I thought The Missing Picture was a runner this year, some of these are pretty shit in comparison.
― xelab, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
ya think? I would never watch the Ed Koch thing but it's apparently quite a brownnose job.
among the predictably missing: Manakamana, National Gallery
Thought for sure the Glen Campbell film was in.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
The Case Against 8 is very much a TV doc, I thought.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 2 December 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
Vivian Maier is a fine subject but this is a standard mediocre vanity doc made by some little uninteresting shit who can't resist telling you just a little bit more about himself.
Jodorowsky's Dune is a celebration of a thunderous, boorish, mediocre arsewipe who made lousy pretentious b-movies and he talks shit about a lousy movie he never made.
― xelab, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
visual FX shortlist
Captain America: The Winter SoldierDawn of the Planet of the ApesGodzillaGuardians of the GalaxyThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesInterstellarMaleficentNight at the Museum: Secret of the TombTransformers: Age of ExtinctionX-Men: Days of Future Past
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 December 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
(zilch for Noah and Moses Bale)
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 December 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
What kind of Carmen Sandiego movie title is this?
― Eric H., Friday, 5 December 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
A "last Robin Williams movie" kind?
This is what I call a "late career" FYC project:
http://d1oi7t5trwfj5d.cloudfront.net/08/63/a5c121b34090bf200b502308ef8a/six-dance-lessons-in-six-weeks-poster.jpg
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 December 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
Whatcha lookin at, Cheyenne?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 December 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
Didn't realise people who aren't involved/associated somehow with "The Industry" still watched the Oscars
― ∞, Monday, 8 December 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
lol wrong
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 December 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
the cinematographer on that Gena Rowlands movie is Vilmos Zsigmond
Rex Reed gave it an effusive whorequote
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 December 2014 01:54 (nine years ago) link
so Simmons and Arquette have got it locked, it seems. Jake looking more likely for a nod too.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 01:04 (nine years ago) link
I am still having a hard time picturing Arquette actually winning (esp. if Chastain can start building up a little momentum), but Simmons seems Leto-locked.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 17 December 2014 02:03 (nine years ago) link
9 shortlested for foreign film Oscar:
Argentina, "Wild Tales," Damián Szifrón, director;Estonia, "Tangerines," Zaza Urushadze, director;Georgia, "Corn Island," George Ovashvili, director;Mauritania, "Timbuktu," Abderrahmane Sissako, director;Netherlands, "Accused," Paula van der Oest, director;Poland, "Ida," Paweł Pawlikowski, director;Russia, "Leviathan," Andrey Zvyagintsev, director;Sweden, "Force Majeure," Ruben Östlund, director;Venezuela, "The Liberator," Alberto Arvelo, director.
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2014 17:21 (nine years ago) link
Biggest snubs seem to be Winter Sleep, Norte, the End of History, the Dardennes, Xavier floppyhair.
― Eric H., Friday, 19 December 2014 17:24 (nine years ago) link
weeeeell, none of the snubs are really oscar-y. Go Östlund, I say.
― Frederik B, Friday, 19 December 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
so unborkened is gonna be this yrs extremely loud incredibly close huh
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 3 January 2015 00:31 (nine years ago) link
Ebert gonna beat Snowden for the doc prize
I think Snowden wd be a better film critic
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 3 January 2015 04:25 (nine years ago) link
I bow to you.
― Eric H., Saturday, 3 January 2015 04:33 (nine years ago) link
Cross-posted from SELMA thread.
http://www.vulture.com/2015/01/oscar-films-the-prison-of-historical-accuracy.html
― Eric H., Wednesday, 7 January 2015 20:23 (nine years ago) link
weird article - "sometimes people share factual inaccuracies and it's good because it explains why unbroken wasn't good, but sometimes it's bad because the inaccuracies of the imitation game make it good, etc". it seems like it's trying to say that facts don't matter if the film is good, but then keeps backpedaling because (well, imo) facts DO matter even if you enjoyed the movie.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 20:44 (nine years ago) link
I don't really see Foxcatcher as being part of a "history" debate... that's just a "true crime" tale which Hollywood is usually even more footloose (as in very loosely transforming the details of Dog Day Afternoon, to no one's outrage).
There's also a significant difference between altering / condensing things regarding Alan Turing and Selma, where all the participants are either dead or very old, and ZDT where the PRECEDING YEAR and the actions of the current government are being dramatized.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 20:45 (nine years ago) link
definitely sympathetic to someone wanting to argue that historical accuracy is not the whole of a biopic's value, but when someone takes it to some sort of "let's stop caring what really happened" stance then well no, let's not let popular myths go unchecked thank you
― da croupier, Wednesday, 7 January 2015 20:52 (nine years ago) link
The last paragraph about ZDT was especially awkward.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
it's as if the writer were cracking his knuckles until the moment he could cite the film receiving the most abuse in recent years.
the most torture even
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 January 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
Noms, noms, noms.
All of the noms.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/alfonso-cuaron-jj-abrams-chris-pine-and-cheryl-boone-isaacs-to-announce-oscar-noms-live-20150109
― Eric H., Friday, 9 January 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
god i am so sick of chris pine and i've only seen him in like one movie
― marcos, Friday, 9 January 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
he is like the most boring type of "hollywood good-looking" person imaginable
― marcos, Friday, 9 January 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
guess whooo? Hope you're right about Cotillard, but I prefer to expect the worst.
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/2015-oscar-nomination-predictions
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
the Nick Pinkteron line about biopics is so good that I wish it were true.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
I could barely muster up the effort for the nominations articles. It's only really fun Oscar blogging imo when you have a preset slate you can rip into.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:27 (nine years ago) link
well, you used "distaff" in a sentence, so that counts.
You went for Cotillard and Jake too.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
I told Ed he totally subtweeted me with his choice of pics (e.g. each seems like the most likely to not get nominated).
― Eric H., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
what are yr off-the-record picks for makeup, then?
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
I was about to write Steve Carell's nose even before checking to see if there was a shortlist and ... I'll be damned, it's actually in the running.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:37 (nine years ago) link
Also, it feels like Budapest is headed toward double-digit nominations, so.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
you think? that would shock me.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:42 (nine years ago) link
I guess the probability that it's getting scratched in acting categories stands in the way of that.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
If Cotillard, Spall, and Fiennes all made it, I would delight in Jeffrey Wells' head exploding.
It's not well known that the Carell nose is the same one Woody & Diane stole in Sleeper.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
it does seem like there's been this crazy momentum shift towards GBH
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
Won the Globe, led the BAFTA nods, hasn't really missed any major guild nominations...
― Eric H., Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
I would've never guessed it.
driven by empty calories of year-end bullshit, finally?
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
Gone Girl took nothing at the GGs and i bet the same happens at the Oscars. what is it with Fincher? Se7en, Social Network and Fight Club were all stiffed too and Zodiac didn't even get ONE nomination!
actually GG will at least maybe win best adapted screenplay i guess. but still..
― piscesx, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:34 (nine years ago) link
it's still in the running for best pic and i figured it had a good chance after leaving the theater but there's been so much bait released EOY it'll get pushed out. the imitation theory game just got plopped right in there.
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
XP Zodiac's original release was bumped from awards season due to some studio be, and after that I don't think any lobbying bucks were thrown its way.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 January 2015 22:36 (nine years ago) link
"Studio B.S."
ah i vaguely remember that.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 14 January 2015 00:13 (nine years ago) link
To be fair, that question could be asked of us all, at all times.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 24 February 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
i watched au hasard balthazar last night if it makes anyone happy.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 23:57 (nine years ago) link
The movie crushed me so badly the first time that I bought it and have kept it locked in the closet ever since.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
A day not spend with L'argent is a day wasted.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
I strongly disliked Au Hasard Balthazar when I watched it. Made me ask myself why I didn't just spend my time re-watching Pickpocket.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:10 (nine years ago) link
no donkey
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:13 (nine years ago) link
https://apaladewalsh.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/burro.gif
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
or has he already won an oscar? i don't keep track of these things.(amateurist)
(amateurist)
More Gallons Diseasehttp://i.imgur.com/D11vqFF.gif
― Devilock, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 00:31 (nine years ago) link
I bought it and have kept it locked in the closet ever since.
the Bressondook
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 01:34 (nine years ago) link
Hating Au Hasard Balthazar is far worse than eating meat.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 25 February 2015 04:30 (nine years ago) link
great suggestion from Variety in a piece about how to 'fix' the Oscar ceremony:
the best solution to spicing up the Oscars is a relatively easy fix: Serve everybody alcohol in their seats. The bar outside the auditorium was busy, and the seatfillers were working overtime, because fewer attendees stayed to watch the show.
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/how-to-fix-the-oscars-in-5-easy-steps-1201440804/
― piscesx, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 05:06 (nine years ago) link
Lupita Nyong'o's Oscar gown has been stolen, and we have a suspect
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/02/26/2621912600000578-0-image-a-19_1424991094205.jpg
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 February 2015 05:16 (nine years ago) link
'It was ridiculous, as it would be from any singer who treats that music in semi-operatic style. She had no relationship to what she was singing.'
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/stephen-sondheim-calls-lady-gagas-oscar-performance-travesty/story?id=29695472
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 March 2015 12:32 (nine years ago) link
It's the way most american idol contestants sing every song. and he's right.
― poxy fülvous (abanana), Monday, 23 March 2015 16:33 (nine years ago) link