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Comment on Films From the 2012 Sundance Film Festival by Kate and Nan at Sundance

Kate and Nan at Sundance — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:44:13 +0000

That’s the wonderful and sad thing about Sundance, or any film festival, I suppose – on one hand, there are so many diverse and high quality films, but on the other hand, so few of them get distribution deals. I know that Where Do We Go Now? and Monsieur Lazhar have been picked up, so hopefully they’ll show up in a theater near you soon!

Comment on Films From the 2012 Sundance Film Festival by yoda808

yoda808 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:59:33 +0000

Yeah,

Since I’m not there at Sundance I try to do my best to read up on what people are talking about, unfortunately though, I can’t read everything or I can only read about things people post about.

Thank you for the recommendations though and I’ll try to search out more info about the films you mentioned.

Have fun!

Comment on Films From the 2012 Sundance Film Festival by Kate and Nan at Sundance

Kate and Nan at Sundance — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:43:38 +0000

These have all gotten a lot of buzz, but I’m sorry to see that you don’t have any documentaries on this list! My favorite film of the festival has probably been Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, which is in the documentary premieres category. Where Do We Go Now? and Monsieur Lazhar are up there as well. I’ll be seeing The Raid tomorrow night, though, so hopefully it will be good! ~Nan

Comment on OW 2012: And the Nominees Are . . . by yoda808

yoda808 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:17:28 +0000

I would have to say no, the Oscars are still every bit as prestigious as we all make them out to be, even if we may disagree with them. And when you think about it that’s why I think people that disagree with the Oscars care about them the most . . . it’s because people think that the awards should go to winners that are more deserving.

And also, I think average tv viewers and average moviegoers don’t pay attention at all to the other award honors from “not so high profile” groups.

Comment on OW 2012: And the Nominees Are . . . by atotalwasteofmakeup

atotalwasteofmakeup — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:20:45 +0000

Playing devil’s advocate here: are the Oscars becoming less prestigious, what with all the various other award ceremonies and much larger Best Picture categories in the past years? It is, of course, the highest honor in the business, but are average viewers becoming immune to happenings on the awards circuit?
Discuss…

Comment on OW 2012: And the Nominees Are . . . by yoda808

yoda808 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:44:44 +0000

I think the thing you have to remember is that not everyone can vote for the Oscars. Sadly it’s only open to members of AMPAS. With any small group of people voting for something, what you get is a representation of they’re thinking . . . which sometimes doesn’t accurately represent a broad range of views or opinions.

It’s probably a big reason why all the critics groups, guilds, and even the Hollywood Foreign Press all have their own awards . . . it’s because a lot of them aren’t represented in The Academy.

It’s also another reason why we have blogs . . . so we can say who we thought was great. You’re definitely right though, it’s what we have so that’s the main reason why we tune in.

Comment on OW 2012: And the Nominees Are . . . by CMrok93

CMrok93 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:48:54 +0000

Honestly, at this point I think it’s pretty well established that the Oscars are going to overlook handfuls of artists who truly deserve recognition each and every year. Not only that, but it’s also an exceedingly subjective discussion in the first place. The snubs are obviously here like Swinton, Fassbender, Brooks, and even Serkis to an extent, but it’s the Oscars and I will always watch them.

Comment on OW 2012: And the Nominees Are . . . by yoda808

yoda808 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:19:22 +0000

Yeah, it’s super weird that there’s only two for Original Song. Must be some weird rule like how you have to have ‘x’ number of animated films released to get more than three nominations for the Best Animated Feature category.

Definitely The Artist and Extremely Loud are now at the top of my viewing list. I hope they bring back My Week With Marilyn here too. Seems to have some good performances in that one too.

Comment on OW 2012: And the Nominees Are . . . by atotalwasteofmakeup

atotalwasteofmakeup — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:10:40 +0000

I am sad that there were no “Muppets” noms other than for Best Song. And furthermore, what’s with only 2 songs nominated?! Crazy. I fully support you watching “The Artist” asap. I’m totally torn between that one and “The Descendants” for my Best Picture vote.

Comment on Hawaii Previous is Not Uninteresting by John Garcia (@johngarcia)

John Garcia (@johngarcia) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:59:02 +0000

Awesome stuff, Matt! Legit review — greatly appreciated! Makes these types of projects all worth it. Hope to see you around TGH soon!