And the Winner Should Have Been...

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

October 08, 2022 Bob and Mark Season 2 Episode 38
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
And the Winner Should Have Been...
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And the Winner Should Have Been...
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Oct 08, 2022 Season 2 Episode 38
Bob and Mark

This week we're back in our bag and talking about whether or not the Best Picture winner from the 2015 Oscars deserved the win.  Even though these are not quite 10 years old, we still spoil them with abandon! Enjoy!

00:10 Bob's worst intro ever
02:01 Why 2014?
03:50 How many of the 8 nominees did we see?
06:21 Birdman!
09:33 Navel-gazing perspective
12:30 We're actors! We're the opposite of people.
15:05 Fame at the highest levels
19:47 Chicago!
20:09 Birdman verdicts
22:13 Hail, Caesar! is a better movie about the world of acting
22:42 Pandering to the academy
23:57 What did the end of Birdman mean?
28:14 Boyhood!
31:36 It's more interesting what it would be like to make such a movie than to watch this movie
32:29 Richard Linklater
37:14 Teenagers are not interesting
40:18 Wait, we're only two films in at the 40 minute mark?
40:39 The Grand Budapest Hotel
43:30 What kind of man is M. Gustave?
47:40 Bob has only liked 2 of the 4 Wes Anderson films he's seen
48:08 The French Dispatch digression
49:27 A point of congruence with Birdman
51:45 The Imitation Game/Whiplash
53:07 JK Simmons as Fletcher
54:05 Turing's personal life not that interesting
55:53 The wartime stakes in The Imitation Game not well established
57:04 Mark Strong as Stewart Menzies
59:33 Mark's pick for the best movie of 2014: Nightcrawler
1:05:44 Interstellar
1:09:09 Our picks for Best Picture
1:10:34 The legacy of the Best Picture nominees
1:12:05 Mark's technical difficulties
1:12:44 Preview of coming attractions

Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Show Notes

This week we're back in our bag and talking about whether or not the Best Picture winner from the 2015 Oscars deserved the win.  Even though these are not quite 10 years old, we still spoil them with abandon! Enjoy!

00:10 Bob's worst intro ever
02:01 Why 2014?
03:50 How many of the 8 nominees did we see?
06:21 Birdman!
09:33 Navel-gazing perspective
12:30 We're actors! We're the opposite of people.
15:05 Fame at the highest levels
19:47 Chicago!
20:09 Birdman verdicts
22:13 Hail, Caesar! is a better movie about the world of acting
22:42 Pandering to the academy
23:57 What did the end of Birdman mean?
28:14 Boyhood!
31:36 It's more interesting what it would be like to make such a movie than to watch this movie
32:29 Richard Linklater
37:14 Teenagers are not interesting
40:18 Wait, we're only two films in at the 40 minute mark?
40:39 The Grand Budapest Hotel
43:30 What kind of man is M. Gustave?
47:40 Bob has only liked 2 of the 4 Wes Anderson films he's seen
48:08 The French Dispatch digression
49:27 A point of congruence with Birdman
51:45 The Imitation Game/Whiplash
53:07 JK Simmons as Fletcher
54:05 Turing's personal life not that interesting
55:53 The wartime stakes in The Imitation Game not well established
57:04 Mark Strong as Stewart Menzies
59:33 Mark's pick for the best movie of 2014: Nightcrawler
1:05:44 Interstellar
1:09:09 Our picks for Best Picture
1:10:34 The legacy of the Best Picture nominees
1:12:05 Mark's technical difficulties
1:12:44 Preview of coming attractions

Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Note: Oscar® and Academy Awards® are the trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This podcast is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode