The Movie Thread

[RGMike]

Just watched Contagion via On-Demand -- DAYUM! -- that is some scary shit. Really well-made and acted.  And for those of you who hate Gwynneth P, she dies in the first 5 minutes, so there's that.  Fave line of dialogue: "Blogging is not writing -- it's graffitti with punctuation marks!"

[sundaygal]

2012 Oscar Nominations: 
(No Fassy...WTF???)

Best Supporting Actress:
Octavia Spencer, “The Help”
Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain, “The Help”
Janet McTeer “Albert Nobbs”
Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”

Best Actress:
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor:
Kenneth Branagh
Nick Nolte
Jonah Hill
Christopher Plummer
Max Von Sydow

Best Actor:
George Clooney
Jean Dujardin
Gary Oldman
Brad Pitt
Demian Bichir

Original screenplay:
The Artist, Bridesmaids, Midnight in Paris, Margin Call, A Separation

Adapted screenplay:
The Descendants, Hugo, Ides of March, Moneyball, Tinker

Director:
Hazanavicius, Payne, Scorsese, Allen, Mallick

Best picture:
War Horse, Artist, Moneyball, Descendants, Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris, The Help, Hugo, Extremely Loud

[Tinka Cat]

2012 Oscar Nominations: 

my iphone beeped this morning at 6:30 with the USA Today breaking news alert that 'Hugo' leads Oscar nominations.

thank god I found out that early!   *grumble*

[RGMike]

2012 Oscar Nominations: 
(No Fassy...WTF???)

the usual share of omissions (Fassy, Albert Brooks, Tilda Swinton) and nice surprises (Gary Oldman).  Guess I'll have to see Extremely Contrived and Incredibly Annoying after all...

[Here'sToYa!]

2012 Oscar Nominations: 
(No Fassy...WTF???)

There's no category for largest Academy MEMBER.

[RGMike]

2012 Oscar Nominations: 
(No Fassy...WTF???)

There's no category for largest Academy MEMBER.

when your member is bigger than the Oscar statuette itself... you've already been rewarded.

[sundaygal]

2012 Oscar Nominations: 
(No Fassy...WTF???)

There's no category for largest Academy MEMBER.

And the weiner is......

[Big Fingers McGee]

2012 Oscar Nominations: 
(No Fassy...WTF???)

There's no category for largest Academy MEMBER.

Uhh... Rim Shot?

[RGMike]

Sean penn as Robert Smith? well, not exactly, but...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/movies/sean-penn-at-sundance-on-haiti-and-paolo-sorrentino-film.html

[RGMike]

So, yesterday I saw Pina, the 3-D Wim Wenders-directed docu about choreographer Pina Bausch, which is one of the Best Docu nominees at this year's Oscars. And I left after an hour because I was bored to tears.

By way of explanation, I find dance, as an art form, completely uninteresting. Especially "modern" dance, which to me is just people running around, gyrating and waving their arms in the air. (yes, Twyla Tharp, I'm looking at YOU)  But I went to see Pina because it was nominated and the 3-D aspect intrigued me and I thought I might learn something. But it's one of those docus where unless you go in already knowing about the subject, you're kinda lost. It's a lot of her staged dance pieces, accompanied by solemn, platitudinous voice-overs by dancers who've worked with her, which are all along the lines of "YES! Pina told me I must be BOLD! And of course... she was RIGHT!"

Meanwhile, over the weekend I saw another Oscar nominee, Paradise Lost 3, the latest of the docus about the West Memphis 3. HBO's been showing it this month. It's amazing and it's a film that actually changed the lives of 3 people.

[RGMike]

Fandango said there was a 5:25 show of Extremely Loud/Incredibly Close at SF Centre. Fandango lied. BAAAAAD Fandango!

[RGMike]

Finally caught up with "Haywire" -- thought I'd missed it, but it's still at Metreon. Gina Carano isn't a great actress but girlfriend can kick some serious ass, MMA-style. And Soderburgh has surrounded her with Michael Fassbender, Ewan MacGregor, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton... nicely played. 

[RGMike]

went up to the Lumiere to catch the Oscar Nominated Shorts (live action) -- they're all good, hard to pick the best.

But damn, Polk street was depressing: the discount wine store around the corner was out-of business, and my fave Indian restaurant, India Aroma (next door to Red Devil Lounge) has also gone belly-up. Damn.

[ggould]

went up to the Lumiere to catch the Oscar Nominated Shorts (live action) -- they're all good, hard to pick the best.

But damn, Polk street was depressing: the discount wine store around the corner was out-of business, and my fave Indian restaurant, India Aroma (next door to Red Devil Lounge) has also gone belly-up. Damn.

We were just talking about cheap Indian places on Polk.  There are others still, right?

[sundaygal]

went up to the Lumiere to catch the Oscar Nominated Shorts (live action) -- they're all good, hard to pick the best.

But damn, Polk street was depressing: the discount wine store around the corner was out-of business, and my fave Indian restaurant, India Aroma (next door to Red Devil Lounge) has also gone belly-up. Damn.

We were just talking about cheap Indian places on Polk.  There are others still, right?

Shalamar's still there, right?  Well, if you're in the mood for not cheap/not Indian, there's always Swan's!