tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185139.post7316616330519510438..comments2024-03-29T07:24:47.911-04:00Comments on BLOBBY'S BLOG: Me or HimBlobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11821768145570876450noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185139.post-79899913952340875952019-02-24T10:35:02.031-05:002019-02-24T10:35:02.031-05:00Of all of these, I've only seen Black Panther,...Of all of these, I've only seen Black Panther, so I won't be watching.Deedleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17220174067034720943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185139.post-45319960278611066732019-02-24T06:55:51.174-05:002019-02-24T06:55:51.174-05:00Best Animated Feature
Much to my chagrin, Spidey b...Best Animated Feature<br />Much to my chagrin, Spidey beat out the unbeatable (I thought) Incredibles 2 at the Golden Globes. So I am taking no chances here. It's Spider-Man in this category. <br /><br />Best Documentary Feature<br />This one's hard. I'm hearing some buzz for Mind the Gap, which I have no clue about. But I will go with RBG, everyone's favorite little Supreme Court darling.<br /><br />Best Foreign-Language Film<br />It would the first time in history that a film wins Best Picture and Best Foreign-Language Film if Roma pulls it out tonight. Let's vote for history-making Roma.<br /><br />Best Original Song<br />Shallow, Shallow, Shallow. We get it. Sorry Mary Poppins.<br /><br />Best Original Score<br />If Beale Street Could Sing, errr Talk. Kudos to composer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jackee Harry.<br /><br />Best Cinematography<br />Dog poop never looked so good. Roma.<br /><br />Best Film Editing<br />Ay yi yi. What to do here? Crap shoot. I'll go with Vice.<br /><br />Best Visual Effects<br />Let's go with the one that I'll never, never, ever see: Avengers: Infinity War.<br /><br />Best Production Design<br />Let's give a little love to Black Panther, shan't we?<br /><br />Best Costume Design<br />The prize for costumes always goes to movies about royalty and queens, doesn't it? Not this year, dear readers. It's Black Panther.<br /><br />Best Makeup and Hairstyling<br />Vice. I would say the work on Christian Bale is crazy good, but aren't we all starting to look a little bit like Dick Cheney?<br /><br />Best Sound Mixing<br />Mama mia, mama mia, let him go. Jackee Harry's fine work in the sound mixing booth for Bohemian Rhapsody is sure to win this year's prize. <br /><br />Best Sound Editing<br />And we have lift-off. First Man<br /><br />Best Short Film - Live Action<br />Rolling the Oscar dice -- and the winner is.....Marguerite.<br /><br />Best Short Film - Animated<br />For god's sake, what to do here? Bao<br /><br />Best Documentary Short<br />I don't think we're talking about punctuation here. Period. End of Sentence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185139.post-36119626619561262592019-02-24T06:46:10.343-05:002019-02-24T06:46:10.343-05:00Well this year's Oscars really snuck up on me....Well this year's Oscars really snuck up on me. I'm still licking my paws after my much-unanticipated loss to Blobby at last month's Golden Globes. I guess that just plain old odds would predict his eventual victory. After all, if you put enough monkeys in a room filled with typewriters, one of them will eventually pound out "War and Peace". But I'm not bitter, just happy for my friend.<br /><br />I write these pearls as the passenger in a car headed on a rain-slicked highway up to Boston from a weekend in Wilmington, DE. SO with only coffee and a few bites of a hardened egg and cheese muffin in my system, may I present to you my picks for this evening's Oscar telecast. May the best nerd win.<br /><br />And by the way, I am making these predictions without seeing what Blobby picked first. So the order of the nominees may not exactly follow what's posted above. Boy, is the tabulating committee from Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe going to struggle with sythesizing this ballot!<br /><br />Best Picture<br />Well, we saw three of the nominated films: Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star is Bored, and Roma. Bohemian Rhapsody was good, I guess. I blame those comfy reclining theater chairs for making me miss the first 20 minutes or so of the film. Guess I was tired out from sitting through all of those previews. Bradley and Gaga carried the movie, I supposed, but "Bored" didn't seem like much of a stretch. I mean a rock star playing a rock star? So that leaves me with Roma -- a beautiful black-and-white feature that only caused me to doze off once (or twice). Having seen nothing else and not liking to talk about something I know nothing about (ha!), I'll with Roma for the win.<br /><br />Best Actress<br />Glenn Close. Didn't see "The Wife" and I'm hearing from my secret source that this win is going to be more about career achievements than this actual performance, I'm OK with anything that keeps Gaga away from that podium for acting. She can have her award for "Shallow".<br /><br />Best Actor<br />Rami Malek. Seems like a nice enough chap. I do have a concern that the Academy may throw Bradley Cooper an Oscar bone for acting since he was ignored in the Directory category, but my fingers are crossed that the big Queen will take this one home.<br /><br />Best Director<br />And speaking of Directing (which I've always wanted to do), let me just say two words: Alfonso Cuaron.<br /><br />Best Supporting Actress<br />Regina King. Having earned her acting chops under the wings of Marla Gibbs and Jackee Harry in "277", Ms. King will knock this one out of the Oscar park. <br /><br />Best Supporting Actor<br />The lecturing tone I gleaned from just seeing the trailer for Green Book makes this a "must miss" movie for me. But prevailing wisdom says it's going to be Mahershala Ali in this category. And I feel pretty confident because Blobby says he's issuing a write-in vote for Rami Malek's fake teeth in this category.<br /><br />Best Original Screenplay<br />I'll go with The Favourite as the favorite here. <br /><br />Best Adapted Screenplay<br />It's Spike Lee's year -- let's go with BlacKkKlansman here. And was there really a movie called "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"? Who knew?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185139.post-40775760464619519302019-02-24T01:02:44.873-05:002019-02-24T01:02:44.873-05:00Still never got to see 'Roma' as, after it...Still never got to see 'Roma' as, after its initial short art-house cinema release for all of about 4 days (evenings only!), it's not come back to theatres (as yet?). Something to do with its having simultaneous Netflix release where, presumably there's more money. Will be doubly infuriating if it does win Best Pic. <br /><br />Seeing 'Beale St' tomorrow.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.com