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  1. So, they'll pander to stunt performers but not establish an actual Oscar category for them? Bleh.
  2. I guess Poor Things makes sense, but I thought Barbie stood a really good shot thanks to its status as Costume Design: The Movie.
  3. Well, at least we know for sure that Poor Things won't be shutout tonight. Edit: Of course, I say that and then it wins two in a row, lol.
  4. Anatomy of a Fall and American Fiction both totally make sense as screenplay winners. Many of the other heavy hitters tonight feel more like "whole package" movies with capital-D directing and craftwork doing their share of the lifting, while those two films felt more like feats of writing than anything else, Triet's directing nomination notwithstanding. Not to say these two films aren't cinematic (because they absolutely are), but I think it's easier to point to their strength as compelling written pieces.
  5. I preferred Spider-Verse by a hair-splitting margin, but I'm very happy to see a second Miyazaki film pick up an Oscar.
  6. I get why some viewers like the format, but I'll always prefer seeing clips that actually showcase the strengths of these performances instead of other people just talking about them. Da'Vine Joy Randolph's speech was beautiful. A predictable but wholly deserved win with how great she was in The Holdovers.
  7. The monologue was solid - some laughs, relatively few groaners, and a few stellar points made. I've come to enjoy Kimmel as a host in his gigs thus far.
  8. There's nothing like the Oscars thread to bring me out of my mostly work-induced posting hiatus! Like the last few years, I have seen basically all the movies (though it took a while to round out the Picture lineup with The Zone of Interest since it didn't play in my area) but have only taken cursory looks at precursors and predictions. Weirdly kinda makes the season more fun and less exhausting.
  9. Theatrical repeat viewing numbers in parentheses. 01/06 The Color Purple 01/06 The Boys in the Boat 01/07 Ferrari 01/20 Poor Things 01/27 American Fiction 01/28 Godzilla Minus One 02/03 Anyone But You 02/10 Dune (4) 02/10 Turning Red
  10. For what it's worth, I went and saw Dune and Turning Red today, and my area had both of them on the $7 bargain price they usually charge for rep releases and Tuesdays. Even though both played to near-empty auditoriums (4 of us at Dune, 10 at Turning Red), the experience of seeing both reinforced why I'd love to see re-releases as a more common occurrence in down times at the box office. Both films were most definitely enhanced by the big screen experience.
  11. I was today years old when I realized that the Mission: Impossible franchise had a total of zero Oscar nominations heading into this morning. I thought that surely one of them had to have squeaked in for a random sound nomination at some point. I still have to see American Fiction (would have gone this weekend, but the weather only fully cooperated for one day and I spent it on Poor Things) and The Zone of Interest, but otherwise, that's a pretty damn good Best Picture lineup. Of the eight I've seen, Maestro is the only one not in my personal top 10 for the year. I'm especially happy that Past Lives squeaked in and will hopefully now get to enjoy a higher profile.
  12. Yup, pretty dead marketplace. But at least it's fun to see some crazy low drops thanks to the factors of lack of new product and bounceback from the awful weather in much of the country last weekend.
  13. Can confirm that it is ungodly cold up in the northwest, lol. I have a lengthy list of movies I'm trying to go and see (Soul, Mean Girls, The Book of Clarence, Godzilla Minus One), but even just hopping in my car for a quick errand this morning was brutal. I agree with whomever said on the previous page that we could be looking at some really light drops next weekend, a la the last weekend in January 2016 after snowstorms did a number on holdovers the preceding weekend.
  14. Yeah, I think it would have done quite well between the combination of Pixar's brand recognition, the strong reviews, and the summer release date positioning. It probably wouldn't have reached Inside Out's level (and if Minions hit the same level of Gentleminions virality in this hypothetical 2020 that it did in '22, that could have put a dent in Soul's legs), but it would have been very successful.
  15. Same here! A guy behind me literally gasped and then exclaimed "Holy shit!" I've seen two sports-related films in as many days, and this was a solid, moody contrast to the more paint-by-numbers, straight down the middle sentimentality of The Boys in the Boat. All the driving scenes hum with intensity, and Driver and Cruz both deliver impressively tuned performances. Maybe my favorite Mann since Collateral? At the very least, it's in the same rock solid B+ ballpark as Miami Vice and Public Enemies for me.
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