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State Of Mind: "The 2012 Oscars"
So, the Oscars were yesterday, and, considering my blog is at least partially film-based, I feel I should chime in. The ceremony as a whole was kind of bland. Billy Crystal wasn't bad, but he wasn't great either. I think after least year's disaster of Anne Hathaway and James Franco, they just wanted a bit of stability back. In terms of the awards and winners, I have a few qualms.
The first one is for a somewhat minor category. Why didn't "Tree of Life" win Best Cinematography? The film was almost completely cinematography and beautiful images! I just didn't get it.
The second is that I think "Bridesmaids" should have won for Best Screenplay. "Midnight in Paris" is good and all, but it's basically Woody Allen being Woody Allen. "Bridesmaids", on the other hand, is truly original. It takes standard romantic comedy tropes and subverts and deconstructs them. Every usual comedic situation makes sense in context and has real world implications. The relationship between Annie and Lilian is the core of the film, and their interactions are based in how people actually talk. The characters are all well-rounded and well-written. How does the script that served as a milestone in the discussion of women in comedy not win?
My next two gripes might just be interlocked. The first is that I think Berenice Bejo should have won for Best Supporting Actress. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely loved Octavia Spencer in "The Help". She was funny, moving, and provocative. However, I felt as though I really connected with Berenice. I became emotionally invested in her relationship with Jean Dujardin's character. When she cried, I felt like crying, and, when she laughed, it made me happy. I wanted them together in the end, and I was actually worried that they might not make it. That's a level of involvement that I just didn't feel with Octavia's character, which I think has more to do with the writing than her portrayal.
My biggest complaint is that Viola Davis did not win Best Actress. Again, I absolutely adore Meryl Streep. She is brilliant in pretty much every role she's ever been given, and she deserves every nomination she gets. However, therein lies the problem. She gets tons of nominations because she gets tons of opportunities to show her stuff. Viola Davis is a slightly older black woman. How many good and powerful leading roles are written for women like her? This was the academy's opportunity to give it to someone new, someone who may not get a chance like this again for a long time. It was bad enough that, not so long ago, they passed over Gabourey Sidibe's incredible debut in "Precious", a movie centered almost entirely around black people, to give the Oscar to Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side", the movie about a white family saving the black kid. Instead, they did exactly what they did this year: they nominated the two black female leads for the Supporting and Lead categories, gave it to the Supporting Actress, and then snubbed the Lead Actress. In fact, they would have made history by giving Viola the Oscar. She would have been only the second black woman ever, after Halle Berry, to win the Oscar for Best Leading Actress. Wasn't that reason enough to give her the Oscar? That's not even mentioning the performance itself. It did to me exactly what Berenice's performance did: it made me get invested in the fate of the character. She was flawless, and that final scene (which I won't spoil here) is one of the few movie moments to almost make me cry. Just to be clear, I've never cried at a movie before, so the movie and performances that bring me close to it ("Toy Story 3", "Up", Viola Davis in "The Help", Berenice Bejo in "The Artist") are very impressive to me.
I thought that this was definitely Viola's year. It was their chance to reward a brilliant actress for her amazing role in a very good movie. Instead, they chose the safe nominee. That's probably the best word that I can use to describe this year's Oscars: safe. From the host to the winners, everything was being played safe and simple. Some of the nominees were interesting (Jonah Hill, Melissa McCarthy, and "Bridesmaids"'s screenplay come to mind), but it just felt kind of dull overall. I am disappointed in you, Oscars. Viola will hopefully have her moment, it just wasn't last night.
Guess this could go as an inktober sketch? Eitherway, first post here since I started again, an inked self portrait that needs some tweaking and detailing before I colour it. Gonna upload finished version soon! It's been good to draw something else than dinosaurs now :)
ART OF ME!
HELP ME I'M FLOPPING
I love this artwork of me <3 this was actually a school doodle that I decided to turn into a digital piece! PLEASE DON'T LET ME FLOP AGAIN </3
«Yes, I decided to paint myself as a murderer, maybe later I'll paint myself and maybe Rayan as Survivors»
I decided to duplicate here what I wrote in the drawing. My handwriting in English is not that good, sorry for that. I drew this art yesterday. today I will probably post another fan-killer art, because I have almost finished this art. I will also need to make color versions, although I made the color version of The Creator this morning in GL2
I've combined the Trickster with the Artist and a hint of Michael Myers for a challenge entry over on the dead by daylight amino. I figured I might as well post it here on my blog.
First art of the year.
W.I.P. Of myself.
Okay I bought her
Sifu; the danger of power unearned.
Fajar sought the pendant's power to heal his mental illness. All it did was turn him into an animal.
Sean wanted power, and he got burned by the fire.
Kuroki wanted her sister back, now her sister haunts her as a bad memory.
Jinfeng wanted to help the poor, and became what she swore to fight against in her ivory tower.
Yang wanted his family back, he didn't get it.
Sifu: Kuroki's true personality
Kunai Kuroki is the 'real' personality, i.e the one who is 'alive':
While Staff Kuroki is the twin sister who 'died':
Kunai Kuroki is predominantly in mourning colors and her eye makeup is streaked from crying over her twin sister's body.
Staff Kuroki is neat and dressed up for her own 'funeral'.
Kunai Kuroki's fighting style is more aggressive while Staff Kuroki fights defensively. Which possibly reflects their respective roles as murderer and victim. Kunai Kuroki may be the sister who lived, but she allows the dead sister's personality to be the dominant personality. Probably out of guilt exacerbated by the magic artifact she took from her Sifu.
I forgot to post some drawings from yesterday and the drawings from today feat @virusdraw and @cute-shadow-art
I swear to god if i ever meet this man I will scream and do dumb things like this: The first person who send me a good drawing of me the artist and Alan Ituriel will get a free flat color cartoon style drawing of whatever you want ( remembering this is a safe for work acc so no nsfw request pls )
I love this skin of her she’s so pretty! ❤️
In your benevolence,
hear the Artist's plea for a dream come true.
The series premiere of I Need A Miracle is out now. Search for I Need A Miracle in podcast apps or head to foggyoutline.com/ineedamiracle for all the ways to listen.
Starring David Holt as Michel Kildress, the Artist
Written by @merelymatt
Directed by Robert Valentine
Recorded by Stephen H at Jukebox Studios
With broadcast assistance from Teresa Milewski
Sound design by Sarah Buchynski
Music by Katharine Seaton
Produced by Sarah Golding for @wirelesstheatre and @foggyoutline
i mean... someone had to do it, right? sjksjlksjskl (for anyone wondering yes it was pain in the ass but i enjoyed every bit of it)