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Post by bobtheinquisitor on Mar 13, 2023 13:26:14 GMT -5
Looks like EEAAO cleaned up, which makes me very happy. And Brendan Fraser!
Jimmy Kimmel managed to walk the line between breezy and safe and some actually funny roasting of attendees. He’s no Billy Crystal, but better than any other recent host.
Was anyone else interested?
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Post by maddocgrotsnik on Mar 14, 2023 5:47:40 GMT -5
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Post by nfe on Mar 14, 2023 6:28:28 GMT -5
I've not seen any of it and haven't raked through the awards but glad to see Everything Everywhere and its cast do so well.
I dunno how comfortable I am with best makeup going to a fat suit. It looks very convincing (especially compared to the usual ones) but it's still using makeup to make someone look a way you could have just hired a more appropriate person for, so it sits a bit weird with me.
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Post by easye on Mar 14, 2023 10:06:06 GMT -5
Did not follow it at all this year.
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Post by pacific on Mar 14, 2023 10:33:03 GMT -5
I wonder if Christian Bale looked at the Brendan Fraser fat-suit and did a massive self-face-palm!
It felt a bit like the usual Hollywood congratulating itself this year, with both EEAAO and The Whale. Meanwhile, the films that a lot of people within the industry are saying have helped save that industry (Top Gun and Avatar) got almost nothing.
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Post by bobtheinquisitor on Mar 14, 2023 11:31:51 GMT -5
I wonder if Christian Bale looked at the Brendan Fraser fat-suit and did a massive self-face-palm! It felt a bit like the usual Hollywood congratulating itself this year, with both EEAAO and The Whale. Meanwhile, the films that a lot of people within the industry are saying have helped save that industry (Top Gun and Avatar) got almost nothing. EEAAO was a Sci Fi film and a crowd pleaser. If Tar or Banshees had won, I’d agree with you, but an actually popular film that was fun to watch winning? That’s a good thing. Top Gun got recognition. The one category it got snubbed in was cinematography, which may be due to a dispute over where cinematography ends and special effects begin. Avatar made a lot of money, but it wasn’t a great movie, even for a $billion grosser. Black Panther got some recognition, and as weak as it may have been it was more deserving than Avatar. EEAAO is a movie that appealed to younger audiences and more diverse audiences. It took risks and broke out of the usual Oscar bait traps. It deserved to win. And its win made the Oscar’s more relevant than they have been in a decade. |
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Post by Least censored on the planet! on Mar 14, 2023 11:51:43 GMT -5
The Ukrainians I follow on Twitter are NOT happy with the documentary on Navalny getting an Oscar.
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Post by pacific on Mar 16, 2023 7:05:13 GMT -5
I wonder if Christian Bale looked at the Brendan Fraser fat-suit and did a massive self-face-palm! It felt a bit like the usual Hollywood congratulating itself this year, with both EEAAO and The Whale. Meanwhile, the films that a lot of people within the industry are saying have helped save that industry (Top Gun and Avatar) got almost nothing. EEAAO was a Sci Fi film and a crowd pleaser. If Tar or Banshees had won, I’d agree with you, but an actually popular film that was fun to watch winning? That’s a good thing. Top Gun got recognition. The one category it got snubbed in was cinematography, which may be due to a dispute over where cinematography ends and special effects begin. Avatar made a lot of money, but it wasn’t a great movie, even for a $billion grosser. Black Panther got some recognition, and as weak as it may have been it was more deserving than Avatar. EEAAO is a movie that appealed to younger audiences and more diverse audiences. It took risks and broke out of the usual Oscar bait traps. It deserved to win. And its win made the Oscar’s more relevant than they have been in a decade. I disagree with much of that, but then I suppose that is the nature of these things.  Was surprised All Quiet on the Western Front got as much recognition as it did, it certainly wasn't a bad film and was very emotionally charged, but I much preferred 1917 (I note that also won the cinematography Oscar a few years ago, although the filming was remarkable). The vast majority of Maverick was practically filmed, the program about the making of it that came on the home release is really interesting. Essentially one of the most powerful men in Hollywood got access to the Navy and their aircraft that absolutely no-one else could have got, got actors to go through something that again no-one else could have made happen, and it the results were absolutely breathtaking. It's quite possible that we might never see anything like it again filmed practically, at least until Maverick's son get's introduced for Top Gun 3. So, in that respect, it probably deserved the recognition. At the screening I attended you could practically hear the audience holding their breath during the sequence when Tom is doing the practice run towards the end of the film (and there is no music, just the sound of him trying to breathe). Absolutely remarkable piece of film making. |
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