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by The Original BJ
Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:37 am
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: Golden Globe reactions
Replies: 96
Views: 4363

Re: Golden Globe reactions

Almost forgot: the Green Book producer's speech couldn't have better distilled the essence of what some of us viscerally dislike about the film. An older white guy telling us we just all need to be nice and racism will go away. Everyone watching at my place felt the exact same thing -- "all we...
by The Original BJ
Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:26 am
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: Golden Globe reactions
Replies: 96
Views: 4363

Re: Golden Globe reactions

Glass half full: well, at least the Oscar narrative had some big curve balls thrown its way. Glass half empty: YIKES. Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book have to be the worst pair of Globe winners since... what... The Goodbye Girl & The Turning Point? Maybe Avatar & The Hangover could be consid...
by The Original BJ
Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:28 pm
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: WGA Exclusions
Replies: 4
Views: 451

Re: WGA Exclusions

I was going to predict the exact same 10 as Sabin (though fearing Bohemian Rhapsody and/or Crazy Rich Asians leapfrog one of the more deserving smaller films.)
by The Original BJ
Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:13 am
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: National Society of Film Critics
Replies: 24
Views: 1083

Re: National Society of Film Critics

You haven't seen it on the big screen, have you?. I guess it's the kind of film that draws you in once you see it in the theatre. I saw it on DVD, and you may be right that it’s the kind of movie that really has to envelop you to work most effectively. (Though I’m definitely higher on the film’s me...
by The Original BJ
Sat Jan 05, 2019 5:15 pm
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: National Society of Film Critics
Replies: 24
Views: 1083

Re: National Society of Film Critics

I got quite a kick out of The Rider winning Best Picture -- in an era when so many groups exist and somehow all seem to just rubber-stamp the same choices (which, as Mister Tee pointed out, even this group did in the acting categories), it's nice to have some individuality from time to time. That sa...
by The Original BJ
Thu Jan 03, 2019 2:22 am
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: Golden Globes Predictions Contest
Replies: 39
Views: 2143

Re: Golden Globes Predictions Contest

In recent years, this ceremony has provided some jolts, whether by setting the template that the other groups ended up following (remember how few people predicted Rockwell/Janney last year?) or just going their own way completely (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, La La Land's screenplay, Kate Winslet/Aaron So...
by The Original BJ
Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:56 pm
Forum: 2018
Topic: Burning reviews
Replies: 7
Views: 1527

Re: Burning reviews

Sabin wrote:DAMMIT! It just left LA. The quest for screeners begins.
There's a screening at the Egyptian in 2 weeks, FYI.
by The Original BJ
Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:12 pm
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: WGA Exclusions
Replies: 4
Views: 451

Re: WGA Exclusions

My ballot. ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Eighth Grade Written by Bo Burnham First Reformed Written by Paul Schrader Roma Written by Alfonso Cuarón Vice Written by Adam McKay ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Blackkklansman Written by Charlie Wachtel & Da...
by The Original BJ
Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:07 am
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: The Best Director Race
Replies: 7
Views: 625

Re: The Best Director Race

I generally agree with a lot of what's been said here, but I'll try to add a few things that haven't been touched on. Agree that Cuarón and Cooper (barring an Affleck-style shocker) are the most likely candidates for nominations. The biggest thing helping Lanthimos seems to be the centrality of his ...
by The Original BJ
Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:34 am
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
Replies: 36
Views: 1885

Re: Short Lists for Multiple Categories

Franz Ferdinand wrote:The shortlist for the music categories on the Oscar website is nice, but it omits the actual songwriters - an impressive list of performers.
You haven't listed the songwriters either, though -- that's a list of the performers of the songs. (Some of them are ALSO the songwriters, but not all.)
by The Original BJ
Tue Dec 18, 2018 6:08 pm
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
Replies: 36
Views: 1885

Re: Short Lists for Multiple Categories

From what I've been reading, Girl would have been a Twitter war waiting to happen, so its omission from the foreign shortlist may be a blessing for the Academy. The list as is features far more prominent candidates than we usually see. Mister Tee, Is the issue to do with the gender of the actor pla...
by The Original BJ
Tue Dec 18, 2018 4:19 pm
Forum: 2018
Topic: Burning reviews
Replies: 7
Views: 1527

Burning reviews

Burning is a movie that feels almost impossible to discuss effectively without getting into spoiler territory, so I'm just going to warn everyone who hasn't seen it not to read any further until you've had a chance to see the movie. SPOILERS FROM HERE ON OUT INCLUDING SPOILING THE ENDING OF THE MOVI...
by The Original BJ
Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:00 pm
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
Replies: 36
Views: 1885

Re: Short Lists for Multiple Categories

Only one out of the three submitted songs from ASOB survived (the obvious one)... I’m pretty sure A Star is Born ONLY submitted “Shallow.” No... they submitted three... https://observer.com/2018/10/a-star-is-born-submit-three-original-songs-oscar-consideration/ There seems to have been a change in ...
by The Original BJ
Mon Dec 17, 2018 6:25 pm
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: Short Lists for Multiple Categories
Replies: 36
Views: 1885

Re: Short Lists for Multiple Categories

HarryGoldfarb wrote:Only one out of the three submitted songs from ASOB survived (the obvious one)...
I’m pretty sure A Star is Born ONLY submitted “Shallow.”
by The Original BJ
Mon Dec 17, 2018 1:18 pm
Forum: 91st Academy Awards
Topic: Boston Society of Film Critics Winners
Replies: 2
Views: 350

Re: Boston Society of Film Critics Winners

flipp525 wrote:The first group to cite the excellent Brian Tyree Henry for his performance in If Beale Street Could Talk. Great news! He’s been on my wishlist since I saw the film.
He could actually have seriously been in the conversation were 40% of the spots in his category not hijacked by leading actors.

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