Ides of March

[Anderson]

Gosling continues his streak, but Clooney is starting to paint by numbers for direction.

It'll pick up acting and writing noms, but it's a stretch to see more than that.

[BillyG]

Really want to see this, but it will likely end up being when its on BD.

[FilmNerdJamie]

Seeing it this weekend.

Side note: What the fuck is looking like the legit contenders?

[Anderson]

Seeing it this weekend.

Side note: What the fuck is looking like the legit contenders?

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Hugo
Tree of Life
Young Adult
Melancholia (has a strong shot to be Triers' best breakthrough since Breaking the Waves)
War Horse
The Help (scoff, but it's setting up ground as DW is already putting aside campaign money)


Others such as:

J. Edgar
Ides of March
We Bought a Zoo are tracking good, but not in the major award brackets.

[PHEDG]

Contagion
TGWTDT
The Artist
A Dangerous Method
The Wettest County in the World

[FilmNerdJamie]

Knock on wood, Oldman gets a nod.

[BMichaelKrol]

Nice to hear that We Bought a Zoo is tracking well. I'm a huge Cameron Crowe apologist but that trailer gave me the heebie jeebies.

[BillyG]

Cameron Crowe needs no apologies.

[FilmNerdJamie]

Except for Elizabethtown.

[BillyG]

I believe Russ, Howard, and I covered that.

[FilmNerdJamie]

It's a movie made by the performances (specifically Gosling and Hoffman) and not so much by the writing which I literally guessed the plot-points, and was proven correct, during the screening.

Also Giamatti's "The Democrats lost because we refused to get in the mud and play dirty with the elephants" line drew a huge laugh from my audience. Shouldn't be surprised by that smugness considering its directed by Clooney.

[Captain Russ]

I'm infinitely more interested in the Wayans' re-imagining of this film:

St. Ides of March.

Also:

Some catty comment about Elizabethtown.

Shut your goddamn trap.