I think Scarface is Scarface for douchebags, right? The Blue Jasmine one is very accurate though. Every time Woody Allen makes a movie, the Academy flips a coin.

Well, today I saw Philomena and Dallas Buyers Club. Philomena isn't a phenomenal movie, but it does what it needs to do very well, and it never gets heavy-handed or one-sided with regards to the religious issues it raises. Both sides legitimately get equal treatment. Its Best Picture nomination reminds me a lot of when The King's Speech got nominated. Small British film from a respected British director that resonated in America and got tons of awards. Except that Philomena is good.

Dallas Buyers Club, though...wow. I was astonished at how much I fucking loathed this movie. Finally, a movie about the AIDS crisis that focuses on how hard it was for straight guys, and how one straight guy heroically came to the rescue of lots and lots of poor unfortunate gay people. The main character's arc is finished like a third of the way through, as if the screenwriter threw it in so that people would think the movie had themes. The Jared Leto character is basically there to make McConaughey not a homophobe, and has nothing actually going on individually. Rayon is entirely defined by his relationship with Ron, rather than being a full character. And the movie is told so coldly. It's like a robot made it. "Okay, insert this part of the story. Good, next this part. Okay, now skip ahead six months." There's no logical or emotional flow to any of the action. Its 2-hour runtime seemed to last an eternity, and it ends so abruptly it practically gave me whiplash. I really don't get what people saw in this.

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6 Fast 6 Furious was ignored. The Oscars are a sham.

I'm looking for the American Hustle script.  Can't find it anywhere.  Usually, all the scripts up for Oscar consideration in a given year are put out for download during Oscar season.  I've found pretty much almost all of them, I really want to read the American Hustle script though...

I have horses in this race (much like the Super Bowl) and I still could not care less about the Oscars.

Somewhere, there is a Game of Thrones quote that is applicable to my feelings...

Well, considering where we are at now, we're almost at the point where Her or Lewelyn Davis don't get made period, oscars or no oscars.

It's basically Megan Ellison at Annapurna Pictures almost single-handedly keeping American cinema alive at this point. Pretty much no-one else in Hollywood is funding original movies anymore.

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Sure, but its hardly his best work. You're handing him an award in 2014 for career work he did over the last 20 years rather than this one movie of 2013. That's the downside of these 'consolation' or 'bout time he got one gongs'. It's happened heaps of times... someone is neglected for years, and then gets one for a less-than-emblematic performance.  Anyway, we've all agreed these awards blow, and there's plenty of award ceremonies, so I'm sure there's enough to go round for everyone, several times over.

Agree, Deakins should have had numerous Oscar wins to date, but he hasn't and I don't think a 'woops Oscar' now is the way to go, especially given the competition he's up against this year.

There's a long list of prestigious names who have never won an Oscar. They're the too-cool-for-school crowd. Given the long-forgotten crap that has won over the years, perhaps losing is the new winning.
Would you rather hang out with Gwyneth or Fincher?

Alright smarty, Kathy Bates or Christopher Nolan?

Hallelujah!

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