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where do I say religion is dead?

....would guess low. A random film such as Wonka breaking out and dominating would be interesting though.

Correct. Same dynamic at play. Look at other true GOATs and recognition isn't always what one would expect. LeBron and Brady have only won a few MVPs. Bill Belichick has won Coach of the Year 2x?

If Nolan has a film with TTDK-like reception today, it would pull a TITANIC/ROTK and win everything. TDK was the film that told everyone Nolan had arrived. Now that he is beyond established, if he does it again, he will win bigly. Oppenheimer would seem unlikely to be it, though.

"And the 2023 Oscar for Best Actor goes too.....STIF I mean SEAN WILLIAM SCOTT"

The actress who plays the Mermaid is legit. super model beautiful. Not "good looking getting Hollywood dolled up" but model-type features with skin and one structure. It's almost distracting in a way that women used to describe Brad Pitt or Henry Cavill. Waiting for the "wooden acting" comments because people are too busy oogling her and don't take her seriously (as a fucking mermaid...).

Not bad pick. Ashton Kutcher maybe? Josh Hartnett is getting larger roles. Channing Tatum had a good 2022. Freddie Prinze Jr. is making another Summer horror film. Ryan Phillippe is out there somewhere. Hayden Christensen is still alive.

Dudley Do Right bro. So who is the next big "comeback" actor from the late 1990s / early 2000s?

Feel like this +the incredible amount of positive PR buzz for him all fall and winter insanely vaults him back into legitimate industry name. KOTFM will only help with this. They should 100% reboot the Mummy franchise, and Fraser no doubt should be on DC/Marvel's minds for something significant as well.

Elvis just wasn't THAT great of a film, and Butler's performance was vastly overstated. Fraser was 100x better and I am very happy for him.

This was the ultimate point I was trying to make.

Ending it now but just saying: the BP films are clearly not exactly what the Academy has historically rewarded. People expecting the Academy to suddenly change will (and seem to be) disappointed.

How could anyone watch that absurd cartoon of a finale in BP and think it holds a candle to the drama of TDK's 2nd and 3rd acts? What character arc is there or acting performance that remotely compared to Ledger, Eckhart, Oldman, or Bale. Scientific fact.

They without question did. I'll die that hill forever. BP getting a best picture nod was an utter joke. Those films duo not hold a candle from a "Academy quality" perspective to any of the TDK films. Now we have people shocked that these movies are't winning oscars. their expectations are so out of wack.

People do not to admit they have overstated the quality of both BP films because of larger racial overtones and the horrific tragedy of what happened to Boseman.

Not a good look for Bassett whatsoever when JLC won. JLC 's stunned/horrified "SHUT UP!!" was hilarious

Really don't know how they're going to make a society that has in many ways moved on from religion, at least compared to what where it was back in the 1970s, care about this.

Butler is quite good in general but yes, the real Elvis's obvious "good ole boy" jolliness is totally missing from Butler's portrayal. I like that the film really pushed the seriousness of a man who was fanatically driven to ensure his parents were never in poverty again, but the lack of joyfulness was pretty noticeable. Butler's vibe was a bit different than the one Elvis always seemingly projected. Butler feels restrained when Elvis always felt at complete ease with himself. Elvis was conditioned to always be accepted and loved as an adult (plus was always drugged up) and hence smiled and laughed often, came off extremely relaxed. Butler is way too serious here. This is especially noticeable at the VERY end, when after 2 1/2 hours of Butler, we see a few seconds of the actual Elvis, who was frankly much more traditionally handsome than Butler and had a naturally infectious megawatt smile. This felt much more like JP's good but not iconic turn as Johnny Cash than Jamie Foxx's mesmerizing turn as Ray. TLDR Butler puts in a solid acting performance but it isn't as Elvis Presley.

Yeah but on me it looks good. 😎

Also hoping the show completely ignores the slap. No jokes, no references, just moving on.

So who is winning Best Actor? Butler was good in Elvis but didn't have Elvis's good-ole-boy vibe whatsoever. Fraser was very good in what I consider to be a fairly bad movie. Didn't see Farrell in the Irish movie.

Iger was the single biggest driving force to streaming in the entire industry. No doubt they're better with D+than without it, but pretty clear the initial strategy isn't working as planned.

Some excerpts dug up from old SHH posts of draft 2. Imagine young Josh Hartnett as Superman, young ScaraJo as Lois, and a Joel Edgerton as Ty-Zor.

For the record, they had already moved on from draft 1 before the internet freaked out over Aint It Cool News review of draft 1. WB loved the premise and tone of the film, not the dumb "LUTHOR IS AN ALIEN!" Shymalan-style twist.

That looks familiar... *sees post #18 in that thread* I. Am. Old.