tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post4651688923376300378..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Picture 1928-1929SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-63620176437258058962020-11-22T15:13:22.700-06:002020-11-22T15:13:22.700-06:00It's not a bad pick. It would be on my list of...It's not a bad pick. It would be on my list of nominees, even if it wouldn't win.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-16611098374117575992020-11-22T15:13:04.585-06:002020-11-22T15:13:04.585-06:00If you include 2019 categories, I have 16 to go, s...If you include 2019 categories, I have 16 to go, so I'll be very close to done by the end of this year. And then it will be time to do something else. Don't worry--there are plans.<br /><br />I'm with you on <i>Gigi</i>. It's just so morally creepy that I can't deal with it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-82355794213225813792020-11-21T08:26:31.302-06:002020-11-21T08:26:31.302-06:00I know i should love Joan of Arc, but my pick woul...I know i should love Joan of Arc, but my pick would be The Docks of New York. I is my favorite Sternberg movie and a fantastic example of what could be done in a silent movie. It deserves some love.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-34299571604608530812020-11-21T02:30:11.701-06:002020-11-21T02:30:11.701-06:00Wow, you are almost finished. I’d put Passion of J...Wow, you are almost finished. I’d put Passion of Joan of Arc first, then Man with a Movie Camera, and then Pandora’s Box, which I felt was a bit sloggy in the middle. I hate Gigi with the passion of a thousand fiery suns. I hated it as a girl, I hated it as a teenager, and I hated it as an adult when I watched it again for the 1001 project. What a smarmy, plotless and rotting candy box of goo. I hated this movie so much I had a hard time with Chevalier’s early work such as Love Parade.Gaeta1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713581765217201673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-57455625852123112912020-11-20T20:07:07.000-06:002020-11-20T20:07:07.000-06:00I don't have a serious objection to Pandora...I don't have a serious objection to <i>Pandora's Box</i> winning, although I think the ending is very odd and misses tonally for me. It would probably be my second choice with <i>The Man with a Movie Camera</i> coming in third.<br /><br />I have <i>Around the World in 80 Days</i> third from the bottom, just above <i>The Broadway Melody</i> and <i>Gigi</i>.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-16783317943841401142020-11-20T19:13:35.312-06:002020-11-20T19:13:35.312-06:00Yikes this is a rough patch! Since The Patriot no ...Yikes this is a rough patch! Since The Patriot no longer exists my choice is really none of the above.<br /><br />The one I enjoyed the most is The Hollywood Revue but that's only because I'm an old movie head and the chance to see either silent stars who were on the cusp of extinguishing like William Haines and Karl Dane or getting ready to really break through like Crawford (although her "dancing" is a bit scary) and Norma Shearer was an irresistible attraction. But there is no there there. <br /><br />Alibi was unmemorable and I agree that The Broadway Melody is crap. Around the World in 80 Days is my least favorite Picture winner but Melody is just above. <br /><br />In Old Arizona was marginal, my biggest problem with it was that Edmund Lowe is so much more magnetic than our supposed hero Warner Baxter and outside the ending it's clunky and not terribly involving. <br /><br />I'd happily throw all of them out to make room for some combination of Beggars for Life, The Man Who Laughs, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Wind, Man with a Movie Camera or Piccadilly. My winner however would be Pandora's Box. <br /><br />That's the real kicker, all these films were available and eligible and yet what they selected was so subpar. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-15199988013817865392020-11-20T17:46:32.680-06:002020-11-20T17:46:32.680-06:00You don't really need to see any of them. The ...You don't really need to see any of them. <i>The Broadway Melody</i> is worth seeing only if you feel the need to see every winner. <i>The Hollywood Revue</i> is interesting in that it features performances from the likes of Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton, and Joan Crawford, but it's pretty hit-and-miss. <i>In Old Arizona</i> is the best of these and has a really surprising ending, but is otherwise not worth going out of your way to see.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-33134390280734241122020-11-20T16:04:22.639-06:002020-11-20T16:04:22.639-06:00OK, I haven't seen any of the films nominated ...OK, I haven't seen any of the films nominated but to leave out <i>The Passion of Joan of Arc</i>, <i>Man with a Movie Camera</i>, and <i>Pandora's Box</i>... that's just fucking wrong.thevoid99https://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com