[DruulEmpire]

Amen, Eye.  I could watch it a hundred times -- and I've got a fair head start.

[Goldeneye]

Rolo Tomasi...

That movie is SO the shit.

[DruulEmpire]

Figures, doesn't it, that John Doe from Se7en and, far more to the point, Keyser Soze from The Usual Suspects gets to say "Rolo Tomasi" to Captain Smith as he dies?  You could have a Kevin Spacey Master Criminals Film Festival ...

[Goldeneye]

I didn't know that.  I've never seen Suspects and because my friend gave away  the ending to me like four years ago and I've been to pissed off to bother.  I decided I might as well go ahead though and it's in my NetFlix queue, somewhere way down.  Still pissed about that though.

[rtpoe]

Bumping rather than starting a new thread....

The nominees have been announced.

Does anyone care? 2011 was a rather average year for movies...

[pedonbio]

I spend time in December either going to movies or not. As studios make movies throughout the year, I think there is some gnome who asks himself whether the movie is good enough to get nominated or not. If it's good enough to get nominated *Cough* Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy*Cough*, it get held until December.

[Lesbian Bob]

I still don't understand why Charlize Theron wasn't nominated for one of the best and most unique performances.

[rtpoe]

She's already got one, you see....

The Academy looks at a lot of things, not necessarily just the performance in question. Which partly explains why Paul Newman didn't win real acting Oscar until after he was given a special lifetime achievement award.

And why I'm thinking Max von Sydow will get the Best Supporting Actor award this year. He's been making movies since before two of the other nominees were even born (heck, probably even before Jonah Hill's *parents* were born!), and given his age he might not get another chance to take home the gold statuette.

[pedonbio]

Michael Moore is trying to change the nomination process, at least for documentaries; I gather different categories have different selection methods. At least for documentaries they are nominated by giving five documentaries to seven members and having them rated on a five-point scale. The problem is that one, one-point vote takes a documentary out of consideration.

This year, for example, Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" didn't get nominated.

[rtpoe]

With all the hubbub and hullabaloo over a simple human error in the Best Picture award, people are looking for ways to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Benjamin Bannister has probably the simplest solution.

MAKE IT EASY TO READ THE DAMN CARDS

On the left, his mock-up of what Warren Beatty most likely saw when he opened the envelope. On the right, Bannister's proposed redesign.

1. Move the logo to the bottom; it's the least important thing on the card.
2. Put the award category at the top (and make it bigger) so it's the first thing anyone reads.
3. Make the winner the biggest thing on the card.

"Why Typography Matters — Especially At The Oscars"

Easy, right?

[TheZookie007]

Simple and good idea. Or, even better, don't rely on the TelePrompTer, or on the presenter's memory/vision: print out exactly what they should say on the card itself: "And the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress goes to Such-and-Such."

[TheZookie007]

One year after The Slap Heard 'Round the World, the 95th Annual Academy Awards will be aired on ABC, on Sunday, 12 March 2023.

Here's who I'll be rooting for:

Best Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers

Best Directing: Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Brendan Fraser (The Whale)

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
 
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Best Costume Design: Ruth Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Best Original Screenplay: Everything Everywhere All at Once — Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert

Best Adapted Screenplay: Top Gun: Maverick — Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks

and

Best Original Song: “Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyrics by Chandrabose

[rtpoe]

Has anyone else noticed that movies that cannot be categorized as anything other than science fiction* have been getting proper critical acclaim lately? The "multiverse" concept in EEAAO goes back at least as far as "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster (published in June 1934). Other recent SCIENCE FICTION films of note include Nope, The Martian, Inception, and The Shape of Water - well-received by everyone, and all clearly SF.

* If the movie were a book, what section would you find it in at your local bookstore?

[TheZookie007]

Has anyone else noticed that movies that cannot be categorized as anything other than science fiction* have been getting proper critical acclaim lately? The "multiverse" concept in EEAAO goes back at least as far as "Sidewise in Time" by Murray Leinster (published in June 1934). Other recent SCIENCE FICTION films of note include Nope, The Martian, Inception, and The Shape of Water - well-received by everyone, and all clearly SF.

* If the movie were a book, what section would you find it in at your local bookstore?

That's a great question. I will have to think about it.