discussion 95th Academy Awards

[Alyssa Edwards]

18 hours ago, Attitude said:

Can you imagine what that person would have said if the Chris Rock/Will Smith thing happened between two white men or worse, a white man would have slapped a black man on stage ?

I can.

"If a white guy would have done that, he would have been escorted out of the building or shot on the spot. He would have never won his Best Actor award a few minutes later, NEVER."

 

If you so hate this organization, how about you speak up loud and clear and identify yourself ? This person didn't even let their branch be known It seems like, to this person, this is quite an undeniably racist and bigoted academy, why not see yourself out of it ? f I thought they were, that's what I would do.

[Frozen99]

can someone explain to me how's tár not an award-bait-y movie?

 

On 1/30/2023 at 6:08 PM, Kylizzle said:

Awards bait movies don't have endings like TAR.  

the power-corrupted lead being diminished, feels pretty common for such movies, doesn't it?

 

i really enjoyed the movie, i love cate, she was captivating and i wasn't bored at all

the conducting scenes, the scheming.. i enjoyed the dog scene way too much

 

 

the monster hunter part, the joke about the crocodile AND the fact her name's actually Linda were the funniest parts

 

Edited January 31, 2023 by Frozen99

[Kylizzle]

14 minutes ago, Frozen99 said:

can someone explain to me how's tár not an award-bait-y movie?

 

the power-corrupted lead being diminished, feels pretty common for such movies, doesn't it?

 

i really enjoyed the movie, i love cate, she was captivating and i wasn't bored at all

the conducting scenes, the scheming.. i enjoyed the dog scene way too much

 

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the monster hunter part, the joke about the crocodile AND the fact her name's actually Linda were the funniest parts

 

All of these + the apartment for sale scene. Iconic. 

With that said, the weirdness of the movie and particularly the ending didn't feel bait-y like something like The Fabelmans. 

Edited January 31, 2023 by Kylizzle

[DanyelP23]

 

[Kylizzle]

3 minutes ago, DanyelP23 said:

 

When Gwyneth gets her Oscar revoked instead 

[Donquizote]

4 minutes ago, DanyelP23 said:

 

Great

[Frozen99]

3 minutes ago, Kylizzle said:

All of these + the apartment for sale scene. Iconic. 

With that said, the weirdness of the movie and particularly the ending didn't feel bait-y like something like The Fabelmans. 

the acordeon

 

for sure, not saying which movie is more bait-y, just that tár didn't feel like totally out of the box

 

still, yeoh > blanch

 

1 minute ago, DanyelP23 said:

 

[Kylizzle]

I still can't believe how mid To Leslie actually was to be causing all this conversation

[teresaguidice]

9 hours ago, its_britney_bitch said:

It definitely felt like we were ~supposed~ to side with her in that argument and be outraged that her words were twisted in that edited video (which was just… laughably bad)

you weren't supposed to side with anyone. it's morally grey. they're both right and both wrong.

 

the student's reservations about bach and lydia's initial point (that writing off bach's art entirely because of his moral failings might limit the student's grasp on the medium) both have merit. then you see her character's vindictiveness and relentless need to push her point beyond what's reasonable and intentionally try to humiliate this clearly nervous student essentially for sport, to feed her ego. but then the student, supposedly a warrior for moral clarity and social justice, reverts to calling her a misogynistic slur in response. 

 

and you weren't supposed to be "outraged" that her words were twisted in the video either. it's just an observation of the way that often in the heat of a public reckoning, both real and invented crimes can mix together in the discourse and it's hard to get clarity as an outside observer. 

 

i think you want the movie's intentions to be simpler than they are 

[kandicha]

yeah they’re probably just going to punish Frances Fisher (since she’s an Academy member and Mary McCormack isn’t) and tighten the rules for next year

 

Best Actress always giving mess, but at least it makes things more entertaining for us

[bluevelvetcrowbar]

20 minutes ago, DanyelP23 said:

 

The way a BIPOC actor probably would've been excommunicated if they pulled something remotely like this (and that's if they were even given a nom in the first place)   

Edited January 31, 2023 by bluevelvetcrowbar

[DONTYELLATME]

1 hour ago, Kylizzle said:

It's time to admit supporting and lead basically mean nothing. If you're a child actor, you're going in supporting even if you're in every scene like Hailee Steinfeld. You can win lead actor like Hopkins with 20 minutes of screen time.

Quvenzhané Wallis Getting into lead was pretty impressive now that I think about it.

[Kylizzle]

5 minutes ago, DONTYELLATME said:

Quvenzhané Wallis Getting into lead was pretty impressive now that I think about it.

There's no logic to it. She got into lead (rightfully) but Hailee Steinfeld and Tatum O'Neal were supporting. Anna Paquin won supporting as a lead. 

[fridayteenage]

There was no one she could hide behind, true grit, paper moon, and piano all had an established adult lead. Keisha castle hughes tried to go supporting which made ppl go 'so is the whale supposedly the lead'?

[Hector]

5 minutes ago, Kylizzle said:

There's no logic to it. She got into lead (rightfully) but Hailee Steinfeld and Tatum O'Neal were supporting. Anna Paquin won supporting as a lead. 

You could make an argument about Abigail Breslin & Jacob Tremblay put into supporting instead of lead too. 

[CaptainMusic]

4 minutes ago, fridayteenage said:

There was no one she could hide behind, true grit, paper moon, and piano all had an established adult lead. Keisha castle hughes tried to go supporting which made ppl go 'so is the whale supposedly the lead'?

 

 

One of the worst attempted cases of category fraud of all time.

[Kylizzle]

11 minutes ago, Hector said:

You could make an argument about Abigail Breslin & Jacob Tremblay put into supporting instead of lead too. 

It literally makes no sense. Tremblay could've gotten into lead actor that year.

[DONTYELLATME]

26 minutes ago, Kylizzle said:

There's no logic to it. She got into lead (rightfully) but Hailee Steinfeld and Tatum O'Neal were supporting. Anna Paquin won supporting as a lead. 

oh I know she was the lead and here's no one they could hide behind  ,its  just as a child getting into a lead category is impressive since the academy overlooks child performances most of the time. 

Edited January 31, 2023 by DONTYELLATME

[hausofdave]

Francis Fisher you’re time has come

[fridayteenage]

previous nominees who frauded in supporting actress this century, by % screentime:

60 Rooney Mara

56 Cate Blanchett

 

48 Emma Stone

47 Julia Roberts

40 Helen Hunt

 

39 Viola Davis

37 Olivia Colman

36 Rachel Weisz

35 Holly Hunter, Amy Adams

[wesleywalrus]

Say it with me: Cate Blanchett was a lead in Carol. Olivia Colman was a lead in The Favourite. 

[nostalgia]

#IStandWithAndrea #MichelleWilliamsIsOverParty

 

[fridayteenage]

3 minutes ago, wesleywalrus said:

Say it with me: Cate Blanchett was a lead in Carol. Olivia Colman was a lead in The Favourite. 

Yes this is universally known, it's their co leads who are frauds 

[Donquizote]

16 minutes ago, wesleywalrus said:

Say it with me: Cate Blanchett was a lead in Carol. Olivia Colman was a lead in The Favourite. 

Both performances are legendaric

[hausofdave]

hopefully Andrea gets booed and walk’d of shame at the ceremony for deliberately stealing Deadwyler’s nom