Monty Is All In For "Hitchcock"
Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 10:34PM Monty, the web's original feline Oscar pundit, has been known to ruthlessly ignore Oscar contenders, yawn in their general direction or use them as sedatives. But -- BREAKING!!! -- he has taken an immediate unmistakable liking to Hitchcock.
Swag or screeners have arrived recently for Rise of the Guardians (completely ignored but for the box it came in) Amour (ignored) and various indie contenders (ignored x 3). The second Hitchcock's silver cannister was opened he literally came running.
He circled the container. He smelled everything. He wanted to snuggle with the t-shirt. He was all about Hitchcock. (But then, he is also prone to hang outside shower curtains all silhouetted and staring and it's not hard to imagine Bernard Hermann's ♩ reeeee ♩reeeee ♩reeeeee accompanying every claw swipe when he gets feisty.)
Will Oscar voters feel as instantaneously curious about and attached to the movie? I'm thinking yes.... at least with the former but can Fox Searchlight turn the curiousity into attachment? (I recently heard from an acting branch member who is totally in for Helen, Anthony and the movie on their ballot.) Will Monty prove prescient again? What's your guess?
Hitchcock, Oscars (12), cats
Reader Comments (9)
Well, playing famous people is catnip to Oscar voters. I guess it's, er, catnip to cats as well!
Love that first pic. Those EYES. Adorable.
Acting nods could be a guarantee, but the film seems to lack that grip.
A black(ish gray) cat going for Hitchcock? Only fitting!
Black Monty and the colour scheme of the Hitchcock stuff fit perfectly together. Maybe this is why he is drawn to it? Cats are such aesthetes. But regardless, I believe in Monty.
And in the Academy's love for everything biopic.
Oh, he just thinks it's a giant can of cat food.
LIVING for these Monty posts! I love cats so much (and Monty is ADORABLE), and I also love the pseudo-critique of the whole Oscar prediction game.
LOL at J.P.
Well that's adorable. Cats rule.
I haven't tracked any of the reactions to this so far. I guess it is going over well? I can't seem to separate it from the recent HBO movie and am having crazy bleedover. The main result is that, aside from being confused as to which movie is which, I've kind of unintentionally downgraded Hitchcock to TV movie level in my mind and don't really have any interest in seeing it.
J.P. -- hmmm. you might be right! But then why did he ignore RISE OF THE GUARDIANS... same type of container. Even bigger AND WITH FOOD IN IT!