Oscars

[chris & the giant peach]

Am I the only one who doesn't think they could sit through 'The Artist'? Despite me loving the silent movie era (check my avatar) it isn't a film I'm craving to see.

And when my unpublished novel is finally published and turned into an oscar winning film...I'm going in a gown. Sod the penguin clone look.

The eternal optimist.

[aubrey]

I think the worth of the Oscars can be summed up by the fact that they never gave Hitchcock the best director award. Or Michael Powell, come to that.

And when you see some of the films that won Best Film, and those that lost in the same year...

[everso]

I agree, Chris. In fact I was speaking about it with my daughter today and we both agreed that the reason talkies became so popular was because the silent movies were pretty crap.

Mr. E. and I went to the pictures yesterday to see "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel". It's a film for the over 50s definitely. Quite harmless and the acting is good (Judy Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, etc.), but without the top star line-up I think it would have been a pretty mediocre film.

And oo-oo, they were advertising the new 3D version of "Titanic".

[aubrey]

There are plenty of silent films that are really good, and lots of talkies in the 30s were bloody appalling.

Cinema's always liked gimmicks: and talkies had the added benefit, for hollywood, or cutting out a lot of competition from Germany and other non-Engilsh speaking countries (in the 20s, Germany was the country that film-makers looked up to: both Hitchcock and Powell went there to learn, and an awful lot of later Hollywood film makers were German: Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, etc).

[jean]

Feb 27, 2012 11:18:45 GMT chris & the giant peach said:

Am I the only one who doesn't think they could sit through 'The Artist'?

It's absolutely wonderful! Don't deprive yourself!

(And I love Keaton too.)

[sesley]

the Oscars night when all the lovies come together drink and eat luxuriously wearing expensive clothes and jewellery,get photographed and admired etc,so that they can listen to some boring speech from the winners who have to mention often in tears a long list of names every man and his dog.

[Alpha Hooligan]

Feb 29, 2012 16:25:55 GMT sesley said:

the Oscars night when all the lovies come together drink and eat luxuriously wearing expensive clothes and jewellery,get photographed and admired etc,so that they can listen to some boring speech from the winners who have to mention often in tears a long list of names every man and his dog.

That was Sesleys opening speech back in 98' when she hosted the event, suffice to say, she's not been invited back ;D


AH

[Weyland]

Feb 29, 2012 17:54:26 GMT Alpha Hooligan said:

Feb 29, 2012 16:25:55 GMT sesley said:

the Oscars night when all the lovies come together drink and eat luxuriously wearing expensive clothes and jewellery,get photographed and admired etc,so that they can listen to some boring speech from the winners who have to mention often in tears a long list of names every man and his dog.

That was Sesleys opening speech back in 98' when she hosted the event, suffice to say, she's not been invited back ;D

AH

[housesparrow]

The Artist sounds just the job to watch on a long flight. The noise of the plane spoils listening to anything, and a silent movie solves the problem of catering for different languages.

[everso]

Feb 29, 2012 19:11:35 GMT housesparrow said:

The Artist sounds just the job to watch on a long flight. The noise of the plane spoils listening to anything, and a silent movie solves the problem of catering for different languages.

Housey, you are absolutely right. That's the drawback of watching films on a long-haul flight, the constant "weeeeeee" sound is very irritating and, even though I've often asked, the pilot refuses to do anything about it.



Yes, The Artist for long-haul flights.

[Weyland]

Mar 1, 2012 18:01:30 GMT everso said:

Feb 29, 2012 19:11:35 GMT housesparrow said:

The Artist sounds just the job to watch on a long flight. The noise of the plane spoils listening to anything, and a silent movie solves the problem of catering for different languages.

Housey, you are absolutely right. That's the drawback of watching films on a long-haul flight, the constant "weeeeeee" sound is very irritating and, even though I've often asked, the pilot refuses to do anything about it.



Yes, The Artist for long-haul flights.

Very true. Last long-haul I was on the main feature was Iron Man. I watched ten minutes and went back to looking at the big blonde flight attendant latest novel from Iain M. Banks. Meanwhile my daughter was chatting non-stop with the woman in the next seat all the way to Toronto.

[jean]

Well, the Artist contains some very clever and subtle use of sound, as a matter of fact - it would be a great shame to waste it on a long-haul flight.