I plan to watch Arrival again soon. It is in my "new blu rays to watch" drawer, right beside Doctor Strange. Am I correct in that there is no commentary track? I always really enjoy these, and if ever a movie cried out for one, this is it.
The Tony awards have done this for years, and limit the show to 2 hours. I have always said, who cares, except for a relative, which short from a Eastern European county, that you will never see won the oscar? You could probably show last year's winners and we would not notice. Why not start...
Big studios concentrate on making popular movies 90% of the population will enjoy, not arty farty pretentious stuff for the other 10%.
MGM once said that because they churned out so many movies like the Andy Hardy series they could make prestige pictures which did not make a profit but were...
Don't any of you people own a PVR? A 4 hour show -- commercials, boring thank yous, anything else you are not interested in = 1 hour. My God we haven't watched a live show since our first Beta machine in 1986.
I find the movies up for best picture in general are festival or art house movies which are only available in big cities or for very limited run. Also, why aren't the awards for short subjects and documentary awards given at another time? I know there are exceptions but documentaries and short...
We always DVR shows like this. We start watching a show that starts @ 8:30 pm @ 9:30 as it is still taping. That way we see it on the night but can still fast forward through the commercials, the boring thank yous and the awards we aren't interested in. You can also rewind if you miss a line...
Streep was hilarious and touching in Florence Foster Jenkins. She almost completely disappears into the part. It is a fascinating absorbing movie that is very funny at the same time.