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I actually really like Untitled (season 4 finale). The ending always was haunting to me. Lisa's whole involvement with him. Does this explain why she seemed to happy to be visiting her sister? How she wasn't as nagging to Nate those final moments before she disappeared? Because she knew she was going to get laid by her "guy on the side". When dude kills himself with the gun, it made me think he indeed drown her. Remember, Lisa knew how to swim. Keith brought that up in Season 3 during the investigation process. So someone else caused her to drown.
I do wish there had been more closure with Lisa's sister and Nate, because she was always a bit cold towards him after Lisa's death. Ditto about Lisa's parents. Season 5 (not my favorite, until the final episodes) sort of hopped along and really focused on George and Ruth, Claire and her office boyfriend- and I HATED Claire in season 5- and Nate, Brenda and "the new Lisa" so to speak.
Still, Untitled is a epic episode to me.
He said Oops sarcastically. He meant to pull that lever.
Meryl was not just OK in the 80s. She was at her PEAK in the 80s.
The French Leuitenant's Woman (1981) - Best Actress nomination
Sophie's Choice (1982) - Best Actress winner (setting the bar for future lead actress roles)
Silkwood (1983) - Best Actress nomination, co-starring with Cher
Out of Africa (1985) - Best Picture winner, Best Actress nomination
Ironweed (1987) - Best Actress nomination, costarring with nominee Jack Nicholson
A Cry in the Dark (1988) - Best Actress nomination, considered by many one of her top 5
Even comedies like Heartburn and She-Devil were splendid.
Mr. Terrific - ouch what a bad one. Rose is dating a unfunny superhero actor for a failing TV series. There are some funny moments, but overall it fails as a believable premise and when Rose is flying back an forth with him as he jumps, I was like "ok done".
Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy - Blanche finds out her "mammy" had an affair with her father, and wants a music box that belonged to her. Ruby Dee is horrible in this, and if it wasn't for the funny matchmaking subplot of Sophia and Dorothy, this would be even worse.
The episodes where Miles comes back after the witness protection stuff is odd. His whole relationship with Rose never went where it should, and the writers sort of just wrote him off. Despite him being the most recurring male character next to Stan. Instead, they marry Dorothy off with a man she just met. It was a touching finale, but Rose was the one that should have been married.
No he doesn't. He was a queeny little bitch. If I were Samantha, I would have punched him.
I know gay men like Anthony. Who "just tell it how it is". But it's really an excuse to be an asshole. In reality, it's because gay men were treated and judged badly through childhood. So they're sort of lashing out in their adult lives. But it's not mature, cute or funny.
Anthony was my least favorite SATC character next to Big. The latter being a dull, lifeless rock with no personality but plenty of money. That was the ideal NYC man I guess. Anthony, on the other hand, was just a cliche of how Queens act. His comments about Carrie's original wedding dress were lucrative and uncalled for. And again- his comment about Samantha's weight gain (which was a lie to begin with) would have had me asking him to get his fruity ass out of my apartment.
And who gives a shit if he was "nice to Charlotte". I hate people who justify that someone can be a jerk because "they're still nice to that one person." No, it's called being an adult.
I wish Stanford had gotten better lines in the movie. He had so many great ones on the series (eg "Oh my God, she's fashion road kill!") He was more rounded as a gay character. Anthony was just as shallow as the handbags and coasters he wanted others to adorn.
Real friends DON'T talk like that. How old are you, 15?
The point the OP is making is that Samantha was NOT fat. She had a slight little tummy. I've seen bigger guts on poodles. She was not fat. Your definition of fat might be why other girls get so insecure and have to look like skeletons.
That scene was horribly written. In fact, most of the movie was. Shame of Michael Patrick King (who wrote many of the original episodes in the series) for totally going down the drain with this one. It was like he was writing the women as four gay men. Which makes sense, since many gay men are very judgmental, fashion conscious and think a tummy means you're morbidly obese.
I also remember at the VERY end of the nightclub scene, when Sofia leaves David and Brian- she RUNS. Watch her. She RUNS like a bat out of hell. She was terrified of David. Most likely because of his appearance, and very creepy behavior. She says something along the lines of "Sure, we should all get together again- some time." Then bolts. The whole story is quite tragic.
It wasn't though. That was episode The Domino Effect.
She gets with him (sadly) in the series finale. I was never one who agreed with it. The show was supposed to be about embracing your singlehood as a successful woman, and they all wind up married.
List has been updated! Acting categories were expanded (adding one additional nominee apiece. I think VERY worthy, too!) And some wiggle room in Best Director and Writing too. Again, for full list of nominees and commentary, you can go to the link :-)
I plan on doing a video homage to The Twilight Zone with these episodes getting the same Oscar-type treatment, with actual highlighted scenes per nominee. Look for that some time late in the year.
Just added Donald Pleasence in The Changing of the Guard in Best Actor. I just realized that was a BIG omission on my part! The problem with MovieChat.org is they limit the word count for how much you can post, so the rest of my nominees are on the link. I'd rather they be available right here. I also am adding The Hunt in the Best Screenplay nominees; what a gem that was! A few other technical categories need altering too. With such rich stories, and revisiting them now on my collection, I grant myself the right to add some contenders- as I'm the sole member of my Academy committee :-)
Oh absolutely. I have been catching up on Twilight Zone episodes again on Netflix, and also own the DVD collection. Ever since IMDB took the boards away, I was so glad to find MovieChat had a way to rebirth the conversation. I see you contribute a lot on the series, that's great.
I made these list of nominees a few years ago, so wanted to reupload them!
In Praise of Pip really got to me too- Klugman's performance is so heartbreaking. But it's also a very surreal and haunting storyline, that adds to the juiciness. In fact- all your picks for the acting winners are wonderful because they all bare a similar theme to atmosphere; dark, gloomy, mysterious.
Hey great picks! Sorry- for some reason this board will only allow for so much text until it's cut off. Ditto for lack of HTML bold and italics; I was trying to make the presentation a little more rich. If you go to the link, all my nominees are there. I LOVE the After Hours too! It's beyond creepy, and also richly done.
Sandra ONLY won the Oscar because the film was a box-office hit. If the movie had tanked, she wouldn't have even been nominated. Look at actors LIKE Streep, Swank (Boys Dont Cry), and Cotillard (La Vie En Rose). They can be in tiny films that don't make much money, but win because their performance is that impactful. For Bullock, it was a win for all reasons EXCEPT her performance. She even looked a bit bemused by all the acknowledgment. I respect her as an actor, but this was a cake walk performance anyone donning a blonde wig could do. It was not a challenging role.
People were impressed with her because they said "OH wow, she's doing something serious now. Let's reward her." That's not a reason to give somebody an award.
Interestingly, this doesn't bode as well for male actors. Michael Keaton (Birdman) and Jim Carrey (The Truman Show, Man on the Moon) went from silly comedies to "serious" acting and still couldn't hold a trophy - Carrey not even getting nominated.
But when it comes to the ladies, it seems to fare better. Look at Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, Reese Witherspoon and JLaw for recent examples.
The 2009 Best Actress lineup was weak; Streep had 2 Oscars already, and while she was deemed an earlier frontrunner her film took a light backlash for being too "lite" and suffering from the inevitable "Streep is great, but the movie sucks." Newcomers Gabby Sidibe and Carey Mulligan didn't stand a chance, and Helen Mirren (who delivered a FAR better performance in The Last Station then The Queen) had just recently won. So Bullock got lucky. Funny- she then was nominated for her far superior work in Gravity, and lost (to the far superior Cate Blanchett).
Oscar politics have been around since the beginning of time- but that night both Bullock and Jeff Bridges (Crazy/Heart) won for being stars, and not for their actual performances.
10 WORST BEST ACTRESS WINNERS
1. Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love
Should have won: Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth
2. Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Should have won: Gabby Sidibe, Precious or Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
3. Grace Kelly, The Country Girl
Should have won: Judy Garland, A Star Is Born
4. Bette Davis, Dangerous
Should have won: Katharine Hepburn, Alice Adams
5. Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle
Should have won: Katharine Hepburn, The Philadelphia Story
6. Luise Reiner, The Good Earth
Should have won: Greta Garbo, Camille
7. Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
Should have won: Bette Davis, All About Eve or Gloria Swanson, Sunset Boulevard
8. Cher, Moonstruck
Should have won: Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction
9. Helen Mirren, The Queen (unpopular opinion)
Should have won: Meryl Streep, Devil Wears Prada or Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
10. Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Should have won: Anyone else
Could be bad at math- I was wondering the same thing.
What did you think of the finale? I totally got a Toy Story 3 vibe from the ladies as they held hands together- coming as one, as fire and smoke was coming towards them. If there's one thing these writers get credit for, it's keeping us in suspense. Loved the final episodes.
You didn't understand all of my post. I made it clear that Don Juan was shelved in one episode; but then he's put in another movie. The point is, we never hear about it afterwards. 2 Seasons of Hollywood episodes should equate to more then just a few filler lines for future episodes. I've been watching this series for a while, so I'm not trashing it; it's great and full of physical comedy and fun characters. I'm making a point.
Also since you know the MGM system so well, explain why those starlets didn't know why they were taking photos. THEY WOULD have known if they were going to star in the film, as Ricky makes clear to Lucy minutes later.
The Hollywood episodes were funny, but needed more polish in the writing department.