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| Hahaha Darling I'm so much more interesting and charming than everyone else, I couldn't care less that the Academy constantly leaves me off their ballot... |
Silver Screener: Let's talk about
something incredible, like THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, which is sure to win at
least four Oscars
March King: I'm down. I would
be totally okay with THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL winning Best Picture.
SS: Me too.
MK: For me it's that or BIRDMAN...
or WHIPLASH.
SS: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL,
BOYHOOD, and SELMA made it to my Top Ten. But THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, yes, my
God! Even though it truly deserves to be in Adapted Screenplay, I think it's
going to win for Original; I expect it to score for Costume, Production Design,
and Score; and if it won Picture, I would stand, applaud, and squeal!
MK: That'd be cool, right? Though
I have to respectfully disagree about score.
SS: You don't think so?!?!
MK: Don't get me wrong, Despalt
did an awesome job. But for me that category was a tossup between MR. TURNER
and UNDER THE SKIN. And since UNDER THE SKIN didn't even get so much as a sniff
from the Academy, MR. TURNER gets my vote.
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| You hear that?! They think we deserve an Oscar!! |
SS: I agree that MR. TURNER's
score is great -- and my personal vote would go for INTERSTELLAR -- but I think
the Academy will go with THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL.
MK: I wonder if it'll be another
of those weird situations where the votes get split... after all, Alexandre Desplat
is also nominated for THE IMITATION GAME.
SS: Oh shit that's right!
MK: But I guess this is one of
those, we'll just have to wait and see kind of things.
SS: Well isn't it always?
MK: Well, if THE LEGO MOVIE had
gotten nominated... I think I've made your point for you.
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| It's best not to count your Lego chickens before they're mounted on the baseboard. |
SS: Hopefully, this means THE
BOXTROLLS, which was always the Best Animated Film of the Year, gets the Oscar.
MK: Disagree. But I did like it. That's
gonna be a tough category without the frontrunner. BIG HERO 6 was pretty cool.
And THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA was beautiful if not a little too weird.
But HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (while not as good as the original) was dark and
moody and a totally interesting expansion of that world. And who's to say SONG
OF THE SEA doesn't deserve to be there? I can't find a single theatre showing
it, so how could I know?
SS: Is it even real? What is it?
MK: I don’t know! Still THE LEGO MOVIE was so original and fun and
interesting. There's nothing else out there quite like it. And it so
meticulously captured what it's like to play with your favorite toys. That's my
biggest snub.
SS: True! I did love THE LEGO
MOVIE, don't get me wrong.
MK: That brings up a fun question
Walter... What would be your biggest snub of the 2015 Academy Awards?
SS: PRIDE for Original Screenplay,
Picture. THE HOMESMAN for Cinematography, Score.
MK: THE HOMESMAN deserves some
serious credit.
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| Don't worry about me guys! I've been through far worse than blatant Oscar snubbery, in fact in my day they used to hang me up by my pajamas and let the entire town walk by and laugh at my absolute humiliation... So you know, no Oscar don't mean much to me. |
SS: THE HOMESMAN is so fucking
good! Or did you mean movies that had a shot going in, where the snubs were
shockers? Because in that case, GONE GIRL in Adapted Screenplay.
MK: No... anything in any
category. My second biggest snub is Jake Gyllenhaal for Best Actor.
SS: Uggggh still stiiiiings.
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| I would've just pawned that statuette anyway. |
MK: My third... Micachu (Mica
Levi) for UNDER THE SKIN.
SS: Yeah, the score was great for
UNDER THE SKIN. Can't deny, even if the rest of the movie fell flat for me. Timothy
Spall for Best Actor!
MK: He was fucking amazing!!!!! MR. TURNER may have lost me towards the end as
a film, but his performance never waned.
SS: I love what Mike Leigh gets out of his actors. You never doubt
them.
MK: They are my favorite ensemble
of the season. Everyone in that film knew exactly what world they were in. And
they played it to the rafters.
SS: I heard they spent, like, a
year rehearsing the movie before they started filming. Which is typical Leigh.
And I think we see the work on-screen, and the fact that none of it is
nominated anywhere -- not even the BAFTAs -- is insane!
MK: Just blatant ignorance from
the cinema community. Though, on another note... Dick Pope did get nominated
for Cinematography... and he should win.
SS: Really? Over BIRDMAN?
MK: Well... then again... any
other year... he should've won…
SS: I mean, I agree, but I figured
I was in the minority…
MK: You’re right. Emmanuel Lubezki
probably has that category all kinds of locked up.
SS: oh yeah
MK: That's a strong category too.
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL and IDA are legitimately beautiful flicks. And even
UNBROKEN... which thank god it didn't get nominated for the big stuff... does
look pretty good.
SS: I wouldn't have minded a
supporting actor nom for Miyavi...
MK: Yeah. He was a shining light
in an otherwise bland and recycled movie.
SS: But at the same time, I could
have sacrificed UNBROKEN's spot for THE HOMESMAN.
MK: True. THE HOMESMAN looked
better. I guess it just didn't have enough of a push during For Your
Consideration season. That's a real shame.
SS: Siiiigh...but why live in the
past? The big Question: who walks away with Picture and Director? BIRDMAN or BOYHOOD?
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| I got this guys. |
MK: BIRDMAN... but it's close… Or
BOYHOOD… I don't know. I honestly… Don't… Know. I thought I knew, but when you
put the question so bluntly like that... and when I see how wrong the Academy's
gotten it in the past I fear it's gonna go to something weird... like AMERICAN
SNIPER... because Eastwood fucking owns
the Academy.
SS: Or THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL!
MK: That would be great! I would
totally love that. But do I trust them to make such a right move? The answer
is... probably not.
SS: Honey, if Eastwood owned the Academy, they would've been a
lot kinder to J. EDGAR and HEREAFTER and INVICTUS and GRAN TORINO and... I
won't be surprised if it's a BIRDMAN night.
MK: None of those movies were even
remotely good enough...
SS: Since when has that stopped
the Academy?
MK: Since they realized how much
of a public shit storm was raining down on them after CRASH! Somehow it always
comes back to fucking CRASH!!! Fuck CRASH!!!! But fortunately it hasn't
happened since then... we should never forget our history... lest we repeat it.
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| It's happening all over again ain't it? |
SS: Yeah. CRASH. Terrible night. But
there is no CRASH equivalent this year, thankfully. I think the expanded Best
Picture list helps that -- I think the fact that the industry seems to be embracing
BIRDMAN helps even more.
MK: You know, I think you're
right. I have high hopes for these Oscars. There's more than enough quality
material up for nomination to make this year a respectable one in the history
books.
SS: I always have high hopes for
the Oscars!
MK: I wish I could say the same.
SS: I honestly find they get it
right, or close to right, more often than not.
MK: Yeah. I suppose. I should try
to stop getting so held up on the unwarranted snubs and give them more of a
chance. But when you get such a large group of people together with so many
differing opinions, you're gonna end up with a few questionable calls in the
end... particularly in Best Picture. The Academy uses a totally baffling voting
scale for that one category. And the members really have been getting confused.
You don't just pick the one film you think was the best... you rank each film
that's been nominated... and then the film with the most number one rankings
still may not get the ultimate prize... because maybe another film got more second
and third rankings... It's totally awkward and already a very antiquated
system.
SS: I love it because it goes to
the picture that most people like…
I think.
(Laughs.)
MK: Alright. Well I guess we'll
leave it at that for now. This year's gonna be a good one for the Oscars. And I
really am excited to see what happens.
The 87th Annual Academy Awards air tomorrow, February 22nd at 4pm PST.
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