After watching quite a few more movies than I had planned, my wish list for tonight's Oscars: [link]
I'm all up in the law now, but damn it feels good to get my violence on.
Gunn ,'Unleashed'
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megan walker - Mar 12, 2023 3:02:05 pm PDT #3255 of 3433
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
DavidS - Mar 13, 2023 12:09:20 am PDT #3256 of 3433
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
After watching quite a few more movies than I had planned, my wish list for tonight's Oscars:
My only significant disagreement here is that I thought Stephanie Hsu's performance was fantastic. Movie star charisma and film acting nuance like I haven't seen in a debut since Cate Blachett did Elizabeth I.
Jesse - Mar 13, 2023 6:23:12 am PDT #3257 of 3433
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I feel like Jamie Lee Curtis got a lifetime achievement award when even on those grounds it could/should have gone to Angela Basset.
Laura - Mar 13, 2023 7:02:02 am PDT #3258 of 3433
Our wings are not tired.
I didn't actually watch because I was doing stuff, but my love for Jamie Lee Curtis is such that I always want her to get awards. I'll try and watch today with the option of fast-forward.
Laga - Mar 13, 2023 4:53:27 pm PDT #3259 of 3433
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
if I'm reading lips correctly even JLC thought she shouldn't have won
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 15, 2023 5:08:11 pm PDT #3260 of 3433
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm right there with you Jesse. Though JLC's performance was good enough that I don't think anyone was robbed, exactly. I'd just have preferred if the voting went another way.
Michele Yeoh was my win-or-riot selection, though. As long as she got the award I would have been fine with my choices losing any other category, including Best Picture.
megan walker - Mar 16, 2023 10:58:34 am PDT #3261 of 3433
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The scariest moment for me was when All Quiet on the Western Front picked up a couple of prizes it was the second-favorite on and it started to look like they would win bigger prizes. I didn't really care about Best Picture, but I was going to smash something if it won for adaptation over Women Talking. The more I think about it, the more mad I get about what they did with the ending (which, if you don't know, is where the title comes from).
Steph L. - Apr 02, 2023 7:48:27 am PDT #3262 of 3433
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Dungeons & Dragons was a lot of fun and much better than I expected it to be. I also had no idea that Regé-Jean Page was in it, so between him, Michelle Rodriguez, and Chris Pine, there is a LOT of pretty onscreen.
megan walker - Apr 02, 2023 1:04:38 pm PDT #3263 of 3433
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Shockingly, I didn't feel the ridiculous length of John Wick 4 as much as I thought I would, but it could have been shorter. That is, many of the fight scenes just went on for too damn long and were very repetitive (in that often there were just more people coming at Wick in every situation). The best ones were the extended one-on-ones using the fight choreography the series is known for, but they were few and far between.
That said, I enjoyed it quite a bit. I loved all of the Paris stuff even if some of it had my eyes rolling vis-à-vis the geography. It wasn't as pretty as #3 (IMO, the best visuals) but the plot was somewhat better, though it still definitely suffers from the "trying to do too much" element that has plagued this series since #2. In my rewatch of the first three, #2 rose significantly in my esteem but not quite enough to topple #1, which will always have my heart for its simplicity of concept and creativity of execution.
Final ranking:
John Wick
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 4
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Steph L. - Apr 03, 2023 9:02:20 am PDT #3264 of 3433
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Probably relevant only to me, but: trailer for the Blue Beetle movie!!! [link]
God, I hope it doesn't suck.