Make no mistake, had it crashed the BP line-up at (likely) Drive My Car's expense, I'd be whistling a different tune.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 20:37 (two years ago) link
His complete disinterest in showing Lucy actually deliver jokes and be funny was galling, and made the extended sequences of Sorkin-as-Lucy explaining How Comedy Works particularly painful.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 20:47 (two years ago) link
ROBBED pic.twitter.com/G6178HrxPw— Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Deebo! (@CarmanTse) February 8, 2022
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 21:49 (two years ago) link
Every time a movie gets a best picture nomination but doesn’t also get a best director nod i think of this pic.twitter.com/I1Gpfilpnw— Justin🦩Boldaji بلداجي (@justinboldaji) February 8, 2022
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 8 February 2022 22:52 (two years ago) link
I voted for Dune because it’s the only one of these movies I’ve seen. (Between now and the deadline I probably won’t see the others.)
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 11:07 (two years ago) link
Many streaming services to which you might be subscribed offer them fwiw.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 11:10 (two years ago) link
Overall, I’m just not that enthusiastic about a lot of these, and can be very slow on the draw. (Didn’t see Parasite until a few months after its big night, for instance.) I’m turning into the kind of person who spends more time with older movies he never saw or obscure modern ones that won’t win these awards or be nominated for them.
Of the remaining movies on this list I’d want to maybe see Licorice Pizza, West Side Story, and Drive My Car. If I’m honest; I don’t wanna see King Richard at all. The others: no interest based on what I know.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 11:17 (two years ago) link
Which reminds me that I need to go see No Way Home this weekend before it exits theaters, or my son will never forgive me.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 11:18 (two years ago) link
I'd write him out of the will.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 14:26 (two years ago) link
how many minutes of drive my car's 3 hours feature spaghetti?
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 10 February 2022 02:59 (two years ago) link
Saw Nightmare Alley in theatre yesterday with my mom and we were the only ones there. A movie can't get viewers the day after it gets nominated? sigh
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 10 February 2022 19:40 (two years ago) link
thought it was bad though
― Dan S, Friday, 11 February 2022 01:51 (two years ago) link
the whole thing seemed cartoonish and false
― Dan S, Friday, 11 February 2022 01:53 (two years ago) link
Carnivale, HBO's two-season show about a grungy hardscrabble dust-bowl traveling carnival, was so much better
― Dan S, Friday, 11 February 2022 01:56 (two years ago) link
Saw Jackass 4 in an empty theater yesterday - even the best movies can’t fill seats rn
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 11 February 2022 03:25 (two years ago) link
Introducing this year’s #Oscars hosts: Amy Schumer, Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes will emcee the Academy Awards. https://t.co/KugEfMo0a3 pic.twitter.com/e30Ar2AnkL— Variety (@Variety) February 14, 2022
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 14 February 2022 19:19 (two years ago) link
Meanwhile...
Am I doing this right https://t.co/CHqoOnQMR3 pic.twitter.com/FQbZJGQhdT— Justin Chang (@JustinCChang) February 14, 2022
Wanda Sykes seems like a good choice for co-host.
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:27 (two years ago) link
I'm happy with Regina Hall in the mix. I'd be happier still if she already had Oscar nominations for Support the Girls and Scary Movie.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 14 February 2022 20:29 (two years ago) link
I watched over half of Belfast yesterday. It's the worst BP nom I've seen since Crash. Branagh can't write or direct.
― adam t. (abanana), Thursday, 17 February 2022 16:35 (two years ago) link
CODA is feel-good pap. I liked the lead actress, and I wasn't terribly bored or annoyed, but this thing does not miss a single expected plot beat: there's the tough-as-nails coach who turns out to want what's best, the boyfriend who enacts a betrayal that exists only to be forgiven, the mid-film crisis (which goes curiously unresolved), the audition that begins disastrously before being turned around, and on and on and on. The boomer-sanctified soundtrack--Joni, Marvin-feels about three decades out of date, as well.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 February 2022 22:57 (two years ago) link
It's terrible. I saw it mid August during a fallow period, was amazed anyone remembered it years end.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:09 (two years ago) link
I really loved Licorice Pizza, Power of the Dog and Drive My Car. Nightmare Alley was p good too
I can't see myself watching Coda (sappy), King Richard (sappy), Don't Look Up (discourse-poisoned), Dune (long nerd shit) or West Side Story (reboot)
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:10 (two years ago) link
WSS the best of that batch by far
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:10 (two years ago) link
yeah, I'm sure it's fine, but there's already a great West Side Story that I can watch anytime!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:13 (two years ago) link
When we watched CODA, for the first third or so we just could not stop giggling at all the cliches, but by the end it won us over. Never transcended, mind, but we liked it fine.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:15 (two years ago) link
Yeah, CODA might not be the worst of the nominees, but it's my least favorite or at least tied with Belfast.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:17 (two years ago) link
Branagh made Jamie Dornan a sexy dad, so there's that.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:20 (two years ago) link
in CODA regarding expected plot beats: "the audition that begins disastrously before being turned around"
that is one of my favorite moments. her teacher purposely flubs the piano part to get her to stop and look around at him so he can silently remind her that she is great and needs to have more confidence
― Dan S, Friday, 18 February 2022 00:06 (two years ago) link
Tony Kotsur deserves the Oscar imo - his very vivid ASL expressions in the hilarious visit to the doctor’s office, his holding his hands over his daughter’s throat in an effort to feel her singing so he can understand her, the goodbye
― Dan S, Friday, 18 February 2022 01:59 (two years ago) link
*Troy not Tony
― Dan S, Friday, 18 February 2022 02:00 (two years ago) link
I guess I sorta liked Don't Look Up--or at least I was able to just go along with it once I stopped expecting it to be any good, which was pretty early on (probably the first Blanchett/Perry appearance). It is useless as satire for all of the reasons that have already been stated, though it plays straight enough, at times, that I wonder if the Academy thinks it is nominating it in the tradition of Dr. Strangelove and Network, or of Airport and The Towering Inferno (it feels more, to me, like a descendent of all-star comedy duds like 1941 and Mars Attacks! anyhow). But I dunno--I liked Leo's uncharacteristically mousy performance (as full of actorly ticks as any of his other performances, but a nice break from those particular ticks nonetheless), Ron Perlman's John Wayne/G.I. Joe parody, Ariana Grande's "We're Sending Our Love Down the Well" ballad, and the audacity/stupidity of the (first) mid-credits sequence. I also found the whole dinner table sequence unexpectedly graceful and moving, especially appearing, as it does, after two hours of sledgehammer comedy.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Sunday, 20 February 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
Putting it alongside Airport among Oscar players is probably astute. I like both better than the average Film Twitterer.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Sunday, 20 February 2022 23:15 (two years ago) link
Oscars: Several Awards Won’t Be Telecast Live This Year (Exclusive) https://t.co/qPBYwPWr3Y— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 22, 2022
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 00:23 (two years ago) link
Long overdue. Because long.
Sound twins got screwed twice -- combined into one award last year and that award removed from live broadcast this year.
― adam t. (abanana), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 03:36 (two years ago) link
Get rid of every last thing but the handing out of the Oscars. Starting with the two Twitter Oscars.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 13:42 (two years ago) link
it still always amazes me how many people are uninterested in the actual "oscars" part of the oscars, the only actual unique thing about the oscars
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
the nominated songs are mostly bad and the performances of them are cringey and take up a lot of time. I'd rather watch the acceptance speeches for the shorts and tech awards
― Dan S, Thursday, 24 February 2022 01:33 (two years ago) link
Eliminating editing, sound, and production design is bad--so much else they could cut.
― clemenza, Thursday, 24 February 2022 01:36 (two years ago) link
That in fact is why editing is important
― Josefa, Thursday, 24 February 2022 01:37 (two years ago) link
my favorite moments in the broadcast are alway when they show clips from the nominated films before announcing the awards, there should be more of that
― Dan S, Thursday, 24 February 2022 01:38 (two years ago) link
I just finished watching them all and here's how I rank them, using Jonathan Rosenbaum's ranking system:
Masterpiece: The Power of the Dog
A must see: Dune, Licorice Pizza
Worth seeing: Drive My Car, West Side Story, Nightmare Alley
Has redeeming facet: King Richard, CODA
Belfast
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 6 March 2022 04:59 (two years ago) link
Don't Look Up is in "has redeeming facet" too.
― adam t. (abanana), Sunday, 6 March 2022 05:00 (two years ago) link
Oscar acting nominations seem to come down to choices between metamorphic performances and internalized ones. A lot of biographical films feature very extroverted chameleonic performances and they are the ones that win the awards (Renee Zellweger (Judy), Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), Nicole Kidman (The Hours), Sean Penn (Milk), Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Charlize Theron (Monster) etc etc etc etc etc)
― Dan S, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 03:14 (two years ago) link
With internalized roles the actors have to express something about their own lives and experiences and register their underlying emotions through the character. Those are more interesting to me
― Dan S, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 03:19 (two years ago) link
coda: adorable, moves and speaks in cliché, evaporates from the mind instantly
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 11 March 2022 14:42 (two years ago) link
also has no business being in this crew
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Friday, 11 March 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
I've kept quiet about WSS awaiting a second viewing. Well, it got a second viewing: a very okay musical.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 March 2022 15:06 (two years ago) link
There’s nothing wrong with it, but I didn’t love it.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Friday, 11 March 2022 15:27 (two years ago) link
I think this was the worst bunch of nominated best pictures in decades.
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Monday, 11 April 2022 15:43 (two years ago) link
Yea these flicks just don't slap
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 April 2022 15:53 (two years ago) link
Hard to compare 10 films against 10, but scanning the last few years, some of them look just as mediocre to me.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 April 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
I've seen far worse years.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:12 (two years ago) link
what was the Crash year
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:12 (two years ago) link
really incredibly great:power of the dogdrive my carwest side storylicorice pizza good but wandered into the wrong class:dunenightmare alley
no:king richarddon't look upcoda
absolutely fucking not:belfast
better than most years for me idk
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
I only saw five of the 10, but four of them were somewhere between okay and good, and that's about a normal year.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 April 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
2018 was waaay worse.
2018's Oscar Nominees
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
Haven't seen Drive My Car or Licorice Pizza yet, but on the whole this year's batch looked to be just about as decent-to-mediocre, on the whole, as most other recent years. The Power of the Dog is better than anything from the 2020 lineup, but even though I really disliked King Richard, I don't think it is really a whole lot worse than, say, Mank.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:20 (two years ago) link
guess i agree with BradNelson here at least w/r/t to things I saw with the exception that I thought Belfast was good (though not great). finally watched Nightmare Alley this weekend and enjoyed it but it's no best picture fare.
― akm, Monday, 11 April 2022 16:24 (two years ago) link
Good to Great
Drive My CarThe Power of the Dog
Sound, Solid
Licorice PizzaDuneWest Side Story
Meh
Nightmare AlleyBelfastKing RichardDon't Look Up
The Hague
Coda
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:30 (two years ago) link
I give you 2008:
The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonSlumdog MillionairesFrost/NixonMilkThe Reader
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:32 (two years ago) link
Oh, come on: I'm no fan of CODA, but King Richard is definitely worse (for reasons I've gone on about upthread).
And yeah, 2008 is the all-time worst. That 2018 list at least had BlackKklansman.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:34 (two years ago) link
CODA is shorter though.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
2008 was the slate that made us all irate.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:43 (two years ago) link
1975
Barry LyndonDog Day AfternoonJawsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestNashville
Personally, there's probably more there for me than the last decade of BP nominees.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 April 2022 16:53 (two years ago) link
I've heard 1975 held up as the best BP lineup ever, and it is hard to disagree.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:56 (two years ago) link
It's got two all-time top 10 movies, so it scarcely matters that I run pretty cool on the other three.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 11 April 2022 16:58 (two years ago) link
Cuckoo's Nest (the winner) might actually be my least favorite of the five, and that is about the strongest thing that I can say against that film.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 April 2022 17:00 (two years ago) link
Well, 2021 may not be the worst year, but I think it's going to be the most forgettable.
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Monday, 11 April 2022 17:08 (two years ago) link
There are 4 or 5 decent choices. I think Drive My Car will be remembered as the rare foreign film that got a worthy nomination.
― adam t. (abanana), Monday, 11 April 2022 17:32 (two years ago) link