Boy, how about those Golden Globes?
First time I've ever just given up and done something else. I stopped at thirty minutes because the jokes were so awful. Seeing the winners come in was pretty amusing because of how offended and bratty #FilmTwitter can get. Enough so that they berated 15-year old Elsie Fisher for enjoying Bohemian Rhapsody.
Thank goodness for Match Cut where civilized film conversation can be had.
Man, the awards are getting more and more People's Choice every year. Watch Black Panther take Best Picture now.
Last 10 Movies Seen
(90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)
Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
Stuff at Letterboxd
Listening Habits at LastFM
I would gladly take it over Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book.Quoting transmogrifier (view post)
Sure why not?
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Rian Johnson) - 9
STRONGER (David Gordon Green) - 6
THE DISASTER ARTIST (James Franco) - 7
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker) - 9
LADY BIRD (Greta Gerwig) - 8
"Hitchcock is really bad at suspense."
- Stay Puft
I hope the Academy Awards are better because the Golden Globes felt like flashbacks from the late 80s / early 90s when aggressively middlebrow stuff like Driving Miss Daisy and Scent of a Woman were cleaning up during awards season.
Last edited by Pop Trash; 01-07-2019 at 09:19 PM.
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
I haven't seen it, but apparently Bohemian Rhapsody is the Donald J Trump of 2018 movies.
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
I forgot it was happening. Then saw the headline about Bohemian Rhapsody. Then started to watch the opening with Andy and Sandra out of curiosity. Then stopped mid-way through because it was too painful. Then decided to just shake my head and go on with my life.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
It's the Golden Globes, so it doesn't matter, but a part of me is happy that Spider-Verse took the prize over Pixar.
But again, don't matter.
Is this where we can also post nominees and winners from other critics guilds? I'm about to vote in the first awards ceremony of my guild's existence and couldn't be more excited to be a part of it.
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
615 Film
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Also, I skipped the Golden Globes in favor of an Impact Wrestling live event. When I got back and watched the show on my DVR, I learned I had made the right choice.
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
615 Film
Letterboxd
Fuck yeah. Go for it!
Live wrestling is always gonna be better than most other entertainments. Especially if you're allowed to throw shit at the wrestlers.
While I know those exist and have been to a few myself, this event was a live event on pay-per-view so thankfully that was off-limits.
And thanks, guys! I'll post our full nominees list once we announce the winners in the next couple days.
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
615 Film
Letterboxd
Post away.Is this where we can also post nominees and winners from other critics guilds? I'm about to vote in the first awards ceremony of my guild's existence and couldn't be more excited to be a part of it.
I never watch the Golden Globes- I just don't care about the TV aspect.
LOVE Olivia Colman's speech. "My bitches" lol
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
DGA
Feature Film Award:
BRADLEY COOPER
“A Star Is Born”
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
ALFONSO CUARÓN
“Roma”
(Netflix)
PETER FARRELLY
“Green Book”
(Universal Pictures)
SPIKE LEE
“BlacKkKlansman”
(Focus Features)
ADAM MCKAY
“Vice”
(Annapurna Pictures)
First-Time Feature Film Director:
BO BURNHAM
“Eighth Grade”
(A24)
BRADLEY COOPER
“A Star Is Born”
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
CARLOS LOPEZ ESTRADA
“Blindspotting”
(Summit Entertainment)
MATTHEW HEINEMAN
“A Private War”
(Aviron Pictures)
BOOTS RILEY
“Sorry to Bother You”
(Annapurna Pictures)
EDIT:
Just as with last year with Peele being nominated in both categories, it seems pretty obvious that Cooper will take first-timer prize here, which makes it easy for Cuarón to complete his awards season infinity gauntlet of Best Director wins this year.
Nicest to see Sorry to Bother You and Blindspotting get some actual high profile recognition in the season, since they've come and gone from Best Screenplay conversations (where Burnham now has the best shot of the summer indies in that Oscar category). Surprising that A Private War's director got in over Ari Aster or Paul Dano.
Keep in mind the Oscar's five best directors choices rarely line up exactly with the DGA's (last year PTA bumped McDonagh) so I can easily see Lanthimos taking over for McKay, or even Jenkins subbing in for him or Farrelly. Alfonso, Spike and Bradley are obviously the locks, though.
Last edited by Henry Gale; 01-08-2019 at 06:21 PM.
Last 11 things I really enjoyed:
Speed Racer (Wachowski/Wachowski, 2008)
Safe (Haynes, 1995)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Parker, 1999)
Beastie Boys Story (Jonze, 2020)
Bad Trip (Sakurai, 2020)
What's Up Doc? (Bogdanovich, 1972)
Diva (Beineix, 1981)
Delicatessen (Caro/Jeunet, 1991)
The Hunger (Scott, 1983)
Pineapple Express (Green, 2008)
Chungking Express (Wong, 1994)
I think Coogler would be the alternate for Oscar if anyone
DGAs:
BEST FEATURE
A Star is Born
BlackKklansman
Roma
two other movies []
BEST FIRST FEATURE:
A Star is Born
Eighth Grade
Blind Spotting
A Private War
Sorry to Bother You
Cinema Audio Society:
MOTION PICTURE – LIVE ACTION
A Quiet Place
A Star is Born
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The Grinch
MOTION PICTURE – DOCUMENTARY
Fahrenheit 11/9
Free Solo
Quincy
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Roma really shoulda been here.
last four:
black widow - 8
zero dark thirty - 9
the muse - 7
freaky - 7
now reading:
lonesome dove - larry mcmurtry
Letterboxd
The Harrison Marathon - A Podcast About Harrison Ford
Hereditary [cluck]
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
Sorry for the double post.
BEST TROPHY:
BAFTA
Oscar
Stanley Cup
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I like the Emmy.
The Stanley Cup is unique and has a history and hockey nerds will leap at the chance to tell you about it.
The others are just cast metal copies of themselves.
I wonder how often Oscar is used as a sex toy by the winners. Call me a pervert, but c'mon, it's Hollywood we're talking about.
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
Daniel Day Lewis must spend a ton on lube.
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
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