*research
― Simon H., Saturday, 10 December 2011 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
Bleh -- the new Almodovar.
― Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 10 December 2011 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
well, I'm done. For now.
Best thing I saw all day was the 30-minute climactic samurai battle in Miike's 13 Assassins, the busiest, bloodiest, muddiest ever. The rest of it is professional classicism.
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 11 December 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
The director's cut (2.5 hrs) of that was a fest highlight earlier this year.
― Simon H., Sunday, 11 December 2011 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
Think I'm going to blow off the pile in favor of the first episode of Fanny & Alexander.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Sunday, 11 December 2011 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
13 Assassins was good.
― Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 11 December 2011 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
In my one poll I might vote for Brad Pitt and Michelle Williams... for other movies.
http://www.bostonfilmcritics.org/content/current-winners
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
a music award for The Artist! Cannibalizing Vertigo pays off.
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
bravura best actress pick from LA critics: Yun Jung-hee, Poetry
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2011/12/lafca_is_delibe.php
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 11 December 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
YES!
― Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 11 December 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
Poetry is at the moment my film of the year.
ugh on Christopher Plummer, who looks like a shoe-in for a nod now.
― Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 11 December 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
racist/xenophobic assholes predictably complaining
xp
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 11 December 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
The Artist is the ugh of the year; I'd even rather see Hugo win.
I'd rather see The Tree of Life win.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Sunday, 11 December 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
LAFCA have been great at championing lost causes in best actress the last few years.
Yolande Moreau, SéraphineKim Hye-ja, MotherYoon Jeong-hee, Poetry
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 02:40 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry, I meant to say they've been great at championing the best actresses in best actress the last few years.
same thing.
The Sl4nt list is a good one! Coming in a few days...
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 December 2011 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
SF Critics a mix of yay (Certified Copy, Redgrave) dull (Oldman), and ugh (Swinton):
http://sffcc.org/main/
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 December 2011 03:50 (twelve years ago) link
I think now that this weekend's done, we're definitely past the point where "open race" can be used anymore.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
Think we reached this point a little later than last year, tho.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
if you're assigning Oscar Inevitability to The Artist, well, this is not the Oscar thread.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 December 2011 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
OK, you can have this thread.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 04:16 (twelve years ago) link
are we going to have to do Sandbox Oscars?
That I've seen better silent-film pastiches than The Artist on network variety shows.... it just.... a different nadir for the AAs.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 December 2011 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
we're definitely past the point where "open race" can be used anymore.
But all we know is who gets nominated, not who's a lock to win.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 December 2011 12:23 (twelve years ago) link
also, critics groups not as significant as industry guilds on such things.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 December 2011 12:25 (twelve years ago) link
I'll keep Oscar chatter to a minimum, but these people look like mortal locks for noms: Clooney, Redgrave, Brooks, Streep, Dujardin, maybe Shannon and Fassbender.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 December 2011 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
also, I'm not sure how the Best Picture race is still not somewhat "open" when The Descendants won the LA crix award.
AFI top 10 is about what you'd expect:
http://afi-afifest.tumblr.com/post/14082575426
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 December 2011 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
Meh, Oscar's never really embraced Payne up to this point. Unless Hugo can turn it around at the BO, it's The Artist's to lose.
I agree, tho, that we haven't really settled on any acting win frontrunners outside of Christopher Plummer.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
In terms of locks, I'd go with Clooney, Pitt, and Dujardin for actor, Davis and Streep for actress, and Plummer and Brooks for supporting actor. Supporting actress has a few probables but no locks yet, IMO.
― jaymc, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
Yup -- forgot to include Pitt and Davis, nomination frontrunners for months.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
I think Spencer is basically a lock by this point. Redgrave very probable too. That said, they ought to just donate some of those slots to the best actor drag this year; it's too crowded for both Clooney and Pitt to hog up 2/5.
And as for the main contest, I bet Indiana : Oscars :: Missouri : Presidential Elections
Winner: The ArtistRunner-up: The Descendants
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
Who's Spencer?
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818055/
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
oh right! In that hateful movie.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 December 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
That movie had only love in its heart you monster.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
It can put that award where its heart should be.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
Why do all those maids look like sad little rabbits?
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
*unhappy* rabbits, oops
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
Eric, you sly puss.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 December 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
One good burp and you'll be rid of that Miss Plummer.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
should not have expressed fear that this would turn into the Fucking Oscar Thread.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 December 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
I don't get why you're so opposed to talking about Oscars in this thread. It's all detrius, no?
― jaymc, Monday, 12 December 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
no. The Oscars are the glittery shart which follows lists/honors -- admittedly fewer of them every year -- that are done by some people with half a clue.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 December 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
I guess my point is it's the only one ppl handicap months in advance, and it's the Worst. (except maybe the Golden Globs)
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 December 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Critics awards are pretty idiotic too, for the record.
― Detrius of Life (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
Fixed. (I kid, I kid)
Anyhoo, lets segue into something completely the same:
Sight and Sound BallotArmond WhiteNew York Post, USAIncendiesDenis Villeneuve, Canada/FranceA moving post-9/11 vision of our utter connectivity that simultaneously recalls Greek tragedy and the epic-intimate miracles of 70s American films.Rise of the Planet of the ApesRupert Wyatt, USA/Hungary/UK/Australia/CanadaA spirited re-think of the 1968 original captures the vengeful madness of our times – confirmation that movies can be pop and still be art.Attack the BlockJoe Cornish, UK/FranceA ghetto action flick yet amazingly prescient about London’s long hot summer and perfect antidote to what Morrissey called “the Royal Dredding”.PaulGreg Mottola, USA/UK/JapanNick Frost and Simon Pegg come to America and find more fun and depth than ever before in our pop culture/sci-fi heritage.Film SocialismeJean-Luc Godard, Switzerland/FranceVisionary as ever, titled to note the passing of outmoded technology and philosophy.Reflections:You’d expect a major publishing boom about a film critic to be a heartening occasion. Think again: this year’s biography of Pauline Kael and a high-toned collection of her writing has, instead, revealed the sorry, fractious state of contemporary film commentary as critics bash her and her legacy. Yes, the Age of Movies has passed, as the title of Godard’s Film Socialisme slyly jests.Kael’s way of taking movies personally as a part of a humanist tradition is no longer apparent in the current stumbling into nihilism that pervades the festival circuit and passes for contemporary film culture. Movies that sustain humane values are ignored for political fads and negativity. When Cannes crowned Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, it was apparent that aesthetics judgment is over, too. It’s more difficult than ever to defend a personal view of cinema, as Godard surely knows. That’s why Kael’s bio has a Once Upon a Time aspect.
Armond WhiteNew York Post, USA
IncendiesDenis Villeneuve, Canada/France
A moving post-9/11 vision of our utter connectivity that simultaneously recalls Greek tragedy and the epic-intimate miracles of 70s American films.
Rise of the Planet of the ApesRupert Wyatt, USA/Hungary/UK/Australia/Canada
A spirited re-think of the 1968 original captures the vengeful madness of our times – confirmation that movies can be pop and still be art.
Attack the BlockJoe Cornish, UK/France
A ghetto action flick yet amazingly prescient about London’s long hot summer and perfect antidote to what Morrissey called “the Royal Dredding”.
PaulGreg Mottola, USA/UK/Japan
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg come to America and find more fun and depth than ever before in our pop culture/sci-fi heritage.
Film SocialismeJean-Luc Godard, Switzerland/France
Visionary as ever, titled to note the passing of outmoded technology and philosophy.
Reflections:You’d expect a major publishing boom about a film critic to be a heartening occasion. Think again: this year’s biography of Pauline Kael and a high-toned collection of her writing has, instead, revealed the sorry, fractious state of contemporary film commentary as critics bash her and her legacy. Yes, the Age of Movies has passed, as the title of Godard’s Film Socialisme slyly jests.
Kael’s way of taking movies personally as a part of a humanist tradition is no longer apparent in the current stumbling into nihilism that pervades the festival circuit and passes for contemporary film culture. Movies that sustain humane values are ignored for political fads and negativity. When Cannes crowned Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, it was apparent that aesthetics judgment is over, too. It’s more difficult than ever to defend a personal view of cinema, as Godard surely knows. That’s why Kael’s bio has a Once Upon a Time aspect.
― Tumblr Whites Off Earth Now!! (Sandbox Grisso-McCain), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
posted last week
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
I see now, but the comments weren't.
― Tumblr Whites Off Earth Now!! (Sandbox Grisso-McCain), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
What the hell is he on about? I'm sure Rex Reed has a Personal View of Cinema.
A spirited re-think of the 1968 original captures the vengeful madness of our times
do you WANT a latter-day prophet inveighing against the hypocrisies of our times?
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 01:02 (twelve years ago) link