"The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader." ~ Paulo Coelho

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Most Often Used Quote Game ~ ANSWERS

Hello!
I have finally decided to tell you the answers to my Most Often Used Quote Game! I am sorry, I posted that back in June, and now in March I decide to tell you. Talk about being tardy...

Anyway, thank you all for guessing! Here are the answers:

1. "Wow! I tell you what, wow!"
Answer:
Movie: Anastasia (1997)
Character: Bartok
Actor: Hank Azaria

2. 
Person 1: "I just fell!"
Person 2: "..."
Person 1: "I'm okay, but still."
Person 2: "..."
Person 1: "I still don't know what we are talking about."
Answer:
Movie: Nancy Drew (2007)
Character(s):
Person 1: Corky, Person(s) 2: PNancy and Ned (technically, I'm not counting them because they don't say anything.)
Actor(s): Josh Flitter, Emma Roberts, and Max Thieriot.

3. "Ouch! Now that hurt! Mamma, Mamma!"
Answer:
Movie: The Aristocats (1970)
Character: Marie
Actress: Liz English
Sorry about the terrible photo.

4. "I see you're drinking 2%, is that because you think you're fat? 'Cause you're not, you could be drinking whole if you wanted too."
Answer:
Movie: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Character: Napoleon
Actor: John Herder

5. "Oh, pook."
Answer:
Movie: Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Character: Mrs. Meers
Actress: Beatrice Lillies

6. "Talk, talk, talking, closure."
Answer:
Movie: Chicken Little (2005)
Character: Abby
Actress: Joan Cusack

7. "I WANT HAM!"
Answer: 
Movie: Ponyo (2009)
Character: Ponyo
Actress: Noah Cyrus

8.
Person 1: "¿Comprende?"
Person 2: "Yeah, I comprende."
Person 1: "No, no, no. It's comprendo: you comprende, I comprendo."
Answer:
Movie: Inspector Gadget (1999)
Character(s):
Person 1: Dr. Claw
Person 2: John Brown/Inspector Gadget
Actor(s): Rupert Everett, Matthew Broderick.

9. "Now that's funny, that's real funny."
Answer:
Movie: Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
Character: Joe Danby
Actor: Bruce Dern

10. "I do not think that word means what you think it means."
Answer:
Movie: The Princess Bride (1987)
Character: Inigo
Actor: Mandy Patinkin

Scores:
AGirlWithIdeas ~ 100 points
Elanor ~ 50 points
Olivia ~ 48 points
Korin ~ 12 points
Amaris ~ 10 points

Thank you so much to all of you who guessed! My next post will be in April, so Happy Easter!

MovieCritic

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

The Oscars Results 2018

Hello, all of you movie lovers!

The other day were the Oscars! And, as this is a movie blog, I am putting the results and... my favorite dresses. 'Cause, why not?

Best Picture:
Nominees:
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
Phantom Thread

The Post

The Shape of Water

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Winner: The Shape of Water
Actress, Jennifer Garner (Source)
Lead Actor:
Nominees:
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Winner: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

Lead Actress:
Nominees:
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post
Winner: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Actress, Gal Gadot (Source)
Supporting Actor:
Nominees:
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World

Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Winner: 
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Supporting Actress:
Nominees:
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Allison Janney, I, Tonya

Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread

Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Winner: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Winner of Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney (Source)
Director:
Nominees:
Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan

Get Out, Jordan Peele

Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig

Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson

The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro
Winner: The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro

Animated Feature:
Nominees:
The Boss Baby, Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito

The Breadwinner, Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo

Coco, Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson

Ferdinand, Carlos Saldanha

Loving Vincent, Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman
Winner: Coco, Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson

Animated Short:
Nominees:
Dear Basketball, Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant

Garden Party, Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon

Lou, Dave Mullins, Dana Murray

Negative Space, Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata

Revolting Rhymes, Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer
Winner: Dear Basketball, Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant


Adapted Screenplay:
Nominees:
Call Me by Your Name, James Ivory

The Disaster Artist, Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber

Logan, Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green

Molly’s Game, Aaron Sorkin

Mudbound, Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Winner: Call Me by Your Name, James Ivory
 (I haven't seen this, but I don't want to.)
Actress, Lupita Nyong’o (Source)
Original Screenplay:
Nominees:
The Big Sick, Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani

Get Out, Jordan Peele

Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig

The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Martin McDonagh
Winner: Get Out, Jordan Peele


Original Score:
Nominees:
Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer

Phantom Thread, Jonny Greenwood

The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, John Williams

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Carter Burwell
Winner: 
The Shape of Water, Alexandre Desplat


Original Song:
Nominees:
Mighty River from Mudbound, Mary J. Blige

Mystery of Love from Call Me by Your Name, Sufjan Stevens

Remember Me from Coco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez

Stand Up for Something from Marshall, Diane Warren, Common

This Is Me from The Greatest Showman, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
Winner: Remember Me from Coco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez

Actress, Zendya (Source)

Cinematography:
Nominees:
Blade Runner 2049, Roger Deakins

Darkest Hour, Bruno Delbonnel

Dunkirk, Hoyte van Hoytema

Mudbound, Rachel Morrison

The Shape of Water, Dan Laustsen
Winner: Blade Runner 2049, Roger Deakins



Costume Design:
Nominees:
Beauty and the Beast, Jacqueline Durran

Darkest Hour, Jacqueline Durran

Phantom Thread, Mark Bridges

The Shape of Water, Luis Sequeira

Victoria and Abdul, Consolata Boyle
Winner: Phantom Thread, Mark Bridges (Well, I would think that they would award it to the movie about a fashion designer...)

Actress Octavia Spencer, I just love this one! (Source)
Makeup and Hair:
Nominees:
Darkest Hour, Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick

Victoria and Abdul, Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard

Wonder, Arjen Tuiten
Winner: Darkest Hour, Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick


Best Documentary Feature:
Nominees:
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail, Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman

Faces Places, JR, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda

Icarus, Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan

Last Men in Aleppo, Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen

Strong Island, Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes
Winner: Icarus, Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan

Best Documentary Short Subject:
Nominees:
Edith+Eddie, Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright

Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405, Frank Stiefel

Heroin(e), Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon

Knife Skills, Thomas Lennon

Traffic Stop, Kate Davis, David Heilbroner
Winner: Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405, Frank Stiefel


Best Live Action Short Film:
Nominees:
DeKalb Elementary, Reed Van Dyk
The Eleven O’Clock, Derin Seale, Josh Lawson

My Nephew Emmett, Kevin Wilson, Jr.

The Silent Child, Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton

Watu Wote/All of Us, Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen
Winner: The Silent Child, Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton

Actress, Beanie Feldstein (Source)
Best Foreign Language Film:
Nominees:
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)

The Insult (Lebanon)

Loveless (Russia)

On Body and Soul (Hungary)

The Square (Sweden)
Winner: A Fantastic Woman (Chile)


Film Editing:
Nominees:
Baby Driver, Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss

Dunkirk, Lee Smith

I, Tonya, Tatiana S. Riegel

The Shape of Water, Sidney Wolinsky

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Jon Gregory
Winner: 
Dunkirk, Lee Smith


Sound Editing:
Nominees:
Baby Driver, Julian Slater

Blade Runner 2049, Mark Mangini, Theo Green

Dunkirk, Alex Gibson, Richard King

The Shape of Water, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood
Winner: 
Dunkirk, Alex Gibson, Richard King
Actress, Kelly Marie Tran (Source)
Sound Mixing:
Nominees:
Baby Driver, Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin

Blade Runner 2049, Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill

Dunkirk, Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo

The Shape of Water, Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick
Winner: Dunkirk, Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo


Production Design:
Nominees:
Beauty and the Beast, Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer

Blade Runner 2049, Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola

Darkest Hour, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

Dunkirk, Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis

The Shape of Water, Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau
Winner: 
The Shape of Water, Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau

Visual Effects:
Nominees:
Blade Runner 2049, John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick

Kong: Skull Island, Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus

Star Wars: The Last Jedi,  Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlon

War for the Planet of the Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist
Winner: Blade Runner 2049, John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer

Thanks for reading! Now I'll go before I get carried away with the photos. Do you think they picked the right movies? Which of these dresses are your favorites?

I will be now taking a blogging break, so see you in April!

MovieCritic

Saturday, March 3, 2018

A Liebster Award ~ Movies

Hello!
Hamlette tagged me with A Liebster Award, but she put a new twist on it!
Because the 2018 Oscars are coming up, all the questions deal with which 2017 movies I would have nominated! This is such a cool idea that I had to do it.

A Liebster Award!
The Rules:
~Acknowledge the blog that gave it to you and display the award
~Answer the 11 questions that the blogger gives you
~Give 11 random facts about yourself
~Nominate 11 blogs
~Notify those blogs of their nomination
~Give them 11 questions to answer (all part of the fun!)

1.  Best Picture
Beauty and the Beast
2.  Lead Actor
Mark Hamill, The Last Jedi
3.  Lead Actress
Emma Watson, Beauty and the Beast
4.  Supporting Actress
Daisy Ridley, Murder on the Orient Express
5.  Supporting Actor
Luke Evans, Beauty and the Beast
6.  Director
Kenneth Brannagh, Murder on the Orient Express.
7.  Costume Design
Beauty and the Beast
8.  Screenplay
Murder on the Orient Express
9.  Original Song
Evermore from Beauty and the Beast, I was crying it was so good!
10.  Original Score
Murder on the Orient Express, by Patrick Doyle. I was surprised, it was really good!
11.  Visual Effects
STAR WARS: The Last Jedi
I'm sorry that there are only four movies for all of those categories... I want to watch more but haven't gotten around to it.

11 Facts about me:
1. I hardly ever write with a pen, it is pretty much always pencil.
2. (One of) My nicknames is Thunder.
3. My favorite series is The Chronicles of Narnia.
4. I am learning Korean.
5. I love to watch ice staking and snowboarding.
6. I make annoying sounds when I'm thinking.
7. I can't snap, whistle, or blow bubbles.
8. I am an Irish dancer.
9. My favorite movie is Singin' in the Rain.
10. My favorite animals are dogs.
11. I love to smile.

I nominate:
Elanor,
Anna,
Victoria S.,
Gray Marie,
Kat and Lilah,
&
Anyone else who wants to!

Questions:
What is your 2nd favorite hobby?
What is your 2nd favorite movie?
What is your 2nd favorite book?
What is one of your nicknames?
Who is your favorite acting pair?
Giraffes of Zebras?
Black and White movies, or Color?
Animated of Live Action?
What is your favorite dessert?
Reading or watching movies?
Snow or Sun?

Okay, those were so totally random. Sorry about that...

Anyway, thanks for reading!

MovieCritic
"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, where you stop your story." -Orson Welles