baron-pierreIV Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 The Academy has announced the nominees and plans for the Ceremony on March 2nd this year. No Best Song performances. Major focus of the ceremony will be featuring the Firefighters and OTHER on-scene first responders -- which is ALL GREAT and APPROPRIATE! But it will likely steal a march on what would be part of the LA28 Opening Ceremony. 2025 Oscars will not include musical performances of Best Original Song nominees Quote
sebastien1214 Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 A French film that gets the most nominations at the Oscars is a good preview of an opening ceremony that will take place on 2028 Bastille Day. A sign of French superiority that can announce an OOC 2028 less good than the OOC 2024. 1 Quote
Sir Rols Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 Nothing really grabbing me in the nominees this year. Wicked was… meh. Loved Dune II, but sci-fi never wins outside the technical awards. Saw Conclave yesterday, and liked it. But it was just good, not Best Picture good (though it really did remind me of an OC election). Haven’t seen The Brutalist, but nothing in its description is piquing my interest. Quote
baron-pierreIV Posted January 24 Author Report Posted January 24 3 hours ago, Sir Rols said: Nothing really grabbing me in the nominees this year. Wicked was… meh. Loved Dune II, but sci-fi never wins outside the technical awards. Saw Conclave yesterday, and liked it. But it was just good, not Best Picture good (though it really did remind me of an OC election). Haven’t seen The Brutalist, but nothing in its description is piquing my interest. Agreed. CONCLAVE was good -- but not OUTSTANDING. But better made than WICKED. Have no interest in seeing Brutalist architecture. Still have to see EMILIA PERZ which, I guess, if it wins, will be Hollywood's UP YOURS to MAGA and the GOP--further enforcing the extreme positions of US society today. Am not looking forward to Conan O'Brien as host. But, OSCARS will be a disappointment this year. Quote
Sir Rols Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 18 minutes ago, baron-pierreIV said: Still have to see EMILIA PERZ Haven’t seen it either. And I’ve got nothing against foreign films (we tend to watch a LOT of them - specially French and Spanish - in our household). But the thought of a movie about a trans woman escaping drug cartels doesn’t appeal to me either. As you say, though, it’s probably ticking the right progressive boxes for the academy members. Been reading also that there may be an anti-AI backlash to the Brutalist. Apparently a lot of the Hungarian dialogue was AI dubbed. Quote
StefanMUC Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 As long as at least Kieran Culkin wins for his killer performance in A Real Pain, all will be fine. Quote
Roger87 Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 Not just Emilia Perez. The Substance is a French co-production. After all, 3 consecutive French directors in two years - including two women (Justine Triet and Coralie Fargeat). But also we have a Brazilian film reaching 3 noms including Best Picture - I'm Still Here. Watching the trailer, maybe it has connotations of current times Fernanda Torres reaching the nom 26 years after her mother Fernanda Montenegro (Central Station). And both Fernandas became the second mother-daughter team nominated in the Best Actress category just after Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli 1 Quote
Roger87 Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 Also I'm Still Here was facing threats from the Bolsonarists who even call boicot and censorship. Quote
sebastien1214 Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 55 minutes ago, Roger87 said: Not just Emilia Perez. The Substance is a French co-production. After all, 3 consecutive French directors in two years - including two women (Justine Triet and Coralie Fargeat). I'm glad of this cultural supremacy that we are gradually imposing. It will change you from your Hollywood and your Marvel-whateverthings with your directors who no longer have any original ideas. (I haven't watched a single film in 2024, I have a poor cinematographic culture and I discover thanks to this thread that we have even more French things at the Oscars than I thought) Quote
Roger87 Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 1 hour ago, sebastien1214 said: I'm glad of this cultural supremacy that we are gradually imposing. Since 2016, the new AMPAS membership switch had modify considerably the Oscars. The map is from 2021, but the trend didn't change After USA, UK and now France are the biggest blocs inside AMPAS. And this is common per French productions (or co-productions): 2020: The Father 2021: CODA 2022: Triangle of Sadness 2023: Anatomy of a Fall 2024: Emilia Perez / The Substance (Even you can add I'm Still Here, which has French money, although the majority of the production and creative mind are Brazilians) Also Cannes has become a platform for key films more than few decades before: 2018: Cold War / Blackkklasman / Capernaum / Shoplifters 2019: Parasite / Pain & Glory / Les Misérables 2020 (Cannes mark cause COVID): After Round / Flee 2021: The Worst Person in the World / Drive My Car / Red Rocket 2022: Triangle of Sadness / Aftersun 2023: Anatomy of a Fall / The Zone of Interest / Four Daughters 2024: Emilia Perez / The Apprentice / All We Imagine as Light (Damn the idiots inside the Indian Oscar committee. They could have get an easy nom, but they have long history of flopping in their decisions) / The Substance Quote
Sir Rols Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 5 minutes ago, Roger87 said: 2021: CODA That was a weird one. It was a pleasant enough movie, but Best Picture worthy??? And IMO way inferior to the original La Famille Bélier Quote
Roger87 Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 15 minutes ago, Sir Rols said: That was a weird one. It was a pleasant enough movie, but Best Picture worthy??? It was a really weird year indeed. In general the competition was weak but no one had the steam to compete against "The Power of the Dog" (A film respected but no one feel passionate even for defend and all were sleeping). Belfast failed, Drive My Car was too "Asian", West Side Story was a remake of a prior Oscar win and flopped at BO, King Richard was just Will Smith's show. CODA came as "whatever". Quote
Roger87 Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 18 minutes ago, Sir Rols said: And IMO way inferior to the original La Famille Bélier But CODA has real deaf actors (Kotsur and Matlin for example), not like La Famille Bélier. Representation! Quote
Roger87 Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 Now speaking of Italian special treatment @Sir Rols, it's Italy which should be worried of the recent trend of the Oscars and Hollywood in recent years. Their power as European powerhouse is dismissing considerably, but it's understandable considering the recent state of Italian cinema (Much more in recent years with Madama Meloni), but also if being honests, the 1990s was a mirage more linked with Berlusconi's power and Harvey Weinstein's personal preference to Italian cinema during his days at Miramax and way far of the 1950s-1960s when Italy was the reference of European cinema. If it wasn't for 2017 Luca Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name and this year's Isabella Rossellini, you need to go till 1998 to find Italians nominated in the main categories. It's hillarious to think cause in perspective we have more Spanish actors nominated in a shorter time than Italians in the recent three decades (Even two of them had become the most nominated Continental european actors right now - Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz). In directors, writers and producers, the French are advancing fast. If applying to the IOC and sport events, it would be like Italians losing grip over swimming and gymnastics associations. Mamma Mia! Quote
Sir Rols Posted January 28 Report Posted January 28 I think I’m keener to watch this version Mexicans make Emilia Pérez parody poking fun at French stereotypes Quote
Olympian1010 Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 On 1/24/2025 at 3:50 PM, Roger87 said: If it wasn't for 2017 Luca Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name and this year's Isabella Rossellini, you need to go till 1998 to find Italians nominated in the main categories. La Chimera (Cannes 2023) had the unfortunate exprience of premiering in a very strong year for cinema (and its distributor NEON). Nonetheless, it remains one of my personal favorites from that year. Quote
Roger87 Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 Well, it's fitting for the 2025 having the first transgender Best Actress nominee being a full MAGA on steroids. Emilia Perez' Karla Sofia Gascon practically attacking any racial group on her tweets (Black, Korean, Latinos, Chinese) and even dropping hints of criticism to people like Spielberg and Gerwig (The same woman who was Jury President back then when Emilia Perez won 2 awards) for "woke". Quote
Sir Rols Posted March 2 Report Posted March 2 So, they’re walking up the Red Carpet now. Anyone want to guess which rich actors will use the occasion, and their connection to “middle America”, to denounce the maniac in the White House and affirm their unwavering support for Ukraine? Will Jon Vought and Robbie De Niro come to blows in the lobby? What tweets are going to come out of Mar de Lago? Quote
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