OT: Oscars Open Thread
February 25th, 2013 at 12:17 AM ^
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February 25th, 2013 at 12:01 AM ^
Ok Ebert
February 25th, 2013 at 12:10 AM ^
Silver Linings had a terrible final act (the parlay plot device was awful), the Master was beautiful to look at but should have switched the Hoffman's and Phoenix's roles, and was a hot mess narratively to boot, Django, I kind of agree with. But Argo was an excellent Hollywood movie. It did a great job blending humor, suspense, and real drama.
Now, there are a number of glaring innacuracies and ideological problems with it, particularly evident with Zero Dark Thirty's nomination, but as a work of film, it was excellent and held it's quality all the way through.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:10 AM ^
February 24th, 2013 at 11:59 PM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:00 AM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 1:06 AM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 9:07 AM ^
Edgy monologue worked for me. . . .The Lincoln joke seemed perfectly suited for Peter Griffin engaged in a heated argument at the Drunken Clam. . . . "Brian Fantana" hitting his face on the microphone is a reminder that "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" is due to be released this year. . . .
Jennifer Lawrence still looks good tripping on the steps leading to the stage, but that wasn’t a good move for Tiffany (Maybe she was channeling Anne Hathaway’s appearance on "Between Two Ferns: Oscar Buzz Edition."). . . . The Channing Tatum-Charlize Theron dance movie might be interesting. . . .
First time since 2006 that the six major awards (best acting, directing, picture) went to six different films. How often has that happened? . . . Shirley Bassey singing "Goldfinger" joins my list of all-time Oscar highlights. . . . Knowing that the song had no chance of winning an Oscar, as a thank you to Seth MacFarlane, couldn’t they have had Norah Jones singing "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" with Mark Wahlberg and Ted on stage with her long BEFORE Adele sang "Skyfall?" . . .
Would Scarlett Johanson’s song, "Before My Time," from the documentary "Chasing Ice" have worked as a soundtrack for the "In Memoriam" segment? . . . Speaking of which, bad move ignoring Andy Griffith’s performance in "A Face In The Crowd" and Alex Karras as Mongo in "Blazing Saddles" in the "In Memoriam" segment? . . . Doubt that I’d see "Unicorn Apocalypse: The Movie," but, like Daniel Day Lewis, I’d be interested in seeing Meryl Streep as "Lincoln." . . .
Although I haven’t seen the movie, I finally learned that "Life of Pi" is not 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510+ hours long.
February 25th, 2013 at 10:52 AM ^
The Walking Dead and the Oscars are two different shows......
February 25th, 2013 at 3:34 PM ^
It's more "The Voting Dead."
February 25th, 2013 at 3:47 PM ^
Holy shit. Seth McFarlane and the Oscars in general are receiving a lot of flack for *misogyny*. http://www.vulture.com/2013/02/why-seth-macfarlanes-misogyny-matters.ht…
http://www.buzzfeed.com/hillaryreinsberg/sexist-things-at-the-oscars
I just. I don't get it. People can't make jokes anymore. 50% of the population is immune from being joked about lest you expose yourself as a sexist pig.