Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I guess that I should probably update here a little more often, but it slips my mind. Here are some selections from the past month, including a number of Oscar nominees. Ivy (2015) - 9/10 - The crew on a somewhat dilapidated cargo ship in the Mediterranean start to get worried when they haven't been...

Maybe Gavin Newsome or another Democratic Governor.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was the standout for me and the one that would get my vote if I had one. I'm one of those who thinks The Boy and the Heron is lesser Miyaki, though I don't think that I've really whined about it. It was okay and maybe I'll like it more when I watch it again, this ...

I finally watched Poor Things and can finish off my ballot. Here's my personal preference: 1. Oppenheimer 2. Anatomy of a Fall 3. American Fiction 4. Killers of the Flower Moon 5. The Holdovers 6. Barbie 7. Poor Things 8. Past Lives 9. The Zone of Interest 10. Maestro The only one that I disliked wa...

I watched it yesterday and liked it, though it will end up ranking fairly low for the films on this year's Best Picture ballot.

I could see it being a contender for Best Sound as you mentioned.

I'm down to 2 unseen films now:

Poor Things - due out on VOD next Tuesday I think.
Godzilla Minus One - Hopefully it becomes available soon.

Skammen / Shame (1968) - 8.5/10 - Jan and Eva used to be violinists, but now live on a remote farm on an island as a way of avoiding the ongoing civil war in their country. They don't have a working telephone or radio and live somewhat in isolation, hoping the war will just leave them alone. Howeve...

My preferences:

1a. The Last Repair Shop
1b. Nai Nai & Wai Po
3. The ABCs of Book Banning
4. The Barber of Little Rock
5. Island in Between

For me, it's a tossup between the first two, but the top 4 are all really close. I thought Island in Between was interesting, but a step below the others.

The After and Red, White and Blue were the standouts for me. I thought The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar was good, but I wasn't an enamored with it as you were.

My preferences:

1) Red, White and Blue
2) The After
3) Invincible
4) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
5) Knight of Fortune

All 5 animated shorts were decent. My order of preference is:

1) War is Over!
2) Our Uniform
3) Letter to a Pig
4) Pachyderme
5) Ninety-Five Senses

Scarecrow / Chuchelo (1984) - 9/10 - Lena is a 12 year old girl who is being bullied by her classmates at school. She moved to a msall town to live with her grandfather and tells much of the story in flashback. The bullying started on the first day of school, but got worse when she covered for a bo...

Strange Days (1995) - 8/10 - New Year's Eve 1999 is here and Los Angeles is a crime ridden battleground in many areas. Lenny (Ralph Fiennes) is a former cop who now deals in a fairly new type of illegal item which allows people to record memories, feelings, etc. to disc so that others can experienc...

I doubt if the Supreme Court will uphold this ruling, but it is interesting.

21 Up (1977) - 7/10 - The people from the first two films are gathered together to watch those films now that they are 21 years old. They are asked a series of questions, but we also get more from them interacting with each other or giving longer and more thoughtful answers. The film itself is a lo...

The Boy and the Heron (2023) - 7/10 - While I liked Miyazaki's latest film, it was also a slight disappointment. I liked it, but not as much as I expected, though perhaps expectations are part of the problem. I thought the pace was too slow and the story seemed to lack a bit of the spark that most ...