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captveg wrote: Oscar aside, his idea that DiCaprio not having the inherent mainstream charm of Damon would be a detriment to The Martian is probably the point I agree with the most.

FrauBlucher wrote:

who is bobby dylan wrote:while other members freely admit to not seeing all the movies they're tasked with voting on! What could dilute the meaning of your vote more than, I didn't see all the movies in this category, but I'm going to cast a vote anyway. If you're too busy/lazy to see all the nominees or to take 10 seconds to google the difference between sound mixing and sound editing maybe you're not qualified to vote for the freaking academy awards? These interviews are a good reminder that despite the protestations of some academy members one's taste in movies aren't a skill.

Unfortunately this has been a common practice and not only for the Academy members, but also for the various guilds. That's why I take this whole awards thing with a grain of salt.

How about the Whoopis, Spike Lees and others have the guts to say who does not deserve a nomination as to get the African American in. It's easy to scream about Will Smith but say who he should replace. I heard a sound bite on the radio this morning from some guy who is the head of an organization, says he is not going to watch the Oscars "because there are no blacks nominated." Then he named three potential snubs. You can probably guess who he mentioned. But I thought, show some guts and say who shouldn't, Matt Damon, Eddie Redmayne, someone else. But the guy would probably say, I don't care as long as an African American is in. Which makes this subjective process on awarding actors all the more silly when many choose awarding based on popularity, race, ethnicity or my favorite from one of the voters (Stallone is a pig), character. I'll spend Sunday night tearing open the cellophane to CC's Autumn Sonata. Happy viewing.

Luke M wrote:Easy. Take out The Martian and insert Creed. Substitute Coogler and Jordan in for Scott and Damon.

Jakamarak wrote:

Luke M wrote:Easy. Take out The Martian and insert Creed. Substitute Coogler and Jordan in for Scott and Damon.

Scott isn't nominated for director.

Luke M wrote:Oh. In that case, short Adam McKay.

Brooklyn was a really glossed-over, Hollywood-ized, romantic version of immigration — they should have screened [Elia] Kazan's America America to see what immigration was really like in the fifties. Believe me, you didn't come over in a room shared with one other person, you came over in steerage with 60 people and two bathrooms, and the reason everybody was up on top of the deck was because every smelled down below; and when you arrived you didn't live in a nice boarding house with a lovely landlady cooking delicious meals for you, you lived in tenement housing, three or four to a room. They didn't study the period and it pissed me off.

lacritfan wrote:Film Independent Spirit Awards
Feature: Spotlight
Director: Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Female Lead: Brie Larson, Room
Male Lead: Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
Supporting Female: Mya Taylor, Tangerine
Supporting Male: Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Cinematography: Ed Lachman, Carol
International Film: Son of Saul
Screenplay: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight
Documentary: The Look of Silence
Editing: Tom McArdle, Spotlight
First Feature: Marielle Heller, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
First Screenplay: Emma Donoghue, Room
John Cassavetes Award: Krisha
Robert Altman Award: Spotlight

lacritfan wrote:Wow...what the fuck was that Stacy Dash bit?