tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post1647054021610675800..comments2024-03-28T18:52:59.863-04:00Comments on Best Actor: Best Supporting Actor 2019Louis Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-30152981066128027012020-01-13T16:34:05.125-05:002020-01-13T16:34:05.125-05:001. Pesci
2. Pacino
3. Hanks
4. Hopkins
5. The cate...1. Pesci<br />2. Pacino<br />3. Hanks<br />4. Hopkins<br />5. The category-frauding stuntmanPsifoniannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-35038558047112589622020-01-13T15:32:54.624-05:002020-01-13T15:32:54.624-05:001. Pesci
2. Pacino
3. Hanks
4. Pitt
5. Hopkins1. Pesci<br />2. Pacino<br />3. Hanks<br />4. Pitt<br />5. HopkinsJack Narratornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-10498094329239667032020-01-13T14:15:00.693-05:002020-01-13T14:15:00.693-05:00Anonymous:
Spirit sounds like a rejected alternat...Anonymous:<br /><br />Spirit sounds like a rejected alternate choice for the opening song, but far inferior. It quite frankly sound like ripoff, but with just Beyonce saying spirit over that repetitively towards creating an immensely forgettable knockoff. <br /><br />Can't quite say Speechless worked within the scheme of the film, nor can I say it completely fit in musically with the other songs of the film. Having said that it is a good dramatic Disney ballad on its own merits, as this real power ballad of sorts, not unlike a Let it Go. This much better than "Into the Unknown" this with its particularly wonderful chorus, that is quite good, in fact seems like a much better heir to Let It Go, as it is a pretty invigorating song. <br /><br />I'll start on the other request next post. <br /><br />Tahmeed:<br /><br />The dance sequence at the end of Boy was more fitting. This one was a little like, hmmm not sure how to exactly end, let's dance again. Not that it is terrible, and makes sense as sort of a "joy to the world Hitler's dead" so lets dance, but just hardly executed perfectly for me. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-3370658564511981692020-01-13T14:03:33.649-05:002020-01-13T14:03:33.649-05:00Yesh...Louis' reservations towards "Joker...Yesh...Louis' reservations towards "Joker" are making me nervous for Phoenix. I'm still hoping he'll get a 4.5 at least, which I could understand. <br /><br />Its funny..I don't disagree with anything said against the film's writing, direction and technical aspects..the movie's very messy, and at times its hard to gauge where it wants to take its story, or what to say about its protagonist. HOWEVER....I'm not going to lie....it has stayed with me somewhat. There is "something" that keeps me from fully detesting the film. Maybe its just reminding of the great work's from Scorsese...maybe I just like the character of Joker so much that I'm open to most any attempt at his backstory...maybe I just like Phoenix so much that I'm seeing a lot more in his performance than others are...<br /><br />I don't know...I agree that the film's 11 oscar nominations are ridiculous, but I'm also holding my ground with finding the movie decent as a whole.Mitchell Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054562644509043086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-34102647212647973312020-01-13T13:40:45.056-05:002020-01-13T13:40:45.056-05:005º Hopkins
4º Pitt
3º Hanks
2º Pesci
1º Pacino (pl...5º Hopkins<br />4º Pitt<br />3º Hanks<br />2º Pesci<br />1º Pacino (please Louis give him the victory in the Overall Ranking!)<br />BRAZINTERMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254636073247404400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-61524246891112931252020-01-13T12:49:26.552-05:002020-01-13T12:49:26.552-05:00Bradley Cooper being nominated as a producer of Jo...Bradley Cooper being nominated as a producer of Joker is really funny to me for some reason. Matt Mustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03310037237651825936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-87895586645544890742020-01-13T12:18:12.465-05:002020-01-13T12:18:12.465-05:00Louis: Could I have your thoughts on the ending of...Louis: Could I have your thoughts on the ending of Jojo Rabbit? Tahmeed Chowdhuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07946081425647648210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-15634606386205490952020-01-13T12:18:02.998-05:002020-01-13T12:18:02.998-05:00Louis, Your thoughts on Spirit & Speechless fr...Louis, Your thoughts on Spirit & Speechless from The Lion King & Aladdin respectively and thoughts on any saves that you've decided not to keep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-5543426128069342632020-01-13T12:15:42.610-05:002020-01-13T12:15:42.610-05:00Luke:
Watching it...another super generic looking...Luke:<br /><br />Watching it...another super generic looking 90's throwback super villain refashioned as super hero movie...oh there's Michael Keaton...Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-21568375582628582942020-01-13T12:10:25.857-05:002020-01-13T12:10:25.857-05:00Supporting Actress:
1. Florence Pugh - Little Wom...Supporting Actress:<br /><br />1. Florence Pugh - Little Women<br />2. Scarlett Johansson - Jojo Rabbit<br />3. Laura Dern - Marriage Story<br />4. Kathy Bates - Richard Jewell<br />5. Margot Robbie - Bombshell<br /><br />I'll admit to having been too generous to Robbie initially, as I really didn't not care for the first half of her performance in the slightest, a 3 by the way Luke. I have to say the top two are great, so I can't say this is a bad lineup, there's definitely been far worse in the category, as even the bottom three aren't bereft of merit though there were more deserving choices (Zhao Shuzhen, Lopez, Octavia Spencer, Parasite Ladies).<br /><br />Actress:<br /><br />1. Scarlett Johansson - Marriage Story<br />2. Saoirse Ronan - Little Women<br />3. Renee Zellweger - Bombshell<br />4. Cynthia Erivo - Harriet<br />5. Charlize Theron - Bombshell<br /><br />Again top two are great, and Ronan is the slight surprise, that I loved seeing. The other three are all more than decent as well, so I can't hate this lineup even if it could've been better (Awkwafina, Buckley).<br /><br />Picture:<br /><br />1. Parasite<br />2. 1917<br />3. The Irishman<br />4. Jojo Rabbit<br />5. Little Women<br />6. Marriage Story<br />7. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<br />8. Ford V Ferrari<br />9. Joker<br /><br />Again, I guess I'll be Mr. Positive this year, because I thought, even with the needless Joker love, the academy overall did a very good job overall. Where last year, only one best picture nominee even touched my top ten, five did here, with 2 in my top 20. Ford V. Ferrari, I'd even classify as a good film, with Joker being the only true blight in my book, and even then there's been far worse films nominated for best picture. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-82215260908614398812020-01-13T12:07:44.045-05:002020-01-13T12:07:44.045-05:00Thoughts on the Morbius trailer.Thoughts on the Morbius trailer.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-83382168701116536182020-01-13T11:59:18.216-05:002020-01-13T11:59:18.216-05:00Alright now what's Phillips's point...I me...Alright now what's Phillips's point...I mean what is it. Is this an examination of a disturbed mind that we should be disturbed by. Maybe. Or are we to sympathize given most the people he kills did him wrong...maybe. Is it just a super villain origin. Maybe. The point is Phillips does really seem to know what he is trying to say or what type of film he is trying to make. So he just decides instead to run the story, he doesn't have a path for, through his own Scorsese playbook. This with some absurdly one the nose song choices, white face paint "WHITE ROOM" OF COURSE! Life's rough "That's life" Of course, and with that just random visual choices, that suggest a man whose seen good movies but doesn't know why they're good. For example, the stair dance in particular where he's seen movies where people dance as some symbolic gesture, but doesn't have any idea how to realize it himself, to not look rather silly. A real sour apple, in what otherwise, even with my reservations regarding Tarantino's work, is an impressive grouping. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-24425781046613137242020-01-13T11:57:12.523-05:002020-01-13T11:57:12.523-05:00I would say the single best piece of direction in ...I would say the single best piece of direction in Once Upon a Time... is the Spahn ranch sequence. Matt Mustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03310037237651825936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-31556024171875552332020-01-13T11:54:05.526-05:002020-01-13T11:54:05.526-05:00Tarantino's point seems to be to make a love l...Tarantino's point seems to be to make a love letter to the late 60's, the movies, the tv shows, the music, the fashion. Well achieved in that he does use all those resources at his disposal to do this in great detail, funneled through the rougher story of Rick's difficult fame, and the seemingly easy story of Sharon Tate's fame. Tarantino does succeed there in finding fun in the sort of flashback cinema, that is almost like, well actually just is at some points, watching old clips in appreciation. He then treats the Manson family as this unwelcome and unpleasant intruders. These moments that he effectively realizes initially with genuine unnerving horror, by using silence of this unknown quantity. He then though is dishonest with this as he then turns them into a different comical tone, in bringing Tarantino's over the top violence that had been dormant before that scene back in, that I'll say feels a touch disingenuous in a way, as he kicks what seems to be him "party poopers" violently out of his fantasy of the period, and returns to the easy going fairy tale he's crafted for the ending. Definitely imperfect, and in some ways questionable, but definitely not without qualities of worth. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-20427647678877226182020-01-13T11:47:25.710-05:002020-01-13T11:47:25.710-05:00Scorsese's point seems to be to revisit the ga...Scorsese's point seems to be to revisit the gangster genre for one last go around, though now very much as the seasoned veteran taking one more look at that life where age is an essential element to it all. Although with this thematic emphasis, that he takes even further than Zaillian establishes in his script, of the nostalgic journey of the hitman. This is seen in each choice, from the production design, to the cinematography which both have this sort of appreciative quality to them of memory. This is furthered though in his choices of music and editing, that are at a slower pace, more instrumental and sentimental. This again reinforcing this idea of the memory of nostalgia. This though as something he peels away at the same time as false memory in a way, by peppering in the truth in a way such as the markers of death, that is increased from Zaillian's script, and through the essential epilogue where he takes time with just an old lonely man with nothing but those memories. This is incredible work from Scorsese as well, less precise than those above, but less precise with purpose, in finding new ground in his well worn genre, by looking back at it from an endpoint. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-48691615243699155822020-01-13T11:43:31.814-05:002020-01-13T11:43:31.814-05:001.Pesci
2.Pitt
3.Pacino
4.Hanks
5.Hopkins
All fi...1.Pesci<br />2.Pitt<br />3.Pacino<br />4.Hanks<br />5.Hopkins <br /><br />All five nominees range from very Good to great (:<br />5.John Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622085882123976465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-28459824133826846252020-01-13T11:42:41.455-05:002020-01-13T11:42:41.455-05:00Mendes really is like a 1b for me, and would be as...Mendes really is like a 1b for me, and would be as deserving in my book. This in crafting a unique take on a genre that has been told. And yes, influences there, as there always are however his point is specific appreciation for the soldier, and puts us within one's soldier's perspective and keeps us there in a way we have not seen before, definitely not to this extent. This fashioned within a hopeful story built around that appreciation, even if hardship are not forgotten or ignored, through both the intensity he fashions through this perspective, along with the horrors of it. Mendes is able to keep us there as we must go every treacherous step of the journey, just as we must witness every corpse that will go unremoved from the brutalized No Man's Land. This telling a grand action epic, through this fascinating combination of both the grand and the intimate. An outstanding work in that sense, that doesn't waste one thing at his disposal, whether it be the production design, Deakins, the sound, the score, the effects and even the editing that makes it all invisible. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-49515311695684355882020-01-13T11:39:54.159-05:002020-01-13T11:39:54.159-05:00That director ranking is exactly how I’d rank ‘em....That director ranking is exactly how I’d rank ‘em. I’m glad these nominations are pleasing. Hopefully Bong or Mendes pulls it off. Calvin Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392068349392739631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-83865458565507367042020-01-13T11:37:56.020-05:002020-01-13T11:37:56.020-05:00Director:
1. Bong Joon-ho - Parasite
2. Sam Mende...Director:<br /><br />1. Bong Joon-ho - Parasite<br />2. Sam Mendes - 1917<br />3. Martin Scorsese - The Irishman<br />4. Quentin Tarantino - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<br />5. Todd Phillips - Joker<br /><br />I'll right let's frame each of these by what's the point. <br /><br />Bong Joon-ho's point is to make an compelling, entertaining, funny film that also manages to be a class commentary. Well what a success in this bit of Swiss directing here. In that this is just one where Bong refines this system that just makes a movie that is why one loves movies. Bong's work takes the great script he co-wrote, and elevates it even further. This with so many moments of brilliance in terms of his choices in song, such as the peach poisoning montage, staging, the whole flooding sequence, or any sequence for that matter. Bong always maintains this careful sense of character, plotting, and themes that is masterful. Like Memories of Murder, his use of tone shifts in particular is stunning that he pulls it off, but like that film he knows when to pull back the comedy and right when to use it. I also must take special mention to his work in the finale, that took an epilogue that could've struggled, and instead turned into perhaps the crowning achievement in the film. In his whole dreamlike approach, in so much of it, grants such a powerful poignancy and in the end haunting quality, as he crafts it not what will happen, but what probably will never happen other than in the dreams of the young man still living in a basement. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-55705319214451977182020-01-13T11:28:36.800-05:002020-01-13T11:28:36.800-05:001917's screenplay is part of its tautness and ...1917's screenplay is part of its tautness and I do think excels in realizing its scenario with each set piece. This though within it careful moments of realization of characters and a bit humanity to each bit, that nicely fleshes it out beyond an exercise. Whether this be the final conversation of the film, his conversation with the spent Lieutenant, or the delivery moment. Each are naturally part of the flow of the story but with more than just a perfunctory statements, finding character even with the clock ticking so to speak. Simple and straight forward to be sure, but shows how to do simple and straight forward. <br /><br />Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is one that does frustrate me in that I think it was a chance for Tarantino to mature a bit, but he didn't, and really this would not be a criticism if it was made by some no name with the same exact script. If that were the case I would appreciate the vividness of the world created, with the detail granted to Hollywood of the time, and the terrific duo, as written, at the center of it all. These all work, with memorable dialogue and scenes aplenty. Looking at as Tarantino though he does indulge though in everything involving Tate, as even giving her a "life" just is scenes of some true navel gazing, and the other element is kind of a strange tension built on whether or not you think he is going to do something really distasteful that only exists because it's Tarantino. It is a back and forth, but there is definitely a lot to love, and it isn't as though I hate the things don't love. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-88066982013404891712020-01-13T11:22:38.857-05:002020-01-13T11:22:38.857-05:001. Pesci
2. Pacino
3. Hanks
4. Pitt
5. Hopkins...1. Pesci <br />2. Pacino <br />3. Hanks <br />4. Pitt <br />5. Hopkins Matt Mustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03310037237651825936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-87784821813462108612020-01-13T11:22:15.827-05:002020-01-13T11:22:15.827-05:00Original Screenplay:
1. Parasite
2. Knives Out
3....Original Screenplay:<br /><br />1. Parasite<br />2. Knives Out<br />3. Marriage Story<br />4. 1917<br />5. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood<br /><br />Parasite is a no brainier for the top tier. The scenario is original, and brilliantly realized in every twist and switch. It is rich in its themes yet never does it weigh down the narrative in self-importance, it just adds to the depth of the piece. This realized all the better to realizing each character of the family so well, along with the comparison to the rich family, and the other basement dwellers. The themes though also invigorate it all creating the progression of the story, and so many brilliant pieces that are so naturally realized around the idea of class. It is also just an entertaining and often very funny film, with such vibrant interactions between the characters, or who they claim to be. An outstanding screenplay that works on every front that a screenplay should, being a great character piece, a great story, well just being great. <br /><br />Knives Out it exists very much within the screenplay that seeks to subvert the mystery genre, although its been subverted so many times, I'd say it is more of just part of the genre. This with one revelation only created another revelation. It hits all the right points though that one would want in the mystery genre. A good mystery, check, a good twist or two, it has a least one check, a proper "I've solved it monologue", definitely check, wit, check, and hopefully some good characters to bounce off of, definitely check. It is the last that probably where the film most excels, in partially the likable nurse of Marta, the dogged P.I., the straight man detective, but of course the flawed family, which I liked that Johnson humanized enough as much as he also skewered them. <br /><br />Marriage Story's screenplay I would say is pretty great, as even the caricatures I dislike in the film are more so through the performances, particularly the court observer than the screenplay. The screenplay that tells its story simply yet effectively of the two people that love each other, but go through the brutal process of legally trying to destroy this. It works by first realizing the relationship, well done in just the "why I love" letters that are brilliantly written. The dissection of that though then is as effective in how Baumbach write the natural, and gradual process of it helping to destroy the relationship. This in not engaging in simple answers but rather showing the perspective as they are, even within the lawyers, who in the end are there just to gain for themselves except Alda's seasoned pro, therefore will tell whatever they believe will win their case. This realized best in the great courtroom proceeding of two pros throwing everything they got at each other. This though while maintaining the personal descent that keep a cordiality that slowly festers towards the climatic fight, that I think is wholly earned as the worst words each has of an explosion of pent up disdain for each other. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-137750498776101722020-01-13T11:05:25.259-05:002020-01-13T11:05:25.259-05:00Calvin:
Hence though why I used "possibly&qu...Calvin:<br /><br />Hence though why I used "possibly" but I would put it up there with Basterds and Eight. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-67313405156550831362020-01-13T11:04:43.269-05:002020-01-13T11:04:43.269-05:00Jojo Rabbit's screenplay takes a book, that I&...Jojo Rabbit's screenplay takes a book, that I've taken only cursory glance at overall, but is technically more serious just by virtue of how a book's perspective is different than film's. Waititi's major changes seem to be bringing a lot stronger sense of the absurdity within the material, that I would say is necessary for the attempt, same in the way of Chaplin with The Great Dictator, and that seems to be his main inspiration in his overall approach. In that the Nazis are a joke, but the horrors they inflict are real. That is the choice, and in turn it is a very funny film in reveling in the absurdity of it all, making fun of the supporting Nazis and Jojo's silly delusions, quite effectively I will say. It does render its dramatic story though in the idea of humanizing that in which you've dehumanized. I do think this works based on how it realized specifically in the relationship, which becomes more of a boy in love with a girl that slowly prevails, with the expected jealousy and bitterness in that. This also with his relationship with his mother, that simply is very sweet, and I think the film does work as written with the absurdity of the evil characters played for comedy, above, the earnest story of the boy and his mother, boy and a girl. <br /><br />The Two Popes has three things in its screenplay. Two Popes acting like two dudes. Two Popes honestly discussing their faith, their faults, their politics, and a whole lot unneeded exposition or setting up sequences to things we either know, or could be handled in a quick caption. The two dudes stuff is occasionally fun, a little too cute at times, but at least I see its point. The honest discussion is the best stuff. It's not Sunset Limited, but there is something there, if a bit too general in the discussions. The third just gets in the way of the second and brings it down to hit some plot points, when character points should have been the focus. <br /><br />Okay now the Joker, which is actually worse in screenplay form as the "joker looks in the mirror" but even more on the nose dialogue than present in the film. The story itself though is a whole lot of rambling and underdeveloped ideas about class, "I hate the world" and mental health wrapped with some Batman mythos for random measure. Of course this is all as a film where we get where its going then it goes there, with no surprises other than maybe the Joker's specific origin...I guess. This technically being some obviously recycled ideas from other films, Taxi Driver and King of Comedy, which it doesn't revolutionize, modernize, or utilize to tell something new. It is rather a hodgepodge of those and the Killing Joker into a "let's watch some acting", until the credits roll.Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-52254617623237382712020-01-13T11:04:36.185-05:002020-01-13T11:04:36.185-05:00Adapted Screenplay:
1. The Irishman
2. Little Wom...Adapted Screenplay:<br /><br />1. The Irishman<br />2. Little Women<br />3. Jojo Rabbit<br />4. The Two Popes<br />5. Joker<br /><br />The Irishman's screenplay is a few different things, but above all a sprawling work. This built around the idea of the recollections of a single man who takes from World War II, to his near demise that seems so meaningless. The latter element is the overarching premise of the film and an effective one as this sort of requiem for a hitman, of a man whose life is just moving towards nothingness. Within that though we have history of the gangsters the man comes along with, given the typical, to Scorsese films, details of the life and the process. This though differed a bit to the connection of Hoffa that is personal, business and of historical importance. The crux of the story of seemingly the best of life of Frank, though that with his association with the gangster of Bufalino, each important in their own ways, though each realized around Frank as typically the observer who follows orders to actions. Zallian building the story then around the observer, crafting an alternate gangster story though with the details that one would hope, the revelations, the characters, and of course the dialogue. <br /><br />Little Women is fantastic work by Gerwig as she does the unthinkable and changes the whole thing up. Her choices to re-write the structure though actually does wonders in both changing up the story, not just re-telling the same thing, but also hitting the emotional moments in fresh and powerful ways. For example, Jo's two long nights with different results. This also having the mirroring relationship of Jo/Laurie and Amy/Laurie rather than the same, and the meta-commentary, that never goes too far, of the publisher that adds a nice touch to the proceedings. Gerwig's sort of pushes into some modern sense also never feels like too much, as she always realizes through the right characters and through natural sequences. Exceptional work, that I honestly would be fine with if she took the win as well.Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.com