Watched the Olivia Colman speech, and it will be the only thing I watch from these Oscars. Glenn Close steaming worth it alone, but most wild to see Yorgos Lanthimos crying at the Oscars. Awesome.
On the other hand,
Spike Lee: "Every time somebody's driving somebody, I lose."Full #Oscars coverage: https://t.co/Ncl3rswCbd pic.twitter.com/7kQWgWAoW7— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) February 25, 2019
― flappy bird, Monday, 25 February 2019 05:48 (five years ago) link
"This time, the racist is in the front" etc etc.
― family friendly "frells" & "fracks" (Sanpaku), Monday, 25 February 2019 06:09 (five years ago) link
yeah you woulda lost anyway, Shelton.
Kudos on Green Book I suppose, Eric, you know to expect the worst.
6 of the last 7 Best Actor wins have been for biographical roles. Something broken.
True, they used to split with the physically and developmentally challenged.
I saw about 10 minutes early on, and it feels so good.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 February 2019 12:16 (five years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/2m0rqJZ0vQ0IhTCyRp/giphy.gif
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 February 2019 12:22 (five years ago) link
frankly amazed RBG lost
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 February 2019 12:27 (five years ago) link
If you wonder what a "champion of Green Book" sounds like, well, here is renowned liberal racist awards blogger Jeffrey Wells.
Alas, the p.c. left tried to kill Green Book over and over. Ask anyone in the Oscar-strategizing business — it was one of the ugliest attempted takedown campaigns in Hollywood history.
But Academy members, to their eternal credit, told the haters to stuff it. It’s not that I think Green Book is an especially brilliant or mesmerizimg film, or that it delivers a profoundly meaningful subcurrent or after-vibe or what-have-you, but the tears of joy that came to my eyes when it won are about the glorious decision by Academy voters to tell the Stalinist lefties and p.c. virtue-signallers to go fuck themselves…that they like or love what Green Book is about and how it made them feel, and to hell with the snooties.
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2019/02/a-fairly-wonderful-thing/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 February 2019 12:34 (five years ago) link
as soon as I see "virtue-signallers" is when I know I'm definitely reading a well-informed and nuanced correspondent.
― calzino, Monday, 25 February 2019 12:54 (five years ago) link
Doesn’t this guy know you’re not supposed to cry when you’re enjoying a delicious mug of lib tears? The tears are gonna get all mixed up and where does that leave you?
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 25 February 2019 13:37 (five years ago) link
he considers himself a lib (unsurprisingly)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 February 2019 14:07 (five years ago) link
Wells has always been a crank, now he can join the Intellectual Dark Web
― jaymc, Monday, 25 February 2019 14:14 (five years ago) link
I kind of hovered for the first half--DVD going, No Country for Old Men on TV (seemed apropos: "that colossal goat-fuck out in the desert"), some computer time in the adjacent room--caught as much of the second half as I could stand. Highlight was Lady Gaga's Lola Heatherton speech ("Bradley Cooper, I want to BEAR YOUR CHILD!") about how tough she's got it. Disappointed that Jonas Mekas was left off the death roll.
― clemenza, Monday, 25 February 2019 14:31 (five years ago) link
there is now a place on the Oscar website for obituary also-rans
https://oscar.go.com/photos/2019/oscars-in-memoriam-2019-photos/582573fb44deb48f463bb74c0f186dff8601a960cd036f397cefa2558c1f1969
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 February 2019 15:40 (five years ago) link
Deleted Green Book scene where Don Shirley learns about the birth of rock n' roll from Chuck's cousin Marvin Berry.— 𝕿𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝕰𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝕯𝖆𝖞 (@NickPinkerton) February 25, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 February 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
Prediction: the star of the Elton John biopic wins Best Actor next year.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Monday, 25 February 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
a world where taron egerton has an oscar would be final definitive proof that we are living in a simulation
― he protec, he attac, but most importantly, he dmac (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 25 February 2019 16:46 (five years ago) link
and not a good one
When I saw that trailer for the Elton John movie, my thoughts were basically just "I guess we're going to get one of these every year now"
― silverfish, Monday, 25 February 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
I saw the trailer and thought, "Well, I guess that's why they call it the blues."
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 February 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
i for one am psyched for the bee gees biopic starring the jonas brothers
― he protec, he attac, but most importantly, he dmac (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 25 February 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
I have had tiny dancer stuck in my head since last night. I get why these movies are made.
― silverfish, Monday, 25 February 2019 16:52 (five years ago) link
lol the Elton John was directed by the guy who finished Boh Rhapsody
really taking chances
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 February 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
shallow isn’t even a song. it only works in 20-second snippets.
what a horribly formed "song"
― calumy (rip van wanko), Monday, 25 February 2019 17:05 (five years ago) link
and BCoop was just atrocious on that duet!
― calumy (rip van wanko), Monday, 25 February 2019 17:12 (five years ago) link
Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not have to use notes at all, when doing his racist hit on your President, who has done more for African Americans (Criminal Justice Reform, Lowest Unemployment numbers in History, Tax Cuts,etc.) than almost any other Pres!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2019
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:17 (five years ago) link
I'm v happy for Colman as her performance was phenomenal but can anyone explain the rationale behind her being in the Best Actress category and Stone and Weisz being nominated for Best Supporting Actress? If anything it felt like the hierarchy of the character focus was Stone>Weisz>Colman (personally I'd put them all in the Best Actress category).
― Fetchboy, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
"I always have tremendous success when I go off the teleprompter--my staff loves it, and I say great things."
― clemenza, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
― Fetchboy
The politics of securing a nomination. Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortenson had equal screen time.
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
xp Colman's character is the focal point of The Favourite, and even though they were all leading actresses, they can't put all three of them in the same category. It would've also looked weird to put Stone & Weisz in different categories, obviously fitting to have them competing in the same category as they do in the movie. in other words, arbitrary bs
― flappy bird, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
what alfred said. this happens almost every year.
― flappy bird, Monday, 25 February 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
she was the queen
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
Stone>Weisz>ColmanThis is correct, and they should have shared one prize, but the split meant we got a solo Colman speech
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
there is no sharing in Awardsland
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link
except for
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/2/23/Snow_white_oscars.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20070514184105
― See me in mi heels an' tinge (Noodle Vague), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:06 (five years ago) link
and Ving Rhames
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Monday, 25 February 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUacU0I4yU
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 25 February 2019 20:03 (five years ago) link
green book sequel gotta be viggo mortensen & mahershala ali driving thru the south to collect all the other colored books to complete the infinity gauntlet— Desus Nice (@desusnice) February 25, 2019
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Monday, 25 February 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
Trevor Noah told a joke to South Africa
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/oscars/the-best-joke-at-this-years-oscars-was-a-hidden-one/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 February 2019 22:25 (five years ago) link
I've met Olivia Colman and she is indeed lovely btw
― kinder, Monday, 25 February 2019 22:47 (five years ago) link
(I never get to name-drop; let me have this one)
― kinder, Monday, 25 February 2019 22:48 (five years ago) link
it is a good one
the ones you usually see are not but this is
― god knows i want to fp (darraghmac), Monday, 25 February 2019 23:12 (five years ago) link
im fine w green book winning best pic tho also the oscars are trash overall~
― johnny crunch, Monday, 25 February 2019 23:50 (five years ago) link
A Quiet Place was really robbed.― piscesx, Monday, February 25, 2019 5:46 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― piscesx, Monday, February 25, 2019 5:46 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
And Hereditary!!!
― daavid, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 00:08 (five years ago) link
yes Hereditary deserved recognition
A Quiet Place would sweep the Razzies in a just world
― calumy (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 00:17 (five years ago) link
So, does anyone actually like Green Book? I don't mean on ILX, but rather anyone, anywhere? To date, I've seen only one semi-positive review, and the reviewer was very upfront about how the movie is a schmaltzy, likely problematic white liberal fantasy that he found sorta entertaining despite his better instincts. Like, if Roma or Bohemian Rhapsody or A Star is Born had one, I'd get it; the former is a critical hit and the latter two were big crowd pleasers that clicked with audiences (particularly ones of a certain age). I don't even know who the audience for Green Book is supposed to be.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 00:20 (five years ago) link
*had WON
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 00:24 (five years ago) link
i havent seen a anything about whether its good or bad thats not how we grade movies now
― god knows i want to fp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 00:37 (five years ago) link
David Edelstein's review is basically positive.
http://www.vulture.com/2018/11/green-book-spoon-feeds-you-but-it-goes-down-easy.html
The thing that's really interesting there is the update at the end--before his Bertolucci controversy.
Pretty sure I won't ever see Green Book, much as I like Ali. Just not my kind of film--if I ever do, it'll be solely because of him. (I was going to say that "not my kind of film" applied to most of the winners this century, but, checking, turns out I've seen all but five or six--including The Artist, where I should have trusted the loud voice in my head screaming stay away.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 00:48 (five years ago) link
Ali is the only reason I'd ever see it as well (though I likely won't). It certainly isn't because I want a lecture on race relations from the director of Dumb and Dumber.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 00:58 (five years ago) link
green book has a few good jokes that i laughed at, but its take on race relations is cringeworthy
― adam the (abanana), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 01:20 (five years ago) link
Driving Miss Daisy, which gets shit for winning, is a far better picture.
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link