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
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 10 March 2023 15:50 (one year ago) link
It would've been Judith Ivey, not Claire Foy or Jessie Buckley, who would've been on my supporting actress ballot this year
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 10 March 2023 16:12 (one year ago) link
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.
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Friday, 10 March 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
scathing critique of two movies you did not watch
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 March 2023 16:58 (one year ago) link
I saw the originals. That was enough.
― niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Friday, 10 March 2023 16:58 (one year ago) link
This Top Gun is better and funnier than Hollywood's Burning.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 March 2023 16:59 (one year ago) link
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"
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 March 2023 17:00 (one year ago) link
i think this is good, to be clear
The Towering Inferno > Top Gun
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 10 March 2023 17:02 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 11 March 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link
Fabelmans > Women Talking > Tàr > EEAAO > Banshees > Top Gun > Avatar > Elvis > Triangle
― sloop johnnin' skater (geoffreyess), Saturday, 11 March 2023 01:22 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 12 March 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link
LOL after all that not even one vote for MAVERICK?
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 March 2023 01:18 (one year ago) link
oops, I used the wrong accent on Tár, none more acute
― fleeting art that floats! (geoffreyess), Sunday, 12 March 2023 15:12 (one year ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 March 2023 22:16 (one year ago) link
been thinking about tár for two full days now
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 March 2023 22:21 (one year ago) link
watched again with new friends, there are so many moments, images, scenes etc to discuss
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 March 2023 22:55 (one year ago) link
it will not win anything at tonight's Academy Awards
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 March 2023 22:57 (one year ago) link
nor will The Fabelmans sadly
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 March 2023 22:59 (one year ago) link
Women Talking might win the Adapted Screenplay award. The Fabelmans and Tár will go home empty-handed
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 March 2023 23:18 (one year ago) link
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
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2023 00:23 (one year ago) link
brb going to walk into the oceanSteven 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.
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 13 March 2023 00:35 (one year ago) link
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), Monday, 13 March 2023 00:43 (one year ago) link
feel like i’m coming down with a case of oscar fever
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 13 March 2023 00:45 (one year ago) link
yeah, I'm loath to admit it
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2023 01:00 (one year ago) link
Brad and Alfred for next year’s hosts.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 March 2023 01:02 (one year ago) link
If I could host in Lydia Tar drag.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link
“An Irish Goodbye” won, eh? Not entirely surprised.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 March 2023 01:07 (one year ago) link
then it left without telling anyone
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Monday, 13 March 2023 01:18 (one year ago) link
chugging tepid Guinness
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2023 01:19 (one year ago) link
― 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
― call all destroyer, Monday, 13 March 2023 01:20 (one year ago) link
yes pretty much
the obligatory studio ads are sooo boring
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 13 March 2023 01:23 (one year ago) link
i take back what i said about the song performances after eeaao and rrr
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 13 March 2023 01:36 (one year ago) link
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.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2023 01:45 (one year ago) link
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), Monday, 13 March 2023 01:56 (one year ago) link
well yeah it would be a lot easier to half ass eeaao successfully
― call all destroyer, Monday, 13 March 2023 02:02 (one year ago) link
in memory of tony scott ;_;
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 13 March 2023 02:03 (one year ago) link
if i die and lenny kravitz sings a piano tribute to me, kill me again
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Monday, 13 March 2023 03:03 (one year ago) link
no albert pyun in the in memoriam fuck ‘em
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 13 March 2023 03:05 (one year ago) link
Excellent choice of having James Caan saying he didn't want his brother coming out with his dick in his hand.
― clemenza, Monday, 13 March 2023 03:15 (one year ago) link
What's the last movie that won at least 3 of the 4 acting awards?
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 March 2023 03:48 (one year ago) link
Nevermind, looked it up — the only others were Network and A Streetcar Named Desire.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 March 2023 03:50 (one year ago) link
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, March 12, 2023 3:56 PM bookmarkflaglink
― 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
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 13 March 2023 03:55 (one year ago) link
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.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 13 March 2023 04:12 (one year ago) link
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― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Monday, 13 March 2023 04:58 (one year ago) link
I haven’t seen All Quiet but I’m super stoked for Volker, he’s amazing and I’m thrilled
― lurching toward (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 March 2023 05:02 (one year ago) link
Absolutely delighted for EEAO, Tár was fine but that was it, really. k3vin k.Posted: 7 March 2023 at 23:53:02it’s so funny to me, I really hope it wins best picture tumblr is gonna have a rough timeLol.
― giant bat fucker (gyac), Monday, 13 March 2023 08:28 (one year ago) link
this was a decent oscars ceremony. not too long, some interesting speeches. only one of the songs was actively bad.
― formerly abanana (dat), Monday, 13 March 2023 08:52 (one year ago) link
The boy the mole the fox and the horse winning an Oscar is an outrage.
― a hallan shaker loon (dowd), Monday, 13 March 2023 11:35 (one year ago) link
It was by some considerable distance the worst film I saw nominated in any category
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Monday, 13 March 2023 11:54 (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
Honestly, if there aren't at least 12 foreign language performances up for the acting awards, I call foul
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Sunday, 9 April 2023 16:27 (one year ago) link
(In any given year, that is)
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Sunday, 9 April 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
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
― jmm, Sunday, 9 April 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link
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.
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 26 June 2023 19:21 (nine months ago) link