Oscar Nominations and Liking What's Popular
Jan 27th 2012
First Segment : Oscar Nominations
The panelists discuss the nominations for the Oscars. They discuss the 9 nominees for Best Picture. Glen is waiting not so eagerly for the Billy Crystal monologue and the various salutes to the movies. Linda's favourite nomination is Melissa McCarthy as supporting actress for Bridesmaids. Stephen is thrilled with the nomination for Kung-Fu Panda 2. Linda is disappointed that Bill Cunningham New York is not nominated as documentary, and neither are the 23 movies she saw at SilverDocs.
Second Segment : Liking What's Popular
Contrarians be damned or Out on a very sturdy limb : liking popular things for your very own reasons. Glen is a fan of Attack The Block, because the movie trusts its audience to hold conflicting opinions. Glen mentions his disdain for Super 8, against the opinions of Stephen and Trey. Trey discusses his appreciation of Tilda Swinton and her performance in the movie Edward the Second. Glen mentions her serie of interviews with Roger Ebert. Stephen makes a case for Rob Reiner as director of many great likable movies (before he went off the rails). Linda wants to talk about The X Files and the relationship between Scully and Mulder as platonic soulmates.
Final Segment : What's making us happy this week?
Glen appreciates the video Watching Downton, which was posted on the PCHH Facebook page. Trey is happy about the Oscar nomination for "Man or muppet" and its co-writer Bret McKenzie from Flight of the Conchords, and the first nomination for Gary Oldman. He also loves the Tumblr Capital Couture about the fashions from the movie The Hunger Games. Stephen has seen and enjoyed Bill Cunningham New York and The Artist. Stephen also thanks Linda for allowing him to meet his favourite Survivor : Yul Kwon from Survivor : Cook Islands. Linda loves Joe Reid's tumblr "This Had Oscar Buzz".
Notable mentions
- "War Horse. A horse. Made for war." Glen
- "Oscar's eternal war : snobbery vs self-congratulation." Stephen
- Trey likes Stephen not as the court jester of NPR but because his hair smells so good. Stephen is uncomfortable in 7 different ways. Later, Linda almost asks Stephen how sturdy is his limb.
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