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2020 foreign movies, horror films, unique cinema, film performances, movie recommendations, Oscar nominations, indie films, cinematic techniques, film discussions, movie reviews, animation, film, Oscar nominations, best picture, directing, leading actor, leading actress, supporting roles, performances, awards, film adaptations, screenplay, cinematography, costume design, editing, makeup, original score, documentary, production design, visual effects
Summary
In this engaging conversation, Nick Ribera and John L Gascot delve into the landscape of 2020 foreign films, particularly focusing on the horror genre. They discuss standout films, unique cinematic techniques, and the performances that left a mark. The dialogue flows into reflections on award nominations and the impact of popular films, providing listeners with a comprehensive overview of the year's cinematic offerings. In this conversation, John L Gascot and Nick Ribera delve into various aspects of film, including animation styles, Oscar nominations, and predictions for best picture and performances. They discuss the unique qualities of animated films, the significance of directing and screenplay, and their thoughts on leading and supporting actors and actresses. The conversation culminates in a reflection on the importance of awards in the film industry. In this engaging conversation, John L Gascot and Nick Ribera delve into the intricacies of film adaptations, screenplay nominations, and the cinematic techniques that define this year's Oscar contenders. They explore the controversies surrounding adapted screenplays, the innovations in cinematography, and the fierce competition in categories like costume design and editing. The discussion also touches on animated features, makeup artistry, and the significance of original scores and songs in film. As they predict winners and share insights, the duo reflects on the cultural impact of films like Wicked and Dune Part 2, culminating in a comprehensive overview of the current film landscape.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (00:01.442)
Welcome back everyone and welcome back to John. This is the third time I've had, fourth time I think I've had you on. You're always such a fun chat. And I know we always, even though we don't go to the movies together, sometimes it feels like we do because we're both always posting. Well, you post a lot more on Facebook than I do, but I get a lot of recommendations from whatever nonsense you're putting up there. So I do blame you for watching the coffee table.
John L Gascot (00:08.543)
Yeah, I think so.
John L Gascot (00:15.905)
Yes.
John L Gascot (00:25.761)
such a good...
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (00:28.11)
So I want to get an overall sense of before we go into the Oscar nominations, I want to get an overall sense of how do you feel about 2020 foreign movies?
John L Gascot (00:39.233)
It was a really good year, especially for horror, I thought. A lot of quality movies were out there, you know, and movies that, they're not just, this is silly distinction I make, but I'm like, oh, that's not just a movie, it's a film, you know, like it's a really well-crafted, great cinematography, great acting. Like, so there was a lot of that in the horror genre this year.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (00:44.205)
Yes!
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (00:58.709)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (01:09.621)
Some of it was recognized.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:11.96)
Well, what were some horror films you want to call out then? Some that you really like.
John L Gascot (01:15.529)
Well, well, definitely The Substance. Even though I had that crazy ending, but it all just, you just went with it. You know, one of the ones that I wish, I didn't think she would get nominated, but I was like, if like somebody who's not really well known, I thought Strange Darling was a great movie.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:26.978)
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:41.576)
that was my number one of the year. I don't know if I would call that a horror movie, but I guess that is probably the best genre for it. But it was incredible. I haven't looked at the nominations, but I'm 99 % sure the person I'm to say was not nominated. But in my opinion, best actress of the year, I don't remember her name, but the star of Smile 2.
John L Gascot (01:47.7)
I know.
John L Gascot (01:51.99)
Yeah.
John L Gascot (02:02.625)
I don't know that she was great, but I don't know that it was a word or maybe a word worthy within the horror genre. But I actually really, really enjoyed that movie.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (02:06.862)
Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (02:18.734)
Because like, yeah, like in my mind, I know, I mean, she was amazing as she gets progressively more insane as the movie goes on, dealing with all this stress. It was, it was tough. And
John L Gascot (02:29.301)
And the movie was relentless.
It just kept, you know, it started right away and it didn't let up. And that, I loved it.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (02:37.678)
But like in my mind, it's even crazier to think that movies aren't really filmed in order. So like maybe she has to start at a 10 and then the following day she has to do it too, you know? And that's crazy. But yeah, horror was amazing this year.
John L Gascot (02:41.663)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (02:46.719)
Absolutely.
But another one that was great also for in the horror genre. my God, because you're speaking about you were just speaking about not shooting in order, but this one was a one shot film.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (03:05.118)
Mads, the French film. I loved it. I loved it. I mean, it was. Yes, the the one girl who I guess got infected first, if I remember, who was like just chasing everyone chasing, I guess the main. It's hard to remember who's the lead because the camera follows different people. Yeah.
John L Gascot (03:06.473)
Yes, yes. And that was another one with great performances too.
John L Gascot (03:24.841)
Well, that's the thing. It's like you thought this is going to be the lead, but it was almost like they were passing the baton on in a relay race, you know. And when you think of, because I went back to look at some of those scenes, like there's one where like she gets in the little van or whatever. then like, I mean, and just to think that it was all in one shot was really impressive.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (03:31.5)
Yeah.
It was really cool.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (03:43.15)
yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (03:49.408)
Yeah. Yeah, that was great. I feel like that's the kind of movie that like two years from now they're going to remake in English. Yeah.
John L Gascot (03:58.855)
Agreed. And it won't be as good, probably.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (04:02.87)
Probably, yeah. I did really like Alien Romulus. That was my number three on the list and that was a horror film. Didn't care for it, didn't see it.
John L Gascot (04:10.421)
That movie put me in such a bad mood. I don't know what it was. Maybe I went into it in a mood already. So I was just being annoyed by, I don't know. I was just annoyed, but I do think the guy that played the robot, the Android was really great.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (04:17.315)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (04:27.094)
Yeah, I know he makes me want to watch what is that industry on max that he's in didn't care but yeah
John L Gascot (04:32.371)
Right. Yeah. And I just, and I love the concept of like a second hand, you will, Android, like that he was damaged and what that looked like, you know, and, and his performance.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (04:41.102)
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (04:49.614)
Well, I think it's funny too that like my number two and number three movies of the year both have Kayleigh Spaney in it. Spaney, I don't know if I'm saying it right. But Civil War was my number two. Yeah, she starred in that. That felt like a horror movie to me. And Alien Romulus, was also in that. She's wonderful. I think she's a hell of a talent. Maybe like she wasn't the best performer in those movies, but she's great as an audience surrogate, you know? And...
John L Gascot (04:56.769)
I don't know. I did love Civil War.
Yes.
John L Gascot (05:13.717)
Yeah. Yeah. I, I didn't rank my movies this year, but I definitely at the top, would be, the coffee table, strange darling, heretic. I really enjoyed with, with you, I did.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (05:20.244)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (05:31.128)
Wow.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (05:38.252)
That was a lot of fun. I thought the end got kind of silly, but it was such an adventure along the way. And it was so unpredictable. And I thought that was great. It was really good. Yeah.
John L Gascot (05:50.015)
Well, 824 keeps putting out, yeah, they're still going strong. I gravitate towards almost anything that they put out, just as much as I avoid anything from what is blood cork or whatever. There's another company that does a lot of horror and I just know when I see their logo, I'm like, as a matter of fact, we rented a movie,
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (05:57.624)
How'd you f-
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (06:10.859)
Mm-hmm.
You
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (06:18.626)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (06:19.925)
The logo came on and I was like, shit, cause I was really wanting to see it and it was the well, think it was or something and it was terrible. just.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (06:22.946)
I'm
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (06:29.454)
Well, 824 did a horror movie this year that I was excited to see from the trailer, but it got pretty bad reviews, so I ended up just skipping it, and that was The Front Room. I think you posted about that. Okay.
John L Gascot (06:38.033)
I actually liked it. You know, I, I, I, did get a lot of mixed reviews and a lot of people thought it was too silly, I guess, but I, I enjoyed it. It was entertaining. I wouldn't say it was on my best of, I don't know why there was an actress in it that plays the mother-in-law who's in the front room.
I don't know why it was called the front room, it should have just, it's not about that. It's not about, it's not like a haunting or anything like that. But I don't know why she didn't have a moment the way Glenn Close had a moment for the deliverance, you know, with just, cause it was such a wacky character and stuff, which the deliverance, I was hoping to see.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (07:15.702)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (07:24.846)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (07:33.141)
Glenn Close nominated for it, even though the movie was very flawed.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (07:39.094)
It's kind of wild to think that the last big movie she did, which I think she did win an Academy Award for, was that JD Vance movie, the hillbilly elegy. So I'm guessing she really wants to like put a different taste in people's mouth after that one. Yeah, so some horror movies that I thought were really good. Let's see. So it wasn't near the top of my list, but Arcadian.
John L Gascot (07:47.296)
Mmm.
John L Gascot (07:54.933)
Yeah, yeah, she did.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (08:09.048)
had some of the coolest monster designs I've ever seen. It was a Nick Cage movie. It's post-apocalyptic and it's like him and these two sons and the kind of thing is, like these creatures only come out at night. So as soon as the sun starts to go down, they have to get back in their house and board up all the windows and be very quiet. And the thing is like the apocalypse happened so fast, nobody really knows what they are.
John L Gascot (08:12.053)
I didn't see it.
You're clear.
Okay.
John L Gascot (08:31.093)
Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (08:37.9)
All they know is like, if you see a whole bunch of cockroaches, it means they're nearby. And him and like the other people who are alive are sharing rumors about what they think it might be. Because if you see one of these creatures, you die. So there's like not a lot of witnesses. All they know is people are disappearing and they hear everyone always hears like pounding at their doors. That sounds like people. so it doesn't get into like how those creatures arrived, but it is just the coolest looking monsters ever.
John L Gascot (08:57.738)
Okay.
John L Gascot (09:05.331)
And what's the name of it again? Arkanian? Arcadian. Okay. Arcadian. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (09:08.014)
Arcadian, A-R-C-A-D-C-A-D-I-A-N, Arcadian, yeah. And I'm constantly looking, like these days I feel like my AMC Plus subscription, not for the movie theater, which I do, but I mean like the streaming service is one of my best, because it has Shudder in it, and Shudder has so many amazing horror films, and even good ones in the theaters that aren't there very long go to Shudder pretty quickly. So another Shudder...
John L Gascot (09:29.908)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (09:33.269)
Yeah, yeah,
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (09:35.796)
Original, want to shout out. Arcadian was a Shutter original, but it was in theaters. Another one I want to shout out was called...
stop motion, which is you saw that one. So I didn't think it was the greatest movie, but it had some really cool effects, like moments like the just the grossness of her building stop motion characters out of like flesh and blood. And so they rot progressively as the movie's being made. There's like a couple of moments where like, she just hallucinates that her legs are made out of clay and she just smushes into the ground. It's like a four.
John L Gascot (09:54.697)
Yeah, it's very interesting.
John L Gascot (10:02.272)
Right.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (10:13.07)
second shot if that and it was just so cool and the movie was full of those little moments that made a not the best storyline worth it just for those random little effects.
John L Gascot (10:14.975)
Yeah. Yeah, totally.
John L Gascot (10:23.005)
Yeah, but it's cool to have movies coming out that look and feel different. You know, and I always, even if a movie is not the greatest, I'm like, well, you know, that's a new angle or a new, take on that. Or, you know, like I always give points for originality because, you know, there's so much.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (10:29.452)
Yes. Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (10:43.448)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (10:51.123)
over saturation of stuff and so many. So like for example, Mads was a great
infection kind of, you know, what was another one that I thought was very unique? jeez.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (11:01.207)
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (11:10.392)
Well, we could chat about the substance too, if that was pretty unique.
John L Gascot (11:13.301)
Well, yeah, yeah, I brought me, the substance was great and I think.
I think Demi might get the Oscar. I mean, I think, I know a lot of people are like, if Cynthia doesn't get it, know, and Cynthia Rivo was amazing, of course. Now, I do want Ariana to get it for Wicked. Anyway, we're talking about the substance. We're talking about the substance. So I love how this movie kind of
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (11:38.582)
I think she was better than Cynthia. But okay, yeah, sorry. Yeah.
John L Gascot (11:49.799)
made it through into the mainstream, you know, being the genre and I'm sure it helped, but it didn't hurt that it had Demi and it's sort of like career, you know, like not that she's been anywhere, but people look at it as a comeback and, know, I think Hollywood loves that kind of story. But I thought it was.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (11:52.749)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (12:11.98)
Yeah.
John L Gascot (12:16.315)
So well directed, so well shot, so well acted. I thought the younger girl too should have been... Did she get nominated for an Oscar? I know she was nominated for a Golden Globe. I don't know that she did.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (12:23.682)
Margaret Qualley, I love Margaret Qualley.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (12:30.936)
I don't know. But she was in that Coen Brothers movie earlier this year about the two lesbians who go on a road trip. It was a comedy, fantastic movie. Her mother is actress with a male's name, Andy McDowell. Yes, her mother's Andy McDowell.
John L Gascot (12:42.663)
I have to see that.
John L Gascot (12:53.057)
I had no idea!
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (12:57.102)
The only thing I don't like about Margaret Qualley, not like she's gonna listen to this, is I believe she's dating that actor who plagiarized the Daniel Klaus book. You know what saying? He wore the bag on his head saying I'm not famous anymore after that happened. Anyways. But the substance for some reason, didn't really grab me. As I was watching it, I'm like, these are all the things I like.
John L Gascot (13:14.013)
Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (13:26.946)
what is not working for me. And I think it was like, I felt like the makeup was kind of messy, I guess, but not in a good way. I feel like if I hadn't seen Terrifier 3 just a few weeks earlier, it would have definitely hit me different. But like that Terrifier movie set the bar so high.
John L Gascot (13:28.394)
Okay.
John L Gascot (13:36.683)
So I
John L Gascot (13:43.905)
Okay.
I never got past maybe 20 minutes of the first terrifying just because it it just felt so corny to me. But I know, so I have not watched the second and third, but I know it has a huge fandom.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (13:57.454)
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (14:04.832)
I haven't seen part one. Part two is like, okay, there's a story there in between people being killed. Part three has more story than two. And I think one was like no story basically.
John L Gascot (14:13.504)
Okay.
Yeah, well, not into 20 minutes in when I was like, I'm over this. But I'm going to have to give them a shot because I do hear that there's a difference.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (14:26.446)
I mean, just like artistically and like sculpturally, it is impressive what they build. Yeah, yeah, just as far as like, like knowing that those are props that like they probably they build, they build the bone, they build the sinew, they build the muscle, they build the tendons, they build the skin, they pump it all full of blood. So like they're building humans from the inside out just to destroy them. are. Yeah, and it's incredible.
John L Gascot (14:32.894)
Really?
John L Gascot (14:43.008)
Yeah.
John L Gascot (14:50.433)
Right, and it's all practical.
Yeah, I'm gonna have to.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (14:55.97)
did you see Exuma the Korean horror film? I believe it was a hulu, exclusive That one was really fun. Did you also another shutter original the devil's bath? I believe it's a eastern european film and it it takes place in I think it's like the 1700s and it's a peasant girl who
John L Gascot (15:01.321)
I, it's on my list, but I haven't watched it yet. I'm okay.
John L Gascot (15:23.818)
Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (15:25.58)
gets married off and she starts to feel like depression. She gets really depressed. And it's just kind of like how in the old peasant times they would deal with women's issues and depression and like how the church would get involved. it's there's no supernatural stuff, but it is horrific because no one knows how to help her. And they think she's like a problem for the village.
John L Gascot (15:40.929)
no, I definitely have to do this.
John L Gascot (15:48.073)
Right. Yeah.
John L Gascot (15:53.279)
Hmm Yeah, yeah, I get that Well, sometimes you know those it's just like Civil War felt like a horror movie. It's just like What was that movie from a couple of years ago
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (15:53.782)
It's just, depressing horror, I guess. Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (16:04.301)
Yeah.
John L Gascot (16:13.441)
something softly or it's with all the MAGA women. had like, my God, there's like a group of like Susie Homemaker type women and they have, they, no, it's something soft and,
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (16:25.805)
you
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (16:32.142)
don't worry, darling.
John L Gascot (16:42.529)
Let me look it up
John L Gascot (16:46.845)
It's very, it's, it's very, there's nothing supernatural. It's just basically about human hatred and politics. And they kind of victimized this, family who has a business.
Movie.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (17:06.638)
does sound a bit familiar.
John L Gascot (17:08.971)
about
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (17:11.374)
you
Well, a horror movie from the beginning of the year, Lisa Frankenstein, that one made it really high up my list. Did you see that one? That was adorable. It's directed by Robin Williams's daughter, Zelda Williams. And it was written by, what's her name? The creator, the one who wrote Juno, I want to say. Yeah, that was fun.
John L Gascot (17:20.277)
I... no I did not.
John L Gascot (17:29.215)
Okay.
John L Gascot (17:38.175)
Okay, yeah. Another one, and speaking of daughters, that I really enjoyed the other day was Blink Twice.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (17:48.36)
I've heard that's really good. It's on the top of a lot of people's lists. I just haven't gotten around to it.
John L Gascot (17:52.553)
Yeah, and it was directed and written by Zoe Kravitz, which I had no idea going in.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (17:56.95)
Yeah, that's true. Nosferatu, did that do it for you?
John L Gascot (18:03.077)
I have it queued to watch. I haven't watched it yet. It felt like a little bit too much for Sunday night.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (18:06.158)
Yeah.
I get it. It was fun. What about long legs? That was a whole to do this year.
John L Gascot (18:16.711)
I still can't get my husband to watch it. It's been on the list. I want to watch it so bad.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (18:25.194)
I thought it was, it's fun, it's a very nonsensical movie. The store... I could see that. When you see what Nicolas Cage is doing... But when you see what Nick Cage is doing, you're either on board or you're like, this is stupid as hell. So it's kind of dependent on that.
John L Gascot (18:30.187)
It got a lot of hate.
John L Gascot (18:34.273)
I don't listen to that though. I don't listen to that because
John L Gascot (18:46.025)
Okay. I'll probably be on board. I'll probably be on board.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (18:52.383)
What about oddity? Did you see that one? Or... yeah? Mm-hmm. was.
John L Gascot (18:54.625)
Watched Oddity, that was interesting. It wasn't one of my favorites, it was good. It was good.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (19:00.947)
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (19:05.356)
Which of the two young girl goes to a convent and gets pregnant with the Antichrist movies? you like better Immaculate or the First Omen? Immaculate was good. I liked that one a lot better than the First Omen.
John L Gascot (19:15.393)
I didn't watch either.
John L Gascot (19:20.265)
I haven't been like drawn to them. I have them on the list because I'm always like, you know, depending on what I feel like watching, but.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (19:31.171)
Well, outside of horror, what were some movies that you wish more people saw? That you wish more people cared about?
John L Gascot (19:37.569)
to be honest, I didn't watch a lot of non-hard this year, now that I think about it, but I mean, definitely wicked for as corny and commercial and answers that is, it is kind of a lovely spectacle and it's not even, it's never even been a favorite musical of mine. I feel like the music is mostly forgettable, but
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (19:43.244)
Hahaha
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (19:56.652)
Yeah.
John L Gascot (20:07.483)
I actually enjoyed it better than the state show, which I hardly ever would say that, but just costuming it. There's so much to look at and appreciate in it. And I thought Ariana as much as I hate to say it, I thought she was brilliant. Her timing was brilliant.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (20:23.926)
I know. I don't, I don't dislike her, but I love her every time she's on SNL. And, and she was the funniest part of that movie. She was incredible.
John L Gascot (20:30.729)
Right, me too.
John L Gascot (20:34.753)
Absolutely. And so the thing about it is what my issue with her is, it's not an issue, but is that when I hear and see her do things like this, I'm like, you know, she's always swallowing her words and doing that breathy thing. But I know that's the industry. You know, I know that's what they want from pop stars, no matter how
great range you may have. That's kind of the package, but she's so much more talented than like her hits, I think. And that's the frustrating part to me. And I thought she was amazing in this. I just loved her.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (21:21.87)
Yeah, she she made some decisions that made me feel like the movie was a live action cartoon. And I like to imagine those ideas were hers and not part of the script. But yeah.
John L Gascot (21:34.507)
Mm I think I yeah, they I think they were watched actually, probably too many behind the scenes, YouTube clips on on on this and, and the press junkets and because they were like, the two of them were like, on that road, like crazy promoting this movie. And it was so they spoke a lot about
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (21:43.95)
Hahaha
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (21:56.568)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (22:02.079)
You know, the stuff, it's also super impressive that, you know, they sang live at every shoot. And when, when you see the behind the scenes of like Cynthia Revo, you know, just harness to the broom and flipping and she's singing, you know, when you go to see the stage show, it's just the impressive thing is that she goes up, you know, it's not. So that's, you know, that's, that's all very interesting.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (22:10.583)
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (22:24.62)
Yeah.
John L Gascot (22:32.009)
And it's also, it's a shame because sometimes I think a movie can be so popular that then like it loses browning points as far as being awarded to, you know what I mean?
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (22:41.942)
Yeah, it's like the the money it's earning is the points. Yeah. So it's like the polar opposite of that is a few days ago, my wife and I watched I Want to Dance with Somebody. The it was the biopic. Yeah, the Whitney Houston biopic from twenty twenty two. And that is really bad. But the first song, I believe she does sing on set and the rest of it all seems lip sync. But.
John L Gascot (22:45.511)
Right, right. Yeah, but...
John L Gascot (22:55.573)
Whitney Houston.
huh.
John L Gascot (23:07.008)
Okay.
Yeah, well, it's tough for voice like what, there's certain voices that you're probably better off lip syncing. You know, if you can't hit that, it's gonna show. What, you know, speaking of things that look differently, another one that I just watched, that's what we watched Sunday instead of Nosferatu, I think.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (23:21.718)
I know, it's kinda hard to do a Whitney Houston.
John L Gascot (23:40.361)
Flow, the animated movie. I think that's going to be the winner for animation. And the thing is that it almost has like an old, old, old video game graphic looking to it.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (23:42.673)
the animated one about a cat. I've heard good things, I haven't seen it.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (24:03.95)
Style.
John L Gascot (24:09.835)
I don't know, they don't look like the normal animation that they do now. not like... It looks imperfect.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (24:15.298)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (24:19.554)
Well, I heard it was all done in Blender, which is free software. So they didn't have to pay for anything. And it was just like a handful of people who made the whole movie. So that's impressive.
John L Gascot (24:23.718)
that makes sense.
John L Gascot (24:29.289)
It was lovely. It was really lovely. had a lot to say about trust, about change, about like just, was, it was, it was just a lovely movie. But yeah, the look was interesting because it just looked like primitive. Like, you know, those first video games you'd get were like, I don't know, they'd be like,
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (24:41.43)
I do wish...
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (24:46.957)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (24:53.995)
facets or something, you know, like when they turn it looks a little different or not blurry, but it's got a very unique look.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (24:57.036)
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (25:03.66)
Yeah. I do wish The Fall Guy got more love, because I thought that was a delightful movie. It was really fun. And I do wish Furiosa had more people go see it, because that kind of bombed. But it was such an incredible movie. Yeah.
John L Gascot (25:10.207)
I didn't see the fall going.
John L Gascot (25:17.025)
Hmm.
John L Gascot (25:20.673)
Well, I love that actress too. I forget. I've loved her since The Witch.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (25:26.144)
Yeah, yeah, it was weird seeing her pop up at the end of Dune 2 with like no real lines, but I guess she just did the same thing that Zendaya did at the end of Dune 1 pretty much. Where she's just like doing voice over the whole time and then you just see her face in like a perfume commercial. It was weird. But now we gotta wait forever for Dune 3.
John L Gascot (25:42.704)
Hmm. Dune II is nominated for best movie.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (25:51.682)
Well, let's actually get into those nominations then. It says I'm going to be reading these for the first time. So let's see. For best picture, there is Anora. I'm not surprised about that. The Brutalist, which I have not seen. I do want to see it though. It's just not playing anywhere near. A Complete Unknown. Let me know if you didn't see any of these. Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune Part II.
John L Gascot (26:10.805)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (26:20.438)
Amelia Perez, I'm Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Substance, and Wicked. So which of those did you not get to see? okay. I haven't seen The Brutalist, I haven't seen Amelia Perez, I haven't seen Nickel Boys. I don't remember if I saw I'm Still Here. I feel like I did. It sounds familiar. I'll have to do a search.
John L Gascot (26:26.091)
I've only seen three of those. Yeah.
John L Gascot (26:42.069)
I'm still here, I think it's Brazilian or something, right?
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (26:46.886)
I guess I have not seen I'm Still Here. Okay, well then I got one also. Now I know Amelia Perez won, got a ton of nominations. Did you see that one? where... Where do you watch it?
John L Gascot (26:56.373)
Yes. It's a very unique... on Netflix. I believe it's on Netflix. Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (27:03.823)
it's a net. Is it a Netflix original? OK.
John L Gascot (27:10.463)
I think the lead actress is great in it. It just recently got like snubbed by the GLAAD awards because they think it's, I can't speak for the trans community. I don't know anybody personally that had a problem with it who's trans. And I know a lot of trans people. didn't hear any outrage about it, but.
You know, it's just, from what I read, some people thought it was kind of like an antiquated.
not positive portrayal of a trans person, but I, it's kind of like in a different time and different circumstances and this character's not the best person. And that's okay. I think, I think as soon as we see something negative of a disenfranchised group, we want to go after like the,
the watch, you know, the media groups and all of that want to go after it. But we also forget that like we have heroes and villains in every community, you know, like so I thought I thought the lead was great. I thought Zoe Saldana was great.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (28:20.417)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (28:34.89)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (28:48.159)
and I believe she's nominated. I was not convinced that, I was not convinced by this movie that, what's her name? Selena Gomez is a good actress. A lot of people were like, I finally, I can't, I like her. I like her.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (29:05.592)
She's in it? Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (29:11.062)
I love her as a person, not as an actor.
John L Gascot (29:12.661)
I love her as a person. love, she used to have this cooking show during the pandemic on HBO, which was super cute. I like her music fine. just act, her speaking voice is so like, unalive and un-full of emotion, like not.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (29:16.716)
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (29:35.126)
I know what you mean. Yeah.
John L Gascot (29:38.301)
And I don't know if that's at first, thought maybe in Murders in Building that was supposed to be the whole thing. Cause she's kind of like the generation thing, but which I think that show is the most boring show that I still watch. I don't know why I watch it. Every time I watch it, I'm like, it's fine. I feel like they're trying to do a British show. Yeah. Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (29:45.408)
Like that was her character.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (29:54.094)
I know what you mean. I know what you mean. I know what you mean
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (30:01.846)
It's just a cozy place to be in, but yeah. Yeah.
John L Gascot (30:05.505)
My husband likes it a lot more than I do. every new season I'm like, sure, let's watch it. And then I'm like, it's boring, but I kind of like it, but I don't know. In any case, I didn't think she just looked different in this movie. then wasn't like impressed by her, but overall I thought, I mean, was, I mean, it was a crazy story and I can't remember. don't.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (30:30.743)
Is it a true story?
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (30:36.17)
Is it a comedy? Is it a drama?
John L Gascot (30:36.338)
No, didn't.
It's a musical. Which is really weird. Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (30:40.558)
Okay.
Two musicals nominated in the s- Three musicals, if you count a complete unknown. Three musicals nominated in the same year.
John L Gascot (30:50.619)
true. Yeah. Well, I mean, it was it was a good I don't know still how I feel about that movie. It was definitely there was a lot of quality in it. It wasn't a bad movie or poorly made movie. I'm kind of I would love to see the substance kind of sneak in there and just be like an offbeat.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (31:15.342)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (31:18.177)
best movie, but I don't know that that'll happen. I it'll be either Amelia,
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (31:21.364)
I... yeah, I don't think so.
John L Gascot (31:27.381)
the brutalist or wicked.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (31:31.79)
We'll pick one for me to put on our prediction sheet
John L Gascot (31:38.081)
Because Amelia can win best foreign language film too. So I don't have to give it. I'm gonna say...
The Brutalist.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (31:53.004)
Okay. And you saw that one or not yet? Okay.
John L Gascot (31:54.685)
No, I didn't, but it just feels like...
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (32:02.6)
best picture movie. I mean, Adrian Brody is no stranger to the Oscars. So I think it's gonna go to Enora. I think that's probably gonna win because it... The first few minutes is a romance, but the movie then kind of quickly changes almost to like a Coen Brothers crime movie, more or less. So it's...
John L Gascot (32:04.064)
Yeah.
John L Gascot (32:14.401)
I haven't seen it. I heard it's a romance.
John L Gascot (32:28.991)
Okay. Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (32:31.328)
Yeah, it is a lot more fun than the trailer makes it look. The trailer makes it look like some romantic Cinderella story, but it is a lot more of just like bumbling criminals and silliness. And it's like a lot of drama happening over one night in New York City. So it was fun. I enjoyed it quite a bit. It did make my top 10. I don't know, movies just were like where young people have sex make me uncomfortable.
John L Gascot (32:35.573)
Okay.
John L Gascot (32:39.317)
Okay.
John L Gascot (32:43.925)
Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (33:00.43)
I don't know why. But I think that's gonna win, because even before it came out, there was a lot of people saying that it's probably gonna be a best picture. I really... So that director's... Two films ago, he did what was my number one movie of the year. I think this was like 2020 maybe. Which was The Florida Project. I don't know if you remember that one.
John L Gascot (33:02.389)
What? Yeah.
John L Gascot (33:27.211)
I love that movie.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (33:28.62)
Yeah, same director as the Florida Project.
John L Gascot (33:31.819)
with Willem Dafoe. Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (33:33.814)
Yes, yeah. All right, so for directing, we've got Amelia Perez, Anora, the Brutalist, the Substance, and a complete unknown. So from that list, who do you think's gonna win?
John L Gascot (33:48.137)
I would like to see the substance.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (33:50.828)
Yeah, Corley Farjat.
John L Gascot (33:55.659)
Who I... I'm assuming is a female?
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (33:56.076)
is I guess the director of that.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (34:00.532)
Yeah, yeah, I do remember hearing that it was written and directed by women. So that would be fun.
John L Gascot (34:01.473)
which would be nice too.
John L Gascot (34:05.921)
Don't mind me, I'm looking for a plug for my... So I don't die while in the middle of this. Yeah, I would like to see the substance for direction and screenplay. I don't want to jump ahead.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (34:14.126)
I think it's...
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (34:24.952)
I'm gonna put down Sean Baker for Nora. Just cause I feel like, I don't know. Again, I haven't seen Brutalist or Amelia Perez. I doubt it would go to James Mangold for Complete Unknown because I thought that was a nice movie, but it doesn't do anything new. It's like a buy the books musical biopic. so. And as far as the substance goes, while like there was a lot of fun stuff, I
John L Gascot (34:27.627)
John L Gascot (34:41.619)
right yeah
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (34:52.886)
Again, like the technicalness of the directing didn't blow me away.
John L Gascot (34:57.639)
I thought I just I love the whole style of it. I love the references to other movies, the visual references.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (35:05.249)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (35:13.249)
I think it's a combination of stuff. think it's a combination of it's a genre that's not normally recognized and it's a female director and I like the movie. So that's why I want it to win.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (35:29.934)
Alright, so let's talk about actor in a leading role. We've got Adrian Brody for The Brutalist, Timothy Chalamet for Complete Unknown, Coleman Domingo for Sing Sing, Ray Fiennes for Conclave, and Sebastian Stan for The Apprentice. That's a surprise. I didn't think anybody saw that.
John L Gascot (35:45.825)
I think it's gonna be Brody.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (35:53.42)
He won one already for the pianist. I thought he won an Academy Award for the pianist. Maybe I'm wrong. Yeah. Yeah, it just seems weird. It just seems weird he'd win it again for a title that's almost the same, just like few letters different. I've heard Coleman Domingo was amazing in Sing Sing. I didn't manage to watch it. Conclave was incredible and
John L Gascot (35:54.997)
You want a Golden Globe, I think.
John L Gascot (35:59.585)
For the yeah, yeah. Yeah. No he did. I thought you may have won already this year
John L Gascot (36:10.069)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (36:19.734)
I don't know if Ray Fiennes has won an Academy Award, but I think he certainly deserves one.
John L Gascot (36:23.231)
I think he did for Schindler's List maybe. Is that him or his brother?
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (36:27.464)
I never saw that one. I think it was his brother. was no, not his brother. It was the Irish one. The one from the Taken movies. I think that was the guy in Schindler's List.
John L Gascot (36:39.733)
Hmm, but one of the fines was in that too
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (36:46.508)
Yeah, there's Rafe and who's the other one? Joaquin? No, I'm kidding. Joseph. Joseph finds. Yeah.
John L Gascot (36:50.529)
No. Yeah. Well, once one is, yeah, one was I think in the English patient and all those other movies and one is in Handmaids or was in Handmaids.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (37:06.648)
Did you see, Conclave?
John L Gascot (37:09.501)
No, but it's on my list. also have, I haven't seen Isabella Rossellini in anything in a long time. So I wanted to see that too.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (37:16.278)
Yeah, Conclave was wonderful and I will say, if you want to relive the election, this is a very heartwarming way to do it.
John L Gascot (37:30.273)
Okay. I guess I don't want to relive the election.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (37:30.798)
No, I know, but like if you want to relive it but with have a have a different outcome then this is the movie that'll do that for you. Yeah So you think it's gonna go to Adrian Brody for the brutalist?
John L Gascot (37:38.337)
Okay, okay, okay.
John L Gascot (37:45.565)
I think it's gonna go to Adrian Brody out of that group or I mean Timothy might surprise. I mean, he's very young but
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (37:48.589)
Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (37:54.11)
Yeah, I don't think he's the best actor, so...
John L Gascot (37:56.435)
I don't pay attention to anything because he's in it. Like I have to already want to see what it is and he happens to be in it. Unlike with other actors and he just has not. he was a call me by your name. Wasn't he? That was his come through his breakthrough or whatever, which was an uncomfortable movie in itself.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (38:05.28)
Right.
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (38:17.42)
Yes. Yeah. Well, he was in Lady Bird. Yeah, he was in Lady Bird first, but he was just like one of the boyfriends in a couple scenes. Then he was in Call Me By Your Name. My favorite movie that he was in was Bones and All. That was...
John L Gascot (38:28.564)
I did like Lady Bird.
John L Gascot (38:34.469)
I- this is another one I can't convince my husband to watch so it just sits in the queue to- and then eventually he'll go like, you were right, or he does this with series as well, like can we start this show? And it'll be like, it'll take almost a year and he'll be really into it. So, but, bones and all I'd to say.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (38:37.952)
Ugh.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (38:43.228)
you
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (38:51.66)
Yeah. So for actor, for actress, have Cynthia Rivo in Wicked, Carla Sofia Gascon. I know I'm not saying that right for Amelia Perez, Mikey Madison for Nora Demi Moore, The Substance, Fernanda Torres. I'm still here. I think we're both going to say it's Demi Moore, right?
John L Gascot (39:10.453)
I think it's going to be dummy more. think Cynthia would deserve it. Like I wouldn't be mad if she did because of a lot that she did in that role. so she would be certainly wouldn't be undeserving. and then I'm possibly going to say if there was like, I know I'm giving you more things that you're asking me for, but I don't care.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (39:22.254)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (39:35.758)
No, that's okay.
John L Gascot (39:37.601)
And if there's like a dark horse, I'm going to say it's the lady from Brazil from I'm Still Here, even though I haven't seen it. But I think it's Demi.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (39:52.59)
So like...
John L Gascot (39:52.767)
I think she did a great job and I think it's that kind of thing where, you know, peers like to kind of award somebody for almost like a career's worth of work.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (40:05.982)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
John L Gascot (40:09.929)
And she's been consistent throughout her career. To this day, one of my favorites is still the... Did you ever see the seventh sign?
It was kind of like an End of Times movie and she was supposed to be carrying...
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (40:26.393)
Yeah, forever ago. For a second, I thought you talking about the seventh seal. I thought you were talking about the seventh seal. I'm like, wait, the Ingmar Bergman film? No. Seven sign. That. Oh, I might also be thinking of the Ninth Gate. I'm like, wasn't Johnny Depp in that?
John L Gascot (40:28.649)
Yeah, very forever ago.
John L Gascot (40:33.469)
No, I think it's the seventh sign.
She was pregnant and it was supposed to be a baby.
No, no, she was pregnant and I can't remember if she was supposed to be carrying the savior or the antichrist, which is...
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (40:53.166)
Yeah, that's how goes.
John L Gascot (40:55.637)
That's how it goes. Yeah. And, it's, is a long, long time ago. It's, don't think it's eighties, but it could, it could actually be eighties. I don't know. I remember she had short hair and she was pregnant and there was a lot of commotion and her running from people and all of this stuff. So, but anyway, I I'll be happy to see her win.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (40:57.39)
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (41:01.357)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (41:10.67)
So it's post-ghost, yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (41:17.132)
So like...
So like what you're saying about Cynthia Erivo, I could see her winning, but I don't think she was all that amazing acting-wise in Wicked. I've seen her do better stuff in other movies and she also was not the best actress in Wicked. I still think Ariana Grande was better than Cynthia Erivo.
John L Gascot (41:33.414)
yeah.
John L Gascot (41:40.065)
Agreed. Agreed. So the stage musical, I don't know if you've seen it. Okay. It's like you watch it and it's like, yeah, they're both amazing, but it's like, oh, this is Alphabets show. And to me, the movie felt like it was more Glinda was the shining kind of what you walked away just all the, all the lines that or, or
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (41:55.074)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (42:08.095)
you know, movements and stuff that you remember from the movie came from her more than Elphaba. So I think that's where she could kind of fall by the wayside.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (42:15.501)
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (42:19.286)
Like, like it's, it's weird to think like she did. I'm picturing Cynthia Rivo in bad times at the El Royale. And I think that performance was more worthy of an Academy Award than Wicked. And I'm remembering her in the HBO series, The Outsider, and she was incredible in that. And then in Wicked, most of it is her just smirking, just standing still and smirking. And I'm like, the smirk is not an
John L Gascot (42:32.171)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (42:40.373)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (42:49.686)
Anyways, I'm just, I'm being a dick for no reason. All right, so we're... Well, they don't, I mean, maybe she'll win Best Song and she would deserve that. Even though she didn't write it, so...
John L Gascot (42:50.753)
But she was smirking upside down while singing.
Well, they don't they're gonna shove a new one in for the second one because this was just the first act of wicked
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (43:07.091)
that makes sense so that she can be nominated.
John L Gascot (43:12.267)
Which is another thing that I don't know that they had to do. Like... Good!
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (43:12.63)
Yeah. So now we are going.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (43:19.274)
I mean, I'm glad they did because I wasn't bored at any point during Wicked,
John L Gascot (43:22.175)
No, no, I thought it slowed down a little bit with the Fiero scene in the library, but it picked up quickly.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (43:32.298)
Mm-hmm. Yeah. I felt like when they go to that dance party, that was kind of slow. As a side note, one thing that bothered me about Wicked, which is probably based on the sub stuff, is like, I wanted to see them in class. I wanted it more Harry Potter like, but instead it was all about like the drama and like the popular people. And I'm like, no, I just want to know what kind of classes you have. How do you learn magic?
John L Gascot (43:51.019)
Right?
John L Gascot (43:57.665)
Right? I could see that you're freezing. okay, you're back. Yeah, no, I get it.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (43:59.438)
Do you have to know spells? Do have to memorize hand stuff? I was curious about all of that and we didn't get any of it. So let's talk about actor in a, yeah, for actor in a supporting role, we've got Yura Borisov for Anora, Kieran Culkin for Real Pain, Edward Norton, Complete Unknown, Guy Pearce, The Brutalist, and Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice. What are your thoughts?
John L Gascot (44:25.916)
I think it's gonna be Culkin.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (44:29.526)
I think so too. Now I will say I've only seen three out of those five, but Edward Norton was boring in A Complete Unknown. Onura was good, but the acting did never blow my mind. But Kieran Culkin acted his ass off in A Real Pain. That was a wonderful movie. And he's playing someone who's like suicidal, depressive, but also manic. And so he's constantly shifting personalities from scene to scene. And it was...
John L Gascot (44:56.683)
That's how it goes.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (44:58.56)
It stressful to watch. So for Actis, so we agree on that. Actress in a supporting role, we have Monica Barbaro, Complete Unknown, Ariana Grande, Wicked, Felicity Jones, The Brutalist, Isabella Rossellini, Conclave, and Zoe Saldana, Amelia Perez. I think we're both saying Ariana.
John L Gascot (45:23.613)
I'm saying Ariana, but it could be Zoe. I hope not. I mean, not again, because she won Golden Globe for supporting actress. Um, and she was great, but having seen both performances, I don't see how I wouldn't give it to Zoe as much as I enjoy her over Ariana. I thought Ariana was perfection.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (45:28.982)
Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (45:53.518)
So, I wonder how much Zoe Saldana feels like she really needs an Academy Award, because she's in the best-selling film franchises of all time, so she's probably making a violent amount of money. And I don't think, does Robert Downey Jr. care about Oscars?
John L Gascot (46:05.205)
Right.
John L Gascot (46:08.703)
of violence amount. love that.
John L Gascot (46:14.163)
Right. I think you'd, I I would, I would, I think any creative person likes to be acknowledged and I think they care. It's an Oscar. Come on. It's an Oscar. Like,
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (46:18.956)
you
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (46:28.27)
Okay. I don't think Isabella Rossellini belongs on this list because she's in like three scenes and she doesn't show any emotion in any of those scenes. It's great to see her, but I feel like she was phoning it in. But she also isn't playing an emotional character. She's just saying her lines and being Isabella Rossellini, which I don't think is award worthy.
John L Gascot (46:42.177)
Mm.
John L Gascot (46:45.76)
Yeah
John L Gascot (46:53.099)
Right.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (46:55.278)
But yeah, I'm going Ariana Grande. Although, I don't know who the, so for Complete Unknown, it was...
John L Gascot (47:05.555)
I I wouldn't what is complete unknown about no that's that's Bob Dylan one sorry that's the Bob Dylan one
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (47:10.619)
yeah, the Bob Dylan one. So Monica Barbaro was nominated. I assume she's the one who played Joan Baez. If so, whoever played Joan Baez was incredible. So props to that person, be it possibly Monica Barbaro, with my no research going into this. So for writing, we've got A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Amelia Perez.
John L Gascot (47:20.586)
Okay.
John L Gascot (47:24.437)
Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (47:38.958)
Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, and I guess that's it. One, two, three, four, five. Yeah. Yeah. For adapted screenplay. Yeah. It's always weird to do that because you're like, shouldn't it go to the person who wrote the source material? But.
John L Gascot (47:46.081)
for writing.
adapted screenplay.
John L Gascot (47:55.967)
Not as a person who originally wrote it.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (47:59.502)
yeah, yeah. So I guess,
John L Gascot (48:01.267)
It's a weird one. There was some controversy with that last theater, I thought.
with Barbie. With Barbie, I think.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (48:08.398)
that does sound familiar. That's right, because what did they adapt? Yeah, I guess they figured they'd had more of a shoe in there than original screenplay. I really want to see Nickel Boys, but it hasn't been playing anywhere over here and. Like, yeah.
John L Gascot (48:17.483)
Yeah, I'm surprised.
John L Gascot (48:26.209)
I haven't seen it. I think I'm surprised that Wicked's not there, because that's adapted. And it wasn't line by line from the play. So.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (48:33.377)
That's true. That's true.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (48:39.584)
Mm-hmm. Yeah, I know they added stuff that was from the books too, so... So, I mean...
John L Gascot (48:44.917)
Yeah, but so I don't know really. And so there's four, there's the Bob Dylan one.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (48:53.026)
We've Yeah, Bob Dylan won, Conclave, Amelia Perez, Nickel Boys, and Sing Sing.
John L Gascot (49:00.405)
I'm gonna say maybe Conclave.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (49:02.838)
Yeah, I'm going conclave too, because I know that was based on a novel and you would think with a subject like that, it would be boring as hell. The subject being the Pope dies. So now we have a whole bunch of cardinals, that's the word, trying to debate who becomes the new pope. You'd think it'd be boring, but it is an exciting as hell movie. Yeah. And then for writing original screenplay, we have a Nora.
John L Gascot (49:25.321)
Okay, I'm looking forward to that.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (49:32.29)
The Brutalist, A Real Pain, September 5th, and The Substance.
John L Gascot (49:39.211)
September 5th.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (49:41.006)
Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fellbaum, co-written by Alex David. I don't know. I'm going the substance, because...
John L Gascot (49:47.999)
I feel like I did see something recently, some sort of image, like a poster or something for that. But I'm going to say The Substance. And if not The Substance, I think A Real Pain seems like the kind of movie that they tend to like for screenplay. You know, that like the...
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (49:57.26)
do a quick google.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (50:10.698)
September 5th is about the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany when an American sports broadcasting team must adapt to live coverage. The Israeli athletes being held hostage by a terrorist group.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (50:24.576)
I don't think any story about Israel is going to win any awards this year.
I'm calling it. I'm giving it to...
John L Gascot (50:31.913)
Yeah, it sounds very, it sounds almost, what was it? Argo-ish.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (50:40.118)
Yeah. Yeah, or was that other one from last year? Five Days in Tibby, I think. Yeah.
John L Gascot (50:45.389)
Yeah, something like that. I think the substance and I think again, like if there's another one or I think the Academy tends to like things like a real pain. Like it makes me think of like didn't the playbook one with what's her name? Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. Didn't that win like writing kind of awards and stuff I feel.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (51:06.963)
Silver Linings Playbook? Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (51:13.55)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (51:14.635)
But I'm going to go with the substance. think it would be a cool.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (51:17.238)
I think so too. I mean, the title of it is original screenplay and that is the most original from that list. And like a real pain, I don't think it was the story that was exciting. It was the actors that was exciting. So yeah, I agree. The substance is probably going to be it. Animated feature film. We've got flow inside out to memoir of a snail, Wallace and grommet, vengeance, most foul and the wild robot.
John L Gascot (51:22.335)
Yeah. Yeah.
John L Gascot (51:28.833)
performance, yeah.
John L Gascot (51:46.153)
I'm gonna say flow.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (51:48.876)
Okay, I'm gonna say Inside Out too, because it made all the money and I'm sure all these voters had to see it with their kids.
John L Gascot (51:53.857)
Mm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (51:58.766)
Cinematography, we've got The Brutalist, Dune Part 2, Amelia Perez, Maria, and Nosferatu. I don't know what Maria is.
John L Gascot (52:12.989)
Maria is, I almost watched it, but not yet. It's Maria Callas, with, Angelina Jolie. I am going to say Dune. I don't, I don't see Amelia for, like cinematography was not something that popped in my head.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (52:18.712)
Hahaha
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (52:24.75)
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (52:34.126)
I think so too.
John L Gascot (52:43.711)
or that I walked away with thinking was one of the most impressive things about Amelia Paris.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (52:51.576)
So in Dune Part 2, you saw it, No. Okay. Well, this is amazing. There's... So the home planet... So there's this scene in the movie, which you're like, that's kind of interesting. And you don't really take into fact how impressive it is until you find out how they made it. But the Harkonnen home planet...
John L Gascot (52:55.562)
No.
John L Gascot (53:00.673)
I haven't seen any Dunes. It's very hard to get me to watch sci-fi.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (53:19.042)
their sun is a white dwarf, so it only emits light in the infrared spectrum. So they filmed this scenes, well, they actually got two cameras and smashed them together, regular camera on one side and then one that is designed to only film infrared light right next to it. And so they could film scenes of people walking out of the shadows into the sunlight and then transition from one to the other. It's incredible because
John L Gascot (53:45.995)
Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (53:47.36)
It just seems like, everything looks interesting now. But when they're shadows, it looks normal. And then when you find out that's actually how they did it as a photographer, I'm like, that's insane that like I've never seen any movie filmed in infrared light. And so it gives this really crazy black and white texture to everything because lights bouncing off in like skate and things that you can't see. Like it causes the color of buildings and things to change, the colors to change.
John L Gascot (53:52.437)
Yeah.
John L Gascot (53:56.597)
Yeah
John L Gascot (54:09.813)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (54:15.65)
because color doesn't exist in infrared. It was really cool. Just that one moment blew my mind. So I think that's why it should win cinematography.
John L Gascot (54:20.907)
Yeah.
I think it will.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (54:26.466)
Yeah. Although Nosferatu did have some pretty amazing cinematography.
John L Gascot (54:31.574)
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (54:33.496)
So costume design, you didn't give me your guess, sorry. You said Dune is what you thought would win it? All right, I'm really just writing this down so we can call each other out when we're wrong on everything. Costume design, we've got a complete unknown, Conclave, Gladiator II, Nosferatu, and Wicked. Ooh. I think between Wicked and Nosferatu though, Nosferatu had some great costumes.
John L Gascot (54:38.389)
Yeah.
John L Gascot (54:44.575)
I know.
John L Gascot (54:53.611)
Wicked. Hands down.
John L Gascot (55:01.323)
But the vastness of the costuming in Wicked, like there are movies, there are moments where like the whole company was doing a number and I found myself just trying to like wishing that I could pause it because each outfit was like so incredible. Like, you know, they could have just gotten away with having them be just kind of.
Planar in the background and stuff like that, but I don't know I just I'm gonna go with wicked
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (55:31.234)
Yeah. So for editing, we've got Enora, The Brutalist, Conclave, Amelia Perez, and Wicked.
What are your thoughts?
John L Gascot (55:41.889)
for editing Conclave, Amelia, Wicked.
I'm gonna go with Amelia for editing.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (55:56.778)
Okay. Okay. I gotta watch this movie. I'm going with a Nora.
John L Gascot (56:02.099)
It's very, I can't wait to hear what you think, because I didn't know how I felt about it, like, still halfway through it. And then I ended up really enjoying it, but it's still in my head, like, that was a strange movie.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (56:16.654)
I'm gonna give it to Enora because it keeps up that like frenetic crime energy for very long time and I think that's kind of hard to do without being without being exhausted.
John L Gascot (56:31.915)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (56:33.568)
Makeup and hair styling, we have a different man, Amelia Perez, Nosferatu, the substance, and Wicked. This is tough. Yeah.
John L Gascot (56:41.875)
It's tough. It's tough. I'm going to say it's going to be the substance. Even though I, I wish the effect had been a little bit different in the very end. That was the one that I, it kind of, it felt a little basket case. Do you the basket case? But it was like a much bigger basket case.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (56:47.928)
Okay.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (56:55.406)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (57:01.937)
I love that movie. Yeah, I love that movie. Yeah.
John L Gascot (57:08.533)
But, and maybe that was a nod to, you know, that kind of thing. But I did, I enjoyed the makeup during the transformations where they would switch off and stuff.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (57:10.862)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (57:23.182)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (57:27.509)
But if you're counting hair too, like wicked, you know, I think they'll go for makeup. don't, don't know. You know, I don't know that.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (57:30.912)
You
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (57:36.452)
yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (57:39.788)
I feel like they never really pay attention to the hairstyling part of this.
John L Gascot (57:41.971)
Hair should be its own thing.
Here should be its own thing, period.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (57:47.434)
Yeah, I agree. Like, I don't think it's the same... Maybe on lower budget movies it might be this... Yeah. Yeah.
John L Gascot (57:49.887)
Like maybe, maybe not a televised one.
Maybe not a televised one because you can only have so many awards, you know, like in the three hour span or whatever it is. But I feel like if you ask somebody like. I do makeup, I don't do hair, so I would be like. Or if I did hair, not makeup, I would be like pissed that I'm like losing to all these makeup people.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (58:10.615)
Mm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (58:18.828)
I was gonna say a different man, but you talked me into going with the substance.
John L Gascot (58:23.423)
I think it's a substance.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (58:26.146)
For music, original score, Brutalist, Conclave, Amelia Perez, Wicked, and The Wild Robot. I mean, that's gotta be Wicked, right?
John L Gascot (58:36.063)
What is your work?
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (58:37.848)
Sorry, this is a original score.
John L Gascot (58:41.249)
so it's not like the songs in it. It's,
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (58:45.25)
Right.
John L Gascot (58:50.077)
I would think so, but it could be Amelia.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (58:50.08)
I don't remember the scores of any of these. I don't really pay attention to score.
John L Gascot (58:57.441)
scores just the instrumental, right?
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (59:00.256)
Yeah, I feel like Dune should have that's why Dune was ineligible because It got nominated last year for best score or something. There was some reason why it couldn't be nominated this year All right, I'll put you down for Amelia Perez and I'll put myself down for Wicked All right original song we've got El Mal from Amelia Perez the journey from the six triple eight
John L Gascot (59:14.079)
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (59:25.78)
Like a Bird from Sing Sing, Mi Camino from Amelia Perez, and Never Too Late from Elton John, Never Too Late. This is an Elton John movie?
John L Gascot (59:35.777)
I know. Is it like a documentary about him? It must be. It's gotta be.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (59:41.024)
I feel like it should have... There should have been something from the movie Kneecap that I would have voted for.
John L Gascot (59:45.547)
Guess they also had, they already had that movie where somebody played him now. Elton John.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (59:51.626)
Yeah, yeah, that was Rocketman.
John L Gascot (59:54.463)
Yeah, so it wouldn't be that. It must be some sort of...
self-serving documentary. I don't know, like...
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:00:02.43)
Yeah, I'm guessing, and he wrote a new song for it, probably just so he could be nominated. I'm sure... Yeah.
John L Gascot (01:00:05.321)
Right, yeah, like, yeah, like, like the J-Lo documentary or the, I'm not gonna pick on Celine, because that was.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:00:14.912)
I'm sure the Academy is excited to give Elton John an Academy Award because that means he might show up.
John L Gascot (01:00:22.261)
That's true. That's true. I'm gonna say Elman.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:00:24.002)
Yeah, so that's my vote. Okay.
John L Gascot (01:00:28.255)
I'm gonna say Amal and Emilia Paris.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:00:32.14)
Alright, and documentary, feel like I haven't seen any of these. Black Box Diaries, heard that was good. No Other Land, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup de T'a and Sugar Cane. Alright, we'll skip that then. International film. I'm Still Here, The Girl with the Needle, Amelia Perez, The Seed of the Sacred Fig and Flow.
John L Gascot (01:00:40.523)
Yeah.
I haven't watched any of those.
John L Gascot (01:00:56.006)
Emilia. I've heard good things about the girl with the needle.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:01:01.716)
I'm sorry. I didn't realize this, it's Emilia Perez is a French film.
John L Gascot (01:01:08.065)
Mm-hmm. Well, as a French director, yeah.
But it's-
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:01:15.171)
There was a great French film I saw at end of the year, Red Rooms. That was great.
John L Gascot (01:01:21.917)
I have... Did I see that? Or is it on my list?
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:01:26.274)
Red Rooms was the whole thing takes place during a trial of this guy who's on trial for kidnapping, torturing, raping and dismembering women online and selling the footage on the dark web. And this woman who's at the trial as like a watcher, I guess, like in the audience, she's obsessed with him and she's really good at dark web stuff. So she's like trying to track down the third missing video. It was a really intense movie.
John L Gascot (01:01:41.727)
John L Gascot (01:01:55.669)
Yeah, I'm gonna watch it.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:01:56.854)
Yeah, it was quite scary too. But from all of these, I have not seen any of them. But I've heard the Seed of the Sacred Fig was good, so I'll just put that on my list. That's my vote. We're almost done. We got two more. no, three more. Production design. Brutalist, Conclave, Dune Part II, Nosferatu, and Wicked. Okay, I'm going Dune Part II. And I'll put you down for Wicked.
John L Gascot (01:02:09.056)
Okay.
John L Gascot (01:02:19.339)
Wicked.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:02:26.804)
And then we've got Sound, Complete Unknown, Dune Part 2, Amelia Perez, Wicked, and the Wild Robot.
John L Gascot (01:02:37.312)
I'm gonna say wicked.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:02:39.586)
Alright, I'm going Dune Part 2 again. Great sound effects.
John L Gascot (01:02:42.463)
Normally I want to go with something that's more kind of actiony because there's a lot of
I don't know, think those are movies usually where sound is, it's crashes and crunching and metal and, you know, but, or like, spaceships and stuff like that, but I,
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:02:55.096)
Yeah.
John L Gascot (01:03:07.732)
It would suck if it wasn't wicked. I mean, if you're putting out a musical and you don't have the best sound, that's not a good thing.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:03:14.734)
I feel like it should have been Civil War. I thought the sound design in that was incredible. Because every bullet sounded terrifying.
John L Gascot (01:03:23.039)
Well, I think that movie just came out at a time where it was just gonna be forgotten. Like it'll resurface in groups and stuff, it's not. When I saw it, I thought it was, and I was like, is Dunst gonna be nominated? But it was so early in the year, I guess.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:03:27.468)
Yeah. Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:03:33.741)
Yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:03:42.136)
Mm-hmm.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:03:46.296)
Yeah. So last we have visual effects, Alien Romulus, Better Man, Dune Part II, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and Wicked.
John L Gascot (01:04:01.889)
I'm trying to think if Wicked is that, I mean there are special effects obviously but I'm gonna go with...
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:04:07.597)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (01:04:13.355)
Dude.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:04:15.084)
Okay, I'm going with Aline Romulus. I thought, yeah.
John L Gascot (01:04:19.135)
They did build a practical, I believe the alien was practical.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:04:27.498)
Yeah, well for visual effects I think that's like for the CG stuff and I'm thinking of like all the scenes at the end where it's like crashing into the rings of that planet. That was pretty amazing. And then also all the little crawly things running around. That was fun. Although Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes had some good ape effects but it wasn't the best in this series which is weird because you'd think it'd get better as the movies went on.
John L Gascot (01:04:36.352)
Mm.
John L Gascot (01:04:43.061)
Mm-hmm.
John L Gascot (01:04:51.773)
Mm-hmm. Yeah. Well, depends who's
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:04:54.456)
So that brings us to the end of our nominations. We'll see how it goes. I'm really excited to see how some of these movies do. And I agree with you that Wicked is probably going to win a shit ton.
John L Gascot (01:04:57.649)
NERD?
John L Gascot (01:05:08.895)
I think so. mean, and deservedly so. It's, it was a movie event, you know, and you don't get that a lot. I mean, I guess the most recent was probably Barbie, but it just, it felt like, you know, where everybody's posting pictures of themselves in the theater and people are wearing green and pink and you only get those every now and then. So it's, it's kind of a nice.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:05:15.65)
Yeah, it was.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:05:21.46)
Yeah
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:05:29.77)
you
John L Gascot (01:05:37.237)
throwback to like movie magic, you know, like, yeah.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:05:40.278)
Yeah.
Well, John, thank you so much for taking some time to go through this list with me and chatting about the movies. I always love talking movies with you.
John L Gascot (01:05:46.625)
Thank you.
John L Gascot (01:05:50.207)
Yeah, likewise. All right.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:05:52.418)
So what have you got going on that we can get people to take a look at?
John L Gascot (01:05:55.871)
Well, you can find me on Facebook if you want to hear my rundown and cattiness of the Oscars. I'm like live at the moment. John L. Gascot. working on, we're bringing back Pride at the Village. So I'm starting to organize that. That's in March and just art commissions and artwork and all that good stuff.
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:06:04.076)
you
Chain Assembly (Nick Ribera) (01:06:27.414)
Well, thank you so much, John. It's great chatting with you. Have a good day. Bye.
John L Gascot (01:06:29.353)
All right, bye.
