Oscars 2019

Struggling to understand how AMPAS hasn't proactively rescinded all nominations that aren't Black Panther, A Star is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody tbh

And Green Book, shurely?

Nah, that movie didn't make $500 million at the box office which will surely translate to a total ratings rebound.

the show is gonna open with viggo mortensen doing both parts of the green acres theme song

"Viggo, what's your favorite word?"

they are predictin'

https://www.slantmagazine.com/category/awards/

The Two Moods pic.twitter.com/RdmKwB6i47

— Peter Labuza (@labuzamovies) February 5, 2019

Average Academy voter: https://www.thedailybeast.com/anonymous-oscar-voters-blasts-smear-campaigns-against-green-book-and-bohemian-rhapsody

Best Director. In that category, will the winner be Alfonso Cuaron for Roma?

I do not like Roma. I don’t hate it. It’s fine. I just don’t understand the fuss. Some of his films are my favorites of all time, but not this one. I’m going with Peter Farrelly for Green Book.

But it’ll have to be a write-in. He wasn’t nominated.

Oh!

Maybe they didn’t transcend the controversy?

Then Adam McKay for Vice.

Richard E. Grant for Can You Ever Forgive Me? I’ve been a fan of him for years. His performance was such a departure from what I’ve seen him do.

I thought he always played messy gays.

I take it that in Musto's memory, Withnail and Hudson Hawk are the same movie, and he's not seen REG in anything else since.

The queen had all her pet rabbits, but I bet Glenn Close could boil them in no time.

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--tkEBXiVB--/dbrp9slgdhhvbznzdz27.jpg

Is it weird that for BlacKkKlansman, Adam Driver is nominated (for supporting), but not John David Washington (for lead)?

I didn’t think Denzel Washington’s son deserved to be nominated. He was fine, but not over-the-top spectacular. The thing that made that film work on a bipartisan level was Adam Driver, so I’m not disappointed that he got nominated. Is it problematic that there’s only two supporting nominees, Mahershala Ali (Green Book) and Regina King, as black actors nominated? It could be. We’re always tending to be portrayed as a bunch of racist white people by our own Academy, so the fact that BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther were nominated for Best Picture will subdue that.

Yeah, I’m skipping the show this year.

so many choice bits

Gaga could act and you finally got to see her for who she was, as opposed to the persona she portrays onstage -- so that's how acting works, got it

We’re always tending to be portrayed as a bunch of racist white people by our own Academy, so the fact that BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther were nominated for Best Picture will subdue that.

"Denzel Washington's son"

you know, it's sometimes hard to remember all 3 names of a really bland actor

Those anonymous articles are quickly becoming my favorite part of Oscar season.

So Lady Gaga’s performance in A Star is Born is no competition?

Ugh. I am not a fan of A Star is Born. The one thing I loved is Bradley Cooper’s hair. I don’t know how he got his hair to do that!

anonymous Oscar voter otm

this show could be a magnificent travesty, and it might not even take four hours to watch.

I saw the live-action and animated shorts nominees. Are they always such a grim lot?

I’ve seen all of the animated ones except Weekends. One Small Step is good; the others, meh. Most of the live action ones didn’t sound interesting to me this year; I’ve only seen Fauve (which I liked).

the animated ones are usually about like a rabbit or a sandcastle, I saw the live action shorts today and they were not only terrible but contemptible, emotionally exploitative on top of being aesthetically repulsive.

Take the shitty Bulger murder reenactment out of the mix and live action shorts were the best of the three short categories. Docs were mostly boring and animated were mostly devoid of imagination.

Seriously tho, Detainment may be the worst movie nominated for an Oscar this year, period. No small achievement.

Kinda curious about Skin but only for the Jonathan Tucker factor. Love that guy

I have a Yalitza Aparicio joke I would give to Bob Hope, but I don't think i'll share it here

Skin is so fucked up

Apparently Skin is being expanded into a full-length feature. No thank you.

Live action drama shorts, with the exception of Marguerite, are a trainwreck.

Apparently Skin is being expanded into a full-length feature.

Wth Jame Bell instead of Tucker, which seems like a lateral move at best.

obviously for things to unfold predictably is the surefire bet, but if there is any strangeness at midnight on the 24th it might be

Foreign Film: Roma
Director: Spike
BP: Green Book

Live action drama shorts, with the exception of Marguerite, are a trainwreck.

And Marguerite only looked so good because the other nominated shorts are so repulsive.

I went to the opening night screening of the live action nominated shorts. walkouts throughout the show as people hit their frustration point. Skin was the final short shown and when the dad started getting beaten by skinheads, a dude from the crowd got up and started screaming at the Oscar rep in attendance: "how dare you throw all this garbage at us! why not put cameras in the showers at auschwitz! what the fuck is wrong with you!" and stormed out in a huff. After the kid shot his dad at the end there was honest-to-god sarcastic applause from the crowd. theater employees in the lobby were clearly amused and laughing at the steady stream of walkouts and disgruntled viewers; i overheard one guy say "and this is OPENING NIGHT? we're not going to be able to keep showing these!" total fustercluck of a selection; i agree that Marguerite was only good in comparison to the rest of the drek. Detainment is one of the most pointless and bleak pieces of film I've seen; everyone involved should be embarrassed.

Marguerite may be the least offensive of this group but it still sucked - all of these shorts were the climaxes of movies, and we have no time to get to know the characters before they're hurt, killed, or have some breakthrough moment. Marguerite could make a solid feature.

Cinematographers, editors get the shaft

.@TheAcademy unveils the 4 #Oscars categories to be presented during commercial breaks https://t.co/Ng0bMLxP66 pic.twitter.com/jkhVF5WXCf

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 11, 2019

well, wonderful, a nation has to endure Rami Malek's win.

Yeah, I won't be watching the Oscars this year.

Rami Malek was so botoxed at The Baftas he could barely move his face.

That's just the way he talks.

Fuck that shit!

Roger Deakins really got in under the wire

Leaving out the DP award is an odd choice. I thought they'd leave out the sound twins.

Makeup is a joke category, glad to see it gone. (the oscars always pick the showy ones. and sometimes they reward diva leeches, like streep's iron lady dude.)

Good time to remember that time the Oscars, always a geyser of smart ideas that cut down on time, elected Michael Flatley to demonstrate film editing https://t.co/FuDf6V5b5l

— Matt Prigge (@mattprigge) February 11, 2019

Also seems like 90% of clips shown were single shots from different films edited together. Doesn't say much about the editing in those films...

That may be the least of its problems though.

Not that this clip's aged any better, but at least it's actually theoretically related to the topic it's showing off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-xYgh6M_Hg

More anonymous voter insight: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/movies/best-picture-oscars-voters.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&smtyp=cur

* Rami Malek is winning best actor by at least 30 points
* Voters know BlacKkKlansman winning would look the best in 20-30 years (and now)
* the two most broadly-liked movies are the ones with the least nominations, Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody
* simmering white resentment might push Green Book to a win

A few older voters said they had gone back to watch the 1954 version of “A Star Is Born,” with Judy Garland, and come away with the belief that the current version wasn’t as good, especially in its second hour.

yet a couple voters complained about the length of some of the other nominees

Good morning!

Hale County This Morning, This Evening is now streaming on PBS.

what about Mind the Gap?

Hulu