You know what that sound means. It's game for
a movie time where we ask, are you game for a
movie? My name is Mike. I am joined by Jill Mitchell
and our special guest. Mark has joined us again
for our secondary episode of the Oscar nominations.
We are making our predictions. We have also been
drinking. You can hear in the first episode what
we were drinking. We're starting this one off
with international feature film. The nominees
are drive my car. Flee, the hand of God, Lunana,
a yak in the classroom, and the worst person
in the world. I've heard of three of these. Oh,
good. What three have you heard of? Drive my
car, flee, and the worst person in the world.
I've heard of two of those, drive my car and
flee. Well, yeah, so I'll just be, I'll go first
then, I guess. I've only seen two of these, but
one of which I have seen, I think is a definite
for sure is gonna be drive my car from Japan
because it's nominated for best picture as well.
And it's really hard to like, yeah, no, no, no.
I mean, it makes sense. If you're nominated for
best picture and international feature, you're
gonna probably at least win international feature.
I'm sorry. Parasite nominated for an international
film. Okay. Yeah. I don't think it's got that.
I don't think it's got that momentum though.
I've heard way less about drive my car than I
did about parasite and parasite is, I guess we're
going for thinking of it as a, as a better movie.
It's definitely more rewatchable. I think it's
an easier watch. This one's a much more slow
one. You have to be much more by both. You have
to be invested in. But anyway, point being, I'm
going to drive my car. I'm going to drive my
car as well. And I just want to bring up about
parasite because we need to talk about it. When
parasite one best picture somebody in this chat
cried. That was me. Are you kidding me? Are you
kidding me? I was I OK, so I didn't guess that
one when that happened. I thought it was going
to be that 1917. And when that happened, I was
I didn't care. I was so happy that it parasite
one. It was one of the few good moments of the
year 2020 because it happened right before the
pandemic hit. So, yeah, yeah, absolutely, absolutely.
I'm going to drive my car, too, just so we all
know. And the perfect job. Talk about plea. Let
me hear it. Animated. It's nominated actually
in International Feature Film, Documentary Film,
and Animated Films. So it actually is going to
be in two more categories that we're going to
see coming soon. I don't know much about it,
but it's animated. And you know what, I like
cartoon. I think Drive My Car, since it will
be nominated elsewhere, it probably will win
this one. I don't know if it's going to win.
Best picture overall, but you know, we're, we're,
we're now squarely in the part of the podcast
where we're talking about films. I genuinely
just have not seen it all. Like summer of soul
is going to come up and I know of it, haven't
seen it, but I bet that's a really good film.
I'll throw my hat in the ring for it to win something.
So it's a good transition in the mic. Yes. Documentary
feature here. The nominees, Ascension, Attica,
Flea. Summer of soul or when the revolution could
not be televised and writing with fire. And I
need it to be summer of soul. It was so damn
good. You did see that? I did. Yeah, I saw it
too. I saw it. Oh, my God. Oh, get back to be
nominated. Oh, no. That's where I think that's
because it was one of those weird issues where
it was like also a TV show kind of thing. That's
right. It was. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I guess maybe
you'll get it. Maybe got it at me. nomination.
Yeah. I was more surprised to, uh, the rescue
didn't get one that one from, uh, Disney plus,
uh, which was about the rescue of those, uh,
that soccer team of 12 year old boys and, uh,
the Philippines or something must cause his hands
in the, in the academy. And he's like, I don't
want to be reminded of how I totally failed at
helping. Oh, that's all like, I'm really happy.
It's a shame that that's the element of that
affair that I remember is that Alon, my opinion
of Alon like further bottomed out because he
doesn't know the word no. So Summer of Soul,
the music was amazing. The storyline was great.
I absolutely loved it. I'm 100 % for it. That's
what I'm going to pick just based on Love Alone.
It might not win. I don't care because I absolutely
loved it. It's one of my favorite movies of last
year. And we talked about this category without
bringing up Questlove. And I feel like that's
a big part of why this movie has so much fanfare
around it. Right. People love Questlove from
the roots. And Summer of Soul is the favorite,
not a heavy favorite. It's minus 250 and Flea's
number two at plus 200. But Summer of Soul is
my pick as well. And fingers crossed it would
become, I believe, the first film ever in Oscar's
history to be referred to as a John. And that
is a very Philadelphia slang. Yeah. Yes. Questlove
calls it his John. So it's like Spike Lee has
joints. Questlove has John. There you go. Yeah.
Yeah. I'm, uh, I would say I'm still saying some
are sold too. That was in like my top five of
last year. It was phenomenal. But I will say
also watch out for fully too, because as we know,
it's going to be, it's got one more category
we're doing here soon and animated. And honestly,
I think documentary cause it's nominated on three,
which is like a first for any movie, which is
very rare. Yeah. Yeah. And there's also, so there
could be a way of wanting to spread love for
it and saying, well, we hate to leave it, you
know, going home empty handed. There's also the
fact of what the subject is about, that it could
kind of relate in a sense to what's happening
in Ukraine right now. So I'd say watch out for
that. I still think it's going to be summer.
So also I did see Attica. Attica was a tough
world watch. a good watch for the two. So yeah,
but Summer of Soul is my pick. I looked it up
because I was curious to see if it got nominated
for both international and animated Waltz with
Beshear, but I think it was only nominated for
the international. It was then... I've been needing
to... That's been a... Yeah, that's a movie I've
been needing to see for a long time. It's very,
very good. With regards to the films in this
category, Summer of Soul is also my I have not
seen it, but I really, really, really wanted
to. I just never got around to doing it. It's
on Hulu now, I think. Yes, it is. Is it also
on Disney Plus or is it just Hulu? I think it's
just Hulu. I've only seen it on Hulu, but I haven't
looked for it on Disney Plus. Yeah, I haven't
looked for it. I need to sort out my access to
Hulu. Someone I know has it. I just need to get
the login info. I wouldn't be shocked because
it's been nominated that it would be on Disney
Plus. I really want to see it. I think that besides
just what the story is, the music will be phenomenal.
Literally one of my favorite lines in a movie
last year was all about, it's the summer of 69
and it is on Disney Plus. It's the summer of
69 and they were asking people at the festival
about landing on the moon and it still relates
to me today. where the guy goes, why do I care
about landing on the moon? We still got problems
here. Yeah. Oh, it's stuck with me. Oh my God.
I'm getting chills. All right. I need to stop
talking about this movie. Not because of anything,
but because I love it. Best animated feature.
That is what we are doing. Animated feature.
Jill, you're going to get us started after I
name the nominees because I know this is you.
Animated feature film. The nominees are Encanto,
Flee, Luca, The Mitchell's versus the Machines,
and Raya and the Last Dragon. All right. Well,
I have seen four out of the five. The only one
I have not seen is Flea. I will start with the
film that I will be pissed if it wins, and that
would be Raya and the Last Dragon. I have now
seen it. I am not a fan. It's not a horrible
movie by any means, but it is by far the only
Disney movie that comes to mind where the film
actively hates its protagonist. I don't think
that film is worthy of the award. If I could
have it my way, I would love to see the Mitchell's
versus the Machines win. I think the story is
fantastic. I think the humor is great. I think
the message about getting older and the relationships
you have with your family and how they evolve
and how reminding you that even if your family
is weird and somewhat dysfunctional, you still
love each other and that we all make sacrifices
for our art or for our family and that's how
we show love. I think it's a really great film.
I do think the actual winner will likely be in
Canto because it's such a juggernaut that it
would probably be an upset if it didn't win.
I think Luca If the Mitchell's versus the machines
wasn't on here, as well as in Canto, I think
Luca would also be a really great contender.
But I think it's just getting overpowered by
some other big heavyweights. So Mitchell's versus
the machines is who I'd love to see when I actually
think it'll be in Canto. Yeah, I think he said
it. No, I mean, I think in Canto is the favorite
here from the odds that I'm looking at Mitchell's
in the machines is number two on this. betting
odds. My only red flag within Kanto, and I don't
want to get too heavy with this, is their potential
for backlash against Disney based on Bob Chapick
stance or initial stance on the don't say gay
bill. So that is the one time where I could see
backlash against Disney as a company shows up
in this award ceremony. And this is obviously
a category that Disney traditionally, whether
through Pixar or Disney animation itself, has
dominated. I think it'd be really interesting.
But would it go to Mitchell's versus the machines?
I'm not sure. I don't feel that confident. So
I am ultimately going to pick incanto. But I'm
just going to plant that seed in everyone's thoughts
here. I think the thing what's going on with
JPEG is I would hope that especially You know,
if Incanto had more queer themes in it and then
it won in contrast to what has come out with
Chapek and the Disney company, I think that would
be where the controversy is. How do they just
win an award for a film where it's all window
dressing? That's not the case. I also do think
that Incanto was probably in production long
before Chapek took control. Oh, for sure. I know
it doesn't start and stop and end with Chapek,
but I wouldn't want them to decide not to give
it to Encanto just because it's like, oh, we're
going to make a stand. And this is the, this
is the goat. This is a sacrificial goat that
we're going to, we're going to do. And then that
was, that was the, the hill they died on. And
it's like, no, I rather have, if you're going
to take to Disney to task, do it in a far more
meaningful way than just denying them a statue.
I'm with you. I just want to stir the pot a little
bit. I want Mitchell's versus the machines to
win just because of the Furby scene alone. I'm
gonna go with Mitchell's Versus Machines. I think
it has a chance at least with Lord and Miller
lately, especially with Spider -Verse doing so
well. There's a chance that it could just keep
going. I think it's going to probably be in Kanto,
but I am hoping and I am going to put on my official
sheet, Mitchell's Versus Machines. So I'm just
going to try to overlook what Jill said because
out of all these five, my actual favorite was
Raya and the last dragon. Wow. We can, we can,
we, well, we can, but I know we got more categories
to go through. So that's good. Let's could do
it. We could do that another way. That's also,
is that a way of me saying, Hey, I can come on
the show again? Probably. No, I think it's, My
pick is for Encanto, but I would not be surprised
if Mitchell's Versus the Machines pulled off
an upset. Mitchell's Versus the Machines is the
better movie, I think. But I do think like before
with Encanto, the constant soundtrack going through
everyone's head the last however long is probably
going to be there for them to vote for Encanto.
Makes sense. I would also say that it's similar
with like Luca. It really comes down to the year
that these films come out and what else they're
up against because another year with different
films in there like Indespicable Me 3 or Hotel
Transylvania 4 and then like Raya or Luca it
would be very obvious who wouldn't win and then
it would be neck to neck would it be Luca or
would it be Raya but when you've got other films
in there that Better. It's hard. Get ready for
Minions 2 this summer. Oh, and Puss in Boots
something. Oh, and DC League of Superpets. All
right, so we move now to writing adapted screenplay.
The nominees are Coda, Drive My Car, Dune, The
Lost Daughter, and The Power of the Dog. So it
should be noted that, as we said before, we were
recording this on Saturday. One of the precursors
that has not happened yet are the Writers Guild
Awards, and those are definitely something to
take into place. So at least for me, my prediction
will not be finalized. Now, sometimes it's weird
because the WGAs is weird because sometimes you're
not eligible to be nominated for it because you're
not a member of them. Like Quentin Tarantino
is not a member, so he was never nominated for
a WGA, which is weird when you think of it. Yeah.
So for me, I'll just say quickly, it's a lot
of logic is going towards power of the dog, which
is kind of where I'm going at, but Again, I gotta
wait until the WGA comes up because I'm really
thinking there could be a strong case for CODA,
which is a movie I'm definitely gonna be talking
about later on. What's interesting there, Mark,
is that the Power of the Dog is not nominated
at all for the WGA's. Correct, yeah, CODA is.
Exactly, so I'm personally gonna pick Power of
the Dog here. I think this is where the momentum
starts to swing in their favor in the awards
show and ultimately leads to you know, the big
one. But if Coda were to win this category, look
out. I think that could completely lead the direction
of what we see in best picture. Yeah. Definitely
agree. 100%. What else? Jill and I are trying
to figure out who goes next. There's only one
here that I've seen. I don't know if Dune. wins
for adapted screenplay like I will tip my hat
to adapting the whoever adapted the source material
on that must not have been easy because they
needed to keep the fan they wanted to honor the
fans of the original source text, but they also
needed to fix bits of it for you know updating
it. I don't really know much about coda. or The
Lost Daughter. I did the thing that you're not
supposed to do if you really like movies. I Wikipedia'd
the plot for The Power of the Dog because I knew
I was not gonna have an opportunity to see it
but I really wanted to know what it was about.
I still, I will still see it and I'm sure I will
still enjoy it nonetheless. I agree with Mitchell.
I would say that this is probably the start of
where The Power of the Dog's momentum is gonna
begin. I'm gonna say The Power of the Dog, but
I would be surprised if Dune took it. I wouldn't
be disappointed, just, well, okay, they went
there. Okay, so just to be clear, Joe, when we
get to the acting category, so are you gonna
be like, I'm gonna go for Benedict Cumberbatch,
because from what I read in Wikipedia, his performance
sounded so cool. No, I wouldn't say it sounded
cool. It sounded complex. I'm just making sure
you're not relating entirely on Wikipedia. No,
I'm not relying on Wikipedia for calls. Also,
Benedict Cumberbatch is a good actor, regardless
of what you put him in. Benedict Cumberbatch.
I can abstain from saying anything. And when
we get to the acting stuff, if that makes people
feel better or films I haven't seen. No, I want
your opinion. I don't care whether you've seen
it or not. I'm going to say Power of the Dog.
That is the one I've seen of this list. But also
because I think it is a very good screenplay.
I think there are very good moments that are
caught in this. It's funny. I wish you guys didn't
go first. because I probably would have been
stuck between Dune and Power of the Dog. Now
you got me thinking Koda. So that's why I'm like
fully in the Power of the Dog mode. So yeah,
I think for the rest of the way, sorry, experts.
Shut the fuck up. Until we get to you. Because
I mean that in the best way possible. Let us
let the plebs. Yes, because you threw me on this
category. Originally, I was probably going to
go Dune, but you threw me to Power of the Dog.
Obviously, I would have made my decisions after
this episode and I would have probably changed
it, but just for this thing alone. I'm guessing,
yeah, okay. I needed to go and see our list,
but I was guessing original screenplay was next.
Original screenplay, Belfast, Don't Look Up,
King Richard, Licorice pizza, the worst person
in the world. I'm gonna go licorice pizza. I
think this is when they start taking over as
well. And Paul Thomas Anderson, the movie looked
crazy insane and everything, but it looked like
Paul Thomas Anderson. You saw a trailer for it
and you knew what you were getting into. I had
an argument for King Richard. But now looking
again, I'm thinking Licorice Pizza. I'll also
say Licorice Pizza. I haven't seen any of the
films in this category. I really wanted to see
Licorice Pizza, but primarily based off of the
trailers, I think I saw the definitely the first
one that they dropped, maybe the second one.
Everything about it looked like a film I would
really like. And the story seems like a classic
Paul Thomas Anderson story. So that's who I would
throw it to. Agreed completely on that one. All
right, experts. Now you can go. So I'm going
to go PTA as well for licorice pizza. He's been
nominated for an Oscar. I'm just looking at IMDB
now 11 times, and that's including this year's
nominations. And I feel like he finally gets
his Oscar trophy here. I'm not sure if he'll
ever win a best director, but this is one of
those awards where the Academy looks and says,
hey, you may not be a best director guy for us,
but you are. someone who could win for best screenplay.
They've done this with Tarantino. Most notably
recently, they've done this with Spike Lee for
a black Klansman a few years back. He has been
nominated for his writing in Boogie Nights, Magnolia,
There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice, which is
a movie that not a lot of people loved. But he
still got that nomination anyway. Yeah. Yeah.
It's interesting he got nominated. He didn't
win for There Will Be Blood because that... That's
a fantastic film. That was a really tough year
that year. Yeah, I was going to say, I don't
remember what other films it was. Was that 2006?
I think about 2007. I think it was No Country
for Old Men. Yeah, that makes sense. Tough year,
very tough year. Yeah, against the Coens, yeah.
Yeah, exactly. It's tough. Yeah, licorice pizza
for me. Mark, what do you think? I've seen four
out of these. I never got around to worst person
in the world which I've heard many good things
on. I think it is potentially a two -way race
in a sense between licorice pizza and Belfast.
Brana is also someone who has not won before
but in the end I would be going with licorice
pizza as well too if I had to. So yeah. Okay,
I'm not finding it. I was trying to find the,
all right. So I was trying to find the nominees
for that year. It's all good. We'll move on.
Yeah, we're gonna go to, where am I? Best supporting
actress. We get to the big stuff now. And not
because we think anything about the categories
doesn't deserve love or anything like that, but
let's face it. When you get into your Oscar pools,
these are the big ones. So actress in a supporting
role, we have Jessie Buckley for The Lost Daughter.
We have Ariana DeBose for West Side Story. Judy
Dench for Belfast. Kirsten Dunst for The Power
of the Dog. And I'm not going to get this right
for King Reggie. Anjanu Ellis. Anjanu Ellis,
okay. I actually feel all right with that one.
I happen to know the best odds for this one.
I would have probably voted for somebody else.
But Jill, why don't you go first? And then I'll
tell the best odds that I think would win. So
based off of just what I've heard, I've heard
Kristen Dunst in The Power of the Dog is fantastic.
And I've also heard really great things for Ariana
Du Bois for West Side Story. I haven't really
heard any other buzzes for the other nominees.
So just with those two, I'm actually gonna get
it to Ariana. I heard, cause she doesn't play
Maria. She plays the - Anita. Anita, thank you.
She plays Anita and those are big shoes to fill.
So the fact that I'm hearing really great things
and that she's a scene stealer, you know, why
not? I think this might've been one of her first
films too, so. let's see let's hear let's give
it to the new talent so i think the odds are
with ariana debose i could be very wrong uh that's
my vote uh kirsten dunce was excellent in power
of the dog ingenue ls i heard great things in
king richard i mean all of these women deserve
the love they got um i don't know if there's
anybody on this list i would have replaced any
of them with but ariana debose is who i think
is going to win um just based on what i've heard
Oh, I will, I will take it back. Ariana, this
is not her first, her first movie. She's actually
in the prom, which in a former, a previous episode
I ripped apart. She's not good at the prom. Yeah,
I remember that. She's not good at the prom.
I remember. Yeah. I remember that episode. I
was going to be like, was it really that bad?
I thought it wasn't. I didn't think it was horrible,
horrible, but okay. The TLDR don't make plans
with someone. And if the second person in the
group is not into the idea, then don't do them.
That is the best way to describe it. But yeah,
I've just heard really great things for her role
as Anita. So stick there. I'm a rookie TLDR.
What does it mean? Too long didn't read. Too
long didn't read. Oh, yeah. I didn't know that.
No, no, I always see it. I kind of figured what
it is, but I use that expression with my students
all the time because I can tell that they just
don't want the long explanation. So I'm like
TLDR, you click this button and then your search
will be done for you. Too long, didn't read,
sorry. Thank you for asking, Mike. I had no idea.
I had no clue. Oh, really? Wow. Yeah, I had no
clue. Me and Jill, we're just on a different
plane of existence, I guess. Exactly. Tech savvy,
I guess. All right, you two need to decide your
actress and supporting role. Mark, I'm not sure
about you, but I think this category is pretty
straightforward. Ariana DeVos. It is, yeah. Yeah.
So I've been doing this, predicting these for
like, since like the year 2000 or so since I
was like 13 and there are a few of the categories
that I can kind of remember uh knowing how I
did each year and looking back this is the category
I actually have I probably have the best track
record with and I don't think it's gonna end
this year Ariana Dubose is definitely the front
runner here like Joe was saying she had to fill
the shoes of Rita Moreno from the original is
far from any sort of easy task. And yet she managed
to do it. Yeah, she, she's, it'd be a shock if
anyone else won this that was not Arianna Dubose.
And Rita Moreno won her Oscar for the same role.
There's a legacy to the role of Anita. So we'll
see if if if the same thing happens again. Yeah,
yeah. All right, so we're all on the same page.
Let's go actor in a supporting role. Our nominees
are Kieran Hines, Troy Kotsur, Jesse Plemons,
JK Simmons, and Cody Smith McPhee. You can start
this one, Mike. Okay, so everything I've heard
about this one, I don't know the odds on this
one. I knew the Ariana one. I don't know the
odds on this one. The fact that Jesse Plemons
and Cody Smith McPhee are nominated together,
I think almost cancels them out. For Power of
the Dog. Yes, for Power of the Dog. I'm sorry.
Yes. All right. So Kieran Hines from Belfast,
Troy Kotsur for Dakota, Jesse Plemons and Cody
Smith McPhee from Power of the Dog, and J .K.
Simmons from Being the Ricardos. I didn't know
J .K. Simmons was in Being the Ricardos. Likewise.
Yeah. So that says no. Kieran Hines, I'm sure
is great, but that... The mental mind games I'm
playing make it Troy Katsura for Kota for me.
I've heard nothing but great things, but really
I'm going process of elimination here more than
anything else. And I think that's fine when you
make your predictions because honestly, that
probably leads you with what's the best. The
fact that I didn't know JK Simmons was in Being
the Ricardo's is already enough to be like, nope,
mm -mm. Yeah. I think I know why with regards
to the two actors from Power of the Dog, they're
both put into supporting. They wanted to pave
the way for one person in particular. And that's
based off just what I now know of the plot and
all of that. I would have thought that at least
Cody, Smitt, McPhee would have been also. He
seemed more like a main character than a supporting
one. I did hear fantastic things though about
both Jesse Plemons and Cody's performances. So
a part of me doesn't even want to pick and just
say it's going to go to someone from Power of
the Dog. But I'll give it to Cody just based
off of what I've heard and what I know. If it's
true, the reason they put them both here so they
could clear the path for Benedict to get an Oscar,
maybe. I don't know if that's totally fair, but
you know, I think credit should be given, even
if it's kind of, you know, give them the full
credit. Don't be like, oh, well, we did this
so we could ensure one. But don't worry, we're
still going to acknowledge you, but you're not
getting the nomination you probably should have
gotten. That's just me. So I think power the
dog. is essentially going to split the votes
for itself here, which in my opinion is going
to clear the way for Troy Kotzer for Coda. That's
my pick here. And also just on the performance
itself, I had just watched it last night. So
a little recency bias, but you want to talk about
characters that just pop off the screen that
feel real and seem kind of like a good hang.
Like I really wish I would know someone like
this real life. But Troy Kotzer, I thought was
incredible in Coda. one of my favorite parts
of the movie. So he is gonna get my nod here
for supporting actor. I think it should also
be mentioned that it doesn't always split the
vote many years. There have been years in like
the past like decades ago where like for the
Godfather or something where they'd have like
three of the five nominees. And that would obviously
be a reason why that might split the vote. And
even then it might not have. But yeah, I'm going
Troy Coulter too. because as I told Mike beforehand,
a couple of days ago, when he decided to take,
when he, when he, but when I told him he should
watch Koda because I think Koda is the best movie
of 2021. I still think that he decided to say,
no, I'm going to watch Hellraiser instead. Now
in fairness, now in fairness, I've not seen Hellraiser.
But it's very good. It was sure it is. But I'm
pretty sure that I would rather like Koda in
general. The ending of Koda Koda is like, I mean,
Troy Kotzer, he he also from what I understand,
too, he's from what I've been seeing. Also, you
know how they also like to give awards to people
who can do well at giving speeches. He has been
doing really well at. giving his speeches and
being, you know, kind of humorous and heartfelt
at the same time and stuff of that nature. And
then, of course, there's the whole he'd be the
first male actor deaf to win an Oscar. So, yeah,
I'm going Troy Kotzer here. OK, I feel good about
my pick now. Best actress is our next category.
If you're watching this one is driving me crazy
among all the categories. This is the one. Oh,
you got the list right there though. Just scroll
down. Yeah, there it is. No, no, I had to go
back. I accidentally clicked the wrong thing.
Okay. So our actress in a leading role, the nominees
are Jessica Chastain, eyes of Tammy Faye, Olivia
Coleman, lost daughter, Penelope Cruz, parallel
mothers, Nicole Kidman being the Ricardo's and
Kristen Stewart Spencer. Mike, did you start
the last one or did I? I did. I'll start with
this one. Okay. So we're in the situation of,
I have not seen any of these films, but there's
one actress whose performance really got a lot
of positive feedback and who I think would be
a really great story of winning the leading actress
role. And that's actually Kirsten Stewart for
Spencer. I heard that she was fantastic. fantastic
as Diana and that the film itself is not quite
what you think it's going to be. Yes, it is about
the life of a week in the life of Diana. I think
it is. It's a week. But it's like us. high stress
tension film. And she carries all of that is
what I've heard in the performance. And I used
to really not like Kristen Stewart, um, primarily
in the Twilight era. A lot of my dislike of that
films got landed onto her lap. But in the last
five or so years, her my opinion of her has turned
done a complete 180. And I am now quite a fan.
I really enjoyed her in the undersea. a horror
film that I'm blanking on its name right now.
Underwater. Underwater. I was going to say it's
like deep water, but I think that's it. No, it's
just underwater. Yeah. Underwater. I really enjoyed
her in that. And I'm really looking forward to
seeing what else she's doing because it seems
that she really just can't, she can't miss now
with the films that she's doing. And then she's
also like one of the better parts of the Charlie's
Angels remake that they did a couple of years
ago. So she made that good. That plus the happiest
season. I haven't seen a happier season. I need
to. It's very good. Like she, she's very good
at it. Delightful. Um, I've ruled two out again.
It's the, uh, process, uh, Nicole Kidman and
Penelope Cruz. I haven't heard anything about
Penelope Cruz and Nicole Kidman just does not
look like Lucy to me. I'm sorry if you saw it
and you liked her in it. I'm sure she's great.
I have no problem with it, but she just doesn't
sell the character to me. So I was stuck with
the last three. Uh, Jessica Chastain I've heard
is really great. Olivia Coleman I can't bet against,
but I am going with Kristen Stewart as well.
For Spencer, that is what I've heard is a life
-changing role for her. Just more so because
now everybody sees Kristen Stewart officially,
officially as the good actress she is versus
just a girl from Twilight. We've needed these
performances and the glow up from the Twilight
actors and actresses. both her and Robert Pattinson
this year finally hit that role. Robert Pattinson
might've hit it earlier, especially because Good
Time was excellent, but this is the first one
for Kristen Stewart that I feel like now she's
actually being considered for those excellent
roles, not just good, great roles. This is the
one that elevates her star status. particularly
for Kirsten Stewart, at least good, great indie
roles. I feel like she became a darling of the
indie films for a couple of years too. But yeah,
this is the reinvention of Kirsten Stewart. I
agree. Mark, I'm gonna have you go first here.
Yeah, so this, I know this is easily the one
main category. this year that if I miss it, I'm
not going to feel bad about because and it was
the same last year. I think it's even more up
in there this year because last year when Frances
McDormand won, you could at least say, well,
she also won because she was in the best picture
winner. None of these actresses are in any of
the best picture nominees. Now, I have seen all
of them and I'm so first off, just going off
of what Mike said for Nicole Kidman, she may
not have not looked entirely like Lucy, but she
definitely sounded like her. She really definitely
had that voice down. Yeah. So in the end, because
she's been getting some of more of the precursors
and because there's a lot of a little bit of
a it's her time type thing. For now, my vote
is going to be going with Jessica Chastain for
The Eyes of Tammy Faye. But again, like I said,
if there's one thing you want, you should not
take my word on, it's this category. And also
going with Kristen Stewart, I did see that and
I know there are a lot of people didn't like
it. I actually did enjoy that movie, which way
it took. And honestly, I would She might be my
pick here if I were personally voting. The thing
is, though, is that she was on a talk show recently,
and she literally said she does not want to win
an Oscar. Yeah, she said that on Jimmy Kimmel
earlier this week. Yeah. So, I mean, sometimes
that doesn't matter. Like back in the 70s, I
think it was George C. Scott who won an Oscar,
even when he said, I don't want an Oscar. But
yeah, so anyway, I'm thinking it'll be Jessica
Chastain, but definitely do not quote me on that.
So the odds, just according to I'm looking at
DraftKings and I'm cross referencing with Gold
Derby. The odds are basically organized like
this. The lowest odds Penelope Cruz and then
tied for third, Kristen Stewart and Olivia Coleman
at plus 500. Nicole Kidman is the second favorite
at plus 250. at Jessica Chastain, a very, very
slight favorite at minus 150, but still the favorite,
right? So she has been getting more of the awards.
She got the SAG most recently, which is a big
momentum swing for her. And the thing about Kristen,
yes, exactly. So she's racking them up in that
way. Kristen Stewart early on, like, if you look
back to last year, 2021, she was an early favorite
to win in this category. but then we see her
not get nominated at SAGs and all these other
things happen in between. And frankly, people
were surprised or the people I've read were surprised
that she got this nomination. So do you look
at the nomination as her getting recognized by
the Academy for what is a very particular take
on Princess Diana? And in the movie, I personally
did not enjoy, but The more I think about her
performance, the more I thought, wow, she was
doing a ton there. And it's really remarkable.
That's my thing that I've heard about it was
the movie is divisive. It is. That's what makes
me a little bit cold for voters saying, you know
what, I'm going to vote for this if they don't
have a good feeling about the movie. This is
tough. Yeah. Kristen Stewart would be a big swing.
and it would be a huge, or not a huge, but it
would be an upset, quote unquote, if she were
to win. I'm gonna go for it. Why not? Kristen
Stewart, I'm gonna put her down for now, but
I have the right to reserve it by my opportunity
to change as we get closer to Oscar Sunday. Okay.
That brings us to best actor, the best actor
in a leading role. Nominees are Javier Bardem
for Being the Ricardo's, Benedict Cumberbatch
for The Power of the Dog, You got it right. Good
job. What? You got Benedict's name right. Good
job. Oh yeah. Well, the joke is on the internet.
No, I've said it right every time except for
once. Once on purpose. There's a joke on the
internet that everybody calls him like Benadryl
Cucumber Patch. Exactly. It's a meme. Andrew
Garfield for Tic Tic Boom. Will Smith for King
Richard and Denzel. for the tragedy of Macbeth.
I say Denzel because I don't need to say his
full name. He has one name. That's him. Happy
he doesn't go by one name though. It's Denzel
Washington. Denzel Washington who's one of my
favorite actors so it kills me in the fact that
I'm going for Will Smith of all people but King
Richard he had to create a character that was
based on a real person and from what I've been
told he did. I have seen two of these Being the
Ricardo's Javier, I'm sure was great, but I didn't
hear anything big about it. Tick, tick, boom,
Andrew Garfield I heard was phenomenal. I saw
Benedict Cumberbatch and knew I loved it. But
this year Will Smith as King Richard is the favorite.
It's the darling. This is the one I had an easier
time with just because I've seen all the other
awards nominated for him. Everybody else has
kind of been all over the place. So I'm going
with Will Smith. And I would have loved to bend
it. Coverbash won though. I would have loved
it. Power of the Dog was so good. I'm going to
give it to Andrew Garfield for Tick Tick Boom.
I think his portrayal as Jonathan Larson, as
you said, it's, it is fantastic. He wears so
many different emotional faces throughout the
film. And sometimes he's changing emotion within
under 10 seconds from the highest of highs to
the lowest of lows. And, you know, he is portraying
a real person as well. And what's really, really
clever about the film is that it's the story
of Jonathan Larson trying to put together a workshop
production of another show that he was working
on. I think it was like Subsperia or something
like that. This really strange sci -fi thing.
And then, so that's like what the main story
is. But the way the framing device is this, what
was originally a one -man model. one man play
called tick tick boom that then they readapted
into three people so Jonathan Larson and then
two backup singers so he's telling his story
while performing it and then you actually see
him act out the story and then there's additional
layers of acting and it's fantastic and something
I didn't know is that he could he was not a trained
singer they when um when Lin -Manuel Miranda
casted him he didn't even know if he could sing
and manual No, Manuel. So they didn't, like,
you know, the fact that they put their eggs in
a basket they didn't even know could do the thing
is insane to me. And you wouldn't know he was
not a trans singer. He really carries the film.
So I'd love to see him take it. I don't think
he will win it. I don't know. I feel like everything
I'm hearing says Benedict Cumberbatch is the
one who's gonna walk away with the Oscar. but
that just might be the buzz I'm hearing. I did
hear really great things about Will Smith. I
didn't really hear much about Denzel Washington
in the tragedy of Macbeth. That movie for me
came and went. I truly forgot it even came out.
And then Javier Bardem, I just haven't heard
much about his role. Is this one of the first
years that three of the best actors are based
off of real human beings? Maybe not. Well, you
have to look back. So no. OK, so here's the thing.
There's a rule with this, and I think I cut out
there for a second. I think my internet cut me
out there for a second. I'm sorry. But so every
year for like in the past for the pet for 21st
century. Only one year this hasn't happened,
but every year, except for 2016, one of the acting
winners has always been for playing a real life
person. Interesting. So this is why I'm here
for really obscure facts like this. But it's
true. It's true. So that said, and also because
of the fact that it's a heavy, heavy favorite.
I definitely don't see this going to anyone other
than Will Smith for King Richard. That said though,
the one that I was most impressed by by far was
Andrew Garfield because I had no idea he could
sing. And I mean, sing and get away with it,
I guess, in a sense. So yeah, but I think it's
still Will Smith. It's going to be him. Yeah,
I think this is Chakra Will Smith. Minus 800
are his odds here. That's really big odds for
him. Benedict Humbert Batch's number two. But
the conversation here, which I think is awesome,
Andrew Garfield is getting his flowers as an
actor. over the past year. I love it. I absolutely
love it. I loved him in Tic -Tac -Boom. I loved
him as Peter 3 in No Way Home. Spoiler! I'm so
kidding. Spoiler! That's officially on digital
now. Everybody cannot say spoiler anymore. It's
your own fault now. It makes me think back to
2010 with Social Network. And there's a in the
director commentary of it. I love that movie.
There's a moment where they're at. Like, I forgot
what the party was, but basically it was like
a dance and they're playing Niagara Falls like
like a video, but they're playing Caribbean music.
It was really weird. Anyway, Andrew Garfield
comes across the dance floor to meet up with
Mark Zuckerberg, Jesse Eisenberg, and he kind
of dances along the way in doing that. And David
Fincher is the director of that movie. And in
the commentary, he's just like, I didn't tell
Andrew to do this, but when I saw him just make
his way across the dance floor like that, I'm
like, we have a movie star. This is a movie star.
And I feel like it has taken a long time to,
for people like, and this is a guy who's played
Spiderman, but now 10 years later, I think people
are recognizing the acting with the charisma
of a movie star. And it's just been really cool
to see that in Andrew Garfield over the past
year or so. Can I also say Hacksaw Ridge was
nowhere near as bad as everybody made it because
he was bad. I thought the movie was middling,
middling. I thought he was great in Hacksaw Ridge
too. Yeah. People thought that movie was middling,
like just, just forgettable. And I think that
movie is so much better because of his level.
Yeah. He brought that movie up. He was good in
silence too, if you saw that. Yes. I have not
seen it, but yes, I've heard many a great thing
about it from about him and everything. Yeah,
with Hexar Ridge, he made a character that really
should have been grating to me. Like, I respect
that he wanted to look at the act, the story
is that he didn't want to compromise his morals
and his ethics. But like, dude, somehow or another,
Andrew Garfield's performance overrode how annoying
or like kind of frustrating that that could be.
So yeah, no, I'm here for it. All right, we're
at our second to last category. It's directing,
best director. The nominees are Belfast for Kenneth
Brownegg. Brownegg. Brownel. Brownel. Fuck yourself.
Rive My Car for Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Yeah. Okay,
yeah, you get that one. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah,
that's weird, but go ahead. I'm really good with
Japanese names, actually. No, I'm actually really
good with Japanese names. Licorice Pizza, Paul
Thomas Anderson, The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion,
and West Side Story, Steven Spielberg. I just
said that one on purpose. Why did you say it
like a New Yorker? Cause I said it wrong on purpose.
Cause now you don't know what I was doing. We
never know what you're doing, but anyway. That's
fair. Honestly. Yeah, that's fair. Hey, I'm going
to need that beer soon too. So let's make this
quick. Yeah. You're starting us off, man. I thought
I started off last time with Will Smith. I thought
I started off with Andrew Garfield. Fine. Power
of the Dog, Jane Campion. Okay. Bingo bongo,
buddy. Bingo bongo, done. No, Power of the Dog
deserves all the love because that movie was
excellent. And Jane Campion was the big reason
why. I thought about Paul Thomas Anderson because
of Licorice Pizza. I thought about Belfast because
of Kenneth Branagh, Brana, whatever. mustache
origin story. But Power of the Dog is my winner
for that one. And more so because of a spoiler
alert for later in this program. I mean, there's
not much more to go, so. You can probably guess
it at this point. Yeah. I'm gonna give it to
Paul Thomas Anderson just because I have seen
a lot of his films and I've always enjoyed them
thoroughly. And I loved the way this movie looked
from the, and this is all based off the trailer
stuff. I just I loved all the elements that I
saw coming through that. And it's definitely
on my list of I really want to watch it. I wouldn't
be surprised if The Power of the Dog is the one
that actually walks out with the Oscar for best
director. There's just so much momentum behind
this film right now. I really haven't heard much
about Belfast, West Side Story. in a different
year with different films, I could see Steven
Spielberg walking away with it, but I think he's
got too much competition to be a darling for
it. And then I just can't say anything about
Drive My Car. I don't know anything about it
other than it's like three hours. So my thing
with Steven Spielberg, and he's one of my favorite
directors of all time, but does it feel kind
of like in this category, it's just... This is
not, this is gonna come out wrong no matter how
I say it. It's past him is how I'm phrasing it,
but not - He doesn't need an Oscar. Well, that's
- Yeah, he's one of the goats. Yeah, but he doesn't
need an Oscar to validate his career, you know?
Yeah. Especially for a remake. Well, and that's,
that was my point about fucking, oh my God. Which
movie? About what? A Star is Born. Have you seen
A Star is Born yet? I have, I have. Yeah, I agree
with you. I think it is a bit beneath isn't the
right word. But I'm sure even Steven is just
like, okay, sure. I got nominated. And if he
were to win, I'm sure the speech he has in his
pocket besides the thinking of everybody is this
like, almost a sense of befuddlement like, okay,
didn't didn't see that coming. But here I am.
This should have gone to much more deserving
people. including Jane Campion, who is my pick.
This is a little late, but Mike is just off the
deep and watch as he dives in. Oh, I'm fuming
about it. It's Star is Born. I'm fuming about
that. Well, we can discuss on how you were mistaken
on some of those things. Anyway, for time's sake,
though, if you're the Directors Guild winner,
It's really hard not to win Best Director. It's
happened before, but not often. Yeah, this is
Jane Campions for me too. The only thing I will
say is she had that one little hiccup recently.
I don't know if you saw at the Critics' Choice
where she was accepting her award and she saw
Venus and Serena Williams and she said something
that was taken the wrong way. where she was basically
praising them like, you guys are all stars, but
you don't have to play against the guys like
I do or something like that. And that was just
like read the wrong way. She ended up apologizing
for it. I don't know if that's going to necessarily
ruin her chances. The only person we know who
won't be voting for her will be Sam Elliott,
as you've probably heard about. You've heard
of that, haven't you, Mike? Yes, I have. OK.
Well, yeah, he's not a fan. Yeah, basically appearance.
Yeah, he was also and he was also in A Star is
Born. Did you know that? I did. Yeah. No. So
Mark, you may not have listened to this episode,
and I don't blame you if you haven't. I called
out the fact that I didn't think. What's that
Cooper? Bradley Cooper should be nominated for
best director because he did a movie that's been
remade. This was the fourth seven times. No,
it was the fourth for time. It has been remade.
Yeah. Yeah. So that was my reasoning. And I got
very upset about it because I just don't think
a remake should be nominated. And Mitchell called
me out on it and I had not seen it at that point.
And then he started laughing at me because I
had not seen it at that point. Cause you dug
your heels in so hard. I did. He wasn't even
nominated for it. Yeah. And he was not for director.
He was for actor. Yeah. Let's look back. Cause
I think I was complaining that he didn't get
nominated for director. I think that maybe that
was the reason. Okay. Yeah. That's fair. If you
were, yeah, I was fervently against it and I
still am with Spielberg too, just so we're clear.
And I love Spielberg. I absolutely love him.
I do not think a remade movie should be nominated
for best director. He was not nominated for director.
Okay. All right. So maybe it was, you were arguing
about it, but whatever, whatever the point was,
you can listen to that episode. I'll find it
and put it in here, whatever. But if he, if best
picture would have won, he would have the way
that it's look it, that it is, he would have
won for best picture he would have walked out
there as the director Bradley Cooper, not the
actor. Exactly. Exactly. And that was, that was
my thing is I just, I fervently believe that
including one of my favorite movies of all time.
I do not think The Departed should have won an
Oscar because it was based on a story. It was
recreated by Scorsese. Thank you. Sorry. I'm
just like spacing now. So That is my argument
with that. I agree with you that it depends on
the adaptation. If it's almost a shot for shot
remake of the original, then it is a little sus
if a director gets nominated for basically walking
the same path that was walked before them. It
comes down to what did Spielberg bring to West
Side Story that is inherently Spielbergian that
is absent from the other. I've seen the movie
Departed is based off of. That's the one I can
talk about because it is one of my favorite movies.
I love the Departed. That is not the problem.
The problem is a lot of it is kind of shot for
shot, including the Xs over the people that are
going to die. Like that's, you know, that is
something he took from that. All right. Hey,
best picture. We made it here. All right. Here
are the nominees. Nominees for best picture.
Belfast, Koda, Don't Look Up. Drive My Car, Dune,
King Richard, Liquor's Pizza, Nightmare Alley,
Power of the Dog, and West Side Story. I think
this comes down to, there's 10 nominees. I think
there's two legitimate contenders. Okay. Where
are your two legitimate contenders? I think Power
of the Dog is one of them. Power of the Dog is
the favorite, and Coda. Coda, I think, is actually
number two. Before we get into basically our
picks here. I do wanna flag to everyone that
the way that Best Picture is voted on is different
than all the other categories. Best Picture,
they use something called preferential voting,
preferential balloting, whatever you wanna call
it. Whereas the other categories, you pick one,
you pick your favorite, and that's your vote.
For Best Picture, the members of the Academy
rank their choices from one to 10. And basically
how it goes, everyone's first choice is counted
first. And if a movie has 50 % of the vote already,
then it wins. But if it doesn't, they move on
to people's second choices. And it goes on from
there. The additions will be more complicated.
They also get rid of the last place voting one.
Exactly. Yeah, exactly. So then it continues
on from there. So those who had the last choice
as their first, their second choice now becomes
their first and it goes on from there. The Academy
actually made a we've been bad mouthing them
for their choices. They actually made a sample
video of sorts on their YouTube that actually
explains it very well. Yes. That's nice. So I'll
just go first because I've already spoiled it.
I'm voting Power of the Dog. I know it's the
favorite, Fine, Dandy, whatever, but that's also
the movie I've seen and I love. I absolutely
love the Power of the Dog. I thought it was excellent.
It was probably going to be my pick no matter
what because mostly I just haven't seen most
of the rest of these. But everything about Power
of the Dog was excellent to me and the reason
why I think it should win. Mike, I have a question.
Is there someone in your past that we don't know
of that goes by the name of Bronco Henry? No.
Okay. I'm just making sure. I will give you,
I will give you a fun fact about me. So my great,
great, great uncle was the first print ad of
the Marlboro man. That's cool. Oh. And which
kind of connects to the power of the dog in some
way, because he's just that like cool cowboy
kind of thing. Quintessential man. Yeah. So you're
welcome. I'm probably part of the reason why
a lot of people have cancer. So, yeah. All right,
Mark, I want to hear your thoughts here. OK,
I thought I'd be going last here. I thought so,
too, because we did not go already. Oh, no. OK,
my bad. I only heard. OK, I already went. Yeah.
So I'm going to go or is Mitchell going? I really
don't care. Jill, you're going. All right. Well,
this is a really hard one for me to even vote
on, because there's only one that I've actually
seen. I guess you could say I've seen West Side
Story, but not this production of it. Do you
know who's great? I don't think it's Best Picture
Great. If Dune doesn't win anything but Best
Picture, I'd be happy that it got an award for
something but I would be a little annoyed that
it was this award where they're maybe they'll
what going back to what we were discussing earlier
that logic of well they're making a second one
so we don't need to shower it with oscars but
we'll we'll give it one little nod um I'm gonna
guess the power of the dog is going to win um
coda which I really just don't know much about
uh mitchell said was the top second contender
for it sure um it would be cool to see licorice
pizza win as well i know i'm like just now listing
off the list but um i'm gonna say the power of
the dog for best picture just based off of um
popular opinion all right boys who's who's diving
in i got the perfect picture Well, let me cross
off some names. The reason why I don't think
Dune is a contender is because Denis Villeneuve
did not get the best director nomination. Which
is still ridiculous. Yeah, which is a little
weird. Yeah. So you could say Spielberg took
his spot. You could say the director for Drive
My Car took his spot, whatever. Regardless, he
is not in that category. And I think that in
a way eliminates Dune from being best picture.
There is a sequel coming. I think it's going
to clean up in the... below the line categories
as we were talking about before. So it will be
recognized. And then when I look at something
like CODA, again, I go back to best adapted screenplay.
If we see CODA take that, then it becomes a lot
more interesting. However, I have the power of
the dog winning adapted screenplay. We have Jane
Campion pretty much as a group winning best director.
I just don't see how those two things working
together. does not come up with best picture
here. But because of preferential voting, Coda
is a very likable and enjoyable movie. Mark,
I know it's your favorite from this year. I just
watched it last night. Absolutely loved it. The
thing about preferential voting. No hellraiser.
It's a hellraiser. However, it's not so much
about everyone's top favorite. It's what's in
kind of your top three. Like, what are you most
comfortable with? And that's where you could
see a movie like Green Book. winning a couple
of years ago in a controversial fashion. But
preferential voting, I think, led to that. So
that's where I think there is a slight pathway
to victory for Coda, which I only have winning
one Oscar with Troy Kotzer and best supporter.
So I'm giving it to power the dog, but I think
it's going to be close. Yeah. And like we said
at the beginning of the first episode. how we
are doing this on Saturday, so we don't know
what the Producers Guild is going to do. The
Producers Guild is a huge help in knowing this.
They're tonight, I believe, so they, if that,
so right now, before knowing what the Producers
Guild is, again, my thought is still thinking
power of the dog, but, and obviously I would
rather coda, but I think that Another thing that
has to be mentioned is there's always been this
biasness in the last few years against Netflix.
I think in the Hollywood community, like there's
a time where Spielberg himself was like, Netflix
is not how movies should be watched or whatever,
it should be theatrical. And then of course it
all changed with COVID and whatnot. So I think
this is definitely the best shot that Netflix
has a given best picture. So if, if power of
the dog does not win, then you know, there's
something that Hollywood just does not like about
Netflix, like a big bias and fitness of sorts.
Now for Coda, that too was, I don't know if it
was playing near you guys for theaters, cause
I ended up seeing it on Apple TV, but, but That
one also is one that I've been seeing probably
more promotional stuff for than any other movie.
I mean, they're really going for it. So I'm still
at the, again, pre producers guild. I'm still
saying power of the dog, but if it, it could
definitely change if power of the dog wins producers
field, then I'll be much more firmly entrenched,
entrenched with that as Best picture thing. Now
you should know also for me, for my predictions,
last year I got best picture right. But before
that, I'd missed best picture like six years
in a row, which was not fun. So use that as it
may. I'm just throwing that out there. But yeah,
so for now, it's power of the dog. But I don't
think like Mitch said, I don't think it's going
to be a clear win. It's going to be close. OK.
Well, that'll do it for our Oscars predictions.
I put out a community shout out. So I got to
give a shout out to our friend Kelly at Kelly
Madden 80. She's part of drunk theory, which
is one of our sister podcasts, favorite podcasts,
everything like that. She made a prediction.
I predict that if don't look up wins an Oscar,
I will have a minor Twitter rant and then forget
about it. So I just wanted to shout that out.
Mark. Where can we find your Oscars predictions
as well as some of your other movies? So I have
a website, it's called NothingElseToSay .com
where people can find it there. You can also
follow me on Twitter at, oh gosh, what is it?
Mark Guffin. Yeah, Mark Guffin is my normal one.
That's my personal one. website one is a different
one. I was also gonna joke that I actually made
it on to Truth Social. So yeah, we'll see how
long you can try to follow me on that before
I probably get kicked off. But yeah, anyway,
I hope I did not just lose followers for you
by badmouthing Truth Social. I think we'll be
okay. Okay, gotcha. Yeah. So you can follow us
as well on at Game for a Movie on Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram, all that good stuff. We are hoping
to put this out Tuesday and Thursday. That depends
on me editing it. I think we'll be OK. I think
we'll be all right. That'll do it for this episode
of Game for a Movie, where we ask, are you Game
for a Movie? We've been joined by our special
guest. Oh, that's me. Yeah, Mark. And our normal
host, Ivan Mike joined by Jill. Mitchell, Kenneth
Branagh, and Lin -Manuel Miranda. And yeah, and
Cumber Umber Badger, whatever you want to call
him. Don't forget about our dear friend Denzel.
Just Denzel. Denzel. Denzel. Go ahead, pronounce
that director for Drive My Car. Let's see who
can do better. Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Just watch more anime, Mike. Yeah, Mike. I do
well on Japanese names. Fuck yourselves. We have
earned that E today. Yeah. Yeah. Way to go, Steven
Spielberg or whatever you said. Sparge. Sparge.
Sparge on purpose. Hey, don't knock one of my,
you know, fellow director, you know, my, my beloved
Steven Jueberg. Love him. Wow. Okay. Wow. That
went somewhere. Okay. I'm Jewish. I can say it.
Oh, okay. She's good. She's good. Well, so that'll
do it for us that are not attending the Oscars
because of our beloved makeup and hair styling
people. We stand in solidarity with the Oscar
because of the omission of original score. That's
why I'm not watching the Oscars. Well, Jill stands
with solidarity too. I have to watch it. It's
on my birthday. Oh, we're watching, but we're
just not showing up. Yeah. Take, take that shower
the night, the next day. So, or the day of. So,
um, I ain't watching. Well, that'll do it for
this episode of the game for a movie. We'll see
you next time.