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And That's Terrible

Nostalgic Film Images Make Us Want To Watch The Oscars (Damn Them)

by Jill Pantozzi | 3:34 pm, February 9th

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In my mind, there’s really no reason to watch the Oscars, especially not this year. As boring and as lip-servicey they are already, they’ve recently taken out the performance segment for the Best Original Song nominees which means there is basically no real entertainment value at all. Though we have to admit, the way the Oscars keeps people coming back for more is the nostalgia factor. Those montages of famous films and actors set to classic musical scores get me every time. Check out this series of images from their new ad campaign and see if you feel the same way. Also, read about how annoyed Daniel Radcliffe is at the Oscars this year, for obvious reasons. 

And some related Oscar news, in which Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe had some choice words about this year’s nominees and says exactly what I was thinking. ”I don’t think the Oscars like commercial films, or kids’ films, unless they’re directed by Martin Scorsese,” Radcliffe told the Radio Times. “I was watching Hugo the other day and going, ‘Why is this nominated and we’re not?’ I was slightly miffed.” Previously he was quoted as saying, ”The one thing I would have loved was for Alan Rickman to get nominated … I think what Alan does with that character, with the world watching you expecting that scene to be a certain way, was amazing.”

Hear, hear.

(via /Film)

 

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  • http://twitter.com/FroWillis Sarah Willis

    Alan Rickman’s portrayal of Snape was definitely award winning. I haven’t seen the last few Harry Potter movies (I’m a book loyalist and still mad about Order of the Phoenix), but Rickman’s Snape deserves an award. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=710321154 Fraser McFarlane

    I watch the Oscars every year, despite this year being the first that I’ll be in the USA for them (having previously lived in Scotland) and I find that the whole thing becomes better if you introduce a competitive element and a lot of booze.

  • Terence Ng

    I think Radcliffe was specifically referencing technical awards and Hugo as a technical award nominee, and HP7-II not getting any nominations in that field. I didn’t read about his Rickman bid, though. I can’t disagree, really. He really brings the character to life in an understated and overlooked way. If he bombed it, everyone would know. Yet he does it so well, it’s almost taken for granted.

    I never tear up in films, even when I want to, but the montage of him discovering Lily Potter dead made shed some tears.

  • http://www.thenerdybird.com/ Jill Pantozzi

    No, he was talking about acting/directing awards. HP was already nominated for technical ones.

  • Frodo Baggins

    Oh, Daniel. It’s because Martin Scorsese is a much better director than David Yates.

  • Frodo Baggins

    What specifically about OOTP? Because I’ve been annoyed by changes from the books  on several occasions through the series, but that one I recall in a relatively positive light.

  • Terence Ng

    Oops, you’re right. I stand corrected. I misread the original article. Thanks, Jilll!

  • Francesca M

    I do have to agree.. snape in movie 7 Part 2. Rickman deserved at LEAST a nomination. He Ripped It UP.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Hannah-Paige-Woodard/100003224964929 Hannah Paige Woodard

    Yeah… I’m not a really “mushy” person but I was sobbing at the scene where Snape found Lily. I was already pretty teary up to that point, but I just LOST it. How that doesn’t deserve an award, I don’t know.

  • Anonymous
  • Frodo Baggins

    He has, what, 10 minutes of total screentime? Don’t get me wrong, if they gave awards for characters played over the course of eight films, he’d deserve it. But wrenching as it is, his performance in 7 part 2 is a bit too sparse for an award.

  • Frodo Baggins

    Was it the lack of Kreacher’s involvement in the Death Eaters’ gambit? The abbreviated Ministry fight? The excision of Madame Puddifoots’? What?

  • Francesca M

    Tsk. Dame Judi Dench won her oscar, for only what amounted to 8 minutes of performance. (Not that I agree with it. But there it is.) and taht wasn’t even the shortest amount of screen time that has won an Oscar. That would be 6 minutes for Beatrice Straight (Yeah I looked it up. Dench at least I knew she’d gotten one for being on for a ridiculously short time. DIdn’t know the other at all). I’m just saying its not unheard of. The strength of that brief performance alone was better than a number of other nominees. I just think he deserved a nom, not necessarily a win. But a Nom.  

  • http://twitter.com/FroWillis Sarah Willis

    Everything just looked wrong. I had completely different ideas about the Ministry of Magic’s interior. Oh and I hated the way Sirius died. He was supposed to fall, not float away. Yes Kreacher’s non-involvement bothered me. There was just a lot of little things that I can’t recall because I’ve seen it twice.

    That being said I can’t watch the GoF for PoA either. WHY DOES LUPIN HAVE A CREEPY MUSTACHE?

    I will say Gary Oldman as Sirius Black is prefect.

  • Frodo Baggins

    Really? How did you picture the Ministry? I’m always intrigued by how different people imagine scenes from books.

  • http://twitter.com/FroWillis Sarah Willis

    White marble with lots gold accents. Bright but fake looking.  The dark black and green felt more Death Eater than Ministry of Magic. It was just too dark. 

  • Frodo Baggins

    Hmm, that does sound more like what I envisioned. I guess I just wasn’t as bothered by the change. I respect your decision to avoid subsequent films, and if you didn’t like any after Chamber, I can’t promise you’ll enjoy them, but I do feel obliged to say that generally, I thought David Yates and Steve Kloves et. al. did an admirable job adapting the last two books, especially in comparison some other recent book-to-film examples I’ve seen that utterly missed the mark.