This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2022

Both Real Life Characters in the Fallacious White House Bedroom Scene, “Blonde”

Surely "fellacious"?

What a fellacy on the Razzies' part

This is now the most I’ve wanted to see Blonde.

Was hoping Ana de Armas would get simultaneous Oscar and Razzie nomination, like Glenn Close for Hillbilly Elegy

Their bravery knows many bounds

...wait hold on, Cosmo Jarvis is an actor? I thought he sung about gay pirates?

which makes him an actor!

Helluva log line for that movie in IMDB:

"A formidable man who cares for nothing is forced to confront his self-destructive core when a violent car crash involving a sexually charged boy who epitomizes life, challenges him to face his truth."

"A formidable man who cares for nothing is forced to confront his self-destructive core when a violent car crash involving a sexually charged boy who epitomizes life, challenges him to face his truth."

Wow, now I want to see Blonde.

what did people here think of All Quiet On the Western Front? I watched it but couldn't really make myself pay attention

too many uniforms, battles, trenches and dead people without any relief. I wonder if this will receive a Best Picture nomination tomorrow

Seems likely, given its strong showing on the craft category shortlists and in the BAFTA nominations.

To remember how three years ago the forgotten 1917 was a BP frontrunner

1917 was much more watchable than this for me. This is so grim

The Best Picture noms keep coming because they keep finding more prestigious ways to blow up soldiers.

Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick both received Best Picture nominations, marketing the first time that the top 2 highest grossing movies of the year were both nominated in the top category since 1982, when E.T. and Tootsie were both nominated. pic.twitter.com/QmVaZftxNg

— Jonathan (@jonathanmb32) January 24, 2023

Is it also the first time that two "part two"s were nominated in a single year?

https://i.imgur.com/QbbVdkf.jpg

Most-nominated films at the #Oscars:

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" - 11
"All Quiet on the Western Front" - 9
"The Banshees of Inisherin" - 9
"Elvis" - 8
"The Fabelmans" - 7
"Tár" - 6
"Top Gun: Maverick" - 6
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" - 5https://t.co/xmqPGXGGS3

— Variety (@Variety) January 24, 2023

It's astonishing how Diane Warren will never NOT get nominated

Oscars got it right in that "Maverick" is without question the Best "Top Gun" Picture.

No song nomination for James Murphy

Nominations here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_Academy_Awards

Is it also the first time that two "part two"s were nominated in a single year?

― Beautiful Bean Footage Fetishist (Old Lunch), Tuesday, January 24, 2023 8:08 AM (twenty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I think so, yeah. AFAIK, only seven sequels have been nominated before: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), both Godfather sequels (1974, 1990), both Lord of the Rings sequels (2002, 2003), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

I'm glad Williams made it after all.

Guess I have to finish Triangle of Sadness and watch All Quiet on the Western Front.

Another stat: Blanchett's the only Oscar winner among the nominees; only Williams, Bassett, and Hirsch were previously nominated.

Add to the two sequels a remake, just to sweeten the pot

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.

Next year's BP pool: Least promising Sequel/Remake/Franchise/IP-based flick of 2023

And whatever else the original isn't dull.

Huh

Not sure if I’ll watch the ceremony, but you never know

over/under?

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.

the Menu got totally shut out, which is lame considering fucking Avatar and Top Gun got nominated for best picture.

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)

the Menu got totally shut out, which is lame considering fucking Avatar and Top Gun got nominated for best picture.

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.

I did sort of think The Menu might land a surprise screenplay nomination, but alas

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.

The Menu's been playing at Miami multiplexes since Thanksgiving. Several students have watched it, which, given their usual inclinations, surprised me.

(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.).

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

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.

We're in a world where The Menu, at something like $38M in domestic grosses, is considered a "success"

Neither of my kids have seen Top Gun or Avatar, but one of them has seen The Menu twice.

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.

idk it's also funny

I would have enjoyed The Menu a lot more if it had been dumber tbh

A lot of handwringing these days over what even is satire

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