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These youtube review have been around for a couple of weeks, but somehow we’ve neglected to post them. As aggravating as the Reel Geezers can sometimes often be, these clips will make you want to hug them both. [Note: mild spoilers, but really nothing that we haven't seen discussed or alluded to in comments many times.]
For more Geezer musings, check out their enthusiastic opinion of Milk, after the cut
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Saturday, January 23, 2010: Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PT
Tuesday, February 2, 2010: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Wednesday, February 10, 2010: Final ballots mailed
Monday, February 15, 2010: Nominees Luncheon
Saturday, February 20, 2010: Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
Tuesday, March 2, 2010: Final polls close 5 p.m. PT
Sunday, March 7, 2010: 82nd Annual Academy Awards presentation
Awards So Far
NBR Winner+/top ten*
LAFCA Winner+
BFCA Critics Choice Win+/Nominee*
NYFCC Winner +/*
SEFCA Winners+/*
Golden Globes Nominee+/*
SAG Winner+/Nominee*
National Society of Film Critics winners+
Producers Guild Winner+/Nominees*
Directors Guild Winners+/Nominees*
Art Directors Guild Nominees*
Writers Guild Nominees*
American Cinematographers Society*
American Cinema Editors*
Cinema Audio Society*
BAFTA Nominations*
Best Picture
The Hurt
Locker*+++**+++******
Avatar*+********
Inglourious Basterds***+****
Up in the Air+*+*******
Precious******
District 9*****
A Serious
Man*****
An
Education*****
Up****
The Blind Side
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart++++*
George Clooney, Up in the Air+*++***
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker**+*
Colin Firth, A
Single Man****
Morgan Freeman, Invictus+***
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side+++
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia++++**
Carey Mulligan, An Education+****
Gabby Sidibe, Precious****
Helen Mirren, The
Last Station**
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds+++++++*
Woody Harrelson,The Messenger+***
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones****
Matt Damon, Invictus***
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station*
Best Supporting
Actress
Mo'Nique, Precious+*+++++*
Anna Kendrick, Up
in the Air+****
Vera Farmiga, Up
in the Air****
Penelope Cruz, Nine**
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker++++*++*
Jim Cameron, Avatar*+**
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds****
Jason Reitman, Up in the
Air***
Lee Daniels, Precious**
Best Original
Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds+*
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man+*+*
Mark Boal, The Hurt
Locker***
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up*
Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner,
Up in the Air+++++*
Armando Iannucci, In the Loop+
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious**
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9**
Nick Hornby, An
Education*
Best Editing
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron, Avatar+**
Chris Innis, Bob Murawski,
The Hurt Locker***
Julian Clarke, District 9**
Joe Klotz, Precious
Sally Menke, Inglourious Basterds**
Best
Cinematography
Mauro Fiore, Avatar+**
Christian Berger, White Ribbon+++*
Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker***
Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds***
Bruno Delbonnel, Harry Potter
Best Art Direction
Avatar+**
Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus*
Nine*
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Best Sound Mixing
Avatar+**
The Hurt Locker***
Star Trek* **
Inglourious Basterds
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen*
Best Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Up
Star Trek
Inglourious Basterds
Best Costume Design
Sandy Powell, The Young Victoria +*
Catherine Leterrier,Coco Avant Chanel*
Janet Patterson, Bright Star**
Colleen Atwood, Nine*
Monique Prudhomme, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Best Original Score
Michael Giacchino, Up+*
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker!
James Horner, Avatar*
Alexandre Desplat, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes*
Best Foreign Language Film (submissions)
A Prophet, France+*
The White Ribbon, Germany**
El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
Ajami, Israel
The Milk of Sorrow, Pru
Best Documentary Feature
The Cove++**+
Food, Inc.**
The Beaches of Agnes++*
Burma VJ*
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Which Way Home
Best Animated
Feature
Up+++**
The Fantastic Mr. Fox+*+***
Coraline****
The Princess and the Frog***
The Secret of Kells
Best Visual
Effects
Avatar+*
District 9* *
Star Trek**
Best Makeup
The Young Victoria**
Star Trek*
Il Divo*
Best Song
The Weary Kind – T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham, Crazy Heart ++
Down in New Orleans, The Princess and the Frog
Almost There – Randy Newman, The Princess And The Frog***
Loin de Paname, Paris 36
Best Live Action Short
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
Best Animated Short
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Best Documentary Short
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of
Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin
16 Responses for "Reel Geezers adore Slumdog Millionaire & Milk"
I found their comments about both movies fairly astute and accurate. Do they vote in the Academy?
Yes, they’re both academy members. He was a screenwriter; I’ve forgotten what she did.
You didn’t link their review of The Dark Knight! I can’t imagine why not, other than the fact that they pretty much trash it.
Old news, Dan. Marcia lost me when she said she couldn’t figure out what was happening — and then a moment later she complained that TDK explained everything 5 times.
There are some movies 7-year-olds shouldn’t go see. And there are some movies 70-year-olds shouldn’t go see.
One wouldn’t expect the reelgeezers to love TDK. I guess that’s why they call themselves geezers.
Whether you agree with them or not, their comments are entertaining and insightful, not to mention a useful tool in attempting to gauge the taste of some Academy members.
I think these two are great. They are insightful, they are entertaining, and they are voting Academy members. Even when I don’t agree with them, they give justifications for their opinions.
It’s amazing how they are able to name references and be on point and sharp at their age. Also, they are so delightful to watch!
By the way, anyone else notice what the frontrunners all have in common?
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Wall-E
Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight
The Wrestler
and what Doubt and Revolutionary Road, those rather falling by the wayside, don’t have?
Off Topic, but…Sasha and Ryan: Are you doing a SAG-prediction contest or something?
SAG-Noms are on thursday. They´ve always been a very good indicator concerning oscar-noms!
Hey Ryan! We will be 70 one day (inshallah). And nobody is going to tell me that I’m too old to see anything.
Hmmm…….there were soooo uncomfurtable talking about Milk—forced—staged—skriped—lights—camera—action…. …..Scary….:/
Ageist bullshit, Sid and Ryan.
….Babe, I was just giving my observation–i appologize if i offended you/anyone. Being a gay man, I sense fear like a dog–just a sense.
Love,
Sid in NorCal.
I think these two members are great. They posing a honest answer and opinion about the movies that are in contention for this year’s awards. I like their take on Milk.
I disagree with their review of “The Dark Knight”, which is one of the best films of the year. However, calling them too old to appreciate it, or suggesting that they shouldn’t watch it because they’re too old like Ryan does, is low and cheap. I bet Clint Eastwood, Sidney Lumet and specially Manoel de Oliveira, would not only disagree, but feel offended. Moreover, it’s not impossible for a film to be both confusing and overly explicative. Asshole.
@ Bowie:
Dude, what is it? It’s making crazy!
LOL, it turns out that the old man worked on the Batman TV show of the 60’s, and even wrote the spin-off film, the one with the infamous exploding shark xD!
Now, talk about being almost morally bound to watch a film, LOL xD! I’ll just say it again: you’re an asshole Adams!
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