OK I just watched Christine and Rebecca Hall gives one hell of a performance Why did the critics pass on her? I understand the AMPAS and HFPA but the movie should've been up critics' alley.
nn for some reason I was thinking about All About Eve reading this
Bette Davis was robbed that year
The fact that Elle has some buzz among critics makes me think that they will watch it, plus Isabelle Huppert is a french monument, if they can watch Toni Erdmann (they will likely award it) why not Elle ? but the movie is just too polarizing.
Also expanding wide this weekend was “A Monster Calls.” Unfortunately, few moviegoers answered. The film was No. 13 at the box office, only mustering $2 million from 1,523 theaters. That led to a pitiful per-theater
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average of $1,326. The film was moved from its original October release date, presumably to be closer to the Oscar race. However, the film has both not figured into the awards race and doesn’t seem to be reaching audiences.
•Martin Scorsese’s latest film, “Silence,” expanded to 51 theaters this weekend. The drama about Jesuit missionaries in Japan had a solid, yet unspectacular, weekend. It grossed $480,000 for a per-theater average of $9,412. While there is interest from the arthouse crowd, it doesn’t seem as if the film will really translate to a broader audience. It will need awards attention to make it a hit.
Poor a monster calls I think it would've done way better in October and the fact they moved it so it'd be expanding just in time for the Oscars and no one cared they shot themselves in the foot.
OK I just watched Christine and Rebecca Hall gives one hell of a performance Why did the critics pass on her? I understand the AMPAS and HFPA but the movie should've been up critics' alley.
It was distributed by 2 companies I have never heard of and I don't think they campaigned at all which is such a shame. I feel like if A24 picked it up, they could've done wonders for it.
Also expanding wide this weekend was “A Monster Calls.” Unfortunately, few moviegoers answered. The film was No. 13 at the box office, only mustering $2 million from 1,523 theaters. That led to a pitiful per-theater
Poor a monster calls I think it would've done way better in October and the fact they moved it so it'd be expanding just in time for the Oscars and no one cared they shot themselves in the foot.
It wouldn't do anything in any slot. It didn't have "from a true story" like the Impossible, obviously it isn't for kids and it didn't appeal to adults with a kid pov. They should have tricked people like they did with the Impossible ddd, two stars but it's the kid leading the movie.
It wouldn't do anything in any slot. It didn't have "from a true story" like the Impossible, obviously it isn't for kids and it didn't appeal to adults with a kid pov. They should have tricked people like they did with the Impossible ddd, two stars but it's the kid leading the movie.
Yeah its confusing cuz the story is really about cancer so not really kids its really in between. I wanna watch it tho it actually looks good. Early early before most movies came out a few predicted Felicity Jones for best supporting but that was way way back in sept or so.
Would be here for the kii's if Amy came out and won. I'm on team Portman, but i recently watched Elle and was totally blown away by Huppert. I won't actually mind her winning.
Didn't care to much for La La Land, nor Emma Stone, but then again i have never been a fan of musicals, unless it includes some great powerhouse emotional moments (Hamilton, Color Purple, Hairspray).
It may be buzz, both critical and political, that ends up influencing this race the most. While Moonlight has enjoyed basically unanimous critical praise, recent weeks have seen the beginning of a backlash against La La Land, in part due to what MTV’s Ira Madison III calls its “white jazz narrative.” And while La La Land’s subjects—love and dreams and creativity—are perfectly worthy of a two-hour investment, Moonlight, an exploration of black masculinity unlike anything seen in mainstream culture to date, has more urgency after a year when the killings of black men by uniformed officers made regular headlines. After two years of the #oscarssowhite conversation (and 90 years of #oscarssowhite reality), a win for Moonlight would make a statement beyond simply recognizing the movie as a masterpiece—and one which the Academy, after a year of conscious efforts to course-correct, may be more clued into than ever.
they shot themselves in the foot.
