tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post594790273536120531..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Lunchtime Poll: Oscar ClipsNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-52798016404639097312008-02-22T02:06:00.000-05:002008-02-22T02:06:00.000-05:00How about something different for Javier? Maybe th...How about something different for Javier? Maybe the bit after he kills Stephen Root and the other guy is all "are you going to kill me?" and Javier turns around and they have that whole "did you see me?" moment. <BR/><BR/>...or it went something like that.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-77223640254955670952008-02-21T12:31:00.000-05:002008-02-21T12:31:00.000-05:00omg yes, Sam. That was an awesome momentomg yes, Sam. That was an awesome momentNATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-5914956335706727682008-02-21T11:43:00.000-05:002008-02-21T11:43:00.000-05:00One more and I can't believe I forgot this: Laura...One more and I can't believe I forgot this: Laura Linney taking the red pillow from the old lady.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713972514003681234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-23038141833697793052008-02-21T05:53:00.000-05:002008-02-21T05:53:00.000-05:00Brooke! Yes! How could I forget "My bitches wear M...Brooke! Yes! How could I forget "My bitches wear MYYY collars!"? Unintentionally best line reading of the year. That just HAS to be the clip.<BR/><BR/>For Page, no way to "Gerta Raaaausss." It's everything I hate about that performance/film all rolled into two words. Eurgh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7915710154727799272008-02-21T03:40:00.000-05:002008-02-21T03:40:00.000-05:00Julie Christie: "What an ugly baby!"Oh come on, yo...<B>Julie Christie</B>: "What an ugly baby!"<BR/>Oh come on, you laughed. Then you kicked yourself for laughing.<BR/><BR/><B>Ellen Page</B>: "GERTA RAUSS!!!"<BR/><BR/><B>Cate Blanchett</B>: "I TOO CAN COMMAND THE WIND, SIR!"<BR/>So all the voters can feel guilty for nominating such an awful perf.<BR/><BR/><B>Daniel Day-Lewis</B>: "I am going to come into where you sleep and cut your throat."<BR/>His best scene. The bapism scene and milkshake scene were lots of fun, but this is one of the only instances of his insanity showing without Lewis over-acting.<BR/><BR/><B>Saoirse Ronan</B>: Finding Cecilia and Robbie in the library. It's all in her eyes.<BR/><BR/><B>Amy Ryan</B> "Go suck a nigger's dick."<BR/>I can dream?<BR/><BR/><B>Cate Blanchett</B>: I need to rewatch this, I've forgotten it. Maybe when she was threatened with a knife?<BR/><BR/><B>Javier Bardem</B>: Killing the cop at the beginning. Chilled me to the core. Or maybe his interaction with the "I ain't at liberty to give out that information" tank. But she kinda commanded that scene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-39963343457917206042008-02-21T02:45:00.000-05:002008-02-21T02:45:00.000-05:00As some have said before, Ronan's best moment for ...As some have said before, Ronan's best moment for me was the "You saved my life, I will be forever grateful", it just broke my heart... funnily enough BAFTA showed that as McAvoy's clip<BR/><BR/>LeoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-77425285339792460202008-02-21T01:48:00.000-05:002008-02-21T01:48:00.000-05:00There is nothing I hate more than awards show clip...There is nothing I hate more than awards show clips that are silent. Pick a scene where they say <B>something</B>! There is a lot of amazing silent scenes, but - for example - if they had shown the opera scene for Nicole in <I>Birth</I> (had she been nominated) in the brief 5-10 seconds they get people would be scratching there head in confusion.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-20717355689499071422008-02-21T01:32:00.000-05:002008-02-21T01:32:00.000-05:00Everything that I could think of has been said; bu...Everything that I could think of has been said; but one moment for Blanchett of all people in The Golden Age is the one where she's waiting in the tent. There's no great dialogue there, but it's one of my favourite moments of the performance.<BR/><BR/>But, of course; they're going to show the "I am the hurricane!" clip without the build-up.<BR/><BR/>Is it too much to hope for "My bitches wear my collars!"?Sam Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09456254953886041016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71061935059454987672008-02-20T23:05:00.000-05:002008-02-20T23:05:00.000-05:00Casey Affleck: Definitely listing off the similari...<B>Casey Affleck</B>: Definitely listing off the similarities between him and Jesse James. Another good one would be his scene with Zooey Deschanel, but it's a bit too spoilery ("I was expecting applause")<BR/><BR/><B>Cate Blanchett</B>: Could they just pick two scenes from <I>I'm Not There</I>? It would be much better.<BR/><BR/><B>Daniel Day Lewis</B>: On the beach with his brother. (I know).<BR/><BR/><B>Julie Christie</B>: "All we can hope for is a little bit of grace."<BR/><BR/><B>Saoirse Ronan</B>: Definitely the scene with McAvoy ("You saved me").Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-6627026312106148472008-02-20T23:00:00.000-05:002008-02-20T23:00:00.000-05:00Blanchett: "I, too, can command the wind, sir! I ...Blanchett: "I, too, can command the wind, sir! I have a hurricane in me that will strip Spain bare when you dare to try me!"<BR/><BR/>Christie: "I'd like to make love, and then I'd like you to go. Because I need to stay here and if you make it hard for me, I may cry so hard I'll never stop."<BR/><BR/>Cotillard: "Où est la Montre de Marcel ?! Marcel? Marcel!!"<BR/><BR/>Linney: "I'm Lenny Savage's daughter in B-26. He has a big red pillow I bought for him. It's missing. Big. Red. Pillow."<BR/><BR/>Page: "What? Are you ashamed that we did it? Well at least you don't have to walk around with the evidence under your sweater. I'm a planet!"<BR/><BR/><BR/>-- Pretty much what everyone has already said.E Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092167817913017197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-59129218618245266812008-02-20T19:42:00.000-05:002008-02-20T19:42:00.000-05:00Day-Lewis: The baptism, "I've abandoned my child"D...Day-Lewis: The baptism, "I've abandoned my child"<BR/>Depp: "You sir, too sir, I will have vengeance.."<BR/>Clooney: "I'm the one you make the deal with."<BR/>Mortenson: Cradling the baby by the river.<BR/><BR/>Christie: "I want you to leave."<BR/>Linney: The 9/11 aid.<BR/>Page: Babies like free iPods<BR/>Cotillard: No, je ne regrette rien<BR/><BR/>Bardem: Friendo<BR/>Holbrook: I'd like to adopt you.<BR/>Hoffman: The scene where he and Linney are discussing...wait, WHAT film is he nominated for?<BR/>Wilkinson: I so didn't get this performance.<BR/>Affleck: Wow, he was in so little of this movie, I can't really remember any of his scenes.<BR/><BR/>Ronan: "I saw him, I know it was him."<BR/>Swinton: "$10, $10 million,"-good lord she was amazing in that scene.<BR/>Blanchett; "Sleep's for dreamers."<BR/>Dee: SLAP!<BR/>Staunton: "Because deep down, you know you deserve this." Wait, Amy Ryan beat out <B>this</B> performance?John Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778817752411507792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-53448999576138553832008-02-20T18:57:00.000-05:002008-02-20T18:57:00.000-05:00Ruby Dee - "She will leave you... I, will leave yo...Ruby Dee - "She will leave you... I, will leave you."<BR/>Love the pause she gives after "I" and the way her throat croaks/tone changes when she says "I will leave you." Decades of a mother's anguish conveyed in a heartbeat.<BR/><BR/>Tilda Swinton - Sweaty armpits in toilet cubicle. It's not a spoken scene but it's such an indelible film moment.<BR/><BR/>Julie Christie - "Don't they remember Vietnam?". The film's thesis statement is also its most hauntingly delivered line.<BR/><BR/>Hal Holbrook - "I can be your... grandfather." Obvious clip but it is breathtakingly played.<BR/><BR/>Daniel Day-Lewis - Any scene. The whole performance is perfectly calibrated and acutely memorable.<BR/><BR/>George Clooney - No chance in hell they'll use this, but that brilliant shot over the end credits.<BR/><BR/>Ryan Gosling - In the car when he finally lets his emotions show... Oh wait, he wasn't nominated. Idiot academy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-89571708709929158052008-02-20T18:52:00.000-05:002008-02-20T18:52:00.000-05:00jimmy i love your suggestions. it's like we could ...<B>jimmy</B> i love your suggestions. it's like we could fashion whole new movies from clips!NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-29088164237223287092008-02-20T18:45:00.000-05:002008-02-20T18:45:00.000-05:00really...i like to see some different stuff...for ...really...<BR/><BR/>i like to see some different stuff...<BR/><BR/>for christie - "don't...don't...you're really persistent" - heartbreaking. <BR/><BR/>for cotillard - "marcel" of course. why not that? - it's all over wrought.<BR/><BR/>day lewis - i abandoned by son.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-66567867727741223162008-02-20T18:37:00.000-05:002008-02-20T18:37:00.000-05:00Swinton - "I loves Harpo, God knows I do. But I'll...Swinton - "I loves Harpo, God knows I do. But I'll kill him dead 'fo I let him beat me. Sat in that jail, I sat in that jail til I felt like I's bout to rot to death. ..." LOVE THAT! <BR/>Cotillard - when she holds up the union sign. Classic!<BR/>Ellen Page - when her boyfriend tells her he loves her and she slaps him & shouts "Snap out of it"...then she slaps him again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-54631555452267056672008-02-20T17:55:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:55:00.000-05:00Julie Christie: "Don't they remember Vietnam?"Cate...Julie Christie: "Don't they remember Vietnam?"<BR/><BR/>Cate Blanchett: Can't remember the line but it's when she first meets Clive Owen as she is entering the throne room and she utters a snarky comment. Just totally captures the tone of the movie.<BR/><BR/>Ellen Page: That conversation with Su-chin as Juno is heading for the abortion clinic. "I heard that was you." "Well it was great talking to you Su-chin."<BR/><BR/>Daniel Day-Lewis: "Just a bastard from a basket!"<BR/><BR/>Tilda Swinton: Any clip without George Clooney. Her first rehearsal scene.<BR/><BR/>Casey Affleck: Him trying to feel what it's like being Jesse, on the bed, one finger bent over with the sunlight over him while the narrator speaks.The Jaded Armchair Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511211427198395696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-19570237998604876692008-02-20T17:47:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:47:00.000-05:00I think Page's will definitely be her very famous ...I think Page's will definitely be her very famous "I don't really know what kind of girl I am" line. It's the whole movie.<BR/><BR/>But my favorite of hers is "THUNDER CATS ARE GO!!!" Too hilarious, hahaha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-28479236387046972972008-02-20T17:03:00.000-05:002008-02-20T17:03:00.000-05:00Day-Lewis : "... I'm going to slit your throat." (...Day-Lewis : "... I'm going to slit your throat." (wouldn't it be hilarious if they cut to Depp slitting someone's throat)<BR/><BR/>Swinton: Sweat stains PLEASE!<BR/><BR/>Hoffman: bugging the bottle<BR/><BR/>Wilkinson: that voice over (hey, it's amazing!)<BR/><BR/>Linney: any assortment of sundry lies<BR/><BR/>Blanchett: (Elizabeth) A bunch of quick cuts of her barking the word "Spain!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71992056843681929542008-02-20T16:42:00.000-05:002008-02-20T16:42:00.000-05:00I think that, although Tilda and George are both a...I think that, although Tilda and George are both at their best at the end, they'll shy away from using that footage for either of them.<BR/><BR/>Clooney gets, "You're making it easy for them."<BR/><BR/>Swinton gets, "Is there something else we could talk about...?" (I'm paraphrasing)<BR/><BR/>RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-83533995670714728692008-02-20T16:14:00.000-05:002008-02-20T16:14:00.000-05:00I have to add that I really hope they show "A litt...I have to add that I really hope they show "A little priest" for Depp. It's funny, it's up-beat, it'll be a good change of pace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-2356134359329064492008-02-20T15:26:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:26:00.000-05:00Yay, Oscar clips!Daniel Day-Lewis -- either the ba...Yay, Oscar clips!<BR/><BR/>Daniel Day-Lewis -- either the baptism scene, the "I have a competition in me . . ." scene, or the "I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!!" scene at the end<BR/><BR/>George Clooney -- "Do I look like I'm negotiating?" or "You're making it easy for them . . ."<BR/><BR/>Johnny Depp -- "You sir? You sir? I will have vengeance . . ."<BR/><BR/>Tommy Lee Jones -- maybe the phone call scene when he finds out his son is missing, or the morgue scene<BR/><BR/>Viggo Mortensen -- probably the balcony scene where Nikolai reveals his new tattoos<BR/><BR/>Cate Blanchett -- the hurricane speech (it's inevitable -- that's the most identifible part of the film)<BR/><BR/>Julie Christie -- the grace speech or the scene where they make love for the last time<BR/><BR/>Marion Cotillard -- the stunning "Marcel!" sequence<BR/><BR/>Laura Linney -- maybe the scene where she's lying to her brother about getting the arts endowment<BR/><BR/>Ellen Page -- probably the "shenanigans" speech at Mark & Julia's or yelling at Paulie over his prom date<BR/><BR/>Casey Affleck -- the "people underestimate me" speech<BR/><BR/>Javier Bardem -- the "call it, friendo" scene with the old gas station attendant<BR/><BR/>Philip Seymour Hoffman -- the yelling match he has with John Slattery in his office<BR/><BR/>Hal Holbrook -- the goodbye scene with Chris<BR/><BR/>Tom Wilkinson -- "I am Shiva, the god of Death"<BR/><BR/>Cate Blanchett -- the interview scene/fight with Bruce Greenwood<BR/><BR/>Ruby Dee -- the Denzel bitch slap heard 'round the world<BR/><BR/>Saoirse Ronan -- "I saw him. Yes, that was him."<BR/><BR/>Amy Ryan -- maybe the press conference scene or the "I just want my daughter back!" scene (most else will be too profane to air properly without editing)<BR/><BR/>Tilda Swinton -- maybe the dress rehearsal scene or first meeting with ClooneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-86274912152729370352008-02-20T15:16:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:16:00.000-05:00Julie Christie: "I want to make love and then I w...Julie Christie: "I want to make love and then I want you to leave." Heartbreaking. Kind of an obvious choice, but I don't care.<BR/><BR/>Tilda Swinton: "You don't want the money?" She realizes it's all fallen apart and her reactions are subtle and profound. Second choice: checking herself carefully in the mirror when she has just put on that horribly unflattering suit with a peplum. <BR/><BR/>Marion: They'll probably use the "Marcel" scene but I'd choose something less obvious like talking with the reporter on the beach about love. <BR/><BR/>Saoirse: Bossing around the kids, trying to direct her play.<BR/><BR/>Clooney: Silent in the cab at the very end. It was his best moment, I believe.<BR/><BR/>Page: "Fine furnishings." I don't know why. It just resonated with me. <BR/><BR/>Ryan: Getting Affleck to watch over the kid.<BR/><BR/>Holbrook: On the hill with Emile.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713972514003681234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-11721025517196090242008-02-20T15:15:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:15:00.000-05:00For Depp - "at last, my right arm is complete"Dani...For Depp - "at last, my right arm is complete"<BR/><BR/>Daniel Day-Lewis - when the mill explodes <BR/><BR/>for Christie- "and then I'd like you to leave" - for me, the defining moment of the movie: last time, last goodbye, abandonment, sacrifice, all knowingly from her partPedrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945607431696039228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71797509708535834772008-02-20T15:14:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:14:00.000-05:00odysseyFor Depp - "at last, my right arm is comple...odysseyFor Depp - "at last, my right arm is complete"<BR/><BR/>Daniel Day-Lewis - when the mill explodes <BR/><BR/>for Christie- "and then I'd like you to leave" - for me, the defining moment of the movie: last time, last goodbye, abandonment, sacrifice, all knowingly from her partPedrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945607431696039228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-36471904648233085852008-02-20T15:13:00.000-05:002008-02-20T15:13:00.000-05:00i like the idea of daniel day lewis explaining mil...i like the idea of daniel day lewis explaining milkshake straws.<BR/><BR/>and i want to see an ellen page scene with jennifer garner...like when she makes the pennysaver comment.RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.com