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Somehow our team got saddled with the two players who just happened to be the ones who didn't bother to submit numbers. 😠

Same reason why Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King needed to be considerably longer then their animated counterparts. Major live-action blockbuster feature films can't be that short anymore. I'm expecting them to fix up some of those supposed "plot elements" from the original, but also thinking there will be a lot of padding, too.

Hugo had great PTA's and WOM though. It simply cost too much money, which is the biggest issue with Scorsese movies nowadays. Silence did poorly yes, but next to King of Comedy, his three lowest grossing narrative features are his religious trilogy. It was always going to be a hard sell.

Most of Scorsese's films have also been by and large successful, even prior to Gangs and DiCaprio, in one category or another. It's not like he was making arthouse fare or something. He's always been a very commercial filmmaker (Taxi Driver was a big movie in its day, New York, New York was not as much of a flop as has been stated etc..), it's just that post the 1990s, his movies tend to be much longer and much more expensive. But he's also proven that his movies are deserving of that runtime, so even though Flower Moon is going to be superlong, I at least trust there's a reason for that, even if I would like to see the return of the intermission. I say that as somebody who sat through screenings of Wolf and The Irishman in one sitting (😅).

Fine, I'll do it myself. I'm back.

Haven't really commented on my thoughts about the academy awards, but I mostly enjoyed it. I even made just released a video, where I gave some rather scattered thoughts about the whole ordeal.

Final Ballot BEST PICTURE The Banshees of Insherin The Fabelmans Benediction Aftersun Decision to Leave Tar Nope Everything Everywhere All at Once Turning Red RRR BEST DIRECTOR S. S. Rajamouli - RRR Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans Jordan Peele – Nope Park Chan-Wook – Decision to Leave Terence Davies – Benediction Todd Field - Tar BEST ENSEMBLE Everything Everywhere All at Once Glass Onion The Fabelmans The Banshees of Insherin Top Gun Maverick Guillermo del toro’s Pinocchio BEST ACTOR Jack Lowden – Benediction Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Insherin Paul Mescal – Aftersun Park Hae-il – Decision to Leave Austin Butler – Elvis Daniel Kaluuya – Nope BEST ACTRESS Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once Tang Wei – Decision to Leave Keke Palmer – Nope Cate Blanchett – Tar Audrey Plaza – Emily the Criminal Danielle Deadwyler - Till BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once Paul Dano – The Fabelmans Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Insherin Peter Capaldi – Benediction Stephen Lang – Avatar: The Way of Water Mark Rylance – Bones & All BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Insherin Nicole Kidman – The Northman Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans Lashana Lynch – The Woman King Rachel Sennott – Bodies, Bodies, Bodies Janelle Monae – Glass Onion BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE Rosalie Chiang – Turning Red Antonio Banderas – Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Jenny Slate – Marcel, The Shell with The Shoes On Ewan McGregor – Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Idris Elba – Sonic the Hedgehog 2 John Mulaney – Puss in Boots: The Last Wish BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Decision to Leave Benediction The Banshees of Insherin Everything Everywhere All at Once Aftersun Turning Red BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Marcel The Shell with the Shoes On Glass Onion Living Top Gun: Maverick All Quiet on the Western Front BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Turning Red Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Marcel the Shell with The Shoes On Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Entergalactic Apollo 10 ½ BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Nope Decision to Leave The Northman Babylon All Quiet on the Western Front Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths BEST EDITING RRR Top Gun Maverick The Fabelmans Avatar: The Way of Water We’re All Going to the World’s Fair What Josiah Saw BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Avatar: The Way of the Water Guillermo del toro’s Pinocchio RRR Nope Top Gun: Maverick Mad God BEST COSTUME DESIGN Elvis RRR Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The Northman Twenty Thousand Years of Longing Happening BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN RRR Avatar: The Way of the Water Babylon The Northman Thirty Thousand Years of Longing Glass Onion BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGN RRR The Batman The Northman Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The Woman King The Whale BEST SOUND DESIGN Top Gun: Maverick Avatar: The Way of Water All Quiet on The Western Front Ambulance We’re Going to the World’s Fair The Northman BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Nope The Woman King Glass Onion Guillermo del toro’s Pinocchio The Fabelmans Babylon BEST SOUNDTRACK RRR Elvis Pinocchio Top Gun: Maverick Turning Red Entergalatic BEST ORIGINAL SONG Naatu Naatu – RRR Nobody Like U – Turning Red CIAO Papa – Guillermo del toro’s Pinocchio Hold My Hand – Top Gun: Maverick U Know What’s Up – Turning Red (You Make Me Feel Like) Home – Bones and All BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE RRR The Woman King Everything Everywhere All At Once Top Gun: Maverick Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The Northman MOST EPIC BOX OFFICE RUN Top Gun: Maverick Avatar: The Way of Water Smile Elvis Everything Everywhere at Once Minions: The Rise of Gru MOST SOUL CRUSHING BOX OFFICE RUN The Fabelmans Twenty Thousand Years of Longing Ambulance Bros Devotion Turning Red BEST COMEDY FEATURE The Banshees of Insherin Glass Onion Weird: The Weird Al Yankovic Story Fletch Wins Jackass Forever Bros BEST MUSICAL FEATURE Elvis RRR Weird: The Weird Al Yankovic Story Pinocchio Entergalactic Lyle Lyle Crocodile BEST HORROR FEATURE We’re All Going to the World’s Fair Nope Mad God Barbarian What Josiah Saw Terrifer 2 BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE Decision to Leave RRR Happening Hit the Road All Quiet on the Western Front No Bears BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Fire of Love Good Night Oppy The Janes Moonage Daydream Nalvany The Tinder Swidler BEST TV SHOW/MINISERIES – COMEDY Barry Harley Quinn Peacemaker Murderville Our Flag Means Death The Afterparty BEST TV SHOW/MINISERIES – DRAMA The Bear The Sandman Andor Tokyo Vice Euphoria GDT’s Cabinet of Curiosities WORST FEATURE Blonde The Bubble Marmaduke Morbius Firestarter Amsterdam Warhunt My Policeman Me Time The Gray Man BEST BREAKTHROUGH (filmmaker, actor, writer, etc.) Gabrielle LaBelle – The Fabelmans Domee Shi – Turning Red Amber Midthunder – Prey Charlotte Wells - Aftersun Anna Cobb - We're All Going to the World's Fair Stephanie Hsu - Everything, Everywhere, All At Once Austin Butler - Elvis Jenny Ortega - Scream, Wednesday Thuso Mbeda - The Woman King Danielle Deadwyler - Till BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE (any actor under 20 y/o when film was shot) Frankie Corse – Aftersun Anna Cobb – We’re Going to the World’s Fair Rosalie Chiang – Turning Red Gabrielle LaBelle – The Fabelmans Britain Dalton - Avatar: The Way of Water Bailey Bass - Avatar: The Way of Water Chloe East – The Fabelmans Jalyn Hill – Till Mateo Zoryan Francis-DeFord – The Fabelmans Gregory Mann – GDT’s Pinocchio BEST OVERLOOKED FEATURE (Film without “serious” awards consideration and made under 25m at the Box Office DOM) Benediction We’re All Going to the World’s Fair Ambulance Mad God Vengeance Emily the Criminal Bones And All No Bears Resurrection BEST HERO Evelyn Wang – Everything Everywhere All at Once Bheem - RRR Waymond Wang – Everything Everywhere All at Once Maverick – Top Gun: Maverick Raju – RRR Payakan – Avatar: The Way of the Water Puss – Puss in Boots Mama Till - Till Naru – Prey Shuri – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever BEST VILLAIN Jean Jackets – Nope Col Miles Quadtrich – Avatar: The Way of the Water Queen Gudrun – The Northman Riddler – The Batman The Predator – Prey Miles Bron – Glass Onion Wanda – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Namor – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Wolf – Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Chief Julian Slowik – The Menu BEST SCENE The Rocks – Everything, Everywhere All at Once Gordy Destroys the Set - Nope Naatu Naatu – RRR Lydia Tar Teaches Music Theory – TAR The First Interrogation – Decision to Leave Hallway Scene – The Fabelmans Rooster Saves Maverick – Top Gun: Maverick Leading the Way Home – Avatar: The Way of Water Puss Meets Wolf – Puss in Boots: The Last Wish The Tape Measurer – Barbarian FUNNIEST USER Ironjimbo CJohn Mr. Pink Cap Cooliod Brainbug XXR M37 Slam ThePanda MOST VALUABLE USER The Bot Think Tank Charlie Jat Slam Cap ThePanda Porthos Eric Blankments Ezen Baklattan Menor Reborn BEST FORUM MOMENT Empirecity Getting Banned The Top Gun Maverick OW Thread The Super Boffies Avatar OW Thread The Discovery of the Quorum Smile OW Thread

For anyone who finds this weekend dull because of the lack of big major releases, this is a huge plug, but I just started making Youtube videos, and my recent one is me talking about the biggest box office runs of the last decade. FYI, this video took a long time to make because of technical issues, so I can definitely say for sure that the box office has improved somewhat since then.

Hopefully my list isn't too late. 1. The Empire Strikes Back 2. Knights of the Old Republic 3. Andor 4. Star Wars: A New Hope 5. Rebels 6. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Game 7. The Clone Wars (2003) 8. The Last Jedi 9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens 10. The Clone Wars (2008) 11. Tie Fighter 12. The Mandalorian 13. The Rising Storm 14. Star Wars Battlefront II 15. Tales of the Jedi 16. Return of the Jedi 17. Visions 18. Rogue One 19. Solo 20. The Bad Batch 21. Revenge of the Sith 22. Resistance 23. Obi-Wan Kenobi 24. The Phantom Menace 25. The Book of Boba Fett 26. Rise of Skywalker 27. Attack of the Clones 28. Star Wars: Droids 29. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie 30. The Holiday Special

Happy New Years everyone, here's to another great year where I barely try to start at first base.

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you all have had a delightful day.

The Force Awakens, Interstellar / Big Hero 6 - the meltdowns, and it was probably the peak of when I was posting, and Endgame.

Not to mention her movies opened consistently. When people focus on if an actor is draw or not, they seem to talk about the utlimate gross of their movies, when really it's the opening weekend that matters most. Cameron Diaz regularly headlined movies that had 14m + opening weekends, and only one of her wide-released films failed to reach the top five (The Box). That's not bad at all for an actor.

Wishing you the best, it's terrible. I lost my power last Friday, thankfully it was only for a day, however some of my moms friends had their power lost for days, and we wound up letting them use our shower. Definitely not a good thing to experience.

Enjoyed this one just as about as much as the first. Seeing it on the big screen gave me the same sort of feeling in 2009, and it helps that there were a decent amount of people in the cinema too. Also I made a video about the original to go along with the release of the new film. It's mostly about James Cameron's skills as a filmmaker, but also why the film works as well as it does as an experience.

Congrats to @ZeeSoh. I wish I could have made it to the top three, but you do what you do.

We did it boys, and I just posted for the first time in this thread. Feels great to have the old BOT back.

Aargh blagh, I've been beaten. My final stand. Well making it the top four is admirable, but it was close, and it could have been much more. Sayonora and best of luck to the last three. @ZeeSoh @AN9815 @DAJK Thank you @SLAM! too for playing a good game.

Hey everyone, bit of self promoting going on here, but I've been doing some video content on Youtube. I just made a video on theatrical comedy through the lense of the comedy Bros. Please enjoy, lol.

The forum going literally fuzzy earlier Tuesday absolutely screwed me, if not for @Goldenhour36, so thank you. I pray it doesn't happen again, though.

Congrats to @Inceptionzq, and @Toruk Makto XXR. Looks like you guys are really leveling up.

Ugh, well at least I tried.

Great celebration and worthy winner @Blankments, even if I realized a day too late, that it was already happening, lol.

I see you @Ethan Hunt.