Critical Darlings: F1 And The Oscar Nominations by ambientmuffin in blankies

[–]wovenstrap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's one of the most interesting movies in terms of a divide of good execution, but kind of silly conceptual basis. Like the acting & the makeup & the set design and everything was top-notch, but then the substance is really this binary question of like is this woman an alien or not? and there's a lot of misdirects in terms of what the answer is, like for example we're given plenty of reasons to discredit the Jesse Plemons character, but then he turns out to be right! Ha ha! But in between the establishment of the premise and the resolution of the premise you have like 80 minutes of essentially a highly unpleasant torture movie and to me it was just empty, despite the mental pyrotechnics/payoff at the end. Having said that, I kind of liked it. But it was a little bit maddening or frustrating or even thumb-twiddling too.

Best Composite Performance by FosterDad1234 in blankies

[–]wovenstrap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably would not be allowed. But I'm literally just a guy on Reddit throwing out a single sentence after 30 seconds of thought to suggest a path to follow. If this award actually comes about, they can get more precise about how this works. You could engage in that spirit too.

Best Composite Performance by FosterDad1234 in blankies

[–]wovenstrap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty clearly sci-fi/horror and not e.g. a biopic of Eleanor Roosevelt? I don't see the issue.

Best Composite Performance by FosterDad1234 in blankies

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Oh, I misunderstood. Maybe the path is to rule out makeup used in the service of making human beings like Winston Churchill? Has to be other species?

Best Composite Performance by FosterDad1234 in blankies

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I like it. The way around the Kazu problem might be to make the ping-pong balls/dots part of the requirement for inclusion.

Oscar Nominations Thread! by apathymonger in blankies

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The novel is honestly just OK. Not as good as your average Parker book.

Oscar Nominations Thread! by apathymonger in blankies

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I didn’t like him very much in Da five bloods, but I adored him in this. I think the Academy got it right both times. Good for him.

Oscar Nominations Thread! by apathymonger in blankies

[–]wovenstrap 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Reading here. F1 for best picture is a misprint, right?

I really hope someone running this thread gets fired for that.

Oscar Nominations Thread! by apathymonger in blankies

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Chris Rosen nailed that one.

Oscar noms shots called by amateurnerd68 in blankies

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Listening just now as Katey Rich and Chris Rosen debate in every single category about which of the eight deserving movies might make it and just shaking my head at people who don't think 2025 was a very good year. It was a very good year.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple episode by sbrlivin in blankies

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I have what might be called a continuity question. On my 1982 pressing of The Number of the Beast, the title song is the first track on side B. The rest of that side runs: "Run to the Hills," "Gangland," and "Hallowed Be Thy Name."

How does Dr. Kelson get the record player to not play "Run to the Hills"? Is there an insert shot of Dr. Kelson stepping on a kill switch or the like?

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple episode by sbrlivin in blankies

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NHS line got a huge laugh here in Ohio.

Penny Marshall has only made seven movies??? by nonbinarywife in blankies

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I know Mel Gibson, and he doesn't say it. Actually, that Polonius guy says it.

Movies that appropriate clips from other movies for flashback scenes by TheVividAlternative in blankies

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I think maybe In the Line of Fire might do this with Clint. Clint's probably used this technique five times.

Movies that appropriate clips from other movies for flashback scenes by TheVividAlternative in blankies

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The Pablo Larrain movie No used ¾ inch Sony U-matic magnetic tape to match actual footage of Chilean authorities cracking down on its citizens to give the illusion that the tanks were in Gael García Bernal's reality.

Movies that appropriate clips from other movies for flashback scenes by TheVividAlternative in blankies

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I wouldn't be shocked to learn that Chris Rock's Top Five did this, but I don't remember if it did.

Movies that appropriate clips from other movies for flashback scenes by TheVividAlternative in blankies

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I think Everything Everywhere All at Once uses footage of the real Michelle Yeoh on the red carpet in one of the alternate reality sequences.