Another stat: Blanchett's the only Oscar winner among the nominees; only Williams, Bassett, and Hirsch were previously nominated.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 14:49 (one year ago) link
Add to the two sequels a remake, just to sweeten the pot
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 14:56 (one year ago) link
I kept getting twitter spammed by netflix with All Quiet... on my phone to the point of irritation, find it hard to muster any enthusiasm for bang average, worthy-dull looking war movies. It might not be, but that's what it seemed like to me when I bailed out after 10 mins.
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:05 (one year ago) link
Next year's BP pool: Least promising Sequel/Remake/Franchise/IP-based flick of 2023
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:07 (one year ago) link
And whatever else the original isn't dull.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:07 (one year ago) link
Huh
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:16 (one year ago) link
Not sure if I’ll watch the ceremony, but you never know
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:17 (one year ago) link
over/under?
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:23 (one year ago) link
Surprised She Said didn't get picture/screenplay/actress nominations. I guess I hope Tár wins, but no real rooting interest. Same day that the baseball HOF results will be announced; that must mean something.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:24 (one year ago) link
the Menu got totally shut out, which is lame considering fucking Avatar and Top Gun got nominated for best picture.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:26 (one year ago) link
Some trivia:
-John Williams, at 90, is now the oldest-ever Oscar nominee, for The Fablemans score (was James Ivory, 89, for Call Me by Your Name script)
-Judd Hirsch has the longest gap between nominations, at 42 years between Ordinary People and The Fablemans (was Henry Fonda, 41 years between The Grapes of Wrath and On Golden Pond)
― jaymc, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:27 (one year ago) link
Something I kept meaning to post somewhere -- I was really intrigued/surprised to see that The Menu had massive legs, at least in my neck of the woods. End of the year at my local Alamo was essentially only Avatar, Babylon (which had just gotten released) and The Menu, and in the latter case we're talking multiple screenings a day throughout the day. All the other November films of any stripe, big or small, were long gone.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
I did sort of think The Menu might land a surprise screenplay nomination, but alas
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:34 (one year ago) link
Surprised She Said didn't get picture/screenplay/actress nominations
Its overall chances faded quite a while ago. It probably had the best shot at a screenplay nomination, and might've gotten it if not for the All Quiet on the Western Front momentum.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:36 (one year ago) link
The Menu's been playing at Miami multiplexes since Thanksgiving. Several students have watched it, which, given their usual inclinations, surprised me.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:44 (one year ago) link
(xpost) Besides just the fact that I liked it, I would have thought it nicely fits Hollywood's and the Academy Awards' eagerness to embrace self-flagellation (A Star Is Born, Sunset Boulevard, The Player, etc., etc.).
― clemenza, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
There's plenty of alternatives this (and every year) ... on a related note, big LOL at Women Talking getting into best picture with one single other nomination
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:49 (one year ago) link
xp I liked it, too. After its release, there was a weird amount of focus on its disappointing box-office numbers, which may have stifled its campaign.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:53 (one year ago) link
We're in a world where The Menu, at something like $38M in domestic grosses, is considered a "success"
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 15:57 (one year ago) link
Neither of my kids have seen Top Gun or Avatar, but one of them has seen The Menu twice.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 16:06 (one year ago) link
The Menu depends on you hating rich people enough to ignore that the movie is dumb and doesn't make sense; seems to be working.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
idk it's also funny
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link
I would have enjoyed The Menu a lot more if it had been dumber tbh
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link
A lot of handwringing these days over what even is satire
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 16:33 (one year ago) link
i think more than a send-up of the rich or whatever it's a depiction of how hollow any artform becomes once its reached a rarified enough air that its audience is snobs, dilettantes, and people with so much money they don't care about what they're consuming. a good companion piece with pig which people also found dumb and nonsensical so fair enough. nicholas hault gives a perfectly abhorrent performance and i love the scene where he has to make his own dish and it sucks ass
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link
it's not on my year-end list or anything but idk, it was fun, i loled
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link
for a minute I srsly thought you were writing about Triangle of Sadness, lol
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
brad otm
― na (NA), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 16:50 (one year ago) link
“Rich people are deluded and stupid” is the plot du jour for sure, so much that films are forgetting to move to step twoWhich is to say I saw a preview screening of When You’re Done Saving the World. Eisenberg likely has a good movie in him but this isn’t it
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:14 (one year ago) link
Yeah, Brad otm. I thought the fact that they were rich was almost incidental. It's a broader (in every sense) critique of a class of people that includes but is not limited to the rich. I mean, there's no real indication that Hault is necessarily rich, just that this (final) meal is how he chose to prioritize his money. Also worth keeping in the mind that the staff, too, is insane/enthralled, part of the same elitist system that causes the chef to snap (albeit in the most snobby, elitist way).
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:21 (one year ago) link
Apparently I'll give almost any satire the comparative benefit of the doubt. I didn't even hate Don't Look Up, in its entirety.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:34 (one year ago) link
it was entertaining enough for a night at the movies but i thought it was trying to punch way above its weight with what it was Trying To Say, i found the critiques unsatisfying and not v coherent (in other words nothocked to see Adam McKay's name in the credits.) overall a lot less fun than a movie about a homicidal haute cuisine chef should have been. would have been much more enjoyable and a sharper satire imo if it had let itself be a blumhouse b movie about wealthy people getting offed one by one in creative restaurant-related ways. isnt there some famous saying about what should be done with the rich?
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link
I think that's the movie many expected.
TIL that any and every sequel or pseudo-sequel can get nominated only for Best Adapted Screenplay, not Best Original Screenplay.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:45 (one year ago) link
I've had a couple friends prefer The Menu to Tar among rich-privileged-people-are-bastards movies. The latter, I guess, makes its obvious points in a crisper way; it's obvious why it's the far bigger hit.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:52 (one year ago) link
The latter or the former?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link
Ha! The Menu, sorry.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 18:14 (one year ago) link
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjdjZDczYWYtZjU5Ny00ZTY1LTg5YTItY2FiMzM0MzZkOWM4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_.jpg
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:40 (one year ago) link
^^^ I've wanted to watch that one for years
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
you might need a trigger warning if you are a dog owner!
― calzino, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link
pics of Robert Morley make me smile
― oscar bravo, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:31 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QCDSrvv.png
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:37 (one year ago) link
The Menu was very enjoyable and completely ridiculous and made no sort of sense and I enjoyed it a great deal and thought it made some decent points (and a few very glib ones) - I went into the cinema with no expectations and walked out thinking "what the fuck have I just seen?" and sometimes that's more than enough.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:38 (one year ago) link
THE MENU sucked, prestige TV ass bullshit
also brad the overwhelming consensus about the cheeseburger is that it looked really awesome
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:40 (one year ago) link
Have not seen The Menu, but I enjoyed Triangle of Sadness. Sure, it makes obvious points about class and wealth, but the characters are fun, and the narrative is artfully constructed.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link
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― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:03 (one year ago) link
I expected the Menu to be much dumber than it was, because I didn't think the marketing for it was very good. I was pleasantly surprised by the performances in it which were across the board excellent. I'm surprised to hear that anyone else may have thought Pig was dumb though, that was also one of my favorite movies of the previous year and one that I thought was really overlooked at awards season.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
I think I prefer the Menu to Triangle of Sadness, in the end.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:34 (one year ago) link
sure
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 24 January 2023 23:43 (one year ago) link
Still haven't seen most of the films discussed here, including Triangle of Sadness, which I'm looking forward to. The Menu doesn't interest me as much
RRR was fun, but was way too long for what it was
― Dan S, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 01:19 (one year ago) link
thought this was an interesting article
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/dining/noma-fruit-beetle-fine-dining.html
― Dan S, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 01:23 (one year ago) link