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Post by Toasted Cheese on Feb 25, 2019 8:47:38 GMT
Driving Mr Daisy was a f-king boring over-rated film. This one was funny and intelligent with a lots of heart plus plenty suspense. Other than one person driving another of a different race in a racially charged environment, nothing else similar between the two movies. was insipid and made for old ladies. Green Book had more oomph and spunk to it.
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Post by gbone on Feb 25, 2019 12:58:40 GMT
lol. It makes me feel good to that Green Book triggered so many people  Apparently Spike Lee was pissed and nearly walked out of theatre as well. And turned his back to the stage during their victory speech. Stay classless, prick!
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Post by bd74 on Feb 25, 2019 18:29:40 GMT
Poor Glenn Close, I feel so bad for her. I'm still shellshocked that she lost. I don't think she'll ever get nominated for an Oscar again. 7 years went by between this nomination and her previous one. And before that nomination, 23 years had gone by. It's so sad. Such a legendary actress.  |
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Post by Rufus-T on Feb 25, 2019 19:28:04 GMT
Poor Glenn Close, I feel so bad for her. I'm still shellshocked that she lost. I don't think she'll ever get nominated for an Oscar again. 7 years went by between this nomination and her previous one. And before that nomination, 23 years had gone by. It's so sad. Such a legendary actress. I thought she should have won the first time for The World According to Garp. She was much better than Jessica Lange between the two supporting performance. Not sure if true, but they want to give Lange the award knowing she will not win the Best Actress despite her tour de force performance for Frances since Meryl Streep was the runaway favorite. Also, Tootsie was a more popular movie. This year is her closest chance since then. She did not have any shot in any of her other nomination. She and Olivia Colman must be a very close race.
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Post by Vits on Feb 26, 2019 0:39:56 GMT
If the best movie isn't going to win the Oscar, then I'd prefer if a bad movie wins it. No, really. At least then the anger would be a little more justified. I'm not saying we can't disagree with the Academy's choices but, when that happens, people tend to focus on the winner's flaws in order to explain why it doesn't deserve to win to the point where they ignore the strengths. They talk about it like it was a bad movie. It happened with SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, CRASH, THE ARTIST, etc... Now it's happening with GREEN BOOK. However, when all it's said and done, they're good movies. Not flawless, but good. GREEN BOOK in particular did some things to transcend the sub-genre's tropes, but most people don't seem to notice it, based on comments I've read, especially those that compare it to other movies about racism (not just the ones that were nominated). What a shame.
I always appreciate when the Academy does things to acknowledge great movies that weren't nominated. It's a way to shut up those that say "My favorite movie was snubbed, so the voters probably didn't see it." This time, the ceremony opened with a montage of most 2018 movies. There were presenters who starred in critically aclaimed movies that won awards from other organizations. Even BIRD BOX (a popular movie that wasn't even close to being among the best) got a shout out! They also did that thing where a scene from an old movie is shown right before the actors in it appear on stage (as a reunion) but, for the 1st time ever(?), it wasn't an Oscar nominated/winning movie, but rather a cult classic.
The ceremony's pacing didn't suffer due to the lack of a host, but so many winners clearly didn't rehearse their speeches. Because of this, the ceremony ended up being as long as usual. The jokes and bits ranged from funny (Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph; Brian Tyree Henry and Melissa McCarthy) to eye-rolling (Emilia Clarke; Danai Gurira and James McAvoy). I was intending to propose Barbra Streisand and Spike Lee as hosts for next year, until I read that he complained about losing Best Picture... even though he won Best Adapted Screenplay. What kind of attitude is that?
The worst thing an award show can be is predictable and boring, so decisions like the ones for the performance of SHALLOW were creative. From the way it was filmed to Bradley and Gaga going up to the stage without anyone introducing them, feeling almost like a surprise. I didn't like WHEN A COWBOY TRADES HIS SPURS FOR WINGS, though. Unlike the movie version, the rhythm was slower and there was no harmonica. David Rawlings and Gillian Welch may have better singing voices than Tim Blake Nelson, but they didn't put the same emotion into the song that only an actor can do.
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