Page 158 of 176

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Sun January 07, 2024 11:23 pm
by tommy
I can't believe so many of you guys saw it

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Sun January 07, 2024 11:26 pm
by dad
Jorge wrote:Actually, you know what, I don't want to be in a conversation where I am defending anything about Air. It looks like shit and everybody involved in it should die
fair assessment.

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Sun January 07, 2024 11:46 pm
by VinylGuy
I saw Air at a packed theatre. It was really bland and boring. Mediocre at best. I did liked the 4.3 aspect ratio and the production design.

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 12:28 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 12:29 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 12:41 am
by Jorge
Totally

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 12:57 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 1:24 am
by spike
bill hader and ali wong are a pair?

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 1:45 am
by dad
spike wrote:bill hader and ali wong are a pair?
they’ve been a thing for a while.

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 1:46 am
by dad
the comedian hosting this year is not funny.

I’m sure they thought he’d be a safe bet to not go full Gervais on the crowd.

boring.

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 3:04 am
by VinylGuy
spike wrote:bill hader and ali wong are a pair?
I didn’t know that

The host was awful he really bombed. I’m happy for Beef and The Bear. Nice to see Nolan winning too

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 4:46 am
by Anders
Sorry to hear that. My wife and I went to see Jo Koy here in Oslo, and we loved his show.

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 4:49 am
by Anders

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 4:52 am
by Anders
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
Maestro (Netflix)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures) (WINNER)
Past Lives (A24)
The Zone of Interest (A24)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Air (Amazon MGM Studios)
American Fiction (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)
May December (Netflix)
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures) (WINNER)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 81166/amp/

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 5:04 am
by Anders
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/movi ... -list.html

“Succession,” which was up for the most awards on the television side, tied a record (with “Mad Men” and “The X-Files”) for the most wins in the best drama category — the series won for its second and third season in 2020 and 2022. And three of the show’s actors, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook and Matthew Macfadyen, took home awards.

“The Bear” and “Only Murders in the Building” were each nominated for five awards — “The Bear” received three and “Only Murders” was left empty-handed.

On the movies side, “Oppenheimer,” which received eight nominations, ended up with five awards, including for the top prize in drama. Cillian Murphy also won in the best actor, drama category and Christopher Nolan won for best director.

“Barbie,” which had the most movie nominations, only ended up with two awards — but it did beat out “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” in the new cinematic and box office achievement category..

Best Motion Picture, Drama

“Oppenheimer”

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

“Poor Things”

Best Motion Picture, Animated

“The Boy and the Heron”

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

“Barbie”

Best Motion Picture, Non-English Language

“Anatomy of a Fall”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Lily Gladstone, “Killers of the Flower Moon”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Emma Stone, “Poor Things”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Paul Giamatti, “The Holdovers”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture

Robert Downey Jr., “Oppenheimer”

Best Director, Motion Picture

Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, “Anatomy of a Fall”

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

Ludwig Göransson, “Oppenheimer”

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

“What Was I Made For?,” from “Barbie”

Best Television Series, Drama

“Succession”

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy

“The Bear”

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television

“Beef”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama

Sarah Snook, “Succession”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama

Kieran Culkin, “Succession”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy

Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Movie

Ali Wong, “Beef”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Steven Yeun, “Beef”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role

Elizabeth Debicki, “The Crown”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Supporting Role

Matthew Macfadyen, “Succession”

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

Ricky Gervais, “Ricky Gervais: Armageddon”

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 6:15 am
by Anders
Image

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 9:08 am
by dimejinky99
Cillian and the bear and cast getting recognised for being the best.
Good shouts from the globes.

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 9:31 am
by Anders
Imagine Oppenheimer and Cillian will be favorites to win at the Oscars as well.

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 10:46 am
by Anders
Oscar nominee predictions: https://variety.com/lists/2024-oscar-predictions/

Best Picture

“American Fiction” (MGM)
Cord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios, Ben LeClair
“Barbie” (Warner Bros.)
David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Robbie Brenner
“The Holdovers” (Focus Features)
Mark Johnson, Bill Block, David Hemingson
“Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures)
Dan Friedkin, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas, Daniel Lupi
“Maestro“ (Netflix)
Fred Berner, Bradley Cooper, Amy Durning, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg
“Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) ***
Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan
“Past Lives” (A24)
David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon
“Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures)
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures)
Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg
“The Zone of Interest” (A24)
Ewa Puszczynska, James Wilson

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?

Posted: Mon January 08, 2024 10:49 am
by Anders
https://www.oddschecker.com/awards/oscars/best-picture


1. Oppenheimer
2. Poor Things
3. Killers of the Flower Moon
4. The Holdovers
5. Barbie
6. Anatomy Of A Fall
7. American Fiction
8. Past Lives
9. Maestro
10. The Zone of Interest