Links with an Invisible Glass of Moët
Friday, November 15, 2013 at 8:29PM Inside Movies Andrew Lincoln looks back at "to me you are perfect" from Love Actually
MNPP wants to watch Only God Forgives again. Are you also experiencing these deviant feelings?
Ultra Culture anatomy of most Blue is the Warmest Color "reviews"
In Contention wonders if Will Forte can win Best Supporting Actor traction for Nebraska - well the category is amorphous still...
BuzzFeed saw fit to rank every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Such a mammoth project so even if you quibble with the ranking -- and boy do I (love "Beer Bad") --you have to respect
Gawker weeping through The Best Man Holiday
Pajiba how to prepare yourself for the release of Nicolas Cage's nude photos
And while I was in Los Angeles earlier this week the Moët British Independent Film Award nominations were announced. I love little weird awards groups like this (the corporate titling not so much) because you can't tie them to "ooh, they're trying to influence the Oscars" which is just about the most boring thing you can possibly do if you're a group thinking of handing out awards. No matter what your group is, if it has no character, personality or purpose outside of predicting another groups awards, QUIT - the world doesn't need you! But anyway... here's a complete list of nominations in case you missed them as I did. They were big fans of the bleak with the violent Starred Up and Clio Barnard's festival gem The Selfish Giant leading the nominations. They also approved of Metro Manila which is the UK's Oscar submission. But they also found room for more mainstream senior Brit efforts like Philomena with Judi Dench and Le Week-End starring Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan.
What a World: Ralph Fiennes & Kristin Scott Thomas are co-stars again. But this time he's sleeping with her screen daughter. Here's why I spit out my Moët, though. They ignored 12 Years a Slave in "International Film" and had a reaction to Ralph Fiennes' The Invisible Woman that I find not only puzzling but deeply lazy. They nominated it only for Best Actress (Felicity Jones, whose appeal still escapes me like crazy) and Best Supporting Actress (Kristin Scott Thomas). Now y'all know I am an über fan of KST but if you're handing out acting prizes to that movie and you DON'T start with Joanna Scanlan, who plays the unloved wife of Charles Dickens, you're on autopilot with stars in your eyes. To which you might counter if you haven't yet seen the film "But KST is a great actress!!!" Well, yes, dear reader and BIFA voters, she is... but Joanna is this movie's MVP. And by a significant margin, too.
Of course the movie is marginalizing Scanlan, too. She doesn't appear or barely appears in the ads and none of the film's promotional stills include her; P&A has never been a meritocracy.
Reader Comments (12)
That Buzzfeed list gets almost everything wrong, and it has been a pleasure to see so many Beer Bad fans come out of the closet in support, but I appreciate it going for Becoming Parts I & II as the best episode. There were flashier choices (musical episodes, silent episodes, dream episodes, episodes where a certain character's beloved mom dies) but Becoming is the soul of Buffy. Also Angel>Spike. Deal with THAT America.
The Blue Is The Warmest Color article made me laugh. So true.
That link to The Best Man Holiday is reason enough to never read another piece written by a white person about something aimed solely for a black audience.
You love Beer Bad?! Not cool, dude! ;)
Also, that Ultra Culture piece is hilarious!
I definitely loved nebraska. i would say its one of payne's best, but behind sideways of course.
YOU LOVE BEER BAD? There are people who love Beer Bad?! My world is suddenly upside down. I need to sit down.
My worst Buffy episode would be Inca Mummy Girl, which ranks a lowly 128. Close!
As for The Invisible Woman... boy, are you right. Scanlan is incredible. How do you watch that movie and NOT think she's the best thing in it?
Have you seen what SMG said about the Buzzfeed List?
Yeah, people loving Beer Bad is not something I knew happened. It's one of the few episodes I've only seen once.
Becoming I and II are awesome, but Conversations with Dead People is my favourite episode. But then I think season seven is awesome.
I didn't love Like Crazy, but I did like Felicity Jones in it. That's the only thing I've liked her in. At least she's not distracting. I remember her being in films like Hysteria and The Tempest but nothing about what she did in them.
And I've apparently been mercilessly spared reading any Blue is the Warmest Color reviews (or even writing one) that use anything remotely resembling that formula. I've seen spirited arguments about cinematography, comic conventions on the silver screen, and evaluating the quality of acting in intentionally underplayed films.
I was late to watching Buffy, and even later because of "Beer Bad" - my best friend LOVED the show and was trying to convince me to watch it, and then the first time I sat down to try and watch it, "Beer Bad" was the episode I got stuck with. I looked at my poor friend like she was CRAZY, and didn't try to watch Buffy again for another year. Of course I regretted it terribly eventually, when I came to see what a great show it was and it took over my life for a bit even, but I'll always hold a grudge against that horrible, horrible episode.
3rtful, I agree with 100%! I swear, white people just don't get it sometimes. Ugh!
Felicity Jones, whose appeal still escapes me like crazy
YES. Finally someone who has the same opinion. I don't get the appeal AT ALL.