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shadowkatOscar recap? I found the telecast remarkably hopeful. A marked contrast from 2016 and even 2017 in some respects.
* I was happy "Shape of Water" won. Even if I don't put much weight on these things. Films like that seldom win. I think it shows how the film academy is changing.
* We need less WWII movies. And I'm sorry, Winston Churchill isn't that hard to portray. I'd have been happier if the actor from Get Out had gotten it, whose name I can't spell.
* Frances McDormand's speech was amazing. "Inclusion Rider" is a rider that an actor can put on their contract requiring a studio or flim set to be inclusive of people of all races, genders, and sexual orientations in their films. So for instance? 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri had a diversified cast -- Peter Dinklage, African-Americans, a gay man, etc. Why? Because Frances McDormand, the wife of one of the Cohen brothers, has that rider in her contract.
Just think what the world would be like if we all did that? The books I've been writing include people of all kinds, mainly because that's my reality. My workplace has slowly become increasingly inclusive. The railroad and transit just implemented a policy that protects the rights of all genders, transgender, etc -- so that no one can discriminate against you based on how you dress or choose to express your identity.
* Also happy that Gullermo Del Toro won. He deserved it -- from the films that I saw, his was a true work of art, from a directorial perspective.
Co-worker was upset that Get Out didn't win, but I think co-worker may be slightly biased, mainly because he looks like the actor from Get Out and it was in a way an expression of his experiences.
That said, I'm also biased -- because I identified with Shape of Water and fell in love with it.
Which is why I tend to find these sorts of things rather silly.
However, I do agree with him in a way -- as much as I loved Shape of Water, Get Out is a film that changes film and how it is made. It is a ground-breaking film. It flipped tropes and subverted a genre. I felt the same way about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Wire, The Black Panther, MASH, Hill Street Blues, and The Good Place. But these types of things are seldom appreciated by mainstream critics and audiences and tend to get overlooked. People don't like change and works of art that question how we view the world and flip the view upside down and sideways, tend to be pushed to the side.
It's far too early for a film like Get Out to win. The fact that it was recognized and got best screenplay is huge in of itself.
* This is Me was robbed. I'm sorry, I saw the film Coco before the Oscars aired, literally two to three hours before, and Greatest Showman in Decemember, I remember This is ME, have heard it a lot and it stirs me. I can't remember "Remember Me" -- which yes, I know, is rather ironic in a way.
It's not a good song. Seriously. What were they thinking? We had Mystic River and This is Me to choose from.
* Best dress? Sandra Bullocks gold number. Although Nicole Kidman's was a close second. Both matched the set which looked like the inside of a quartz crystal or a set from Barbrarella, as Jane Fonda noted. I'd wear Sandra Bullocks -- it looked comfortable. No way in hell would I wear Kidman's.
* Can we stop nominating and making WWII films...there are other wars, seriously, WWII has been overdone. There is nothing new to say about it.
* Best commercial? In case you missed it? The Overlook Hotel Commercial that Aired During the Oscars
By far the most memorable and innovative commercial that I've seen to date.
* Best joke that isn't really a joke? Apparently Barbara Streisand really did clone her dog. I mentioned it to a co-worker who noted that some people just have too much money. Yep.
Apparently she has four dogs now. And you can only clone the look of the dog not the dog's soul, so it's not really the same dog. Confused? Yep, me too.
* Worst and most painful routine? The Star Wars cast...sigh. And every time Last Jedi was up for an editing award, I'd cringe. Just no. That has got to be the worst edited film that I've seen in a while. What are they thinking?
You do not nominate a film in desperate need of a good editor, where most of the people who saw it (aka not the diehard fans) got horribly lost, for editing. Visual effects, yes. Editing? No.
*Films I really want to see post Oscars?
- The Breadwinner
- Call Me By My Name
- I Tonya
- The Post
-The Florida Project
Pretty much seen the other ones that I wanted to see.
* I was happy "Shape of Water" won. Even if I don't put much weight on these things. Films like that seldom win. I think it shows how the film academy is changing.
* We need less WWII movies. And I'm sorry, Winston Churchill isn't that hard to portray. I'd have been happier if the actor from Get Out had gotten it, whose name I can't spell.
* Frances McDormand's speech was amazing. "Inclusion Rider" is a rider that an actor can put on their contract requiring a studio or flim set to be inclusive of people of all races, genders, and sexual orientations in their films. So for instance? 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri had a diversified cast -- Peter Dinklage, African-Americans, a gay man, etc. Why? Because Frances McDormand, the wife of one of the Cohen brothers, has that rider in her contract.
Just think what the world would be like if we all did that? The books I've been writing include people of all kinds, mainly because that's my reality. My workplace has slowly become increasingly inclusive. The railroad and transit just implemented a policy that protects the rights of all genders, transgender, etc -- so that no one can discriminate against you based on how you dress or choose to express your identity.
* Also happy that Gullermo Del Toro won. He deserved it -- from the films that I saw, his was a true work of art, from a directorial perspective.
Co-worker was upset that Get Out didn't win, but I think co-worker may be slightly biased, mainly because he looks like the actor from Get Out and it was in a way an expression of his experiences.
That said, I'm also biased -- because I identified with Shape of Water and fell in love with it.
Which is why I tend to find these sorts of things rather silly.
However, I do agree with him in a way -- as much as I loved Shape of Water, Get Out is a film that changes film and how it is made. It is a ground-breaking film. It flipped tropes and subverted a genre. I felt the same way about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Wire, The Black Panther, MASH, Hill Street Blues, and The Good Place. But these types of things are seldom appreciated by mainstream critics and audiences and tend to get overlooked. People don't like change and works of art that question how we view the world and flip the view upside down and sideways, tend to be pushed to the side.
It's far too early for a film like Get Out to win. The fact that it was recognized and got best screenplay is huge in of itself.
* This is Me was robbed. I'm sorry, I saw the film Coco before the Oscars aired, literally two to three hours before, and Greatest Showman in Decemember, I remember This is ME, have heard it a lot and it stirs me. I can't remember "Remember Me" -- which yes, I know, is rather ironic in a way.
It's not a good song. Seriously. What were they thinking? We had Mystic River and This is Me to choose from.
* Best dress? Sandra Bullocks gold number. Although Nicole Kidman's was a close second. Both matched the set which looked like the inside of a quartz crystal or a set from Barbrarella, as Jane Fonda noted. I'd wear Sandra Bullocks -- it looked comfortable. No way in hell would I wear Kidman's.
* Can we stop nominating and making WWII films...there are other wars, seriously, WWII has been overdone. There is nothing new to say about it.
* Best commercial? In case you missed it? The Overlook Hotel Commercial that Aired During the Oscars
By far the most memorable and innovative commercial that I've seen to date.
* Best joke that isn't really a joke? Apparently Barbara Streisand really did clone her dog. I mentioned it to a co-worker who noted that some people just have too much money. Yep.
I was so devastated by the loss of my dear Samantha, after 14 years together, that I just wanted to keep her with me in some way. It was easier to let Sammie go if I knew I could keep some part of her alive, something that came from her DNA. A friend had cloned his beloved dog, and I was very impressed with that dog. So Sammie’s doctor took some cells from inside her cheek and the skin on her tummy just before she died. And we sent those cells to ViaGen Pets in Texas. We weren’t even sure if the cells would take.
Meanwhile I missed Sammie so much that I went out and adopted a rescue dog. She was a little Maltipoo and I named her Sadie, after the first dog I ever owned, given to me by the cast of “Funny Girl” on my 22nd birthday.
Then I got a call from Sammie’s breeder, who said, “I know how upset you are. If you’re interested, I have this little puppy, the only one in the litter, and her mother’s name is Funny Girl.” It felt like fate, as if it was meant to be. How could I refuse that little girl? So I took her, too, and named her Miss Fanny.
Apparently she has four dogs now. And you can only clone the look of the dog not the dog's soul, so it's not really the same dog. Confused? Yep, me too.
* Worst and most painful routine? The Star Wars cast...sigh. And every time Last Jedi was up for an editing award, I'd cringe. Just no. That has got to be the worst edited film that I've seen in a while. What are they thinking?
You do not nominate a film in desperate need of a good editor, where most of the people who saw it (aka not the diehard fans) got horribly lost, for editing. Visual effects, yes. Editing? No.
*Films I really want to see post Oscars?
- The Breadwinner
- Call Me By My Name
- I Tonya
- The Post
-The Florida Project
Pretty much seen the other ones that I wanted to see.
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Date: 2018-03-07 01:16 am (UTC)Sam Rockwell was amazing in Galaxy Quest and Moon, so I was rooting for him despite the controversy surrounding his character. He's one of those great character actors who never gets noticed... who just got noticed.
Frances McDormand just rocks. Why doesn't she have MORE Oscars? (I need to see "Three Billboards," don't I?
Del Toro should have won for Pan's Labyrinth, but they gave it to him here. Fair enough.
Gary Oldman is a brilliant actor, but I will never understand the Academy's jones for Best Performance in Heavy Makeup. The best performance by an actor this year was Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out. I can't imagine anything else coming close.
Alison Janney! My Phineas and Fern/West Wing loving heart went pitapat. Then I was sad because Laurie Metcalf lost.
Coco was the only animated feature that belonged up there. ("Boss Baby"? Really?)
Dear Basketball: a movie by Kobe Bryant about the greatness of Kobe Bryant.
Did you see Keegan Michael Key's reaction when Jordan Peele won? Man almost hit the ceiling. Key&Peele 4eva!
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Date: 2018-03-07 02:05 am (UTC)One of my co-workers was rather annoyed by this development. I didn't get it -- of all the clips it was the least innovative or interesting. Sigh, awards shows, sigh.
Gary Oldman is a brilliant actor, but I will never understand the Academy's jones for Best Performance in Heavy Makeup. The best performance by an actor this year was Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out. I can't imagine anything else coming close.
Agreed. (Although according to the poster in one of the threads above Gary Oldman's performance may have single-handedly prevented WWIII, sigh if only movies were that powerful. They aren't. But hey, it would be nice.)
I would have given it to Daniel Kaluuya.
I need to see "Three Billboards," don't I?
Yes. Once you do, you will understand why Sam Rockwell won and was the obvious winner in that category. (I don't know what the controversy was about -- the character is weirdly redeemed in the film and it is a honest portrait of a lot of real people I've run across.)
Also, it has to be among Frances best performances.
She hasn't won more -- because she isn't in that many films. Did get the emmy for Olive Kitteridge, I think, and her first Oscar for Fargo.
The film is excellent.
I liked Shape of Water better.
Alison Janney! My Phineas and Fern/West Wing loving heart went pitapat. Then I was sad because Laurie Metcalf lost.
Mixed feelings. I haven't seen Janney's performance, did see Metcalf's which was admittedly awesome and the best thing in that movie.
Coco was the only animated feature that belonged up there. ("Boss Baby"? Really?)
Have you seen "The Breadwinner"? I may hold off until I see it.
Coco...disappointed me a little. The music was atrocious.
But the animation was clever and striking.