Pic of the Day: “What’s that? Chicken? Every night it’s the fuckin’ chicken!” “Dad-” “Holy God Almighty! It is possible just once-” “Dad!” “-we could get something to eat for dinner around here that’s not the-” “Hey-” “-goddamn fucking chicken?” “Hey, Dad!” “I’m just sayin’!” “Dad!” (20th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “Will you lose a throne because Moses builds a city?” “The city that he builds shall bear my name. The woman that he loves shall bear my child. So it shall be written. So it shall be done.” (70th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “I want this picture to be a commentary on modern conditions. Stark realism. The problems that confront the average man!” “But with a little sex.” “A little, but I don’t wanna stress it. I want this picture to be a document. I wanna hold a mirror up to life. I want this to be a picture of dignity! A true canvas of the suffering of humanity!” “But with a little sex in it.” “With a little sex in it.” “How ’bout a nice musical?” (85th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “Ruth, what’s the status of that computer?” “She’s right behind you, Mr. Harrison.” “Does she handle analytic geometry?” “Absolutely. And, she speaks.” (10th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “Why the fuck does everything have to be a conspiracy? Huh? A man has a couple too many drinks, he drives off the road, falls into a creek. Accident, plain and simple. Accident.” “It was not an accident. Look, let me tell you something. I was there. That tire was shot out. I heard it. I recorded it.” “So you’re an earwitness to an assassination. That’s good. It’s got a nice ring. I like that.” (45th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “Say, Audrey. No-no offense, but how did a teenager become the chief mechanic of a multi-million dollar expedition?” “I took this job when my dad retired. But, the funny thing was, he always wanted sons, right? One to run his machine shop, another to be middleweight boxing champion. But, he got my sister and me, instead.” “So, what… what happened to your sister?” “She’s 24-0, with a shot at the title next month.” (25th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “Dad, what if I’m not the future of House Atreides?” “A great man doesn’t seek to lead; he is called to it. But if your answer is no, you’d still be the only thing I ever needed you to be: my son.” (5th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “The Visalia Oaks and our 240lb catcher Jeremy Brown, who as you know, scared to run to second base. This was in a game six weeks ago. This guy is going to start him off with a fastball. Jeremy’s going to take him to deep center. Here’s what’s really interesting, because Jeremy’s gonna do what he never does. He’s gonna go for it. He’s gonna around first and he’s gonna go for it. Okay? … This is all Jeremy’s nightmares coming to life.” “Awwww, they’re laughing at him.” “And Jeremy’s about to find out why. Jeremy’s about to realize that the ball went 60 feet over the fence. He hit a home run and didn’t even realize it.” (15th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “Try to make it sound like you wrote it that way on purpose.” (5th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “I’m very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman.” (35th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “You’re really complicated, aren’t you?” “I try not to be.” (30th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now to give it the perfect ending was a bit of the old Ludwig van.” (55th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “Belfast will still be here when you get back.” “Will you?” “I’m going nowhere you won’t find me.” (5th Anniversary)
Pic of the Day: “You know Jack, all I ever wanted for you was to make you strong and grow up and be your own boss. Maybe I’ve been tough on you. I’m not proud of that.” “I’m as bad as you are. I’m more like you than her.” “It was about all I’ve done in life, otherwise I’ve drawn a zilch. You’re all I have, you’re all I want to have. My sweet boy.” (15th Anniversary)
98th Academy Awards Recap
What a year.
We kinda knew where this one was going early, with two films getting 13 and 16 nominations. It also seemed very early on that it was gonna be a relative One Battle After Another sweep. And for anyone holding out hope it was gonna end up about even, that Casting win sure put to bed any possibilities of a change in that. And other than that, we got mostly chalk. No real major surprises. A tie, but even those two were the two choices most people were figuring. Nothing out of the ordinary happened.
Brief notes on the ceremony — Conan was great. That opening was fantastic and he landed a couple of really great jokes throughout. The performances were great too. Probably not the best idea to put “Golden” on so late. There’s nothing that says Song can’t be given out early. It’s a TV show. If you cared about the flow of the show, you’d have made wholesale changes years ago. Also, Javier Bardem is a real one. Respect to him forever.
Otherwise, I think the right film won, and most of the right stuff won. There’s nothing that happened that made me upset. It’s rare you get through an awards season like that. (more…)
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