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- Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:01 pm
- Forum: 2024
- Topic: Civil War reviews
- Replies: 8
- Views: 418
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...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:51 pm
- Forum: 97th Academy Awards
- Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1710
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...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: 97th Academy Awards
- Topic: Welcome to the 97th Academy Awards
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1710
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,...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:24 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2205
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...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:35 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Oscar Ceremony
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1075
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...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Oscar Ceremony
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1075
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...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:47 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Oscar Ceremony
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1075
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...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:14 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: In Memoriam
- Replies: 11
- Views: 453
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...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:04 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: I'm always here for the Trivia
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2205
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...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:49 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Stray Thoughts for Day-of
- Replies: 6
- Views: 269
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...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:45 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Oscar Predictions Contest
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1170
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...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:07 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Your Oscar ballot
- Replies: 3
- Views: 211
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...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Visual Effects
- Replies: 4
- Views: 230
Re: Categories One-by-One: Visual Effects
I've been reluctant to comment here for a reason I'm guessing some other share: because I haven't seen the apparently quite competitive Godzilla Minus One. I skipped seeing it in theatres because 1) horror films/not my thing and 2) I presumed it'd be streaming in time for the ceremony. But the film'...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:38 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: International Feature
- Replies: 7
- Views: 281
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:37 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Original Screenplay
- Replies: 5
- Views: 238
Re: Categories One-by-One: Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall has won the Globe, BAFTA and Critics Choice for Screenplay For the record, the Broadcasters didn't choose Anatomy of a Fall; they went for Barbie, pre-switch to adapted. You know what won Globe/BAFTA last year? The Banshees of Inisherin. Which is to say, people are predicting base...