Am I wrong in thinking 2005 had a bumper crop of good-to-great movies?
Most year end lists have noted it was a good year to be a movie fan. And usually they're desultory.
Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.
'Dirty Girls'
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DavidS - Jan 03, 2006 10:15:47 am PST #9528 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jessica - Jan 03, 2006 10:15:54 am PST #9529 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Grizzly Man
Already passed over for Oscar consideration, much to my dismay. (Not that it ever had a chance at beating the penguins anyway, but still.)
Nutty - Jan 03, 2006 10:21:26 am PST #9530 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
What amazes me is how many of bon bon's list I have seen -- 6. Last year, I skipped the Oscars entirely, because I hadn't seen anything that was nominated.
I'm not sure that it's really been a year of Quality, so much as a year where all the blockbusters happened to be crap, so the smaller movies are the only candidates for awards. Usually there is some Saving Private Ryan or some other big feely movie that is considered good (if not by me) and is widely-seen enough to basically become a shoo-in for all the bigger prizes.
bon bon - Jan 03, 2006 10:25:12 am PST #9531 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't agree, Nutty. I think that movie is Brokeback, Narnia or King Kong.
Jesse - Jan 03, 2006 10:27:12 am PST #9532 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There isn't one obvious Oscar-Blockbuster though, it's true.
Jessica - Jan 03, 2006 10:27:45 am PST #9533 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I can't see Narnia or Kong winning anything but tech awards, especially after last year's LotR sweep.
Nutty - Jan 03, 2006 10:29:49 am PST #9534 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I have only seen one of those (Brokeback), and it's not that big a release, is it? I mean, it is playing at the Harvard Theatre, which is usually a sign that it does not have Art House Wait For DVD tattooed on its forehead, but it's not playing on 2500 screens either.
I guess King Kong did have some good reviews, didn't it? I just have exactly zero interest in its subject matter.
I don't think Oscar voters will vote in a children's movie as best picture, whatever its pedigree. Even LOTR, which was often called adolescent fodder, had actual adults as its main characters, which is not the case for Narnia.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Jan 03, 2006 10:30:26 am PST #9535 of 10002
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
I found it too self-aware to be successful.
Oh, I understand. I've seen very little Freaks and Geeks but it had struck me as a conventionally made drama about mundane incidents, rather than a drama striving for a fly-on-the-wall-look-into-the-lives-of-people-waiting-for-bus feel. Do you feel the same way about everything that is aiming for realism, like, say, The Office?
ETA. Sorry for sounding like a questionnaire
Jessica - Jan 03, 2006 10:34:08 am PST #9536 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I have only seen one of those (Brokeback), and it's not that big a release, is it?
Not yet -- it goes wide mid-January. (It's in limited release right now for Oscar qualification.)
Do you feel the same way about everything that is obviously aiming for realism
No, only the ones that miss. :)
Kate P. - Jan 03, 2006 10:37:01 am PST #9537 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Millie and the basset hound! Love!
I can't see Narnia or Kong winning anything but tech awards, especially after last year's LotR sweep.
That was two years ago, though, right?
I mean, it is playing at the Harvard Theatre, which is usually a sign that it does not have Art House Wait For DVD tattooed on its forehead, but it's not playing on 2500 screens either.
I keep reading reports that it's going to open in wide release soon. Anyone know if that's ever going to happen? [Edit: x-post!] It's gotten so much press, it seems to me, that I'm surprised it hasn't opened everywhere already. Anyway, that's my pick for this year's biggest award-sweeper (unless Kong or Narnia sweep the technical awards).