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Cinematography is being relegated to the little kids' table.
The Hollywood Reporter wrote:In a break with tradition, the Academy Awards in four categories will be presented during commercial breaks when the 91st Oscars are broadcast by ABC on Feb. 24.
The affected categories are cinematography, film editing, live-action short and makeup and hairstyling.
I’ve seen six of these! That might be a record for me.Jaymann wrote: I have seen Black Panther...
Hmmm...
I asked a friend what he thought about Roma - he said it was incredibly boring. I asked if it was super artistic and maybe worth watching but he just kept shaking his head no lol.
A record for me too. I've seen TWO of the best picture nominees (Thanks American Airlines!).
they should just start an hour earlier and cut the song performances.AWS260 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:07 amCinematography is being relegated to the little kids' table.
The Hollywood Reporter wrote:In a break with tradition, the Academy Awards in four categories will be presented during commercial breaks when the 91st Oscars are broadcast by ABC on Feb. 24.
The affected categories are cinematography, film editing, live-action short and makeup and hairstyling.
I have good news for you.
For the first time in three decades, the Oscars will officially have no host.
ABC Entertainment PR and an Academy spokesperson confirmed the information to ABC News on Tuesday, months after Kevin Hart stepped down as host.
I'd have thought they would have factored the pushback into the original decision. There was no way that relegating cinematography and editing to the sidelines was going to fly with filmmakers.The organisers of the Oscars have reversed an earlier decision to hand out four awards during ad breaks after facing a major backlash.
The presentations for live action short, cinematography, editing and make-up and hair were to be streamed online in an effort to shorten this year's TV broadcast on 24 February.
Dozens of directors, cinematographers and actors had criticised the decision.
Organisers said on Friday it had heard the "feedback" and changed their mind.
A statement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said: "All Academy Awards will be presented without edits, in our traditional format. We look forward to Oscar Sunday, February 24."
Queen did open the show, with We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions. Rami Malek was not on stage with them (he wasn't singing during the movie, after all) - they performed with Adam Lambert (who they are touring with these days).Kraken wrote: ↑Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:05 pm We caught some bits with the sound off while we were out to dinner tonight. The name of the award was in a microscopic font, so I mostly couldn't tell what we were seeing. But it did seem to be moving along at a reasonable clip without a lot of filler between awards.
The camera was on Brian May frequently thanks to his telegenic hair. Did Queen open the show, as I had read they would? If so, was Rami Malek on stage with them? That would have been kinda cool.
While presenting the montage for "Best Picture" nominee Black Panther, Noah touched on the "universal appeal" of the Marvel story while throwing shade at those who really believe Wakanda is a real place, greeting him with "Wakanda Forever."
"Growing up as a young boy in Wakanda, I would see T'Challa flying over our village, and he would remind me of a great Xhosa phrase," he says, "'Abelungu abazi' uba ndiyaxoka'—which means, 'In times like these, we are stronger when we fight together than when we try to fight apart."
Thing is—that's not what the phrase means.
Despite folks fawning that he spoke his mother tongue, he instead did a solid for the Xhosa speakers paying attention.
"The real translation is, 'White people don't know I'm lying,' " affirms Zimbabwean TV host Makho Ndlovu on Twitter, giving us the real tea.
I read somewhere that no film has ever won both Best Foreign and Picture. Or maybe it was only one other film. Whichever, winning Best Foreign was a strong indication that Roma wasn't going to take Picture.Rumpy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:27 am Once Roma began winning in other categories, at least 3 awards nabbed in total including Best Director and Best Foreign Film, I figured it wouldn't win Best Picture. Seems fair enough seeing as most movies get a shot at Best Picture, but not all get a shot at Best Foreign.
It's called "Green Book" and from what I can tell it has almost nothing to do with the actual Green Book. Which is a shame. The story of the Green Book is a fascinating one.Kraken wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:40 pmI read somewhere that no film has ever won both Best Foreign and Picture. Or maybe it was only one other film. Whichever, winning Best Foreign was a strong indication that Roma wasn't going to take Picture.Rumpy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:27 am Once Roma began winning in other categories, at least 3 awards nabbed in total including Best Director and Best Foreign Film, I figured it wouldn't win Best Picture. Seems fair enough seeing as most movies get a shot at Best Picture, but not all get a shot at Best Foreign.
I hadn't even put Green Car (or whatever Driving Miss Daisy II is called) on the netflix list, but now Wife is going to want to see it.
Wouldn't surprise me in the least. It's hard to imagine an industry that operates more as a "good ol' boys club" than the entertainment industry. Like 99% of it is subjective decisions made by a power hierarchy with a few individuals at the top, and minimal regulation. It's a miracle they aren't all Weinstein's. Maybe they are.Ralph-Wiggum wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:49 pm I wouldn't discount the idea that a Netflix production may have more resistance to winning Best Picture than a movie from a traditional studio.
OK, 4 of the song performances could have been cut, but Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper knocked it out of the house!Pyperkub wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:03 pmthey should just start an hour earlier and cut the song performances.AWS260 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 12, 2019 11:07 amCinematography is being relegated to the little kids' table.
The Hollywood Reporter wrote:In a break with tradition, the Academy Awards in four categories will be presented during commercial breaks when the 91st Oscars are broadcast by ABC on Feb. 24.
The affected categories are cinematography, film editing, live-action short and makeup and hairstyling.
Yeah, that was my read on that as well, but I wasn't sure if it if was possible. But I've noticed over the years that some of the nominated movies would tend to gather a lot of wins to sort of make up for the fact that they wouldn't win Best Picture.Kraken wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 12:40 pmI read somewhere that no film has ever won both Best Foreign and Picture. Or maybe it was only one other film. Whichever, winning Best Foreign was a strong indication that Roma wasn't going to take Picture.Rumpy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:27 am Once Roma began winning in other categories, at least 3 awards nabbed in total including Best Director and Best Foreign Film, I figured it wouldn't win Best Picture. Seems fair enough seeing as most movies get a shot at Best Picture, but not all get a shot at Best Foreign.
Speaking of Cinematography, I don't think Roma really deserved that one. Most of the shots seem to be tripod shots with little to no panning. Most of them were just still with the actors doing the moving.
Yeah I thought it was odd that Ali was nominated for Supporting Actor when he carried the film.
I think there's some strategery involved in category submissions, where the studios are trying to maximize the number of wins for the film. So the thinking may have been that Ali had a better shot at winning in the Supporting Actor field than in the Best Actor field. Though it's not a great look submitting the white guy for the more prestigious category and the black guy for the less prestigious category. Unless they were also going for a meta point.
rittchard wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 3:22 pm This was my favorite part:
https://www.vogue.com/article/billy-por ... an-siriano
YOU GO GIRL.
