Happy Oscars day, everyone! I, and probably most on this board, would love to see Michael B. Jordan snag the trophy, even though Timothee Chalamet is the front-runner and look forward to Conan O'Brien hosting.

3 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:

Happy Oscars day, everyone! I, and probably most on this board, would love to see Michael B. Jordan snag the trophy, even though Timothee Chalamet is the front-runner and look forward to Conan O'Brien hosting.

Chalamet is the front-runner!? WTF H'wood!

19 minutes ago, Khan said:

Chalamet is the front-runner!? WTF H'wood!

Yes, but I would say the wonderful Jessie Buckley for Hamnet is the only real lock of the acting categories.

38 minutes ago, Khan said:

Chalamet is the front-runner!? WTF H'wood!

He hasn't been for weeks, if he ever was. Him losing the BAFTA was the big sign. He's not well-liked, and that matters. You can see it in the ridiculous response to him pointing out that most people don't go to the ballet or the opera.

MBJ is the current favorite, but there's been enough of a racist backlash against him that I wouldn't be shocked if Ethan Hawke wins.

I think Marty Supreme is very good and Timmy is very talented, but he screwed himself in the last week or so with those silly comments and he'll deserve it if he loses for it. I've been rooting for OBAA and Sinners for a long time - I think OBAA is PTA's best and most substantial film since Phantom Thread, and less of a piss-take than some of his other recent ones I liked but found lighter - so I'll be happy if they take a lot of it (and Rose Byrne for Legs). Hamnet has some lovely performances and beautiful direction, I adore Jessie Buckley, Mescal is great and little Jacobi Jupe was stunning too, but the second half is classic calculated Weinstein/Miramax Oscar bait straight out of the '90s, heavy on thudding schmaltz, and so I found a lot of the latter portion of the film tedious. Billy Shakes improvising To Be or Not to Be like beat poetry on the docks was giving Good Will Hunting's more memed moments.

I am very happy for Amy Madigan tonight, even if I think it should've gone to Teyana or Wunmi Mosaku. Madigan has been a strong powerhouse and underrated stalwart for films even in leaner years, particularly the often forgotten, oats & dust indies of the '80s and other genre pictures where she first made her name. Weapons is not entirely the sum of its parts for me unlike Barbarian, but it has wonderful work from her, Julia Garner, Brolin, Austin Abrams and little Cary Christopher from Days. So I'll be glad for her win as is.

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1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

He hasn't been for weeks, if he ever was. Him losing the BAFTA was the big sign. He's not well-liked, and that matters. You can see it in the ridiculous response to him pointing out that most people don't go to the ballet or the opera.

MBJ is the current favorite, but there's been enough of a racist backlash against him that I wouldn't be shocked if Ethan Hawke wins.

Have to see Marty Supreme. Still haven't found the time. I like him in all his other roles. I found most of the reactions (not all) to what he said... unhinged. He said what he said... I don't agree with him, but I'm not going to have a mental breakdown on the internet about it... like so many people did. I honestly had to block one theatre actress/ex-acquaintance who kept writing these ugly hate posts about him on her wall after he said what he said. She really went into full blown hysteria... Just my opinion, but trying to COMPLETELY cancel the guy for what he said... was a stretch. But I can't change what people think, I can just block them and ignore. I will still watch the movie and see for myself if he was good in it or not (he probably is).

2 minutes ago, Maxim said:

Have to see Marty Supreme. Still haven't found the time. I like him in all his other roles. I found most of the reactions (not all) to what he said... unhinged. He said what he said... I don't agree with him, but I'm not going to have a mental breakdown on the internet about it... like so many people did. I honestly had to block one theatre actress/ex-acquaintance who kept writing these ugly hate posts about him on her wall after he said what he said. She really went into full blown hysteria... Just my opinion, but trying to COMPLETELY cancel the guy for what he said... was a stretch. But I can't change what people think, I can just block them and ignore. I will still watch the movie and see for myself if he was good in it or not (he probably is).

He does have a big ego, but the ballet and the opera are in a very bad way and there's a good chance theaters will go the same way. You'd think Spielberg, who is a big part of why art left films due to stuff like Jaws, would know what he means, but many just wanted to take a pop because everyone loves trends and bandwagons.

29 minutes ago, Vee said:

I am very happy for Amy Madigan tonight, even if I think it should've gone to Teyana or Wunmi Mosaku. Madigan has been a strong powerhouse and underrated stalwart for films even in leaner years, particularly the often forgotten, oats & dust indies of the '80s and other genre pictures where she first made her name. Weapons is not entirely the sum of its parts for me unlike Barbarian, but it has wonderful work from her, Julia Garner, Brolin, Austin Abrams and little Cary Christopher from Days. So I'll be glad for her win as is.

I've seen a great deal of anger over her win, comparing her to Jamie Lee Curtis, and so on. I don't give a damn. I'm happy for Amy, for Field of Dreams and Uncle Buck, and so much else.

14 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

I've seen a great deal of anger over her win, comparing her to Jamie Lee Curtis, and so on.

Oh, who cares. They both are great actors and while I love Jamie Lee warts and all Amy actually deserved the nod for this one. (Jamie should've won for Halloween 2018 but I digress)

I need to revisit Alamo Bay which Amy did with her husband in the 80s. I do love her in The Dark Half and Field of Dreams, etc. She made a point to shout out Walter Hill on another red carpet recently, for letting her play the scripted male part in Streets of Fire and giving her her start.

I'm glad that Ryan Coogler won Best Original Screenplay for Sinners. I hope that movie wins some more awards tonight.

Also, the In Memorial Segment was very touching and a poignant reminder of how many legends we lost this year. So many that some of them received their own segments within the segment. The tribute in the beginning for Rob and Michelle Reiner was very touching. Especially when you saw a lot of the movie stars whose lives he's touched/impacted standing united for them on the stage. I thought that was a very emotional moment. I also liked seeing the way others like Diane Keaton and Robert Redford were honored. It was nice seeing Barbara Streisand show up to honor him.

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The (well deserved) cinematography winner for Sinners was really bending Demi's ear before and after accepting her award. I like to think she was praising her to the high heavens for The Substance, which Demi was really robbed for even if the movie was largely just silly fun.

I would've been very happy for Delroy Lindo to win (at least as much for Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods if not for his big monologues in Sinners) but I think Sinners is going to wreck shop tonight (and well deserved) and I am fine with Penn taking it, even if I would've preferred Teyana and Benicio for OBAA. What Del Toro brought to OBAA BTS in his key sequences cannot be overstated beyond just his acting performance - it's an entire massive swath of the film and its messaging that he helped mastermind.

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