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Predict the 2018 Oscars (February 2019)
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I got three right ?
Wow
First I’d like to thank the academy
And my mom
And I couldn’t have done it without the inspiration of the good Doctor.
Actually I didn’t see any of the movies I just made a wild guess that bohemian rhapsody would get some kind of reward.
I’ve no clue how you guys make such good predictions.
Great work guys .
Wow
First I’d like to thank the academy
And my mom
And I couldn’t have done it without the inspiration of the good Doctor.
Actually I didn’t see any of the movies I just made a wild guess that bohemian rhapsody would get some kind of reward.
I’ve no clue how you guys make such good predictions.
Great work guys .
Permanent or just this year? In the production time of the show, I wonder how much time was saved? Personally, something seemed missing without a host, of which when there have been good ones adds something to the evening.
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Thanks for the heads up! Maybe that’s what you get sometimes when you do a movie about an aweful subject.
I did not know anything about Vice, thinking it was a crime drama (maybe it is ), and when I saw the clip, in my brilliant perception, I told my wife, Christian Bale could do a pretty good Dick Cheney...[doublepost=1551102283][/doublepost]
I added Bohemian Rhapsody to my list when it can be streamed.
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When I first saw that Vice was a movie, I assumed it was about that online publication. I briefly wondered how a media outlet with so relatively little time amongst us qualified for a Hollywood movie "like" The Post or a docu Page One: Inside the New York Times (or even more likely a lot dishier docu, say the one about Vogue, The September Issue).Then when I realized it was based on Angler, Barton Gellman's book about Cheney, I was surprised and figured it would be like All the President's Men, or else a lot like watching paint dry.
Gellman's book about Cheney's vice presidency and surrounding events is fascinating but Cheney's not one to flash his ability to make things happen. Au contraire, the real life Cheney would just as soon no one ever heard of him as long as "his way" becomes the way forward when he's assembling plans to push either assorted buttons or advance in general the theory of the unitary executive. The screenwriter was pushing luck to make Cheney and not that theory the real star, although then it might really have come off as invitation to watch paint dry for most of us.
So... a challenge for screenwriter and casting, on balance. I'm inclined to try watching the film when it comes to streaming. The audio format of Angler is ok although it does put me to sleep (all audiobooks do that in short order so not a good metric there) but Barton Gellman's book has been riveting. I'd like to think the film is at least one I can finish watching once I start it.
Ready to send my resume to Variety...
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In all seriousness I admire any with interest deep enough to take serious shots at nailing down awards for some of the less glitzy categories at the Oscars. I feel I don't pay enough attention to the cinematic arts in general and probably not enough to some worthy efforts coming from Hollywood. But time flies and even if our brains can hold more info than we ever plug into it, time seems less elastic by far.
You'll need yet another new avatar...
In all seriousness I admire any with interest deep enough to take serious shots at nailing down awards for some of the less glitzy awards at the Oscars. I feel I don't pay enough attention to the cinematic arts in general and probably not enough to some worthy efforts coming from Hollywood. But time flies and even if our brains can hold more info than we ever plug into it, time seems less elastic by far.
Lol.
I don't pay attention to celebrities in general, I could name just a few people that were at the awards yesterday; however I like movies, and I have A-List which allows me to watch movies at the theatre that otherwise I wouldn't watch. To my pleasure, I found quite a few gems this way.
Yesterday I was very surprised that First Man (now one of my favorite movies of all time) won for CGI.
However I am very disappointed that Searching was not nominated for best screenplay and editing. It's a masterpiece.
Did she forget to shave her legs?
The Los Angeles Times reported this morning that Regina King wore a leg-bearing gown. Perhaps they meant to say leg-baring.
The Los Angeles Times reported this morning that Regina King wore a leg-bearing gown. Perhaps they meant to say leg-baring.
The biggest movers are the “entertainment” category that includes some gems, but many doggy cash grabs that are not worthy by any means. Some of the best work involves human interest and historicsl events, but I sadly admit, I mostly seek the entertainment, as I assume most people do. And when I look at the vast choice of what is being created, only a very small segment interests me. Every so often a story like The Help, Hidden Figures, Hombre, Shawshank Redemotion, and Black Clansman, etc when it comes to my attention, grabs me.You'll need yet another new avatar...
In all seriousness I admire any with interest deep enough to take serious shots at nailing down awards for some of the less glitzy categories at the Oscars. I feel I don't pay enough attention to the cinematic arts in general and probably not enough to some worthy efforts coming from Hollywood. But time flies and even if our brains can hold more info than we ever plug into it, time seems less elastic by far.
Didn't really like The Help (it wasn't bad per se, but I just couldn't get into it). Hidden Figures is fantastic, although I read that they took quite too many liberties; I'll read the book in 2019.
Shawshank is a masterpiece, and BlackKklansman is a great movie.
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Yah Shawshank is in the masterpiece category. I enjoyed Hidden Figures although I've always assumed that liberties are taken in portraying the influence of an ensemble of characters in a film with historical references. The Help I've watched twice now, and the jury's still out for me in the sense that it only touches on some of the ingrained and problematically infantilizing ways of black-white relationships when the black person is providing domestic help -- but the acting was superb. I have not seen BlackKlansman yet.
Really in my other post I was more meaning to admire people here on the boards who take the trouble to consider the other types of Oscar awards, i.e., the supportive endeavors of filmmaking: the editing, costuming, set dressing, sound mixing, and all the to me very esoteric technical efforts that get a movie from screenplay to the screen in front of an audience.
I only caught this part this morning, so it was an eye opener for me. One of the biggest eye-opening moments there was that Tom Morello presented an award at the show. Yes, The same Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine. Now, who said that metal doesn't clean up well?
Seriously, everyone was wondering what the hell he was doing there, especially for presenting for a political movie (I didn't catch the entire clip, but I believe it was for Vice. Everyone seems to forget that prior to starting RATM, Tom worked on staff for a politico in Congress. I can't remember the representative or Senator's name, but he worked there,as he has a law degree from Harvard (didn't I say "who said that metal doesn't clean up well? )So it was rather apropos that he was there. But apparently the Twitterverse and people in the audience looked up like "HELLO!!!!"
Here's what I found on it:
https://www.altpress.com/news/tom-morello-rage-against-the-machine-oscars/
If he does this again, the Oscars are definitely to get interesting!
BL.
Seriously, everyone was wondering what the hell he was doing there, especially for presenting for a political movie (I didn't catch the entire clip, but I believe it was for Vice. Everyone seems to forget that prior to starting RATM, Tom worked on staff for a politico in Congress. I can't remember the representative or Senator's name, but he worked there,as he has a law degree from Harvard (didn't I say "who said that metal doesn't clean up well?
)So it was rather apropos that he was there. But apparently the Twitterverse and people in the audience looked up like "HELLO!!!!"Here's what I found on it:
https://www.altpress.com/news/tom-morello-rage-against-the-machine-oscars/
If he does this again, the Oscars are definitely to get interesting!
BL.
For me the only thing I really cared about this year, was the "In Memoriam" part. While there were a lot of folks who left this past year, I was a little misty when they should the late great Stan Lee and actually gave him a few seconds of movie clip.
I also really liked seeing Lady Gaga and Rocket Racoon sing together!
I also really liked seeing Lady Gaga and Rocket Racoon sing together!
For me the only thing I really cared about this year, was the "In Memoriam" part. While there were a lot of folks who left this past year, I was a little misty when they should the late great Stan Lee and actually gave him a few seconds of movie clip.
I also really liked seeing Lady Gaga and Rocket Racoon sing together!
Apparently people also noticed how they "snubbed" Carol Channing. She died in the past year as well..
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Yup... It seems the academy has snubbed quite a few folks over the years. I remember last year Toby Hooper and Powers Booth were snubbed.
While I know they are pressed for time, it would be nice of them to include all of those we lost. Again, I know it would take a little longer, but if that is case, lets have them take an extra thirty or so minutes. They seem to run over quite a bit as it is.
Was the In Memorium tribute for people who died in the last 12 months or for people who died in 2018? Carol Channing died January 15, 2019.
Good question. Regardless, there was ample time to prepare any footage of her for the segment.
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I saw complaints that Verne Troyer, who died last April, wasn't included. (Insert joke about him being "overlooked".)
There must be dozens of stars whose fans think they should have been included. I don't envy the people who have to make the choices for who is included and who is excluded. If it's based in part on the length of a person's Academy membership or working career, rather than just on their level of fame, then that would explain why the list includes unknown publicists, casting directors, etc.
There must be dozens of stars whose fans think they should have been included. I don't envy the people who have to make the choices for who is included and who is excluded. If it's based in part on the length of a person's Academy membership or working career, rather than just on their level of fame, then that would explain why the list includes unknown publicists, casting directors, etc.
Spotlight is a good one, too, unless you're a Catholic priest.
Then when I realized it was based on Angler, Barton Gellman's book about Cheney, I was surprised and figured it would be like All the President's Men, or else a lot like watching paint dry.
Gellman's book about Cheney's vice presidency and surrounding events is fascinating but Cheney's not one to flash his ability to make things happen. Au contraire, the real life Cheney would just as soon no one ever heard of him as long as "his way" becomes the way forward when he's assembling plans to push either assorted buttons or advance in general the theory of the unitary executive. The screenwriter was pushing luck to make Cheney and not that theory the real star, although then it might really have come off as invitation to watch paint dry for most of us.
So... a challenge for screenwriter and casting, on balance. I'm inclined to try watching the film when it comes to streaming. The audio format of Angler is ok although it does put me to sleep (all audiobooks do that in short order so not a good metric there) but Barton Gellman's book has been riveting. I'd like to think the film is at least one I can finish watching once I start it.
Right, or a parishioner (and a parent?) still in denial. I found Spotlight a really good movie, and certainly the original investigation has had huge impact. The film won Best Picture in the 2016 Oscars. Maybe beating out the likes of The Revenant, Mad Max, and Room is no big deal to some viewers --and I saw only one of those-- but the win was apparently a shocker.
There were some brief but wonderful moments of near comic relief in Spotlight the film... not spoiling the flick to note one of them here -- during a routine glad-to-meet-you off-record interview, Boston's then archbishop of Boston, the late Cardinal Law (who resigned in 2002 and ended up tucked away in the Vatican) was portrayed as having given the then newish Boston Globe editor Marty Baron --born to Jewish immigrants from Israel, now editor of the Washington Post-- with a gift-wrapped copy of the Roman Catholic catechism as a not very subtle "welcome to Boston, one big happy family" heads-up.
Somehow I doubt that scene was apocryphal. Baron was portrayed as suggesting to the Cardinal that things worked best for a community when the Fourth Estate worked independently. Anyway that scene was telling of where the Church was planning to come from at that time as the Spotlight team ramped up its investigation of child sex abuse by clerics.
When movies are based on real events in history, put not pure documentaries, I like the fact that I learned about those events, but I end up with a nagging worry that I've learned a fictionalized version of that history.
I can usually find a review or blog somewhere that explains what was factual and what was artistic license, if I go looking for it.
It occurs to me that the moviemakers could do this themselves, posting the details at the movie's website or contributing it to IMDB. They certainly know the real facts (well, most of them, most of the time), and I want to know them too. Since the information would be a spoiler for the movie, they ought to put it behind a SPOILER warning, but still make it available to anyone who wants to know. Problem solved!
There were quite a few of this year's nominated movies that fall into this based-on-a-true-story category. Off the top of my head, I think they include
I can usually find a review or blog somewhere that explains what was factual and what was artistic license, if I go looking for it.
It occurs to me that the moviemakers could do this themselves, posting the details at the movie's website or contributing it to IMDB. They certainly know the real facts (well, most of them, most of the time), and I want to know them too. Since the information would be a spoiler for the movie, they ought to put it behind a SPOILER warning, but still make it available to anyone who wants to know. Problem solved!
There were quite a few of this year's nominated movies that fall into this based-on-a-true-story category. Off the top of my head, I think they include
At Eternity's Gate
Black Sheep
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Cold War
Detainment
First Man
Green Book
Minding the Gap
RGB
Roma
Vice
The Wife
Black Sheep
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Cold War
Detainment
First Man
Green Book
Minding the Gap
RGB
Roma
Vice
The Wife
I'd hope not.
I need to sit down and watch the film again. I've been critical of the Catholic church most of my life, but I've toned down my sentiments of their comings and goings over the last ten years. That said there aren't many films these days like it or The Post, Mark Felt, Thirteen Days, etc.
More thrilling than say the usual superhero or action explosion film, even if I am a fan of the latter.
Well the film does portray one guy saying his mom's response to his reporting being molested was a visit from the bishop to their home to smooth things over and his mom serving tea and cookies. I'm afraid it was all too common back in the day, probably not so much now I'd hope.
I share that concern.
This is a great idea, since a lot of avid movie viewers do use at least IMDB, so the info would be closer at hand --and far more likely to be accessed than if someone had to think "gee i wonder if this is all true and if not, how not and how could I find out?" It's amazing how many people will get as far as wondering and then not bother with or seem to know how to structure a simple search to satisfy even idle curiosity.
LOL maybe a new Oscar category:
"Best Reveal of Digressions From Fact in a Film Based on Historical Events"
It definitely included some 2019 deaths, Albert Finney was on there and he only died a week or two ago.
