Oscars 2015

ok, then how about

michael keaton in the joni mitchell story

Jessica Lange ruled in Blue Sky...lots of unusual factors behind her win tho.

i.e. one of the worst year for actresses in my lifetime. She was terrific, yeah, and I rooted for her. Her only competition was the also due Susan Sarandon.

glenda jackson won a few oscars for films that nobody really seems to have cared much about (then or, especially, now). and simone signoret got what was essentially a career award for "room at the top."

"monster's ball" is kind of one of these (a "searing" performance by reputation in a film nobody especially cared about and few saw), and also occasioned the acceptance speech that made me stop watching the oscar telecast for a decade.

Roger Ebert adored Monster's Ball, right? #1 film of his that year. The guy was orignal, I'll give'em that.

well ppl cared more about Women in Love than A Touch of Class.

"one of the worst years for actresses" -- you look hard enough you can find someone as good/better than the shit that's won. Even in studio movies.

well, that's always true, but as always there's a formula for what gets recognized at the oscars.

i think a lot of people caught up w/ monster's ball /after/ the award -- in theaters and esp. on home video (b/c "halle berry titties").

just as more people will probably rent 'still alice' now, although that'll be mitigated by "is this the alzheimer's movie? nah, too depressing." esp since it's not a "triumph over adversity" movie like "theory of everything."

one of the worst years for actresses" -- you look hard enough you can find someone as good/better than the shit that's won. Even in studio movies.

― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), T

I'm talking about nominated performances. Are you always in lecture mode?

try to be. but you didn't specify, ok then.

I remember my bf at the time thinking that Halle Berry won for Monsters Inc and was like WTF?!

so the reason Julie Christie didn't win for her Alzheimers movie is that she won in '66, right? cuz that one was pretty good.

the sarah polley alzheimer's movie left me completely cold. i thought for all the praise it got it was basically genteel and prettified. i don't know why christie didn't get nominated.

you mean, did get?

(nominated, lost)

oh, see, i don't know these things.

i envy you, Monsieur Neary

Christie was the favorite until the Cotillard train left the station.

in a perfect world jim carrey should have been nominated for playing a retard who triumphs over adversity in "dumb and dumber"

Mimicking real life celebrity would've trumped her anyway, I'd bet.

btw i imagine even fewer people saw the new dardennes than "still alice," but cotillard wasn't really contender this year, was she?

btw is that new dardennes any good? i've been liking their films a little bit less with each one since "the child," and this one comes with some middling reviews. and the premise seems even more contrived than usual.

Second-tier Dardennes -- Eric would say it's all second-tier Dardennes.

Get enough gimlets in me and I'll admit to liking The Son very much.

I thought being a non-fan would've primed me to really like their newest one but I didn't, especially.

are the gimlets for your eyes?

Gimlet goggles.

I liked it enough so that it made my top 25. It's not as good as The Son, but it's cool. The premise might be contrived, but it's still an absolutely brilliant idea.

Get one more gimlet in me and I might admit that the only Dardennes movie that I had an unusually strong negative reaction against was The Child. Most of the rest have hovered around "meh," and wondering why I didn't just spend my time re-watching Bresson.

why didn't you just spend time rewatching Bresson?

To be fair, that question could be asked of us all, at all times.

i watched au hasard balthazar last night if it makes anyone happy.

The movie crushed me so badly the first time that I bought it and have kept it locked in the closet ever since.

A day not spend with L'argent is a day wasted.

I strongly disliked Au Hasard Balthazar when I watched it. Made me ask myself why I didn't just spend my time re-watching Pickpocket.

no donkey

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or has he already won an oscar? i don't keep track of these things.

(amateurist)

More Gallons Disease
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I bought it and have kept it locked in the closet ever since.

the Bressondook

Hating Au Hasard Balthazar is far worse than eating meat.

great suggestion from Variety in a piece about how to 'fix' the Oscar ceremony:

the best solution to spicing up the Oscars is a relatively easy fix: Serve everybody alcohol in their seats. The bar outside the auditorium was busy, and the seatfillers were working overtime, because fewer attendees stayed to watch the show.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/how-to-fix-the-oscars-in-5-easy-steps-1201440804/

Lupita Nyong'o's Oscar gown has been stolen, and we have a suspect

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/02/26/2621912600000578-0-image-a-19_1424991094205.jpg

'It was ridiculous, as it would be from any singer who treats that music in semi-operatic style. She had no relationship to what she was singing.'

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/stephen-sondheim-calls-lady-gagas-oscar-performance-travesty/story?id=29695472

It's the way most american idol contestants sing every song. and he's right.