YIKES. Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book have to be the worst pair of Globe winners since... what... The Goodbye Girl & The Turning Point? Maybe Avatar & The Hangover could be consid...
- Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:28 pm
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: WGA Exclusions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 522
Re: WGA Exclusions
I was going to predict the exact same 10 as Sabin (though fearing Bohemian Rhapsody and/or Crazy Rich Asians leapfrog one of the more deserving smaller films.)
- Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:13 am
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: National Society of Film Critics
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1240
Re: National Society of Film Critics
You haven't seen it on the big screen, have you?. I guess it's the kind of film that draws you in once you see it in the theatre. I saw it on DVD, and you may be right that it’s the kind of movie that really has to envelop you to work most effectively. (Though I’m definitely higher on the film’s me...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 5:15 pm
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: National Society of Film Critics
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1240
Re: National Society of Film Critics
I got quite a kick out of The Rider winning Best Picture -- in an era when so many groups exist and somehow all seem to just rubber-stamp the same choices (which, as Mister Tee pointed out, even this group did in the acting categories), it's nice to have some individuality from time to time. That sa...
- Thu Jan 03, 2019 2:22 am
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Golden Globes Predictions Contest
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2544
Re: Golden Globes Predictions Contest
In recent years, this ceremony has provided some jolts, whether by setting the template that the other groups ended up following (remember how few people predicted Rockwell/Janney last year?) or just going their own way completely (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, La La Land's screenplay, Kate Winslet/Aaron So...
- Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:56 pm
- Forum: 2018
- Topic: Burning reviews
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2253
Re: Burning reviews
There's a screening at the Egyptian in 2 weeks, FYI.Sabin wrote:DAMMIT! It just left LA. The quest for screeners begins.
- Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:12 pm
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: WGA Exclusions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 522
Re: WGA Exclusions
My ballot. ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Eighth Grade Written by Bo Burnham First Reformed Written by Paul Schrader Roma Written by Alfonso Cuarón Vice Written by Adam McKay ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Blackkklansman Written by Charlie Wachtel & Da...
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:07 am
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: The Best Director Race
- Replies: 7
- Views: 692
Re: The Best Director Race
I generally agree with a lot of what's been said here, but I'll try to add a few things that haven't been touched on. Agree that Cuarón and Cooper (barring an Affleck-style shocker) are the most likely candidates for nominations. The biggest thing helping Lanthimos seems to be the centrality of his ...
- Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:34 am
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2200
Re: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
You haven't listed the songwriters either, though -- that's a list of the performers of the songs. (Some of them are ALSO the songwriters, but not all.)Franz Ferdinand wrote:The shortlist for the music categories on the Oscar website is nice, but it omits the actual songwriters - an impressive list of performers.
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 6:08 pm
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2200
Re: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
From what I've been reading, Girl would have been a Twitter war waiting to happen, so its omission from the foreign shortlist may be a blessing for the Academy. The list as is features far more prominent candidates than we usually see. Mister Tee, Is the issue to do with the gender of the actor pla...
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 4:19 pm
- Forum: 2018
- Topic: Burning reviews
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2253
Burning reviews
Burning is a movie that feels almost impossible to discuss effectively without getting into spoiler territory, so I'm just going to warn everyone who hasn't seen it not to read any further until you've had a chance to see the movie. SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT INCLUDING SPOILING THE ENDING OF THE MOVI...
- Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:00 pm
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2200
Re: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
Only one out of the three submitted songs from ASOB survived (the obvious one)... I’m pretty sure A Star is Born ONLY submitted “Shallow.” No... they submitted three... https://observer.com/2018/10/a-star-is-born-submit-three-original-songs-oscar-consideration/ There seems to have been a change in ...
- Mon Dec 17, 2018 6:25 pm
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2200
Re: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
I’m pretty sure A Star is Born ONLY submitted “Shallow.”HarryGoldfarb wrote:Only one out of the three submitted songs from ASOB survived (the obvious one)...
- Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:18 pm
- Forum: 91st Academy Awards
- Topic: Boston Society of Film Critics Winners
- Replies: 2
- Views: 394
Re: Boston Society of Film Critics Winners
He could actually have seriously been in the conversation were 40% of the spots in his category not hijacked by leading actors.flipp525 wrote:The first group to cite the excellent Brian Tyree Henry for his performance in If Beale Street Could Talk. Great news! He’s been on my wishlist since I saw the film.