'The Power of the Dog' leads nominees for the 94th annual Academy Awards with 12 noms. Other top-nominated films were 'Belfast,' 'Dune,' 'King Richard' and 'West Side Story.'
Of those nominated I have only seen four. That is probably the least number were have watched in many years. I thought CODA and Belfast were deserving. Year of the Dog didn't grab me at all. West Side Story about what I expected. I'm pulling for Coda or Belfast.
Hardly any of these films are Oscar-worthy (I have not seen Drive My Car nor Licorice Pizza). Some were just god-awful (Nightmare Alley). None are memorable, for sure. A sad state of affairs of the film industry
Hardly any of these films are Oscar-worthy (I have not seen Drive My Car nor Licorice Pizza). Some were just god-awful (Nightmare Alley). None are memorable, for sure. A sad state of affairs of the film industry
CODA was well done. Last night we watched the new Macbeth. Really excellent; Denzel W. was wonderful (so was Frances McDormand). The cinematography was over-the-top fabulous.
I just think quality of TV serials is much higher now, while movies have become poorer. The only good movies I remember from recent years - Knives Out, just before pandemic started, then the Irishman was brilliant and was directly on TV. The asteroid one recently was fun.
I just think quality of TV serials is much higher now, while movies have become poorer. The only good movies I remember from recent years - Knives Out, just before pandemic started, then the Irishman was brilliant and was directly on TV. The asteroid one recently was fun.
I agree however I think the film industry has morphed into streaming their films to TV because of the pandemic, which of course has minimized the number of movies made for the silver screen
The other thing that has fueled the industry is the ability of the player(s) in the lead role(s) to become executive producer(s) and get their money by selling the rights to Netflix, Prime, Hulu etc
It seems that Nicole Kidman has been Executive producer in every one of her roles in the past 2 years at least
The cable industry has also been a factor in the allowance of R rated without edit movies and finally some of the very best film I've seen has been on the small screen. We can all name a dozen super series which kept us captivated for years A film typically tells its story in 105 to 135 minutes not in 10 -12 one hour weekly series x 10 weeks x 6-8 years. Thats a gig any action would crave especially if you are the executive producer. I bet 8 out of 10 films we all watch have their lead actor as executive producer
when you say asteroid movie, I am assuming "Don't Look Up".
If so Agree with Keith. It was a fun tongue in cheek movie that had an inevitable end and that ending basically is what saved the film
Good from far but far from good IMO. Yet my son who is in the film industry and many readers here absolutely loved the movie so again these are just our opinions
Of those nominated I have only seen four. That is probably the least number were have watched in many years. I thought CODA and Belfast were deserving. Year of the Dog didn't grab me at all. West Side Story about what I expected. I'm pulling for Coda or Belfast.
Well I am now up to 5 of the 10. We watched Nightmare Alley last evening. Not bad. A bit long at 2 1/2 hours. Like Year of the Dog, probably not Oscar worthy.