I had turned it off when Casey Affleck won, but was still following on twitter, so quickly turned it back on when everyone started tweeting "WTF?" I had a massive headache and couldn't sleep so I stayed up way too late reading tweets about what had happened. So awful for LaLaLand people, but...it was not dull. And I was happy to see Moonlight win.
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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Sue - Feb 27, 2017 10:54:55 am PST #652 of 3455
hip deep in pie
sumi - Feb 27, 2017 11:06:37 am PST #653 of 3455
Art Crawl!!!
I haven't seen alot of movies recently but I was happy that Moonlight won and sad for the Lala Land connections.
Toddson - Feb 27, 2017 12:13:07 pm PST #654 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I didn't watch but heard about it this morning. I had a momentary question as to whether the director/producer/someone in the La La Land group decided they'd won enough and that Moonlight deserved it more ... it's good to know that Moonlight's win was really and truly theirs. I feel kind of bad for the La La Land group, since it's kind of a big lift and then a crash, but I'm happy for the Moonlight people.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 27, 2017 6:00:27 pm PST #655 of 3455
"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
Daniel Kibblesmith does have a point about that: [link]
-t - Feb 27, 2017 6:45:56 pm PST #656 of 3455
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oscars so meta
Toddson - Feb 28, 2017 6:15:46 am PST #657 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I saw an article today about how the Academy has 6,000 members ... none of them graphic designers ... and a comment on how the way the announcement cards are designed make it easier for the presenters (who are in glaring lights and probably won't wear reading glasses if they need them) to not notice if it's the wrong card.
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2017 3:16:13 pm PST #658 of 3455
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Facebook just informed me that Pretty in Pink was released on this date in 1986.
I AM SO OLD. OLDER THAN DIRT. OLDER THAN GOD.
Great soundtrack, though. I had it on cassette. I should rustle up the mp3s on iTunes.
Jesse - Mar 03, 2017 4:35:46 am PST #659 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Interesting piece about the kid in Logan and the string of similar characters, starting with River Tam: [link]
Fred Pete - Mar 06, 2017 10:03:20 am PST #660 of 3455
Ann, that's a ferret.
Fans of the classics: TCM's Robert Osborne has passed away.
Jessica - Mar 07, 2017 5:44:02 am PST #661 of 3455
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Go see Get Out right now. NOW. NO, NOW. As Megan said upthread, don't watch the trailer or read any reviews - all you need to know is that it's really, really good. See it with an audience, if you can. This is the kind of movie you should watch in a crowded theater.
Re: spoilers - it's not a "twist" movie, but the reveal is such an incredibly pleasurable slow burn that you should not deprive yourself of it, if you can.
(I do want to go and watch it again, to see how the movie changes when it's not a surprise, but I'm REALLY glad I wasn't spoiled for the first viewing.)
And for people who are genre-shy, I don't do horror movies. (Shaun of the Dead, and The Others are literally the only exceptions I can think of off the top of my head.) And I loved this a LOT.