Yeah, Vonnie. It's funny, but I basically decided to stop trying to figure Us out but still keep thinking about it!
Jayne is a girl's name.
River ,'Trash'
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Jesse - Mar 26, 2019 10:13:00 am PDT #1973 of 3463
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
msbelle - Mar 26, 2019 10:32:35 am PDT #1974 of 3463
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I also just listened to my first ep of unspooled and also really enjoyed it. I listed to The French Connection ep since I just finished with my 1972 Oscar Watch. I agreed with so much of their observations and opinions.
DavidS - Mar 26, 2019 12:03:09 pm PDT #1975 of 3463
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I found it gorgeous and thinky and thrilling at any rate, and the performances were dynamite, esp. Lupita Nyong'o's.
On this point, there was recent Twitter discussion on which film comedy performances were Oscar worthy (but overlooked because the Oscars rarely reward comedy).
I'm thinking it would be cool to have a similar discussion about performances in horror movies.
Vonnie K - Mar 26, 2019 12:24:39 pm PDT #1976 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
FYI, Criterion Channel goes live on April 8: [link]
I am torn. I have cable, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime and have so many things to watch already for which I have no time. But this will have so many classic films that are really not available elsewhere (and signing up now will save you $10 per year for as long as you are a member). I want to support them, but can I really justify spending yet another $10 on streaming service?? Aeeeiii.
Vonnie K - Mar 26, 2019 12:32:05 pm PDT #1977 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I'm thinking it would be cool to have a similar discussion about performances in horror movies.
It was heartening to see Daniel Kaluuya nominated Oscar for Get Out 2 years ago, although he had no chance at winning. Given that, i think it'd be not to too far-fetched to imagine Lupita Nyong'o getting nominated (honestly, I am still sore that Toni Collette wasn't acknowledged for her harrowing turn in Hereditary).
I wonder if the barrier for award acknowledgement might be lower for horror than comedy, esp. with all the recent talks about "elevated horror" or whatever? Hmmm.
Tom Scola - Mar 26, 2019 12:36:53 pm PDT #1978 of 3463
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Silence of the Lambs won all the Oscars.
DavidS - Mar 26, 2019 12:55:26 pm PDT #1979 of 3463
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Silence of the Lambs won all the Oscars.
That's true, but as you know, Tom "it transcended the genre."
Whereas just about everybody in Alien deserves a supporting Oscar nod, especially Veronica Cartwright.
Amy - Mar 26, 2019 3:08:52 pm PDT #1980 of 3463
Because books.
I wouldn't call Silence of the Lambs a true horror movie, though. It has horror elements, but it's also a thriller and a police procedural.
sj - Mar 26, 2019 3:27:07 pm PDT #1981 of 3463
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Still one of the scariest movies I've ever seen.
Steph L. - Mar 26, 2019 4:08:37 pm PDT #1982 of 3463
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Still one of the scariest movies I've ever seen.
I'm a chicken who avoids scary movies as much as possible (though I have seen a few), but what immediately came to mind for scariest movie is Jaws. It shares the shit out of me, more than 40 years later. (Although Silence of the Lambs is pretty damn scary, too.)