Spike Lee is a total bitch.
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Spike Lee is a total bitch.
Congratulations, Mike! I counted my score as 12, but I'll check again later.
I usually get tripped up by the sound categories, but the screenplay ones threw me this year, too. It seemed like many of the categories were pretty wide open. This is the worst I've ever done in the contest. :(
Overall, I thought it was a good show. I really didn't mind not having a host. I thought it moved things along and helped the pacing of the show a lot.
Alright a couple of thoughts on the Oscars:
- Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper had eye sex on stage and we were all there to witness it.
- I haven't seen enough of the BP nominees this year to make a proper assessment on whether or not Green Book deserved it; need to seek out and watch all the nominees.
- 5 of the last 6 Best Director winners have been Mexican (Innaritu, Cuaron, Del Toro) - Viva Mexico cabrones!
- The political pandering is getting tiresome - can we just get back to celebrating movies?
- I feel dread when I see winners pull out a list of random names to thank. Heartfelt, anecdotal speeches like the one's Lady Gaga and Regina King did are much more powerful and enticing.
I'll think of more later. Overall a decent show; the No-Host didn't hurt the awards as much as I thought it would.
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Agreed 100%. Then there were some who had papers but STILL were rambling and unprepared (I mean, Public Speaking 101: practice and time your speech so you know how long it'll take you!). Colman's was the best of the night for pure "realness" and her genuine excitement.
And you would think these people are experts on timing and shit when it comes to reading off a piece of paper, but holy shit some of these cats ran on and on and on.
Agreed, Colman's was one of my favorite speeches of the night. That was genuine emotion right there.
I really enjoyed the show. No host means it goes faster. No need for those silly numbers and stunts. With all the controversies the actual show was really good, I thought. I didn't do as well as I'd hoped in the contest, but I largely stand by my choices.
I was happy with the show. I like surprises, even if they cost me. Oliva Colman is like that all the time - I watch Graham Norton and she is a frequent guest. Can't wait til she's back on as an Oscar winner. I say no more hosts - keep it moving and it doesn't feel like 3 hrs +.
OK, Oscars over, must be time for...March Madness!!!
Yeah, I'm fine with never having a host again, too. No host means the focus is on everyone rather than one person. And you're right. It didn't feel 3+ hours, unlike previous years.
Wait a minute, what's this about Spike Lee storming off after Green Book won BP?!
Fucking cry baby.
Thanks, Ricky! You're right, I messed up your score. You have 12. Sorry. :(
The moment with Gaga and Cooper was kind of awkward, I thought I should look away at one point. I actually didn't think there was a lot of political stuff at all. I don't remember hearing a ton of Anti-Trump rhetoric.
It's a shame Lee has to act like that. It's embarrassing. What bothers me is it's stuff like that that fuels racists. They will just point and say, "See how they act?" I know it's controversial to say, but you have to be better than that so these fucking assholes can't say shit.
Anyway, I enjoyed the show, but without a host if felt like something was missing. I feel like you need someone to tie the threads of the show together. Make a callback joke or reference something that happened earlier. I'm surprised so many of you are saying they don't need the host. It's true, the show really flew by though.
I don't know about anybody else, but early in the show I thought they were having some pretty bad sound issues. I could barely hear the orchestra.
I was happy to see Colman win. I really loved her performance in The Favourite. I actually almost switched my pick to her at the last second.
I thought it was great that the Academy seemed to spread things around pretty nicely. The new blood of the Academy have certainly opened things up to a more diverse group of nominees, but the other thing they have done is put an end to the old way of doing certain things. An example is Colman's win. The past Academy voters would have given it to Glenn Close as a lifetime achievement award. The other example is RBG losing to Free Solo. They chose to honor a beautiful looking film over a more timely documentary. That's a positive trend I think.
I have no problem with Green Book winning. It's a highly enjoyable film that hits all the right beats. It's the kind of film you can show to anyone and they will at the very least enjoy it. It's funny watching people start complaining about its win. You can't please everyone. Oh well.
End of Oscar season is always weird. I feel like we've spent months watching movies, debating and predicting and then just like a click from Thanos' fingers, it's over.
The good news is that the world of film springs eternal and it won't be long until we start identifying films as Oscar contenders. In fact, some of my favorite films of 2018 were released in the first half of the year (Annihilation, Eighth Grade, You Were Never Really Here, Hereditary)
Past results:
2010 results
Heather - 15
Servant - 14
Turtlex - 14
Cody - 8
Seymour - 8
Odetta - 4
2011 results
Heather - 17
Servant - 15
Path - 14
Mattrick - 14
Ricky - 12
Merlin - 11
Feev - 8
2012 results
Servant - 14
Heather - 14
Ricky - 14
Stockerlone - 12
Shannon - 11
Thorin- 10
Mattrick - 9
Feev - 8
Garrell - 8
Odetta - 5
Mystima - 4
2013 results
Heather - 20
Servant - 17
Ricky - 15
Matt - 14
Stockerlone - 13
Feev - 12
Mae - 10
2014 results
Heather - 22
Ricky - 20
Servant - 19
Randall - 16
Mae - 13
Matt - 10
Mystima - 10
Merlin - 7
Stockerlone - 6
2015 results
T-Dogz - 20
George Monkey - 19
Lurker - 19
Ricky - 18
Servant - 17
Feev - 17
Heather - 15
Shannon - 15
Mae - 13
Stocker - 9
Matt - 6
2016 results
Heather - 17 (winner by tiebreaker - Mad Max 6)
Servant - 17
Mae - 16
T-Dogz - 16
Ricky - 15
Matt - 15
Lurker - 14
Stocker - 8
2017 results
TDogz - 16 (winner by tiebreaker)
Doc Z - 16
Tommy - 16
Ricky - 15
Lurker - 15
Servant - 15
Heather - 14
Mae -14
Matt - 13
RF - 13
Stocker - 8
Merlin - 7
2018 results
Randall Flagg - 21 (Tiebreaker - The Shape of Water 4) Co-winner
Lurker - 21 (Tiebreaker - The Shape of Water 4) Co-winner
T-Dogz - 20
Servant - 20
Matt - 19
Mae - 19
Heather - 17
John Huerta - 16
Ricky -13
Doctor Zaius - 10
2019 results
Servant - 18
Lurker - 15
Matt - 15
T-Dogz - 15
Mae - 14
Heather - 13
Ricky - 12
Garrell -12
Randall - 9
Stocker - 6
It's funny everyone's mentioning the Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga thing and while they do have great (some say too great) chemistry together, the first thing I thought during the performance was that it's the way it was shot and chosen to be portrayed that made it come off as the two of them being romantically involved. The sweeping camera movements, the tight close-ups, the staging of them during their performance...it all seemed very deliberately chosen. Then I saw today that it was Bradley that chose the staging of the performance so, although the two of them have great chemistry together (how could they not after filming A Star Is Born?), I really think it's Bradley's directing of the performance that gave it that intimate quality. I mean, think of how different and distant it would've felt if the performance/they were in a wide shot, dead center of the stage.
And that's way more than I ever thought I'd write about Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.
Well I did better than I expected considering I didn't give much thought to my picks this year. And I actually enjoyed the show way more than I thought I would. I didn't mind them not having a host at all. It seemed to fly by that way, and move the awards along at a faster pace. I guess I really need to watch some of these movies now. And did Spike Lee really just run off, that's crazy if he did. At least his movie won something so he should be happy about that.
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I think you're right. It was definitely filmed in a way that it seemed very intimate. Didn't know that was Bradley's decision, but hey it was a good choice because people can't stop talking about it.
Also forgot to mention how annoyed I am that First Man won Best Special Effects over Black Panther and Infinity War.
What a freaking joke.
I had a feeling it would. They were very subtle because it's a realistic story, and they didn't need a 9-foot tall alien, but the effects were exceptional in First Man. Infinity War, other than Thanos, had your average superhero effects everyone has seen a hundred times.
Just the conception of Thanos himself should have been enough to get them the Oscar. They used groundbreaking technology to enable the directors to center the film around a villain that was completely CGI, and you would often forget he was even computer generated. Thanos was the main character of Infinity War so them deciding to go the CGI route was a colossal gamble that paid off.
Thanos will stand the test of time as one of cinemas most memorable villains. There is nothing memorable about First Man.
Ah yes you're right. Musta mixed it up with the redundant Sound awards.