The Monkees

Looks like the lists thread was stickied. Thanks to whoever did that!

Mondo Kane

It's been quite a very slow challenge for me thus far. I've made it a goal to watch movies I've never seen yet, but that means that I have to wait for the desired movie to air on TV or arrive in the mail via netflix. Looks like I'll have to ravage through some old vhs-recorded movies to see if anything pops up.

Giles

netflix... here in the DC area... HAH! I dont expect my bluray til Thursday at the earliest.

Cardsfan111

I'm focusing on Best Picture Winners/Nominees for this challenge. I think I read someone else make the comment (either recently or in last year's discussion thread), but man most of these films are long.

Trevor

That might have been me last year while I was watching every best picture winner. Some of them seemed to last days.

aspects

I used to think Dance Direction was the most useless Academy Award category, but seeing the number of musicals in those years makes it acceptable.

Now I think the most useless Academy Award category is Assistant Director, but at least it was only around for five years. How are you supposed to know whether he did a good job? The first year, 1934, the nominees were not even associated with films just the studio. The Direcotr award never matched up with Assistant Director award and most of the time the nominees did not even match up in the other four years.

Giles

goddamn snow - maybe Saturday ???

Mao

To fill in some lists....here's some of this year's Oscar Nominees:


Documentary Short Subject Nominee:

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears Of Sichuan Province:
(in 5 parts) (38 mins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=026HsrgHjwM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH1JbqAx8h0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_u2qzyEZk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tO8XdnBDj8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6psdfReC4e0

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Animated Short Film Nominees:

French Roast: (8 mins)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foQq32ZQyKc

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty: (6 mins)
http://www.grannyogrimm.com/#/the-film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIDv1jJhoxY

The Lady And The Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte): (8 mins)
http://212.227.136.88/press/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dt47iqLBfU

Logorama: (16 mins)
http://www.movieweb.com/movie/FI7ZKa...VIxLwDBxj8PZBD

A Matter Of Loaf And Death: (29 mins)
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoid=49816402

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Original Song Nominees:

"Almost There":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAy-hGO9JVA

"Down In New Orleans":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCWymXScfLc

"Loin De Paname":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpun4L5E2O0

"Take It All":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYrAsYsDJNo

"The Weary Kind":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIJTU9iY2iA

Trevor

Watched Little Children earlier today. Amazing film, should have received a best picture nomination in addition to the three it got. Kate Winslet was great as always, and Jackie Earle Haley was Oscar worthy.

Corey31

uggh, the start of these challenges always seem to coincide with when I am busy and can't watch a lot of stuff. I have a big fat goose egg in this challenge so far.

jmsmath

Just watched Pan's Labyrinth on BD and it was amazing. That's what great storytelling is all about. Looked flawless on BD as well.

Giles

^ the excessive DNR applied to the bluray transfer didn't bother you ... (actually I haven't yet watched my bluray copy, yet, but that's the general flaw 'AV peeps' have pointed out)

Gobear

Looking through my collection, I've found a few films that thoroughly deserved Academy Award nominations but were shut out, like Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy and Neil Jordan's The Long Good Friday.

Seriously, Peyton Place and Sayonara were Best Picture nominees in 1957, the same year that the far superior Sweet Smell of Success, Paths of Glory and A Face in the Crowd were denied.

C'mon, not even a Best Actor nomination for Burt Lancaster as the sadistic JJ Hunziger? I call shenanigans!

jmsmath

I have to say I didn't notice it.

aspects

If anyone is interested in TCM films from the 1920's and 1930's that are not available on DVDS, here is a list:

(Just a note, there are some more but I had taped them off of TCM years ago so I did not include them on my lists of films to record.)

All times CST

Friday, February 12th 7:45am A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Wednesday, February 17th 1:15am A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Thursday, February 18th 5:00am Pacific Liner (1939)
Thursday, February 18th 10:45am Captain Fury (1939)
Thursday, February 18th 10:30pm The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Monday, February 22nd 3:00pm The Hollywood Revue (1929)
Tuesday, February 23rd 2:45am Naughty Marietta (1935)
Tuesday, February 23rd 7:00pm Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Thursday, February 25th 10:15am There Goes My Heart (1938)
Thursday, February 25th 11:45am General Spanky (1936)
Sunday, March 7th 11:15pm Show People (1928)

Mao

You got that right...it's brilliant!

Fist of Doom

Thanks for the links, Mao.

indiephantom

I'll have to play a bit of cath-up later as I'm off to visit the girlfriend this weekend. Might squeeze in a film there, but not sure. She does have a copy of Slumdog Millionaire which I haven't seen yet.

More updates soon.

Indy24LA

Finally got to join in, watched To Kill a Mockingbird. Wanted to start off with one of my all time favorites.

Mondo Kane

As with the Little Children praise, I felt the same after watching Half Nelson. I went into that one expecting only a good performance from Gosling, but both the lead actress (Shareeka Epps) and the entire film left me captivated.

Trevor

One interesting thing about this month is that we'll all likely see more overtures and intermissions than the 11 other months combined.

Indy24LA

Now that I'm in, I'm really enjoying this. It's forcing me to watch more quality films than I'm used to

Cardsfan111

I've enjoyed a number of quality films while focusing on Best Picture winners/nominees. Finally discovered the first one I didn't call for at all--Midnight Cowboy.

Darth Maher

Is anybody watching any President-themed Academy Award movies today in honor of President's Day?

indiephantom

Hey, I see you also watched Smart Money. I enjoy these little coincidences.

I really have to start shaking, but between a visit to my girlfriend's and Olympic hockey starting tomorrow, I'll be lucky to accomplish my goal. Doesn't mean I won't cram as many in as I can during the final weekend, though.

Still have some of this year's nominees and In Memorium picks to check out too.