If you haven't seen that film, do yourself a favor. (Currently on Criterion along with a host of other Yeoh highlights.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 March 2023 18:40 (one year ago) link
Call me Weasel
Wheeze! wheeze! wheeze! all the morning long; I wheezed that juice till I myself almost melted into it; I wheezed that juice till a strange sort of insanity came over me, and I found myself unwittingly wheezing my co-laborers' hands in it, mistaking their hands for the gentle globules.... Come; let us wheeze hands all round; nay, let us all wheeze ourselves into each other; let us wheeze ourselves universally into the very juice and sperm of kindness.
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 13 March 2023 18:42 (one year ago) link
I needed a new display name.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2023 18:43 (one year ago) link
i lit a pauly shore show a couple months ago and the last what felt like seventeen hours of it were just describing porn
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 13 March 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link
I can't see myself ever watching The Whale but this comment on Fraser from Alfred's liveblog last night is spot on: "I like him. He had it in him to be the Joel McCrea of his generation, a solid actor doomed to being perpetually overlooked."
We tuned into the last hour of the show last night and my husband, who doesn't follow current cinema at all, was pleased that "two people (he) loved in the 90s" won the top acting awards.
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Monday, 13 March 2023 18:52 (one year ago) link
Weird how it’s Angela Bassett who’s considered undeserving. The screentime of the cast, A24 shouldn’t have submitted JLC for consideration! It was a strong category and hers must have been the weakest role nominated. Yeah I know how the Oscars work, I’m also saying it remains shit.
Screen time data for Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)- Michelle Yeoh - 1:35:16 (68.38%)- Ke Huy Quan - 58:33 (42.03%)- Stephanie Hsu - 42:18 (30.36%)- James Hong - 19:37 (14.08%)- Jamie Lee Curtis - 17:15 (12.38%) pic.twitter.com/3ufMsCFdfQ— Matthew Stewart (@MatthewAStewart) July 20, 2022
― giant bat fucker (gyac), Monday, 13 March 2023 18:56 (one year ago) link
and sometimes it's the other way around: an obvious supporting actor promoted to the main category because the studio/their agent insists.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2023 18:59 (one year ago) link
when you break down the times like that tbh it's curtis and hong who seem like supporting and everyone else who seems like a lead (hsu in a grey area but she certainly seems like a lead when you watch it).
agree that this was not the role to give JLC her lifetime achievement oscar for. have always rly loved JLC tho like since i was five lol so
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 13 March 2023 19:09 (one year ago) link
she should've gotten nods for Halloween, A Fish Called Wanda, Freaky Friday...
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:09 (one year ago) link
just so inspired in freaky friday
the person it woulda been nice to give a career-acknowledging oscar to for this as long as we're doing that is james hong; what a legend.
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 13 March 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
Found a 2016 article called something like "30 great actors that have never been Oscar nominated," and JLC was on that list with this bit at the end of her blurb:
Will It Happen? Her current roster makes it look unlikely, but Curtis is one eye-catching-role-in-a-breakout-indie away from a career renaissance, should she want it.
So ... yeah.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 March 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
Shd give more honorary oscars tbh it’s nice to see good old actors be happy
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:21 (one year ago) link
They really left Paul Sorvino off the tribute reel? wtf
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:22 (one year ago) link
Oh -- would also have been cool with a nod for Knives Out.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:22 (one year ago) link
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, March 13, 2023 3:22 PM
Honestly they should just license the ones TCM makes.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:29 (one year ago) link
Also Anne heche someone said upthread, the Oscars are still always bad
― piedro àlamodevar (wins), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:32 (one year ago) link
Closing the montage with a QR code to see more was an especially crass touch.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
xps to dlh yeah I get it. I think a problem - and again, not remotely claiming this is a new or unknown thing - with the “ok you’ve been solid here’s an Oscar for your role in this good film” thing is that you can see how the Academy’s tastes have shifted a bit and a lot of the stuff that they previously overlooked in the past may have been nominated this year. Not quite so much of a shift - I mean, Nope was my film of the year & it was nowhere, but a film like EEAAO winning makes me wonder if the 2023 Academy would have recognised The Matrix or Blade Runner in non-technical categories? Eric H btw is otm re Angela Bassett. The acting categories ended up exactly the same as the Screen Actors Guild awards, but Angela Bassett did win a Golden Globe, iirc the first for a Marvel role, and has been nominated for, what, two Oscars in her whole almost forty years of work? I mean, if you’re going to give a lifetime achievement undeserved Oscar …?Similarly, Tracer Hand made an excellent point upthread (or maybe in the EEAAO thread?) re Stephanie Hsu & her likelihood of winning in the future. What was that statistic? Second time in 95 years for a lead role? I’d be annoyed too, and perhaps worth thinking of the relative rarity of these prestige roles for Black and Asian actors. It would be nice if we could just enjoy Yeoh winning for a stellar performance in a deeply weird performance as just that, instead of her having to be the first.
― giant bat fucker (gyac), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:45 (one year ago) link
Hsu was the best young woman I've seen in a film since Lady Bird and I wish retroactively that she'd have been in it.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:48 (one year ago) link
https://www.showbiz411.com/2023/03/13/oscars-are-back-2023-ratings-near-16-mil-increase-from-2022-biggest-numbers-of-all-awards-shows-this-season
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:53 (one year ago) link
Strange to think that's good news when this sucker used to get upwards of 40 million on the regular.
we did it we saved oscar
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 March 2023 19:56 (one year ago) link
I'm not sure why the article is calling it an increase. 2022 viewership was 16.6 million.
― jmm, Monday, 13 March 2023 20:14 (one year ago) link
ON or 7 or 28?
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Monday, 13 March 2023 20:30 (one year ago) link
not a single vote for Banshees??? what I would have voted had I seen this poll when it was up
history will vindicate me
― Murgatroid, Monday, 13 March 2023 21:32 (one year ago) link
JLC is cool, i don't have a problem w/her winning. she's been great in a lot of roles over the years, and probably should give an honorary mention to True Lies, which is a problematic flick and her role doesn't deviate from that and is a bit unbelievable, but she commits to it fully and you forget how ridiculous the character is in a lot of ways. i bet this was a close vote though, i kinda thought kerry condon might sneak thru but it was probably tough to get past two icons.
― omar little, Monday, 13 March 2023 21:53 (one year ago) link
She was the second best supporting actress in her own film but sure.
― giant bat fucker (gyac), Monday, 13 March 2023 22:22 (one year ago) link
There appear to be three categories for acting wins - 1) an astonishing performance, 2) being entirely of the moment, or 3) having a legacy or being overdue - as well as sometimes a combination of the three.
Stephanie Hsu is fantastic in EEAAO, but Curtis winning seems fine to me. She's memorable as always and it is a legacy award. I would have liked to see Farrell win best actor, not just as a legacy but for his performance, but am happy that Brendan Fraser won and not Austin Butler for yet another mimicry of a music star in a dumb biopic
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 00:09 (one year ago) link
In the International Film category I still haven't seen Close, which is a film about a mama's boy that I've been looking forward to for months, starring Eden Dembrine and Émilie Dequenne (best actress winner in the Palme D'Or-winning film from 1999, Rosetta).
All Quiet was the inevitable winner though
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 00:35 (one year ago) link
Close earned several queasy reviews from writers I respect. Their consistency impressed me: a strong first half, a calamitous second half.
I'm going to rent it this week.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 00:44 (one year ago) link
I saw the reviews too, but am skeptical about those perspectives and am more forgiving of sentiment than most of you are here. I'm curious to read what you think about it.
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 00:52 (one year ago) link
how are you defining "sentiment"?
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 00:58 (one year ago) link
Saw someone point out that the In Memoriam omitted Charlbi Dean, who obviously wasn't a Hollywood legend but was the female lead in one of this year's Best Picture nominees (Triangle of Sadness).
― jaymc, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:01 (one year ago) link
xp As tenderness, wistfulness, nostalgia, and sadness that is even maybe self-indulgent - I love it all. I'm not predicting what the film will be about since I haven't seen it
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link
just saw that about Charbli Dean, awful
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:05 (one year ago) link
― Dan S
hey, many of us loved Benediction and The Fabelmans. See our backs? Pat them.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:08 (one year ago) link
you asked what I meant by sentiment, I gave an answer. I'm not going to pat your backs
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:13 (one year ago) link
not sure why I post here honestly
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:21 (one year ago) link
lol dude I'm teasing you
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:22 (one year ago) link
Never, ever assume longtime posters are out to get anyone, especially when the anyone posts in good faith.
ok, I understand
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:25 (one year ago) link
I really liked Paul Rogers' speech when he won for editing Everything Everywhere, it was perfect
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 01:39 (one year ago) link
Guess the figures I linked above weren’t correcthttps://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-oscar-ratings-academy-awards-audience-1235550070/amp/
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 02:23 (one year ago) link
"more hits and slaps" helped
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 02:25 (one year ago) link
― Dan S, Tuesday, March 14, 2023 1:13 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
itt i learned that alfred has multiple backs
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 02:30 (one year ago) link
His and Jake Gyllenhaal's iirc
― jaymc, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 02:33 (one year ago) link
Finally saw "Tar." I'd managed to remain totally spoiler free, not that there is really much to spoil beyond the excellent writing, direction and acting. A great, quietly original all-around creation.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 19 March 2023 04:00 (one year ago) link
― ꙮ (map)
a Negroni for each back
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 March 2023 09:27 (one year ago) link
WWIII is nigh:https://www.indiewire.com/2023/03/best-picture-oscars-should-only-go-american-films-says-cannes-head-1234823508/
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 28 March 2023 22:22 (one year ago) link
disagree with Thierry. all of the Academy rules seem arbitrary, but they kind of make sense.
I can see wanting to limit International Feature Film nominees to foreign language cinema
and agree that Best Picture and Best Director nominees should be open to all films from every language and culture
― Dan S, Sunday, 9 April 2023 01:53 (one year ago) link