The show is assembled from taped scenes out of order and the episodes recreated like a puzzle. So B and C stories, and ones not featuring pets or Frank’s personal favorites at that time, get dropped for weeks sometimes, or get shoehorned in as an afterthought. It did not used to be so obvious, and it is slightly better at times now. But it’s been a pattern for awhile now.
As has a bored Valentini interrupting the flow of stories and changing almost everything quickly, dropping months of plots/couples and often never returning to them. The fast pace they were running on when Rory arrived as the recast really covered the seams a lot too, but something changed with the Ronnie story and Britt return as far as momentum, so we are seeing more of the cracks in the way they assemble the show.
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titan1978 ·
I'll post the awards/top lists from various sources in this thread. Also, please do not discuss in detail about movies in this thread.
First off:
http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_articl...d=1983&cs=1
National Board of Review
Film: "Slumdog Millionaire"
Director: David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Actor: Clint Eastwood, "Gran Torino"
Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married"
Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, "Milk"
Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Foreign Language Film: "Mongol"
Documentary: "Man On Wire"
Animated Feature: "Wall-E"
Ensemble Cast: "Doubt"
Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Viola Davis, "Doubt"
Directorial Debut: Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River"
Original Screenplay: Nick Schenk, "Gran Torino"
Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Eric Roth, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Spotlight Award: Melissa Leo, "Frozen River"
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor"
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression: "Trumbo"
TOP TEN FILMS
"Burn After Reading"
"Changeling"
"The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Defiance"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Gran Torino"
"Milk"
"Wall-E"
"The Wrestler"
TOP FIVE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS
Edge Of Heaven
Let The Right One In
Roman De Guerre
A Secret
Waltz With Bashir
TOP FIVE DOCUMENTARY FILMS
American Teen
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Dear Zachary
Encounters At The End Of The World
Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired
WILLIAM K. EVERSON FILM HISTORY AWARD:
Molly Haskell And Andrew Sarris