Oscars 2020

lol, men would never win again.

Knives Out looks like a sliiiightly hipper Murder By Death.

I still can’t believe there’s not a Best Trailer or a Best Opening Credits.

lol 1917 to go the distance

ideal Hollywood Foreign Press fare

foreign hoes

Green Book + war

What the world absolutely wanted was another Sam Mendes Oscar juggernaut in a year that ends with "9"

1917 is absolutely better than American Beauty, at least.

to be followed by a presidential election that goes to the Supreme Court

xp

i'm on the Stop T*r*ntino bandwagon

You're on the Start Scorsese bandwagon, really.

possibly not even in my top 5 of the year

but too good for the Oscars, as is Marriage Story

1917 is absolutely better than American Beauty, at least.

― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.),

"A C+ means you don't have to retake the course," I tell students.

No host, again.

seeing new cw is 1917 and Parasite are ahead of the pack for BP, Tarantella dark horse. Netflix films dismissed.

I feel like an idiot for not thinking 1917 would win the whole time.

Well, and for many other reasons.

I've a colleague who's insisted since mid December that 1917 is exactly the kind of colorless-in-every-sense BP winner that'll get Academy voters excited (he hates 1917).

colleague otm

Had I actually watched The Irishman in mid-December, when I saw 1917, I might have been more likely to agree with that take.

I think it's fine, but I don't trust anyone who thinks they really understood the horror of what is going on in that story. The technique limits the film so much.

and 1917?

idg why anyone wants to see 1917

well, it's Important and not that bloody and "adult," hence a Friday night movie before dinner.

a WWI battlefield film that's not that bloody... okay

fuckin Sam Mendes, I hate that guy

you can say that (legitimately) about The King's Speech, Argo, Green Book, etc.

idg why anyone wants to see 1917

― Οὖτις, Friday, January 10, 2020 1:05 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

They want to see what became of the beloved characters from the smash hit 1916, a-doy

more like sham mendes imo

the only Mendes I don't wanna see in bathing suit shots

Not bloody? There are literally corpses everywhere in the first 15 minutes.

not "that" bloody, I said, and the CGI is a wonderful cauterizer, isn't it

my son seems to want to see 1917; he also really liked Dunkirk so I think maybe he just likes period war films or something out of the blue.

show him Saving Pvt Ryan

yeah I should watch that myself actually.

then show him that other great period war movie, Starship Troopers

paths of glory

i discovered the other day that the only mayor pete guy i know is also the only academy voter i know

I have a great idea for a drone strike

Come and See is getting a theatrical release this year. That's good for boys of all ages.

Voter Pete.

Finally watched the Farewell and Awkwafina seems likely to win best actress for this, but what do I know.

lol yeah no

If the Oscars follow the Golden Globes as slavishly this year as they did last, it’ll either be Awkwafina or Zellweger. My money’s on the latter.

I know not a single critic excited about Zellweger or 1917 but they ended up as finalists in my film critics circle.

It's as if the point is not to get excited.

Excitement is bad for many critics' blood.

Green Book winning last year, and the Best Actor trophy being the Best Celebrity Imitation award more often than not in recent years, have trained me to expect no surprises this year. I fully expect Sam Mendes, Taron Egerton and Rene Zellweger to go home happy on Oscar night.

agree with best actor being the 'celebrity imitation award' although best actress is maybe as bad - The Iron Lady, Walk the Line, La Vie en Rose, The Queen

from what I've read the consensus prediction this year seems to be that Joaquin Phoenix will win best actor

he was pretty good, whatever you think of the movie.

Awkwafina may not even get nominated. She was passed over by the SAG Awards, which lately tends to be the best Oscar predictor. On the other hand, I'd say only Zellweger and ScarJo are locks.

Am I a bad person for only caring about the cinematography and production design noms?

trust your gut imo (but see it anyway) xp

yeah there's no way you're going to dislike it shakey.

"the nonstop pandering about supporting women in film against an uncaring and sexist industry read quite a bit like the presenters were fighting back against... the show they were on?"

yes which is funny considering none of it was unscripted

the bullshit about how no, they really do get it, actually, is why parasite won

maya and kristen's were mad lol j/k wasn't a dismissal of sexism so much as fuck the oscars

we're

but off the top of my head I can't remember where it was in the movie (not over the closing credits, that was I'm Still Standing).

The credits are long enough that both songs were featured.

Oof, I just saw that they didn't include Luke Perry in the in memoriam. And he's even in one of the top nominated films!!

Btw, every time they cut to Sam Mendes I thought it was bearded Mark Ruffalo and that the cameraman was making a mistake.

ppl should understand that if the deceased isn't *best known* for the medium of film, not TV or stage, they may not be included.

of course an exception was made for Kobe

Kobe won an Oscar.

I didn't know Anna Karina had died until last night. :(

yes, Kobe won an Oscar; so did Dorothy Malone, and they left her out last year

... possibly sparing us seeing her stroke the oil derrick again.

one of the great shots in '50s cinema

Well, yeah.

Tim Conway fans need to know Apple Dumpling Gang doesnt get him in; the Emmys, yes

did they show Kobe? I don't recall that.

ppl can always click thru the 163 photos here (they have Barbara Hammer AND Arte Johnson)

Kobe was first, Kirk Douglas was last, some non-rapists were in-between.

Probably some rapists.

I noticed there was some audible reaction during the death montage. I thought they'd gone silent on that for a few years.

seriously, shove the unsubstantiated "rapist" shit in the case of Douglas

The decisive factor, I suspect, was "own Trump." So, y'know, fine, I'm sure it will prevent his reelection.

I like the movie! I just have no idea what it was trying to say about class war.

Maybe that the victims are always human beings? (And the rest of the natural world, to floods.) (But that humans are incapable of saving themselves in the end.)

douglas was certainly a philanderer but I've never heard him accused of rape.

I hadn't, either, until he died, and Natalie Wood was suddenly trending on Twitter.

https://www.wonkette.com/are-we-seriously-going-to-accuse-someone-of-rape-based-on-one-comment-on-a-shady-gossip-blog

this all seems to be harkening back to...GAwker?

unless the "some non-rapists in between" was used for an easy joek above, which I'm....sure hoping not.

I have a hard time condemning Douglas without something other than an anonymous source and assurances that "these rumors have persisted for years". I don't have a hard time believing Natalie Wood was brutally raped,as she confided this in her surviving sister Lana. But the identity of her rapist was not publicly provided by Natalie, nor has it been provided by surviving family, but rather some anonymous internet handle whose identity has never been authenticated, who is choosing to speak on behalf of Natalie and her surviving family, without any comments from the family endorsing the statement?

choosing to speak *eight years ago* at that

Fine, sorry for being flip.

when did this happen, at best director?

Bong and Spike inciting a standing ovation for Scorsese made this whole ordeal worth it. Verklempt.

— Sean Burns (@SeanMBurns) February 10, 2020

yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyW-APoy_9A

C'mon, you gotta throw Morbs a bone and mention that Bong also pointedly gave a kind shout-out to QT...who sadly did not receive a standing o.

I think many will agree that while QT may not be so "likable" or exciting to talk about, the man is a giant

a giant douche

Speaking at the podium in front of his supporters, Trump asked, “How bad were the Academy Awards this year?” He went on to say, “And the winner is… a movie from South Korea! What the hell was that all that about? We’ve got enough problems with South Korea, with trade. On top of that, they give them the best movie of the year. Was it good? I don’t know. Let’s get Gone With the Wind back, please? Sunset Boulevard. So many great movies.”

Trump later brought up another Oscar winner from this year’s awards ceremony, which took place earlier this month. Referring to best supporting actor winner Brad Pitt of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Trump said, “And then you have Brad Pitt, I was never a big fan of his. He got up, said a little wise guy thing. He’s a little wise guy.” As he continued his speech, Trump held up pages from news outlets that covered the 2016 election, mostly with poll results from the primaries where he was leading.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/trump-takes-aim-at-parasite-oscars-win-brad-pitt-colorado-rally-rant-1280306

I look forward to his non-inclusion in next year's "in memoriam" segment.

Maybe they can use his moldering corpse like a puppet to give out the foreign language awards.

I know we are all exhausted with this shit, but the potus just called brad pitt “a little wise guy” at a political rally.

thought he was Joe Pesci