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by dws1982
Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
Topic: Best Cinematography 1977
Replies: 10
Views: 1700

Re: Best Cinematography 1977

I can't vote this year on account of integrity -- I've never seen (or had much desire to see) Islands in the Stream, and I haven't been able to track it down in time. I figure the title tells me why it was nominated. Just watched this. It doesn't change my vote, which would be for Close Encounters ...
by dws1982
Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:46 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

From NY Times:
Six couples were nominated today--
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik
Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess
Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley
by dws1982
Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Nominations Announced
Replies: 53
Views: 2350

Re: Oscar Nominations Announced

-Best Visual Effects is a head-scratcher. I'm leaning towards The Creator but I'm not sure if voters will actually watch any of these films. I'm kind of leaning towards Godzilla Minus One because its success has been a good story, but in the absence of Best Picture nominees, they have often gone wi...
by dws1982
Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:41 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Nominations Announcement
Replies: 16
Views: 853

Re: Nominations Announcement

- Sad for the unenthusiastic journey KOTFM is going through, probably my favorite film of the year. I am glad for both DeNiro and Gladstone but no screenplay (and to some extent, no DiCaprio) means the film is officially now an afterthought in the race. I fear this is going to be the third Scorsese...
by dws1982
Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:32 am
Forum: The People
Topic: R.I.P. Herman Raucher
Replies: 2
Views: 21424

Re: R.I.P. Herman Raucher

I like Summer of '42 , although most of what I like about it is the atmosphere that Mulligan, Surtees, and Michael Legrand's music create. I don't know that Raucher's screenplay is high on its list of virtues. Based on his filmography, he seemed to have a pretty specific lane of doomed/impossible ro...
by dws1982
Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: 2023 Emmy Awards
Replies: 60
Views: 53560

Re: 2023 Emmy Awards

Alexander and Carrel (and Hugh Laurie in Drama) lost because of the tape era, where a small pool of voters watched submitted episodes in a given category, and their characters were often too abrasive to win in that type of voting format. Especially when writers like David E. Kelley (in Drama) and ot...
by dws1982
Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: 2023 Emmy Awards
Replies: 60
Views: 53560

Re: 2023 Emmy Awards

I think that shows are automatically considered Comedy if episodes are around 30 minutes, and Drama if they are around an hour, and shows have to appeal to the Academy to be considered in the other category. At least The Bear spared us another Ted Lasso sweep*. And glad that Ebon Moss-Bachrach won, ...
by dws1982
Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: 2023 Emmy Awards
Replies: 60
Views: 53560

Re: 2023 Emmy Awards

Since The Bear season 2 dropped during early pre-strike Emmy balloting, and since it just won Golden Globes for season 2, it's a little whiplash-inducing to see it winning Emmys for season 1, which released over 18 months ago, and you almost wonder if some voters may have thought they were voting fo...
by dws1982
Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Minor Critics Groups Winners
Replies: 60
Views: 476516

Re: Minor Critics Groups Winners

Mister Tee wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:46 pm WORST FILM OF 2023: 80 for Brady
This is a dumb vote. That movie aims pretty low but it accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do.
by dws1982
Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:08 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: SAG Nominations
Replies: 11
Views: 182326

Re: SAG Nominations

May December has some particularly barbed attacks on actors, so I understand SAG not responding positively to this. I do think Melton probably still has a shot, but I wouldn't put money on it.
by dws1982
Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:51 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Golden Globe Predictions Contest
Replies: 27
Views: 398472

Re: Golden Globe Predictions Contest

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA Oppenheimer BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY Barbie BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL or COMEDY Paul Giamatti, The Ho...
by dws1982
Sat Dec 23, 2023 1:32 pm
Forum: 2023
Topic: The Official Review Thread of 2023
Replies: 161
Views: 1672733

Re: The Official Review Thread of 2023

All I can think of is a lot of people didn't like Richard Jewell (I think that movie has problems but is also misunderstood) and maybe they got tired of her spending the better part of a decade in increasingly-unwatchable Ryan Murphy shows.
by dws1982
Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:53 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Shortlists
Replies: 13
Views: 127797

Re: Oscar Shortlists

Tár had a credited score even if most of the music in the film was not original, but Maestro has none. The music credit reads "Music by Leonard Bernstein" which it is. All songs and orchestral pieces were either written or performed by Bernstein or both. There is no original music in the ...
by dws1982
Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Oscar Shortlists
Replies: 13
Views: 127797

Re: Oscar Shortlists

Because the Sound branch has been the most antediluvian, I didn't trust them to include Maestro despite its clear quality (they passed on TAR last year). Tár had a credited score even if most of the music in the film was not original, but Maestro has none. The music credit reads "Music by Leon...
by dws1982
Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:33 am
Forum: 96th Academy Awards
Topic: Minor Critics Groups Winners
Replies: 60
Views: 476516

Re: Minor Critics Groups Winners

I don't know where Are You There God... sits for me (haven't tried ranking films for the year, haven't seen a ton either), but I liked it a lot and think it's a really inspired pick. It's also a type of movie that isn't getting made a ton anymore, especially for theatrical platforms, although I wish...

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