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by Mister Tee
Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:07 pm
Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Art Direction
Replies: 3
Views: 2115

I think the only way Avatar could lose would be if people decide it's drawn, not designed-and-built -- in which case Sherlock Holmes is the most likely alternative (in the Tim Burton, Sleepy Hollow/Sweeney Todd tradition), with perhaps a few traditionalists opting for the rent-a-mansion look of You...
by Mister Tee
Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:29 pm
Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Original Screenplay
Replies: 15
Views: 4240

To raise a dead issue, let me say I think the Coens were being a bit playful when they said, after the fact, that they'd never even read The Odyssey. There's an awful lot on O Brother that clearly DOES crib from Homer -- the Cyclops, the sirens, Penelope's suitors. It obviously wasn't a literal ada...
by Mister Tee
Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:08 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: Best Actress 1999
Replies: 38
Views: 11048

Sorry to interrupt this dick-swinging match, but I haven't yet commented on the '99 race. The nomination slate was deeply disappointing, beyond Swank and Moore, for being so generic -- especially in picking one of Streep's least distinctive performances -- when Sigourney Weaver had given one of her...
by Mister Tee
Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:01 pm
Forum: The Cam Dagg Memorial Theatre and Literature Forum
Topic: 2009-2010 Broadway Season
Replies: 86
Views: 3761

For what it's worth, I saw Time Stands Still and found it disappointing. Touches on some issues, but almost in a random way; in the end, it's a simple detiorating-relationship story, dressed up with political observations. Linney is of course good, as are Silverstone and Bogosian, but D'Arcy James ...
by Mister Tee
Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:52 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: Best Actress 1998
Replies: 15
Views: 5528

I'm with Sabin in thinking Ricci deserved to be in here. Ally Sheedy, not so much; maybe it's just memories of her Spirit Award speech that make me wonder how much she was acting. It always baffled me that the race so quickly narrowed to Paltrow and Blanchett, who I thought were 4-5 on this list. G...
by Mister Tee
Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:38 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: Best Actress 1999
Replies: 38
Views: 11048

Magilla, I humbly dissent from this notion we must push through these to anticipate Sunday. This is an exercise completely distinct from the annual contest, the whole point of which is to have time to savor the various opinions of our fellow board-ers on days gone by. Doing it all at once is like h...
by Mister Tee
Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:32 pm
Forum: 82nd Nominations and Winners
Topic: Your Oscar Ballot - Best Picture
Replies: 36
Views: 9075

Sabin, you knew you could count on me to join you at Serious Man. (Though, if I thought this counted, I'd have voted for Up in the Air, as the only possibility of heading off Hurt Locker) Oscar Guy, as I said elsewhere, there are too many committed first place voters here for Locker to make prefere...
by Mister Tee
Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:36 pm
Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Makeup
Replies: 18
Views: 5623

Not much to add to what BJ's written here. Il Divo's nod is apparently 100% based on the lead character's look...but most voters will have no idea what the actor looks like to begin with, and I'd bet a good many have no idea what Andreotti looks like, either. Young Victoria's mention is clearly fro...
by Mister Tee
Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:40 pm
Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
Topic: Best Actress: 1997
Replies: 16
Views: 2488

My favorite of the nominees is Julie Christie, even though I think Nick Nolte dominates Afterglow (Tee, it's an Alan Rudolph picture not Schrader, and much more convemtional than most of Rudolph, whom I've loved since Welcome To L.A.) Ah -- one of my periodic brain cramps. I've tried to work out wh...
by Mister Tee
Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:45 pm
Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
Topic: Best Actress: 1997
Replies: 16
Views: 2488

1997 was one of the few times I would have nominated Jodie Foster, for her solid work in Contact. I also liked Judy Davis, in the crazy but fun Children of the Revolution. Winslet was way better than DiCaprio in Titanic, but still not worthy of this nod. Christie was solid, but I couldn't stand Aft...
by Mister Tee
Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:23 pm
Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Costume Design
Replies: 17
Views: 4901

Now that I've seen Young Victoria, it's very hard to pick against it. It matches the category standard for both period and sheer number of eye-catching outfits (even the mens' clothes are elaborate). Plus there are a few of Victoria's costumes in the final half hour that stood out for me as quite b...
by Mister Tee
Wed Feb 24, 2010 10:57 pm
Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Editing
Replies: 19
Views: 4421

rolotomasi99 wrote:I am so hoping BRIGHT STAR is able to upset THE YOUNG VICTORIA in the costume category.
I'm with you there, too, so let's celebrate one thing we can all agree on.
by Mister Tee
Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:27 am
Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Best Picture
Replies: 23
Views: 5214

The Hurt Locker was a mid year release, not considered any kind of hot Oscar prospect. If it had been released as a prime Oscar contender in the fall, I think it would have made a lot more. ... And I'm not sure what you mean about how the DVD "quickly plateaued"...it's been one of the top...
by Mister Tee
Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:24 pm
Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Best Picture
Replies: 23
Views: 5214

This isn't a category that often gets a thread of its own, but it's worth discussing. The nominees, should anyone need reminding: Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up in the Air First of all: a muted two cheers for the field...
by Mister Tee
Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:15 am
Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
Topic: Categories One-by-One: Best Actress
Replies: 83
Views: 15468

To respond to BJ about whether The Blind Side is as loathed elsewhere as it is here...wasn't it in that NY Magazine article you posted that, when the list was first laid out for those putting the presentation together, there was a massive groan at the film's best picture nomination? But the produce...

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