oh c'mon, Morbs.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TWBHF24WL._SL500_SX190_CR0,0,190,246_.jpg
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
some of us are landlubbers
now I hafta see fucking Drive
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
so far the winners are classic NYFC picks.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
beloved Iron Lady, crusty but benign much-loved actor for supporting, crusty but benign director of documentary winner.
what nonclassic picks would you expect?
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
I was mainly thinking of the A.O. Scott review. I mean I thought it was a crisply efficient thriller, and it struck the right
i thought there was a lot of tell, a lot of bluster. the intro jeremy irons gets before we meet him - he's sharper than you, quicker than you, will blow up like that - kinda running counter to the guy we actually got, the kinda thinness that pervaded the rest of the thing. i see why it was important to have those guys & that story put up on screen but it felt perfunctory to me.
take shelter was intense, sure. just a little clunky to me, too direct, and then sorta freewheeling at the end
meryl woulda nailed the lady fwiw
― Never translate German (schlump), Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
wonder with what manner of death Armond is threatening Clooney and Dujardin voters.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
Wonder if he stumped for Sandler for best actress.
― Louis C.K. Williams (jaymc), Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
if he was still chair he could have Sandler MC the dinner
xp!
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
OK, I am done complaining about how uninteresting Brad Pitt is in Moneyball.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
(I say that because I suspect I won't be actually doing the Oscar articles on THND this year.)
at least TOL got mentioned.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
In this case, tho, it was smuggled in.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
Byron couldn't have said it more graciously.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
Killer to killer.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
You're too short for that gesture.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
p sure Pitt in ToL is best American male perf I've seen this year. They got one right!
I believe they are pushing him as Supporting for Oscars, hoping he will get 2 nominations.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
yeah Pitt is really really great in TOL, v. evocative of my own ex-Navy dad.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think we've heard the last of ToL today, unless they pull The Artist out of their ass.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
my dad was in the Navy. Not remotely Pittlike.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone seen A Separation?
― Louis C.K. Williams (jaymc), Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
We had this discussion in the regular ILX thread: no big star has bored me more in the last twenty years than Pitt, so two performances of this caliber in one year is an achievement of something or other.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
I guess I skipped his megaboring work.
yes, A Separation, v fine.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
When we get gay married, Alfred, I predict a happy 50 years of just reciting you know what.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
Really loved Pitt in TOL, for the record. Wish he was in the running for lead actor in that to head off his boring "I'm Brad Pitt" perf in dor dumbedownball.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
btw, minor awards are for such as the writer and director, since their function is merely to construct a tower so that the world can applaud a light which flashes on top of it.
Pitt is not uninteresting in Moneyball, just much less interesting than Billy Beane.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, somehow the Indie Spirit nominations snubbed Clooney in Descendants and Midnight in Paris for almost everything.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
well done, Indies!
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
ditto
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
There should be a new word for happiness!
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
clearing a spot at the piano bar here for you two.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
Some snowy night, in front of the fire.
Never thought I'd be typing this, but:
Clooney acting > Pitt not acting
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
For Payne, Clooney close-ups are like fellatio.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
NYFCC goes with Hazanavicius.
― Louis C.K. Williams (jaymc), Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
I saw plenty of emoting about on-base percentage. xxp
I fully approve of John C Reilly's Spirit nomination for Cedar Rapids, probably the funniest performance of the year. Their doc category also had room for The Interrupters and General Butt Naked:
http://www.spiritawards.com/nominee_category/best-documentary/
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I fully approve of John C Reilly's Spirit nomination for Cedar Rapids, probably the funniest performance of the year.
Word? I saw his name on the list and initially assumed the nomination was for Terri.
― Louis C.K. Williams (jaymc), Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
This is detrius thread's "blue moon" moment between you and me.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
you exaggerate!
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
we also agree on Pitt in ToL, for starters
Reilly was also the best thing in Terri and Carnage.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
And Tim and Eric.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
Can't make up my mind which one I'm going to hate more between The Artist or The Iron Lady.
Oh wait, I'll hate A Dangerous Method more than either.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
that last is a weird addition. Pissed at Cronenberg for picking real horror over the funhouse kind?
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
re The Artist, I wonder how many Guy Maddin films Rex Reed has seen.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
Pissed at Cronenberg for making boring movies instead of ones worth watching.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
And NYFCC just served you up some karma for that one, bitch.
Pissed at no tongue action between Fassbender and Viggo.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
Movie critics not knowing shit about baseball shockah. Also, what's your problem lately? xp
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
They have Animated and Cinematography yet to do...
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
Shortest pause ever in the Twitter feed to announced Lubezki for cinematography.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link