Just watched it actually, and I'd say better than that, but it's a style I usually respond well to.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Sunday, 4 December 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
LA LA LAND has only so far managed a few runner-up positions. Fingers crossed.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
Best Screenplay, Winner: Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos, THE LOBSTER.Best Screenplay, Runner-Up: Kenneth Lonergan, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA.
(Circling back)
Best Supporting Actor, Winner: Mahershala Ali, MOONLIGHT.Best Supporting Actor, Runner-Up: Issey Ogata, SILENCE.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
(And I was wrong. LA LA LAND won best music.)
Best Actor, Winner: Adam Driver, PATERSON.Best Actor, Runner-Up: Casey Affleck, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:40 (seven years ago) link
Best Documentary, Winner: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO.Best Documentary, Runner-Up: OJ: MADE IN AMERICA.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Sunday, December 4, 2016 3:07 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yay, fuck TV
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius)
both are good, shut up
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
Preliminary congrats to Isabelle Huppert for sweeping the critics awards and then getting snubbed by Oscar.
Best Actress, Winner: Isabelle Huppert, ELLE and THINGS TO COME.Best Actress, Runner-Up: Rebecca Hall, CHRISTINE.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:58 (seven years ago) link
the Driver award is the final impetus I needed to get me to the screening next Thursday
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:14 (seven years ago) link
delighted by the Gladstone win
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:16 (seven years ago) link
Whew, MOONLIGHT defeats LA LA LAND in picture/director.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:26 (seven years ago) link
Which means LA LA LAND is all set to win the Best Picture Oscar.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
yup
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:39 (seven years ago) link
https://www.bifa.film/awards/winners
Nice to see Hayley Squires winning Best Newcomer. She was something else in I,DB.
― tangenttangent, Monday, 5 December 2016 12:05 (seven years ago) link
i don't contribute to Oscarcentric threads, bye
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2016 12:59 (seven years ago) link
Atlanta:
BEST FILM – LA LA LAND
BEST DIRECTOR – Damien Chazelle, LA LA LAND
BEST ACTOR – Casey Affleck, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
BEST ACTRESS – Annette Bening, 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Mahershala Ali, MOONLIGHT
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Lily Gladstone, CERTAIN WOMEN
BEST ENSEMBLE – Cast of AMERICAN HONEY
BEST ANIMATED FILM – KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM – 13TH
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – TONI ERDMANN
BEST SCREENPLAY – Kenneth Lonergan, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
BEST SCORE – Cliff Martinez, THE NEON DEMON
BEST SONG – “Drive It Like You Stole It” from SING STREET
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Linus Sandgren, LA LA LAND
BEST EDITING – Tom Cross, LA LA LAND
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 December 2016 13:50 (seven years ago) link
OK with this.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Monday, 5 December 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link
Scott Walker was robbed
― Darcy Sarto (Ward Fowler), Monday, 5 December 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
lol at the ostensibly superior musical not winning best song
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 5 December 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
What are your problems with LLL, Eric? I liked it well enough but it proved vaporous. I don't remember the songs or the moves – I remember Stone and Gosling singing and dancing.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 December 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
Lacking in charm and talent, which wouldn't be in itself a problem if the movie's entire thesis weren't that charm and talent will naturally find their reward in Hollywood.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Monday, 5 December 2016 17:33 (seven years ago) link
I'm not among those offended by Gosling's co-opting of jazz culture/traditions, but damn is the movie condescending toward Stone's resistance.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Monday, 5 December 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
(Just listened to Scott Walker and it's really strong work, tho I still don't want to see the movie.)
I will say that this looks like a slightly better-than-average awards season run, if only because La La Land looks like the only thing I'm dead set against seeing. Assuming the Jackie O biopic has been declared DOA, that is.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 5 December 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), M
I was disappointed too that Gosling wasn't nude.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 December 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
When even the BFCA can't find room for your prestige biopic slop in their best picture lineup, it's probably DOA, yes.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Monday, 5 December 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
Then again, the surfeit of critics groups that can't have more than a half dozen people voting does sometimes portend unhappy resurrections:
D.C. CRITICS AWARDSBest Film: La La LandBest Director: Damien Chazelle, La La LandBest Actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the SeaBest Actress: Natalie Portman, JackieBest Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, MoonlightBest Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, FencesBest Acting Ensemble: Hell or High WaterBest Youth Performance: Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the SeaBest Voice Performance: Liam Neeson, A Monster CallsBest Motion Capture Performance: Mark Rylance, The BFGBest Original Screenplay: Damien Chazelle, La La LandBest Adapted Screenplay: Eric Heisserer (based on the Story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang), ArrivalBest Animated Feature: Kubo and the Two StringsBest Documentary: The 13thBest Foreign Language Film: ElleBest Production Design: David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, SDSA, La La LandBest Cinematography: Linus Sandgren, SFS, La La LandBest Editing: Tom Cross, ACE, La La LandBest Original Score: Justin Hurwitz, La La LandThe Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC: Jackie
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC: Jackie
I debated whether to start a Jackie thread until I watched the screener on Saturday and felt like I needed a couple slugs of vodka.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link
It's that bad? Because I kinda like Larrain, and had hoped for something as good as El Club :(
― Frederik B, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
I disliked The Club's last third intensely. Neruda was an admirable attempt to avoid biopic conventions, but it beached itself on voice-over.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:30 (seven years ago) link
Manchester by the Sea was really remarkable. Can't remember the last time a movie ended with the main character ended up in the same place emotionally. All the promo made it look like one of these "broken man learns to live again through the opportunity to be a parental figure" redemption stories, but Affleck's character remains just as broken at the end of the movie. It really earns its 137 minutes.
― flappy bird, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:34 (seven years ago) link
Yes, this entirely.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link
xpost sorry for my fucked up grammar up there, i also wanted to mention how that aspect of MBTS didn't hit me until a few hours after i saw it. it really hums afterwards, still thinking about it, more than i can say about most movies...
― flappy bird, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
more critics groups should give an award to the old biddie at the beginning lump with horror at the thought of attending a niece's Bat Mitzvah ("I could slit my throat").
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
*at the beginning who's
haha yes! forgot about her.
― flappy bird, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
Best Motion Capture Performance
Ha, only two nominees for this one.
― jmm, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
Putting this here just becz it's where the ilx film crew is: nice expanded film component to next year's Big Ears fest.
http://bigearsfestival.com/expanded-film-programming-revealed/
― birthday party, cheesecake, jelly beans, boom (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link
Print issue of Sight and Sound now out. You can probably guess who wrote this in their year round-up: "...Zack Snyder is the only maker of 'popular' films has who as a vision and sensibility that stirs great feeling and profound thoughts."
― Darcy Sarto (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
are his initials CW by any chance
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
Had to see just how Arm0nd has been faring at Nat'l Review and ... I wan't disappointed.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/441280/moonlight-barry-jenkins-intersectionality-black-gay-character
Moonlight pleads for pity for a gay, black character, and pity is always for the weak.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:28 (seven years ago) link
wow
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
Jackie Reminds Us: Political Celebrities Once Had a Modicum of Self-Awareness... And Wes Anderson, in his best new work in years, celebrates capitalism, briefly.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
I mean, this is really terrific stuff!
http://www.bestmoviesbyfarr.com/static-assets/images/articles/background/2014/10/2-1popbni.jpg
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
everyone needs to calm down about Moonlight. it was good, nothing special. critics & the Academy are stoked that after losing The Birth of a Nation, they got another movie that checks even more boxes: gay, black, drugs, class, bullying...
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
AW
― Darcy Sarto (Ward Fowler), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
I mean, as far as movies about young gay black protagonists I did prefer Being 17, referenced in the review; it's probably my film of the year. But...they have nothing in common.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:41 (seven years ago) link
Yes, I genuinely admire what AW smuggles into the obvious dismissals.
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
"Intersectionality is the new stereotyping" is such an Arm0nd phrase. He's a specialist in the incoherent sneer.
― birthday party, cheesecake, jelly beans, boom (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link