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There are also really bad children like Veda Pierce in Mildred Pierce. But she's so awesome, she's the highlight of the film for me. There's a fine line between horrible snotty children and awesome horrible children, apparently. Bonita Granville's character in These Three is a horrible little girl. Or Rhoda in The Bad Seed is awful. There are also really irritating children in movies that I enjoy seeing terrorized. Case in point: the annoying playground song that the children sing in The Birds. I like to think that the birds are attacking these children because they couldn't stand the song any longer.

Terrorizing horrible children is almost always a highlight in any film.

Re: the cat In 'Martha Ivers' It's probably because the Aunt is a terrible person and openly dislikes Martha's cat. Her hitting Martha's cat is done out of cruelty. Whereas in 'Christmas Vacation,' Clark doesn't hate Aunt Bethany's cat and he's not a bad person. He doesn't directly cause Aunt Bethany's cat's death. The death is funny because it's so ridiculous, especially in combination with the "Griswold Family Christmas Tree" collapsing. This is coming from a bird owner and someone who isn't particularly fond of cats, but doesn't hate them.

I have Goodbye Mr. Chips in my stack of library movies. I've never seen it before. I recently saw Robert Donat for the first time in The 39 Steps and I thought he was fantastic. I knew that 'Mr. Chips' was his "big" movie that he won an Oscar for, so I wanted to see it. Maybe I'll watch it tonight. I need a cleanser after watching Joker last night.

There were also tons of people live streaming the ceremony. I'm sure the illegal bootlegs of the proceedings are not counted as part of the show's ratings.

That explains EVERYTHING. 😉

I said I liked The Two Mrs. Carrolls a few posts prior. I didn't like the little girl though, she was getting on my nerves. She being the only character with an English accent was weird. She reminded me of The Simpsons when the children of Springfield decide to start telling all the adults' secrets and start speaking with faux British accents. I also liked Cry Wolf because it has my love, Errol Flynn playing a villain-esque type character, which he doesn't play often. I actually think that if Flynn and Bogart traded places in The Two Mrs. Carrolls and Cry Wolf, both films would be better. The only issue I see with Cry Wolf is that Flynn seems too young to be Babs' uncle! Unless her dad was really old and Flynn was a much younger sibling. I also agree that a third Cat People with Alexis Smith would have been excellent. She could re-team with Ann Carter (aka the faux British child) who was in the first film.

I've seen 652 The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, 653 Rope, 654 The Lady and the Tramp, 656 Bye Bye Birdie, 657 The Muppet Movie, and 658 Victor/Victoria. I may have seen the James Bond film at some point in time, but I don't remember. I love The Muppet Movie. I also love Bye Bye Birdie despite Conrad Birdie being way too old and Bobby Rydell being a little too smiley "golly gee" for my tastes. Paul Lynde though, is a treasure. I cannot see a picture of Ed Sullivan or hear his name mentioned somewhere without thinking of the "Ed Sullivan" song from this movie.

I just "followed" you. o.O My rankings are based on whether or not I would buy the film and watch it again and again, watch it if it comes on TV, or completely repulsed by it and never want to see it again. I "review" my films in chunks as I watch them. Many of the films I've already seen, but I have some actual new films sprinkled throughout and some new to me films. Tonight we Redboxed Joker, so we'll see what happens with that.

My copy of Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid was a blind buy for me. I saw the Olive Films copy, used, at one of the DVD stores I frequent. I decided to take a chance on it, because I'm a big fan of William Powell and Ann Blyth. I was very happy that when I watched the film, I found it very enjoyable. It's an interesting part for William Powell (for me anyway) because he's so entrenched in Nick Charles. Seeing him in a fantasy part and in a part where everyone thinks he's nuts is interesting. It's funny that Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid was in the same group of films as Cactus Flower. Irene Hervey plays the dental patient in Cactus Flower (the older lady who always has a bad tooth) and she plays William Powell's wife in Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid.

I think it was streamed on abc's service. Not sure if it's a subscription service or a free app. Hulu was airing Oscar content too, but as far as I could tell, they weren't streaming the Oscar ceremony--unless I missed it, because I didn't check until after the ceremony was over. It looks like the ceremony is on there now. I have satellite and watched the broadcast on ABC, albeit on a delay, because I DVR'd it because I was out and about.

The videos of the wins were on You Tube the same evening. My DVR recording cut off before the last three awards of the evening. I found Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger and Best Picture all on You Tube. There were also tons of live streams taking place--so people without a paid television service or whatever app it was streaming on, could bootleg it. Not sure if bootleg viewers are counted among the viewership.

I didn't recall seeing any "feraks" on the Oscars. I just saw people. People who made films which were voted upon by another group of people and deemed worthy enough to be in contention for an award. I'm sure the Academy is proud of itself because it bestowed the night's highest honor on a film that received the most votes and was deemed the best picture of the year. Why is a South Korean film winning a few film awards such a threat?

I love 643 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid. Ann Blyth is so great in this film and she doesn't say a word--only sings a little bit. I also love 647 Cactus Flower. It is quite a different role for Ingrid Bergman. It was nice seeing her in a comedic part.

I read weeks ago that Parasite was anticipated to possibly play spoiler. It was hardly a surprise. Especially after Bong Joon Ho kept winning.

Why does it matter what John Wayne would think? He's the one who portrayed freaking Genghis Kahn.

I wish they'd move the Governor Awards and Humanitarian award presentation back to the main ceremony.

They do! It falls under the catering credit.

That went on forever. I think they could have also cut the "re-cap" thing. And they could have eliminated the people introducing the people introducing awards. I wish they would have introduced the Best Song performers. I am glad to see that they cut the individual presentations of each of the 10 (!) Best Picture nominees.

I was also confused about Eminem, but I enjoy "Lose Yourself" and liked it when it was on the Oscars when it won the Oscar for Best Song. I'm not even a rap fan, but I like the song. What I want to know is why there were people introducing people who were introducing awards?

The kind of people you place on "ignore." There are others here who are open to all types of film--not just ones made in 'Murica that represent so-called 'Murican values. I have not seen Parasite but am intrigued based on the response it received at the Oscars. Some here (those who would freely use the word "t a r d" for example, ::gag::) seem to believe that the Oscars are exclusively devoted to American films, not realizing that they are just another stop on the international film circuit.

I thought that was weird too. They had a 45-min gap to fill and figured that that interview was something they found that would fit the time frame?

Lol. I think Renee would have benefited from writing her speech down. I thought she was great in Judy, but I was also hoping that Saorise Ronan would play spoiler and win for Little Women.

I was thinking that it was thought that the word "foreign" carried a negative connotation. Wasn't the category called "Best Foreign Film" ? When American films compete at the BAFTAs (for example), is there a foreign film category that they compete in, separate from the British films?

http://www.tcm.com/remembers/ 6:00 AM (ET) The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) 8:00 AM (ET) Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) 10:00 AM (ET) The Story of Three Loves (1953) 12:15 AM (ET) Along the Great Divide (1951) 2:00 PM (ET) Out of the Past (1947) 3:45 PM (ET) Young Man With a Horn (1950) 5:45 PM (ET) Lust for Life (1956) 8:00 PM (ET) Paths of Glory (1958) 9:45 PM (ET) Spartacus (1960) 1:15 AM (ET) Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival: Michael Douglas (2018) 2:30 AM (ET) The Bad and the Beautiful (1953) 4:45 AM (ET) Seven Days in May (1964)