The Oscars Got It Wrong HonestFun
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- TV & Film
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A podcast where we watch the Best Picture nominees from a randomly selected year and decide whether or not the Oscars got it wrong.
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The 8th Academy Awards (Films of 1935) - Part I
We’re back for season 3! There were 12 nominees at the 8th Academy Award, so we thought, "what the heck, let's add 4 more," to make this one of our 16 movie tournaments. We discuss the losers from Round 1 in this episode.
The nominees were: Alice Adams; Broadway Melody of 1936; Captain Blood; David Copperfield; The Informer; The Lives of a Bengal Lancer; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mutiny on the Bounty; Les Misérables; Naughty Marietta; Ruggles of Red Gap; Top Hat
The films we added were: The 39 Steps, A Night at the Opera, Black Fury, and The Bride of Frankenstein.
Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
Timestamps are approximate:
7:00 - Bracket Set-Up
7:10 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers
16:00 - Naughty Marietta
22:45 - Captain Blood
29:45 - Ruggles of Red Gap
37:02 - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
43:40 - David Copperfield
50:10 - Alice Adams
1:00:15 - The Informer
1:10:10 - The 39 Steps
1:19:45 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst
1:21:15 - Next Time
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The 96th Academy Awards (Films of 2023) - Part II
We’re wrapping up our discussion of the film's from this year's Academy Awards. This episode we cover the winners from our mini-bracket.
The nominees were: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest
Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
Timestamps are approximate:
2:05 - The Holdovers
15:35 - Past Lives
28:00 - The Zone of Interest
43:25 - Poor Things
57:15 - Oppenheimer
1:46:35 - Conclusions
1:47:25 - Top 5 Films1:48:05 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner1:49:35 - Patterns
1:52:35 - Post-Oscars Addendum
1:57:40 - Next Time
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The 96th Academy Awards (Films of 2023) - Part I
We’re covering this year's Academy Awards! As usual for the years where there are more than 5 nominees, will be taking the 10 films, pitting them against one another, and deciding on winners and losers. The losers are discussed in this episode.
The nominees were: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest
Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
Timestamps are approximate:
9:55 - Bracket Set-Up
10:40 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers
16:50 - Maestro
27:35 - Barbie
50:15 - Anatomy of a Fall
1:14:45 - American Fiction
1:27:30 - Killers of the Flower Moon
1:25:05 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst
1:26:10 - Next Time
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Season 2 Stats & 96th Academy Awards Predictions
Another season of this podcast in the books! In this episode we'll cover our stats from Season 2 of the podcast - how many films we've watched, how many times the Oscars got it wrong, and much, much more! Then we'll wrap up by making predictions for the 96th Academy Awards.
NOTE: This episode contains spoilers for some previously discussed films. All time stamps are approximate.
0:45 - Section 1: Overview of Season 2
3:35 - Section 2: Things we're tracking
24:10 - Section 3: Our ratings (nominees only)
45:00 - Section 4: A qualitative discussion
1:02:20 - Section 5: 96th Academy Awards Predictions
1:09:55 - Next Time -
The 30th Academy Awards (Films of 1957)
This episode we're covering the 30th Academy Awards or the films of 1957. The nominees were: 12 Angry Men, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Peyton Place, Sayonara, Witness for the Prosecution. No extras this year? Wild.
Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
Timestamps are approximate:
10:10 - Peyton Place
23:30 - Sayonara
37:00 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
54:00 - Witness for the Prosecution [58:10 EXTRA SPOILER WARNING]
1:06:35 - 12 Angry Men
1:19:35 - Did the Oscars get it wrong?
1:19:50 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner
1:24:05 - Conclusions
1:31:15 - Next Time -
The 75th Academy Awards (Films of 2002) - Part III - The Bourne Identity
What a surprise at the end of "The 75th Academy Awards - Part II," huh? In this episode we take some time to really dig into one of our favorite films: The Bourne Identity.
We also wrap up our discussion of the year with our usual conclusions.
Note: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
Timestamps are approximate:
0:40 - The Bourne Identity
1:40 - An in-depth discussion of the film51:30 - The impact of The Bourne Identity
1:19:40 - The 75th Academy Awards Conclusions
1:28:20 - Next Time