Oscar Nominations

[kpmom]

Any thoughts on the Oscar nominees?

I've only seen three of the best picture nominees; Manchester by the Sea, Arrival, and Hell or High Water.

I originally thought Manchester dragged and was too low key (and a downer), but I found myself still thinking about it a week or two later and realized there was more to it than I first thought.

I loved both Arrival and Hell or High Water (Arrival in particular), but La La Land (haven't seen) seems to be the favorite.

[GreyhoundFan]

Unlike almost every critic in the country, I despised La La Land. The opening number was great, so I settled in for a great movie. Then promptly dozed off because it dragged. Ryan Gosling can't sing or dance (though he did learn how to play piano for the role). I thought the story was dumb. And, despite it being compared to classic Hollywood musicals, the ending was not a happy one. That is one movie I won't bother to see when it comes on HBO or Showtime.

I'm supposed to go see Hidden Figures this week. Everyone I know who has seen it has enjoyed it.

Manchester and Arrival look good. I haven't seen much about Hell or High Water. Sadly, I haven't seen many movies this past year.

[PennySycamore]

Well @kpmom and @GreyhoundFan, the Oscars were presented last night and I was pretty happy with how they turned out.  It was NOT a rout for La-La Land which some had predicted.  The  biggest surprise though was when they announced the Best Picture winner.  It was not, as initially announced,  La-La Land, but Moonlight!!  Price Waterhouse had mistakenly put a Best Actress card in the Best Picture envelope.  The real card was revealed after all the La-La Land people were on the stage.  Warren Beatty knew something was wrong when he saw it, he seemed a bit confused by the card.  

I am delighted that Jackie Chan got a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy Governors.  I wish they'd show the presentation of those awards on TCM.

[GreyhoundFan]

@PennySycamore, I know, I was happy LLL didn't win everything. I've not seen Moonlight, but I was just glad because it wasn't LLL. The Washington Post had a good article about how the producer of LLL was mature and stood up to tell the truth about losing the award, even though it was hard.

[47of74]

Just think how much of a mess it would've been if this was the best picture...