https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/11/oscars-consider-having-no-host-after-kevin-hart-quits
how about no ceremony too lol
― Number None, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
i thought that kroll/mulaney was dreadful
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
agree
― brokenshire (jed_), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
a grizzled Letterman wdn't fly after MeToo
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 15:10 (five years ago) link
bring back Franco then
― President Keyes, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
I hear the oscars are struggling to find a host that can save the show so plz allow me to make a Humble Suggestion pic.twitter.com/6jXMpBLn3c— KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) December 11, 2018
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
shortlists for shorts, documentary, foreign language film, makeup, song, score: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/91st-oscars-shortlists
here's foreign language film:Colombia, “Birds of Passage”Denmark, “The Guilty”Germany, “Never Look Away”Japan, “Shoplifters”Kazakhstan, “Ayka”Lebanon, “Capernaum”Mexico, “Roma”Poland, “Cold War”South Korea, “Burning”
― adam the (abanana), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 10:09 (five years ago) link
isn't the absence of the Aretha doc Amazing Grace an upset? even given their fickle whims?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 12:34 (five years ago) link
hoping the Coup make it in if only for the performance
no Mandy or Hereditary in the score shortlist is criminal
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
no best doc nomination for They Shall Not Grow Old ?that is insane.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 13:58 (five years ago) link
That is one of the stronger fields of Foreign Language Films in a long time. Cold War, Burning, Roma and Shoplifters should all be nominated, hope The Guilty can get the final one.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link
wait was Transit not Germany's submission? madness.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:41 (five years ago) link
of course they were powerless to resist Teen Choice Awards nominee Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link
Transit didn't really have a chance for a nomination, though?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
Technically Poland should have nominated 'Mug' and Mexico should have nominated 'Museo', but... That's not how it works.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
Petzold was a previous submission for "Barbara" so it's not really an out-there choice
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
anyway none of this matters because it's Roma fever all the time forever for some goddamn reason
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
Maybe Transit isn’t eligible until next year?
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
They submitted him before for a more populist work, and it didn't get nominated. While von Donnersmarck has won before. I get their reasoning, and it seems to have worked. Petzold will have to console himself with having made a freaking great film.
Also, Roman wins Best Film, Cold War wins Best Foreign Language?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
Nah, I'm sure it's still A Star is Born and Cuaron wins Best Director and Foreign Language.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
Yeah, the combination of Green Book and Vice underwhelming + the likelihood of Bohemian Rhapsody being in the BP line-up making A Star is Born look better in comparison = that dumb movie winning, marking the worst BP since, what, The Artist?
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
Birdman, surely. It can't possibly be worse than Birdman?
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
Vice isn't playing widely yet -- the embargo lifted yesterday -- and it's just getting notices, so don't discount its box office. I forget that The Big Short made over a $100 million.
ASIB >>>>>>> The Artist >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Birdman
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
I can imagine GDT's evangelism getting Roma all the way tbh
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
i think "worst winner since The Shape of Water" is damning enough
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Crash
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:15 (five years ago) link
Yeah, what was I thinking. The Artist, Argo, Birdman, The Shape of Water and The King's Speech are all equally as awful as A Star is Born. Which, to be clear, is awful.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
They just gave it to a good movie so they've filled their quota for the decade
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
Moonlight is a once-ever-25-years kind of thing.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
The King's Speech and A Star is Born are C movies, mundanities. We have to be like Minos in Inferno, wrapping our tails around our bodies judging which circle in hell to cast these movies.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
Argo wasn't terribly offensive, by virtue of not trying to be terribly important, unlike most of the rest of those
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
the shape of water was good. burn the rest
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
Argo made the CIA heroic and Ben Affleck into a Serious Director. That's important.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
yeah i bet the hostages loved that shit
Jimmy Carter was all "lol, that didnt happen"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:48 (five years ago) link
what 1969-relevant elders can they get to present Best Picture? Hoffman and Voight are kinda pariahs... Redford and Katharine Ross?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
Birdman soundtrack was smoking.
― dinnerboat, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
XP Peter Fonda & Jack
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
...riding onstage on a chopper.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
Argo is by far the worst of the movies in that list you are crazy
― akm, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
does Nicholson still go out? haven't seen him since that last Jim Brooks movie.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:00 (five years ago) link
He was gonna be in the Toni Erdmann remake.
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:05 (five years ago) link
not if there's a god
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
the likelihood of Bohemian Rhapsody being in the BP line-up
wait...waht
― bros before HOOS (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
There were only 3 maybe 4 non-franchise hits this whole year. You better believe the Oscars are going to try to jam as many as possible in the top category.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
Bohemian and Crazy Rich Asians could complete their transformation into the People's Choice Awards.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 03:37 (five years ago) link
Or undo their transformation into the Indie Spirit Awards.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 03:40 (five years ago) link
Full list of eligible films: https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/91st_reminder_list.pdf
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
the Venom campaign starts now
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
really was hoping for some Welles action, but then again no eligibility for the Fassbinder miniseries
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:35 (five years ago) link
d'souza robbed
― adam the (abanana), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
Oh, this is a combination of all the things my dad loves: Sherlock Holmes ephemera and new material, plus rubbing shoulders with celebrities. Kareem has written a couple of his own Holmes novels, so he's in deep!
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
oh ulysses that reminds me i agree 100% about SKIN what a piece of shit. people laughed when i saw it too, just at such a ridiculous topper on an already unbelievably grim procession of shorts. So many walkouts during Detainment and Skin. i think the conceit of Skin would actually make a decent pulp horror movie in the same vein as Don't Breathe, but it was horrifying presented out of context and with no warning. and obviously as a comment on racism it is completely dysfunctional and stupid.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
Holy shit, Vallelonga co-wrote Deadfall? That movie is unhinged. Arguably Nic Cage's weirdest performance.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 19:46 (five years ago) link
In 1977 or 1978 my dad led me from the back of an airplane up to the front to meet Kareem. My dad likes to recall that the chapter in the book he had open in his lap was "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
flappy otmdetainment MIGHT have been worse but only because it was longer.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
Kareem was reading a book while piloting the plane? Yikes.
http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kareem-abdul-jabbar-airplane.jpg
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
(I need for someone to come on now and say "Surely that's from some movie.")
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 20:51 (five years ago) link
yes that was always my part growing up!
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 26 February 2019 20:55 (five years ago) link
^favorite
so is the problem what green book reveals about certain americans or what it does to them? if the former, well it's not like we didn't know any of this. if the latter, my sense is that films play a teeny tiny if any causal role in actually perpetuating any of this stuff.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy)
the latter, and my sense is different! i think we are affected by the perspectives we are exposed to, more than we like to acknowledge.
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 01:19 (five years ago) link
Remember next year is going to be all about CATS, which will win 15 Oscars at the minimum.— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies) February 25, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link
Oh, Jesus, haul this guy out of there.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 15:24 (five years ago) link
Uh, wrong thread!
― clemenza, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 15:25 (five years ago) link
no, i think that's a good all-purpose post.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link