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Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 8:00AM curated by Nathaniel R
If you want to see the psychological impact of release dates and marketing campaigns on how critics perceive a film’s merits, these two movies boast a very similar premise, are pitched to the same audience, and are equally dismissive of the communities they claim to represent. pic.twitter.com/NA0fFSsgEe
— Robert S. Hamer (@robsolonhamer) February 22, 2019
filmmakers keep saying they're making blockbuster movies "for the fans," but Steve & Bucky still haven't kissed onscreen. makes u think. 🤔
— Gavia Baker-Whitelaw (@Hello_Tailor) February 20, 2019
Petition to make Chris Pang the fourth Chris (replacing the terrible Pratt) pic.twitter.com/onyTpDYVfW
— ppyajunebug, phd (@ppyajunebug) February 28, 2019
— Ben E 🌹 (@RealToddHaynes) February 27, 2019
As an ascendant gay icon you should own:
— Molly Pope (@MissMollyPope) February 19, 2019
1 original Italian lobby card for the 1954 “A Star Is Born”.
1 large portrait of Bette Davis dressed as a whirling dervish.
1 klonopin rx
1 seroquel rx
1 lithium rx
1 agéd diabetic cat
I KNOW I DO.
It’s weird that Russians are so anti-gay. They invented the concept of a woman inside a woman inside a woman inside a woman inside a woman.
— DeAnne Smith (@DeAnne_Smith) February 22, 2019
Retroactively making my parents have named me after Olivia Colman. 👑🙌
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) February 25, 2019
I would enjoy living in less interesting times.
— Morgan Till (@mtill50) February 27, 2019
Over 20 years later, the infamous @TitanicMovie handprint is still there – look closely. pic.twitter.com/xN19iHw5cI
— James Cameron (@JimCameron) February 25, 2019
This was a trap. Everyone who said MAD MAX: FURY ROAD has been blocked and reported.
— Eric D. Snider (@EricDSnider) February 27, 2019
Spin Instructor has played “Shallow” in class every day so far this week. Does he want to? Or does he feel pressured by Society?
— Jamie Rosengard (@jamieeros) February 27, 2019
I've settled on the fact that the Cohen saga will be turned into a movie nominated for eight Oscars with only one win for Best Supporting Actress Jessica Chastain as Stormy Daniels.
— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) March 1, 2019
It’s 2019 and we’re unapologetically coming for everything. pic.twitter.com/5SKmu5BGkd
— Joanna Robinson (@jowrotethis) February 28, 2019
The awards section of Glenn Close's Wikipedia page 👏 has 👏 had 👏 it#Oscars pic.twitter.com/HCXtnxMMDj
— Joey Nolfi (@joeynolfi) February 25, 2019
AND A FEW LEFTOVER OSCAR TWEETS.... WHY NOT? HAPPY NO LONGER OSCAR SEASON TO EVERYONE OUT THERE!
Can’t believe Green Book and Monét X Change tied for Best Picture. #Oscars
— Will Holston (@SubatomicCowboy) February 25, 2019
Remember how BLACKKKLANSMAN ends with, "oh yeah nothing has changed and we haven't learned anything?" And people were like, "that's really on the nose."
— Mattle Angel: Guringo (@EmperorOTN) February 25, 2019
Anyway, GREEN BOOK won.
Oh my god they asked Queen Latifah to introduce the movie about the secretly lesbian Queen? You SHADY, @TheAcademy.
— Guy Branum (@guybranum) February 25, 2019
tfw u see ur aunt who used to live in Paris succeed pic.twitter.com/tEa4a84DGU
— Kevin O'Keeffe (@kevinpokeeffe) February 25, 2019
this photo deserves to win Best Picture #oscars pic.twitter.com/FndYQzuBGB
— Kat McPhee (@katharinemcphee) February 25, 2019
— Adam Moussa (@adamjmoussa) February 25, 2019
the thing is, Freddie Mercury would have liked The Favorite so much better than Bohemian Rhapsody
— Lindsay Zoladz (@lindsayzoladz) February 25, 2019
And we'll close with that stunning flashback from Ruth E Carter ! Look at that. Baby Ruth wearing an Oscars sweatshirt before all her tremendous costume work got to the screen!My first Oscar nomination was in 1992 for Malcolm X. Costume Design is the only job I know. At around 25 yrs old and today over 25 years later I see I had connected to my dream, my purpose, my afro-future very early in life. God is good. pic.twitter.com/lnrB8ebif3
— Ruth E Carter (@iamRuthECarter) February 28, 2019
Reader Comments (18)
The differences in the first tweet is critics largely like one film and not the other. I don't think they have any stake in bringing down a film for being released at the wrong time.
LOL Close fans are as ham as her, I love it! If you feel robbed there will be justice for Close and Norma Desmond soon enough. Two birds, one stone.
I say this genuinely: tweets are bad. Twitter is an awful thing. Even a good point is a bad thing.
Contemporary comedies don't win Best Picture. We've had one this century (Birdman), and it appealed to voters for its technical prowess and its show business angle.
People find odd comfort in period pieces. It always seems so difficult for a contemporary story to win the top Oscars. Green Book was well-liked because it told a tale of racism that occurred 50+ years ago, and we can pretend we live in an enlightened age where such things no longer exist.
re: first tweet: I dont agree. release dates do not impact reviews. the tomato score just shows critics liked one movie over the other.
release date can impact awards amd top ten lists but not so much reviews plentybof movirs released earlier in the year get great reviews.
I don't agree that perceptions were affected by release dates. Except that they dumped The Upside in January. Because the movie stinks.
If a film is released early in the year it might be forgotten by award season."these two movies boast a very similar premise, are pitched to the same audience, and are equally dismissive of the communities they claim to represent." What movie did he see? The only similarity between both films is how an odd couple friendship develops over time. You mean the Italian Americans were upset because all they do is eat?
It may be aimed at a similar audience, but The Upside has nowhere near the humor of Green Book. Moreover, we all know that the "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" nature of Rotten Tomatoes scores fails to account for the degree to which audiences enjoy a film.
Take a nice bath Nathanial, maybe a self care day. Award season has burnt you out. We need you back with nuance and a critical eye. Reductive and sensationalist are dime a dozen, thefilmexperience is better than that.
Lil Sheba -- hmmm. reductive and sensationalist? Which part of this post is that. haha. I'm just sharing tweets like I do year round that I think are interesting or funny.
but yes a self care day I deserve.
I generally am not a fan of the hivemind that takes place on Twitter during awards season, so I’m glad it’s over.
Every single mediocre actors are pretending they like Othiefia Stoleman just cause she just robbed an Oscar
All of those Glenn Close fans whining about how she was robbed... AW BOO-FUCKIN'-HOO!!!!
@thevoid99
Right? If she had won, I believe her victory would've registered in history as a regressive choice alongside Green Book
Plus she’s got a freebie card for one lead actress Oscar beginning to take shape.
Do people understand the definition of theft? Talk to Jodie Foster circa 1988 and leave Olivia Colman the fuck alone already. Jesus.
MJ -- agreed. Olivia Colman is great in The Favourite. That 1988 win by Jodie Foster is classic "fresh young starlet hollywood is obsessed with at the moment" winning that has cost a lot of great older actresses giving much better performances the win. See also: Jennifer Lawrence over Emmanuelle Riva in 2012. The reverse almost never happens but it did of course to my beloved Pfeiffer in 1989. *cries*
Sigh, so far in a comments thread and a ho is gonna ho... FOSTER4EVA (even before Clarice)