This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2012

Not so long as you're not OCD about overall tallies, imo.

you just hate fun, morbs

Admittedly, not living in NY takes some of the pressure off to keep release years kosher.

Look at the release pattern, if that word even applies, for the entirely "accessible" Argentine film Las Acacias. Where did this 'limited' US releaase take place? It only showed in NY at MoMA during the New Directors/New Films fest.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754078/releaseinfo

^on tonight on film 4 iirc, for any UK ilxors

is it good

i like it

yes, there's a R2 DVD already and everything.

Hey guys. No reason to fret any more. EW's latest issue has a graphic that boils down best actor to Day-Lewis vs. Hawkes, actress to Lawrence vs. Watts, supporting actress to Hathaway vs. Hunt and picture to Argo vs. Life of Pi.

I guess only supporting actor has more than two candidates anymore.

close thread?

i'm so appalled that a mainstream magazine isn't dedicating at least 4 pages of detailed speculation two months ahead of the actual nomination announcement

Ooh wait! Not so fast!

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/11/16/oscar-race-prize-fighter-lincoln-argo-silver-linings-life-of-pi/

Argo is a sure-fire nominee, but Warner Bros. has to walk the line between maintaining its support and not wearing out its welcome. It’s easier for a film like The Artist to cling to front-runner status in a year when there isn’t a lot of major competition, but Argo will face an especially strong line-up of heavy-hitter challengers.

http://oi52.tinypic.com/2n1rfq9.jpg

If there's one thing I remember about last year, it's definitely how there weren't any movies that were even remotely in the same league as The Artist. I don't think anything else was even nominated, come to think of it.

rgo is a sure-fire nominee, but Warner Bros. has to walk the line between maintaining its support and not wearing out its welcome. It’s easier for a film like The Artist to cling to front-runner status in a year when there isn’t a lot of major competition, but Argo will face an especially strong line-up of heavy-hitter challengers.

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Can't wait to see Argo "walk the line."

Morbs' 2/5 rating ought to give it a "leg up" "in the heat" tho.

Maybe a victory for clear front-runner Day-Lewis will be considered recognition enough by voters, who have a lot of other choices for Best Picture.

A good-maybe-great movie's least interesting element getting its only awards traction? Sounds about right.

Less interesting than JGL? really?

separate Oscarshit read now plz

I thought that's what this thread was

It is.

there ya are

OSCARS 2013

JGL was also uninteresting, but mainly vestigial.

I changed my mind. There really can not be too many threads about year-end movie instant canonization times.

Someone start the NYFCC anticipation thread!

this is the 'long game' apprec thread for identifying current films that will be regarded as great after the fall of the American Empire.

Hah, no it's not.

There is no thread for doing that.

it will be my tireless mission to do that here

(obv joke, but I will boycott the Oscar thread)

Technically, I created "detrius" threads to talk about all the "detrius" that is meant to either inform or preemptively contradict the eventual Oscar results.

This is the thread where we discuss EW's take on Alan Arkin's Oscar hopes.

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Take it to the Hot Chip thread, sailor.

looks like a stroke, damn

the Oscars are no longer a climax as much as a postcoital shart

From this thread to you, Morbs:

http://mostlyfilm.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/gremlins.jpg

No real actual detrius until Nov. 27, when the Independent Spirit nominations are announced.

*backs slowly out of thread*

I really don't understand what I've done to merit Cloud Atlas in my mailbox.

s1ocki! You got my invitation! How nice of you to arrive!

How nice for s1ocki. How nice for everyone.

Honored members of ILX Detrius Society, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: What is there for me to say? Everything wise and witty has long since been said - by minds more mature and talents far greater than mine. For me to thank you as equals would be presumptuous - I am an apprentice in detrius and have much to learn from you all. I can say only that I am proud and happy and that I regard this great thread not so much as an award for what I have achieved, but as a standard to hold against what I have yet to accomplish.

I will boycott the Oscar thread
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:38 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the oscar grouch

Still not 100 percent sure of what Morbs is going to use this thread for except to post a bunch of links to TL;DR articles.

for starters i'm going to google TL;DR

I wouldn't, it's really long.

Just got digital screener access for these. What's good?

How to Survive a Plague
The Loneliest Planet
Your Sister's Sister
On the Road
First Position
The Central Park Five
Sleepwalk With Me
The Flat
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

ai weiwei doc is only one ive seen. its pretty bleh

i liked your sister's sister

zing

barbara was very sundance, but the lead actress was indeed v good

sonnetanz? nein

Indie Spirits (bevare, Alfred):

Best Film: Silver Linings Playbook
Best Director: David O. Russell, Silver Linings
Best Cinematography: Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Male Lead: John Hawkes, The Sessions
Best Female Lead: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings
Cassavetes Award: Middle of Nowhere
Best Screenplay: David O. Russell, Silver Linings
Best International Film: Amour
Best Supporting Actress: Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Best Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
Best First Feature: Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
First Screenplay: Derek Connolly, Safety not Guaranteed
Best Documentary: The Invisible War

SLP allegedly cost $21 M. Very indie.

gawd

Morbs, tell me abt #s 8-10 on tr list. The others are all in my rental queue but I don't know these last ones.

Don't have tiome to tell...

http://adoptfilms.net/barbara

http://www.thelawfilm.com/eng

http://www.theforgottenspace.net/

My year-end, then it's time to shut out the lights.

1. Knuckleball
2. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
3. Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners
4. Inventing David Geffen
5. Promised Land
6. How to Survive a Plague
7. The House I Live In
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
9. Looper
10. Moonrise Kingdom

It takes me a while to see 10 I like enough to list. Lincoln and Amour I'll call Well Made Films that just don't stay with me--Zero Dark Thirty and Argo less than that, and The Master less still. I probably saw another 10-15 besides those.

ah, The Avengers

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2013/04/15/mtv-movie-awards-2013-complete-winners-list/

Another year for Snidey McSnides to snipe that MTV had better taste than Oscars/GGs/crixes, et al.

phew i can finally draw a line under 2012 thanks mtv

Also what trails has Emma Watson blazed?

I suspect that this is what a list of "MTV Movie Awards" winners *should* look like, but I've never felt more my age than I have just now.

LOL, I didn't even realize every single LOTR movie won. Twilight came up one half-movie short.