Running Movie Awards Thread

[typefitter]

I kind of wish Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse had won Best Picture instead of best animated. I think it might have if it had a better title.

Best three movies I saw this year were Spider-Man, Free Solo, and The Favourite. Not sure why, because of the existence of other categories, the first two couldn't have been considered alongside the third for Best Picture as well.

 

[typefitter]

I interviewed Jimmy Chin last year. Really nice guy and helluva documentary filmmaker.

Not Jimmy, Evan Hayes, one of the producers. (The bearded white guy who couldn't wipe the grin off his face.) Super nice guy, too. Making that movie stressed the hell out of him. I think part of him was sure that Honnold was gonna die.

 

[heyabbott]

It's funny, history has not been kind to "Dances with Wolves" winning, especially since "Goodfellas" is so good and so rewatchable. However, I don't think it was a controversial decision at the time. Maybe Costner winning best director and not Scorsese was more of a snub then.

There really are a ton of WTFs when you go through the lists of winners/nominees, and those don't even include what was left out entirely, like "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X".

"Fargo" should have beaten "The English Patient".

there are tons of cases where looking back the wrong winner was selected. Robert Downey Jr should have won for Chaplin over Pacino for Scent of a Woman, but the Academy owed Pacino.

 

[DanOregon]

The part about white movie makers not being able to "win" was what I was addressing - and to the larger Green Book stuff.

As journos I think it is like when you're covering a beat all year - the preps beat or whatever - then one of the A1 people or columnists gets the ashignment when it comes down to the championship game or whatever.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

It seems like white movie makers can't win when trying to address racial issues.

When will someone write a ballad on the plight of the poor white filmmaker?

 

[CD Boogie]

When will someone write a ballad on the plight of the poor white filmmaker?

You're right. Let's give all the money to black filmmakers and trust that they will make balanced movies...or more likely they'd get the same response from certain circles. Can't please everyone so don't bother trying. If I were Peter Farrelly, I would name my next film a joint and dedicate it to spike lee

 

[Regan MacNeil]

He's a big enough ashhole to try that, actually.

 

[CD Boogie]

He's a big enough ashhole to try that, actually.

Where you see an ashhole move, I see inspired hilarity. Ce la vie

 

[heyabbott]

When will someone write a ballad on the plight of the poor white filmmaker?

Trumbo.

 

[bigpern23]

I kind of wish Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse had won Best Picture instead of best animated. I think it might have if it had a better title.

Best three movies I saw this year were Spider-Man, Free Solo, and The Favourite. Not sure why, because of the existence of other categories, the first two couldn't have been considered alongside the third for Best Picture as well.

I watched about 2/3 of it with the kids tonight before we had to shut it off for bedtime and, darn, it's good. Really inventive and a unique Spider-Man story for the big screen. I never read any of the Miles Morales books, but this was a good way to introduce him.

It's not the Best Picture of the year, but so far, I'd have agreed if it were nominated. Best movie I saw that was released in 2018 was either A Star is Born or Free Solo. BlackKklansman, Infinity War, Black Panther, Crazy Rich Asians and A Quiet Place were all up there as well. (BTW, I was stunned A Quiet Place didn't win for Sound Editing. The sound was so effective and integral to that movie.)

 

[bigpern23]

Not Jimmy, Evan Hayes, one of the producers. (The bearded white guy who couldn't wipe the grin off his face.) Super nice guy, too. Making that movie stressed the hell out of him. I think part of him was sure that Honnold was gonna die.

I think most of the crew thought so as well. Mikey represented that worry for everyone in the film. The look on his face when Alex safely reaches the top is approximately what everyone in the audience feels.

They address it in the film, but their decision to use a remote camera for "the boulder problem" was probably the most poignant part of my interview with Chin. He really struggled with his responsibilities as a filmmaker and a friend, and he got a little emotional when he talked about Alex not wanting his friends to see him fall. If it was going to happen, it was going to happen there.

Hell, most (if not all) of the audience knew he was going to make it and it was still gripping to watch.

 

[Azrael]

Sounds like plenty of protest votes this year.