OSCARS 2013

NYPL has 90% of what i need to see.

ok, that makes total sense. netflix is convenient but it definitely has its holes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N1vdyAIf28M#at=18

Goddamn it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1vdyAIf28M#!

Long, uneven postmortem by Denby, gets to the point here:

...All of which leaves Bassey. “Goldfinger,” whose title track she delivered last night, came out in 1964, a date recalled by Emmanuelle Riva, Alan Arkin, William Shatner, Quvenzhané Wallis’s grandparents, and nobody else. Short of importing Mary Poppins, or the Audrey Hepburn of “My Fair Lady,” there could be no swifter way of spiriting us back to that candy-colorful year. Here was the Bond song, all a-glitter, not merely repeated but refreshed for our delight. And our lady, at the gilded age of seventy-six, was no less fair. The spider-like pause, on “It’s the kiss of death,” was left to hang far longer, and more luxuriously, than it was in the original recording; the climactic growl on “only gold” would have sent Richard Parker packing; and, as for the knowing, hands-on-hips mini-shimmer at the words “pretty girls,” even the girlish Jennifer Lawrence must have been left pondering what it yet might take, in the long haul of stardom, to own the town. The assembled throng rose before Bassey had even signed off; these folk know royalty when they see it. Whatever you think about Quentin Tarantino, the man loves the pantheon, and he was up on his hind paws and clapping like a kid who didn’t realize that Santa Claus could show up in the middle of Lent. For an instant, we could all party like it was 1964.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/02/pleasant-shocks-anthony-lane-on-the-2013-oscars.html

so, how bad has Seth McFarlane been so far?

as bad as expected muliplied by worse

Most-watched Oscars in 6 years, he should be back. Almost half the jokes were decent to great, btw. (And I fucking hate Family Guy.)

u_u

i think I just realized how much I hate the Oscars is what it boils down to. And that Seth McFarlane is terrible

But Denby wrote it! No wonder I laughed a couple times.

I would think the overriding job of a host at this point is to generate lots of din, and to keep the show front and center (which, logically, it really shouldn't be any more). So he did that.

@DennisThePerrin
Is there a Kill List in Michelle's envelope?

holy shit that's hilarious

omg

morbs was that on twitter?

ok i found it

Dennis Perrin ‏@DennisThePerrin
LIFE OF PI is a visual metaphor for most of my romantic relationships. #Oscars

Dennis Perrin ‏@DennisThePerrin
Tarantino wins. My nigger! #Oscars

Dennis Perrin ‏@DennisThePerrin
You think there'll ever be hipster death camps? #Oscars

Dennis Perrin ‏@DennisThePerrin
Jennifer Lawrence reminds me of a girl I had a crush on in high school -- minus the restraining orders. #Oscars

Dennis Perrin ‏@DennisThePerrin
SARAH PALIN FOR POPE!

really great stuff

LIFE OF PI is a visual metaphor for most of my romantic relationships.

Meaning he made them up? I buy it.

Sorry your adventurous propaganda movie limped away with half a statue, honeybunch.

Sockpuppet Flight was a definite improvement.

lincoln only won half a statue?

Sorry your adventurous propaganda movie limped away with half a statue, honeybunch.

http://media.betterlucktomorrow.com/images/index_top.jpg

inevitable answer song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RD5NLYjBiQA

...prob nsfw

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/an-open-letter-to-ang-lee/
http://thinkinganimationbook.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/a-piece-of-pi.html
http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/the-visual-effects-community-sees-red-in-the-wake-of-oscar-protest-and-on-air-snub

I hope that one gets some traction and all, but raising the question of what today's movies would look like without VFX? ... Um, in many cases, much better.

JD & leong, do you also believe that the Haneke Twitter is the real one?

― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Monday, February 25, 2013 5:23 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Pretty sure the AW one is real...

― christmas candy bar (al leong)

i'm a little 'confused', maybe you have some inside info, bc at the bottom of armond white's city arts pieces it says "Follow Armond White on Twitter at 3xchair", which is the twitter that has those spielberg tweets.

Man, Macfarlane's shitty routine has me playing Marc Loi facebook feminist on "progressive" friends' walls. What have I become?

Andy Griffith was not snubbed in the obit roll, hayseeds; he had one great movie role.

But what about Spy Hard

armond generally otm

http://cityarts.info/2013/03/01/oscars-post-mortification/

Definitely feels like it was written by the guy who loved Norbit.

even in his real-life-crit he manages to fit in a fuckup (joseph gordon-lewis)

that's a cute fuckup tho

at least he put the PC feminist crap in the shitter.

To paraphrase a female “feminist” friend: “If you’re aghast at a song about boobs, you must be aghast at your own.”

riiight

http://sea.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/874483/christopher-doyle-interview-part-2-life-of-pi-oscar-is-an#

“Do you want me to tell the truth? Ai yay yay yay. Okay. I’m trying to work out how to say this most politely, and no offense to – I don’t know him personally – but what a total fucking piece of shit. Let me be blunt. Ah, fuck. I don’t care, I’m sure he’s a wonderful guy and I’m sure he cares so much, but since 97 per cent of the film is not under his control, what the fuck are you talking about cinematography, sorry. I’m sorry. I have to be blunt and I don’t care, you can write it. I think it’s a fucking insult to cinematography.

“I’m sure he’s a wonderful person, I’m sure he cares so much. But what it says to the real world is it’s all about us, we have the money, we put the money in, and we control the image. And I say fuck you, wankers. Are you fucking kidding? That’s not cinematography. That’s control of the image by the powers that be, by the people that want to control the whole system because they’re all accounts. You’ve lost cinema. This is not cinema and it’s not cinematography. It’s not cinematography.

“Lincoln”! Oh! Let’s talk about patriotism. Do you not fucking realise the rest of the world just sits back laughing. Do you not realise that you poor old fuckers with your Academy bullshit, you’re just sitting back, holding onto straws. You’re holding onto straws. Let’s get on with it. I don’t give a fuck what you think about me. Some of us have to engage with the real world. And it happens not to be about the history of Mr Lincoln freeing the slaves – which was the most disgusting first three minutes of a film I’ve ever seen. Oh, Mr Lincoln, oh, but you undestand… stop fucking fluffing yourselves.

he sort of articulates like a bad SNL character

oh behaaaave

i cert had the same thought about that award (to a film i hv no plans to ever see)

I had that thought as well, but I also thought Pi was deserving of the visual effects Oscar it received shortly thereafter.

xp oh i agree with him he just comes off like a parody, should've been cleaned up in editing

Best Cinematography hasn't been on a stellar run as of late, to be fair.

i cert had the same thought about that award (to a film i hv no plans to ever see)

I didn’t watch the Academy Awards but I’ve had a lot of feedback from people, including people from the ASC [the American Society of Cinematographers], by the way, and then you see, you give an award to a totally digitized image. I may be wrong, because I haven’t seen the film, because I don’t give a shit.

so yes we both know what that shit is like from the candyass clips

funny how most of the ppl complaining about that scene in 'lincoln' appear to have not heard any of the actual dialogue

agree, but he's a goddamn Aussie.

(and has made a ton of movies that might as well be silent)

As someone on a different MB commented: "Can't wait for next year's tribute to the one-year anniversary of the Les Mis movie!"

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron Return to Produce the Oscars®

BEVERLY HILLS, CA –The acclaimed motion picture, television and theater producing team of Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will return to produce the Oscars for a second time next year, Academy President Hawk Koch announced. The Academy Awards® will air live on ABC on Oscar® Sunday, March 2, 2014.

“Craig and Neil have the overwhelming support of the Academy's Governors to produce the Oscars again in 2014," said Academy President Hawk Koch. "In order to establish continuity with this year's enormously successful show, we felt it was important to give these consummate professionals the green light now to begin creating another great evening."

"We are very honored to have been asked to return as Oscar producers for a second year," said Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. "We look forward to creating a distinctive and entertaining show."

“Craig and Neil have great relationships, a sense of showmanship, and a passion for our Academy,” said Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. “And they’re a pleasure to work with. All perfect qualities for our show."

The February 2013 Oscars hosted by Seth MacFarlane, drew an average audience of 40.3 million total viewers and delivered a 13.0 rating among adults 18-49. The show was TV’s most-watched entertainment telecast in the last 3 years, and grew its overall audience for the 2nd straight year (+3%), surging 11% in adults 18-49 (13.0 rating vs. 11.7 rating) to its best numbers since 2010. In addition, the show scored gains year-to-year with adults 18-34 (+20% - 11.3 rating vs. 9.4 rating), hitting its highest number in 6 years – since 2007. Overall, it was the Oscars second-most-watched telecast since 2005.

Among the innovations that Zadan and Meron plan to bring back to the 2014 show is the Oscar Experience College Search, which allows young filmmakers to assist with bringing the Oscar statuettes on-and-off stage during the show.

The Zadan/Meron Oscars displayed a signature style that incorporated a single concept for the entire evening which linked together the disparate elements of the Oscar show through music, especially classic movie themes and the frequent appearances by MacFarlane to announce the evening’s presenters. The 2013 show was also distinguished by the use of motion picture talent as performers in the show such as the dance numbers performed by Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Zadan and Meron served as executive producers for the 2002 “Best Picture” winner “Chicago,” which won Oscars® in 6 of the 13 categories in which it was nominated. Their credits also include the features “Footloose” (2011), “Hairspray,” and “The Bucket List.” Zadan also produced the original “Footloose” (1984).

Zadan and Meron’s work in television includes the series “SMASH” and such movies as “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Steel Magnolias.”

For Broadway, they recently produced the Tony Award® winning revivals of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” and “Promises, Promises.”

Their work has amassed 73 Emmy® nominations; 12 Tony nominations; and seven Grammy® nominations.

The Oscars will be held at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

tarantino tantrum just now on Channel 4 news: Perhaps he was pissed he didn't get a nom.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/quentin-tarantino-tells-interviewer-you-cant-make-me-dance-im-not-a-monkey-8446660.html
tbf krishnan was being really arsey.

― danzig, Thursday, January 10, 2013 7:54 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/robert-downey-jr-walks-out-of-nailbitingly-awkward-channel-4-news-interview--eJ9qJTJkgb

at first I was like "gimme a break Downey" but God, Krishnan is such a terrible fucking interviewer.