Comments on: So Called “Oscar Season” at The End of a Decade http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/03/so-called-oscar-season-at-the-end-of-a-decade/ Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:13:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/03/so-called-oscar-season-at-the-end-of-a-decade/#comment-36672 Andrew James Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:19:37 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=20672#comment-36672 IFC has a much better and more extensive list than I wrote up. Many of them (most actually) I haven't even heard of yet. But damn! Can't believe I forgot about Bad Lieutenant! http://www.ifc.com/news/2009/11/holiday-film-preview.php IFC has a much better and more extensive list than I wrote up. Many of them (most actually) I haven’t even heard of yet. But damn! Can’t believe I forgot about Bad Lieutenant!

http://www.ifc.com/news/2009/11/holiday-film-preview.php

]]> By: Andrew James http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/03/so-called-oscar-season-at-the-end-of-a-decade/#comment-36627 Andrew James Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:32 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=20672#comment-36627 Listening to Kermode on the way home from work today and it seemed he really did not like Fantastic Mr. Fox. I thought it was just him being an anti Wes Anderson ninny, but his reasons for not liking it sounded valid. Also the on air emails they were reading and the calls they were receiving seemed to confirm what he was saying. So it sounds like the critics (other than Kermode) really like the film, but the folks are scratching their heads... as they always do with Wes Anderson. Listening to Kermode on the way home from work today and it seemed he really did not like Fantastic Mr. Fox. I thought it was just him being an anti Wes Anderson ninny, but his reasons for not liking it sounded valid. Also the on air emails they were reading and the calls they were receiving seemed to confirm what he was saying.

So it sounds like the critics (other than Kermode) really like the film, but the folks are scratching their heads… as they always do with Wes Anderson.

]]> By: Mike Rot http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/03/so-called-oscar-season-at-the-end-of-a-decade/#comment-36623 Mike Rot Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:18:26 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=20672#comment-36623 Apparently there is simultaneous video on demand with theatrical release, and theatrical release is Nov.6th in New York... still no details on what channels. I read Ruppert's Presidential Energy Policy and it is a great, slimmer read. Toronto-based economist, former chief economist for CIBC World Markers, Jeff Rubin, also has a book that says virtually the same thing as Ruppert, and it is far more visible in the bookshops, called "Why You're World is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller". Its more intensive, less rhetorical, by the numbers look at the inevitability of peak oil reality, and its the book I would recommend to most open-minded people. Somehow he is able to paint an optimistic perspective out of this collapse of modern civilization, and I don't quite buy it, I think perhaps that makes it easier to sell books, easier to be heard, but I think Ruppert's description is more accurate, more akin to human nature. Apparently there is simultaneous video on demand with theatrical release, and theatrical release is Nov.6th in New York… still no details on what channels.

I read Ruppert’s Presidential Energy Policy and it is a great, slimmer read. Toronto-based economist, former chief economist for CIBC World Markers, Jeff Rubin, also has a book that says virtually the same thing as Ruppert, and it is far more visible in the bookshops, called “Why You’re World is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller”. Its more intensive, less rhetorical, by the numbers look at the inevitability of peak oil reality, and its the book I would recommend to most open-minded people. Somehow he is able to paint an optimistic perspective out of this collapse of modern civilization, and I don’t quite buy it, I think perhaps that makes it easier to sell books, easier to be heard, but I think Ruppert’s description is more accurate, more akin to human nature.

]]> By: kurt http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/03/so-called-oscar-season-at-the-end-of-a-decade/#comment-36617 kurt Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:15:50 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=20672#comment-36617 I'm hoping that the Filmbuff channel on Youtube give a simultaneous online release of Collapse, I just finished Ruppert's massive PeakOil/911/CIA-Drugs book and am itching to see this doc which is as much about Rupert as it is about his certainties. I’m hoping that the Filmbuff channel on Youtube give a simultaneous online release of Collapse, I just finished Ruppert’s massive PeakOil/911/CIA-Drugs book and am itching to see this doc which is as much about Rupert as it is about his certainties.

]]> By: Jandy Stone http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/03/so-called-oscar-season-at-the-end-of-a-decade/#comment-36614 Jandy Stone Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:23:11 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=20672#comment-36614 <i>The audience seemed to like it enough.</i> That, plus Jackson's name, plus based on a critically-acclaimed best-seller is quite possibly enough to gain it an Oscar nom, even if it's not that good. Especially with ten slots. The audience seemed to like it enough.

That, plus Jackson’s name, plus based on a critically-acclaimed best-seller is quite possibly enough to gain it an Oscar nom, even if it’s not that good. Especially with ten slots.

]]> By: Rusty James http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/03/so-called-oscar-season-at-the-end-of-a-decade/#comment-36611 Rusty James Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:36:51 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=20672#comment-36611 I saw an early screening of Lovely Bones a few months ago and I thought it was pretty much a train wreck. It wasn't officially completed at the time. But the score was there and everything looked done. The guy said they were just adding better effects shots. I don't know, it seemed pretty dismal. Most of the performances were awful; Stanley Tucci, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon. Siora Ronan was pretty good though. The audience seemed to like it enough. I saw an early screening of Lovely Bones a few months ago and I thought it was pretty much a train wreck. It wasn’t officially completed at the time. But the score was there and everything looked done. The guy said they were just adding better effects shots.
I don’t know, it seemed pretty dismal. Most of the performances were awful; Stanley Tucci, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon. Siora Ronan was pretty good though. The audience seemed to like it enough.

]]> By: Jandy Stone http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/03/so-called-oscar-season-at-the-end-of-a-decade/#comment-36609 Jandy Stone Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:26:49 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=20672#comment-36609 It's going to be really interesting to see how the Oscar race goes this year, especially with ten nominees instead of just five. There have been a lot of great films this year already, but I haven't really seen that many that seem like obvious Oscar contenders. Although I wouldn't be surprised to see <i>Invictus</i> and <i>The Lovely Bones</i> up there even without knowing much about them. <i>The White Ribbon</i> should be a shoo-in for Foreign Language, at least - I'm hoping the extra Best Picture nom spots will encourage more nominations from foreign and animated films (<i>Up</i>?), but I'm not really sure they won't use them for, like, <i>Star Trek</i>. Maybe there's room to go both more blockbuster and more arthouse. I guess we'll see. It’s going to be really interesting to see how the Oscar race goes this year, especially with ten nominees instead of just five. There have been a lot of great films this year already, but I haven’t really seen that many that seem like obvious Oscar contenders. Although I wouldn’t be surprised to see Invictus and The Lovely Bones up there even without knowing much about them.

The White Ribbon should be a shoo-in for Foreign Language, at least – I’m hoping the extra Best Picture nom spots will encourage more nominations from foreign and animated films (Up?), but I’m not really sure they won’t use them for, like, Star Trek. Maybe there’s room to go both more blockbuster and more arthouse. I guess we’ll see.

]]> By: rot http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/03/so-called-oscar-season-at-the-end-of-a-decade/#comment-36604 rot Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:38:56 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=20672#comment-36604 Looking forward to AntiChrist, Up in the Air, and hell, even The Box. Collapse is playing for one week in New York City starting Nov 6th at the Angelika cinema, New Yorkers go see it. Looking forward to AntiChrist, Up in the Air, and hell, even The Box.

Collapse is playing for one week in New York City starting Nov 6th at the Angelika cinema, New Yorkers go see it.

]]> By: Marina Antunes http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/03/so-called-oscar-season-at-the-end-of-a-decade/#comment-36603 Marina Antunes Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:31:10 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=20672#comment-36603 Great list Andrew. Off the top of my head I can't think of any that you've missed but there are a few on the list which I won't bother with. The two I'm most looking forward to at this point are THAT EVENING SUN (I can't believe I missed my opportunity to see it) and THE ROAD. Great list Andrew. Off the top of my head I can’t think of any that you’ve missed but there are a few on the list which I won’t bother with.

The two I’m most looking forward to at this point are THAT EVENING SUN (I can’t believe I missed my opportunity to see it) and THE ROAD.

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