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What’s Aged the Worst?

Stair-fall editing; Dillon redemption; racial dialogue; shared title

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:02:38Read transcript
  • Bullock’s stair-fall editing is terrible despite the film winning the editing Oscar.
  • Two films called Crash within eight years prompts a proposed twenty-year title-protection rule.
  • Dillon’s heroic redemption and sole acting nomination are criticized; Howard’s Hustle and Flow campaign partly explains his absence, while Newton deserved recognition.
  • The opening metal-and-glass metaphor is mocked; a stranger’s Crash pickup line is recalled.
  • Cheadle’s stereotyping of his girlfriend’s heritage feels mechanically inserted to make him racist too.
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The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award

Peña scream; wife; Beverly Todd; Newton crying

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  • Peña’s ten-second scream is nominated, but defended as more effective than his wife’s prolonged reaction; editing is blamed.
  • Beverly Todd as Cheadle’s mother is another choice.
  • Newton’s crying at Howard’s workplace is criticized, while the bedroom fight is praised and drunkenness partly explains the performance.
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Mallory Rubin Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Sex Scene?

Flex pick · Joanna Robinson

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  • Fraser and Nona Gaye should have an explicit sex scene. — Joanna Robinson
  • Bullock’s call could interrupt sex, with Fraser out of breath or an Internal Affairs-style camera reveal, rather than merely exchanging glances. — Joanna Robinson
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Original Karen; Ludacris short film; ineffective anti-slavery film

In the discussion (4)
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  • Bullock is called the original Karen, despite earlier disagreement.
  • A short film consisting of Ludacris’s scenes could work; the movie needs more of him.
  • The film is called the least effective effective anti-slavery movie: freeing trafficked people with forty dollars while stereotyping and abandoning them.
  • The freed person viewing video-store choices prompts a question about intended symbolism and a reply about stories transforming people.
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Casting What-Ifs

Whitaker; Cusack; Ledger

In the discussion (4)
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  • Whitaker reportedly withdrew after delays; whether he was to play Howard’s or Cheadle’s role is disputed.
  • Ledger was reportedly meant for Phillippe’s role and would improve it, though the character still needs a transitional scene.
  • Cusack reportedly withdrew from Dillon’s role; the discussion sees this as a potentially major improvement because the role would be unusual for him.
  • Josh Hartnett is suggested for the young cop.
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The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Chop-shop operator; Esposito; locksmith-office woman

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  • Jennifer Esposito is eligible and praised; the discussion imagines a longer career leading a police series.
  • The chop-shop operator is a personal choice, especially the Discovery Channel line.
  • The smoking, heavily made-up locksmith-office woman who refuses to disclose Peña’s name is another choice.
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Recasting Couch

Damon; Affleck; Maguire; Hartnett; Tarantino or Spike Lee

In the discussion (5)
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  • Matt Damon is proposed for Phillippe’s role; the same-age comparison rebuts an age concern. — Joanna Robinson
  • Tobey Maguire and Casey Affleck are alternatives; Hartnett is supported, then challenged as not yet a strong enough actor.
  • Tarantino directing is imagined as a much longer, more profane version.
  • Spike Lee directing is imagined with crane shots, jazz and a Fraser/Gaye sex scene.
  • Relocating the film to Boston is jokingly anticipated and shut down.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Blu-ray; heart attack; Oscar redo; protective underwear

In the discussion (4)
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  • Crash reportedly became the first Best Picture winner released on Blu-ray in June 2006.
  • Haggis reportedly suffered a heart attack late in filming and missed a week.
  • A 2015 Oscar-voter redo reportedly favored Brokeback Mountain.
  • Newton reportedly wore protective underwear for the assault scene; the discussion questions its protection and speculates about the absence of an intimacy coordinator.
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Apex Mountain

Paul Haggis; Scientology influence; disputed Terrence Howard

In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:53Read transcript
  • Bullock, Fraser, L.A. race relations and undercover cops shooting each other are floated without a clear affirmative conclusion.
  • Howard’s 2005 with Hustle and Flow has a strong case, challenged by Empire’s first season.
  • Dillon is rejected; St. Christopher statues and human trafficking are floated without affirmative resolution.
  • Cheadle, Peña, Phillippe, Newton, Tate and Esposito are rejected; Cruel Intentions and Westworld or Mission: Impossible II are alternatives for Phillippe and Newton.
  • Ludacris’s peak is placed in an unspecified Fast film.
  • Paul Haggis receives a definite yes.
  • Scientology’s influence is placed at 2005, combining Haggis’s Oscar and Cruise’s Oprah appearance.
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Cruise or Hanks?

Cruise as Dillon; Hanks as Fraser alternative

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:21:37Read transcript
  • Hanks is proposed as the morally gray Fraser character.
  • Cruise as Dillon is preferred for cocky Magnolia-like energy, father issues and the rescue.
  • Casting both is considered, with Hanks as Fraser, but challenged as outside the category.
  • Cruise in Fichtner’s brief role is another proposal.
  • Lions for Lambs is raised as an ensemble-role counterexample, with disagreement over whether Cruise or the film itself was the problem.
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