If the Oscars had a do-over?
02-02-16, 01:51 PM
#151
Re: If the Oscars had a do-over?
Apparently, some people took offence to Chill Wills' garish ad campaign.
John Wayne's reaction: https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...9,326113&hl=en
Originally Posted by Chill Wills Campaign Ad
We of the 'Alamo' cast are praying harder -- than the real Texans prayed for their lives in the Alamo -- for Chill Wills to win the Oscar as best supporting actor
02-02-16, 04:35 PM
#152
DVD Talk Legend
Re: If the Oscars had a do-over?
That movie is a classic. You're probably just examining it in retrospect, as Hollywood has spent 25 years trying to rip it off and/or offer variations of the settings and the characters.
02-02-16, 05:32 PM
#153
DVD Talk Legend
Re: If the Oscars had a do-over?
Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
That movie is a classic. You're probably just examining it in retrospect, as Hollywood has spent 25 years trying to rip it off and/or offer variations of the settings and the characters.
02-03-16, 08:24 AM
#154
DVD Talk Hero - 2023 TOTY Award Winner
Re: If the Oscars had a do-over?
Don't disagree. I just watched most of it again recently and it is hardly an exemplary film, but it does achieve brilliance in places.
There is a scene in which Lector uses a phone intended for him to call his lawyer to find out Graham's home address instead. Cool, precise, charming and creepy.
Yeah, his statement is groundless. I specifically remember seeing SotL in the theater and remember my reaction to it then and my later befuddlement when it won BP the following spring. My opinion of it has not changed at all over the years. I enjoy watching it again periodically as it certainly is a good, entertaining movie, but I have never considered it great.
There is a scene in which Lector uses a phone intended for him to call his lawyer to find out Graham's home address instead. Cool, precise, charming and creepy.
Not at all. I didn't think much of it at the time. It's well-made and all, but everyone was talking about how scary it was. I watched it and thought, "♪Is that all there is?♪"
02-03-16, 08:51 AM
#155
DVD Talk Legend
Re: If the Oscars had a do-over?
I have seen it a few times since and still hold that view.
02-03-16, 09:13 AM
#157
Re: If the Oscars had a do-over?
Rumble Fish, Year of the Dragon, Barfly, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Angel Heart, A Prayer for the Dying and The Wrestler I can understand
02-03-16, 09:14 AM
#158
RIP
02-03-16, 01:11 PM
#161
02-06-16, 01:46 AM
#163
Re: If the Oscars had a do-over?
Agreed. They had the better roles, while the nominees were more of the premise actors. Not to say Hoffman or Hanks weren't good or even great in their roles, but Cruise and Washington had more growth, or had more to bring to the table than just what their characters represented.
02-06-16, 02:48 AM
#164
Banned
Re: If the Oscars had a do-over?
Oscar Isaac should have gotten a supporting actor nomination for Ex Machina.
Mesmerizing performance. He just disappears into the role. We watched it recently at home, and my wife didn't even recognize him as Poe Dameron when we went to see Force Awakens.
The dance sequence alone is Oscar-worthy
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(NSFW due to brief language) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvYPCNCGEK8
Mesmerizing performance. He just disappears into the role. We watched it recently at home, and my wife didn't even recognize him as Poe Dameron when we went to see Force Awakens.
The dance sequence alone is Oscar-worthy
:(NSFW due to brief language) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvYPCNCGEK8
02-06-16, 01:51 PM
#166
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Re: If the Oscars had a do-over?
I know there isn't a lot of love for the film here, but after watching HR Pufnstuf this morning, I remembered that I always thought Jack Wild gave the best performance ever by a child actor as the Artful Dodger in Oliver! I haven't seen Jack Albertson in The Subject was Roses, but I cannot fathom it could compare to the work Wild did as a child in that film.
