10. Song Kang-ho in Broker - Song brings a naturalistic and charming chemistry even if the film tasks him to go into some less than natural directions for this character late in the film.
Best Scene: Seeing his daughter.
9. Robert Pattinson in The Batman - Pattinson gives a great depiction of Batman that gives a greater insight within the development of the character and the different shades of his identity.
Best Scene: "Bruce WAAAYNE"
8. Christopher Abbott in On the Count of Three - Abbott gives a captivating depiction of a man on an extreme mental edge that manages to be intense, heartwrenching but also at times rather funny.
Best Scene: Seeing the high school bully.
7. Mehdi Bajestani in Holy Spider - Bajestani gives an extremely disturbing portrayal of a man whose depravity goes far beyond just psychopathy.
Best Scene: "Not Crazy"
6. Mark Rylance in The Outfit - Rylance amplifies his film every step of the way, giving a consistently captivating portrayal of a man who essentially weaponizes modesty.
Best Scene: "I'm the mole"
5. Alexander Skarsgård in the Northman - Skarsgård delivers a powerful performance that goes beyond just his tremendous physical presence and also gives a potent portrayal of the emotional weight of his journey.
Best Scene: The Queen's truth.
4. Felix Kammerer in All Quiet on the Western Front - Kammerer gives a heartbreaking portrayal of the effects of war, both in terms of the bonds between soldiers and of the terrible mental degradation from the losses and horrors suffered throughout his experience.
Best Scene: In the crater.
3. Timothée Chalamet in Bones and All - Chalamet delivers for me his best performance, that offers an honest off-beat charisma, a fantastic chemistry with his co-star, and a powerful emotional vulnerability, all in his depiction of a cannibal.
Best Scene: What really happened with his dad.
2. Ralph Fiennes in The Menu - Fiennes gives an amazing performance that manages to be extremely intense, but also incredibly hilarious as his hate and regret filled killer chef.
Best Scene: A cheeseburger.
1. Park Hae-il in Decision to Leave - Park gives an entirely captivating and absolutely haunting portrayal of obsession.
Best Scene: The snowy mountain.
Overall:
- Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
- Park Hae-il in Decision to Leave
- Bill Nighy in Living
- Ralph Fiennes in The Menu
- Timothée Chalamet in Bones and All
- Felix Kammerer in All Quiet on the Western Front
- Paul Mescal in Aftersun
- Alexander Skarsgård in the Northman
- Mark Rylance in The Outfit
- Mehdi Bajestani in Holy Spider - 5
- Ram Charan in RRR
- N.T. Rama Rao Jr in RRR
- Christopher Abbott in On the Count of Three
- Robert Pattinson in The Batman
- Mark Rylance in The Phantom of the Open
- Song Kang-ho in Broker
- Adeel Akhtar in Ali & Ava
- Jonathan Majors in Devotion
- Denis Ménochet in As Bestas
- Daniel Giménez Cacho in Bardo
- Daryl McCormack in Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
- Eden Dambrine in Close
- Gang Dong-won in Broker
- Jeremy Pope in The Inspection
- Daniel Kaluuya in Nope
- Austin Butler in Elvis
- Gabriel Labelle in The Fabelmans
- Ricardo Darin in Argentina, 1985
- Brendan Fraser in The Whale
- Diego Calva in Babylon
- Ben Foster in The Survivor
- John Boyega in Breaking - 4.5
- Daniel Craig in The Glass Onion
- Michael Ward in Empire of Light
- Adam Driver in White Noise
- Antonio Banderas in Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Jack Lowden in Benediction
- Jerrod Carmichael in On the Count of Three
- Colin Farrell in After Yang
- Brad Pitt in Babylon
- Idris Elba in Three Thousand Years of Longing
- Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
- Adam Sandler in Hustle
- Harris Dickinson in Triangle of Sadness
- Rory Kinnear in Men
- Donald Elise Watkins in Emergency
- Peter Lanzani in Argentina, 1985
- Ali Junejo in Joyland
- Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick
- Will Smith in Emancipation
- Viggo Mortensen in Crimes of the Future
- RJ Cyler in Emergency
- Peter Capaldi in Benediction
- Sterling K. Brown in Hong For Jesus. Save Your Soul
- Kenneth Branagh in Death on the Nile - 4
- Colin Farrell in Thirteen Lives
- Viggo Mortensen in Thirteen Lives
- Jon Hamm in Confess Fletch
- Dali Benssalah in Athena
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Ambulance
- Glen Powell in Devotion
- Benedict Cumberbatch in Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Christian Bale in The Pale Blue Eye
- Gregory Mann in Pinocchio
- Jake Gyllenhaal in Ambulance
- Sami Slimane in Athena
- Elliott Crosset Hove in Godland
- Zach Efron in The Greatest Beer Run Ever
- Christoph Waltz in Dead for a Dollar
- Ryan Gosling in The Gray Man
- Joe Alwyn in Stars At Noon - 3.5
- Daniel Radcliffe in Weird
- Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Love and Thunder
- Karl Urban in The Sea Beast
- Luke Evans in Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
- Chris Evans in Lightyear
- Jake Gyllenhaal in Strange World - 3
- Banks Repeta in Armageddon Time
- Sam Rockwell in See How They Run
- Brad Pitt in Bullet Train
- Hugh Jackman in The Son - 2.5
- Eddie Redmayne in Fantastic Beats: The Secrets of Dumbledore
- Sam Worthington in Avatar: The Way of Water
- Daniel Zolghadri in Funny Pages
- Will Ferrell in Spirited - 2
- John David Washington in Amsterdam
- Christian Bale in Amsterdam
- Ryan Reynolds in Spirited
- Chris Pratt in Jurassic World: Dominion
- Mason Thames in The Black Phone
- Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam
- Peter Billingsley in A Christmas Story Christmas - 1.5
- Cooper Raiff in Cha Cha Real Smooth - 1
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Your Supporting Actress Top 20 and Leading Actress Top 40 with 4+ honourable mentions.
Lowest 5 and 4.5s.
Tatsuya Nakadai - The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Peter Cushing - Cash On Demand
Peter Finch - No Love For Johnnie
Vincent Price - The Pit And The Pendulum
Louis: What changed your opinion of Cumberbatch in Multiverse Of Madness.
Isn't that Colin Farrell ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6NX7KI0eNc
Louis: Thoughts on Ben Foster in The Survivor.
Really glad Charan and Rao are the highest 4.5's, and wow I did not expect Chalamet to rank that highly.
Louis: Your thoughts on "Sholay", "Dosti" and the Bheem's (attempted) hanging from RRR.
Wow, Chalamet in the top 5! That's awesome, and Park as runner-up and glad Bajestani got a 5 too.
Also Cooper Raiff right where he belongs.
Great year for Lead, also love how the top 5 in this contest were all from the same lineup.
Delighted that Crawford made it into your Director top 5 for Puss in Boots, I'm guessing it's your Adapted Screenplay win as well.
You've put the results in the 2020 Alternate Best Actor label.
Tatsuya Nakadai - The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Peter Finch - No Love For Johnnie
Alberto Sordi - The Best Of Enemies
Toshiro Mifune - Ánimas Trujano
Franco Citti - Accattone
I really hope you'll review Cushing. Want to see him get higher than a 3.5 for once.
Well, we've underestimated Chalamet way too much.
We actually have the same top five, albeit in a different order, and I appreciate that a lot.
I gotta say, I did not expect Fiennes to rank that high, but I'm elated about it.
I need to watch Holy Spider.
I also very much dig that the entire top lineup ranked above the entire bottom lineup, that was an excellent gambit.
Louis: Tell me from the year 2022 which are your TOP7 best:
- Poster
- Editing
- Screenplays (adapted and original)
- Character of the year (name character and the film)
- Blockbuster
Michael: I noticed that too when I was checking my final prediction with the results to see where I missed, haha.
(At least I hit on Fiennes, but I underestimated ol’ Timothee.)
Louis what are your thoughts on the Brat Pack?
Luke:
If I have time/energy I may review them properly before the Oscars. Also would be a practical way to open another comments section.
Actress:
1. Cate Blanchett - Tar
2. Tang Wei - Decision to Leave
3. Danielle Deadwyler - Till
4. Lee Ji-eun - Broker
5. Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All At Once
6. Ji-Min Park - Return to Seoul
7. Mia Goth - Pearl
8. Bae Doona - Broker - 5
9. Emma Thompson - Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
10. Mia Goth - X
11. Vicky Krieps - Corsage
12. Zar Amir-Abrahimi - Holy Spider
13. Frankie Corio - Aftersun
14. Claire Rushbrook - Ali & Ava
15. Jessica Chastain - The Good Nurse
16. Florence Pugh - The Wonder
17. Thuso Mbedu - The Woman King
18. Jessie Buckley - Men
19. Catherine Clinch - The Quiet Girl
20. Aubrey Plaza - Emily The Criminal
And:
Rebecca Hall - Resurrection
Viola Davis - The Woman King
Ana De Armas - Blonde
Anya Taylor-Joy - The Menu
Dale Dickey - A Love Song
Regina Hall - Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul
Tilda Swinton - The Eternal Daughter
Janelle Monae - The Glass Onion
Emma Mackey - Emily
Margot Robbie - Babylon
Guslagie Malanga - Saint Omer
Letitia Wright - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - 4.5
Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
Jennifer Lawrence - Causeway
Keke Palmer - Nope
Letitia Wright - The Silent Twins
Tamara Lawrence - The Silent Twins
Lesley Manville - Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Maya Hawke - Do Revenge
Rosalie Chiang - Turning Red
Saoirse Ronan - See How They Run
Amber Midhunter - Prey
Florence Pugh - Don't Worry Darling
Supporting Actress:
1. Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Hong Chau - The Whale
3. Jessie Buckley - Women Talking - 5
4. Nicole Kidman - The Northman
5. Dolly De Leon - Triangle of Sadness
6. Lee Jung-hyun - Decision To Leave
7. Hong Chau - The Menu
8. Aimee Lou Wood - Living
9. Rachel Sennott - Bodies Bodies Bodies
10. Samantha Morton - She Said
11. Rasti Farooq - Joyland
12. Anya Taylor-Joy - The Northman
13. Lashana Lynch - The Woman King
14. Carrie Crowley - The Quiet Girl
15. Rooney Mara - Women Talking - 4.5
16. Florence Pugh - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
17. Gabrielle Union - The Inspection
18. Anne Hathaway - Armageddon Time
19. Emilie Dequenne - Close
20. Marina Foïs - As Bestas
And:
Kila Lord Cassidy - The Wonder
Lea Seydoux - Crimes of the Future
Tilda Swinton - Pinocchio
Sheila Flitton - The Banshees of Inisherin
Jennifer Ehle - She Said
Claire Foy - Women Talking
Sally Hawkins - The Phantom of the Open
Iris Berben - Triangle of Sadness
Sandra Oh - Turning Red
Kristen Stewart - Crimes of the Future
Bjork - The Northman
Marie Colmb - As Bestas
Eiza Gonzalez - Ambulance
Maria Bakalova - Bodies Bodies Bodies
Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All At Once
Angela Bassett - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Just typical Marvel degradation, which is particularly extreme with the most recent efforts.
Foster - (I mean it seems almost redundant to say good performance from Foster shame about the film, that is the case again. He does give a strong performance, a lot of conviction, a sense of profound sense of guilt and desperation. There is a lot of real emotion in his work that sadly adds up to very little in terms of the overall film which just is kind dull. I think there could've been something akin to the Pawnbroker here, Foster certainly is game as per usual, but as usual he does what he can, which is a lot, but can only get so far with so little help.)
Tahmeed:
Sholay was a very close second for my song win actually, as I really love it as well, and love the sequence which is a wonderful send off. The song itself is just so joyful though in every respect filled with so much energy that is just extremely contagious throughout the song, that in itself is just this entirely endearing pride song, brought to life as the most triumphant of anthems, particularly like the characters singing together, and how the song segues from one winning verse to the next.
Dosti is also a great song with just being the most dramatic of ballad and with the most epic of approaches. I love just how deep it is as befitting as this kind of legend that it tells with a mythic reverence, backed up by bass upon bass in a way that manages to be dramatic and foreboding in the right way.
The attempted hanging is a fantastic action sequence in terms of the different parts and how they play off each other. Each little piece is almost a Rube Goldberg machine in how each action of the two play off each other in conflicting tandem that build off each other so dramatically and effectively. Particularly love the dramatic shoot to the sniper, to the branch jump attack that is just fantastic climax, as is the one man prevention right afterwards.
Brazinterma:
Editing:
1. The Fabelmans
2. Decision to Leave
3. Top Gun: Maverick
4. RRR
5. The Menu
6. All Quiet on the Western Front
7. The Northman
Character:
Hard to say, oddly you don't get as much of a sense of what characters resonate these days on mass as easily. For example Black Panther did really well, but I don't feel general reaction had a breakout character attached to it. There were definitely character who broke out but in technically smaller corners I think overall (Like Wolf for example).
Blockbuster (more than 100 million):
1. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. The Batman
4. RRR
5. Nope
6. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
7. Doctor Strange in the Mom
Poster:
1. Everything Everywhere All At Once (Circular)
2. The Northman (Lone man/ships)
3. Barbarian (Stairwell)
4. Pearl (Red/X)
5. The Black Phone (Dolby)
6. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (International)
7. Men (Tunnel)
Louis: Where would you rank Taylor Russell.
Oh shit. An upgrade for Mia Goth.
#7
Louis: For Supporting, where would you rank Nina Hoss in Tár and Aisling Franciosi in God's Creatures.
For Lead, Thandiwe Newton in God's Country and Emily Watson in God's Creatures.
And I'm delighted that Mia Goth went up.
Nakadai in A Soldier's Prayer is an absolute must.
EEAAO won PGA.
Louis: Your top ten performances in Martin McDonagh films?
Louis: Your top 5s in Production Design, Costume Design and Makeup & Hairstyling.
Very happy that The Northman got 4 wins.
Luke, your Top Ten for 2022
Worst Best Picture winner this century incoming. Oscars are the new FilmTwitter awards.
1. The Banshees Of Inisherin
2. Decision To Leave
3. The Fabelmans
4. The Northman
5. Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (LOVED it to pieces)
6. All Quiet On The Western Front
7. Everything Everywhere All At Once
8. The Menu
9. Tár
10. The Batman
Anonymous: Talk about opening a can of worms.
Anonymous: Eh, don't get too ahead of yourself. EEAAO is not a winner until that last envelope is opened. If there's one movie The Academy can choose to not be cool about in spite of the love it's been given elsewhere, it can definitely be EEAAO.
On the other hand, though... RACCACCOONIE SWEEP.
What's everyone's SAG Predictions? Here are mine:
Ensemble: EEAAO
Actor: Butler
Actress: Cate Blanchett
Supporting Actor: Quan
Supporting Actress: Bassett
Stunts: Top Gun
Very strange that some people (mostly those with anonymous handles here) seem to comment only to express scorn for specifically EEAAO and Decision to Leave.
Anonymous: I have what you have, but with Fraser winning Actor. If only because a part of me tells me there will be one surprise of sorts.
Or maybe I'm just blindly hoping we won't have a boring awards race like last year's, so, idk... at least the Bafta's have already spiced it up a bit.
Anonymous: CODA won last year, these aren't the FilmTwitter awards in the slightest lmao
Having said that, delighted at the PGA win for EEAAO. Seems like Picture, Director, Supporting Actor and Editing could be its haul.
Anonymous:
Ensemble: EEAAO
Actor: Butler (though definitely could be Fraser)
Actress: Yeoh (one final last NGNG)
Supporting Actor: Quan
Supporting Actress: Bassett
Stunts: Top Gun
Despite what our Anonymous user believes (who ironically expresses their takes in a somewhat twitteresque way) EEAO is a fine choice, and I would say is EXTREMELY likely to win as I'd say this was probably its hardest get.
Luke:
The rest would be just in the and's (Hoss is a 4 for me), which aren't ranked other than just being separated by their rating.
Marcus:
1. Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
2. Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Colin Farrell - In Bruges
4. Ralph Fiennes - In Bruges
5. Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
6. Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
7. Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
8. Christopher Walken - Seven Psychopaths
9. Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
10. Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Inisherin
Luke:
PD:
1. The Northman
2. Babylon
3. The Batman
4. All Quiet on the Western Front
5. Decision To Leave
Makeup & Hairstyling:
1. The Northman
2. Babylon
3. The Batman
4. Crimes of the Future
5. All Quiet on the Western Front
Costumes:
1. The Northman
2. Babylon
3. Corsage
4. EEAO
5. Three Thousand Years of Longing
Anonymous:
Ensemble: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Actor: Austin Butler
Actress: Cate Blanchett
Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan
Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett
Stunt Ensemble: Top Gun Maverick (though I could easily see Black Panther taking this instead)
Louis based on your The Son review, what would be the ten biggest drops between a debut film and their follow-up?
Louis: I forgot to ask you your TOP 7 songs.
Anonymous:
1. The Father to The Son (Florian Zeller)
2. Chariots of Fire to Greystoke (Hugh Hudson)
3. District 9 to Elysium (Neill Blomkamp)
4. *Grease to The Blue Lagoon (Randal Kleiser)*
5. Ex Machina to Annihilation (Alex Garland)
6. Sling Blade to All the Pretty Horses (Billy Bob Thornton)
7. Nightcrawler to Roman J. Israel Esq. (Dan Gilroy)
8. The Muppet Christmas Carol to Muppet Treasure Island (Brian Henson)
9. Star Trek: First Contact to Star Trek: Insurrection (Jonathan Frakes)
10. *A Single Man to Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford)*
*Has more to do with the terribleness of the follow-up than the "goodness" of the debut*.
I'm guessing probably Thief to the Keep and The Lives of Others to The Tourist qualify but I haven't seen the latter of each.
Brazinterma:
1. "Naatu Naatu" - RRR
2. "Sholay" - RRR
3. "I Ain't Worried" - Top Gun: Maverick
4. "Hold My Hand" -Top Gun: Maverick
5. "Nobody Like U" - Turning Red
6. "This is a Life" - EEAO
7. "Dosti" - RRR
Louis: What are your top 25 film score tracks of 2022?
Louis: Your thoughts on Muppet Treasure Island, Tim Curry and 'A Professional Pirate'.
Louis, your top 10 directors under the age of 40.
Louis: I'll leave the Hill House thoughts for abit longer.
Have you settled on Romy Schneider's category and ranking placement for That Most Important Thing: Love.
R.I.P. Gordon Pinsent.
RIP Gordon Pinsent
Louis: Your thoughts on the use of music in Picnic at Hanging Rock.
Louis: Your top 10 favorite scenes of 2022, and acting moments.
RIP Gordon Pinsent
Louis: Could I also get your ratings and thoughts on Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in RRR?
Rest in peace, Gordon Pinsent
Also, in terms of 2022 films, I did watch "The Wonder" tonight. Although it's certainly not the most dynamically shot or fastest paced film, I think that was quite purposeful in depicting a rather cold environment and set of characters. Overall, I do feel the movie was effective enough, and the material does raise some intriguing questions of faith vs science - particularly for people of that time and country.
For acting...Pugh is great, no surprise. I'm constantly reminded or precision, consistency and success as a performer - all the more impressive given she's only 3 years older than me. The rest of the cast - not much else to add, other then they're collectively fine. Side note: I do think the relationship between Pugh's and Burke's roles is a tad rushed, and might've been better served as platonic throughout.
*of her precision*
Regardless of the rest of it, Muppet Treasure Island features one of my favorite opening numbers ever, I'd say. It had no right to be as badass as it turned out to be (it feels weird to describe a part of a kids movie this way, but c'mon- it literally ends with a bad guy killing the entire pirate crew with only two bullets).
Louis: Your rank of cinematography Oscar nominees and your #6-10 for Director
Updated 11-25 films of the year when you get the chance?
Michael: He has a top 25 list here https://letterboxd.com/louismorgan/list/top-25-of-2022/
Calvin: Thank you!
Farrell for the win! Does anyone know where to watch a good quality copy of Holy Spider?
R.I.P. Gordon Pinsent. Great, intelligent, very funny actor.
Huh. Curtis takes the SAG.
Curtis and Quan. If there's a night for Yeoh to upset Blanchett this is it.
This is definitely a year where Supporting Actress could pull a Marcia Gay Harden in Pollock OR a Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton.
So happy for Quan. And love that him and Curtis used their speeches to shout out Yeoh (who I think due to spreading the wealth, probably won't win tonight, but I love this for her).
Matt: (https://lookmovie2.to/movies/view/18550140-holy-spider-2022)
Happy for Curtis though Oscar-wise I think this helps Condon's chances as well.
I'm gonna go crazy and say that I think Supporting Actress could go to any of the five nominees besides Hsu.
Someone check on Calvin he may have died from joy.
I had a feeling Yeoh was winning this. It's a shame both her and Blanchett were nominated in the same year. Career best for both women.
I'm crying at Michelle's speech. Even if she doesn't win the Oscar, I love that she got this.
Incredible speech by Fraser. As someone with FAR less reservations for The Whale and for Fraser's performance, I'm happy for his win here.
Yeah, nothing's stopping EEAAO.
Interesting SAG and BAFTA didn't match once, that hasn't happened in a LONG time.
Thank god for the Fraser win. Aside from Quan, the other 3 categories are too close to call.
Lovely moment for James Hong. So great to see him get this recognition.
With DGA, PGA, SAG, and possibly even WGA I think EEAAO isn't going to be stopped for Best Picture.
This definitely shook the acting categories too. Fraser/Butler, Yeoh/Blanchett, and Supporting Actress have a chance at going either way.
Not exaggerating, James Hong's speech is one of my favourite speeches of all-time.
Fwiw, I could see Farrell pulling out a really unexpected out of the bag victory. Like I wouldn't bet on it, but I think this kind of shows the race in Lead Actor is more divided than some might think, and his film is the strongest of the three.
Love that EEAAO had such an amazing showing. Based on a gut feeling, I think Yeoh's going to win the Oscar as well.
As for Lead Actor and Supporting Actress... I have no idea. I think Curtis winning hurts Bassett more than it hurts Condon, but I don't know who I'd predict right now. I still think Butler's going to prevail, but Fraser's win makes it a proper toss-up.
Absolutely ecstatic about Fraser and EEAAO's wins.
I'd like to thank the cinema gods for telling me to shut the fuck up about boring awards races, because it all just got really interesting.
Also, RACCACCOONIE SWEEP.
This is the first time in 20 years that no actor won all 5 major awards for the same performance.
What's exciting about an awards race when all the awards are predictable?
RIP to my fellow Canadian Gordon Pinsent.
Fascinating set of wins at SAG. Love that we don't have a clear frontrunner for 3 of the 4 acting categories, there's been too many sweeps lately.
Aidan: How does this help Condon's chances?
Tony: Open field pretty much benefits anyone (this is basically exactly what happened with Lead Actress two years ago).
Louis: Thoughts on the direction of Babylon and Nope?
Louis: For the hell of it, your thoughts on Cameron's direction of Avatar 2? I don't recall you giving them yet.
Even though he's not the best among the other nominees, seeing Fraser win his Oscar will be beautiful.
Bobby Darin, Too Late Blues
James Stewart, Two Rode Together
Tatsuya Nakadai, A Soldier's Prayer
Alberto Sordi, Una vita difficile
Ralph Meeker, Something Wild
Mieczysław Voit, Mother Joan of the Angels
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Leon Morin, Priest
Tatsuya Nakadai, Immortal Love
Marcello Mastroianni, The Assassin
For me personally, Yeoh is simply THE performance of the year, with Quan as a close second. So the fact that I woke up to her win today... my God what a day!!! I am genuinely hoping the same would be the case at Oscars as well. Yeoh and Fraser going all the way would be so satisfying.
Tony: Definitely open field as Calvin said, and given past cases similar to this the BAFTA winner tends to end up taking this, specifically with Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies (granted the SAG winner that year, Idris Elba, didn't get nominated at the Oscars). Just makes sense to me too since it would get Banshees at least one win (I think EEAAO is taking Original Screenplay).
Hello Louis and folks!
Let's talk about some 2022 movie translations in non-English speaking countries. The names that were in Brazil were:
Everything Everywhere All At Once = Everything Everywhere at the Same Time
All Quiet on the Western Front = All New on the Front (kept same name with 1930 film)
The Northman = The Man From the North
Women Talking = Among Women
Turning Red = Red: Growing up is a Beast
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish = Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish
Fire of Love = Volcanoes: The Tragedy of Katia and Maurice Krafft
The Outfit = The Tailor
Bones and All = Down to the Bones
Broker = Broker - A New Chance
The Batman = Batman (kept the same name as the 1989 Tim Burton film)
Causeway = Passageway
Nope = No, Don't Look
X = X - The Mark of Death
Barbarian = Brutal Nights
Do Revenge = Punishers
Bodies Bodies Bodies = Death Death Death
Men = Men: Faces of Fear
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent = The Weight of Talent
Three Thousand Years of Longing = Once Upon A Genius
Prey = The Predator: The Hunt
The Good Nurse = The Night Nurse
The Greatest Beer Run Ever = Operation Beer
The Son = A Son
PS: Do you know how the Brazilian title of The Banshees of Inisherin turned out? It was "Os Banshees de Inisherin", translated only "the" and "of". I was very happy because I believed that I was going to receive an absurd title or keep the original name accompanied by a subtitle.
Brazinterma: Some Polish translations this year were as follows:
Causeway = Bridge
The Banshees of Inisherin = Ghosts of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once = Everything Everywhere at the Same Time
Decision to Leave = The Suspect
The Good Nurse = The Good Caretaker
The Outfit = The Hideout
Jerry & Marge Go Large = Winning Lottery Tickets of Jerry & Marge (I'm just glad they translated it in accordance with the plot instead of trying to clumsily figure out what "go large" could mean)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever = The Great Beer Offensive
Bones and All = Down To The Last Bone
The Pale Blue Eye = Cataract
Dead for a Dollar = The Headhunter
Cha Cha Real Smooth = The Dance of Youthfulness
Hustle = The Throw of a Lifetime
After Yang = Yang
The Northman = The Viking
Shattered = In the Snare of Lust
Out of the Blue = The Crime of Infatuation
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery = Glass Onion: A Movie From the "Knives Out" Franchise
Armageddon Time = Armageddon
Spirited = The Christmas Spirit
Thirteen Lives = Thirteen
All Quiet on the Western Front = No Changes in the West
The Survivor = Unbeatable
Lightyear = Buzz Lightyear
She Said = In Unison
Broker = Baby Broker
Nope = No!
didn't have many changes in taht regard this year (not that i can think of), but some of the few are:
All Quiet On The Western Front = Nothing New In The West
Turning Red = Red
Babylon = Babylon: Rush of Ecstasy
Mrs Harris Goes To Paris = Mrs Harris And A Dress By Dior
Women Talking = The Talk
The Outfit = The Outfit -Crime by Measure
Broker = Broker - Family Wanted
The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent = Massive Talent
Armageddon Time = Times Of Upheaval
Good Luck To YOu, Leo Grande = My Hours With Leo
Decision To Leave = The Woman In The Fog
Jurassic World: Dominion = Jurassic World: A New Age
Ops, I wrote it wrong.
All Quiet On The Western Front = Nothing New on the Front
Louis: your thoughts on the “Anybody” sequence in Retour a Seoul? I’m surprised the song didn’t make your top 10. If you have time, could you give a watch to Godland, Pacifiction and Stars at Noon?
I was at the Berlinale last week and I’ve seen so many interesting movies. I suggest you to check out Past Lives, Tótem, Afire, Limbo, Femme and Suzume once they become available. I think you will like all of them, the latter especially. I’m not as crazy as most of you on Your Name, but I’m sure you will love Suzume. I’ve also got the chance to interview Shinkai and It was such a pleasure talking with him about his new movie.
Omar: That's awesome that you got to interview Shinkai, I'm really looking forward to Suzume.
Aidan:
1. "The Letter" - The Fabelmans
2. "Seorae" - Decision To Leave
3. "All's Well that Ends Farewell" - The Batman
4. "Finale" - Babylon
5. "The Mystery of Inisherin" - The Banshees of Inisherin
6. "Valkyrie" - The Northman
7. "Mother and Son" - The Fabelmans
8. "Welcome" - Babylon
9. "Catwoman" - The Batman
10. "The Fabelmans" - The Fabelmans
11. "The Batman" - The Batman
12. "The King" - The Northman
13. "The Riddler" - The Batman
14. "Wild Child" - Babylon
15. "A Smoldering New Day" - The Banshees of Inisherin
16. "New House" - The Fabelmans
17. "Changed" - Living
18. "Nope" - Nope
19. "I'm So Happy You're Home" - Pearl
20. "Aettartre" - The Northman
21. "Winkin Well" - Nope
22. "We Bring Tribute" - The Woman King
23. "Jupiter's Claim" - Nope
24. "정재일 - 기도" - Broker
25. "Haywood Ranch" - Nope
Luke:
For me, despite indeed some good songs, falls into the "noise" Muppet-type film for me, which gets pretty interminable pretty quickly. Tim Curry is doing his typical 90's thing, which I generally do like, and one can enjoy him here, however, it is a disservice to Long John Silver who is actually a complicated villain. I think it is the film's mistake for trying to keep the complication in, which feels just out of place with just how haphazard the sum of it is. Where Christmas Carol finds the right balance, this one doesn't in the slightest, also didn't find the muppets stuff particularly amusing this time around.
Not as good as shiver me timbers, but the overly impressive element of the film is some of the orchestration and this case here with the amount of power in the vocal backup singers. Curry also is wonderful in his performance delivering a real grandeur. I think the song gets a little lost in the second half as it rambles a bit, but the opening is pretty powerful in its way.
Anonymous:
1. Robert Eggers
2. Damien Chazelle
3. The Safdie Brothers
4. Greta Gerwig
5. Ryan Coogler
6. Emerald Fennell
7. The Daniels
8. Bo Burnham
9. Charlotte Wells
10. Carlos López Estrada
Luke:
Lead interestingly she's a bit like Tang Wei in Decision to Leave.
8000's:
It is part of the essential haunting quality of the film, and one where sort of traditionally calming musical ideas are increased just a bit to be unnerving in such a disquieting way. Isn't overt horror, but rather this subtle almost subconscious anxiety that is so powerful.
Tahmeed:
Bhatt - 3.5(As basically just the supportive girlfriend role, she is good in terms of managing to make an impact in a very short time and overcoming somewhat the confines of the role that could be more limiting otherwise. She gives the right convincing earnestness to her part even if it is a relatively limited role.)
Devgn - 3(For me he was good if mostly *there* for me as a largely stoic support figure, though his more emotional reactions, albeit brief are effective.)
Again no overlap to spread the wealth.
Scenes:
1. Home Movies - The Fabelmans
2. Puss v. Wolf - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
3. The Beach - Decision to Leave
4. The Main mission - Top Gun: Maverick
5. "Naatu Naatu" - RRR
6. Valhalla - The Northman
7. The War Machine - All Quiet on the Western Front
8. Cheeseburger - The Menu
9. The Beach - The Banshees of Inisherin
10. Monster Hunter - Tar
Many honorable mentions as I loved a lot scenes from 2022.
Acting:
1. Music v. Niceness - The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Be Kind - Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. Julliard - Tar
4. Snowy Mountain - Decision to Leave
5. A bit of peace - The Banshees of Inisherin
6. Letter - The Fabelmans
7. There goes that dream - The Banshees of Inisherin
8. The Queen's truth - The Northman
9. Kat's Letter - All Quiet on the Western Front
10. Dad Story - Bones and All
Razor:
Babylon is stylistically the return closest to Whiplash in terms of the overt abrasiveness of the choices, however rather than being filtered a technically more isolated small-scale piece is a bombastic epic. Chazelle's own word seems to be "more" as his focal point as a director in this film. And I think sometimes to its detriment sometimes to its benefit. I wouldn't actually say the sort of big sequences are any different in the overall choices, just whether or not one cares for that particular excess. My reaction to the opening, where Chazelle really makes sure you see the Elephant defecation and the sexually inclined urination, was "this is probably going to be a long film" as Chazelle goes to an extreme to make the point in a way that is off-putting, one would guess intentionally so, however, the overall sort of kinetic approach of the sequence seems he wants to engage the audience closer to what Scorsese did with Wolf. He seems to clash rather than cohere and it comes off as a failed attempt to outdo what has been done and isn't successful as such. Having said that I actually do like many of his choices here. Just in terms of his overall aesthetic, from the score, the editing costumes, cinematography, and of course production design the "more" does work and creates a mad tapestry of excess effectively. And individual scenes we get this more and it works for me as all the filming within the film scenes I do think are insane in a way that works. And to Chazelle's credit, he does know to slow down, but honestly, these scenes are less impactful, more so as the writing isn't completely there such as the Manny/Neillie relationship should be haunting and it just isn't. And I think largely what you see here is mostly a mix of writing not quite buttressing the directing, which again much of it I do love. Take the Tobey Maguire sequence, I think as written it is too obviously a version of the Molina Boogie Nights scene, but having said that, the direction of the pit of hell that we go deeper into is incredibly visceral and I would LOVE to see Chazelle do a horror film based on that sequence. Or take the final montage which in execution direction wise I think is very remarkable just as written it was never quite earned. But overall I still wouldn't say this is great direction/middling writing, I think some direction is great but like the opening there are moments where he goes in a direction that doesn't work.
Peele's direction of Nope is in many ways his most assured work, my reservations towards the film are almost entirely in the writing, I really only have praise for the direction of it. I mean really take any scene from Peele and his choices here are pretty fantastic in terms of crafting the work very much with spectacle in mind. His choice to shoot it at such a large ominous scale is ideal and really twofold. One is it creates mood, it creates an atmosphere for the foreboding nature of the creature but also eventually transforms itself into a grand action epic by the end of it. His use of sound throughout the film is incredible almost always more so alluding to the horror than showing whether it is in the abduction scene or the Gordy scene. Peele's choice create genuine horror by often letting your mind do the work for him. Even speaking of the Gordy scene or the other "apes" scene, as much as the former I don't think entirely coheres in terms of the writing, the artistry in terms of the technical execution is obvious in terms of just showing the quiet tension of the horror of it. Or the "apes" scene that shows how effective Peele could've been if he had gone that route, which is also the scariest scene of the film despite being a fakeout. And I think his balance of humor here was particularly on point, only the right moments, and the performances never go too broad. He punctuates moments with humor and knows when to and not to include something. He is very growing as a director, and if he returns to his Get Out scripting, his next film could easily be his very best.
Oliver:
Well funny that you ask as Cameron's direction is largely not what I hate about Avatar, not that I love or like his direction, but he's not an incompetent filmmaker. I hate his writing (I mean ONLY Cameron could get away with "yeah we had the villain's mind on a backup disc" or "Yeah her Avatar was pregnant somehow just like how Palpatine came back" with so little scrutiny but I digress). Cameron can shoot an action scene and he does so here. I have nothing against the scenes other than a sense of weightlessness to me both in terms of some aspects of the effects, I do think they actually are overly fluid at times, and the fact that I really don't care about any of the characters. How Cameron though in general constructs scenes does show his old-school ability even if I still don't care at a very basic level. I am less impressed by his particular focus on the effects here because I fundamentally don't care for the designs meaning how the choice to really accentuate these elements only makes me care less than I already did. When I hear Cameron boast about the inventive ways he filmed the live-action actors for the mocap, I still just think, "yeah still looks like a video game, that I don't care to play". And so much of the effort for me feels misplaced, and while I can see the effort theoretically, I don't care about the effort in practice. In terms of his overall choices, it is Cameron aggressively earnest that really has been his approach since T2, and does emphasize just how thin his scripts are through this reinforcement. His overall approach truly is just to look at it all, which I guess seems enough to sell for most, though not for me.
Shaggy:
You can check my cinematography ranking from Oscar nomination day in the supporting lineup announcement.
6. Todd Field - Tar
7. Luca Guadagnino - Bones and All
8. The Daniels - EEAO
9. Edward Berger - All Quiet on the Western Front
10. Mark Mylod - The Menu
Omar:
I was not aware that was an original song otherwise that would've made my lineup. Regardless, a fantastic take that essentially is more shadowboxing than dancing, and I think speaks so effectively to the character who has this certain joyful hostility within her dominating manner.
I will certainly try to check those 2022 films in the interim if possible and those Berlinale films when they become available.
Louis after SAG who do you think is going to win the acting races?
Louis: Your thoughts on your ten favorite scenes of 2022? (other than the ones you've already given of course)
Anonymous:
Actor: I think Butler because Elvis did better overall, but it's going to be razor thin because it is hard to not like Fraser. I almost feel like whatever wins makeup will win both, strange thing to go by, but oddly I think that will be the case. I will agree with Calvin that Farrell has the slimmest of chances just because of the split but sadly I think that is VERY slim.
Actress: Blanchett and Yeoh both have as much in their corners, so much in fact that I have no idea. Yeoh...I guess.
Supporting Actor: Do think this is Quan's with *relative* ease. If Gleeson had been the one to win BAFTA I might say it is closer just because he would have the additional vet/overdue factors but as is I think Quan takes it.
Supporting Actress: I'll predict Curtis in hope that I'm wrong. Of course I think the amount of love for EEAO at SAG might work against it *slightly* in final voting and I think that would probably help Condon the most, whose BAFTA wins shows that she could win just based on you know giving a great performance without any personal narrative to go with it. All the SAG wins might cause voters to react in an anti-hype way, or just a "should spread the love" then way which would help Condon. And it would seem strange for Banshees to possibly go empty handed given its amount of nominations, so that would help Condon the most (though I think Banshees definitely can win Original screenplay still). Still in hopes that I'm wrong I'm predicting Curtis on the vet factor. I think Bassett is probably done because SAG is the most populist typically, and it feels like she should've won there. Voting hasn't started yet though so there could be some real surprises, as this season has been very surprising at the very least.
Louis: Thoughts on Shiver My Timbers and is Schneider your 75 Lead Actress winner.
I personally think that EEAAO could dominate AND the wealth could be spread, where with regards to Billboards, I'm still predicting McDonagh in Screenplay and Condon is obviously in play. Doesn't have to be one or the other.
The main reason I'm still predicting Banshees in Screenplay being the critics' precursors and in fact, the televised awards thus far have all generally favoured it and the focus for awarding the Daniels is very clearly on their direction. Seems like an easy way to do a split. I suppose Todd Field is also lurking around as a potential spoiler though.
Louis: your thoughts on Seorae's theme in Decision to Leave. I think the greatest compliment of it is I listen to it and my mind can be immediately drawn to the scenes in the film it is used in.
Luke:
I hesitate to use the words, but to describe as a banger just seems right. I mean the most epic of openings to a Muppet movie, but would be genuinely epic regardless. I mean if not for a few of the Muppet voices in there, you could but it as a much darker song with ease. As it is so intense and honestly the lyrics are pretty brutally blunt in terms of going over the way of the pirate. But let's be honest here, it just an amazing song, as it begins with such catchy syncopated intensity that only builds and builds, with such a marvelous tapestry of vocals and the instrumentation that just merges together to only somehow hit even harder as it goes along to a properly explosive (and quite brutal for a kids movie) finale.
Calvin:
Well I'd say EEAO is nearly locked for Director and Picture, so it will be interesting to see how much love they throw its way since the max for a best picture winner in the last ten years has been 4 wins (which would be covered by Quan/Editing Or Yeoh). So it will be interesting to see if that trend breaks (which to be fair it managed to set the SAG record), or if not, where the love gets spread around to.
Well it is as you say instantly brings you to the scene. It is such a gorgeous piece of music that is haunting but absolutely beautiful at the same time. Its misterioso style is perfection to the piece as the blend of the luscious instrumentation has a powerfully romantic but also enigmatic quality, that also musically represents the character so perfectly. The highlight for me is the single punctuated note against the flute, that segues towards the orchestra that expresses in it emotional longing in just a extraordinary way.
Where would Nina Hoss rank in your supporting actress ranking?
I don't think the SAG winners will completely be repeated. There have only been two films that won 3 acting categories, Streetcar and Network. If the willingness by the academy were there, it would have happened more often and less far apart by now.
I'm not saying Curtis and Yeoh have no chance. In fact, the love for EEAAO is definitely there to get it two acting wins, I'm pretty sure about that actually. I'm saying ... either/or. And i think that will in fact lead to different respective decisions when it comes to Original Screenplay.
Scenario 1) Curtis wins Supporting, Blanchett wins Lead, therefore they will give Banshees Screenplay
Scenario 2) Condon wins Supporting, then Yeoh could push through in Lead. Under these circumstances, they MIGHT say that Tar should not go without win and give it Screenplay
Scenario 1 is more likely though
Louis: thoughts on John Williams potentially winning Original Score? Feels like if it gets a win, that would be the likeliest area.
Michael:
The rest would be just in the and's (Hoss is a 4 for me), which aren't ranked other than just being separated by their rating.
Calvin:
I mean I'd be overjoyed, and I could see it only because I wouldn't say there is an undeniable front runner. It is however his most subtle score since...well a long time however he hasn't won for his bigger scores of late, so again maybe the difference will be that's different. He might get a slight boost as well due to his retirement claims (though apparently he might not be retiring after all). Personally I'm predicting All Quiet but it's one category where I do think it could go anyway theoretically, though Fabelmans, Quiet and Babylon seem the most likely.
Louis: He's confirmed he's not retiring recently, and said he wants to keep working with Spielberg, so that's cool.
Louis: Your thoughts on Christopher Abbott so far as an actor, your top ten acting moments of his, and your reasons for casting him as Joe Gillis.
Louis: Could you add Griffin Dunne (American Werewolf and After Hours), Bill Nighy (About Time and Living) and Timothée Chalamet (Little Women & Bones And All) to your nominations page.
Louis: thoughts on James Hong’s SAG awards speech
Louis: Has Schneider gone up to a 5 for Ludwig.
Louis: I've read that apparently Hitchcock was interested in having either Fontaine or De Havilland as Charlie in Shadow of a Doubt.
Thoughts? Quite honestly, they wouldn't have been as convincing as Wright was in the part.
Also, what are your thoughts on the theory of there being an incestuous relationship between the two Charlies in that movie? I believe you rejected the theory of an incestuous relationship between Hunsecker and his sister in Sweet Smell of Success when you reviewed Lancaster's performance.
Even though they were pretty much in the same range as Wright, I think their screen presences felt far more mature at that point already whereas Wright had that pitch perfect very youthful energy that made her perfect for the role.
Bryan:
While he struggled a little bit with thankless or limited roles (The World to Come) his success with James White and On the Count of Three suggests a particular talent for playing an extreme note in a way that isn't at all actorly and is entirely convincing which is extremely impressive. That suggests a great deal of talent that we've only partially tapped into so far in his career. And perhaps I should watch Clooney's Catch-22 at some point, as that certainly would be a very different show of range depending on how he did there. He's someone who has largely worked with up and coming directors, so I would be very interested to see what he could do with more seasoned talent, as in his most challenging roles he has been the most impressive which is the sign of a strong actor.
I think he has the right presence for Joe Gillis as someone who begins maybe seeming largely stable but gets pulled into a crazy world.
Anonymous:
A Wonderful speech as you couldn't ask for a better single man representation of Asian actors in Hollywood than James Hong who has managed to go from the early days he talks about to EEAO's wins. And he managed to do so in a way that was both moving and very funny.
Luke:
Well as far as I can tell it was her voice, so unless I'm told otherwise, then yes.
8000's:
I'd agree with you and Calvin. I think her innately youthful presence was essential there, and she obviously delivered on the dramatic element needed for the part as well. Well Fontaine and De Havilland would've delivered on the latter they would've been less convincing on the former. I also think there's an extra effective cruelty due to Wright's innately optimistic presence being crushed that also would've been lost.
I think young Charlie is very much in love with Uncle Charlie, the question is how far that goes, and I think you can say there is a degree of romantic affection there. I don't think it was to the point that anything ever happened between them but I do think the undercurrent of attraction is there.
Side Note: I do wish I could visit the William Powell as Charlie universe (obviously Cotten was perfect, but that would've been something to see).
I hope Nakadai wins overall 61.
Louis: Thoughts on the trailer of David Lowery's Peter Pan film.
Louis: Your top 5 favorite actresses below the age of 30?
Also, your thoughts on these 2022 scenes?
Home Movies - The Fabelmans
Puss vs Wolf - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Being Kind - EEAAO
The Beach - The Banshees of Inisherin
The War Machine - All Quiet on the Western Front
Louis: Thoughts on Joe Alwyn and Margaret Qualley (with rating) and where would she rank in Lead Actress.
And Benny Safdie.
Louis: Your past roles for Johnny Depp, John Turturro and Jonah Hill?
Louis: What are your thoughts on the Brat pack? I can't help but look back and see wow the brat pack were talented, but it all went wrongggggggg.
Louis: Your thoughts on Padraic confronting Colm at his house in Banshees? Farrell's delivery of "But you just danced with your dog" gets me every single time.
Does anyone remember where Louis gave his thoughts on Kinnear and Buckley in Men? Having trouble finding them.
Calvin and Aidan: Fair points, it's just that I feel like the EEAAO love could trickle down more easily to that category, not to mention AMPAS voters would simply be more familiar with Bassett or Curtis than Condon. But then again, I honestly have no idea who wins BSA at this point. A Chau upset wouldn't be out of the question.
Tim: I get where you're coming from, but JLC winning and Yeoh losing would be a bizarre outcome.
Everyone who follows the Oscars: Who wins Best Adapted Screenplay at this point? All Quiet obviously did very well, but Women Talking is the more screenplay-driven film (or so I've heard) and has the narrative, social importance, etc. If Polley takes WGA I'll predict her but an AQOTWF win seems pretty likely.
I'm predicting All Quiet, Women Talking potentially if there's a passionate push. It'll be between those two I think.
Tony: Buckley and Kinnear thoughts.
https://actoroscar.blogspot.com/2022/06/alternate-best-actor-1979-steve-martin.html
I'm thinking All Quiet or Women Talking for Adapted and a 3-way race for Original. Banshees and All Quiet aren't even nominated at WGA if I remember, so I think Women Talking will win there. Hopefully that doesn't repeat at the Oscars.
I'm going to make a prediction that Banshees is the one going home empty handed at the Oscars.
All Quiet did too well above the line to not win at least one non-tech Oscar, so I'm predicting it for Adapted Screenplay as well.
Oliver: That sadly is one possibility, although I do think it has a pretty good chance of winning Original Screenplay at the very least and for Condon. A lack of consensus means BAFTA matters more (and has more overlap with the Academy than SAG anyway), and I could definitely see it being similar to 2018 Lead Actress where passion for the quality of performance ends up being decisive.
Anon: Thanks.
Oliver: Worth noting, Banshees and AQOTWF weren't nominated because they were ineligible.
Louis: Have you started watching or finished anything TV or limited series related lately Louis? If so, what? And what did you think of it?
Louis: Your thoughts on the voice of Sterling Hayden.
Luke:
Peter Pan doesn't look the worst Disney live-action, but it does look far from Lowery's finest hour. But hey whatever can make it so he can make more Green Knights.
Qualley would be #10.
Qualley - (The only thing that holds back this performance for me loving it more is her chemistry with Alwyn, which while not bad, comes off as very much just a fling rather than something more substantial than the story suggests it should be. Having said that I did find her performance brought such a natural and tangible life to this character who is a whole lot of things at once. Qualley's performance is impressive as she manages to dance around so many aspects of the character with such ease. She manages to exude incredible confidence at times and interestingly doesn't portray her moments of using her sexuality for gain as acts of overt desperation. Contrasting that though she does still naturally show other moments of desperation yet the two aspects don't feel as disjointed in any way, rather effectively showing her sort of situational power. As she's great in her scene with Reilly (who I think acts his part well but is distracting casting), where you see all the frustration and anxiety as she's in a situation she can only try to argue through where she is less able. She's great then to follow through every moment of sort of going through the situations because any emotion, even when going from one end of caring empathy seemingly and another of blithe disregard, she is able to articulate with the through line being this underlying dogged conviction to at least keep going.)
Alwyn - (His performance is one such where it isn't so what is bad but what is so not great about it that really sinks it. It is a tricky role as the character should be both frustrating and intriguing. Alwyn hits the marks of the former but struggles with the latter. It isn't so that he's really bad in trying to portray the character clearly hiding much but doesn't exactly draw you into what's going on with him, which is the problem. He doesn't invest you into this man in any way, though all the emotions he portrays are technically well performed, he needed a more innate charisma within his work to fully deliver on the needs of the part. Robert Pattinson likely would've been more successful I think on both aspects of the character so it's a shame he dropped out.)
Safdie - (Really enjoyed his performance by very much presenting his character in kind of an almost overly jovial and casual way that suggests the method of the man's attempt to disarm, while in a way strangely making him less disarming. Safdie's casual delivery of the more seeming duplicitous elements shows this certain confidence in the life that in turn makes everything about him a bit shadier. He hits the right ambiguous note without seeming vague, in there are moments where he does seem like he genuinely just wants to help while others you can't help but second guess his way of seeming to present himself as so "kind".)
Marcus:
Puss v. Wolf - (Specifically the re-match, which is a climactic fight I'd put against any other climactic fight in general, but especially sword fight in recent years. It is just an extremely well-put-together scene in terms of being just compelling in the animation but also how hard-hitting it is in its execution. Each beat is so well punctuated in the animation and just really so visceral. The moment for example where Puss uses the hidden knife to parry Wolf's attack IS as intense a "near death" turnaround a moment as you can name. It's what a great action scene should be though in that it is a story in itself, in each of the beats from when they're even, to when Wolf gets the upper hand then when Puss comes back, each punctuated with clear and powerful moments. That is only amplified is emotionally it just is perfection in terms of the natural realization of the journey of Puss to a more mature caring hero and his wish to stand against death with bravery. And then just the final conversation is equally great with Wolf's frustration in accepting that Puss has changed and Puss's recognition of mortality, but in a way that is life-affirming.)
The Main Mission - (Watching Top Gun for the first time, I did think to myself that the mission HAD to deliver for the film to be any good, particularly with so much build-up, and it quite simply did. But I think it goes to show how it is a simple thing seemingly that makes action scenes great. Which again tells a story in the action, with a clear build, a clear objective, and a very clear moment. Not just clarity in the direction/editing/cinematography (which is important) but the clarity of storytelling. You know as an audience needs to be accomplished and it brings you all the more into the visceral sense of the scene. It isn't just STUFF until it ends (a sin of many Marvel action scenes for example), we know what needs to happen and we see the progression of that.)
Valhalla - (I'm all about films actually successfully creating imagery I haven't seen before and Eggers and crew managed to do this with the realization of the Valkyrie's ride just visually so powerfully, but also in terms of the investment that comes from the act before the fight. The fight itself, which perfect setting of hell in the volcano, is appropriately brutal, and love the two side coup de grace, leading just a moment to think Amleth had been successful until you get a better look at it.)
The War Machine - (Going into the film, I thought what is this version going to do new, and this sequence instantly showed me it actually has its own vision. By so effectively showing the literal and figurative mechanization of war, as we take that one dead soldier's coat, and slowly refurbish it to a new potential victim, showing the blunt cruelty of the process, that is noted by how syncopated it is as we get to the final moment of the group of name tags of dead men lying on the floor.)
Cheeseburger - (I mean few foods look more delicious than this cheeseburger as presented here in such loving detail, and I love the whole attention to Fiennes throughout the scene in showing just how much love Slowik is putting into the act, showing the lost humanity and lost the love of food as he goes about his final act of doing something that he loves. It is also just a wonderful "key" that does feel satisfying for "Margot's" escape.)
Monster Hunter - (I mean one of the most unexpected and altogether hilarious endings that you'd never expect from a film like Tar, and that's what makes the moment such genius. Particularly as Field builds it up as though Tar is still in what is considered some kind of notable orchestra of some such, and then when the shoe drops it couldn't be more perfect to see what it is that Tar is now "keeping time" for.)
The Beach Banshees - (I love it because it successfully resolves yet doesn't resolve everything in just the right way. Because between the lines of the hostility now shifted, however, we see the change in Colm who now seems so much more open than he had been in the rest of the film, and his attempt to be a friend seems genuine. Against Farrell who in a way is showing Padriac's attempt to hold that hostility but you see the moments where his old nature gets the better of him. And while it isn't "we're friends again" we also see through the conversations that they aren't enemies despite what Padriac just did.)
Actresses under 30:
1. Florence Pugh
2. Anya Taylor-Joy
3. Saoirse Ronan
4. Mia Goth (Could move up)
5. Elle Fanning
I'd imagine Jodie Comer would probably make the list once I've seen more of her work.
Ytrewq:
Depp:
Barry Kane
Harry Fabian
Cheyenne
Turturro:
Sonny Corleone
Doc Erwin
Rocyk Gravo
Hill:
Sid Hudgens
Marty
Jack Goodman
RatedRStar:
It is interesting looking at the sort of "main" group considered the group that all of them never exactly broke out past a certain point once their 80's fame faded. All of them have had a certain level of success, but they never exactly took over as perhaps was the expectation. And perhaps partly because I'd say more or less everyone in that group is talented to some degree, the overall average isn't that of something extraordinary, rather the group just offers kind of a specific snippet in the form of a group of actors, which might've not *exactly* existed as formerly as was presumed.
Tahmeed:
I scene is great as technically it is their biggest scene of direct conflict as Padriac epitomizes the idea of "coming in hot", against the unsuspecting Colm, and I do love the dog dancing scene as you get two things, one is that Colm loves his dog...but he's also pretty lonely. Everything Padriac does shows his incompetence at being mad particularly this early in trying to be confrontational and comically losing his direction. I love it though because it speaks to the strength of the film of two very human feelings, one of just being want to be left alone but also needing companionship, and the conflict when the two meet is so effectively articulated by both characters, even if the characters don't quite know it. And Farrell and Gleeson are great in the way their performances variate between moments of connecting, between moments of Colm going to this loathing Padriac, and probably self-loathing. As we see them nearly connecting but also not connecting.
Louis: Is it possible at all to make a request for another 2004 Lead performance, or would it have to go to the backlog.
Louis, rating for Qualley.
Tahmeed: There's one spot left open.
Tahmeed:
You can, I'll say regardless of the amount of requests, Murray and Considine will be reviewed along with every requested performance.
Louis: thoughts on the screenplay to Decision to Leave?
Louis: In that case, I'd like to request Shah Rukh Khan's performance in Swades for 2004 Lead.
Louis, your thoughts on Philip Seymour Hoffman in the following roles:
Ernst Toller
David (The Lobster)
Michael (Anomalisa)
Warren Miller (Wildlife)
Henry Ford II
Eli Sisters
Bobby Hicks
Dick Cheney
Thanos
Louis: Along with Shah Rukh Khan, Armin Mueller-Stahl in Eastern Promises was requested by Lucas Saavedra. You'll find it on Fiennes review.
Varun: Tahmeed. I love you. Swades is one of his goat performances alongside chak de india and dil se.
Varun: I saw it yesterday, and he absolutely blew me away. He's probably my win for 2004 Lead Actor the more I think about it, as it's the best leading man performance I've seen of his, while being so much more than that as well.
Louis: Your top 20 performances of 2022?
Mine would be:
1. Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. Park Hae-il - Decision to Leave
4. Anamaria Vartolomei - Happening
5. Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
6. Tang Wei - Decision to Leave
7. Danielle Deadwyler - Till
8. Daniel Kaluuya - Nope
9. Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
10. Guslagie Malanda - Saint Omer
11. Cate Blanchett - TÁR
12. Bill Nighy - Living
13. Paul Mescal - Aftersun
14. Paul Dano - The Fabelmans
15. Park Ji-min - Return to Seoul
16. Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
17. Taylor Russell - Bones and All
18. Hong Chau - The Whale
19. Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All At Once
20. Steven Yeun - Nope
My top 20 would be (with quite a few more performances to see, admittedly):
1. Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
4. Park Hae-il - Decision to Leave
5. Paul Dano - The Fabelmans
6. Tang Wei- Decision to Leave
7. Paul Mescal - Aftersun
8. Cate Blanchett - Tar
9. Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
10. Lee Ji-eun - Broker
11. Timothee Chalamet and Taylor Russell - Bones and All
13. Ralph Fiennes - The Menu
14. Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
15. Christopher Abbott - On the Count of Three
16. Ram Charan and N.T. Rama Rao Jr. - RRR
18. Bae Doona - Broker
19. Albrecht Schuch - All Quiet on the Western Front
20. Wagner Moura - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
After rewatching most of these and upgrading a few performances to 5, I feel comfortable with this ranking. A hard decision for lead actress but Wei's my choice for now. I haven't seen Holy Spider or Return to Seoul which seem important.
1. Park Hae-il - Decision to Leave
2. Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. Tang Wei - Decision to Leave
4. Cate Blanchett - TÁR
5. Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All At Once
6. Paul Mescal - Aftersun
7. Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
8. Bill Nighy - Living
9. Lee Ji-eun - Broker
10. Timothee Chalamet - Bones and All
11. Paul Dano - The Fabelmans
12. Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
13. Felix Kammerer - All Quiet on the Western Front
14. Bae Doona - Broker
15. Taylor Russell - Bones and All
16. Frankie Corio - Aftersun
17. Albrecht Schuch - All Quiet on the Western Front
18. Brendan Fraser - The Whale
19. Ralph Fiennes - The Menu
20. Hong Chau - The Whale
Eh, I can't sleep. So, I might as well give the Top 20 a shot. Though I will say, there's still stuff I've yet to watch.
1. Cate Blanchett - Tár
2. Colin Farell - The Banshees of Inisherin
4. Ke Huy Quan - EEAAO
3. Tang Wei - Decision To Leave
4. Michelle Yeoh - EEAAO
5. Alexander Skarsgard - The Northman
6. Mark Rylance - The Outfit
7. Bill Nighy - Living
8. Park Hael-Il - Decision To Leave (could go up on re-watch)
9. Ralph Fiennes - The Menu
10. Margot Robbie - Babylon
11. Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie
12. Paul Dano - The Fabelmans
13. Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
14. Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
15. Brian Tyree-Henry - Causeway
16. Brendan Fraser - The Whale
17. Christopher Abott - On The Count of Three
18. Wagner Moura - Puss In Boots 2: The Last Wish
19. Eddie Redmayne - The Good Nurse
20. N.T. Rama Rao Jr & Ram Charan - RRR
Also, I'm watching Women Talking tomorrow. So there's a chance Jessie Buckley skyrockets to my Top 10 or 5 by then. That might sound biased, but then again, she's my current win for Performance of the Decade with I'm Thinking of Ending Things.
8000's:
I mean one of the most naturally broad voices that ever existed in film, that I wouldn't say had the most places to be used, but when in the right place cut through a scene like few others.
Tony:
Ernst Toller - (I mean give any role like this to Hoffman and he would work. I do think the more emaciated look though is kind of part of the character and ties into Diary of a Country Priest so not the most natural choice on that front.)
David - (Would be ideal honestly, and though I liked Farrell there, I think Hoffman might've brought me in a bit more.)
Michael - (The same is true here, I think his performance would have been more of a sadsack which I think would've actually benefitted buying into the conceit.)
Warren Miller - (Not an amazing role to begin with but he could've worked given he is very much a similar type to Camp anyways.)
Henry Ford II - (Could've worked though I think Letts was more ideal, Hoffman has less of a "captain of industry" innate presence than Letts does, which worked for the part.)
Eli Sisters - (100% though I never would've taken that part/performance from Reilly.)
Bobby Hicks - (Would've been a natural fit, as he too can do very naturalistic but with an off-beat charm)
Dick Cheney - (Well would've rather kept him from McKay, but regardless, he certainly would've worked for the part. I think he could've done it in either full transformation like Bale or evocation like Dreyfuss and could've made it work within his own performance.)
Thanos - (Certainly has the needed power to his voice, I don't think he would've been ideal just for the confines of the motion capture as I think Brolin's face just naturally fit the character in more than Hoffman's would which could've looked strange, which is very important.)
Anonymous:
1. Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. Park Hae-il - Decision to Leave
4. Paul Dano - The Fabelmans
5. Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees of Inisherin
6. Cate Blanchett - Tar
7. Tang Wei - Decision to Leave
8. Bill Nighy - Living
9. Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Inisherin
10. Danielle Deadwyler - Till
11. Lee Ji-eun - Broker
12. Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All At Once
13. Ralph Fiennes - The Menu
14. Ji-Min Park - Return to Seoul
15. Albrecht Schuch - All Quiet on the Western Front
16. Mia Goth - Pearl
17. Timothée Chalamet - Bones and All
18. Felix Kammerer - All Quiet on the Western Front
19. Bae Doona - Broker
20. Paul Mescal - Aftersun
1. Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. Paul Mescal - Aftersun
4. Park Hae-il - Decision To Leave
5. Tang Wei - Decision To Leave
6. Colin Farrell - The Banshees Of Inisherin
7. Cate Blanchett - Tár
8. Ralph Fiennes - The Menu
9. Timothee Chalamet - Bones And All
10. Paul Dano - The Fabelmans
11. Danielle Deadwyler - Till
12. Kerry Condon - The Banshees Of Inisherin
13. Robert Pattinson - The Batman
14. Guslagie Malanda - Saint Omer
15. Frankie Corio - Aftersun
16. Brian Tyree Henry - Causeway
17. Brendan Gleeson - The Banshees Of Inisherin
18. Daniel Kaluuya - Nope
19. Taylor Russell - Bones And All
20. Mia Goth - Pearl
Calvin:
Decision to Leave's screenplay I will say does have one flaw, I attempted to find the original screenplay to see if it is alleviated, which was what was Soo-wan's fate after the stabbing, this mind you could've been just a quick line about why Jang left to cover it "You're old partner died or you're old partner almost died" something simple even. Just a weird oversight that I wonder if it was removed in editing. And yes, he's not part of the main narrative other than to challenge Jang, but it does seem like Soo-wan was a substantial enough character to deserve a slight mention regarding his fate.
Louis: Your overall ranking of this years’ Oscar-nominated films.
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1. Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Cate Blanchett in TÁR
3. Paul Mescal in Aftersun
4. & 5. Park Hae-il and Tang Wei in Decision to Leave
6. Paul Dano in The Fabelmans
7. Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once
8. Bryan Tyree Henry in Causeway
9. Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Insherin
10. Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin
11. Bill Nighy in Living
12. Robert Pattinson in The Batman
13. Alexander Skarsgärd in The Northman
14. Aimee Lou Wood in Living
15. Anne Hathaway in Armageddon Time
16. Kate Hudson in Glass Onion
17. Anthony Hopkins in Armageddon Time
18. Ralph Fiennes in The Menu
19. Frankie Corio in Aftersun
20. Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
Really enjoyed Creed III, and impressive debut from Jordan, though there are a couple slightly weird choices in there, most of them worked for me.
Jordan - 4.5
Thompson- 4
Rashad - 3.5
Harris - 3.5
Saving Majors.
Louis: Thoughts on the cast.
Bryan:
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Fabelmans
Puss in Boots: the Last Wish
Tar
All Quiet on the Western Front
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
The Batman
Turning Red
RRR
Aftersun
Fire of Love
Triangle of Sadness
All the Beauty and Bloodshed
The Quiet Girl
EO
Navalny
Argentina, 1985
Babylon
Bardo
Pinnochio
Close
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
All That Breathes
Marcel The Shell With Shoe On
To Leslie
Glass Onion
The Sea Beast
A House Made of Splinters
Causeway
Elvis
Women Talking
Empire of Light
The Whale
Avatar: The Way of Water
Blonde
Luke:
I'll be brief since not many have seen it.
Jordan - (Fantastic reprise where he does manage to go places he hasn't gone before in the part, and I really liked the additional exploration here of kind of dealing with success particularly in relation to where one came from in terms of their perceived class. Found Jordan really powerful here in the key moment while also just bringing the right sort of presence that shows the right growth while still showing the struggle.)
Thompson - (Again strong support in this role, and I think what both her and Jordan do really well is show a strong, honest relationship growing in each film which is very impressive. Thompson and Jordan showing the maturation of that relationship particularly effectively, while still just having strong chemistry, however chemistry that has changed.)
Rashad - (Moving and effective in her bit, in bringing the same sort of seasoned wisdom again with a bit more there.)
Harris - (Glad he got to do a bit more this time around, as he was kind of wasted in the previous film, actual got to deliver a bit more and he does so as to be expected from him honestly.)
Louis since you don't consider your personal #1's as the only deserving films/performances in a given year, do you believe the following potential winners are deserving?
Picture/Director: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Actor: Austin Butler or Brendan Fraser
Actress: Michelle Yeoh
S. Actress: Jamie Lee Curits or Angela Bassett
Louis: Since you said you'd get to these after the alternates - Thoughts on Peter Deming as a cinematographer, and your dream cast for Infinite Jest?
From a more “complete-film” perspective, I think the Academy did a good job, since only about a sixth of those films are downright mediocre-to-bad. Even then, some of those at least have something solid going on (Butler, Fraser & Chau, Buckley, Deakins, de Armas…I guess).
Louis: If you've seen any of it, thoughts on South Park Season 26 so far?
Anonymous:
Picture/Director: It's in my top ten, so yes. I do sincerely hope though that the wealth is spread for McDonagh or Field to take screenplay.
Actor: No, maybe in a different year. Mescal/Nighy/Farrell though are too much of a clear and considerable notch above in my view.
Actress: 100% great choice. I'll be happy to see either one take it.
S. Actress: NO, Condon is substantially better, and I'll be blunt, while both give good, though far from great, performances, however I would say it is quite possible that both wouldn't have been nominated without being the well known actresses they are. Condon's there because she was great, and I kind of hate that the category is a nail biter.
Tony:
Peter Deming definitely falls into the consummate professional in that his work is always at the very least decent across filmmakers even in terrible films, Capone, his cinematography isn't the problem. He's not at the Deakins level where it is clear he is trying to make every film look amazing regardless of the quality of the film or filmmaker. When pushed though his work can be quite special particularly in helping to engage dynamic mood with his work with Raimi and especially with Lynch. And really his work with Lynch alone there is so much to appreciate in a mix of shots that can range from absolute horror to absolute stunning beauty and transitions with such ease. I think really for example take the closeup during singing auditions in Mulholland Drive to the slow "walk" to the man behind Winkies that each create such an incredibly potent mood, where the camera movement and execution of the shot is an essential aspect of what Lynch is doing.
Well let's just start with the Incandenza family.
Hal Incandenza: Xolo Maridueña
Avril Incandenza: Elizabeth Debicki
James Orin Incandenza Jr.: Oscar Isaac
Mario Incandenza: Kathryn Hunter (In heavy makeup)
Orin Incandenza: Anthony Ramos
Tahmeed:
I have not.
Louis: I'd agree with the "consummate professional" description in the sense that he's someone who treats his profession as just a job while Deakins by contrast strives to be more of a distinctive artist. This leads to him being malleable but lacking a particular style, and very much director-dependent. He's a jack of all trades who's a master of none.
Hmm, that's an interesting cast. Not familiar with Mariduena. The Mario role is arguably uncastable (though admittedly the whole book itself is unadaptable). I'd suggest Blanchett or Kidman for Avril. Debicki is an inspired choice, but isn't she too young to be playing a woman who's supposed to be over 50?
I'd be curious to see who your choice would be for Joelle van Dyne. Conversely I can see Debicki in that role.
Louis and to anyone else who follows awards: Which category do you find the hardest to predict at the Oscars this year?
Tony: Lead Actress, Supporting Actress, Score, and Animated Feature for me personally.
Tony: Supporting Actress and Score. Probably Cinematography too.
Saw Creed III as well, and pretty much agree with Louis on everything, down to the impressive debut albeit with a few odd decisions here and there.
Louis: Would you consider Creed to be one of the best trilogies? It's pretty impressive how it's gone through three directors and technically is going through the same general formula as the Rocky's, and yet manages to have been both consistent and fresh throughout.
Tony: Supporting Actress, Score and (hot take) I think Original Screenplay is going to be quite unpredictable.
Louis: your top 10 performances in a Park Chan Wook movie
Louis: Thoughts on your top 5 performers from the Haunting Of Hill House cast.
RIP Tom Sizemore
RIP Tom Sizemore
Tony:
For me I think the height of the character would be harder to make up for than the age. Debicki is nearly the height of the character, where Kidman and Blanchett aren't close. The other choice I considered was Gwendoline Christie, but I think Debicki has shown a greater comfort with the overall needs of the role than what I've seen from Christie. Debicki I think often comes off as older than she is just, not in looks but presence, and I think with some makeup you could make her a convincingly older, but well preserved women in her fifties. Rather than trying to shoot every scene with forced perspective or lifts to get Blanchett or Kidman to that height.
I'd say Anya Taylor-Joy for Joelle van Dyne.
Well the shorts always.
Then I'd say the 50/50's are:
Actor, Actress, Makeup (I feel like whatever wins actor will win this), Adapted Screenplay(I don't think it's a slam-dunk for AQWF), and Editing (EEAO seems very likely but it will need to break the sound/editing trend that benefits Top Gun.)
Then the 3 or more are:
Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay and Original Score.
Calvin:
Yes, and even more impressive is again the Rocky Franchise's batting average (Only one miss) that manages to remain consistent over so many films.
Anonymous:
1. Choi Min-sik - Oldboy
2. Kim Min-hee -The Handmaiden
3. Park Hae-il - Decision to Leave
4. Tang Wei - Decision to Leave
5. Lee Young-ae - Lady Vengeance
6. Yoo Ji-tae - Oldboy
7. Lee Byung-hun - JSA
8. Song Kang-ho - JSA
9. Ha Jung-woo - The Handmaiden
10. Kim Tae-ri - The Handmaiden
Louis: how well do you think Nicholas Hoult would have done as Charlie in The Good Nurse, and Eddie Redmayne as Tyler in The Menu?
Where would you rank Peter Capaldi in Benediction?
Louis: really remarkable with the kind of weird shifts it has undergone that all work so well, especially now that as you say, we have the 'good version of V' with Creed 3 now.
Louis: Your updated bottom ten films of 2022.
Louis: Your favorite line deliveries of 2022? Some of mine are:
'No SUBSTITUTIONS' - The Menu
'In another life, I would have really liked doing laundry and taxes with you' - EEAAO
'The moment your love ended, mine began' - Decision to Leave
'I find the idea of 9 lives absurd. And you didn't value *any* of them' - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
'Well, there goes that dream' - The Banshees of Inisherin
'I made you look like you could fly' - The Fabelmans
'I will always, always want to be here with you' - EEAAO
'Surprised I made it to 30' - Aftersun
'Anytime' - The Banshees of Inisherin
'Let's be people' - Bones and All
I’m lowkey sensing a TAR upset in Best Original Screenplay, since the film overall did very well for it to *not* walk away with a trophy. It even got into Best Cinematography, which means there’s definitely a lot of passion for it. Original Screenplay could be the place for it to get recognized, since I have the feeling that the tide is shifting to Yeoh.
Also, I kind of wish Gleeson had won at BAFTA instead of Keoghan, just to have a bit of suspense in that race. Definitely nothing against Keoghan (or Quan), but Gleeson does have a strong case on his side for a hypothetical win.
Some of my favourite line readings:
"It was, as you can imagine, a very memorable taco night-The Menu
"Til the day I die I'll wish that I hadn't-Banshees of Inisherin
"What the fuck are you *doing*?"-EEAAO
"I'm death. Straight. Up."-Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
"You got a lot of cats"-The Batman
"You're not living up to your legend, Gato."-Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
"There goes that dream"-Banshees of Inisherin
Louis: your Top 20 performances in Steven Spielberg movies
Louis: Well, Blanchett and Kidman are certainly not short, and it's more the general presence of the character I had in mind than her height. But I have to say, part of my disagreement here stems from my objection to the typical Hollywood problem of casting a younger actress as a middle-aged character rather than an older actress.
This actually relates to the next question I wanted to ask you. Perhaps you've discussed this before, but do you think there are any limitations that could be set on actors playing characters out of their age range/sexuality/race/ethnicity? What are your thoughts on the ethics of casting a non-disabled actor as a character with mental disabilities or physical deformities?
Tony: Well, that question opens up several cans of worms; The issues with representation, the credit actors should be given for portraying quote-on-quote "disabilties", the idea of acting itself in playing someone different than you vs the preceptions audiences have when they know that actor isn't who they're playing...
I'll leave that one alone for now, because I'd otherwise be compelled to write 4-5 paragraphs. In the mean time, though, I did find two videos today that are themselves intriguing/worth mentioning.
The first of these is regarding modern Superhero films/comics, and how they're reprsentation has changed between the 50s and now. It was a very eye opening piece, and incidently I've been liking the channel's content as of late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Z9BG72hBE&ab_channel=PillarofGarbage
The second video is regarding "The Banshees of Inisherin", and it's allegory to the Irish Civil War of the 1920s. I'd heard that take on the film before, but this is the first time it's be fully explained to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74KPJ--cb7Q&ab_channel=Sociocinema
Luke:
Hutton - (As his best performance since Ordinary People, the performance in some ways, in many ways, feels like Donald Sutherland's performance in that film. In that Hutton conveys this certain exhaustion but also persistence in trying to deal with the intense traumas of his family. I really loved the low-key warmth that Hutton brought, and really in each successive scene, he reinforced the idea that beneath everything their dad always loved them very much. I loved really more than anything this distinct calm in his performance that managed to show someone who definitely underwent his own trauma and now has accepted it and is trying to help others. In this I think he has the great sort of "trying" manner in every moment in showing him trying to connect honestly in every moment, even in the mess ups in this regard there's an inherent earned sweetness about Hutton's work that I was really impressed by here.)
Pedretti & Jackson-Cohen - (Their performance fittingly go together in many ways though in both depicting the two living with the most intense traumas and dealing with them in very different ways. In both, though I think they excel in showing how intense the very much distressed state that connects them particularly potently together. Jackson-Cohen effectively depicted very much the state of the addict in a way that I never found obvious but rather displayed the intensity of the man trying to hide away the pain via drugs. I love his moments of not being on drugs and what you see on the surface isn't withdrawal in normal respect but rather seeing the man facing the fears and the way they overwhelm him. Conversely, Pedretti is extremely moving in showing the way her character is so honestly sweet and happy when not directly living in the memories or the presence of the haunting. And I love the balance of the performance between the moments of real heartfelt joy and then just the extreme horror that is so heartbreaking because we see how she is the rest of the time. Even though the two don't even share that much time on screen together it is impressive how you sense the mutual connection still of the two dealing with so much of it. Then it must be said both's scenes later on, Jackson-Cohen's portrayal of first the determination to act then the final understanding, and especially Pedretti's so powerfully comforting performance both fantastic works.)
Gugino - (In a certain sense the challenge of her character is basically we see her through different extremes based on her memories of her, from the loving mother, the caring wife, the crazed mother, the distraught insane woman, and Gugino is impressive in managing to be able to hit these marks each time however. Whenever we see her it usually is a different note, sometimes even variations between genuinely moving in a haunting presence and horrifying with Gugino's performance being just a slight twitch different that is all that matters or is needed. She is consistently striking pulling each moment off beautifully.)
Lucas:
Forgot to rank him because kept changing in my head whether I'd put him lead or supporting.
Hoult I think could've been VERY effective there, though definitely a challenge as his best performances have been bigger, but I haven't seen him fail with subdued. Redmayne on the other hand struggles with big, but based on that film, I think Mylod might've brought the best out of him.
Bryan:
1. Cha Cha Real Smooth
2. Amsterdam
3. Jurassic World Dominion
4. Blonde
5. Black Adam
6. Don't Worry Darling
7. The Son
8. Thor: Love And Thunder
9. Men
10. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Tahmeed:
"Ehhhrrrr we can do a Cheeseburger" - The Menu (Though really take any Fiennes's delivery)
"And you've failed on both accounts" - Banshees of Inisherin
"Foiled again but faint of heart and all that" - Banshees of Inisherin
"I fear he doesn't, and I feat that's where it's all gone wrong" - Banshees of Inisherin
"Anytime" - The Banshees of Inisherin
"My pleasure" - The Fabelmans
"I think you have something to say to me Sammy, and if I'm right about that get it off your chest and say it to my face" - The Fabelmans
"I just love the smell of fear" - Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
"But somehow this feels like it's all my fault" - Everything Everywhere All At Once
"What the fuck are you doing" - Everything Everywhere All At Once
"Apartment for sale" - Tar
"Nope" - Nope
"I am your death" - The Northman
Tony:
They're not short, but they're FAR from the height of the character. When the height of the character is 6'5'' it is a bit of a defining trait, and rare for an actress to be that height, Debicki is one of the very few at 6'3''. For me the height in this instance overrules the age factor combined again with Debicki coming off as older to begin with. Also if we're talking about Kidman and Blanchett I wouldn't say they're starving for roles, and seem to have more options than Debicki, who seems to only be cast as "battered wife".
You can see my general thoughts on the matter in my review of Klaus Kinski for Woyzeck.
Shaggy:
1. Robert Shaw - Jaws
2. Sean Connery - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
3. Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
4. Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List
5. Roy Scheider - Jaws
6. Paul Dano - The Fabelmans
7. Liam Neeson - Schindler's List
8. Richard Dreyfuss - Jaws
9. Ben Kingsley - Schindler's List
10. Christopher Walken - Catch Me If You Can
11. Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
12. Mike Faist - West Side Story
13. Harrison Ford - Raiders of the Lost Ark
14. Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
15. Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple
16. Dennis Weaver - Duel
17. Tom Hanks - Catch Me If You Can
18. Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
19. Tom Hanks - Bridge of Spies
20. Leonardo DiCaprio - Catch Me If You Can
You love Day Lewis way too much 😂😂 cause personally I would never rank his performance that high within Spielberg's filmography, even though I like that performance overall.
Louis: Thoughts on Mescal and Edgar-Jones.
Louis: Your top ten Paul Mescal acting moments, and your thoughts on these scenes?
Connell's voicemail
Therapy
Ending
Jesus Christ that therapy scene was devastating.
Louis: Your thoughts on this scene from Normal People?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti01S9R7el0&ab_channel=BBCThree
Louis: Regarding PSH, how do you think he would've fared as Mank?
And your thoughts on these casting choices:
Stephen Graham as Eddie Valiant
Bob Odenkirk as Chuck Tatum
Tony Dalton as Jack Foley
Tony: Dalton would be GREAT for an Elmore Leonard character.
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