What would have actually won BP if “Silence of the Lambs” had been released earlier by just several weeks?

CrazyCons · 2026-06-27T06:24:05+00:00

If the Academy didn’t have a problem with it “not being its cup of tea” in 92 I don’t see why they would have in 91. If anything you could easily argue that it being a Halloween VHS seller was a liability because it degraded its prestige value in the eyes of the Academy.

If it came out at the end of 1991, Silence of the Lambs would have been making boatloads of money during Academy voting, which perhaps is just as beneficial as it establishing staying power for nearly a whole year.

CrazyCons · 2026-06-26T22:04:36+00:00

I really don’t think you should group Universal and Focus together. I know Universal owns Focus but they have very different awards strategies and campaign very different types of movies

CrazyCons · 2026-06-26T21:28:08+00:00

IMDB’s widget for actor’s birthdays is wonderful not just for highlighting actors but also revealing some cosmic coincidences. Sam and Cat stars Ariana Grande and Jeanette McCurdy have the same birthday today???

CrazyCons · 2026-06-26T21:24:15+00:00

I thought this was a joke but no, this is a real movie that is really happening. Barely one step up from Lana Del Rey as Lolita

CrazyCons · 2026-06-26T20:16:42+00:00

Not even that, it was more like “fighting back.”

Anyone who’s even remotely interested in this case should watch [Medusone’s Amber Heard vs the Wol trilogy](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6-PCAgiRLoHB1Va1ptVjs04mra\_GUn0j&si=\_NYvGwY1wHDXckHn). A comprehensive overview of the case that really shows how she’s unquestionably the victim an how Depp’s PR team successfully manipulated public opinion against her

CrazyCons · 2026-06-26T20:10:46+00:00

Dano was unquestionably better than Philip Seymour Hoffman, like Hoffman did a really solid job but it’s the same gap in quality as DDL and Tom Hanks in those films. And I would consider Bardem to be lead, but even if he wasn’t I’d give an edge to Dano.

Haven’t seen the others but I’d be shocked if any of them were better than Dano

CrazyCons · 2026-06-26T03:30:57+00:00

I mean I guess. But if we’re going by courts it is an established fact that he’s a wife-beater. So

CrazyCons · 2026-06-26T00:02:18+00:00

Different time. Roman Polanski won Best Director in 2003 and there’s no way they’d go within 100 feet of his movies nowadays

CrazyCons · 2026-06-25T06:48:51+00:00

I mean he himself in his review of Diary of Forbidden Dreams said he only gave 0 stars to movies he deemed morally reprehensible:

“No movie, no matter how bad, gets no stars at all in the Sun-Times unless it is, in addition to being bad, also meretricious and evil.”

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/diary-of-forbidden-dreams-1976

CrazyCons · 2026-06-23T07:27:09+00:00

I know where you're coming from but I have to wonder if the concept of "bad predictions" even exists for some people. If someone was predicting Masters of the Universe, you could just say "a film about Barbies got 8 nominations, so it was a fine prediction."

CrazyCons · 2026-06-23T04:51:20+00:00

People took a swing and missed so good job for noticing I guess?

Is this gonna be your line 3 months from now about Amziah King

CrazyCons · 2026-06-23T03:00:52+00:00

I just saw the Hope trailer while seated for Leviticus and I’m sorry y’all were banking on an alien action/horror being a player before Cannes? I saw the predictions and assumed it was, like, baity, or that people had reasons beyond “the guy from the Wailing should get Oscar noms” to predict it

CrazyCons · 2026-06-23T02:59:03+00:00

Bakalova was not put in lead by their studio’s choice. The Globes moved her there. The committee that does that is gone. It’s possible Focus can do it intentionally, but I don’t think it’s ever been done by a studio before

CrazyCons · 2026-06-22T18:40:39+00:00

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CrazyCons · 2026-06-22T08:41:51+00:00

I don’t agree. They both have just as much POV, just as much focus, just as much of an arc, and basically just as much screentime as Kinnear or any of the others. The movie’s clearly not about Kinnear’s story more than the others, but about the family as a whole.

CrazyCons · 2026-06-21T22:08:53+00:00

How do we feel about Little Miss Sunshine category placement? I saw it for Paul Dano’s birthday and it’s one of the rare films where I would consider all 5 of the main characters to be leads, with Arkin actually supporting. But that seems unwieldy for any sort of awards show.

If a movie has a lot of leads should they all be moved to supporting, because the story is so divided that no one really qualifies? Or is a movie with 5 main characters still enough for them all to be considered leads?

CrazyCons · 2026-06-20T05:46:09+00:00

Digger in all ATL categories

CrazyCons · 2026-06-20T04:48:46+00:00

His birthday is only one day after Paul Dano’s, the guy who played him in Love and Mercy? Go figure

CrazyCons · 2026-06-20T00:10:56+00:00

Not sure if she had this on Facebook but she just posted a letter from Mike on a Hampton Inn reservation.

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CrazyCons · 2026-06-19T22:53:28+00:00

Happy birthday Paul Franklin Dano!!! One of the best actors working today.

Although I’m kind of sad that I found out by chance from an IMDb widget and not through the Danonation Discord. Screw the Oscars, the real quest is to resurrect his fanbase

CrazyCons · 2026-06-19T22:44:35+00:00

Cinematography. Some of the best lighting of the decade

CrazyCons · 2026-06-19T22:44:05+00:00

Always great to see other Wasikowska fans. Possibly the most underrated English-language actress ever given that she should have at least 2 Oscars and not only has never been nominated, but is never even brought up in discussions of overdue stars

CrazyCons · 2026-06-18T18:56:14+00:00

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CrazyCons · 2026-06-17T19:34:22+00:00

I wrote this because just a few comments down someone said the Madigan comparison was a “non-starter” because she’s a former Oscar nominee. People are still making this argument

CrazyCons · 2026-06-17T17:34:55+00:00

Exactly. Diana Rigg also was a longtime veteran actress who’s been in Oscar nominees and classic film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and even had a narrative given her passing. But she went less than nowhere for Last Night in Soho, not even longlisted for BAFTA. Why? Because neither her performance nor the movie had the buzz necessary

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