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- Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:24 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Best Actress
- Replies: 5
- Views: 397
Re: Best Actress
I backed away from this prediction at the last minute.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:23 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Oscar Ceremony
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1547
Re: Oscar Ceremony
It started off pretty shaky with Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue. I groaned when the tribunals started up. I'd argue it settled into a little more of a groove as it went along. Some presenters fell flat, some were funny, and some were in between. On the whole, the film has a loose, occasionally wei...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:24 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Best Picture
- Replies: 6
- Views: 356
Re: Best Picture
"Hey Al, do you need to go over what to do when you get up there"
"No, no, I got it."
"No, no, I got it."
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Best Picture Ballot
- Replies: 17
- Views: 997
Re: Best Picture Ballot
Sonic Youth wrote What a bill of goods! It's "Three Billboards" all over again. When I saw the trailer for 3B, I thought "This movie is gonna fuckin' POP!" Well, it didn't pop - the good stuff was all used up in the trailer - and neither does Fiction. This is why you have to pos...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Stray Thoughts for Day-of
- Replies: 6
- Views: 488
Re: Stray Thoughts for Day-of
Rooting interests? There are a handful of categories that are truly up in the air, which is more than most years. I'd like them to go in a direction we're not expecting. I'm surprised to find that most of my rooting interests revolve around Barbie. I'd like to see Ryan Gosling surprise everyone and ...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Stray Thoughts for Day-of
- Replies: 6
- Views: 488
Re: Stray Thoughts for Day-of
Mister Tee wrote I may be alone in this, but I'm not all that excited about Robert Downey Jr. winning tomorrow night. Which saddens me, because I really liked him, back in the day -- as far back as when he was James Woods' sidekick in True Believer (so far back, I liked James Woods, then). I rooted...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Razzie Nominations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 314
Re: Razzie Nominations
Nobody cares but Worst Picture: Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (whatever that is) Worst Actor: Jon Voight, Mercy (whatever that is) Worst Actress: Megan Fox, Johnny & Clyde (whatever that is) Worst Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Expend4bles Worst Supporting Actress: Megan Fox, Expend4bl...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Oscar Predictions Contest
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1718
Re: Oscar Predictions Contest
Best Picture: Oppenheimer Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Emma Stone) Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer Best Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers Best Directing: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Be...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:48 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Best Picture Ballot
- Replies: 17
- Views: 997
Re: Best Picture Ballot
I think I've said this before that this year's crop of Best Picture nominees feels more exciting than any year since 2019 and yet I'm having a harder time than usual ranking the rest of them. Or if not ranking them, knowing how to compare certain qualities. I'm feeling challenged knowing how to weig...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Your Oscar ballot
- Replies: 3
- Views: 339
Re: Your Oscar ballot
Best Actor : Cillian Murphy (it would be nice to see Paul Giamatti win; good lineup!) Best Actress : Emma Stone Best Supporting Actor : Ryan Gosling (fabulous lineup) Best Supporting Actress : worst lineup in a while... I'm fine with Brooks, Foster, or Randolph. Sure, fine, Randolph. Best Director ...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:02 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Costume Design
- Replies: 2
- Views: 281
Re: Categories One-by-One: Costume Design
A lot of people have pointed out (including myself) the similarities between Barbie and Poor Things as contenders across both "art" categories both for their achievement but also the similarities between the candidates. Like Black Panther, Barbie created a pop culture world. Both The Favou...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: Oppenheimer reviews
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7929
Re: Oppenheimer reviews
SPOILERS, I GUESS... I just rewatched Oppenheimer prior to Oscar night (second viewing) and I've more or less come around on it. I fell somewhere between a champion and a skeptic on my first viewing. I still think it's appropriate to be both. I still sense that Nolan is a craftsman, not a thinker. W...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: International Feature
- Replies: 7
- Views: 421
Re: Categories One-by-One: International Feature
Mister Tee wrote I'm utterly ambivalent about Perfect Days. I find it beautifully composed and shot, and it has some very powerful scenes near the end (one involving the main character's sister is teeming with unspoken resonance). Can I ask: did you watch this at home or on the big screen? I didn't...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:57 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Original Screenplay
- Replies: 5
- Views: 388
Re: Categories One-by-One: Original Screenplay
I like Tee’s point on how much prognosticators have become aggregators. Pretty much everyone agrees that Anatomy of a Fall is the front runner based on the Golden Globe and the BAFTA. Had the WGA gave their award to The Holdovers prior to Sunday, would one person be left predicting Anatomy of a Fall...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Categories One-by-One: Animated Feature
- Replies: 5
- Views: 353
Re: Categories One-by-One: Animated Feature
Mister Tee wrote NEON apparently decided no one outside of Academy members needed to see Robot Dreams prior to the Oscars; the official release date is May 31st (though it did have a solitary screening in NY and elsewhere, tonight). I managed to see it (don't ask how) ::raises hand to ask how:: ::s...