I don't agree, Nutty. I think that movie is Brokeback, Narnia or King Kong.
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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.
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).
Jessica - Jan 03, 2006 10:39:29 am PST #9538 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
That was two years ago, though, right?
Well if you're going to be all accurate about it, sure...
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2006 10:41:50 am PST #9539 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does Brokeback have to be in wide release to be a shoo-in? It's certainly a critical fave.
bon bon - Jan 03, 2006 10:43:56 am PST #9540 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I don't think KK or Narnia will win; but I think they are likely nominees and in a different year, would win by default. YMMV.
As far as Brokeback, I didn't even know it wasn't in wide release. Probably my coastal myopia. I went to see it Sunday night after it had been out for three weeks here and the 9:15 showing was sold out at least 30 minutes in advance; the 10:15 looked to be sold out as well.* I looked at a bunch of critics' year-end wrapups to make the list and every one discussed Brokeback. So it seems like it's big here in Chelsea, but maybe NSM in Peoria.
*Not that I'm denying that it being a holiday, the night before a likely holiday, and the only theater showing the movie in Chelsea had something to do with that.