Comments on: The Amazing Race: Is Hiding Your Films Until Dec, The New Anti-Film Festival Circuit Buzz Builder?

By: Proman

Proman — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:17 +0000

Mary, the problem with people like you is that you are anable to assess the situation objectively and without exxagerations. You comment is so wrongheaded it is painful to read. Let me break it down:

\”I feel that “The Help” have HUGE chance to win the Best Picture award at Oscar, just like what happened to “Crash” (which also didn’t have very strong critical support) ….\”

What that you don\’t understand that Disney should have no problem trying to push both pictures through the first round of voting. Indie labels do it all the time(!!!). Another thing everyone seems to forget is that DreamWorks made \”The Help\” and that Spielberg certainly wouldn\’t mind it doing well, without any it being any real competion. I also think that Spielberg will push for \”Tintin\” will get a Best Picture nod. The more the marrier.

And don\’t pretend that \”Crash\” wasn\’t well reviewed. Plnety of important critics liked it and the majority approved of it. Sadly, this great film received a lot of flack from a relative moronity.

\”Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks should had learned their lesson from “Amistad” (almost no one at DreamWorks believed in “Amistad” except Spielberg); they will give more support to the film which has more chance to win the Best Picture award at Oscar.\”

What lessons? And from who, you? Spielberg directed more Best Picture nominees than any other director out there. Amistad is a multi-Oscar nominated, PGA (Best Picture), DGA (Best Director) and SAG nominee. It certainly got plenty of Awards attention that year. And it is absoultely masterful. Have you even seen the film????

Never mind the fact that you haven\’t even seen \”War Horse\”. I\’d say Spielberg will do just fine without your \”advice\”.

By: Maxim

Maxim — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:17 +0000

The Academy membership may be becoming younger but I resent and find tottally wrongheaded to say that\’s it automatically becoming \”hipper\”. At least in the absolute sense.

By: mary

mary — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:17 +0000

I feel that “The Help” have HUGE chance to win the Best Picture award at Oscar, just like what happened to “Crash” (which also didn\’t have very strong critical support) ….

Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks should had learned their lesson from \”Amistad\” (almost no one at DreamWorks believed in \”Amistad\” except Spielberg); they will give more support to the film which has more chance to win the Best Picture award at Oscar.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:17 +0000

Have people already forgotten Tom McCarthy\’s Win Win? I don\’t understand all this buzz for Midnight in Paris when the real gem already released this year was that film. It has a higher score of RT (94%) and lets not forget starst critic\’s darling, Paul Giammati. Yes it is slight. but not anymore than The Visitor which I think it is better than.

By: shark

shark — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:17 +0000

The early year film most likely to receive nominations is Rango. It\’s at this point the prohibitive favorite for the Animated Feature Oscar, and I can easily see it getting into several technicals (IT DAMN WELL FUCKING DESERVES TO), especially Score, which has Hans Zimmer at the best he\’s been in maybe ten years. I think people will appreciate the risks Rango took, the use of CGI in a more artistic and stylized way.

By: Koto

Koto — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:57:17 +0000

I just hope \”Ashes\”(it has great cast.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/ray_winstone_jim_sturgess_lesley_manville_team_for_noir_ashes_film/) will be released this year.I\’m sure it will be strong Oscar contender at least for acting categories.

Good news for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” .Probably it\’s not crowd pleasure type of film,but Empire magazine gave 5star review to TTSS.And it has new date now.

[i]A five-star rave of Tomas Alfredson\’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, written by Empire\’s Angle Errigo, hasn\’t been posted on the Empire website. But it\’s been scanned and posted by Romangirl88. Sum-up verdict: \”Utterly absorbing, extremely smart and — considering this is a sad, shabby, drably gray-green world of obsessives, misfits, misdirection, disillusionment, self-delusion and treachery — quite beautifully executed.\”[/i]
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2011/08/seediness_perva.php

[i]I have just learned Focus has switched its stateside debut from the previously announced date of Nov. 18 to the heart of the holiday (and Oscar) season Dec. 9.[/i]
http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/hammond-big-names-in-small-films-can-indies-steal-the-oscars-again/

>“The Ides of March”—which premieres in Venice—as the sole real contender to hit theaters first in October (and our gut says that the film, regardless of quality, is too modest in scope to be a true Best Picture candidate; we’ll find out next week).

Unfortunately I also heard the early word for the film are not great…