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The Goddamn Oscars

Issun

Issun

Chumpy
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WisteriaHysteria said:
One thing the Oscars love doing is voting for the lifetime achievement award instead of what's actually on the ballot, so I'm not surprised.
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In his case I don't think that's what it was. He was genuinely deserving for that performance. Jamie Lee Curtis winning over Angela Bassett, Stephanie Hsu, Hong Chau and Kerry Condon, all of whom were better, seemed more along those lines and was the only win of the night that really irked me.

I do hope the Academy doesn't take EEAAO's win this year as a signal to push through some milquetoast bullshit next year.

Overall I'd say seeing 52 of the 54 nominated films enhanced the experience of watching the Oscars more than Kimmel's lame "jokes" dragged it down. And I saw a lot of incredible films.
 
Bongo

Bongo

excused from moderation duty
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Staff member
This Oscar guy often can't tell a best animated feature film from a hole in the ground, but he managed to choose right this year with Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio.
 
WisteriaHysteria

WisteriaHysteria

Bongo said:
This Oscar guy often can't tell a best animated feature film from a hole in the ground, but he managed to choose right this year with Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio.
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I'd be open to the idea that Pinocchio was the best animated feature among the nominees. This category is still a laughing stock emblematic of the laughing stock that is the academy as a whole.
 
Adrenaline

Adrenaline

Post Reader
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Issun said:
In his case I don't think that's what it was. He was genuinely deserving for that performance. Jamie Lee Curtis winning over Angela Bassett, Stephanie Hsu, Hong Chau and Kerry Condon, all of whom were better, seemed more along those lines and was the only win of the night that really irked me.
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Curtis is who he was talking about.
 
estragon

estragon

karzac said:
Quite enjoyed this ambivalent article about Everything Everywhere, which is a movie that I really enjoyed a lot, but was not my favourite movie of the year.
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Very good piece. Justin Chang is probably my favorite movie critic these days (here's his best of 2022 piece, for reference).

I also really enjoyed Chang's review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for its recent re-release in theaters.

If there’s a reason Yeoh and Zhang are so powerfully matched in “Crouching Tiger,” it’s that the tension between Shu Lien and Jen — not just as individuals but also as representatives of dueling generations and worldviews — takes organic shape through their conversations and fight scenes alike. The revelation of character through action is a foundational cinematic principle, but rarely has it been as eloquently demonstrated as in that over-the-rooftops chase scene. Even something as simple as a closeup of Shu Lien’s foot stomping down on Jen’s mid-battle tells the story of the film in miniature: One woman wants to take flight, but the other keeps dragging her back to earth. Your sympathies may be divided initially, but after a while, you start to wish that it could end another way: that Jen could latch onto Shu Lien and take her away, allowing them to escape not as enemies but as allies.

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And in the final moments, I think, Yeoh’s performance gives us an answer. It’s revealed in Shu Lien’s naked outpouring of emotion, as she realizes she’s finally lost something she never allowed herself to possess in the first place. Yeoh shows us a soul being laid bare, in all its desire, anguish and loss — and she makes you wonder why, for even a moment, any of it had to be hidden at all.
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