I need to put my face on for tonight’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Follow me on Twitter as I may (or may not) have something clever to say this evening. And in honor of the critics, the most famous of them all, Roger Ebert, has been busy getting his new show “Ebert Presents at the Movies” off the ground, having tapped Christy Lemire of The Associated Press and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of Mubi.com to be the new hosts. Today, the Ebert-centric opening titles were revealed, so I’ll pass that along and duck out for now. Consider this your open thread for the show (which airs on VH1 at 9pm ET).
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28 responses to “To the CCMAs”
LOVE the use of Nino Rota’s music
Kristopher Tapley if you are here please tell me where i can watch the critics choice awards! Not in TV! Internet! PLEASE! Thanks!
So is this the open thread for the Critics Choice awards?
Simon: I’m really not sure. Sorry, man.
Graysmith: Yeah, let’s.
I thought the music was the zither tune by Anton Karas from The Third Man (1949), not Nino Rota.
I doubt you’ll be able to see it anywhere online, unless the BFCA themselves put up a stream. Can’t imagine any tv pirates are gonna go to the trouble of putting up a live feed online for the BFCAs..
Yeah, it’s “The Third Man.” No Nino Rota.
Can’t wait for “At the Movies” next Friday!!! I also need a link to the live stream for the Critics’ Choice. Don’t got cable. :(
Actually, Graysmith, that’s not true. I’ve seen BFCA and SAG streamed online for the past three or so years. Justin.tv was a good place to check.
Woops, it is from The Third Man. I guess the different instruments through me off.
@Simon Warrasch: I second Speaking English. While the only award show I’ve watched on a stream was last year’s Oscars(due to the ABC vs. Cablevision fiasco), I’ve seen much more random things on Justin.tv or ATDHE to be surprised if the BFCA’s have some kind of working stream.
Also, shouldn’t the new co-hosts have some presence in the opening credits?
Arnie’s pretty funny!
“The Fighter,” best ensemble of the year. Absolutely. Next, SAG.
I made some predictions for my own amusement and so far I’m 2 for 2! Go Hailee Steinfeld!
The Broadcast Critics know how to do a tribute I’ll say that.
Tarantino’s gonna speak for another hour.. ;)
Nope, he actually stopped and didn’t go overlong even! Impressed, cause he’s a chatty cathy that one.
Well if King’s Speech won screenplay with the critics I assume it has the Oscar pretty much on lockdown?
These Jackass spoofs are absolutely terrible.
Man, this is turning out to be one of the most boring Oscar seasons I can remember. (I’m sure I think this every year, but I’m really feeling it for some reason this year.) Was there a single surprise tonight? Maybe King’s Speech winning Original Screenplay, but beyond that, incredibly boring.
As for the overall ceremony, I’ve liked the Critic’s Choice awards in the past, but this year’s ceremony lacked any type of sizzle (of course, that’s probably because the winners seemed so expected). The presenters were weak, the speeches were boring…just blah overall. (No offense to you, of course, Kris.)
And as far as Ebert @ the Movies, I agree Mitchell at #11 that it seems incredibly odd that the new co-hosts aren’t anywhere in that opening title sequence.
Jeff I think they are going to get more and more boring and predictable every year unless some drastic change in the process occurs.
You know what might make it less boring? Getting off the computer and sites like this one.
Honestly.
Well that is obvious but we’re not going to do that.
Okay, then you’ll just have to look forward to more boring seasons. :)
Kris: I’m sorry, this may be completely irrelevant, but in one of the more recent podcasts when you were discussing the built-in narratives of recent Best Picture winners, you said that “Slumdog Millionaire” was a return to the classical Oscar film. This comment bothered me (and Anne as well, it seemed) simply because I can’t see how you can defend it. Sure, the film has a Dickens-esque vibe to it, but how can anything from Danny Boyle be seen as Classical?
I don’t believe I used those words, Dylan, but it is an uplifting yarn and right in the Academy wheelhouse. There’s a reason pretty much everyone expected it to win when they saw it.
I was trying to get the gist of what you said. I appologize if I misrepresented it. Thanks as always.
Kris,
When can we expect this year’s Top 10 Shots of the Year column?
Cheers!