Re: SAG Awards
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:47 pm
Had Keaton won, I'd have still thought Redmayne a threat for the Oscar, and with Redmayne's win, I still think Keaton's a threat.
I thought the day I saw Birdman that it had to be a strong contender for SAG Ensemble, so I don't view this prize as good or bad for the film's further chances this season. (I did, however, decide that the Ensemble category is the one part of the SAG awards I truly endorse, since it allows a way to honor something the Academy doesn't.)
There had to be a ton of blind voting on Julianne -- her movie's only earned half a million in ticket sales, and they didn't send out 60,000 screeners. I understand the impulse, but it's another reason why these TV-round precursors have become an echo chamber.
Some year or other, we're going to get decent supporting races again. But clearly not in 2014.
I was just watching Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking the other night, and she looks to have aged significantly in the few years since she shot it. I had the feeling she was up on stage to keep her mother on a bit of a leash -- Reynolds was capable of landing a joke, but she also seemed to lose the plot at certain points, and I think Carrie was assigned to cut her off at the say-when point.
Why are the awards for television so much more unpredictable/spontaneous than those for film? Same at the Globes.
I thought the day I saw Birdman that it had to be a strong contender for SAG Ensemble, so I don't view this prize as good or bad for the film's further chances this season. (I did, however, decide that the Ensemble category is the one part of the SAG awards I truly endorse, since it allows a way to honor something the Academy doesn't.)
There had to be a ton of blind voting on Julianne -- her movie's only earned half a million in ticket sales, and they didn't send out 60,000 screeners. I understand the impulse, but it's another reason why these TV-round precursors have become an echo chamber.
Some year or other, we're going to get decent supporting races again. But clearly not in 2014.
I was just watching Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking the other night, and she looks to have aged significantly in the few years since she shot it. I had the feeling she was up on stage to keep her mother on a bit of a leash -- Reynolds was capable of landing a joke, but she also seemed to lose the plot at certain points, and I think Carrie was assigned to cut her off at the say-when point.
Why are the awards for television so much more unpredictable/spontaneous than those for film? Same at the Globes.