burning up the box office in NYC too, just got in before sellout last night
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 February 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
Arguably the best doc feature lineup ever, no?
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Thursday, 16 February 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
Oops, forgot Life Animated got a nod.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Thursday, 16 February 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
it sure is
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 16 February 2017 18:17 (seven years ago) link
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missed this
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-warren-beatty-faye-dunaway-planning-bonnie-clyde-reunion-972762
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 February 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
"I do, though, take pleasure in Huppert having won the Golden Globe, because if she hadn't, then I would have had to spend the entirety of this article contemplating the prospect of Stone losing this award to Natalie Portman's performance in Pablo Larraín's A Muppet Leaves the White House."
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/oscar-2017-winner-predictions-actress
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 19 February 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
"First there's Taylor Sheridan's screenplay for Hell or High Water, which is jaundiced and perhaps overstated but otherwise resembles the cinematic equivalent to those hand-wringing op-eds in the wake of the 2016 election that shamed the left for not reaching across the aisle."
not even gonna start, Eric.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 16:10 (seven years ago) link
loooool
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFim0IPtmrM
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
^year's best 2-minute performance?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link
Is there a current gay thread anymore? I got a breakup go get over.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 17:40 (seven years ago) link
What don't you want?
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link
Eric, there is/was but it has an inclusive title and good luck finding it with Search broken.
You started dating again?!
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 18:19 (seven years ago) link
I like the idea of the Oscars thread subbing for the gay thread. I seem to recall the last few attempts never getting off the ground.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 18:52 (seven years ago) link
I wouldn't call it dating. It was a relationship, and the background/scope of this relationship is so immense that I'm actually crumbling right now. (I have an appointment with my therapist tonight, thankfully; one I'd scheduled before I pulled the plug over the weekend.)
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
hugs, Eric.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
It's still really hitting me hard -- a nine-year story line in my life coming to a crashing close ... This is so not the thread for this.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
Awww, Eric. Sorry to hear.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
(To reign in the dramatics just a bit, it wasn't a nine-year relationship. Just someone I had a major crush on since I first saw him nine years ago and finally formed a relationship last spring long after settling for friendship.)
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
sorry to hear, dear.
may Oscar be your salve... no, that's not even funny
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:22 (seven years ago) link
Life lesson #1: TELL SOMEONE YOU'RE ATTRACTED TO THAT YOU'RE ATTRACTED TO THEM RIGHT OFF THE BAT!
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:23 (seven years ago) link
it's easier when you're older and don't gaf
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:34 (seven years ago) link
LOL, after nine years ... I am older!!
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
someone I had a major crush on since I first saw him nine years ago
it wasn't Obama, right?
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
Oof, no but I did meet Obama while standing next to him.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
Suddenly I feel like Rebecca in that last episode of Cheers, trying to hold it together on a fake double date at the restaurant upstairs and everything triggers her into tearful spasms. What a feeling!
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
:(
this is yr chance to transform into a mackdaddy like R Gosling (smooth segue)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:54 (seven years ago) link
Eric as someone who also recently cut/lost ties with someone I first developed a thing for about 9 years ago I feel yr pain
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
xp Yeah, my long-deferred slut stage has to kick in now (or never).
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
OK, seriously, sorry for the thread derail. Carry on.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 20:07 (seven years ago) link
In looking up some August Wilson-related stage credits, I discovered I saw Viola Davis in the Broadway production of his Seven Guitars in 1996, just as her film career was starting.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link
Time for the Hollywood Reporter's anonymous Oscar voter.
* "I hated the German movie [Toni Erdmann] so much because it was so shticky — Germans are not funny! The only part of the whole movie where I laughed was when she couldn't get out of her tight dress and just ripped it off and went around naked. I hear Jack Nicholson is going to be in a remake, and he might make it funny."
* "[Elle's] Isabelle Huppert is an ice-cold actress, and I eliminated her because when you get attacked, beaten and raped, you're not the same person afterward, but she was, and I wanted to slap her to try to get a reaction out of her."
* "I hated Arrival — it just sucked. I didn't like Fences because they just filmed the play — I wanted to see the guy go into the jazz club and play his music, the girl who's having his baby, his kid on the football field. But I think Denzel [Washington, its producer/director/star] decided that every word of the script [by the late August Wilson] was so precious that he wasn't going to "mess" with it, and the movie suffered as a result."
* "I'm ruling out O.J. [Made in America] even though I still have an hour of it left to watch — maybe for younger people this is new stuff, but for me it's just reliving a part of the past I don't need to relive. I was disappointed with I Am Not Your Negro — I was really looking forward to learning more about James Baldwin's life, rather than his ideas (which I already knew), because when I first came to New York as a young actress, he was such an avant-garde playwright and fascinating guy."
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 14:34 (seven years ago) link
how sweet, to be an idiot
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 14:42 (seven years ago) link
I laughed at the Elle remark.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 14:43 (seven years ago) link
James Baldwin was such a fascinating guy!
The only way I can reconcile her correct opinion about Baldwin with the rest of that dur-de-durrr is to assume that she finds him fascinating for different reasons than I do.
― Hurry Up And Eat Your Face! (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 14:50 (seven years ago) link
"He's sexy -- and dead!"
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 15:04 (seven years ago) link
i'm sympathetic to her stance on the OJ doc (unseen by me), but since i ignored the trial as much as possible i'm willing to give it a shot.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
Not knowing shit about the trial other than a few names helped.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 16:09 (seven years ago) link
OJ doc is well researched, they provide a lot of detail beyond the basic story, (ie the coverage of his childhood and college years is really interesting) and you get a lot more context when they get to the stuff most people know. And they talked to a LOT of people, so it's not just weirdo outsiders or professional commentators
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
The college chapter and early football career were fascinating and fully absorbing.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 16:50 (seven years ago) link
If Affleck is winning, I'm a little skeptical that Lonergan will lose to LLL for script, but whatta I know.
http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/article/oscar-2017-winner-predictions
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 February 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
halfway through the OJ doc with my jaw on the floor. the backstory isn't that well known over here despite the doc portraying him as the best known/loved guy in the States or whatever. until the live-on-tv chase i swear i'd barely heard of the guy (The Towering Inferno was about all i'd seen of him). but yeah grim and sad and fascinating and shocking for all kinds of reasons. never really seen a doc like this one before.
― piscesx, Friday, 24 February 2017 15:01 (seven years ago) link
is it better than the people vs OJ Simpson? because that (despite being a docudrama) was the shit
― akm, Friday, 24 February 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
its way better than that
― johnny crunch, Friday, 24 February 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
yeah I agree that it's way better but I also couldn't get through PvOJ so I'm biased
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 24 February 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
TBF, even as an American, I really only knew OJ as the goofball from The Naked Gun before all that other shit went down.
― The Flautist of Flatus (Old Lunch), Friday, 24 February 2017 15:18 (seven years ago) link
born too late
let's steer back to betting and whether Beatty-Dunaway will really happen
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 February 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link