It is a barnstormingly successful adaptation of a blatantly, clearly, obviously unfilmable book that combines likeably accessible adventure with satisfyingly complex subplot.
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It perhaps feels a little too philosophical and, well, Eastern for the red-blooded Americans who comprise most of the voting body.
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It has all the necessary matching nominations for Director, Editing and Screenplay, as well as a box-office take north of $100m, which is traditionally a requirement for winners.
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It doesn’t have any acting nominations, and the acting block is the biggest and most significant segment of the Academy.
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It’s utterly beautiful, and can command the affections of the Academy’s technical branch as well as the more traditionally minded voters.
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Will the voters penalise it for being 3D? Academy voters can also be part of the 3D backlash, after all.
L: BenTramer
This year's Oscars is The Bossy Women Oscars - Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty, Sally Field in Lincoln and Helen Mirren in Hitchcock. They feature in feminist revisions of history saying that Abraham Lincoln, Alfred Hitchcock and Seal Team Six couldn't have done anything without female help. Hmm, dubious.
ut it is a fact that Mirren's character was the rock upon which Hitchcock would lean, and there were many, many women involved in the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
So yeah, women serve just as much purpose as men in the realms of intelligence gathering and the entertainment business. Yeah, shocking I know. More
Posted by MonsterCat on Monday February 18, 2013, 13:23
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L: BenTramer
This year's Oscars is The Bossy Women Oscars - Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty, Sally Field in Lincoln and Helen Mirren in Hitchcock. They feature in feminist revisions of history saying that Abraham Lincoln, Alfred Hitchcock and Seal Team Six couldn't have done anything without female help. Hmm, dubious.
eah, bloody women exerting influence and power in a patriarchal world, how dare they!!!!! Know your place, ladies, no-one listens to you! Stop trying to be assertive!! Don't be so flipping bossy.
Jesus Wept. More
Posted by DancingClown on Monday February 18, 2013, 07:48
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Wow. Pretty strong reaction there. Could you expand on the stomach churing propaganda? More
Posted by rob_devitt on Monday February 18, 2013, 04:48
Posted by dinarobin on Saturday February 16, 2013, 01:02
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This year's Oscars is The Bossy Women Oscars - Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty, Sally Field in Lincoln and Helen Mirren in Hitchcock. They feature in feminist revisions of history saying that Abraham Lincoln, Alfred Hitchcock and Seal Team Six couldn't have done anything without female help. Hmm, dubious. More
Posted by BenTramer on Friday February 15, 2013, 20:32
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Difficult to see, the future is
I've never known an Oscar season quite like this one, in my time anyway. The praise seems pretty much spread across all the nominees. If Affleck had been nominated for Directing, then it wouldn't be so hard to say, but for the first time I'm left unable to even guess what's going to win the Best Pic Oscar. More
Posted by Mr Gittes on Friday February 15, 2013, 15:51
