Tuesday, February 11, 2020
State of the Union
Race Bannon (or Doc Savage with receding widows peak), President Trump, and Darth Sidious at the 2020 State of the Union. Jedi mind trick to make us think it was Speaker Pelosi, obviously.
Labels: State of the Union Address 2020
Monday, February 10, 2020
Oscar Prediction Results 2020
Here is how I did (not great):
The big nine:
Best Picture-- 1917 WRONG it was Parasite (it is rare a foreign movie wins both)
Best Leading Man-- Joaquin Phoenix
Best Leading Lady-- Renee Zellweger
Best Supporting Actor-- Brad Pitt
Best Supporting Actress-- Laura Dern
Best Foreign Film-- Parasite
Best Director-- Sam Mendes WRONG it was director of Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Best Screenplay, Original-- Parasite
Best Screenplay, Adapted-- JoJo Rabbit (but it could be Little Women)
Some not very difficult calls:
Cinematography-- 1917 (see above)
Animated Feature-- Toy Story 4
Art Direction-- 1917 WRONG, it was Tarantino's Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood
Original Song-- (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again (but who actually gives a fuck?)
Film Editing-- Ford v. Ferrari
Sound Editing-- 1917 (always go with the loudest movie in this category) WRONG, I guess Ford v. Ferrari, the winner, was pretty loud too.
Sound Mixing-- 1917 (because sound editing is completely different from sound mixing and 1917 has them both down cold)
Visual Effects-- 1917 (OK, this is getting monotonous)
Score-- Joker
Here are the not easy at all rest:
Makeup-- Joker WRONG it was the nearly unwatchable Bombshell
Costume Design-- Little Women (but it could be Tarantino's best in a long time)
Documentary-- American Factory (but it could be Honeyland because that lost in Foreign Film category)
Here are the next to impossible to call:
Animated Short-- Hair Love (but it could be any of them)
Live Short-- The Neighbor's Window (but it could be any of them)
Documentary Short-- Learning to Skateboard one (but it could be any of them)
So, I only missed five, but two of them were in the big nine, Best Picture and Best Director. I like South Korean movies (except for the rampant incest) and I am happy this one won in many major categories. I guess I should go see it now.
I'm glad Pitt won. His was the only movie I liked last year.
Labels: Oscar Prediction Results 2020
Saturday, February 08, 2020
Take Them to the Bank Oscar Predictions
Apathy for these awards continues but I will make the following predictions:
The big nine:
Best Picture-- 1917 (apparently we are all suckers for fake one-takes)
Best Leading Man-- Joaquin Phoenix
Best Leading Lady-- Renee Zellweger
Best Supporting Actor-- Brad Pitt
Best Supporting Actress-- Laura Dern
Best Foreign Film-- Parasite
Best Director-- Sam Mendes
Best Screenplay, Original-- Parasite
Best Screenplay, Adapted-- JoJo Rabbit (but it could be Little Women)
Some not very difficult calls:
Cinematography-- 1917 (see above)
Animated Feature-- Toy Story 4
Art Direction-- 1917
Original Song-- (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again (but who actually gives a fuck?)
Film Editing-- Ford v. Ferrari
Sound Editing-- 1917 (always go with the loudest movie in this category)
Sound Mixing-- 1917 (because sound editing is completely different from sound mixing and 1917 has them both down cold)
Visual Effects-- 1917 (OK, this is getting monotonous)
Score-- Joker
Here are the not easy at all rest:
Makeup-- Joker
Costume Design-- Little Women (but it could be Tarantino's best in a long time)
Documentary-- American Factory (but it could be Honeyland because that lost in Foreign Film category)
Here are the next to impossible to call:
Animated Short-- Hair Love (but it could be any of them)
Live Short-- The Neighbor's Window (but it could be any of them)
Documentary Short-- Learning to Skateboard one (but it could be any of them)
So, still no MC? OK, not watching then.
Labels: Oscar Predictions 2020
Saturday, February 01, 2020
Celebrate Good Times, Come On
Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves (kinda)! England will no longer be EU slaves!
So let me get this straight. Just when we defeat the Soviet Union, which goes the inevitable way of all socialist endeavors in 1990, and thus helped free Eastern Europe from the tyranny and deprivation of vassal states under the thumb of an unaccountable bureaucracy in Russia, immediately, Western Europe sets out to create a tyrannical, unaccountable bureaucracy for themselves in Belgium?
What the fuck were they thinking?
Let's see if the domino effect really exists. I've got $10 says it does, and we will see it happen over the rest of the decade.
Who bets against me?
UPDATE:
This funny meme nails it. h/t Powerline
Labels: Brexit At Last
