I couldn't stop thinking the same.
2012 Academy Awards show
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I couldn't stop thinking the same.
WoW! I had no idea that Glenn Close looked that much like Peter Cushing. Jolie looked like she was ready to play a Zombie in The Walking Dead.
Which only means a year of copy cat movies in B&W.
Scifi? Someone thinking they can make the next "Metropolis"
Action?
I am so happy The Artist won Best Picture and Jean Dujardin won Best Actor! It's such a wonderful and unique movie. Dujardin did such a terrific job.
And yay for Christopher Plummer as well. He was amazing in Beginners. Which is a lovely and interesting movie.
I still have to see Hugo, but I was already looking forward to that one.
And yay for Christopher Plummer as well. He was amazing in Beginners. Which is a lovely and interesting movie.
I still have to see Hugo, but I was already looking forward to that one.
I fail to see the downside. I'd rather see a flood of silent movies than a flood of lame-ass 3-D. And if someone manages to score a new Metropolis along the way, that would be fantastic.
Remember Hugo is technically a copycat of Avatar too. All those 3-D movies are. If Avatar hadn't done well at the box office and the Oscars, it would have been made in high-def 2-D. And for all we know might have won best picture last night.
I wouldn't worry, though. Both Schindler's List and Raging Bull were supposed to herald a return of B&W filmmaking and it didn't happen. Though the actor who won for The Artist last night, who the ladies adore, says he's only interested in making silent films in America. So if they want to see more of him without learning French (or how to read subtitles), there's gonna be more!
Interestingly, Hugo - like Avatar before it - was revealed as being an absolutely gorgeous film in 2-D in the clips shown last night. I'm sure the 2-D Blu-rays will sell a lot of copies (including one to me because I do want to see the film and I'm intrigued by the story; just not in 3-D).
Alex
I wouldn't say The Artist is a copy cat movie. It is inspired by the great old B&W movies yes, but it has a very original spin and modern feel to it.
3D was already being developed (and in use on some animated films); Avatar merely gave it the big push.
You actually think being in 3D affected its chances to win?
Thank goodness the Academy got rid of Ratner and Murphy and replaced them with Grazer and Crystal. Otherwise we might have gotten something inappropriate and offensive like, I dunno, a 60 year old white man in blackface or something.
That was a callback to Crystal's Saturday Night Live work in the '80s; his Sammy Davis Jr. sketch back then was one of the real-life Sammy's favorite things ever.
As I recall, Ben-Hur won a zillion Oscars--and was a remake.
Nothing new here. Remakes have been part of Hollywood since the silent era.
On other fronts, I was disappointed that Bridesmaids didn't take Best Original Screenplay. Kristin Wiig's acceptance speech would have been a lot more fun than Woody Allen's latest non-appearance . . . .
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Yes it is! I went to the last of the old movie palaces here (built in 1939) last night and saw it again. I took my sister who's wanted to see it, and she really enjoyed it. The crowd was probably about 20-30 people, but they loved it, as evidenced by the applause at the end.
This is really one of those movies that you have to take a chance on, and will be glad you did. It's just getting over that initial hump.
It's funny how the people who only go to see the blockbusters, or the big comedy\action\sci-fi\horror films complain that "Hollywood's run out of ideas". And yet it really hasn't. There's a lot of smaller movies that are doing very interesting stuff, and I've realized that I enjoy either these smaller movies or foreign movies more lately because they're just so much fresher. I know in 2010, my favorite movies were Black Dynamite and Moon (saw them on DVD). And I completed my Juenet collection with Amelie and A Very Long Engagement....both awesome movies.
I don't typically watch the Oscars (I recorded this year for The Artist noms), so I didn't realize how old Billy Crystal had gotten. I kept feeling like he was just wearing makeup for a skit that never got taken off. Really stood out for me the entire time.
Thank goodness the Academy got rid of Ratner and Murphy and replaced them with Grazer and Crystal. Otherwise we might have gotten something inappropriate and offensive like, I dunno, a 60 year old white man in blackface or something.
That was a callback to Crystal's Saturday Night Live work in the '80s; his Sammy Davis Jr. sketch back then was one of the real-life Sammy's favorite things ever.
Things that played 20-or more-years ago don't always work in a modern context.
Thank goodness the Academy got rid of Ratner and Murphy and replaced them with Grazer and Crystal. Otherwise we might have gotten something inappropriate and offensive like, I dunno, a 60 year old white man in blackface or something.
That was a callback to Crystal's Saturday Night Live work in the '80s; his Sammy Davis Jr. sketch back then was one of the real-life Sammy's favorite things ever.
Things that played 20-or more-years ago don't always work in a modern context.
Yeah. Blackface aside, you had to wonder what a Sammy Davis Jr. impression had do with the 2012 Academy Awards? Why not just do Liberace and Charo gags while you're at it? Talking about slamming that "74-85" demographic!
On the other hand, I did get a chuckle out of Brad Pitt waxing nostalgic about War of the Gargantuas. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that this is the first time that particular Japanese monster movie has ever been cited during the Oscars!
While I agree that broad generalizations like "Hollywood has run out of ideas" are generally without merit, I can't help but be tickled that of the four films you've singled out, none are technically "Hollywood" movies. Amelie and A Very Long Engagement are both French films, Moon is an independent British film, and Black Dynamite is an independent American film. None were produced by American studios (although their "classics" divisions were happy to lap three out of four of them up for American distribution).
Assuming this hasn't been covered: why was Harry Morgan not included in the IN MEMORIAM piece while Steve Jobs and Whitney Houston were? Morgan had plenty of decent film roles from the 40s through the 60s; he's hardly just a TV star. Whitney Houston: fantastic singer, but as for acting ability strictly on an Elvis Presley level. Steve Jobs? I'll admit his I-phones disrupt 90 percent of the films I watch, but other than a stint at Pixar, does that warrant a still-frame close-up?
It's Sidney Lumet I'll miss the most from this group.
Also, not showing James Earl Jones's entire tribute for his career Oscar was a bonehead move. It's true the Special Awards take more time than any one factor, but we're talking James Earl Jones here. Oprah Winfrey: great in BELOVED, insufferable in large doses.
Thank God they wrapped it up in 3 hours, five minutes this time anyway....
It's Sidney Lumet I'll miss the most from this group.
Also, not showing James Earl Jones's entire tribute for his career Oscar was a bonehead move. It's true the Special Awards take more time than any one factor, but we're talking James Earl Jones here. Oprah Winfrey: great in BELOVED, insufferable in large doses.
Thank God they wrapped it up in 3 hours, five minutes this time anyway....
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