Talk About Movies: Part 4
Somehow threads merged, so here's part 4 of our ongoing movie discussion.
Pretty clean Oscar ceremony, no real gaffs but also nothing too noteworthy either. Cena bit was funny. I missed the In Memoriam so not sure if that was done well or not.
When American Fiction won best adapted the slim chance of it not being an Oppenheimer night seemed a bit more plausible, but then nope. Not many surprises.
Pacino kind of ruined the moment. They need to do away with legendary icons for Best Picture and just let the host, or someone more with it handle the duty.
Gosling stole the show though. His performance was great.
Gosling is a god among men
Missed it. I usually like to watch. Maybe I can find a replay
gosling really good in the believer.
well guess that kinda goes without saying as really can't think of anything he wasn't great in.
absolutely love lars and the real girl and fracture and nice guys are tons of fun.
Half Nelson, great Gosling flick.
Btw, Pacino was not supposed to repeat the best picture nominees. Just read the winner
Didn't watch last night but did see a couple clips. Why the hell did they have actors reading tributes to other actors?
There's no need to read out every name of best picture nominees. I think people know who is nominated at that point.
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I didn't watch the show but saw some clips on YouTube and good lord the whole bit with the past winners verbally jerking off the nominees was so cringe.
pretty incredible they managed to make the show even more of a giant circle jerk how out of touch can they get?
Just wait for next year. I didn’t watch it either, haven’t in years. But it’s always entertaining to read about all the fuss and hoopla and how self important the academy has become.
It’s just movies and actors and producers and etc. The personal that keep your local sewer system running correctly are a million times more useful and important.
Ok, Che Guevera
I did think it was askew that during the death segment, they showed a Entertainment Attorney as being a significant loss to the Academy's Market.
I looked up to check when Cormac McCarthy died and discovered he was born in my hometown, Providence, RI.
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Didn't like the In Memoriam segment, but only because of the song.
If I understand correctly, Con te partiro is a song about two lovers parting ways after a tryst, with the implication that they'll be getting back together--it's time to say goodbye (for now).
If I've got that wrong, then never mind.
Agree with the idea that the best actress/actor intros were a total circle jerk.
if I was al pacino and my only oscar was for scent of a woman I also wouldn't take that **** serious
gosling really good in the believer.
well guess that kinda goes without saying as really can't think of anything he wasn't great in.
absolutely love lars and the real girl and fracture and nice guys are tons of fun.
The bolded is one of my favorite movies of the 2010s. Probably my favorite Gosling and Crowe performance, LA Confidential aside.
Just wait for next year. I didn’t watch it either, haven’t in years. But it’s always entertaining to read about all the fuss and hoopla and how self important the academy has become.
It’s just movies and actors and producers and etc. The personal that keep your local sewer system running correctly are a million times more useful and important.
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I consider myself pretty liberal, but I'm beginning to suspect I'm not when I read articles about how the nominations for Academy Awards need more diversity and more diverse winners.
Maybe I'm just old and cranky, but should there be quotas? That seems to be what some critics are calling for.
As if Academy Award nominations (and the winners) are a true measure of quality anyway.
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I consider myself pretty liberal, but I'm beginning to suspect I'm not when I read articles about how the nominations for Academy Awards need more diversity and more diverse winners.
Maybe I'm just old and cranky, but should there be quotas? That seems to be what some critics are calling for.
As if Academy Award nominations (and the winners) are a true measure of quality anyway.
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A difference has opened between 'liberal' and 'progressive'. The latter's ideology has some reasonable points but is frequently incoherent.
I consider myself pretty liberal, but I'm beginning to suspect I'm not when I read articles about how the nominations for Academy Awards need more diversity and more diverse winners.
Maybe I'm just old and cranky, but should there be quotas? That seems to be what some critics are calling for.
As if Academy Award nominations (and the winners) are a true measure of quality anyway.
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The Oscars and Hollywood in general are ridiculous.
https://www.oscars.org/oscars/rules-elig...
