Pic of the Day: “Dear Father in heaven, I’m not a praying man, but if you’re up there and you can hear me… show me the way… show me the way.”
Pic of the Day: “Listen, all of you! You’ve got to take direction! You’ve got to have discipline! You’ve got to have respect for your director! I oughta slug you! …Ugh! I’ve been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs! Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some Iodine!”
Pic of the Day: “So how do you want to get in?” “We’ll go thru the back. Maybe the kid will let us in, you never know.” “Yeah. He’s a kid. Kids are stupid.”
Pic of the Day: “My time with you is at an end, Ebenezer Scrooge. Will you profit from what I’ve shown you of the good in most men’s hearts?” “I don’t know, how can I promise!” “If it’s too hard a lesson for you to learn, then learn this lesson!”
Pic of the Day: “Right. So, not quite as secret as we’d hoped.” “What do we do now?” “Smile. Little bow. And a wave.”
Pic of the Day: “Why, lookie here. It’s your ol’ stuffed bear. ‘Member what you named him?” “Old Stuffed Bear.”
Pic of the Day: “And that is the story of Santa Claus.” “He’s so wonderful. Everybody must love him.” “Well, most everybody. Oh, he’s not considered an outlaw any more. But there still are some…”
Pic of the Day: ♫ “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch / You really are a heel / You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an eel / Mr Gri-inch! / You’re a bad banana with a… greasy black peel.” ♫
Pic of the Day: “Oh, Phil, when are you gonna learn that girls like that are a dime a dozen?” “Please, don’t quote me the price when I haven’t got the time.”
Pic of the Day: “I wished for a purple elephant, but now I want a pink elephant!” “Well, wish in one hand, shit in the other; see which one fills up first.” “OK.”
Pic of the Day: “This can’t happen. It’s just a doll. It’s just a stupid little plastic doll.” “Ah ah, that’s ‘action figure’.”
Pic of the Day: “Sally! I need your help most of all.” “You certainly do, Jack. I’ve had the most horrible vision!” “That’s splendid!”
Pic of the Day: “Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to. Don’t you see? It’s not just Kris that’s on trial, it’s everything he stands for. It’s kindness and joy and love and all the other intangibles.”
Pic of the Day: “We were always heckling you.” “It’s good to be heckling again.” “It’s good to be doing anything again.”
Pic of the Day: “From what I see now, that will cut through the murkiest storm they can dish up. What I’m trying to say is, Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?” “It would be an honor, sir.”
Pic of the Day: “That’s the one good thing about regret: it’s never too late. You can always change tomorrow if you want to.”
Pic of the Day: “You know, you look pretty good for your age.” “Thanks, but I’m seeing someone in wrapping.”
Pic of the Day: “Oh Dudley, I never know when you are joking.” “Ah, I am at my most serious when I’m joking.”
Pic of the Day: “My dad says snow causes heart attacks.” “He must have snow confused with chili dogs. Any other questions?”
Pic of the Day: “Don’t forget the Grinch. I know he’s mean and hairy and smelly. His hands might be cold and clammy, but I think he’s actually kinda… sweet.” “Sweet?! You think he’s sweet?” “Merry Christmas, Santa.” “Nice kid… baaad judge of character.”
The Oscar Quest: Reconsidered (Best Actor, 2013-2014)
The Oscar Quest began in May of 2010. I finished about fifteen months later, and wrote it up for this site. That was essentially the first thing I did on here. Five years have passed since then. I’ve grown as a person. My tastes have changed, matured (or gotten more immature, in some cases). So it feels fitting, on the five year anniversary of the site and of the Oscar Quest, to revisit it.
I want to see just how my opinions about things have changed over the past five years. I didn’t do any particular work or catch-up for this. I didn’t go back and watch all the movies again. Some I went back to see naturally, others I haven’t watched in five years. I really just want to go back and rewrite the whole thing as a more mature person, less concerned with making points about certain categories and films than with just analyzing the whole thing as objectively as I can to give people who are interested as much information as possible.
This is the more mature version of the Oscar Quest. Updated, more in-depth, as objective as possible, less hostile. You can still read the old articles, but know that those are of a certain time, and these represent the present. (more…)
Pic of the Day: “What’s that sound?” “That was the sound of a tool chest, falling down the stairs.” “Oh.”
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