Oscars 2022 Reactions - compelling drama or dramatic disappointment?

Well, I won't do what Rob does and crack a joke about starting the conversation with the most shocking thing from the 94th Academy Awards being: CODA winning best picture (ba-dum-ching and spoiler), but now 48 hours removed from the event, I think our brains would like to imagine that the actual film winners were the most compelling story.

This episode we're joined by some of our favorite people to do a little round table of our Oscars 2022 reactions!  You may remember this crew from our 94th Oscar nomination reaction episode, so prepare for snappy-takes and the comfort that can only come from like-minded cinephiles (and me).

Topics Discussed:

• CODA winning best picture
• Liza Minnelli taking the stage
• Our reactions to verbal attacks on our loved ones
• Did the In Memoriam meet the bar?
• Best speeches
• Best presenters
• Best dressed (obviously)
• Anticipatory nip-slips

There's a bit of consensus, a bit of contained rage towards me and a lot of fun as we work our way through the run of show.

Let us know your thoughts or anything we missed.

Tune in and we hope you enjoy!

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This week we’re continuing to dig the skeletons out of the closets of people nominated for Oscars in 2022, and we’re moving on to Best Actress nominee Kristen Stewart’s early role in THE MESSENGERS! Tim and Brennan discuss sunflower farming, the career trajectory of K-Stew, and the world’s serviceablest cast!

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With special thanks to Patreon supporter Brian Fowler, we bring you our Top 5 Best Picture Winners, just in time for the 94th Academy Awards.

I don't know if it should make us feel better or worse, that this podcast is aging in reverse. What does that even mean?  You'd think after all these years and with us slowly creeping into our 40's, you'd begin to feel that tug of maturity.  Yet, here we are, another episode, another 15 minute discussion about s*x and cheese. And s*x with cheese. And... well, some things can't be unheard.

Tune in and as always, we hope you enjoy!

Rob Top 5: 

1. Titanic 
2. Parasite
3. Forrest Gump
4. Spotlight
5. Casablanca

Tim Top 5: 

1. Casablanca
2. All Quiet on the Western Front
3. Annie Hall
4. How Green Was My Valley
5. Lawrence of Arabia 

Carrie Top 5:

1. Titanic 
2. Parasite 
3. The Silence of the Lambs
4. The King's Speech
5. Driving Miss Daisy 

Audience Top 5 Best Picture Winners: 

1. Casablanca
2. Lawrence of Arabia
3. The Godfather
4. Amadeus
5. All About Eve

This week's winner - Becky Woodward (with some stellar picks):

1. Cimmaron
2. Oliver!
3. American Beauty
4. Crash
5. Green Book

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The Top 5 Movies to See Before You Die, it's a catchphrase you've heard before. It's also a catchphrase that you assume has straightforward criteria. Movies critical to cinema? Movies about the afterlife? Movies to see if you have exactly 24 hours to live? If there is something we do well here at Alternate Ending, it's complicate things.

So we do indeed come up with our Top 5 Movies to See Before You Die, but it's a curvy path to get there.  Tim also agrees that Carrie's list is the best, because he in fact, he would want to pass on after viewing her choices.

In a new trend over the last few episodes, we've also been adding to the list of reasons of "why Rob Jarosinski is a sociopath" with a rousing story about public urination. Behind the scenes, Rob explains that he was comfortable sharing the story because quote "everybody has done it," to which, we will let you respond to the accuracy of that statement.

As always, tune in, and we hope you enjoy!

Rob Top 5: 

1. Arrival 
2. Coco
3. Soul 
4. Chances Are
5. Defending Your Life 

Tim Top 5: 

1. Singin' in the Rain
2. The Gold Rush
3. Tokyo Story
4. The Rules of the Game
5.  Man with A Movie

Carrie Top 5:

1. Soul
2. Mrs. Doubtfire
3. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
4. Sleepless in Seattle
5. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 

Audience Top 5 Movies to See Before You Die: 

1. Fantasia
2. Seven Samurai
3. Casablanca
4. The Room
5. 2001: A Space Odyssey

This week's winner - Christopher Brown

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Castle in the Sky
3. House (1977)
4. Gojira (1954)
5. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and/or Man With a Movie Camera

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This month we’re digging the skeletons out of the closets of people nominated for Oscars in 2022, and we’re starting by discussing Steven Spielberg’s WAR OF THE WORLDS! Tim and Brennan sit down to discuss whether or not the film really qualifies as “horror,” their relationship to the copious 9/11 imagery, how Tom Cruise services the movie or not, and much much more!

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This week's episode we dive into The Batman, Matt Reeves' grim reimagining of Mr. Bruce Wayne.  As soon as we launched Pass the Popcorn, we knew at the top of our list was to have our old friend and roommate, Josh Elder.  There are few people we know who are bigger fanatics of the comic-craft and we were really eager for his perspective.  He's bringing his expertise on all things Gotham so we can get truly down and nerdy on Batman: Twilight Edition. (That is what this movie is called, right?)

(Josh Elder donning the wrong shirt)

There has been a longstanding war on who is the more knowledgeable human.  Even if that war is only in Carrie's mind, this episode, we put it to rest with a bit of impromptu trivia (much to this dismay of everybody).  Josh also graces us with some of his favorite memories of Rob as a young sociopath, which has us all in tears.

In worth Mentioning, by Patron Jason Dohla's request, Carrie and Rob bring So I Married an Axe Murderer, which leads to a good 10 minutes of clarifying a very side characters name. Tim brings Tyler Perry's a Madea Homecoming. Josh joins in on the fun with a historical drama, Agora.

We have a spoiler-free discussion about our likes and gripes of The Batman before we give you a very clear heads-up as we veer into spoiler territory.

Tune in and we hope you enjoy!

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