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- 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 ...
- 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
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
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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, ...
- 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...
- 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
This is a dumb vote. That movie aims pretty low but it accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...