tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post6762944104816489131..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1930-1931SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-22254585008736565942020-07-11T17:58:53.478-05:002020-07-11T17:58:53.478-05:00That can't be the case with Chaplin, because h...That can't be the case with Chaplin, because he earned nominations in later years, specifically for <i>The Great Dictator</i>. I think it's more likely that they didn't want to nominate a silent movie.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-2376932231462179202020-07-11T17:57:32.834-05:002020-07-11T17:57:32.834-05:00It's absolutely dismal. Skippy isn't bad, ...It's absolutely dismal. <i>Skippy</i> isn't bad, but hardly great or worth seeing more than once, and it's clearly the best of the lot. Whe there were so many better possibilities, it's a depressing collection.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-9848393072081001092020-07-11T05:06:37.977-05:002020-07-11T05:06:37.977-05:00You have a handful of movies up there in the intro...You have a handful of movies up there in the introduction which would make up a decent list of nominees. Of those City Lights would also be my pick. <br />Maybe Chaplin had already enraged the establishment at this time? Maybe the Academy figured a comedy was not a worthy entry? Who knows.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-31239948463583810552020-07-11T02:03:05.410-05:002020-07-11T02:03:05.410-05:00This may be one of the most depressing reviews you...This may be one of the most depressing reviews you've written. I guess Hollywood has the occasional bad-hair year.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-7640109255849644972020-07-11T00:05:31.088-05:002020-07-11T00:05:31.088-05:00Frankenstein wouldn't be eligible--it came out...<i>Frankenstein</i> wouldn't be eligible--it came out later in the year, so it would be eligible for the next year. The November release date leaves it out of this Oscars. <br /><br />That said, <i>The Public Enemy, Little Caesar</i> and clearly <i>City Lights</i> would make my five, along with one of the <i>Dracula</i> versions and <i>The Blue Angel</i>.<br /><br />I ranked the Oscar Best Picture winners a few years ago. <i>Cimarron</i> came in fourth from the bottom for me, ahead of only <i>The Broadway Melody, Gigi,</i> and <i>Around the World in 80 Days</i>. I like nothing about the first of these and find <i>Gigi</i> to be morally reprehensible and indefensible. <i>Around the World in 80 Days</i> is a pure garbage fire, aside from the presence of Cantinflas, who was (naturally) ignored in the States.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-69427713533434802692020-07-10T22:02:41.509-05:002020-07-10T22:02:41.509-05:00What an uninspiring collection of celluloid!
I do...What an uninspiring collection of celluloid!<br /><br />I don’t like condemning something that I haven’t seen but I know enough about East Lynne’s lineage-it was such a staple of traveling repertory companies from the 1860’s through the 1920’s that if their play didn’t go well at the end of the performance the actors would promise the audience “Next week, East Lynne!” but it is also reputed to be the height of Victorian melodramatics. So with that knowledge I feel certain it wouldn’t bowl me over. I’d still like to see it (with zero expectations) because it was nominated and just plain curiosity since I’ve heard it referenced so often. <br /><br />Trader Horn is garbage but good land rush scene or not I detested Cimarron more. I loved the Edna Ferber source novel and was so disappointed when I saw the complete hash they made out of it. I suppose they could have done worse than Irene Dunne as Sabra even if I didn’t think much of her take on the character but Richard Dix was the absolute pits as Yancey. But worse than the performances was the deadly seemingly nonexistent direction. After the headache inducing Around the World in 80 Days I think it’s the worst Best Picture winner of them all. <br /><br />I agree that Jackie Cooper is appealing in Skippy but not enough to hand the win to his picture. <br /><br />Which leaves The Front Page. It may be the skeletal bones of His Girl Friday but it is loaded front to back with a great array of character actors working the material into an enjoyable whole. It isn’t the equal of the remake but out of this group it’s the best written and at least it’s still rewatchable. <br /><br />In an open field though none of these would make the cut. My five would be in this order:<br /><br />The Public Enemy-Winner<br />Little Caesar<br />Frankenstein<br />City Lights<br />Under the Roofs of Parisjoel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54878634529080553582020-07-10T17:38:18.636-05:002020-07-10T17:38:18.636-05:00You are missing nothing by skipping all five of th...You are missing nothing by skipping all five of these.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-87227894055712851382020-07-10T17:32:31.894-05:002020-07-10T17:32:31.894-05:00I haven't seen any of these films. And how th...I haven't seen any of these films. And how the hell do you not nominate <i>City Lights</i>? That is a masterpiece.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com