Oscar Bait 2022 - 2023

Your Pretty Brains · Mar 1, 2023

M3G4N said:
I've just seen The Whale. Brendan deserves all the awards but it did kinda drag which I feel like that's what happens when you move a play into film. Some parts felt stagnant and it was also serving hammy acting in parts.

But the ending worked and I cried like a baby.

It's good to see Darren being good at making films again after the trash that was mother! and Noah.

I really need to watch this year's Oscar Bait, it sounds like. Haven't watched like... more than 6 movies this year I don't think. Not because I'm busy/have a life or anything, just because I've got an inertial resistance to doing anything at this point after work.

Anyway, point of post: thanks for the reminder about Mother! I keep meaning to watch it because the reactions it got online were outright bizarre. Like, people weren't angry about the movie, they were angry at its very structure, like there was something so fundamentaly wrong with the ending that it transcended normal expectations of what a "bad ending" is. Sometimes I'll go reach to Bing for it and then stop myself because I feel like I need to experience it.

LTG · Mar 1, 2023

I watched Causeway last night. A quiet drama with two solid performances. Nothing particularly special but good for Brian Tyree Henry.

Smooth Criminal · Mar 1, 2023

I just watched Banshees of Inishirin and it exceeded all expectations. A really understated and haunting story that stays with you. The gentle humour is positioned exactly right. Could not recommend it highly enough.

LTG · Mar 2, 2023

scottdisick94 · Mar 3, 2023

Just watched Close. Really good. Devastating.

Not a criticism because I’m not sure what they could’ve done to combat this, but could anyone else see the boys looking older or younger depending on the scene? They’re obviously at that age where they can look different literally week to week, I just thought it was funny that you could see which scenes were filmed at the beginning of the shoot and which were at the end. We’d move from one scene to the next and they suddenly looked a good few months younger.

Serg. · Mar 4, 2023

Finally managed to watch Women Talking and wow. The screenplay is amazing and I really do believe if Supporting Actress race wasn't so stacked this year one of them could've made it in. Everyone gave such incredible performances.

Now that I've watched all 10 Best Picture nominees this is my ranking

1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Tar
3. Banshees Of Inisherin
4. Women Talking
5. Triangle Of Sadness

6. All Quiet On The Western Front
7. The Fabelmans
8. Avatar: The Way Of Water

9. Top Gun: Maverick
10. Elvis

Alphableat · Mar 4, 2023

I still need to watch Avatar, Elvis (dreading, teebs), Fabelmans and Women Talking.

Found a cinema screening of Women Talking tomorrow, so I am trying to blast through the book today.

Mvnl · Mar 4, 2023

Went to check on Last.fm how others tagged Ariana's performance and it's not even in her most played songs for the last weeks???

johnoclock · Mar 4, 2023

Serg. said:
Finally managed to watch Women Talking and wow. The screenplay is amazing and I really do believe if Supporting Actress race wasn't so stacked this year one of them could've made it in. Everyone gave such incredible performances.

Now that I've watched all 10 Best Picture nominees this is my ranking

1. Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Tar
3. Banshees Of Inisherin
4. Women Talking
5. Triangle Of Sadness

6. All Quiet On The Western Front
7. The Fabelmans
8. Avatar: The Way Of Water

9. Top Gun: Maverick
10. Elvis

No one from Women Talking is in Best Supporting Actress race? That is absurd. Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley all deserve, not to mention the older women.

theelusivechanteuse · Mar 4, 2023

LTG said:

Ariana DeBose in her imperial era.

rdp · Mar 4, 2023

Laura Vanderbooben · Mar 5, 2023

Voting has begun, meaning it's the season for anonymous ballot hot takes! Of course just three random people is pretty meaningless, but it's fun (or horrifying) to see the thought process behind what they choose.

Picture (#1 ranking): Tar/Women Talking/either Tar or EEAAO
Director: all three for Field!
Actress: Blanchett/Yeoh or Blanchett/Riseborough NN
Actor: Farrell/Butler/Farrell
Supporting Actress: Curtis/Curtis/Bassett
Supporting Actor: Keoghan/Quan/Quan

WowWowWowWow · Mar 5, 2023

As an aside: I just went to look up the winners of the Independent Spirit Awards and … I mean, I love Abbott Elementary and I say give it all the awards, but can you really call a show produced and distributed by 20th, Warner Bros, and Disney an "independent" project?

scottdisick94 · Mar 5, 2023

We’ve had some tight races in the past, but if there was ever to be a tie in an acting category, surely this is the year with Cate and Michelle. Would love to somehow see them both take it.

LTG · Mar 5, 2023

scottdisick94 said:
We’ve had some tight races in the past, but if there was ever to be a tie in an acting category, surely this is the year with Cate and Michelle. Would love to somehow see them both take it.

Get Isabella Rossellini to present best actress and hope she gets to remake her mum’s iconic “it’s a tie”

Serg. · Mar 5, 2023

No ties. It's Michelle's solo win. It's about damn time WOC won Best Actress.

LTG · Mar 5, 2023

Serg. said:
No ties. It's Michelle's solo win. It's about damn time WOC won Best Actress.

Omg thought this was a Sheryl Lee Ralph in Abbott Elementary Michelle Williams bit.

Cake · Mar 5, 2023

Laura Vanderbooben said:
Voting has begun, meaning it's the season for anonymous ballot hot takes! Of course just three random people is pretty meaningless, but it's fun (or horrifying) to see the thought process behind what they choose.

Picture (#1 ranking): Tar/Women Talking/either Tar or EEAAO
Director: all three for Field!
Actress: Blanchett/Yeoh or Blanchett/Riseborough NN
Actor: Farrell/Butler/Farrell
Supporting Actress: Curtis/Curtis/Bassett
Supporting Actor: Keoghan/Quan/Quan

Sure, just 3 random voter takes, but the way there seems to be passion for JLC… I… can’t. Not for this role anyway.

Aidan · Mar 5, 2023

The Hollywood Reporter’s awards expert is expecting Jamie Lee to win Best Supporting Actress.

popdorian · Mar 5, 2023

scottdisick94 said:
Just watched Close. Really good. Devastating.

Not a criticism because I’m not sure what they could’ve done to combat this, but could anyone else see the boys looking older or younger depending on the scene? They’re obviously at that age where they can look different literally week to week, I just thought it was funny that you could see which scenes were filmed at the beginning of the shoot and which were at the end. We’d move from one scene to the next and they suddenly looked a good few months younger.

So glad I caught this, it's so well done and heartbreaking. There's definitely bits filmed a few months apart, I didn't pick up on it but was the first thing my partner said.