2022's Oscar Nominees

loved women talking but i think a lot of its pleasures will be diminished when people are watching it on a streaming device; i was not annoyed at all with the color grading and was honestly kinda spellbound by it in the theater. the shot of the fists in the sky when they're learning to navigate by the stars... one of the more breathtaking images of the year imo

also loved the misé-en-scene of it, how it mostly took place in a single location but would occasionally suddenly and violently break out of it, as if the context for the conversation they were having were leaking through traumatic fissures in the film

It would've been Judith Ivey, not Claire Foy or Jessie Buckley, who would've been on my supporting actress ballot this year

I've *only* seen Women Talking (meh). Well, and 50 mins of Everything Everywhere... which was enough for me to know that it was Not For Me. Will see The Fabelmans and maybe Tar once they hit my streaming services.

If Hollywood ends up surviving the IP age, the Avatar and Top Gun BP noms will be regarded as Airport/Towering Inferno-grade howlers.

scathing critique of two movies you did not watch

I saw the originals. That was enough.

This Top Gun is better and funnier than Hollywood's Burning.

avatar 2 is basically an anti-fandom film. any attempt to dig into the lore or figure out the characters deeper than trope level makes the experience worse. it's a movie, not a "cinematic universe"

i think this is good, to be clear

The Towering Inferno > Top Gun

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Fabelmans > Women Talking > Tàr > EEAAO > Banshees > Top Gun > Avatar > Elvis > Triangle

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

LOL after all that not even one vote for MAVERICK?

oops, I used the wrong accent on Tár, none more acute

i think a lot of its pleasures will be diminished when people are watching it on a streaming device

We just watched it for the first time at home and we both found it riveting. It's kind of a quiet masterclass in framing and filming what is in essence mostly just a long discussion in a barn, because never did I find it particularly claustrophobic. Emotionally maybe, but not visually. Of the movies nominated, I liked it better than (for sure) Banshees and Everything Everywhere and Top Gun, maybe a bit more than Fabelmans (which has a lot of built-in stuff working in its favor). Haven't seen Tar yet, but that's likely the only one left that I will ever see.

been thinking about tár for two full days now

watched again with new friends, there are so many moments, images, scenes etc to discuss

it will not win anything at tonight's Academy Awards

nor will The Fabelmans sadly

Women Talking might win the Adapted Screenplay award. The Fabelmans and Tár will go home empty-handed

Some people should die: https://ew.com/awards/oscars/2023-oscars-secret-ballot-academy-awards-voters-share-juicy-picks/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-share-article

brb going to walk into the ocean

Steven Spielberg's direction was bad. It was sentimental. He was working something out, clearly. I don't know what it was. The story wasn't that interesting. Alright, you made movies? Who doesn't make movies when they're a kid? This particular slice you decided to show us wasn't that compelling.... it felt indulgent, and he couldn't be objective about it. I thought it was not well cast, people were just playing types. I thought Michelle Williams was trying to be "Jewish Mama." Paul Dano seemed really lost to me — I don't know if he was intimidated by Spielberg. I thought he was great in Batman, but to play a regular guy was painful.

should i talk about the show here? it’s already the least excruciating oscar’s i’ve seen in idk. super heartwarming. song performances are still really crucial bathroom break opportunities

feel like i’m coming down with a case of oscar fever

yeah, I'm loath to admit it

Brad and Alfred for next year’s hosts.

If I could host in Lydia Tar drag.

“An Irish Goodbye” won, eh? Not entirely surprised.

then it left without telling anyone

chugging tepid Guinness

should i talk about the show here? it’s already the least excruciating oscar’s i’ve seen in idk. super heartwarming. song performances are still really crucial bathroom break opportunities

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, March 12, 2023 8:43 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

riding on a wave of two great speeches from the supporting acting winners

yes pretty much

the obligatory studio ads are sooo boring

i take back what i said about the song performances after eeaao and rrr

The Best International Feature Film goes to All Quiet on the Western Front, thus saving the audience the horror of that three-note score pounding us into hummus at an important point in the evening later.

My opinion (and worth considerably less than what you paid for it): I'm more interested in the prospect of half-assed EEAAO copycats than half-assed Tár copycats.

well yeah it would be a lot easier to half ass eeaao successfully

in memory of tony scott ;_;

if i die and lenny kravitz sings a piano tribute to me, kill me again

no albert pyun in the in memoriam fuck ‘em

Excellent choice of having James Caan saying he didn't want his brother coming out with his dick in his hand.

What's the last movie that won at least 3 of the 4 acting awards?

Nevermind, looked it up — the only others were Network and A Streetcar Named Desire.

My opinion (and worth considerably less than what you paid for it): I'm more interested in the prospect of half-assed EEAAO copycats than half-assed Tár copycats.

― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, March 12, 2023 3:56 PM bookmarkflaglink

well yeah it would be a lot easier to half ass eeaao successfully

― call all destroyer, Sunday, March 12, 2023 4:02 PM bookmarkflaglink

seems proper to assume eeaao is itself a half-assed copycat of a really good movie from another universe

We watched Fabelmans today as an Oscars warm-up, liked it about as much as I expected from what I had gleaned of it — which is to say, pretty well but with reservations.

So of the 6 of the movies on this list I've seen, my preference would go something like:

Tar — Fabelmans — Banshees — EEAAO — Avatar — Top Gun

All of which exist on the B-C section of my personal bell curve. Really B+ to C+, didn't love or hate any of them.

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I haven’t seen All Quiet but I’m super stoked for Volker, he’s amazing and I’m thrilled

Absolutely delighted for EEAO, Tár was fine but that was it, really.

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Posted: 7 March 2023 at 23:53:02
it’s so funny to me, I really hope it wins best picture tumblr is gonna have a rough time

Lol.

this was a decent oscars ceremony. not too long, some interesting speeches. only one of the songs was actively bad.

The boy the mole the fox and the horse winning an Oscar is an outrage.

not a single vote for Banshees??? what I would have voted had I seen this poll when it was up

history will vindicate me

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.

She was the second best supporting actress in her own film but sure.

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

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

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.

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.

how are you defining "sentiment"?

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).

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

just saw that about Charbli Dean, awful

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

hey, many of us loved Benediction and The Fabelmans. See our backs? Pat them.

you asked what I meant by sentiment, I gave an answer. I'm not going to pat your backs

not sure why I post here honestly

lol dude I'm teasing you

Never, ever assume longtime posters are out to get anyone, especially when the anyone posts in good faith.

ok, I understand

I really liked Paul Rogers' speech when he won for editing Everything Everywhere, it was perfect

Guess the figures I linked above weren’t correct

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/2023-oscar-ratings-academy-awards-audience-1235550070/amp/

"more hits and slaps" helped

you asked what I meant by sentiment, I gave an answer. I'm not going to pat your backs

― Dan S, Tuesday, March 14, 2023 1:13 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

itt i learned that alfred has multiple backs

His and Jake Gyllenhaal's iirc

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.

itt i learned that alfred has multiple backs

― ꙮ (map)

a Negroni for each back

WWIII is nigh:

https://www.indiewire.com/2023/03/best-picture-oscars-should-only-go-american-films-says-cannes-head-1234823508/

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

Honestly, if there aren't at least 12 foreign language performances up for the acting awards, I call foul

(In any given year, that is)

How can a non-American film win the Oscar for best film since it’s a ceremony in honor of American cinema?

I think I see a flaw in this argument

https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/angela-bassett-mel-brooks-governors-awards-honorary-oscars-1235654578/

Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and Carol Littleton will receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governors Awards, announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In addition, the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Awards. The four statuettes will be presented at the 14th annual ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Los Angeles.