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Post by dvdjunkie on Jan 14, 2014 16:20:05 GMT -6
E! Entertainment Network will again be broadcasting LIVE from Hollywood, the Academy Award nominations for films released between January 1, and December 31, 2013. Show time is 8:30 a.m. Eastern/5:30 Pacific time. We will also get the show live at 7:30 a.m. Central time. I will probably DVR it and watch it when I get up a little later.
Some of the favorites include "12 Days A Slave", "Lee Daniels' The Butler", "American Hustle", and Walt Disney's "Frozen". Among the songs eligible this year the one that I am looking forward to the most is "Let It Go" from the soundtrack of "Frozen".
Best animated feature film should include "The Croods", "Monsters University", "Despicable Me 2" and Disney's "Frozen".
I am really looking forward to the Awards nominations, I want to see how close they are to the Golden Globes, which were last weekend.
Should be a good year for movies and those of us who watch movies.
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Post by Midge on Jan 14, 2014 19:08:44 GMT -6
Uh-oh. Five-thirty on the West Coast is sacred NBC Nightly News time to Al. Maybe I can wrest the remote control away from him or distract him so he doesn't notice the time, but he hates to miss his Nightly News, so I'm not optimistic. It's tough living with only one TV in the house and no DVR!  |
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Post by dvdjunkie on Jan 15, 2014 9:23:38 GMT -6
Midge, you are usually sleeping at 5:30 a.m. and NBC doesn't start its Today show until 7 a.m. The Academy Awards nominations show is at 5:30 a.m. Pacific time, NOT 5:30 p.m.!! Hope this helps.
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Post by Midge on Jan 16, 2014 4:48:58 GMT -6
Uh-oh, I get an F in both math and reading comprehension. A.M. and P.M. are not the same thing! Thanks for the correction, Bill.
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Post by dvdjunkie on Jan 18, 2014 10:11:03 GMT -6
Was very surprised that "Lee Daniels' The Butler" was ignored by the Academy as far as Actors and Directors go. Really surprised that Tom Hanks didn't received a nomination for "Captain Phillips" or "Saving Mr. Banks". Really don't understand what all the brew-ha-ha is over "American Hustle". We saw this film and just thought it was okay. We had to fight through all the vile, filthy language, that seems to part of most of the movies today, just to follow the story. It seems Hollywood has a new standard for motion pictures that includes the use of how much foul language can you use in a motion picure. "Wolf of Wall Street" is a good example - they use the "f"-bomb word over 600 times in the movie and it only runs 176 minutes. You would have to go back many years to find a "Best Picture" winner that didn't contain a lot of sexual innuendo and foul language. Give me a good old classic film over some of today's crap, anyday.
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Post by Midge on Jan 19, 2014 19:11:14 GMT -6
I can't comment on the nominations since I haven't seen any of the films, but I completely agree about the overuse of profanity and sex. The filmmakers of the classic Hollywood era were able to tell wonderful stories and stir the audience's emotions without stooping to any of that. A little bit of profanity here and there doesn't bother me because that's what real life is like. But when the F word is every other sentence, this shows a lack of creativity on the writer's part. I also think sex is sexier when it's implied and not shown. But that takes subtlety, which modern filmmakers are afraid to use because they are trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
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Post by dvdjunkie on Jan 20, 2014 9:48:12 GMT -6
Very well said Midge. I agree with you 100%!
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