tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092127181833223392024-03-13T23:21:41.151-04:00Norwegian Morning Wood<br>"I've never known a man to know so much about so little." - J. Todd SmithRoderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.comBlogger1179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-5735103449365984512024-03-12T15:32:00.000-04:002024-03-12T15:32:00.194-04:00OSCAR Prediction Results - not that bad!<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another Oscar season has now passed and obviously I did pretty well when I stopped really paying attention to anything. It was in general a ceremony that didn't fill me with rage, either! There wasn't really a single win that's upsetting, but I don't know if I'd take no wins for <i>Maestro</i> for no wins for <i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i>. Let's get into everything:</span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Picture</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>American Fiction<br />Anatomy of a Fall<br />Barbie<br />The Holdovers<br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br />Maestro<br />Oppenheimer<br />Past Lives<br />Poor Things<br />The Zone of Interest<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: </span><i>Oppenheimer</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">1/1</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Got it! Now this was the easiest call in recent memory. There were some close calls, but looking back, none really seem like they could have been a credible threat.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Best Actress</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></b><span style="color: black;">Annette Bening, <i>Nyad<br /></i>Lily Gladstone, <i>Killers of the Flower Moon<br /></i>Sandra Hüller, <i>Anatomy of a Fall<br /></i>Carey Mulligan, <i>Maestro<br /></i>Emma Stone, <i>Poor Things</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Gladstone</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: Stone</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1/2</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Hey, this was our toss-up and I failed it. I wouldn't have gone for the double young white girl winner over what could have been a great moment for American Indian actors, but oh well. To be fair, Stone knocks this out of the park, probably better than Lily, and it was way better than <i>La La Land</i> (2016).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i><b>Best Actor</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b>Bradley Cooper, <i>Maestro<br /></i>Colman Domingo, <i>Rustin<br /></i>Paul Giamatti, <i>The Holdovers<br /></i>Cillian Murphy, <i>Oppenheimer<br /></i>Jeffrey Wright, <i>American Fiction</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Murphy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: Murphy</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">2/3</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">I was so close to picking Giamatti, but I'm glad I went with my guy for Cillian. Well deserved, phenomenal work, no gripes here.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Supporting Actress</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b>Emily Blunt, <i>Oppenheimer<br /></i>Danielle Brooks, <i>The Color Purple<br /></i>America Ferrera, <i>Barbie<br /></i>Jodie Foster, <i>Nyad<br /></i>Da'Vine Joy Randolph, <i>The Holdovers</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Randolph</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: Randolph</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3/4</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't know what this role is even about but a clear cut predicted winner. Easy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i><b>Best Supporting Actor</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b>Sterling K. Brown, <i>American Fiction<br /></i>Robert De Niro, <i>Killers of the Flower Moon<br /></i>Robert Downey Jr., <i>Oppenheimer<br /></i>Ryan Gosling, <i>Barbie<br /></i>Mark Ruffalo, <i>Poor Things</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: RDJ</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: RDJ</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4/5</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't think Gosling was ever a real contender. This is a great win for Robert Downey, Jr. What a career, what a turn around for this guy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i><b>Best Director</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br /></b>Justine Triet, <i>Anatomy of a Fall<br /></i>Martin Scorsese, <i>Killers of the Flower Moon<br /></i>Christopher Nolan, <i>Oppenheimer<br /></i>Yorgos Lanthimos, <i>Poor Things<br /></i>Jonathan Glazer, <i>The Zone of Interest</i></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Nolan</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: Nolan</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">5/6</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, Academy Award winning director Chris Nolan. Righteous. The best is still to come!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></i><b><span style="color: black;">Best Original Screenplay</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></b><i><span style="color: black;">Anatomy of a Fall<br />The Holdovers<br />Maestro<br />May December<br />Past Lives</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Anatomy of a Fall</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: </span><i>Anatomy of a Fall</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">6/7</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">This turned out to be easy, even if I was skeptical that this could actually pull it off. But it ended up being the heavy favorite. I have no real issues, glad to get the nod.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></i><b><span style="color: black;">Best Adapted Screenplay</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></b><i><span style="color: black;">American Fiction<br />Barbie<br />Oppenheimer<br />Poor Things<br />The Zone of Interest</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Predicted Winner: </span><i>American Fiction</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Actual Winner: </span><i>American Fiction</i></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">7/8</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">BAM! I never get these right. This just really felt like an <i>American Fiction</i> category, but I'm always wrong about that stuff, so this is great.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></i><b><span style="color: black;">Best Cinematography</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></b><i><span style="color: black;">El Conde<br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br />Maestro<br />Oppenheimer<br />Poor Things</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: </span><i>Oppenheimer</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">7/9</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">So <i>Oppenheimer </i>ended up just crushing everything, I really wasn't thinking <i>Flower Moon</i> would walk away with nothing, but that's that, I guess. It was a really clear sweep instead of any even distribution. I hedged my bets a bit because it's rare that the favorite actually does win everything, but hey - it did!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Best Original Score</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></b><i><span style="color: black;">American Fiction<br />Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny<br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br />Oppenheimer<br />Poor Things</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Predicted Winner: </span><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Actual Winner: </span><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8/10</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I mean, thanks </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Oppenheimer</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> for making it generally easy. I through it out for Cinematography but thought it would get the score still, and I nailed that one.</span></p><div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">Best Original Song</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></b><span style="color: black;">"The Fire Inside," <i>Flamin' Hot<br /></i>"I'm Just Ken," <i>Barbie<br /></i>"It Never Went Away," <i>American Symphony<br /></i>"Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)," <i>Killers of the Flower Moon<br /></i>"What Was I Made For?" <i>Barbie</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Winner: </span>"I'm Just Ken," <i>Barbie</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Actual Winner: The other song from <i>Barbie</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">8/11</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Alright, whatever. I shouldn't have missed this open lay-up. Bonehead, but c'mon, even the performance at the ceremony was mind-blowing. Why are we going with the sappier ballad? I know, I know, we all knew what they'd choose. I suck.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Editing</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>Anatomy of a Fall<br />The Holdovers<br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br />Oppenheimer<br />Poor Things</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Predicted Winner: </span><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Actual Winner: </span><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9/12</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Got 'em.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>Best Production Design</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>Barbie<br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br />Napoleon<br />Oppenheimer<br />Poor Things</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Predicted Winner: </span><i>Barbie</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Poor Things</i></p><div><br /></div><div>9/13</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i>Poor Things</i> had a very good night and while this is deserved, I still think </span></span><i>Barbie</i> should have had the edge, but ultimately despite a lot of fanfare throughout the night, <i>Barbie </i>didn't really pull down that many accolades. <i style="font-family: inherit;">Poor Things</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> did and it was an easy clean up here. I don't think I would have ever picked this, so oh well.</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Costume Design</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>Barbie<br />Killers of the Flower Moon<br />Napoleon<br />Oppenheimer<br />Poor Things</i></span></span></p><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Predicted Winner: </span><i>Poor Things</i></span></p></i><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Actual Winner: </span><i>Poor Things</i></span></p><div><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">10/14</p></i></div><div>I nailed this one, it was in the right zone of period piece, but also really weird and distinctive.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i><b>Best Makeup and Hairstyling</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>Golda<br />Maestro<br />Oppenheimer<br />Poor Things<br />Society of the Snow</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Predicted Winner: </span><i>Maestro</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Actual Winner: <i style="font-family: inherit;">Poor Things</i></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">10/15</span></div><div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I had mentioned </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Poor Things </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">as being the most deserving, and I can't believe it actually pulled this off. I didn't think it'd get past </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Maestro </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">or </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Oppenheimer.</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Poor Things</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is so bizarre because it calls so much attention to its artificiality and not to mention that it is so damn deeply, deeply weird. Oscars are going for these boffo pics lately, which is amazing.</span></div><div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Sound</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>The Creator<br />Maestro<br />Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One<br />Oppenheimer<br />The Zone of Interest</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Predicted Winner: </span><i>Oppenheimer</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Actual Winner: <i style="font-family: inherit;">The Zone of Interest</i></p><div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">10/16</span></div><div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><div>I would have definitely never picked this one. Like how? I mean, I know it's good but amazing that Oppie dropped this one of all categories, and to a really small scale film. It's all really cool and great for cinema but just surprising as hell. This always goes to war or action films.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Visual Effects</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>The Creator<br />Godzilla Minus One<br />Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3<br />Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One<br />Napoleon</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Predicted Winner: </span><i>Godzilla Minus One</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Actual Winner: </span><i>Godzilla Minus One</i></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">11/17</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Yay! Such a good win. Good for Godzilla, great for action figures. I love it.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Best International Feature</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>Io Capitano<br />Perfect Days<br />Society of the Snow<br />The Teachers' Lounge<br />The Zone of Interest</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Precited Winner: <i>The Zone of Interest</i></span></p><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></div><div>Actual Winner: <i>The Zone of Interest</i></div><div><span>12/18</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Another very easy one, simple win.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Animated Feature</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>The Boy and the Heron<br />Elemental<br />Nimona<br />Robot Dreams<br />Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Predicted Winner: </span><i>The Boy and the Heron</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Actual Winner: </span><i>The Boy and the Heron</i></span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">13/19</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I literally fist-pumped. Not that I didn't like AtSV, I adored that film, but it never felt as real of a contender as the Heron. I'm just happy I got a rogue pick for once.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Animated Short</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>Letter to a Pig<br />Ninety-Five Senses<br />Our Uniform<br />Pachyderme<br />War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: John and Yoko</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Actual Winner: John and Yoko</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">14/20</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Yeah, I guess. Can't believe I actually won this. When you get the shorts, it just seals it as a good year.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Live-Action Short</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>The After<br />Invincible<br />Knight of Fortune<br />Red, White and Blue<br />The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Sugar</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Actual Winner: Sugar</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">15/21</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Thank you Wes Anderson for definitely guaranteeing an easy Oscar prediction in a category that is usually stupid as hell.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Documentary Feature</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b><i>Bobi Wine: The People's President<br />The Eternal Memory<br />Four Daughters<br />To Kill a Tiger<br />20 Days in Mariupol</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Mariupol</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Actual Winner: Mariupol</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">16/22</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Again, easy one. I'm happy with it!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Documentary Short</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br /></b><i>The ABCs of Book Banning<br />The Barber of Little Rock<br />Island in Between<br />The Last Repair Shop<br />Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó</i></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Winner: Book Burning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: Repair Shop</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">16/23</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ok, whatever.</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, 16/23 is the most I've ever gotten in the modern, 23-category era, and ties my second highest best years ever. And I should have probably gotten 17 with the right <i>Barbie</i> song. I maybe could have picked <i>Poor Things</i> for make-up and hairstyling I wasn't a bitter, jaded guy who was convinced I'd lose, but I don't think I would have changed anything else. I'm happy with the haul, so let's update the annual records:</span></o:p></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">First, our annual records:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2024: 16/23</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2023: 11/23</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2022: 12/23</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2021: 12/23</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2020: 13/24 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2019: 13/24 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2018: 16/24 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2017: 13/24 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2016: 14/24 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2015: 13/24 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2014: 20/24 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2013: 14/24 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2012: 16/24 </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2011: 14/24 </span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;">2010: 12/24</span> </span></div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-68879080260929918452024-02-28T11:26:00.001-05:002024-02-28T11:26:47.271-05:00182nd Annual Oscar Prediction Post<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">We're
here once again to give our Oscar predictions! Now, on a good year we're lucky
to get like 50% of these things right. This is an exceptional year, though, as it's
loaded with front runners, especially in the dud categories, so we're hoping
for a little more. We'll see as always for Hollywood's Dumbest Night!</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
<b>Best Picture<br />
</b><i>American Fiction<br />
Anatomy of a Fall<br />
Barbie<br />
The Holdovers<br />
Killers of the Flower Moon<br />
Maestro<br />
Oppenheimer<br />
Past Lives<br />
Poor Things<br />
The Zone of Interest<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Winner: <i>Oppenheimer</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">With all the major necessary awards and truly the cherriest of combos - historical biopic, popular, critically acclaimed, lots of acting noms, a deserved director, this seems like one of the more in the bag predictions of the last few years. What a strange world we're living in. Thanks a lot, Oppenheimer.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></i><b><span style="color: black;">Best Actress</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></b><span style="color: black;">Annette Bening, <i>Nyad<br />
</i>Lily Gladstone, <i>Killers of the Flower Moon<br />
</i>Sandra Hüller, <i>Anatomy of a Fall<br />
</i>Carey Mulligan, <i>Maestro<br />
</i>Emma Stone, <i>Poor Things</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Winner: Gladstone</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">This one's tough. I can see Emma Stone pulling this off, but I also can't see her as being a two-time Academy Award winner. Then again, you've got Christoph Waltz and Mahershala Ali doing these things recently and I doubted them for the same reason. I kind of think <i>KotFM</i> is just too popular to not win anything.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Actor</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b>Bradley Cooper, <i>Maestro<br />
</i>Colman Domingo, <i>Rustin<br />
</i>Paul Giamatti, <i>The Holdovers<br />
</i>Cillian Murphy, <i>Oppenheimer<br />
</i>Jeffrey Wright, <i>American Fiction</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: Murphy</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I don't know, I could eat my hat on this. Murphy seems to be the frontrunner but Giamatti is right there. I think after cleaning up BAFTA and SAG there isn't much more wiggle room for Giamatti, and it's got everything the Academy usually likes, AND well deserved for once.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Supporting Actress</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b>Emily Blunt, <i>Oppenheimer<br />
</i>Danielle Brooks, <i>The Color Purple<br />
</i>America Ferrera, <i>Barbie<br />
</i>Jodie Foster, <i>Nyad<br />
</i>Da'Vine Joy Randolph, <i>The Holdovers</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: Randolph</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">No one seems to talk about how the Academy DEFINITELY gives supporting awards to black folk, particularly black women as a way of saying they're invited to the party but aren't the main show. I think it's racist. I haven't seen <i>The Holdovers</i> and maybe Randolph is a revelation and I'm sure she is actually deserving but it's the same reason the white hero always has black sidekicks in Marvel movies.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Supporting Actor</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b>Sterling K. Brown, <i>American Fiction<br />
</i>Robert De Niro, <i>Killers of the Flower Moon<br />
</i>Robert Downey Jr., <i>Oppenheimer<br />
</i>Ryan Gosling, <i>Barbie<br />
</i>Mark Ruffalo, <i>Poor Things</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: RDJ</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">I mean, c'mon this would be pretty sweet.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Director</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b>Justine Triet, <i>Anatomy of a Fall<br />
</i>Martin Scorsese, <i>Killers of the Flower Moon<br />
</i>Christopher Nolan, <i>Oppenheimer<br />
</i>Yorgos Lanthimos, <i>Poor Things<br />
</i>Jonathan Glazer, <i>The Zone of Interest</i></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Winner: Nolan</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's about time, I just don't think anyone catches him at this point. The Academy has liked to split this, but there aren't really enough viable films contending here to earn that. And Lanthimos probably did the best job, but they're not awarding fucking Yorgos Lanthimos.</span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></i><b><span style="color: black;">Best Original Screenplay</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></b><i><span style="color: black;">Anatomy of a Fall<br />
The Holdovers<br />
Maestro<br />
May December<br />
Past Lives</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Winner: <i>Anatomy of a Fall</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">I would have picked something safer like <i>The Holdovers</i> in a vacuum, but this thing just keeps sweeping awards and seems to be the clear favorite. I'm a big <i>May December</i> guy myself, which got to no attention anywhere, but I don't think it can win here. All these films are pretty high profile in an indie writing sense, so it'd be fun anywhere. Except <i>Maestro</i>. Screw that bait.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></i><b><span style="color: black;">Best Adapted Screenplay</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></b><i><span style="color: black;">American Fiction<br />
Barbie<br />
Oppenheimer<br />
Poor Things<br />
The Zone of Interest</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: </span></span><i>American Fiction</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Doesn't it feel like this is a category where a film like <i>American Fiction</i> should win? Just outside, but still popular, but not International. I don't think <i>Oppenheimer</i> will totally sweep just because that's really rare, and c'mon, how is <i>Barbie </i>adapted from anything. Bizarre.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></i><b><span style="color: black;">Best Cinematography</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></b><i><span style="color: black;">El Conde<br />
Killers of the Flower Moon<br />
Maestro<br />
Oppenheimer<br />
Poor Things</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: <i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i>El Conde</i> was really good! It won't get attention here. And <i>Poor Things</i> is doing more things with the camera than most films. <i>Oppenheimer</i> is the heavy favorite, but again, it's not going to win everything and I think the next biggest can upset here.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></i><b><span style="color: black;">Best Original Score</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></b><i><span style="color: black;">American Fiction<br />
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny<br />
Killers of the Flower Moon<br />
Oppenheimer<br />
Poor Things</span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: </span></span><i>Oppenheimer</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">See, this is where no one gets upset. <i>Oppenheimer </i>is definitely the best nominee here and then we can all move on with our lives.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></i><b><span style="color: black;">Best Original Song</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></b><span style="color: black;">"The Fire Inside," <i>Flamin' Hot<br />
</i>"I'm Just Ken," <i>Barbie<br />
</i>"It Never Went Away," <i>American Symphony<br />
</i>"Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)," <i>Killers of the Flower
Moon<br />
</i>"What Was I Made For?" <i>Barbie</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: </span></span>"I'm Just Ken," <i>Barbie</i></p><div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">I legit think "I'm Just Ken" can do this, it's the most notable song of the year, everyone knows it, it's top to bottom solid. Everyone thinks the other <i>Barbie</i> song will get it, why bro? It's boring af. I think people say they'll vote with their hearts and minds, but they are really going to vote with their butts. We'll see if I bungle this slam dunk category. So <i>Flamin' Hot</i> was a real movie, eh?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Editing</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>Anatomy of a Fall<br />
The Holdovers<br />
Killers of the Flower Moon<br />
Oppenheimer<br />
Poor Things</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: </span></span><i>Oppenheimer</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Move on with our lives</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
<b>Best Production Design</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>Barbie<br />
Killers of the Flower Moon<br />
Napoleon<br />
Oppenheimer<br />
Poor Things</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: </span></span><i>Barbie</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i>Barbie</i> had legit the best production design I've seen in a real long time and seems to be leading the pack here. Very deserved and would be an awesome win.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Costume Design</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>Barbie<br />
Killers of the Flower Moon<br />
Napoleon<br />
Oppenheimer<br />
Poor Things</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: </span></span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Poor Things</i></p><div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><div>Is it weird that I don't think <i>Barbie</i>'s costuming is that great? It's not like the production design. I think this has gone to a lot of sci-fi and period pieces in the past and <i style="font-family: inherit;">Poor Things</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> fits that bill well, especially if it is actually as loved as the nominations are pointing it out to be.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Makeup and Hairstyling</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>Golda<br />
Maestro<br />
Oppenheimer<br />
Poor Things<br />
Society of the Snow</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: </span></span><i>Maestro</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I picked the one that I want to win the least, which means it will. Oh, you always slap a fake nose on someone and it wins an Oscar. It's stupid. We'll see if this can go to </span></span><i>Poor Things </i>or the actually underrated subtlety of <i>Oppenheimer</i> instead,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Sound</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>The Creator<br />
Maestro<br />
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One<br />
Oppenheimer<br />
The Zone of Interest</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: </span></span><i>Oppenheimer</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Hey, there are some fun nominees here, but dude for the pep rally alone you know <i>Oppenheimer </i>is walking away with this one.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Visual Effects</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>The Creator<br />
Godzilla Minus One<br />
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3<br />
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One<br />
Napoleon</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: </span></span><i>Godzilla Minus One</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I think this has some more momentum behind it - <i>The Creator</i> is a great second pick but I just don't think it was that widely seen or had a lot of buzz. I also really just want to see Marvel and Tom Cruise stew about being beat by these real low budget flicks.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best International Feature</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>Io Capitano<br />
Perfect Days<br />
Society of the Snow<br />
The Teachers' Lounge<br />
The Zone of Interest</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Winner: <i style="font-family: inherit;">The Zone of Interest</i></p><div><i style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></i></div><div>Easily the most high profile film here. Done.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Animated Feature</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>The Boy and the Heron<br />
Elemental<br />
Nimona<br />
Robot Dreams<br />
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: </span></span><i>The Boy and the Heron</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">As pumped as I was for the first Spider-Verse movie to win, I don't think the sequel pulls it off when there's a new </span></span>Miyazaki film at play.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
<b>Best Animated Short</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>Letter to a Pig<br />
Ninety-Five Senses<br />
Our Uniform<br />
Pachyderme<br />
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Winner: John and Yoko</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">You're telling me folks aren't going to just vote for the Beatles.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Live-Action Short</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>The After<br />
Invincible<br />
Knight of Fortune<br />
Red, White and Blue<br />
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: Sugar</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Easily the most high profile release, Wes Anderson, big names, people saw it on Netflix. Could be upset, but dang bro playing with fire in a house of matches this one.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Documentary Feature</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>Bobi Wine: The People's President<br />
The Eternal Memory<br />
Four Daughters<br />
To Kill a Tiger<br />
20 Days in Mariupol</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">Winner: Mariupol</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Madripool or whatever sounds good</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><i><br />
</i><b>Best Documentary Short</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;"><b><br />
</b><i>The ABCs of Book Banning<br />
The Barber of Little Rock<br />
Island in Between<br />
The Last Repair Shop<br />
Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó</i></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">Winner: Book Burning</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> My stars, my stars, a year where the bobo categories seem obvious? What a world. We'll see, we could all still be super wrong.</span></o:p></p>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-20124555117166114092024-01-01T14:48:00.001-05:002024-01-01T14:48:22.387-05:002023 Movie Watching in Review!<div style="text-align: left;"> It's time again for one of my favorite annual traditions - adding up all the movies I watched last year and pulling together some mildly interesting data! We have been doing this since 2015 and I'm proud to say this was our lightest year, yet! Here are our on-going stats:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" data-sheets-root="1" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="136"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2015}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2015</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2016}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2016</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2017}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2017</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2018}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2018</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2019}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2019</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2020}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2020</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2021}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2021</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2022}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2022</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2023}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2023</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total movies"}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Total movies</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":198}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">198</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":220}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">220</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":224}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">224</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":249}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">249</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":200}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">200</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":182}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">182</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":181}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">181</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":202}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">202</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":171}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">171</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"First-time viewings"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">First-time viewings</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"n/a"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">n/a</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":117}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">117</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":133}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">133</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":157}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">157</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":131}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">131</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":110}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">110</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":111}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">111</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":154}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">154</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":102}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">102</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"First-time viewing %"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">First-time viewing %</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"n/a"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">n/a</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.5318181818181819}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">53%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.59375}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">59%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6305220883534136}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">63%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.655}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">66%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6043956043956044}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">60%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6132596685082873}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">61%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7623762376237624}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">76%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.5964912280701754}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">60%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Streaming"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Streaming</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"n/a"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">n/a</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":55}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">55</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":81}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">81</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":157}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">157</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":118}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">118</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":133}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">133</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":134}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">134</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":160}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">160</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":133}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">133</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Streaming %"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Streaming %</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"n/a"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">n/a</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.25}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">25%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.36160714285714285}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">36%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6305220883534136}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">63%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.59}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">59%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7307692307692307}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">73%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7403314917127072}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">74%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7920792079207921}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">79%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7777777777777778}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">78%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"TV"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">TV</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":86}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">86</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":84}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">84</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":55}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">55</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"TV %"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">TV %</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.43434343434343436}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">43%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.38181818181818183}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">38%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.24553571428571427}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">25%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.040160642570281124}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.035}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.016483516483516484}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.06077348066298342}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.01485148514851485}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.04093567251461988}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Theater"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Theater</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":8}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Theater %"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Theater %</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.050505050505050504}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.05}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.05357142857142857}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.0642570281124498}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.04}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.01098901098901099}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.03867403314917127}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.04455445544554455}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.03508771929824561}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin>As you can see, our first-time viewings were in line, percentage-wise with previous years, besides 2022, when I made the 52 in '22 concentrated effort to watch a lot of new things. It's amazing to see when that unraveled how much I fell back into typical habits. I don't mean to rewatch so many films!</google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin>Stgreaming's percentage has leveled off and we'll see if it sticks around that high 70% or so or continues to crawl. I had a bit more on TV, which was almost 100% hotel room stays, and my theater percentage has been very steady. I hate to say it to theater owners, but it is barely different from pre-pandemic numbers.</google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><b>Methods</b></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><b><br /></b></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" data-sheets-root="1" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="108"></col><col width="100"></col><col width="100"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Disney+"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Disney+</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.12280701754385964}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12.3%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Netflix Streaming"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Netflix Streaming</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.1111111111111111}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11.1%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Amazon Prime"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Amazon Prime</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.10526315789473684}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10.5%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"HBOMax"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">HBOMax</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.09941520467836257}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9.9%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Netflix DVD"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Netflix DVD</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.08187134502923976}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8.2%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Peacock"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Peacock</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.07602339181286549}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7.6%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hulu"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Hulu</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.07602339181286549}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7.6%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Max"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Max</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.07017543859649122}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7.0%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Paramount+"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Paramount+</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.06432748538011696}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6.4%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Planes"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Planes</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.05263157894736842}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.3%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Other Streaming"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Other Streaming</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.05263157894736842}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.3%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"TV"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">TV</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.04093567251461988}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4.1%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Theater"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Theater</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.03508771929824561}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.5%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"DVD"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">DVD</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.011695906432748537}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.2%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total Streaming:"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Total Streaming:</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":133}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">133</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7777777777777778}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">77.8%</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin> Now, don't let Disney+'s numbers fool you, I separated MAX from HBOMax, which adds up to 29 movies, by far the most. Disney+ was mostly five Star Wars movies on January 1st, 2022, and a bunch of Christmas movies in December. I should note that they've still fallen - the past two years HBOMax has had around 60 movies, or 30%. Combined this year they're about 17%. Tbat's still my preferred method by a good chunk, but way way down.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>A lot of that is assuredly them not being so eager to throw WB's movies on streaming so fast, but it's also definitely a dip both in quality of offerings and a heavily nerfed interface that no longer makes it easy to see both movies leaving soon and new arrivals.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>What's remarkable is Amazon nearly matching Netflix after years of irrelevancy, and how Peacock, Hulu, and Paramount+ have all sort of leveled out, in a not insignificant way. The other streaming movies came from Apple TV+, XUMO, TUBI, YouTube, and Xfinity.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>Lastly, let us mourn Netflix DVD. They conked out in September, so our numbers would have assuredly been higher, but I'm guessing Streaming's share crawls up even more.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><b>Years</b></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><b><br /></b></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" data-sheets-root="1" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="100"></col><col width="100"></col><col width="100"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1930s"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1930s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.005847953216374269}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.6%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1940s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1940s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.005847953216374269}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.6%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1950s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1950s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.017543859649122806}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.8%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1960s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1960s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.011695906432748537}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.2%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1970s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1970s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.05847953216374269}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.8%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1980s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1980s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.13450292397660818}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">13.5%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1990s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1990s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.08187134502923976}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8.2%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"2000s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">2000s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.10526315789473684}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10.5%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"2010s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">2010s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":29}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">29</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.1695906432748538}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17.0%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"2020s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">2020s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":69}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">69</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.40350877192982454}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">40.4%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2023}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">2023</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":40}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">40</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.23391812865497075}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23.4%</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin><div><google-sheets-html-origin>Nothing too mind-blowing here. I was surprised that I saw more 80s films than both the 90s and 2000s. As usual, we could do more pre-1960s. I had a kid this year, man, I went to the default. To get those olden, hard to find, brand-less films I just need to be super-intentional. This wasn't the year for that!</google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><b>Months</b></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><b><br /></b></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" data-sheets-root="1" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="136"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="100"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2015}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2015</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2016}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2016</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2017}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2017</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2018}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2018</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2019}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2019</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2020}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2020</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2021}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2021</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2022}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2022</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2023}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2023</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"AVERAGE"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">AVERAGE</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"January"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">January</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17.77777777777778}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"February"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">February</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"March"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">March</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":27}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">27</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16.22222222222222}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"April"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">April</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18.444444444444443}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"May"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">May</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":29}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">29</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18.666666666666668}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"June"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">June</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":8}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">8</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":24}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">24</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18.333333333333332}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"July"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">July</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15.444444444444445}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"August"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">August</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16.555555555555557}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"September"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">September</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14.11111111111111}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"October"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">October</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":24}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">24</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16.333333333333332}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"November"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">November</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15.777777777777779}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"December"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">December</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":28}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">28</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-9]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21.11111111111111}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>At this point it's clear that I have no monthly trends. February and September are busy months that usually dip and December generally peaks as I catch up on the year, have more time, and watch some Christmas movies.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>August was my worst month ever. I had never had a month under 10, and I had two this year. Oh well. 2018 was nuts, with eight months with over 20 movies. That's how you get to 249! I think this month chart isn't accurate to the year. That's okay.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><b>Genre</b></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><b><br /></b></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" data-sheets-root="1" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="100"></col><col width="100"></col><col width="100"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Action"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Action</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":44}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">44</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.2573099415204678}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">25.7%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Adventure"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Adventure</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.0935672514619883}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9.4%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Comedy"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Comedy</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":54}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">54</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.3157894736842105}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">31.6%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Drama"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Drama</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":34}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">34</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.19883040935672514}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">19.9%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Documentary"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Documentary</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.005847953216374269}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.6%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Mockumentary"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mockumentary</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.005847953216374269}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.6%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Horror"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Horror</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.08771929824561403}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8.8%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Thiller"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Thriller</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.023391812865497075}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.3%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Romance"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Romance</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.011695906432748537}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.2%</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>For the first time we tracked genre! Comedy and action dominated, which shouldn't be too big of a surprise. I really debated how specific to get - I think I started out tracking Sci-Fi, Western, etc but apparently gave that up at some point. If anyone wants to get more specific, leave a comment! Ha.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>I'd like to keep doing genre. At this level until I get bored.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>What does our future hold? Man I don't know what streaming service is going to come out on top. Peacock and Paramount+ are nice for their specific studios' new releases, but really not much else. However, there are so many movies that I just wouldn't really see in theaters. I'm genuinely curious if studios think about this. They must, right? Surely people are like me, I know I'm more of a cinephile than the average person, but surely that means that I am actually going to the theater much more often than the average person. But I still only saw 3.5% of all the movies I saw in the theater.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>All that means is that I really don't think we should care at all about Box Office numbers. I don't think bombs exist anymore. We should really think about cultural influence in terms of total number of eyeballs that watched a piece of media. Now, for some reason that's difficult, even though streaming services can assuredly track all this stuff more accurately than any previous time in history. I don't know why studios don't just go full into announcing these kinds of metrics and totally ignore the cinema. The audiences have! Was <i>The Flash</i> that big of a bomb this year? How many folks watched it on MAX? Probably more than ever watched <i>Batman Returns</i> (1992), which is an insane statement, but for real, we're in a scary new world and it's time to except that the streaming vs. theater experience is 78% vs. 3.5%.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>I posit that more people are watching more movies than ever before. This is probably a big reason why we seem to lack cultural events - when a big movie was in the theater as the best possible viewing experience (images on both VHS and TVs sucked for such a long time) we all went. But more than that, when we can watch anything any time, even though we have much greater distribution and are seeing more movies than ever, that's precisely the problem. We aren't sharing and festering on one event, we've got seven more to get through throughout the year and it's that much harder for anything to stand out.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>All that makes <i>Super Mario</i>, <i>Barbie</i>, and <i>Oppenheimer</i> all that much more interesting - as each one was a novel experience. It's strange to me that again, who knows how many eyeballs actually watched every movie of the year, but the top Box Office films also still felt like the biggest event films. Might that just be how much our culture globs on to cinema still? Or just that when culture is concentrated around a weekend it somehow feels more significant than say, spread out over both cinematic and VOD releases? I have eagerly anticipated a few streaming releases this year, like <i>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3</i>, although I swear they changed that a ton of times. If they hyped up VOD releases maybe they could conquer this (and I should say, free streaming releases, I don't know why anyone would pay $20 for these films on VOD. We do have all sorts of weird hangups, like even though our TV can match the big screen in quality, it's still not equal financially).</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>This is also all a big way to create sleeper cult hits. Because of course there's more than one way to become culturally relevant. So many films have found their niche on TV or DVD, in fact even the biggest films who can't repeat that success tend to fade into the background. That's why we tend to do best of lists around here one to ten years apart. It takes a really long time for great films to sink in. This is a long way of saying, I think that's just our world now.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>What do we have in store for 2024?! Check back in a year to find out</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-8293996616767825812023-12-31T16:41:00.002-05:002023-12-31T23:12:31.510-05:002023 at Eternium's Gate: Movie Moments, Songs, and THRILLS<div style="text-align: left;">It's time here now, at the end of all things to talk about whatever else there is to talk about this year. 2023 wasn't too bad, right? I mean, the world always sucks. In terms of film and art we were stricken with the writers and actor's strikes and are really at the crux of art and technology. I don't know what's going to happen with the studio system, we're seeing a lot of what had been working over the last few years completely melt down. I mean, who cares, these movies are terrible. We really need to burn the entire industry down and start again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let's get into the fun! And of course we here at NMW have some boffo picks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Comedic Performance of the Year</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/01aGRwysdUg" target="_blank">Kid Cudi in <i>House Party </i>(2023)</a>. That's right, I've been sitting on this for a year. There aren't even good clips of this shit. <i>House Party</i> was actually decent, although it assuredly did not push its premise far enough. The Kid Cudi scenes offer a glimpse into this much more out there film and it's fun to think of this dude carrying a whole movie. He's great!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Hero of the Year</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's <b>Rocket in <i>Guardians 3</i> (2023)</b>. I mean, that's the whole point of the movie. I think this third installment lacked the novelty of the first one and the heart of the second, but it's still upper tier stuff. Rocket is sidelined through most of the present film, but we see his origin through extensive flashbacks, a moral code developing that is fulfilled by the end. A close second is Pete Davidson in Transformers! You forgot about that one, didn't you.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Villain of the Year</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm tempted to go with Mamoa in <i>Fast X</i>, but ultimately we have too little of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbm-Vb9Aer4&ab_channel=josefernandes188" target="_blank">this kind of insanity</a>, which I guess was <a href="https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/why-fast-x-needed-to-tone-down-jason-momoa-performance" target="_blank">on purpose</a>?! How could you? This franchise is so dead in the water, we really could have used some of his chaotic energy to spice it up. But no, let's go with BOWSER from the <i>Super Mario Bros. Movie</i>. They really found the zone between his goofiness and threateningness and of course adding a signature Jack Black song gave us THE Movie song of the year (until "I'm Just Ken" came along). He's monstrous but also totally in character. A great villain.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Actors of the Year</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is tough. The obvious is just Margot Robbie, right? Can we go with Chris Melton or Ayo Edebiri? Chris Pratt was technically in two of the biggest films of the year, but it doesn't feel like he was ubiquitous. Can we go Jonathan Majors? Oof. Kang really should have been the greatest villain, him appearing in multiple platforms as a legit threat could have been a really cool way to show him encroaching on the entire MCU. Some What Ifs would have been great. Whomp-whomp. <i>Creed III</i>, too, but that was a bit of a thud. Is it weird to say Matt Damon had a big year? Same with Joaquin Phoenix, and Nicolas Cage. And Jason Statham was in a ton of movies!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let's go <b>Dave Bautista</b>. <i>Knock at the Cabin</i> gave him indie cred and <i>Guardians 3</i> gave him blockbuster cred. He's still a rising star and has a lot more interesting roles in him. I was thinking Florence Pugh or uhhh....Taylor Swift? But I think this is <b>Margot Robbie'</b>s year again! <i>Barbie</i> is just a great film, the #1 film of the year somehow, and it doesn't work without Robbie.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Scenes of the Year</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In no real order, here are our favorites:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzqkBlyRdeY&ab_channel=AlwaysLucky" target="_blank"><b>MCU's First F-Bomb</b></a> I mean, I laughed out loud, an unreal way to send-off these guys.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3adW1CL0W7w&ab_channel=MintyAquaGreen" target="_blank">I'm Just Ken</a></b> - probably the #1 scene. The production is insane, I love re-watching and seeing the guys just dancing in the background. It's so incredibly melodramatic and the song is a genuine banger. Also the greatest film of the year climaxes with interpretive dance. Brillian.</div><div style="text-align: left;">All of <b><i>Saltburn</i></b>, but let's go with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAx6mYeC6pY&ab_channel=SEllisBextorVEVO" target="_blank">this</a>. No clips exist, but if you know you know.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je0uw4ktqlo&ab_channel=OPMusic" target="_blank">Jason Statham vs. Shark.</a></b> <i>The Meg 2</i> was somehow far superior to its predecessor and deserves a lot of moments here. Let's go with the entire final battle. Also, this movie mostly took place in the Trench, which I guess is the title, but the trailers were totally just this scene.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFZX2UxzTNk&ab_channel=TheMovieGuy" target="_blank">Oppenheimer crowd</a></b> Most folks will go with Trinity, but THIS is the scene, man. This is where Oppie realizes the world-ending chain reaction.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Spider-Prowler </b>super ending spoiler but damn is this well crafted</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip0YPFMJ5V8&ab_channel=MovieTime" target="_blank">the stop motion alien in Asteroid City</a></b> man I didn't like this movie but this was rad</div><div style="text-align: left;">John Wick Sacre-Coeur an OK end to two OK films after two great films, but John Wick falling down stairs was funny</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jofn_9rPbzo&ab_channel=Movieclips" target="_blank"><b>DnD glitch</b></a> I don't think I laughed harder at anything in this fun but not actually well written at all film.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Songs of 2023</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was a big year for music that was Spanish jibberish to my ears, along with Taylor Swift, and female rap artists. What a terrible year for racist uncles. You still got Morgan Wallen.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What do I like? "Paint the Town Red" by Doja Cat or "Hot City" by Bonnie McKee. The <i>Barbie</i> Album was non-stop bangers. "Kill Bill" SZA had a big year. And Olivia Rodrigo might not be an industry plant! Her wit reminds me of like 2017 Taylor Swift. And I'm a Gorillaz fan so it was a lot of fun to get <i>Cracker Island</i> on our butts. "Lil Boo Thing" is fun, feels like an old song.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's it for 2023! What a wonderful year! Next year will be a big crossroads for Hollywood - mergers, streaming failures, non-superheroes and more! Stay tuned, folks!</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-75679902196333525842023-12-29T06:35:00.001-05:002024-01-02T14:07:26.159-05:00The Best Movies of Each Year Every Year Since This Blog Was Founded<div style="text-align: left;">We've been at this a while now and it's about time we assessed the top films of each year since we started this nonsense. We'll post our original lists along with what is probably now the definitive rankings. And since we started this along with the start of time, in 2009, that's how far back we're going!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2010/01/what-life-was-like-6-days-ago-2009-in.html" target="_blank">2009</a>: <i>A Serious Man</i>, Coen Bros</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2011/01/capsule-2010-movies.html" target="_blank">2010</a>: <i>The Social Network</i>, David Fincher</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2011/12/best-of-2011-movies.html" target="_blank">2011</a>: <i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</i>, David Fincher</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2012/12/2012-last-year-in-review-movies.html" target="_blank">2012</a>: <i>The Master</i>, Paul Thomas Anderson</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2013/12/the-way-we-were-flicks-of-2013.html" target="_blank">2013</a>: <i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i>, Martin Scorsese</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2014/12/2014-in-review-nmws-top-ten.html" target="_blank">2014</a>: <i>Under the Skin</i>, Jonathan Glazer</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2015/12/2015-in-bottle-top-ten.html" target="_blank">2015</a>: <i>Mad Max: Fury Road</i>, George Miller</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2016/12/goodbye-2016-top-movies-of-year.html" target="_blank">2016</a>: <i>American Honey</i>, Andrea Arnold</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2017/12/2017-in-ground-top-movies-of-year.html" target="_blank">2017</a>: <i>Blade Runner 2049</i>, Denis Villeneuve</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2018/12/twenty-greatteen-best-in-film.html" target="_blank">2018</a>: <i>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse</i>, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2019/12/2019-finished-top-10-movies.html" target="_blank">2019</a>: <i>The Lighthouse</i>, Robert Eggers</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2020/12/all-glory-to-2020-best-movies.html" target="_blank">2020</a>: <i>Nomadland</i>, Chloe Zhao</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2021/12/nmws-salute-to-2021-movies.html" target="_blank">2021</a>: <i>The Green Knight</i>, David Lowery</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2022/12/2022-nutshelled-best-movies.html" target="_blank">2022</a>: <i>The Northman</i>, Robert Eggers</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2023/12/2023-at-eterniums-gate-best-movies.html" target="_blank">2023</a>: <i>Beau is Afraid</i>, Ari Aster</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Close finishes:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2010: <i>MacGruber</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">2011: <i>Take Shelter </i>or <i>Melancholia</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">2014: <i>A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">2015: <i>Ex Machina</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">2016: <i>The VVitch</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">2019: <i>Midsommar</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">2020:<i> </i><i>Promising Young Woman </i>or <i>Color Out of Space</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">2021: <i>PIG</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Some of these pics surprised even me. Some years like 2017 and 2012 I have never really doubted who #1 should be. Others like 2011 and 2019 put up a good fight and I could go either way. 2020 is a really tough year, I'm not super satisfied but <i>Nomadland</i> is a great choice. 2016 I had a ton of trouble with, I like <i>American Honey</i> and think about it a ton these days. But there just isn't a lot of great choices there. I might call 2016 the worst year for film since I've been doing this. The best is probably 2011 or 2012. Maybe 2022.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This will be our immutable list for all of time!</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-30561661968959512862023-12-28T18:35:00.000-05:002023-12-28T18:35:01.212-05:0010 Years Gone: The Best Films of 2013<div style="text-align: left;">It takes a long time for movies to sit and develop both within a culture and within my brain. So in addition to reevaluating one year gone, we really need to do a ten-year reevaluation. That is what this is all about. We'll look at all of our previous 2013 lists and come up with something really really distinctive and definitive. So let's start with our shortlist. These would be all the movies I kind of liked from 2013:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>John Dies at the End</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Warm Bodies</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Side Effects</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Stoker</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Spring Breakers</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Place Beyond the Pines</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Pain & Gain</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>This is The End</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Lone Ranger</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Bad Words</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Way Way Back</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Pacific Rim</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The World's End</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>You're Next</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Prisoners</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Cloud with a Chance of Meatballs 2</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Don Jon</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Gravity</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>12 Years a Slave</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Nebraska</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Frozen</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Inside Llewyn Davis</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>American Hustle</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Anchorman 2: The Legend Contiues</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Alright, we've got to widdle this down. There are definitely some that have always been on my list, and I think that's true again here. Let's go with our immutable, the definitely always going to have a spot here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i></div><div><div><i>Inside Llewyn Davis</i></div></div><div><div><i>Pacific Rim</i></div></div><div><div><i>Stoker</i></div><div><i>Spring Breakers</i></div><div><i>The Place Beyond the Pines</i></div><div><i>Pain & Gain</i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>That might be it. I can't believe I dropped <i>Frozen</i> and <i>12 Years a Slave</i> from that list, but I'm not sure either are totally as awe-inspiring as they once were. Maybe <i>Frozen</i>, still, just because that felt so fresh at the time. It's always hard to divest the original work from the repeated influences thread over the past ten years. I think on a real list it still has to make an appearance. I don't know who gets the last bit, out of either Apocalypse comedy this year, probably <i>The World's End</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, so here is our original list from <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2013/12/the-way-we-were-flicks-of-2013.html" target="_blank">2013</a>, which was weird because we copped out and gave very clear distinctions to everything. What's amazing is that that list is almost the exact same as what I have here, down to <i>Don Jon</i> and <i>Side Effects</i>. In <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2017/01/top-10-films-30-2012-2014.html" target="_blank">2017</a> we again added most of the same things we see here. In <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2021/01/super-movie-reevaluation-2013-2016.html" target="_blank">2021 </a>we morphed a bit, adding <i>Anchorman</i> 2<i> </i>and room for both <i>This is The End</i> and <i>The World's End</i> as our three bonus films. Other than that, it's pretty much still on the money with my tastes.</div><div><br /></div><div>One thing it really makes me thing is...why am I doing this? It's pretty much the same. I'm surprised at how much it canonizes so fast.</div><div><br /></div><div>2013 becomes a nice year for everything, much like my original list. There are really compelling dramas, action films, and fun or experimental films pretty much everywhere. I'm surprised, honestly, that so many of these movies I can still think, "Yeah, that's okay!" Part of this is just me seeing more films like <i>The Place Beyond the Pines</i> and recognizing how legit they are.</div><div><br /></div><div>2014 is weird, always the year of <i>Guardians</i> and <i>Birdman</i>, but I'm curious if we have more surprises than this year!</div></div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-41340384582492358132023-12-28T17:36:00.006-05:002023-12-28T17:36:41.319-05:002023 at Eternium's Gate: Best of 2022!<div style="text-align: left;">I have gotten into this more lately - it really does take a whole year to catch up. And I didn't even watch all the ones I said I would <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2022/12/2022-nutshelled-best-movies.html" target="_blank">here</a>. But there's a lot that I've shifted around and some painful losses. Ultimately I chose <i>Puss in Boots</i> over <i>Pinocchio</i> because it does a better job of saying the same thing about death and immortality, even though I do have fondness in my heart for the latter. And it might one day get in here, but I just had to leave <i>Ambulance</i> out. You should definitely watch <i>Ambulance</i>, though.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#10: <i>Prey</i></b><i> </i>still works and sticks in my head as one of the cleanest, purest action movies in recent memory. It's remarkably direct and simple and still one of the best Friday nights you can have.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#9: <i>Weird: The Al Yankovic Story</i></b> I just bought on DVD because I don't trust the ability to watch it on any platform, much less Roku. I was pleasantly reminded of just how funny this thing still is. It helps to be steeped in Weird Lore, but every line just slays me. I fully grasped the concept that Michael Jackson's "Beat It" is actually a parody of Weird Al's "Eat It."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#8:<i> The Banshees of Inisherin</i></b> I was thinking about Barry Keoghan in this while watching <i>Saltburn</i> (2023). I often reference cutting off my fingers to get away from friends I don't like as well. I'm actually not convinced of this film's 10-year staying power, but for now it's still pretty fresh with me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#7: <i>Babylon</i></b><i> </i>is for sure a bit of a mess, but it's so damn realized and the characters hit so hard. There are for sure unnecessary slurs but it secretly belongs amongst Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt's best work. No small feat. I really enjoyed thus. Definitely too long. I don't </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#6: <i>TAR</i></b><i> </i>took me a bit to get into and it is almost certainly too long. We could have used quite a bit less lengthy inside conductor talk, but it does add to the whole story. Anyway, it's a continuously unexpected story of this woman's life falling apart, it being continually her fault, and her absolute refusal to acknowledge it. And the ending is spectacular. You can picture anyone else but Cate Blanchett in the role but also she totally loses herself. Just a great experience.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#5: <i>Puss in Boots: The Last Wish</i></b> has no right to be as good as it is. This sequel to a Shrek spin-off brilliantly finds a sublime challenge for its protagonist, intrinsic to his character while also being a treat to look at and very funny as well. Its playfulness matches its style and Antonio Banderas owns this role like few others. It's a lot of fun, has a lot of heart, and one of the best villains ever in that Wolf Death guy.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#4: <i>RRR</i></b><i> </i>is still an unbelievable movie. We are getting into the probably never off this list section of this list and I don't see it ever dropping. It's the kind of movie I remember watching every second for the first time. And then I put it on again as soon as it ended. It's the ultimate action bromance and what every American action movie wishes it was.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#3: <i>NOPE </i></b>remains Jordan Peele's best film. I hate to be a hater, but I didn't think his other stuff is all THAT great, I mean, they're fine, but <i>NOPE</i> is really where he lands as both a supreme visual storyteller, but one who can bathe his films in metaphor, callbacks, multiple coherent themes firing at once, and legit scares and tension. It's great and deserves so much more praise.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#2: <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></b> somehow someway became an Oscar darling which is a baffling thing to think about, but also we need to admit that the Academy Awards have become deeply deeply weird. But this is one that they got right. It's an epic, a movie for our times, who we all wish our situation may have turned out differently, but we need to learn to deal with the relationships in our reality. Also we're all living in different realities anyway. It's impeccably crafted and full of boffo action scenes as well. It'll be on list list forever.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#1: <i>The Northman</i> </b>remains my favorite, even if it hit a little less hard on my second re-watch. It's just very very cool. And also I still believe it's about how masculinity is stupid. In my opinion. It has everything firing at once, the visuals, both CGI and just shooting great landscapes, acting ranging from Dafoe to Kidman, a compelling story of twists and familial betrayal, and a volcano fight. What else do you want?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2022 - what a year! I like this list a lot and although we'll keep watching and reevaluating, this is pretty solid. I would watch any of these any day. Let's get ready to reassess 2023 in a year!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-7669449071479875612023-12-27T22:03:00.002-05:002023-12-27T22:03:52.554-05:002023 At Eternium's Gate: Best Movies!<div style="text-align: left;">Ladies and gentlepeople, thanks for sticking with us for our whopping TWELFTH post of the year! Needless to say, 2023 was excessively busy, most with my wife and newborn son. But we still watched some movies! I found that I didn't get to see nearly as many films on my list as I would have liked, so I wanted to do this in parts. First is a mild ranking of my favorite 2023 films that I actually saw. It's...it's not great, people. So I then cobbled together a mix of let's call them projected favorites. More and more I'm finding that we should just do a list a year from now when everything is settled.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And let's face it folks - there is only one big reason why I didn't see a lot of 2023's films this year. The collapse of Netflix DVD! It pains me quite a bit to lose access to what was once one of the greatest movie libraries of all time. I really did spent a lot of November / December catching up each year. Now I wait until streaming (<i>The Holdovers</i> comes to Peacock Dec 29!) but it does become tough when I clearly don't have things like Peacock.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, let's start with the most honest ranking ever of movies I actually saw in 2023:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Machine</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Strays</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Killer</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Barbie</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>May December</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Saltburn</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Oppenheimer</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Beau is Afraid</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, there actually were nine films that I'd consider rankable. And yeah, we've got <i>The Machine</i> and <i>Strays</i> on there. These aren't good movies. But they're definitely the #8 and #9 movie I actually saw in 2023.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Movies I think I would like:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Holdovers</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>American Fiction</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Bottoms</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Poor Things</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Napoleon</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Anatomy of a Fall</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Zone of Interest</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Godzilla Minus One</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Godland</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Dream Scenario</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Alright, now let's be real bold and just straight up combine these lists and make the ultimate Top Ten list of films I have both seen and not seen. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><i>Poor Things</i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><i>Bottoms</i></div><div><i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i></div><div><i>Godzilla Minus One</i></div><div><i>The Killer</i></div><div><div><i>Barbie</i></div><div><i>May December</i></div><div><i>Saltburn</i></div><div><i>Oppenheimer</i></div><div><i>Beau is Afraid</i></div></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>It pains me to boot off <i>Across the Spider-Verse</i>. It is a very good film but ultimately too scatter-brained and incomplete to be truly great cinema. Maybe I'll change my mind next year....</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Napoleon</i> is probably not actually the great film it wants to be, and to be honest I wasn't that enthralled by the trailer for <i>The Holdovers</i>, although I dig the style and it's getting great reviews. <i>American Fiction</i> has gotten praise, but some are saying it's not actually treading new ground. I am cautious about <i>Dream Scenario</i>, too. The Cage says it's one of his best and it's an intriguing premise, but the trailer didn't seem to push the concept enough (one might assume the actual film pushes it farther and doesn't spill its hand).</div><div><br /></div><div>I knocked off weird foreign and indie films. They're probably all very good. I'm really intrigued by <i>Godland</i> and <i>Anatomy of a Fall</i>, but based on not seeing them, I'm not actually all that jazzed up. From there let's get into the official, immutable, unchangeable TOP TEN of 2023!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#10: <i>Poor Things</i></b> is the latest Yorgos Lanthimos film. Someone get this guy an MCU contract! No, no, please don't. I actually thought <i>The Favorite</i> (2018) wasn't especially great, but I'm still an eternal fan of <i>The Lobster</i> (2015). There's a lot of humor to the darkness of his subject matter and this is combining a stellar cast, feminine doctrine, and Frankenstein into a pretty palpable mix.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#9: </b><i><b>Bottoms</b> </i>looks pretty fun. Get Marshawn Lynch a Best Supporting Actor statue! Probably! In an era where it's supposedly impossible to make a comedy film, we need more <i>Bottoms</i>. Again, I have not seen this movie, but it's got a grind and lack of polish to it that actual comedies need. Probably.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#8: <i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i></b> - I came so close to actually seeing this in theaters. But it's three hours long and my wife was eight and half months pregnant. Oh well. I do really want to see this and even the most pretentious of year-end lists have this ranked pretty high. It will probably creep higher by the time I see it on Apple TV+ next year. I really did want to support this in theaters. The De Niro / DiCaprio is of course really interesting, and any S-tier Scorsese needs a lot of attention. Hopefully this is actually good,</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#7: <i>Godzilla: Minus One </i></b>is a film I've loved since it was announced. The Legendary Godzillas have been hit or miss in terms of being actual movies (I have been a die hard fan for all of them of course), but it's nice for Toho to reassert itself and throw down some really legit Godzilla films in recent years. It's such an evolution from the hokiness that persisted, even through the Millennium Era. I'm not sure what Era we are in now, but I'll take these one-off reinventions as long as they continue being this good. Probably.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#6: <i>The Killer</i></b> was a lot of really sly fun. It felt like Dave Fincher taking a big step back from big filmmaking and just having a bit of of fun. The moment you realize that Mike Fassbender is full of shit is incredible and then the film keeps building his hypocrisy and idiocy from there. There is a constant juxtaposition throughout the film and it does it all while reminding you that Fincher really know how to light and shoot a film.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#5: <i>Barbie</i></b><i> </i>was a huge event this year and the movie really backs up all the hype. With all the talk of Ryan Gosling as Best Supporting Ken, Margot Robbie really deserves more attention for her role as the Barbie. She has such a ridiculous range but is also a perfect Barbie, both in her eloquence, flustered, and preoccupation with Death. It legit hits humor hard, hits obscure Barbie Lore hard, and pivots as a great meta movie and obviously feminist. But also shows how Barbie is anti-feminist. It's all a big pot of fun.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#4: <i>May December</i> </b>is full of real REAL thorny material, but navigates it well. It's simultaneously a character study, a commentary on acting, trauma, generational trauma, and also weirdly funny. The ending is brilliant and almost impossible to conceive based on what has preceded it. It's really that kind of movie that pushes everyone out to the emotional edge. I loved the 4:3 aspect ratio. So many films are praised for their visuals that are really just made in a computer lab. I mean, that does take skill, but Toddy Haynes shows us that you can have incredible images that advance the story and supplement theming with simple shots in the mirror.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#3: <i>Saltburn </i></b>definitely will have its detractors but dude this movie rules. It's pretty fucked up and some of that just dips into shock value, but it's basically <i>Parasite</i> (2019) and everyone liked that, right. And it's not even all THAT fucked up. Right? Like, that bath water was mostly drained. It's got this cheekiness to it, straight from the opening titles and I always enjoy films where every single character is awful. When will Barry Keoghan get his statue? I think he's probably just too weird. I love the ending, too.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#2: <i>Oppenheimer</i></b>, I mean, of course. This is just a monumental film, the kind of old war film that features every actor who has ever lived. It succeeds on so many levels simultaneously - a character study, a historical epic, a cautionary tale, subjective vs. objective playing with cinema, an acting tour de force from everyone involved, and at times even a surrealist masterpiece. It's got everything and as a film about the atomic bomb, that is precisely the point. Give these people Oscars. Nice to remember how good of an actor Robert Downey, Jr is.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#1: <i>Beau is Afraid</i></b> I watched on a plane and even that didn't bar my enjoyment. It is a long, rambling, wackadoodle film that fits my sensibilities with <i>Saltburn</i>, <i>May December</i>, and <i>The Killer</i> in being a super dark comedy. It's maybe the most comedic of these four in that it revels in absolute absurdism. It's not even quite satire as it plays its world straight. You never quite know if it's in Joaquin Phoenix's mind that we are just seeing or the world as it is being played out. It's again full of fearless acting, although it's far too weird to get any real notice. The journey depicted here is truly epic and although it loses a bit of steam as it goes along, it stuck its landing really well. I still don't know if that thing in the attic was a metaphor or not. Just an altogether fun flick.</div><div><br /></div><div>I really do need to get on some of these if I'd like to continue to claim to run an unsuccessful film blog, but c'mon, this is good enough for you animals! We'll end the year with much more fun recaps, so stay tuned!</div></div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-20209931187282080992023-10-29T19:53:00.002-04:002023-10-29T19:53:24.067-04:00Summer Jam 2023: The lost summer<div style="text-align: left;">Yeah, dude. After years of decline, I don't know. This summer was confounded by both actually important things going on in my personal life (my pregnant wife), a waning disinterest in a lot of pop culture for primarily personal reasons (again, creating a life changes you), and a continued fracturing of what it even means to be a Summer Jam.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm not sure there was even one big song that you could point do and say, "Yes, that's it!" So this isn't even in any order and I'm not anointing one. That may seem like it breaks from tradition, but if you've learned anything from this site is that tradition for anything matters very little. We always focus on what our lives, actually mean, and freely disregard what we are supposed to do for what we are doing. Anyway, let's review a smattering:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6Hiz5MDYoGdLBBQ3gGzRam?autoplay=true" target="_blank">"Last Night" by Morgen Wallen</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Morgen Wallen brought huge crossover force to the summer and found a lot of mainstream pop success in addition to the country charts. Country might actually be getting popular, and I know that there are more country stations than any other, but that is also because radio stations exist in like five mile blocks and you need a lot to fill the...country. But real humans might actually be listening now, and this was a big summer. Anyway, it was also apparently the <a href="https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-08-23/songs-of-summer-2023-reveal-peso-pluma-eslabon-armado-morgan-wallen/" target="_blank">#1 Streamed song on Spotify</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3OHfY25tqY28d16oZczHc8?si=7ec198537b704c31" target="_blank">"Kill Bill" by SZA</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is probably my pick if I had to grab one. SZA has been around forever, but is also finally finding some mainstream appeal, especially with youths. This is not her best song, but easily one of her most accessible. It was on the radio forever and is very listenable. I dug it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6AQbmUe0Qwf5PZnt4HmTXv?si=b606d44df09f42db" target="_blank">"Boy's a Liar" by PinkPanthress, Ice Spice</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was also the summer of Ice Spice, which is fun because it rhymes. Man, this is the most mispronounced song ever. My rate of mondegreens are already way too high. I can't understand anything. I thought it was about astrological signs. Again, on the radio forever and really did seem catchy. But that doesn't even matter any more, does it!? I think people liked it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7DSAEUvxU8FajXtRloy8M0?si=cf8537cd7d8646ae" target="_blank">"Flowers" by Miley</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's genuinely rare for anyone to come out with a song as popular (and superior) so an initial hit fourteen years apart, and ten years after her peak. But "Flowers" is great, unpretentious, a true maturation of Miley as an artist, which proves what a lot of knew, which is that she's far more Lady GaGa than Katy Perry - as in, she's actual artist with things to say, someone who works hard, and finds new ways to challenge herself. We're big fans.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1BxfuPKGuaTgP7aM0Bbdwr?si=ed9f660f26454345" target="_blank">"Cruel Summer" by Taylor Swift</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Taylor Swift might be one of the most powerful artists (and frankly, human beings) on the planet right now. She is more powerful than the NFL. And the movies. It's wackadoodle. She keeps coming out with genuinely great hits. When do we just acknowledge her as one of our greatest artists? She had some continual hurdles or some reason. This and "Karma" are reliably great, either are fine choices for song of summer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/11C4y2Yz1XbHmaQwO06s9f?si=c091575187bc4c51" target="_blank">"Dance the Night" by Dua Lipa</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dua has had some great years and <i>Barbie</i> (2023)'s obscene success certainly thrust this forward. It's a standard Dua Lipa song, which means it's very solid but not earth-shattering, but it also really works as a perfect song for the movie, where it can just innocuously exist but is also a legitimate banger.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1kuGVB7EU95pJObxwvfwKS?si=d2a67a5a5c5e4f28" target="_blank">"Vampire" by Olivia Rodrigo</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Is it possible that Olivia Rodrigo isn't an industry plant after all? Nice that she's showing she's not a one-hit wonder although this isn't really any kind of step forward as an artist. It's a step sideways, which is...fine. It's not backwards awful. It's just not really anything hugely new or interesting. Will it get on a Halloween mix this year?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1Lo0QY9cvc8sUB2vnIOxDT?si=ccd7e951daa24075" target="_blank">"Fast Car" by Luke Combs</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Obviously the Tracy Chapman version is definitive, but man this version hits hard. It wasn't all that big, but I did really dig it this summer. Somehow the blue collar cred just seeps out of this one and it becomes deeply sad. I get bummed out just about every time, but it's a good kind of bummer. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1O8zCu3dLLPxkbGfIsbRgE?si=30e70f94d19e4ceb" target="_blank">"What it is" by Doechii, Kodak Black</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was definitely a song that would come on, be enjoyable, but like, you could never place the artist or what the song really was. It was a classic 5-8 spot by our old list system. Like, always around but never at the top. And again, I don't think it ever did well on streaming. Just radio. Sort of. We're in weird territory here, folks. I don't even know how we share anything.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/61FwUf89hKEIsjUDtIPRoH?si=9515dfb0b93048f1" target="_blank">"JUMPIN" by Pitbull, Lil Jon</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What a great 2008 song, right? Of course it's got today's modern sampling. But there isn't really any passion here, it's two old dudes fighting for relevancy. I mean, it's fine, but this made zero splash anywhere. Except on my local radio stations that would still play it, presumably to go after the wacky dad vote. As you can tell, I'm so out of touch. It's why I'm retiring. I couldn't get into any Bad Bunny this summer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5mg3VB3Qh7jcR5kAAC4DSV?si=e5922f2f601f4d9d" target="_blank"><b>"Fifty Fifty" by Cupid</b></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This always reminded me of that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVVqlm8Fq3Y&ab_channel=ScreenWeekTV%7CTrailereNewssuiFilmalCinema" target="_blank">intro song from <i>La La Land</i> (2016)</a>, you remember that? I feel like no one cares about <i>La La Land</i> anymore. Which is fine, but the future will be surprised to remember how big of a deal we felt about it at the time. This song is so light and fluffy, it really is a great summer song. It seemed like it was mildly popular.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0aoLgGE9S9qMjIGtTgpnNd?si=d6ac4f9086be4ba2" target="_blank">"You Wish" by Flyana Boss</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We gotta have one Tik Tok meme song, right? Man, all this shit has just left me. Anyway, this is pretty cool, it's got a tubthumper of a beat and some pretty fire bars to land on our poor old ears. I'm down with the youth. I don't know if anyone actually listened to it, I think that maybe it didn't take off? I saw them running down the street and stuff, seemed fun.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4uUG5RXrOk84mYEfFvj3cK?si=cd8dea604ce940d3" target="_blank">"I'm good" by Bebe Rexha, David Guetta</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's another sampled song that does work, but it also feels old and outdated. But sort of popular! It's fine. We had so many just fine songs this summer. It gets me kind of amped, right? I don't know, the original is probably better and they're just counting on nostalgia to push forward, but the truth is there are plenty of great original songs like "You Wish" out there that are genuine products of artistry. Oh well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There were other ones like "Chemical" by Post Malone, which is just kind of dumb, and that Selena Gomez song that starts with VIBES which was cool but came out like a year ago, I guess? Anyone, one of the above, or definitely just Bad Bunny is the song of summer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And that's probably why I'm hanging this up. It's all Bad Bunny's fault. But more accurately, it's my fault for not being able to distinguish in the slightest modern Spanish-language songs from each other. Pop culture moving on without me combined with some significant life changes are really fueling a disinterest in keeping up this section of our Fabled Blog. Maybe we'll keep doing a Fall wrap up, right around Halloween, of course, but I just think its time to move on.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Happy 2023, everyone!</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-52529926273122786932023-09-03T20:11:00.001-04:002023-09-03T20:11:39.485-04:00First Impressions: Across the Spider-Verse<div style="text-align: left;"> Hey Folks! What a long strange couple of months. I never get personal here, but needless to say, I've been busy. Mostly a lot of travel, including a few cross-hemispheric weddings this summer, playing a lot of <i>Tears of the Kingdom</i>, and also my wife is pregnant. I have seen a decent amount of films, although August was the lowest month in years. I have not been exploiting Netflix DVD's last ride quite at all, I'm afraid. I also failed to make a post in August, which is the first post-less month since we started this in June 2009.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So is this done? Maybe? I can't really see me ever being done, but I'll certainly take a step back with impending children and whatnot. But I've seen four theatrical movies this summer and it's our solemn duty to review each one, dammit. So let's pretend it's June, 2023 again and talk about <i>Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</i> (2023).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">More and more I really think <i>Into the Spider-Verse</i> (2018) is not only one of the greatest superhero movies, greatest animated movies, but straight up <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2022/12/2022-nutshelled-nmws-sight-and-sound.html" target="_blank">greatest movies of all time</a>. It created this new visual style which has finally started creeping into other mainstream works, it echoes and comments on a very old superhero story and still finds something new to say, is incredibly funny, and most importantly, all three aforementioned aspects relate to and enhance the actual story being told. It's amazing. So how do you follow this up?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, just do it again. I might give <i>Into</i> the edge because of its novelty, and it's always hard to really strike out on your own when you're following up such a project, but damn <i>Across</i> really comes close to surpassing it. It is an excessively long movie that never feels quite so long. It takes a tremendous time with its characters and dealing with all their problems and sincerely fleshes out both Gwen Stacy and Miles Morales. At first it seemed like it would just be a Gwen movie, and you could still make the deuteragonist argument, but then they circle back and give Miles both an organic advancement of his story from the first movie, but his own sincere stakes as well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That sincerity is something that it seems like some filmmakers are having trouble coming to grips with. This and <i>Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3</i> (2023) are so deeply, deeply silly, but the characters have real emotions and they react like real people when conflict arises and when obstacles emerge to interrupt the path to both their tangible and subtextual goals. It's why these are films people can actually connect to and why something like <i>Thor: Love and Thunder</i> (2022) completely falls apart, despite being equally (or more) silly. We continually learn the wrong lessons, but nothing is new there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The basic premise is that Miles is a few years into his career as Spider-Man now (maybe even one year), but he's visibly older and more confident, although like all Spider-Men, he's having a tough time balancing school and family and all that good stuff. Gwen, having her own issues with her father and struggling to find her place after her best friend Lizard Pete died, joins a multidimensional Spider-Person task force. They succumb to temptation and see each other and then the whole world gets into a mess.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There is a lot more going on here. First of all, this series is adept at consequences. Even very minute things from <i>Into</i> seem to echo here. And that is also the whole point of both this movie and Spider-Man himself. This movie centers on what it means to be Spider-Man and not affecting "canon" events, or arbitrary moments that every hero deals with like deaths, that try as they might, they cannot affect lest they not learn the lesson they need to learn. This is inherent to Spider-Man. Don't do your duty and stop a burgler? Well, he killed your Uncle Ben.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's revealed that the whole reason why Miles became Spider-Man is because of an intradimensional spider got loose and bit him, giving him both slightly odd powers and a misalignment with the other Spider-People. His universe got two Spider-Men after all, although Miles' presence got the Alpha Spider-Man killed (or so he's blamed, I mean, choose your own interpretation of what happened).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The butterfly effect carries from there. He threw a bagel (maybe everything) at a guy and he got caught in the dimensional collider and became the Spot - a great perfect throwaway villain that they joke about being an A-lister, who then turns into an A-lister. Spider-Man has too many great villains to not use them in a movie (I guess all I'm really waiting for at this point is Kraven...and no, that movie does not look good. Where's my Stegron?!). Maybe a proper Scorpion. At the same time, we've seen a lot of these jabronis on screen already, so it's fun to find a new antagonist. But then that antagonist becomes Spider-Man 2099, who treats Miles harshly for both refusing to comply with his rules about canon and frankly, for being a different, out of place Spider-Man.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And this core concept has so many ramifications. For one, what does it really mean to be Spider-Man? Or a hero in general? Are we a hero because of the tragedies that made us or can we just forge our own path and make our righteous decisions? What does it take to actually be a Spider-Man? And what doesn't seem to be written about that much is the huge elephant in the room - that Miles Morales is a Latino African-American Spider-Man.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There was this whole undercurrent in the first film that Miles had to prove he could be his own Spider-Man and do it his way. This involved the infusion of a lot more black culture than the typical Peter Parker, who is the whitest dude on earth. Not only is this a way better update for a contemporary resident of Queens and the downtrodden underdog that Spider-Man is supposed to be, but it pushes the other-ness of the character. Folks write him off, or say that he can't be a real Spider-Man. Like the best sci-fi this is interdimensional on the surface, but the subtext is racial.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The truly amazing feat is that this was all there in <i>Into</i>, but it's fully formed in <i>Across</i>. He's outright rejected as a Spider-Man because his background isn't the same as everyone else's. But he shows that he can be the best out of all of them. He outwits hundreds of Spider-Folk and earns the admiration and trust of both new and old friends because of his character, drive, and righteousness, not because it's automatic. And it's not automatic because he's not a white Spider-Man.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Continuing this theme, the first movie felt like it had a satisfying ending and could have been done, and it's also amazing that this movie makes that feel like a necessarily first installment in a trilogy. I'm not sure I've ever felt that way, maybe in the John Wick movies. Like, this is such a perfect second installment in Miles' character journey. He's no longer the naive kid, he's an experienced hero, but the big thing he needs to learn is that he doesn't know everything yet. He thinks he's got everything down pat, but he has a long way to go. It's such a crystal clear character progression. You can really see that he will hopefully become a fully formed hero by the third installment. Suddenly there is meaning to everything from the first film that echoes here.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Against all this we also have Gwen, which is where the film starts, then we get a big Miles section but she comes and goes. You can feel her pain quite a bit here, with her conflicting feelings about protecting Miles, even that means abandoning him, but that's all because of Lizard Pete. She's guarded but the movie earns it, with some of the most brilliant abstract art on film to display emotion that I've ever seen. The whole movie is gorgeous but they saved the most stunning aspect for the Gwenverse.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And apparently the animators were treated like shit, so it's important to remember workers rights. The art on display here isn't some tortured artists enacting his or her vision at all hours of the night. It was paid professionals executing someone else's vision toiling under pretty rough circumstances. Every movie needs a disclaimer now! Nothing is ever fun.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What stuck out the most is the juxtaposition of radically different animation styles simultaneously, which is downright breathtaking to behold. This of course only works because everything else is firing at such a high level. It is thankfully not the kind of film where you say "the story sucks but you gotta see it for the visuals!" You definitely need to see this for the visuals, which seem to somehow push the genre even more further than the first film, but it's also for the characters, the story progression, and the tight as hell thematic resonance.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also SPOILER here, although if you're still reading you should know the deal with this website, the ending is mind-blowing. You can see it coming quite a bit but it doesn't deaden the impact. My only real gripe is that for again, an excessively long film that ends on a cliffhanger, it definitely <i>Return of the King</i> (2003)'s its ending and you're sitting there like, "Okay, I get it, let's go" but it still has a tremendous impact. I'd like to think that mostly this is because this movie series is so obsessed with genuine consequences that this should carry on for the whole third movie, with three antagonists. It should hopefully be a lot of fun.</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-82080153795393621402023-07-24T16:42:00.001-04:002023-07-24T16:42:01.036-04:00Summer Jam 2023: Mid-Summer Jam Check in 2023!<div style="text-align: left;">I know, your ears are blistered from all the tasty jams crushing the radio this summer! Nah, I think we literally broke somewhere in the past year. No more mainstream shared music. That's okay. We've still got some cherry jams for you here, a little past the infamous July 4th weekend.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's just a weird time, man. Your options are country, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, or the Barbie Soundtrack. That's the deal. I might even break this column more than I usually do. Let's just throw everything at the wall in no real order.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Morgan Wallen and Jason Aldean</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I heard, "Try That in a Small Town" song by Aldean, and I dunno, it's typical bizarrely defensive posturing. Morgan Wallen seems to have more crossover appeal with "Last Night" overtaking "Wasted on You" as the preeminent song. There are always some more creeping in the woodwork, but Wallen seems to be the big dude who is getting the mainstream hits right now. Probably because he's not actually overtly racist.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Taylor</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yeah, pick "Karma" or "Cruel Summer" or even "Anti-Hero" still and Taylor Swift is still cranking out the jams. It's bizarre to say, but it's because she's an artist and is still coming up with things to say. The more she shakes off what she should be and the more she just puts out genuinely groundbreaking songs that continue to evolve and push her image the more success she seems to find. In an era of façade, posturing, and gilded success we yearn to latch on to something genuine. Yeah, I'm saying Taylor has it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Bad Bunny</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'd like to throw in not just Bad Bunny, who has had a remarkable run the last few years, but other Hispanic hits like Peso Pluma and Grupo Frontera. I'm sorry that I just can't get into this stuff, but I don't want to ignore it. After all, Summer Jams exist irregardless of my opinion. But for sure they aren't playing this on my local radio. All I get is country trash. Maybe if I heard it every day I'd develop some kind of yearning for the hot Latin rhythm.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Barbie</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Pick Nicki, Dua, Lizzo, Billie, Charlie XCX. I mean, this soundtrack is bangin, bro. Barbie's huge, the music's huge, you love it, I love it, RED WHITE AND PINK BABY! I'm not sure how much any of this will last and it's a little late in summer for anything to jump out, but it's definitely in the zeitgeist right now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The Rest</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Is Olivia Rodrigo not actually an industry plant?! "Vampire" is pretty solid. SZA and Ice Spice and PinkPantheress are all still holding strong. "Creepin'" remix from the Weeknd, that's a thing. GaGa and Miley still creepin too. I'm not super into "fukumean" by Gunna, but that's representing all of hip hop right now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, that's that. What songs are you vibin this summer? Anyone rediscover any other Kate Bush songs?</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-53813340067054812952023-06-28T08:56:00.004-04:002023-06-28T16:42:17.893-04:00First Impressions: The Machine<div style="text-align: left;">You know, sometimes I really love this blog. The entire Internet is ablaze with <i>The Flash</i> (2023) and <i>Dial of Destiny</i> (2023), and maybe even <i>Rise of the Beasts </i>(2023) sort of, but what does Norwegian Morning Wood go out and see? Bert Kreischer's <i>The Machine</i> (2023), of course. And it's genuinely one of the best comedy films to come out in a long time, so let's get into this!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bert Kreischer has been a quasi-popular comedian for a while, I'd say far from a household name, but his shirtless stand-up is certainly notable and memorable. His best bit, about becoming The Machine in Russia as a college exchange student and accidentally getting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paG1-lPtIXA&ab_channel=BertKreischer" target="_blank">involved with the Russian Mafia</a> is easily his most-well known routine. I can't remember another movie totally based on a single comedy routine, but the story is goofy and rich enough to earn such distinction.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This ends up being a pure Kreischer vehicle like we just don't see any more. It really exists purely to give him bits to riff on, and despite that it has a surprisingly amount of focus and pathos. The core conceit is continual flashbacks to the core story, featuring younger Bert, played by Jimmy Tatro, in some of the best casting of all time. It's all motivated by the current Russian mafia's search for a watch, which brings Bert on a present-day tour of his old trip in sort of an E-MC Hammered situation where he's trying to remember his time as a blacked out college student. It's an ingenious way to have this play out - we get all the regret of adult Bert and all the nonsense of young Bert.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's uncompromising but not necessarily offensive, and it's bizarre that so many current comedians can't seem to find a way to balance all this. When Russia rules the world and we think differently about them, will we change our tune? They're the only country left no one has a problem making fun of anymore. And to be sure, it was filmed and cast mostly by Serbians. No love lost.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The cast is great, Bert does a serviceable job, and Mark Hamill as his dad is a relevation. It makes me regret that we really didn't get to see actor Mark Hamill for a very long time after Star Wars. There's just not a ton in his non-Joker, non-Luke filmography, except for recent works like <i>Kingsman: The Secret Service</i> (2014) and <i>Brigsby Bear</i> (2017). He plays these old twisted weird dudes so well, it aches me to see what he could have been cranking out in the 90s if he could have escaped Luke's shadow. I think he literally had to age out of looking like Luke Skywalker to find his success.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">He plays the overbearing dad well, even if the physical resemblance isn't there in the slightest. The only bit I didn't quite buy was his turn and then re-turn near the end, but the movie keeps pushing forward. Iva Babić as our main antagonist that sort of becomes our hero's main ally is also fantastic and somehow has the most coherent arc in the movie. She has a tough role balancing the ferocity necessary to be a female gangster in a very patriarchal society while stepping up to everyone around her, including when she gets shot and has to stay tough while recovering. It's fun to watch.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are a lot of other stuff going on here. Irina has a few brothers, one is dispatched remarkably quickly (I did not pick up that it's in the trailer), and then our main bad brother emerges. It works because they're all antagonistic and we always have that momentum. The ending to all this was sublime as Irina does finally take control. SPOILER, I don't know, it's a comedy, it's going to end nice. Sort of.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's because there is a fair share of violence here. It's mostly comedic, in the sense that decapitation can be comedic. But there's this happy-go-plucky vibe with these two dudes completely out of their element in the throes of the Russian mob, where things aren't so cute as they were back in the day when Bert was drunk and innocent.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I do really want to talk about the direction and editing, because this movie LOOKS amazing. In an era where mainstream movies seem obsessed with looking dingy and without contrast, this was one of the best shot and edited films I've seen outside of <i>Spider-Verse</i> in a long time. There are these amazing framing bits, panning and matching shots to convey flashbacks, and some genuinely <i>Birdman</i> (2014) - level editing here. It really stuck out to me. I can't think of another comedy movie where I left the theater being so impressed with the direction.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The director was Peter Atencio, who hasn't done much, but did do Key and Peele's <i>Keanu</i> (2016). That movie doesn't have as nearly as strong of a script, but I just watched it, mostly because I saw <i>The Machine</i>, and the direction holds up there, too. This dude needs more work and to join the underrated comedy directors' club like Steve Pink and Nicholas Stoller.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If there was one thing lacking, I would have liked to have seen it get into somehow even MORE cuckoo bananas territory. There is a bit where Kreischer lights his cigar on a live AK-47. We needed more of that energy. Just ultimate party energy. For a movie about 1997's number one partier, we didn't really get a classic party scene for the ages or for him to drink a beer and get super powers like Popeye. That's the biggest thing, just drink a beer and get super powers like Popeye.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I really enjoyed this, I have no idea if it's even in theaters anymore. It has also clearly had no cultural impact. Cult classic? I don't even know how films become cult classics anymore. I don't mean that as a whining old guy, I mean I literally don't know. Our culture is utterly fractured and it seems both immensely difficult for a film to stand out, but also we have all this groupthink that has anointed <i>Game Night</i> (2018) as the only good comedy movie in the past decade. We're in this weird realm of simultaneous fracture and homogeneity. Maybe they lead into each other? It's very dangerous when we lose our way and may easily cave to the whims of despots. Whomp-whomp. Go see <i>THE MACHINE</i>!</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-81040351137844181362023-05-29T17:50:00.002-04:002023-05-29T17:50:17.686-04:00Summer Jam 2023: It's back for the 2023rd Straight Year!<div style="text-align: left;">Hey folks, we are definitely clearly not doing weekly rundowns anymore, but it is extremely worthwhile to administer the Summer Jams for the Month of May, 2023! There are a handful of songs clamouring to be THE song of Summer 2023 and who knows, maybe Kate Bush will have some song featured during the finale of <i>Succession</i> and repeat that nonsense. Let's get at it:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>"Cinderella Snapped" by Jax</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CYvWeo5zVJY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I heard this on the radio and I literally thought they were playing some Avril Lavigne deep cut song. This is kind of surface level angsty stuff that is remarkably outdated. Like, totally a mid-2000s throwback. It's not really popular at all to my understanding, but it's kind of fun. Right? I know, it's not. That's what this position is for.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1Qrg8KqiBpW07V7PNxwwwL?si=fbacbae21a9d4111" target="_blank">"Kill Bill" by SZA</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's nice to see SZA getting some mainstream play after years cranking out legit tunes. This a nice floaty ethereal song that definitely gets in that category of songs I've heard of a million times but can't place. Those are the best kinds of jams, people. I actually dig this one quite a bit.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6AQbmUe0Qwf5PZnt4HmTXv?si=a34c0f0a5e8848c1" target="_blank"><b>"Boy's a Liar Pt 2" by PinkPanthress, Ice Spice</b></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There is a reason why I've faded away from this column. I truly never thought it would happen but my age is definitively catching up to me. I do not know what Ice Spice is and I just don't care to. I am sure she is great, and I dig this song, but it seems like a meme that I was not invited to. I thought this was like "That boy's a Leo" or "That boy's Aaliyah" or something. My ears have always been terrible, but it's clearly time for me to hang this escapade up.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/7sliFe6W30tPBPh6dvZsIH?si=5a8c56c69cc64d16" target="_blank">"Area Codes" by Kali</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Is this considered a cover? I don't know, but I like this one. We're really undergoing an explosion in hardcore female rappers. I'm going to tick Nicki Minaj off by saying thanks, Cardi B! This hits pretty hard, the beat is super minimalist and I love how completely re-contextualized this song becomes. Can it jam the summer? I don't think so, it's not really bouncable or joysunfull enough to break away.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3cBsEDNhFI9E82vPj3kvi3?si=7e639545c8fe46db" target="_blank">"Wasted on You" by Morgan Wallen</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I know next to nothing about Morgan Wallen. Do people like him? Like I know country fans will likemind into digging the same exact sound, but it seems like Morgan Wallen has big crossover appeal. This is kind of nice, as far as country songs go. Is it weird that our current landscape is covered in black female rappers, Taylor Swift, and Morgan Wallen? Are we actually a mixing pot?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqrHfgcgNfs&ab_channel=7clouds" target="_blank">"Nonsense" by Sabrina Carpenter</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hear this all the time. It's a song that sounds a lot like everything else out there right now, but it's cute and fun and I hate to say I kind of like it. I definitely don't like the breaking at the end, but then again, that's the only way I knew how to search for this song, so maybe there's something there. I think this could do it, but it's also a big radio song, not a big Spotify song. So basically useless garbage.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzOvgu3GPwY&ab_channel=TaylorSwiftVEVO" target="_blank">"Karma" by Taylor Swift ft. Ice Spice</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I didn't know what Taylor song to pick, "Lavender Haze" is still doing its thing, but this seems like the next one to be anointed. Taylor just seems like an unstoppable force. Her lyrics are always witty and clever and she's ridiculously adaptable to just about everything. Oh, I'm watching the video now. Is that Ice Spice with the Little Orphan Annie hair? It just feels like a Cardi B situation where they got someone hot and threw her on every song in the world to exploit that zeitgeist popularity. Yes, it's a hot take, I'm calling Hollywood exploitative. I like this song, though. I should make a whole post about pop artists. Like, Beyonce doesn't make songs anymore, she just self-proclaims herself to be our Queen. Katy Perry became way too corporate to be likable. I give GaGa credit because she commits to music and film projects, but she's somehow good in them. Like, how does this girl do Top Gun, Toy Bennett, AND Born This Way. But Taylor is just about the music, man, and when you focus on that, you actually get to evolve as an artist and you crank out songs like this that keep finding ways to stay something different.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7KNmW9a75Y&ab_channel=MileyCyrusVEVO" target="_blank">"Flowers" by Miley Cyrus</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We should talk about Miley Cyrus more. Like, poster wild child that everyone wrote off as nonsense, but bruh she's still cranking hits just as good as anything. And we've crested the ten-year mark, which is usually as long as pop stars get. She's really proven folks wrong without any sense of vindication or even trying to. This is a major crossover hit and she seems like she's doing great. Just gotta get through all that stupid bullshit. I just think she's more nuanced and talented than folks give her credit for. Just listen to <i>Bangerz</i> on repeat like I did in 2012. 2012!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Next month...</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hey man, I dunno. Like I said, I'm getting close to old man yelling into the Internet. Should I listen to more Bad Bunny? I don't think it's the language barrier that turns me off, I've definitely listened to enough Korean and Spanish songs in my time. It's just kind of whack, I dunno. Takes over Spotify, though. I also just don't really get non-radio exposure to big songs and guh-hyuck, they don't play them jams in the rural midwest! Let's get at some if it next month!</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-22477461689076026802023-04-26T14:53:00.001-04:002023-04-26T14:53:12.054-04:00First Impressions: The Super Mario Movie<div style="text-align: left;">Crap, I think this was the first movie I've seen in theaters since <i>3000 Years of Longing</i> (2022). That was a long dark winter. But Mario is here to brighten up your day! This will be our official SPOILER-heavy impressions where we just ramble on for a while about this film, so stay tuned.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I liked this bastard a lot. It somehow felt really fresh despite being full of one of the most-repeated video game stories of all time. I sat there watching it thinking, "This would make a good video game!" which was a positively bizarre sentiment. I honestly don't know why I liked this. The gripes I usually have were all there. It was rushed, full of fan service, and most character decisions were blatantly unmotivated. But it drilled down into the most important thing a movie can do - be charming and fun! It is truly amazing when this aspect is nailed, how many more small details can easily be forgotten.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There are some great story beats right off the bat. Mario and Luigi are starting their own plumbing business in Brooklyn, NY, USA and are called on to fix a wealthy couples' house. Luigi steps on a dog bone, breaks it, and amazingly, there are real consequences! The dog attacks, the house is ruined, and they're forced to seek bigger and better jobs. It's cunning writing from a "this happens so this happens" standpoint.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Don't get too excited. There is a lot that is just there. I'm curious how a lay-person would feel in this film. Bowser is there with his huge army because he's Bowser. This is just a conceit we have whenever we boot up any innumerable Mario game from the past forty years. It's weird but at this point it's iconic so we give it a pass. Power-ups, mushrooms, it's all just there and we accept it. My guess is I would have had a tougher time rolling with nonsense had I been a bit more unfamiliar with the whole deal. The movie does a good of a job as it's going to just letting us swallow this stuff, they definitely focus on power-ups a good deal, which is fine, but that's the only bit that felt slightly like cheating. Like, when Peach whips out the Ice Flower I can imagine folks being "Oh, that's just super convenient writing!" But no, the Ice Flower is totally thing and definitely plausible! They probably should have hinted at it earlier to make the writing more crisp.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There is a lot of just going with it. Mario arrives at Peach's Castle and asks to join her to convince the Kong Army to defeat Bowser so he can save his brother, Luigi. Peach is like, "Sure, pass this platforming challenge and you can come!" Mario definitely fails but she's just like "That's okay, we need to get on with the movie." This happens constantly. Things are just there for fun. Mario definitely cheats to defeat DK for the right to employ the Kong Army, and Cranky's just like "Hey, that's cool, now we need Karts!" and then it goes into a whole Mario Kart Sequence.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But this didn't make me upset. I know, it's shocking. Maybe it's just how they found an organic way to recreate World 1-1, or throw in Easter Eggs ranging from scuttlebugs to Cappy. There's elements of almost every game from <i>Galaxy</i> to <i>Odyssey</i>. A surprisingly lot from the latter, actually. All I really wanted was for Mario to spin Bowser by the tail like in <i>64</i>. And he does!! I cheered. That's so fan service-y of me. The Rainbow Road was most similar to <i>Super Circuit</i>. Bizarre. But it branched off like Yoshi Valley. Now I want a Rainbow Road Yoshi Valley. I truly wonder how much of this movie will seep into future games, because movies do tend to standardize things. And Mario aesthetics (not gameplay) are getting stale anyway these days.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There's one genuinely horrifying moment of Luigi in the Dark Land fighting off Dry Bones, Shy Guys, and Snippets. It's a wonderful test of character. I love how Luigi is just known as the scared joke character now. In fitting fashion, most of this movie is about how Luigi isn't in this movie. More <i>64</i> references! It was a great turn to make him into the typical Princess Peach role. The moustache in distress. Because Luigi sucks anyway, and to stay true to the character now is to sideline him from the adventure.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And since we're massive <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2020/12/pirates-drama-and-mad-science-of-donkey.html" target="_blank">Kong Fans</a>, oh boy was there a lot in there for us. This had to be a testing ground for a DK movie, right? Why else would you include Chunky Kong? DK was a pretty nuanced character here, with daddy issues, big and brash, but childish. Where is our Brothers Bear movie?! My other fist bumping moment was the DK Rap. The Fucking DK Rap, people. You want to talk <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0oqKb3bTB4&ab_channel=Freddyshome" target="_blank">all-time character introductions</a>? It all fits spectacularly well. The DK movie needs to be coming.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Mario Kart sequence, while definitely forced, was amazing. There's literally a Kart Selection scene straight out of <i>Mario Kart 8</i>. It made me think of <i>Battleship</i> (2012), how the best scene in that movie is the somehow organic re-creation of the actual board game. Like, it was super faithful but also felt natural. Amazing. Also, now I really want Mario Kart game where if you're hit with a shell your Kart actually explodes and takes damage and you have to find or steal a new one. Or where you could climb on other Karts. That would rule. I'm going to go ahead and <a href="https://blueshellnews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">plug our sideblog, <i>Blue Shell News </i>here...</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, it's not all great. We were skeptical of the voice acting when it was all announced, and yeah, we were right to be. Chris Pratt isn't great, I just never lose myself in him. Charlie Day is a bit better but still not great. I hate to say it, I think they would have done better to stick with the accents they put on in the Commercial to start out. It's a cartoon, man, it can be cartoon-y. Anya Taylor-Joy doesn't bring much Joy to Peach and Fred Armisen just doesn't sound like a grumpy old Cranky Kong. It doesn't really work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Except Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, Keegan Michael-Key as Toad (I can't tell it's him at all), Seth Rogen surprisingly fits Donkey Kong despite being very Seth Rogen-y (maybe it's just <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc1-I9KIVww&ab_channel=TheFatbearCrew" target="_blank">voice experience</a>?). And Jack Black is a magnificent Bowser. He doesn't scat at all! He does get some songs in, which are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW7bzd8uwyQ&ab_channel=LyricalLemonade" target="_blank">just wonderful</a>. It's underrated how much Jack Black is accepting his back-up roles in his older age but remaining very weird and funny. You can definitely hear his Jack Black-ness but it's not that distracting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also didn't really like the Penguin and other Head Toad character having these uber-serious voices that are immediately undercut. It's not a very good joke, if they're cute, let them be cute, like how does that reality work? I could do with out it all. Cringe, baby. So cringe.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is all a big turn for Illumination, who is usually just the worst damn studio there is. I don't even know how many Minions movies they have out now, but they basically churn out that drivel for kids along with <i>Sing </i>(2016) and <i>Secret Life of Pets </i>(2016), which just have no value at all besides celebrity voices. I was honestly sitting there watching previews for all this sheer crap like a new Trolls movie and even Pixar's new <i>Elementals</i> (2023), which looks like the same fucking movie they've been making for the past twenty years (admittedly with some really cool looking Fire animation) and then <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-4YnwBwaGk&ab_channel=Illumination" target="_blank"><i>Migration</i> (2023) dropped</a> and I took notice. That looks really beautiful and mellow. I'm into it. I can get behind this. I've never seen a studio put so many clips of their own crappy work in a trailer before. It was almost to serve to show how much they're willing to change and move beyond the vapid colors and shallow efforts of the past. I'm surprisingly down with Illumination now.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's also because <i>The Super Mario Bros Movie</i> largely avoids the kind of cringe humour of adults trying to be cool or chasing trends like so many of these and Dreamworks' movies do. It's remarkably fresh while being stunning to look at.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I really dug this - heavy recommend, maybe especially for non-fans. I'm eternally curious if you'd be able to make any sense of this thing or if you'd just be along for the ride like I was!</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-37291369678782035562023-03-15T23:32:00.002-04:002023-03-15T23:32:33.401-04:0052 in '23: Man Bites Dog<div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Movie:</b> <i>Man Bites Dog </i>(1992)</div><div><b>Method: </b>Netflix DVD</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Why Did I Watch This?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I have no idea how this got on my radar. I honestly forgot. I thought it was just like a phrase and I remember it as a joke in <a href="https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/435648a2-e45b-46ba-a688-2148cbff1567" target="_blank"><i>Spaceballs</i> (1987)</a>. Now I'm not sure I've ever known less about a movie going into it. They literally started speaking French and I thought, "Oh, is this French?" I did not know it was black and white. Or actually what year it was made. I figured like, old? OR how violent and insane this would be.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>How Was It?</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>This is assuredly a good movie, maybe one of the best of all time. But it's decidedly not for everyone. It is starkly violent and wholly uncompromising in its depiction of the worst actions imaginable. I mean, child murder, gang rape, it's all in there. Fun for someone who has no idea any of this is coming.</div><div><br /></div><div>The whole bit is that it's amazingly matter of fact. The premise is that a documentary crew is following this guy who is incredibly charismatic and jovial, but also kills quite a few people. He seems to be maybe a professional robber or assassin or something? But no one gives him a job, he mostly just mugs and kills folks. He sees it as a job, though, he is remarkably detached. But there is some kind of moral code in there, when he kills a family and finds they have nothing for him to steal he's lascient about it.</div><div><br /></div><div>That's not to say he has any redeeming qualities. He's one of the worst human beings to appear on any screen. It's like how <i>Goodfellas</i> (1990) showed all these really charismatic crooks who were so complacent and comfortable with death. Except this depiction is taken far far further. The documentary crew at first just seems to be taking it all in, but they slowly get more absorbed into his deeds, until they are helping him dispose of bodies, join in on killing children and raping wives, and all sorts of nonsense.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's unnerving, to say the least. You wonder at first what their deal is, like is this some alternate universe where these actions or more acceptable? Or are they just morally apathetic? We don't get insight into why they are creating this project, but they keep moving forward, even after a few are caught in stray gunfire in the line of duty. Slowly all possible redemption for every character melts away.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's shot super cheap, on 16MM. You know, I wonder if I put this on my list after watching <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YDYL6oECjU&ab_channel=AdiShankar%27sBOOTLEGUNIVERSE" target="_blank">"Truth in Journalism"</a> which as I'm watching now is definitely the same movie, down to the hairstyles and really short tie. I'm really the worst film blogger of all time. Or maybe I just don't pretend to know everything. Anyway, they ingeniously got around hiring a cast by just hiring themselves to act and be the crew at the same time. It's pretty fun. The cinematography isn't super awe-inspiring, but I was struck by how good black and white looks. Especially the blood effects. Every film really should probably just be black and white.</div><div><br /></div><div>This only works because lead actor Benoit Poelvoorde is amazingly engaging and charismatic. There's this weird satisfaction in knowing how he'll react to a situation, even if it's invariably horrific. He's incredibly well-defined for what must have been mostly improv, or a quick and dirty script. There are such large stretches of him on camera, it really is fantastic. There is just nothing held back, this is really humanity at is most raw and visceral.</div><div><br /></div><div>The editing is unreal, too. Man that shot that cuts between kids with toy guns to actual guns being fired gets me every time. There is such wise use of editing to imply violence, but they also then definitely go for graphic violence as well. It all works in service of a story that feels somehow satirical? It's as if you have no choice but to laugh. But you also do really feel for these inhuman monsters! Their desires are so well articulated - not just killing folks, but the loss of a communion bracelet or wanting to hang out and eat some bad mussels. It's all as real as the horrific violence.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know about this one, you have to be into it. It's really compelling and will stick with you for quite a while, but also definitely not for Grandma. I say check it out if you're able to. Netflix DVD for the win again!</div></div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-74474860499113872312023-03-13T16:59:00.002-04:002023-03-13T16:59:26.523-04:00For the 95th time...OSCAR RESULTS!<div style="text-align: left;">This was such garbage. Not even a single on-stage assault or incorrect nominee read out! Why am I even watching this? By all accounts it's a very smooth ceremony when the major thing that happens is Elizabeth Banks almost falling. In general, my predictions were noticeably terrible, but that's really because so many films were shut out! How does <i>Tar</i>, <i>Elvis</i>, and <i>Banshees of Inisherin</i> all come home empty handed? I thought <i>Everything</i> might sweep, but this was a hell of a sweep. Let's dive in!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2023: 11/23</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2022: 12/23</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2021: 12/23</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2020: 13/24 </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2019: 13/24 </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2018: 16/24 </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2017: 13/24 </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2016: 14/24 </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2015: 13/24 </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2014: 20/24 </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2013: 14/24 </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2012: 16/24 </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2011: 14/24 </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #01689c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2010: 12/24</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div><b>Best Picture</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i></div><div><i>Avatar: The Way of Water</i></div><div><i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></div><div><i>Elvis</i></div><div><i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></div><div><i>The Fabelmans</i></div><div><i>Tár</i></div><div><i>Top Gun: Maverick</i></div><div><i>Triangle of Sadness</i></div><div><i>Women Talking</i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: </span><i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></div><div>Actual Winner: <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Heyyyy got this one right. I am so bad at Best Picture predictions, I did get <i>Nomadland</i> right in 2021 but it had been seven years before that. This is super weird and also full of heart and to be really honest, should be a poster child for how unpredictable Oscar Best Picture winners have really become.</div><div><br /></div><div>1/1</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Director</b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i>, Martin McDonagh</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i>, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Fabelmans</i>, Steven Spielberg</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Tár</i>, Todd Field</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Triangle of Sadness</i>, Ruben Östlund</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Kwan and Scheinert</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: Daniels</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yay! Loved <i>Swiss Army Man</i> (2016) and it's insane that they win Best Director in their follow up going against this insane field. But it's deserved, <i>EEAAO</i> is a bonkers movie that they keep smooth and coherent. In lesser hands this would fall apart immediately.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">2/2</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Actor</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Austin Butler in <i>Elvis</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Colin Farrell in <i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brendan Fraser in <i>The Whale</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Paul Mescal in <i>Aftersun</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bill Nighy in <i>Living</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Colin Farrell</span></div><div>Actual Winner: Fraser</div><div><br /></div><div>Listen, I'm all about the Fraserssance. <i>Airheads</i> (1994), <i>Gods and Monsters</i> (1998), <i>The Mummy</i> (1999), and uhhhh....surely others in the past twenty years. <i>Doom Patrol</i>? The dude is great and so genuine and sweet, he deserves this. Except he doesn't, I don't really like exploitative performances behind a bunch of make-up and how is this Colin Farrell's first ever nomination? And Austin Butler is right there! I'm very torn, this isn't an Eddie Redmayne thing where it's so blatantly undeserved, but there just feels like there was better work to recognize, despite everyone loving Brendan Fraser.</div><div><br /></div><div>2/3</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Actress</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cate Blanchett in <i>Tár</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ana de Armas in <i>Blonde</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Andrea Riseborough in <i>To Leslie</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Michelle Williams in <i>The Fabelmans</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Michelle Yeoh in <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Yeoh</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: Yeoh</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ye-haw! This was tough between Blanchett, Yeoh, and de Armas, but it's great to go to Yeoh. You could tell Blanchett was over it and get real, <i>Tar</i> is so hard to get through, man. This is a great win.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">3/4</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Supporting Actor</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brendan Gleeson in <i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brian Tyree Henry in <i>Causeway</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Judd Hirsch in <i>The Fabelmans</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Barry Keoghan in <i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ke Huy Quan in <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Quan</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: Quan</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Harrison Ford giving Quan the Best Picture award was really, really surreal. Great win, I think Keoghan really deserved it but this was such a dark horse. It's really fun. Barry will be back.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">4/5</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Supporting Actress</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Angela Bassett in <i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hong Chau in <i>The Whale</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kerry Condon in <i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jamie Lee Curtis in <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stephanie Hsu in <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Bassett</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: Jamie Lee Curtis</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I could have maybe seen this coming if I had made predictions closer to the ceremony. This was definitely going to be an award to honor a lifetime of work and although Bassett seemed to crush awards early on, it felt more like JLC going into the ceremony. I might even say that both performances weren't either actress' best, but it's surely going to deserved person here.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">4/6</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Original Screenplay</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></div><div><i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></div><div><i>The Fabelmans</i></div><div><i>Tár</i></div><div><i>Triangle of Sadness</i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Banshees</i></span></div><div>Actual Winner: <i>Everything</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>This really tripped me up, it's crazy to win director, screenplay, and three quarters of the acting awards these days. I wonder if this will signify changing trends or be the outlier. Dude, <i>Banshees</i> was better. Like, I love both movies and I know <i>Everything</i> was a lot to keep track of, it certainly owns every moment, but I just thought they'd spread the love.</div><div><br /></div><div>4/7</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><b>Best Adapted Screenplay</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i></div><div><i>Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery</i></div><div><i>Living</i></div><div><i>Top Gun: Maverick</i></div><div><i>Women Talking</i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Western Front</i></span></div><div>Actual Winner: <i>Women Talking</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>See, this is why I thought <i>Banshees</i> would win. It's such a pared down and dedicated, dialogue-focused screenplay. I don't know. I suppose they couldn't read German so now my prediction there seems stupid. But also <i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i> won everything else, so who knows. Now my predictions will really crater.</div><div><br /></div><div>4/8</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Film Editing</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></div><div><i>Elvis</i></div><div><i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></div><div><i>Tár</i></div><div><i>Top Gun: Maverick</i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Maverick</i></span></div><div>Actual Winner: <i>EEAAO</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Yeah, dude. I get it, it's tough to edit this kind of film to make sense and the sequences come together with really crisp efficiency. But <i>Top Gun: Maverick</i> needed to win something to acknowledge how insane its flying hours came together, right? I mean, it was nominated everywhere, I thought it had more love. I guess not. It's a good win, it just comes down to the same deal - I thought awards would be spread out, instead this film won seven out of ten nominated categories!</div><div><br /></div><div>4/9</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Animated Film</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i>Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio</i></div><div><i>Marcel the Shell with Shoes On</i></div><div><i>Puss in Boots: The Last Wish</i></div><div><i>The Sea Beast</i></div><div><i>Turning Red</i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Pinocchio</i></span></div><div>Actual Winner: <i>Pinocchio</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Yay! Well deserved although I just watched <i>Puss in Boots</i> and that might actually be a bit better! This is fantastic, no whining from me.</div><div><br /></div><div>5/10</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best International Feature Film</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i></div><div><i>Argentina, 1985</i></div><div><i>Close</i></div><div><i>EO</i></div><div><i>The Quiet Girl</i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Quiet</i></span></div><div>Actual Winner: <i>Quiet</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Yep. No brainer here.</div><div><br /></div><div>6/11</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Cinematography</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i></div><div><i>Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths</i></div><div><i>Elvis</i></div><div><i>Empire of Light</i></div><div><i>Tár</i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Quiet</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div>Actual Winner: <i>Quiet</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Same. The best of the lot.</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div>7/12</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Original Score</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i></div><div><i>Babylon</i></div><div><i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></div><div><i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></div><div><i>The Fabelmans</i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Babylon</i></span></div><div>Actual Winner: <i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div>Everyone was saying <i>Babylon</i> so I went with it, then I watched the movie and the score was actually amazing and tied the entire film together and added such driving energy that it towered over all other nominees. But I guess people just hated this movie so went with their default, which was somehow the only other movie to win anything last night!</div><div><br /></div><div>7/13</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Original Song</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Applause” from <i>Tell It like a Woman</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Hold My Hand” from T<i>op Gun: Maverick</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Lift Me Up” from <i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Naatu Naatu” from <i>RRR</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This Is A Life” from <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: "Naatu"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: </span>"Naatu"</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div>Hell yeah. How is this actually the first India-produced song to win anything? We really ignore Bollywood huh? Tollywood too.</div><div><br /></div><div>8/14</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Production Design</b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Avatar: The Way of Water<br /></i><i>Babylon<br /></i><i>Elvis<br /></i><i>The Fabelmans</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Predicted Winner: <i>Elvis</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Actual Winner: <i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It just seems so easy now. Like, that was just going to win everything. Sure. Folks were predicting <i>Babylon</i>, which I resisted, but I just didn't pick the right upset.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">8/15</div><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Costume Design</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Babylon<br /></i></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris</i></div><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Predicted Winner: <i>Wakanda Forever</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><i>A</i>ctual Winner: <i>Wakanda Forever</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey, it wins again! Got this right, no notes, clearly the best.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9/16</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE</b></div><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>A</i><i>ll that Breathes<br /></i><i>Fire of Love<br /></i><i>Navalny<br /></i></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>All the Beauty and the Bloodshed</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">Descendant</i></div><p></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;">Predicted Winner: <i>Fire of Love</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;">Actual Winner: <i>Navalny</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;">Neither what people thought nor what I thought. <i>Fire of Love</i> was not that great, I actually did end up watching it. <i>Navalny</i> sounds like nuns in the navy to me for some reason, I'm going to assume that's what that was about, so a well deserved win.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;">9/17</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Best Visual Effects</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>All Quiet on the Western Front<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Avatar: The Way of Water<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Batman<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Top Gun: Maverick</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>AVABAR</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Actual Winner: <i>AVABAR</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Sure, makes sense.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">10/18</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><b>SOUND</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Top Gun Maverick<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Avatar the Way of Water<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Elvis<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>All Quiet on the Western Front<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Predicted Winner: <i>TOP GUN</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Actual Winner: <i>TOP GUN</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Sure, makes sense.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">11/19</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Best Animated Short</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud<br />“The Flying Sailor” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby<br />“Ice Merchants” Joao Gonzalez and Bruno Cactano<br />“My Year of Dicks” Sara Gunnarsdottir and Pamela Ribon</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It” Lachlan Pendragon</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Predicted Winner: "Ostrich"</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Actual Winner: "Boy, Mole, Fox, Horse"</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Meh, whatever.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">11/20</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><b>Best Documentary Short</b></div></div><span><br /></span><span>“The Elephant Whisperers” Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga</span><br /><span>“Haulout” Evgeniaq Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev</span><br /><span>“How Do You Measure a Year?” Jay Rosenblatt</span><br /><span>“The Martha Mitchell Effect” Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison</span><div>“Stranger at the Gate” Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones</div><div><br /></div><div>Predicted Winner: Martha Mitchell</div><div>Actual Winner: Elephant Whisperers</div><div><br /></div><div>Fine.</div><div><br /></div><div>11/21</div><div><div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Live Action Short</b></span></div><div><b><br /></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">“An Irish Goodbye” Tom Berkeley and Ross White</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ivalu” Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Le Pupille” Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuaron</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Night Ride” Erik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Red Suitcase” Cyrus Neshvad</span><p></p></div></div><div>Predicted Winner: Le Pupille</div><div>Actual Winner: Irish Goodbye</div><div><br /></div><div>11/22</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Best Make-up and Hairstyling</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><i>The Whale</i></div><div><i>Wakanda Forever</i></div><div><i>The Batman</i></div><div><i>Elvis</i></div><div><i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Predicted Winner: Did not predict</div><div>Actual Winner: <i>The Whale</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Hey! I didn't actual predict this somehow. I probably would have honestly slid into <i>Elvis</i>, because it just seemed more viable at the time, but whatever. Give it to double Oscar winner <i>The Whale</i> I guess.</div><div><br /></div><div>11/23</div><div><br /></div><div>Man I just got tripped up this year. Usually I'll get at least one or two documentaries or shorts go my way, so that hit hard, as well as some acting and technical awards that didn't spread the wealth the way I thought they usually do. I suppose that's every year. But for real, best writing, directing, acting, editing and picture is friggin WILD. Good for them, <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i> is spectacular and one we can be pretty proud of. We really don't want to be in this timeline right now, do we?</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-38727543652095197042023-02-28T21:59:00.004-05:002023-02-28T21:59:16.603-05:0052 in '23: APOCALYPTO<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Movie:</b> <i>Apocalypto </i>(2006)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Method: </b>Amazon Prime</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Why Did I Watch This?</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A for <i>Apocalypto</i>! We open up our 2023 movie catch-up series with this very unique film. There really hasn't been anything like this made before or since. We made a big list but certainly lack the discipline to watch every week. At least for now. We need to get on it. But at the top of my list was <i>Apocalypto</i>. I don't know why, I feel like I've seen a lot of people talk about it recently. Upon release it got almost no mainstream attention but remains a critical and filmmaker's favorite.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My list is tough, I find myself always wanting to see interesting and challenging films but never in a mood to become full invested. This entire year I've been more in "Coast and watch <i>Anchorman 2 </i>(2013)" mode instead of pushing forward with <i>My Dinner with Andre</i> (1981). So that needs to change, but <i>Apocalypto</i> is a good start. I suppose.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>How Was It?</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was just on the edge of my "is it racist?" seat the whole time. I don't think it was. Maybe. I really didn't understand this movie when it came out - the entire thing is in Mayan and starring indigenous actors. The basic premise is that a small village on the Yucatan is invaded and taken to be sacrificed by the Mayans. Then a big chase ensues and at the end - ruh roh, white folk show up!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Some folks took issue with the human sacrifices, and sure, there was more to the Mayan civilization than that, but showing a well-rounded villain really takes momentum away from the story. Is there some cultural responsibility to show the significant scientific advancement of an underrepresented civilization? Probably. But the story is pretty cogent in depicting its themes of death, fear, conquering, and fighting. It's totally brutal. It's not the kind of film to slow down and extrapolate. The point is to understand the perspective of the villagers and it does that well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, if you're looking at plot elements to trim to keep the story moving, we could drop the main dude's wife and son slowly drowning in a big hole. He really didn't need additional motivation, he's got all these dudes in loincloths trying to kill him. But it does end up being a nice organic ticking clocks. But also the wife only exists to be in danger to motivate the male hero, so that's full of mid-2000s ickiness.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Folks also seem to gripe about the white men landing at the end, saying it symbolizes Europe taming the New World. I didn't get that sense at all, this village is clearly peaceful and well-rounded. The white folks arriving seems to be more like, "Oh, these people thought they had problems with each other, they have no idea what's coming." There's this endless cycle of violence perpetuated against each other and you get the sense that their lack of unification, though no intrinsic fault of their own will be their downfall. And I'll give the main dude credit for just peacing out into the jungle.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What should we think about Mel Gibson as a director? He does a great job here with what looks like natural sets and lighting and the plot is largely propulsive. He also adapts a very foreign story into universal and relatable themes. It's a bit odd that he would take such an interest in this after the <i>Passion of the Christ</i> (2004), and maybe that's where that white savior things comes in. It'd be nice to see indigenous peoples telling their own stories, but is this a fair stop-gap? I mean, no one else is approving an all-Mayan language non-white cast any time. Maybe <i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i> (2022).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I enjoyed quite a bit of this, there are definitely some problems but the action is natural and fits against anything else of its day. It was overlooked during its time but there's some good merit here. The cultural disconnect is difficult but it genuinely sucks you in. There are problematic elements but I think most of them end up checking out. Most is assuredly not all. It's worth watching and actually has a timelessness that holds up well.</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-17815620167979393422023-01-26T12:10:00.002-05:002023-01-26T12:10:21.779-05:002023 I'm Oscar Dot Com<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey Folks! It is another year of pretty bad nominees, but some of them are cool so we'll roll with that. We could follow the trades, whatever those are, but really that's the coward's way out. HERE we have now for you, Norwegian Morning Wood's OFFICIAL 2023 146th Annual Oscar Predictions.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Picture</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Avatar: The Way of Water</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elvis</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Fabelmans</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tár</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Triangle of Sadness</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Women Talking</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: </span><i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>This could go a few ways for sure, but lately the Academy has just had this absolutely boffo streak like <i>The Shape of Water</i> (2017), <i>Parasite</i> (2019), and <i>Nomadland</i> (2020). My biggest disappointment is that I don't want <i>Everything</i> to ever become a mainstream movie. It's so fun and original and niche and weird, I'd love to keep it all to our weird selves. It's wacky that it's gotten this traction, but perhaps even the Academy is getting more niche and wrapping in on itself? There are insane nominees here - <i>Elvis</i>, <i>Triangle of Sadness</i>, <i>Top Gun: Maverick</i>? It's a fun lot. <i>Inisherin</i> might upset, but I just don't see it.</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Director</span></b></div><div><b><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i>, Martin McDonagh</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i>, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Fabelmans</i>, Steven Spielberg</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Tár</i>, Todd Field</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Triangle of Sadness</i>, Ruben Östlund</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Kwan and Scheinert</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div>Best Director doesn't seem to line up with Best Picture that often, and it might to to Spielberg, but that just feels cheap, you know? Probably. There's a case for everyone here. Field makes films rarely enough that they could think to give it to him while it's out. McDonagh has done well in recent years but notably didn't for <i>Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri</i> (2017), so maybe that's rectified here? But I think in cases of insular weirdness, just like the aforementioned three weird BP winners above, the awards align.</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Actor</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Austin Butler in <i>Elvis</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Colin Farrell in <i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brendan Fraser in <i>The Whale</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Paul Mescal in <i>Aftersun</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bill Nighy in <i>Living</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Colin Farrell</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone is saying Fraser or Butler and the latter is deserving, but I'm going with the curveball. He had a ridiculous year and I don't think the Academy actually gives out those Comeback awards as often as we think they do. Butler could easily get this, they love biopics for some reason, but man <i>Elvis</i> is just so damn weird. I want to stick with my Farrell pick.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Actress</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cate Blanchett in <i>Tár</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ana de Armas in <i>Blonde</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Andrea Riseborough in <i>To Leslie</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Michelle Williams in <i>The Fabelmans</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Michelle Yeoh in <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Yeoh</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This could easily be Blanchett, but I think she nuked herself when she started talking about how she doesn't care about awards. And Yeoh is perfectly deserving and has momentum. I'm pumped for Ana de Armas, she really did a triumphant job in <i>Blonde</i>, but that just doesn't seem to have caught on with...much of anyone besides me. I sure would love to see her win against Michelle Williams who was nominated for playing Marilyn Monroe ten years ago and lost. Also, how the hell did that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/movies/andrea-riseborough-oscar-nomination-to-leslie.html" target="_blank">definitely a scam Andrea Riseborough campaign</a> actually work?!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Supporting Actor</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brendan Gleeson in <i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brian Tyree Henry in <i>Causeway</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Judd Hirsch in <i>The Fabelmans</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Barry Keoghan in <i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ke Huy Quan in <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Quan</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It just feels like it's in the bag for big child actor and then retired Ke Huy Quan. Is it messed up that Short Round will get an Oscar and not Indy? I'd really love to see Keoghan, I loved <i>EEAAO</i> but c'mon the acting in <i>Banshees</i> is absurd. I actually don't think Quan is all that super great, I guess he switches personas effortlessly, but Hsu, Yeoh, and even Curtis are the big names here. And yeah, they're all nominated, too so that's cool.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Supporting Actress</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Angela Bassett in <i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hong Chau in <i>The Whale</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kerry Condon in <i>The Banshees of Inisherin</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jamie Lee Curtis in <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stephanie Hsu in <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: Bassett</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Man it'd be fun for Jamie Lee Curtis to finally get an Oscar. Although she really hasn't been in that many films that stretched her acting muscles, just a huge unrecognized generational talent. Of course if anyone were to beat her, no one's more deserving than Angela Bassett, who after a bit of a slump through the early 2000s has come back doing ridiculously great work in the past decade. She's also incredibly deserving and I'm a huge fan, it'll be fun to see!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Original Screenplay</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Fabelmans</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tár</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Triangle of Sadness</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Banshees</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This feels right, especially if it's snubbed elsewhere. It really is a marvelous screenplay, it lacks the didactic pretension of <i>Tar</i>, and I haven't seen the rest. <i>EEAAO</i> might sweep and nab it, but it feels like it should go here. Plus, McDonagh's films haven't actually won this despite building a great following over the years.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Adapted Screenplay</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Living</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Women Talking</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Western Front</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I don't actually know here, man. <i>Glass Onion </i>and <i>Maverick</i> seem way too mainstream. <i>Living </i>and<i> Women Talking</i> seem way too obscure. Also, who thinks <i>Top Gun</i> has a great screenplay? It lacks all iconic lines of the original and has the most insanely convenient ending of all time. Am I the only one who thought it wasn't that great?! Give it all the awards in the world for cinematography and production design, but it's not a great or unique story, man. Okay, it's efficient, sure. I'd be shocked but also like "of course." if it wins. <i>Quiet</i> is left, so let's go with that.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Film Editing</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elvis</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tár</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Top Gun: Maverick</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Maverick</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I dunno. <i>Tar</i> doesn't even have editing. <i>Elvis</i> is nothing but editing and <i>Bohemian Rhapsody</i> (2018) won a few years ago for much less. <i>Everything</i> certainly has a lot and it's integral to the story. <i>Banshees</i> it's not super apparent. Maybe that's the ticket! <i>Top Gun </i>maybe, it's definitely a feat to to cobble together all that footage. It seems to be leading and again, with other technical snubs, maybe this is a "good enough" kind of category for it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Animated Film</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Marcel the Shell with Shoes On</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Puss in Boots: The Last Wish</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Sea Beast</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Turning Red</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Pinocchio</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is it possible? It's definitely the best one. And the most uniquely animated. It's the forerunner right now. I haven't seen <i>Beast</i> or <i>Puss</i> yet, but I hear they're good. I don't like that shell fucker. <i>Turning Red</i> was solid but not really exceptional. Maybe the Del Toro name slapped on this film is critical to remind folks of its pedigree and we definitely went Pinocchio crazy for some reason this year. It seems like a safe bet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best International Feature Film</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Argentina, 1985</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Close</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">EO</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Quiet Girl</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Quiet</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I thought <i>Argeninta, 1985</i> would be the lock, but it's kind of that deal where, why wouldn't they vote for the one film who is also nominated in a ton of other categories. Seems like a no brainer I wonder if we'll get tripped up.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Cinematography</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elvis</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Empire of Light</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tár</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Quiet</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dude, like, these all suck. No <i>Top Gun</i>, <i>Blonde</i>, <i>Nope</i>, <i>Don't Worry Darling</i>, <i>Barbarian</i>? Whatever, man. Just seemed like a ton of beautiful movies released this year. <i>1917</i> (2020) JUST won this, will the differentiate or is that a safe indication of trends? Or does it just go to Roger Deakins for <i>Empire of Light</i>? I can see it going to the flash and breathtaking <i>Elvis</i>. It's got to win something. Maybe. Let's hope that's editing and this goes again to <i>Western Front</i>, which just seems to follow trends right now and is the more traditional winner in this kind of category.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Original Score</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Babylon</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Banshees of Inisherin</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everything Everywhere All at Once</span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Fabelmans</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Babylon</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I haven't seen it. But it's apparently good? Sure. I can't picture the score of anything else.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Original Song</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Applause” from <i>Tell It like a Woman</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Hold My Hand” from T<i>op Gun: Maverick</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Lift Me Up” from <i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Naatu Naatu” from <i>RRR</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“This Is A Life” from <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: "Naatu"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now give <i>RRR</i> a best picture nod! This seems like the most in the bag category of the year, which is spectacular.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Best Production Design</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">All Quiet on the Western Front</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Avatar: The Way of Water<br /></i><i>Babylon<br /></i><i>Elvis<br /></i><i>The Fabelmans</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>Elvis</i></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Folks are saying <i>Babylon</i>, I just can't see that winning that much, people seem to hate that movie. That kinda leaves...<i>Elvis</i>? Or do we give awards for longest, not best these days. KIDDING <i>AVAMAGAR</i>, kidding.<br /><br /><b>Best Costume Design</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Babylon<br /></i><i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<br /></i></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris</i></div><p></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;">Predicted Winner: <i>Wakanda Forever</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;">It won last time, so...sure? Nothing else is really creeping in. Maybe <i>EEAAO</i>. Lots and lots of creative and cool costumes there. But nothing really wild and from a different time or culture like <i>Wakanda Forever</i>.</div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>A</i><i>ll that Breathes<br /></i><i>Fire of Love<br /></i><i>Navalny<br /></i><i>All the Beauty and the Bloodshed<br /></i></span></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Descendant</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;">Predicted Winner: <i>Fire of Love</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of these sound cool. <i>Beauty and Blood</i> seems to be the frontrunner. But documentary always just goes to the one people have heard of, and that's clearly volcano love.</span></div><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: left;"></p><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Visual Effects</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>All Quiet on the Western Front<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Avatar: The Way of Water<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Batman<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Top Gun: Maverick</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Predicted Winner: <i>AVABAR</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Listen, I give this movie a lot of crap but it should clearly win here. Maybe <i>Top Gun</i> because those effects are actually more impressive (real always wins), but people seem behind <i>ABAMRAR</i>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">SOUND</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Top Gun Maverick<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Avatar the Way of Water<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Elvis<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>All Quiet on the Western Front<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Predicted Winner: <i>TOP GUN</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Man, you never know. But those jets are sweet. And they had to record in those loud ass things, too. It's got to win something. War movies are always big here, too. We'll see where it ends up.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Animated Short</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud<br />“The Flying Sailor” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby<br />“Ice Merchants” Joao Gonzalez and Bruno Cactano<br />“My Year of Dicks” Sara Gunnarsdottir and Pamela Ribon</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It” Lachlan Pendragon</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">Predicted Winner: "Ostrich"</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em;">It's got a cool title. "Ice Merchants" is the other one that seems like it has a neat premise. Everything else is trash. Who knows.</div><b>Best Documentary Short</b></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Elephant Whisperers” Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Haulout” Evgeniaq Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">“How Do You Measure a Year?” Jay Rosenblatt</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Martha Mitchell Effect” Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison</span><div>“Stranger at the Gate” Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones</div><div><br /></div><div>Predicted Winner: Martha Mitchell</div><div><br /></div><div>I dunno, relevance? Seems like the most interesting, and that's how I make these crapshoot predictions.<br /><div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Best Live Action Short</b></span></div><div><b><br /></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">“An Irish Goodbye” Tom Berkeley and Ross White</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Ivalu” Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Le Pupille” Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuaron</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Night Ride” Erik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“The Red Suitcase” Cyrus Neshvad</span><p></p></div></div><div>Predicted Winner: Le Pupille</div><div><br /></div><div>Comes from Cuaron, so there's pedigree and was on Disney+, so there's exposure. "Ivalu" and "Red Suitcase" seem cool and "An Irish Goodbye" is like the inverse <i>Banshees of Inisherin</i>. So lots to go on there, but let's be safe and stupid.</div><div><br /></div><div>So there you have it! All 23 categories, perfectly predicted, stay tuned for the actual Oscar ceremony which will assuredly happen sometime in the future!</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-14839650328146624432023-01-01T14:08:00.000-05:002023-01-01T14:08:07.327-05:002022 Movie Watching Review!<div style="text-align: left;">It's the most magical time of year, people! We've been <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/p/movies-watched-in-2022.html" target="_blank">tracking all the films I've watched all year</a> and now it's finally time to get some numbers. In total it was a very good year - the most movies I've watched since 2018 (where I cranked a staggering 249 movies, I don't think I'll hit that again and ever have a normal life). 200 really is becoming right around my average. Maybe a high average. Here's our total stats!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="136"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2015}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2015</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2016}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2016</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2017}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2017</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2018}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2018</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2019}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2019</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2020}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2020</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2021}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2021</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2022}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2022</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total movies"}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Total movies</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":198}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">198</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":220}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">220</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":224}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">224</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":249}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">249</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":200}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">200</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":182}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">182</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":181}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">181</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":202}" style="background-color: yellow; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">202</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"First-time viewings"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">First-time viewings</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"n/a"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">n/a</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":117}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">117</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":133}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">133</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":157}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">157</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":131}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">131</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":110}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">110</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":111}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">111</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":154}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">154</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"First-time viewing %"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">First-time viewing %</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"n/a"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">n/a</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.5318181818181819}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">53%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.59375}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">59%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6305220883534136}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">63%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.655}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">66%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6043956043956044}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">60%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6132596685082873}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">61%</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.76}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">76%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Streaming"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Streaming</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"n/a"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">n/a</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":55}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">55</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":81}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">81</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":157}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">157</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":118}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">118</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":133}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">133</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":134}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">134</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":160}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">160</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Streaming %"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Streaming %</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"n/a"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">n/a</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.25}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">25%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.36160714285714285}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">36%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.6305220883534136}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">63%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.59}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">59%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7307692307692307}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">73%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-4]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7403314917127072}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">74%</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.79}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">79%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"TV"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">TV</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":86}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">86</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":84}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">84</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":55}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">55</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"TV %"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">TV %</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.43434343434343436}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">43%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.38181818181818183}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">38%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.24553571428571427}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">25%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.040160642570281124}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.035}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.016483516483516484}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-6]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.06077348066298342}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6%</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.015}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Theater"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Theater</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":8}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Theater %"}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Theater %</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.050505050505050504}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.05}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.05357142857142857}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.0642570281124498}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.04}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.01098901098901099}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1%</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-1]C[0]/R[-8]C[0]" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.03867403314917127}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4%</td><td data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.045}" style="background-color: cyan; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5%</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin>A few things off the bat - mostly my first-time viewings were outstanding. I've been hovering around 50-60% forever, which is honestly weird. Like, I watch that many movies I've already seen before? That's bonkers. Hitting 76% is a huge breakthrough. Streaming also keeps finding a way to creep higher and higher. I can't believe that just a few years ago the amount of movies I watched on TV dwarfed streaming. It now ends up pretty outdated to even include it on this list. Undoubtedly that's a big reason why I had so many repeat viewings. Streaming really is a great boon for movie lovers.</google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin>Theater percentages were up although I again don't see all that many movies in theaters. I just don't live in NYC or LA and we don't get a ton here that really interest me. I'm also perfectly fine understanding the text of a film from the lazy comfort of my own domicile. The only other big gap to add would be DVD viewings, which I should probably look back and figure out.</google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin>Let's get into the nitty gritty of viewing methods:</google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="108"></col><col width="100"></col><col width="100"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Amazon Prime"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Amazon Prime</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.0297029702970297}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.0%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Disney+"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Disney+</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.04950495049504951}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.0%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"HBOMax"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">HBOMax</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":60}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">60</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.297029702970297}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">29.7%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Netflix Streaming"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Netflix Streaming</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":35}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">35</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.17326732673267325}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17.3%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Netflix DVD"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Netflix DVD</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.11386138613861387}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11.4%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"TV"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">TV</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.01485148514851485}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.5%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Theater"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Theater</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":9}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">9</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.04455445544554455}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4.5%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Paramount+"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Paramount+</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.024752475247524754}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.5%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Peacock"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Peacock</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.04950495049504951}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.0%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Planes"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Planes</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.0297029702970297}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">3.0%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Other Streaming"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Other Streaming</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.10891089108910891}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">10.9%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hulu"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Hulu</td><td data-sheets-formula="=countif(C[-6]:C[-6],R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.0594059405940594}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.9%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total Streaming:"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Total Streaming:</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[-13]C[0]+R[-12]C[0]+R[-11]C[0]+R[-10]C[0]+R[-6]C[0]+R[-5]C[0]+R[-3]C[0]+R[-2]C[0]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":160}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">160</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.7920792079207921}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">79.2%</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>Naturally, HBOMax crushes it again. Can we give them some of this data so they understand how good they are as a pure movie service? It will be a dark day indeed when they completely switch over to reality TV programming. Everything else is kind of similar. Disney+ only really got a boost from the Star Wars marathon to end the year. Other than that, Paramount+ and Amazon Prime are pretty similar. Peacock and Hulu having an edge surprised me, the former for being a little high and the latter for being a little low.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>Other streaming included:</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div style="text-align: left;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="108"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Allblk"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Allblk</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Apple+"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Apple+</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"SlingTV"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">SlingTV</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"PlutoTV"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">PlutoTV</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"XUMO"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">XUMO</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"TUBI"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">TUBI</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Xfinity"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Xfinity</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"YouTube"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">YouTube</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin><div><google-sheets-html-origin>I actually watched eight films on Tubi, which beat out most of the other "bigger" streaming services. The rest were four or under. Which again, isn't all that far off. We can think about really including everyone in the years to come.</google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin>HBOMax was actually down very slightly from 2021. Hulu, Netflix DVD, and Netflix Streaming were all remarkably steady. The big change really is the addition of new niche services. In 2021 we had Sling, Pluto, and Xfinity here and there but "other streaming" was only 2.2%. This year it was 10.9%. Certainly something to keep an eye on!</google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><b>By Year</b></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><b><br /></b></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="100"></col><col width="100"></col><col width="100"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1920s"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1920s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.009900990099009901}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.0%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1930s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1930s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.0049504950495049506}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.5%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1940s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1940s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.0049504950495049506}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">0.5%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1950s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1950s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.019801980198019802}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2.0%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1960s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1960s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.009900990099009901}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">1.0%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1970s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1970s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.0594059405940594}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">5.9%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1980s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1980s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.08415841584158416}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">8.4%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1990s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">1990s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.11386138613861387}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">11.4%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"2000s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">2000s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.12376237623762376}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12.4%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"2010s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">2010s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":35}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">35</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.17326732673267325}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17.3%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"2020s"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">2020s</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":80}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">80</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.39603960396039606}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">39.6%</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2022}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">2022</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":48}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">48</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-1]/R3C10" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":3,"2":"0.0%","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0.2376237623762376}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23.8%<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>There isn't a whole lot of change from 2021 to this. The only notable sink is the 2010s which decreased almost 9%. I suppose a lot of that is naturally from pulling more films from the current year, which siphons more 2020 and 2021 instead of 2019 films. I only watched two from 2020, which is likely more a product of the decreased releases that year than anything. I watched ten more films from the current year than I did in 2021, but the percentages were largely similar.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><b>By Month</b></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="100"></col><col width="100"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"January"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">January</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"February"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">February</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"March"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">March</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"April"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">April</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"May"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">May</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"June"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">June</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"July"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">July</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"August"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">August</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"September"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">September</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"October"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">October</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"November"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">November</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"December"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">December</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>I should figure out a long term average for my months. There never seems to be any rhyme or reason besides December being high as I try to get in everything I've missed over the year.</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin>Here we go!</google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; width: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><colgroup><col width="136"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="37"></col><col width="100"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"AVERAGE"}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">AVERAGE</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"January"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">January</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"February"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">February</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":11}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">11</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14.5}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"March"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">March</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":27}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">27</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16.25}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"April"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">April</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":23}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">23</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18.5}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"May"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">May</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":29}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">29</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19.5}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"June"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">June</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":8}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">8</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":24}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">24</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18.5}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"July"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">July</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15.25}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"August"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">August</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":25}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">25</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17.875}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"September"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">September</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":13}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">13</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14.375}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"October"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">October</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":14}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">14</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":17}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":19}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">19</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":24}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">24</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":15}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">15</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16.125}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"November"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">November</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":18}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">18</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16.625}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">17</td></tr><tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"December"}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">December</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":28}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">28</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":20}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">20</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":22}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">22</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(204, 204, 204); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td><td data-sheets-formula="=average(R[0]C[-8]:R[0]C[-1])" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":2,"2":"0","3":1}" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":21.25}" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;">21</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></google-sheets-html-origin></div><div>I only saw two movies twice this year. <i>Jackass Forever</i> and <i>The Northman</i>. Both well worth it!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>General Thoughts:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>It was a good year all around but boy I watched some really bad movies this year. A lot of that was me trying to clean up some queues with the <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2022/01/52-movies-in-2022.html" target="_blank">52 in '22 series</a>. I don't regret doing that, but it's tough to learn the hard lesson that most movies that people think are bad are very bad. But I'm happy with my numbers this year, as always there could be more older films added but I'm always just glad to get every decade represented. The most recent year unrepresented was 2000, which is good I guess. That's getting to be a while ago!</div><div><br /></div><div>Every single year I think about not doing this, but the effort isn't all that much for the fun data we get out of it. I enjoy stripping it down and this year was much more reasonable. Again we don't really have a reason to judge things by month but it's a nice way to organize a massive ridiculous list. What if I started tracking by genre? Ooh that's a good bad idea.</div><div><br /></div><div>See you next year!</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-65319125753115579972022-12-31T14:58:00.001-05:002022-12-31T14:58:07.802-05:002022 Nutshelled: Best Movies<div style="text-align: left;">Alright people, here we are! This what we lurch forward and get excited about all year! We'll take all the cultural force and magical experiences we had at the cinema and distill them all into a big dumb Top Ten List. More and more I think this is stupid. That's why I made like five this year. We will likely change this all around when we take another look next year, and I know there was a handful of films that I did not see that could penetrate this list next year. But for now, let's look at the best movies that I personally watched in 2022:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#10: <i>Don't Worry Darling</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've looked at a lot of lists from around the whole Internet and reputable critics and people, and I was most struck by how much my list doesn't match up with them at all. We had such great films in the sweet spot this year of engaging, competent genre action. Or just really weird like <i>Don't Worry Darling</i>. I was so into the trailers, and I like Olivia Wilde as a director. This just got shat on for behind the scenes nonsense. No one really seemed too harassed or anything as far as I can tell (if I suck please let me know, I did not get into the gossip much beyond the headlines), but the amount of cheating, spitting, and chaos was unbelievable.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And it really should further show just how good of a job Olivia did to get ANYTHING out of anyone to make this movie. It's definitely got its source inspiration from a few places, but it still pulls off a satisfying story. At some point you just wait for the other shoe to drop and you know it's going to be either satisfying or a let down. And it's really satisfying! The acting and mind-fuckery is great and motivated here and it's also surprisingly one of the better-looking films of the year. Truly gorgeous, and what looks like mostly natural sets. This movie got a lot of crap, I wonder if we'll forget about all the nonsense in time and re-evaluate how good this is.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#9: <i>Barbarian</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There might not be a movie I've thought about more. AirBnB horror! What a concept! Some of the decisions are a little contrived, but man this movie gets so many points for being the most unexpected movie of all time. I love how much it spins from a basic story and then dramatically re-shifts but all in service of the same story. Justin Long steals the show as the worst human being to ever live and when he seems like he's redemptive, he's even worse. It's awesome. There's again some legit fucked up shit here and the delicate house of cards that's assembled never topples.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#8: <i>Prey</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I feel personally slighted by how much hype all these movies got when they came out but how little anyone seems to be talking about them at the end of the year. <i>PREY</i> was the perfect Friday night movie, a tight, coherent, legit action movie that advances the themes of an existing (and well-trodden IP), goes the mid-budget competent route but succeeds in its effort to remain interesting, and survives as a deserved work in its own right. There's also a message here but it's very slight and in service to the story. Everything works.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#7: W<i>eird: The Al Yankovic Story</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>All hail Roku! Of course the Weird Al movie comes out on the most obscure service possible. The funniest movie of the year with absolute zero pretensions, we don't get enough of these kinds of films anymore. It's unreal. What's more unreal is how quickly it descends into having no interest in representing reality at all. It succeeds in being a parody of biopics but staying far away from being a direct parody of the genre like <i>Walk Hard</i> (2007) but is instead interested in exceptional silliness. I'd watch it every day if I could.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#6: <i>Glass Onion</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Written, produced, filmed, and released all in November, 2022! <i>Knives Out</i> (2019) was tremendous but this somehow pushes everything further, mostly from being completely disinterested in being a direct sequel. It's an incredible achievement to re-invigorate one of our oldest genres, but find a way to keep things interesting even after <i>Knives Out</i> did the same thing a few years earlier. The characters are vivid and dynamic, the lighting and cinematography is dynamic, bright, and in service of the film, but most importantly the film makes you hang on every word of long dialogue and monologue strings. It's consistently hilarious as well, while also punching for the gut. What's wrong with giving Rian Johnson more Star Wars again?</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#5: <i>Banshees of Inisherin</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe the saddest movie ever, I didn't really believe the hype until I watched this and was like oh damn! It's also the most Irish movie of all time, with equal parts wryly funny and deeply depressing. Everyone is acting at full speed here, and it finds the perfect line between the trivial and tragic. It's shot simply but lets the setting do the work for them. Martin McDonough has his credentials by now (I forgot he did <i>Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri</i> [2017], which people seem to care about a lot less than <i>In Bruges</i> [2008] in hindsight), but seems to be much more in his element here.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#4: <i>Everything Everywhere All At Once</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>The Top Four are pretty interchangeable and I foresee these being the immutable candidates for future reconciliations of this year. This got a lot of hype when it came out and has wormed its way into a lot of lists. For some reason this has been the year of the multiverse, and ends up being the best use of the concept. We get to see many fully realized and silly universes (Hot Dogs) but at the core is a relationship between mother and daughter that takes some significant effort to un-fuck. It's funny, original, thrilling, and explores a deep and fulfilling interaction between all the principal characters. Even Jamie Lee Curtis' tax specialist, who would be insufferable in another picture. This is one of the great ones.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#3: <i>Nope</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Jordan Peele's best film, I said it, <i>Nope</i> has thematic richness regarding our relationship with nature, animals, spectacle, exploitation, Hollywood, and filmmaking. It's quite a bit, all in a cinematic package that makes it look easy. It's authentic and fantastic all at once. I don't really actually like the SPOILER revelation that the spaceship is an alien or how it transforms at the end, but those are both thematically sound. Like so sound it makes me angry. Add to all this the genuine tension in a handful of scenes (ironically the fake-out scene is the most insane) and absolute horror from chimps and digestion and there is a lot to love here.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>#2: <i>RRR</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It would seem somewhat improbable that a random Bollywood movie would become one of the biggest global phenomenon of the year. But for one, it's Tollywood, and second, it got some buzz on Netflix, man. Now, I'm aware that there is some <a href="https://buttondown.email/riteshwriter/archive/6-unpacking-rrr-indian-politics-and-cinema/" target="_blank">problematic cultural stuff here</a>. Oh no! Yeah, read up on what this all means for Indian and Telugu cinema here. It's pretty thorough.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But sticking to the film itself, this is at every moment a revelation. Watching as someone who has gotten very used to and jaded by Western blockbuster filmmaking it feels like an unbridled explosion of creativity, limitless expression, and truly dynamic action. All of that is wrapped up with revolutionary ideals (anti-colonialist, but also very nationalist) and what amounts of historical fiction with the greatest bromance of our era. Every scene seeks to top the one that came before it, all symbolized by the fire and water of our two heroes that echoes into mythology. <i>RRR</i> is insane. Watch <i>Baahubali</i> too.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#1: <i>The Northman</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And here we are. My pick for the Top Film of 2022 I saw in theaters and knew it would be tough to beat. I don't know why this hasn't gotten much of any love since its release. I watched it twice this year. I love every part of this. On the surface its a brutal action film. Deeper it's full of authentic filmmaking techniques, majestic vistas, and a classic story. But deeper than that it exposes the bullshit of its own story and undercuts the hypermasculinity that seems to possess its whole deal. It really is an incredible experience. Naked lava fight!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Honorable Mentions</b>: <i>Greenland</i>, <i>Pinocchio</i>, <i>KIMI</i>, <i>The Batman</i>, <i>Ambulance</i>. I was also close to adding <i>Elvis</i> and <i>Blonde</i>. <i>Elvis</i> is so damn maximalist and serves as an incredible companion to <i>Weird</i>. Like literally <i>Walk Hard</i> if it were a straight biopic, to the point where it feels on purpose. I keep thinking about <i>Blonde</i>, too. I wish it were shorter so I could watch it again to unpack. It feels like a dream and is either the most brilliant film of the year or the worse. I disagree with accusations of exploitiveness, it just seems like it couldn't be more obvious that what everyone is doing to Marilyn (including the viewer's eye) is horrendous.</div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have not Seen yet but might get on this list next year:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>After Yang</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>No Bears</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Hustle</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>TAR</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Triangle of Sadness</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Eternal Daughter</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>White Noise</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I probably won't watch all of these. I've had plenty of opportunity. I just missed <i>TAR</i> and <i>White Noise</i>, ran out of time. That's why these are all meaningless, baby! Check in next year when I confess to being really stupid and completely refine this list.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Until then, Happy New Year and here's to 2023!</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-23552108264267605322022-12-30T19:32:00.001-05:002022-12-30T19:32:11.157-05:0052 in '22: GREED<div style="text-align: left;"><b>Movie</b>: <i>GREED </i>(1924)</div><div><b>Method</b>: Xfinity</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Why Did I watch this?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Can you believe it?! It's been a whole year of this! We ended on <i>Greed</i>, a four hour but used to be 9-hour epic of love, betrayal, and America. What a movie. I think I first read about it in the 1001 Films You Should Watch Before you Die book, and it just looked really really interesting. It's not even on Netflix's DVD service so I knew I'd have to hunt it down a little. Turns out I could just spend $4 for the rental. But what a way to close the year!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What Did I know ahead of time?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>I may or may not have known about the excessive run time, I knew it was long, but I had definitely forgotten how chopped and altered this current best version was. See, much of this film has been lost to time, so the best we got is a pieced together cobbling of mostly still images and intertitles. It's not great, but you can still tell some of the acting here is superb just by their expressions! I knew it was between two dudes who dislike each other, but I did not know all the ins and outs.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>How Was It?</b></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Greed</i> is considered one of the all-time classics and I wonder if it hasn't ever been remade for that reason. Because this could use a remake. Sorry, like it doesn't even have spoken dialogue, but this is so damn good! But it's hard to maintain a connection through all the still images and let's face it folks, really excessive length.</div><div><br /></div><div>I get what's going on here, there are these parallel stories that heighten in the impact of the main story being told and give alternate paths to the terrible decisions everyone makes. I'm into movies that are more focused and deliberate, all driving towards one goal, which you can argue this does, but it takes a long way about it.</div><div><br /></div><div>The film is actually very basic, it's all in the title. It's greed. For gold specifically, but also ownership of spouses, self-interest, careers, and an inability to control one's envy. It tracks the rise and fall of a wonderful San Francisco dentist named McTeague as he falls in love with his friend's cousin. She wins the lottery but everyone becomes obsessed with the money until they all die. A tale as old as time.</div><div><br /></div><div>Shouler, though, covets both his cousin and her money. Was that just a normal thing in 1924? Like, he says "this is my cousin, my sweetie!" and I thought maybe cousin or sweetie were just different terms back then? But he keeps saying it...I think he was really just trying to bone his cousin. But it's more like he feels entitled to the money she won, not the woman herself. And nevermind any of her feelings, she isn't really all that into either of them. McTeague definitely gets a little rapey when she's knocked out in his dentist chair. There is such lust and despicability here! It's fun to watch!</div><div><br /></div><div>But it drags, man. I don't care that the original nine-hour version was one of the greatest, most epic feats of cinema. Maybe as a mini-series on Netflix these days. Dude, we need a short-ass movie. There are a lot of side characters here who come in and out and don't do much. We could definitely montage some of this wedding stuff to get to the juicy finger-biting parts.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyone else get King Schultz vibes when his wagon rolls into town with that bobbly tooth? I think Tarantino knows what's up. There were other bits and pieces here and you can tell this film runs deep in cultural lore.</div><div><br /></div><div>The ending is great, too. For all their violence and hatred of each other clouds their judgment. There is a bit of inherited evil here, like McTeague's father was a drunken horror, and by the film's end he acts like him as well as visually recalls him. But that's just not an excuse, they make all the decisions they make and their judgment is clouded by wrath and vengeance for no real purpose. It's an assuredly brutal film and one that you can picture getting made in director Erich von Stroheim's basement as a mad scientist without regard to audience, box office, toys, or Oscars. It's a pure film, man. Epic in scope, length, acting, and even the luscious gold-tinted cinematography. One might call it the <i>AVABAR 2: Wet 'n' Wild</i> (2022) of its time.</div><div><br /></div><div>I liked this a lot, I wish had given myself more time to watch it and digest, honestly I rushed things this week before the New Year.</div><div><br /></div><div>What's on the docket, next, then folks? We're 52 movies closer to watching every great forgotten movie that has burned a hole in my queue. Next year we'll keep this up because I like how it forces me to watch stuff, but I might lighten up the release schedule. Some weeks are just tough, man. I've got 38 movies on my list right now, come January I'll announce my pledge and start getting at it.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2022/01/52-movies-in-2022.html" target="_blank">Check out more 52 for '22 right here!</a></div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-3432031812376996262022-12-29T19:57:00.012-05:002022-12-29T21:36:10.733-05:002022 Nushelled: More Random Crap<div style="text-align: left;">We will drop our heavily vaulted Best Movies of 2022 list soon, but in the never-ending lead-up, we need to talk about all the other wonderful trends and everything of the year. Now, in general this year was fantastic for films. There were a ton of weird and amazing experiences to be had, and I think 2022 will be fondly remembered for many years. Maybe even like a 1999, 2007, or 2014.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That being said, I found it tough to recall particularly great singular defining moments or scores, or music. I really only point out things that are truly great. Not everyone gets a prize every year, people! I kept coming back to the same well. I think 2022's highs were pretty high but definitely in just a select few movies that really struck gold.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Actors of the Year:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had a few nominees on the men's side, but somehow improbably it's no one but <b>Colin Farrell</b>. Yes, Colin Farrell won 2022. Mostly by appearing as a gonzo cartoon figure in <i>The Batman</i> (2022), a deep and thoughtful competent rescue worker in <i>Thirteen Lives</i> (2022), and then an amazingly sad Irish fellow in <i>Banshees of Inisherin </i>(2022). It's not only the volume here but shocking range of characters and genres that shows that this dude is the real deal. <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2014/04/profiles-colin-farrell-courage-and.html" target="_blank">Called it</a>!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Is it kind of weird that we even divide this? Like, what is it about gender that differentiates anyting with acting? Well, we do have a lot of nominees. Nicole Kidman seems to be every where all of a sudden and Jamie Lee Curtis showed range from horror icon to wacky hot dog finger lady! Anya Taylor-Joy and Margot Robbie keep flirting with over-exposure and Ana de Armas is showing that she's more than a pretty face, even if her biggest profile work <i>Blonde</i> is mostly about her being a pretty face.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But let's go with the long-deserving <b>Florence Pugh</b>! <i>Don't Worry Darling</i> (2022) was her big work but she also appeared in <i>Hawkeye</i> at year's end last year, and added <i>The Wonder</i> and <i>Puss in Boots</i> to show her credible range. There isn't really anyone acting like she is in addition to her overexposure and we're here on the Pugh train to stay!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Moments of the Year</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spoilers for the first couple here because it's a few endings: <i>WEIRD: The Al Yankovic</i>'s story quickly shows that it has no desire coming anywhere near the true story when Al is gunned down at the Grammys by Madonna. This is really a thing that happens. I also was shook by the donkey eating Brendan Gleeson's fingers in <i>Banshees of Inisherin</i>. I'm sure there's more.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This category was always about highlighting great moments in otherwise dull movies. I don't know if we had a lot of that this year! Or it's about a sequence in an otherwise forgettable superhero film. We have some of those for sure.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Non-spoiler favorites:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The house covered in blood in <i>NOPE</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wanda vs. the Illuminati in <i>Multiverse of Madness</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">HAVE SEX! In <i>Morbius</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Zoey Kravitz gains the upper hand in <i>KIMI</i></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Family faces their destiny trapped in the earth in <i>The Bob's Burgers Movie</i> (hands down funniest scene of the year)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Barbarian</i> switches to The Adventures of Justin Long</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qb0C_dyYazQ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Best Ending:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dude this movie is not good in anyway, but almost worth sitting through the entire slog to see that in the end the impetus for the entire murder mystery in <i>Bodies, Bodies, Bodies</i> is Pete Davidson being an idiot. It really is worthwhile. Not another movie this year with a worse first thirty minutes and a better last thirty minutes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Movies Where Every Scene was the Best Scene:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>RRR</i>, <i>Ambulance</i>, and <i>Glass Onion</i> are really hard to pick just one. Most are going with the musical dance number (that definitely wins down below!), but I just need to go with the intro. Such a hook.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9ZEPqZemuX8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Ambulance</i> just kept going. Not enough love for what Gyllenhaal does here. Somehow the most Michael Bay-protagonist of all time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And <i>Glass Onion</i>, it's got to be when everything comes together with the Mona Lisa at the end, right? Phenomenal work here.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Trailers</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In8fuzj3gck&ab_channel=UniversalPictures" target="_blank">NOPE</a></i> or <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5PW5r3pEOg&ab_channel=A24" target="_blank">Pearl</a> </i>made me want to see both without spoiling anything. And I'll give <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMgLMaLlK9k&ab_channel=A24" target="_blank">Bodies, Bodies, Bodies</a></i> again a lot of credit for making a great trailer that sold an amazing attitude that the movie couldn't have been farther away from.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Musical Moments</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">C'mon, man. You know it's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAzlWScHTc4&ab_channel=T-Series" target="_blank"><i>RRR</i> for the best bro-down of the year</a>. I mean, all standard Tollywood stuff, but blew our stupid minds.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The best use of other songs probably go <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR_InjILUwQ&ab_channel=DRIVER" target="_blank">Nirvana in <i>The Batman</i></a>. That just fits so improbably well. And it kept coming back! I thought it was part of the score.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Other Stuff:</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Copshop</i> (2021) is a terrible movie that no one should see. It also didn't come out this year. But I'm not going to have another chance to talk about this, dammit. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfgs3t7uxI&ab_channel=Movieclips" target="_blank">Toby Huss is amazing and in an entirely different movie</a>. A better movie.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We'll get into my top pics on 12/31. Obviously that's when you need to highlight the top movies, people. I watched a lot of movies this year, and not all of them were good. No one's talking about <i>3000 Years of Longing</i> (2022), which I was very excited for and deeply disappointed by. Same with <i>The Bubble</i>, which might be one of the worst films of all time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was also really bummed by <i>Bros</i>. It was just not really a good movie at all, but worse than that, really wanted you to think it was good and different than every other rom com. But it was totally just like every other rom com. I'm sorry, Billy. I really wanted to like this one.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was just sort of a disappointing year, maybe I got too hyped for directors I like and we got boned. Oh well. Plenty of good things around, too, which you'll see in just a little bit!</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-38216750243297847202022-12-29T11:54:00.001-05:002022-12-29T11:54:00.215-05:002022 Nutshelled: Stuff We Thought Would Be Great!<div style="text-align: left;">Ah, the best time of the year. Time to look back at what we were eagerly anticipating and see how wrong we were. I feel like I'm disappointed every year, man. Except for 2017 when <i>Blade Runner 2049</i> was my most anticipated and then greatest movie of the year. So let's take a look back at <a href="tragedy of macbeth" target="_blank">this stuff</a> and see how we did:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>Untitled David O. Russel Project</i> (turned out to be <i>Amsterdam):</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Did I see it? Yep</div><div style="text-align: left;">How was it?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dude, this shit was not good. What a freakin disaster. Just all over the place and ends with nine - NINE characters standing in a room with nothing to do. This feels more like a vanity exercise to work with every great contemporary actor (name one and they're in this movie) but give no one anything to do. Also a truly terrible exercise in subtlety. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white;"><i><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;">Bullet Train</span></b></i></div><div><i><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><div>Did I see it? Yep</div><div>How was it?</div></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know. It's maybe very good, but also maybe very bad. I think I didn't like it. I'm going to end on that side, although the ending is very strong. Ultimately I don't think it gets over the problems it has loving its own cheeky self and becomes a movie struggling with its own authenticity.</div><div><i><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><i style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;">Nope</span></b></i></div><div><i style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><div>Did I see it? Yep</div><div>How was it?</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Dude, it's like one of the best. Go watch it.</div><div><i style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><i style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;">Moonfall</span></b></i></div><div><i style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><div>Did I see it? Yep</div><div>How was it?</div></div><div><br /></div><div>How utterly disappointing. I mean, I knew it'd be stupid, but it wasn't even that stupid in a self-aware or fun kind of way. Just kind of a mess. I'm so sad.</div><div><i style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><i><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;">Don't Worry Darling</span></b></i></div></div><div><i><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><div>Did I see it? Yep</div><div>How was it?</div></div><div><br /></div><div>This movie got a lot of hate, but looking back it feels so clear that it's just more anti-women hate. The behind the scenes non-sense is inescapable not to talk about, but we should give all the actors all the more credit that the finished product is so tight.</div><div><i><b><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></i></div><div><b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;">Ambulance</span></i></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><div>Did I see it? Yep</div><div>How was it?</div></div><div><br /></div><div>YO! This is actually fire. I should watch it again. It's somehow the most Michael Bay-movie of all time, but then also somehow GOOD?! It landed with a substantially difficult thud, but deserves much more. I'd watch it again. It's just a pure, beautiful non-stop car chase movie. At some point you need to give it up, because Roland Emmerich is right there fucking this shame shit up. I don't know. I need to really think about this. Why is this good? I think it does have to do with its genuine-ness, it just loves itself, which many modern movies struggle with.</div><div><b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;">Jackass Forever</span></i></b></div></div><div><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div>Did I see it? Yep</div><div>How was it?</div></div><div><br /></div><div>So, it's definitely good. I don't think it reaches the heights of either of the previous two installments (it's ahead of <i>Jackass: The Movie</i> [2002]), but it's not the amazing work that contemporary reviews thought it was. The editing was a little sloppy, I expected more from the new cast, and we are thoroughly separated from the ride or die grit that gave the first films their charm. I think critics probably liked it because it was far tamer, but c'mon. I frankly love it as a look into the world of filming through COVID. And the captured conversation about <i>Cobra Kai</i> lol.</div><div><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;">The Northman</span></i></b></div></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><div>Did I see it? Yep</div><div>How was it?</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Unreal. One of the best of the year and BEST EVER. More to come.</div><div><b><i><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: #01689c; font-family: inherit;">Across the Spider-Verse Part 1</span></i></b></div></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><div>Did I see it? Nope, did not come out</div><div>How was it?</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll tell ya next year! Is this coming out?</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Looking back, man, all those superhero movies were crap. I apparently liked Doc Strange better than most folks, it was definitely enjoyable, but everything else was mid. Also, what happened to the Aquaman and Flash movies? When are these ever coming out? I told you, I'll believe it when I'm in theaters. I can't believe <i>AVABAR Dos: Wet n Wild</i> actually dropped. I don't really plan on seeing it, maybe not ever, just looks....really really stupid.</div><div><br /></div><div>What's up for next year?! Probably all great perfect films!!</div></div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-52439089828110820052022-12-28T03:51:00.000-05:002022-12-28T03:51:00.214-05:002022 Nutshelled: NMW's Sight and Sound All-Time Poll<div style="text-align: left;">It's apparently been ten years already and there's a lot of talk about what the greatest films of all time are. I would like to humbly share my personal picks for the 2022 Sight and Sound poll. It's so clear to me that for a not professional movie blogger for the past thirteen years I really haven't seen a ton of movies. I'd like to expand the depths of my knowledge, but I'm also honestly okay with seeing the movies I like to watch instead of the ones people say I should watch. That means I don't catch <i>After Yang</i> (2022) but I didn't see <i>Top Gun: Maverick</i> (2022), either!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So my list is an assortment of mostly popular films, but all ones that fire up every aspect of filmmaking. Coherent action, tight narrative structures, deep themes that are revealed through action, choices, and emotion. That's really what I'm looking for in a film. When a movie can do all that while also being thrilling, funny, and good to look at, that's really where we get something special.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am assuredly affected by nostalgia and when I think of a film that has a dozen quotes instantly come to mind, that affects me quite a bit. So let's get to it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#10: <i>Marty</i> (1955)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I just saw this one and I've thought about it all month. I think it's really a film for our times, which is insane, because it was a film for our grandparents' times. It resonated back then enough to win best picture, but we don't acknowledge how great this thing is anymore. Ernest Borgnine is incredible without being showy or chewy and it doesn't batter you with its themes and consequences, it's remarkably naturalistic and funny while drilling into some significant issues about dealing with family expectations, arrested development, and finding love and happiness. I have weird recency bias since I just saw it, but already one of the greats.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was going to put <i>The Blues Brothers</i> (1980) here because another one of my criteria is for a movie to just be endlessly watchable and quotable, and that's one I could literally watch every single day and brings so much meaning to my life. But get real, that's barely even an actual movie. I ultimately couldn't justify it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#9: <i>There Will Be Blood</i> (2007)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the eternal battle between the nearly equally great <i>No Country For Old Men</i> (2007), <i>Atonement</i> (2007), and this, I've always been a Daniel Plainview fan. Who knew one of the most irredeemable characters in cinema history could be so compelling to watch for three hours? It's like the inverse of any other movie. He's assaulted with continual challenges and opportunities to be a nice person, but he rejects and rejects, not even out of a love of capitalism, even though that's there too, but out of a malice and misanthropy that I just really identify with. Add to that a collection of insanely good quotes, a delicate plot balanced entirely of hypocritical people not saying what they mean (except ironically enough, Daniel), and it's a really fun epic.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#8: <i>Seven Samurai</i> (1954)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't have all that many foundational-type films on here, but <i>Seven Samurai</i> is one that created an endless amount of imitators, a story that transcended genre, all while being its own film that holds up today. Epic rings again here, but also one that tells such a compelling story that balances pure heroism with redemption and an articulate viewpoint, end goal, and catharsis for every character, not just the eponymous Samurai. It's the kind of movie that has everything in it, but what pushes it to the top here is how effortless it all is.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#7: <i>Raiders of the Lost Ark</i> (1981)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is one of those populist takes that earns everything, man. On the heels of the improbable and definitely bad fifth outing, we need to look at the original, which cooked all the nostalgic pulp serials of the filmmakers' childhoods into a nostalgic movie for our own childhoods. It's such a fun examination of how you can make a bad movie if you just make a good movie. Like, there's deus ex machina here, it's the same film whether Indiana Jones is in it or not, and even the ultimate reclamation of the ark is fruitless. But it's such a fun adventure! We don't give Harrison Ford enough credit for charisma-ing his way through this thing and giving us such iconic wonder.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#6: <i>The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly </i>(1968)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Call Clint Eastwood the Harrison Ford of the 1960s. He also does nothing here, really. But a simple story about finding some lost gold and trying desperately not to be a western turns into one of the best Westerns of all time. Do we have that today? Will <i>Deadpool 2</i> (2018) be considered one of the best superhero films because it tries so hard not to be? It centers around the three principal characters from the title and just spins those three into a fantastic adventure. The tension derived entirely from editing in the ending Mexican Stand-off might be one of the best ever, but beyond that the vistas, the West, the SCORE, every single choice is the stuff of legends.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#5: <i>Barry Lyndon</i> (1975)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's hard to pick just one Kubrick (I ended up picking two Spielberg, which I totally overlooked). <i>Eyes Wide Shut</i> (1999) is up there for me, as is <i>The Shining</i> (1980), both of which exist so well as pure cinematic experiences. I have a soft spot for films that use the medium of film to enhance their story. <i>The Shining</i> is brilliant at this, and if you don't believe me, watch Stephen King's adaptation of his own work to see just how wrong you can get it. But at the end of the day <i>Barry Lyndon</i> shines above all for its attempt to just be the movie version of a Baroque painting. There are more pretentious attempts, some that I really enjoy like <i>The Mill and the Cross </i>(2011), but Kubrick always had the guts to present his subjects as dirty and genuine as possible. This tracks Raymond Barry's journey from insignificance to elite society and back. Again, to be on his list, it's not enough to just be a great screenplay, which favors these sorts of long epic films to fully develop each theme (this movie looks like a painting and has the character trajectory of a book but uses the language of film), but also is a huge landmark for literal filming (using lenses from NASA to capture the natural lighting in indoor scenes), and all of this adds to the experience. It's firing on all levels.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#4: <i>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse </i>(2018)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Perhaps our most unlikely entry on this list. You might make a case for all these, but not enough folks are continuously talking about <i>Into the Spider-Verse</i>. Dude this movie is perfect. We can talk about how it's the most comic-book looking movie of all time, a literally pitch-perfect voice cast, a somehow authentic and fresh take on one of the oldest and most tired Superhero stories, all with genuine humor, in-jokes, complex set pieces, comic mischief, and nods to iconography. But the best movies are all about character and the entire point of this film is about how Miles Morales can genuinely find his character and stand out as himself in a sea of other Spider-Men. The content of the film is identical to the context of the film, standing out across a sea of other superhero stories, Spider-Man in particular. And it looks fantastic! And the mechanisms of its animation are used for jokes, character growth, and story enhancement! This does everything! People need to take this movie more seriously, as yes, something that stands aside <i>Seven Samurai</i>, bro.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#3: <i>Mad Max: Fury Road </i>(2015)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You understand this movie from the first ten seconds. Literally. Ten seconds into this movie you know all you need to know about Max and what the entire movie is about. <i>Fury Road</i> does not get enough credit, man. This thing is so good. And this is all screenplay stuff! There isn't dialogue, which makes it harder to recognize but again, it's using the pure medium of film to tell a remarkably simple story. Go to the Green Place. Come back. Why do they come back? Well that's all theme and character. The screenplay helps the characters. The characters are informed by the setting. The setting enhances theme. Theme drives the cinematography. Cinematography tells us about the story. It's fucking amazing, man. There might not be a more cogent and coherent unified film on this list. And we're not even getting into the action set pieces or the Doof Warrior. Do all this and be funny and thrilling!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#2: <i>Goodfellas</i> (1990)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Alright, fine, I don't know if my nostalgia is getting in the way with this one. But every time I watch this it's just perfect, man. And it's all character. A classic story of rags to riches, but ruthlessly selling one's soul to do so. Henry Hill does seem to always know he's on the edge, and he never kills anyone himself in the film. But it's all ephemeral, because he's not really a gangster, no matter how much he wants to be. But all those gangsters he wants to be end up dead or alone anyway. So he's deluding himself. But by the end he's corrupted and unsatisfied. It's the most twisted spin possible on the American dream. I haven't talked much about acting here, I don't know, to me acting always comes second somehow, except for charisma. I mean, <i>Marty</i>, <i>There Will be Blood</i>, and even in their own way, <i>Good Bad and Ugly</i>, and <i>Raiders</i> are fueled by acting. But this one really is it. And it needs to be, since it's really just about these machinations of wannabe gangsters. But of course it's full of these iconic scenes and lines, too. Like every scene is unreal. I want to watch this again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>#1: <i>JAWS </i>(1975)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Maybe it's not <i>JAWS</i>. Haha, I know, I'll instantly undercut my own list. My genuine favorite movie is probably <i>How High</i> (2001) or <i>Blue Streak</i> (1999), but like, when you get down to filmmaking, it just has to be <i>JAWS</i>. It's another film where you know instantly what the deal is. And it delivers on that deal, consistently and thoroughly. It's such a foundational film. The art of Quint bumping against the science of Hooper with Chief Brody caught in the middle. It's a surprising structure for such a big movie. For the genre it launched, can you believe that a film would settle into a hunt film for the second half, whittling its characters down to three? It's brutally efficient. More efficient than a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers. There's an endless amount of metaphors, from government inaction, to the ineptitude of police, to changing family dynamics (the looming irony is that the Brodys moved out of the city because of crime to the safer haven of Amity). It's got everything but you can also turn that all off and enjoy a shark movie. I always liked how the shark just seemed like an inexplicable dick, definitely targeting these drunken boat idiots for no reason. That was always my appeal. But this film does so much more, bridges the auteur era to the blockbuster era, landmark special effects and cultural sway, and most importantly, Larry Vaughn's jacket. I'm all over it.</div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2009212718183322339.post-56439436124002095312022-12-27T12:05:00.001-05:002022-12-27T12:05:00.232-05:002012: The Last Year In Review: Updated Movies 10 years gone!<div style="text-align: left;">Hey man, we're going to do this. We're ten years out, time to update our list. I love best of movies list, especially making them smooth, flowing, and changing like water, not set forever in stone like a big rock. We listed <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2012/12/2012-last-year-in-review-movies.html" target="_blank">our favorite movies at the time</a> ten years ago but things change! Some have staying power, some don't. Some are good because they don't have staying power! It's all relative and there are so many reasons why a movie can be a good movie. But it also takes us a while to catch up to good films. So let's do this again. 2012 re-hash! Let's go!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's our shortlist:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Grey</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Wanderlust</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Haywire</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>John Carter</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>21 Jump Street</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Goon</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Cabin in the Woods</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Lockout</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Five-Year Engagement</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Battleship</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Moonrise Kingdom</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>That's My Boy</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Your Sister's Sister</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Brave</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Magic Mike</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Dark Knight Rises</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Ruby Sparks</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Celeste and Jesse Forever</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Campaign</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Master</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Dredd</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Looper</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Pitch Perfect</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Argo</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Seven Psychopaths</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Lincoln</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Skyfall</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Zero Dark Thirty</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Django Unchained</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was going through the beginning of the year with so many favorites and thought my list might really get switched up. Then I hit the end and was like, "Oh yeah, here are the heavy hitters. Dang. <i>Your Sister's Sister</i> ain't gettin' in!" <i>Lincoln</i> and <i>Skyfall</i> came out on the same day, folks. 11/09/12. Fun how that works.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Okay, let's pick the big shots. The untouchables, the stood the test of time movies. I've seen all these a few times, except <i>Argo</i>, which I know is the classic Oscar pick and all that crap, but I still really dug it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The Master</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Argo</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><i>Lincoln</i></div><div><i>Skyfall</i></div><div><i>Zero Dark Thirty</i></div><div><i>Django Unchained</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>So that's six. Let's whittle down the rest to find our next top four, taking out the obvious bad picks. I personally enjoy a very high amount of infamously bad films from 2012. Huge year for Emily Blunt and Taylor Kitsch. Funny I gave the nod to Jennifer Lawrence and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (but did actually acknowledge Kitsch). Anyway, if I were to pick only four more...</div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>21 Jump Street</i></div></div><div><i>That's My Boy</i></div><div><div><i>Brave</i></div><div><i>The Campaign</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>I just saw <i>Magic Mike</i> for the first time, and it lived up to all the hype. It ended up being first out, along with <i>Dredd</i>, <i>Looper</i>, and <i>The Grey</i>. 2012 was a great year for mid-budget action films and comedy movies. Two things we don't have any more! It's amazing how when doing the 2022 list I instantly took off <i>No Time to Die</i>, despite liking it a lot, but would never take <i>Skyfall</i> off 2012.</div><div><br /></div><div>Comparing to the original list (funny we did leave <i>Skyfall</i> off originally), I have retained five of my original picks - <i>The Master</i>, <i>Django</i>, <i>21 Jump</i>, <i>Lincoln</i>, and <i>Argo</i>. All made my shortlist except <i>Silver Linings Playbook</i>, which just really hasn't stuck with me at all.</div><div><br /></div></div><div>Anyway, we've done this before. Let's see how we did when we re-appraised in <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2014/02/reconsidering-our-top-films-from-2009.html" target="_blank">2014</a>, <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2017/01/top-10-films-30-2012-2014.html" target="_blank">2017</a> and then just <a href="http://www.norwegianmorningwood.com/2021/01/super-movie-reevaluation-2009-2012.html" target="_blank">last year</a>. I share a familiar six with 2017, but surprisingly only seven from just two years ago in January 2021. Notably the big six stay the same across those two re-appraisals, with <i>Brave</i> filling in again, but I traded <i>The Campaign</i>, <i>21 Jump Street</i>, and <i>That's My Boy</i>, three comedies I can watch every day of my life for <i>Celeste and Jesse Forever</i>, <i>Haywire</i>, and <i>The Cabin in the Woods</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't know what I was doing in 2014, maybe I just felt like rebelling. <i>Dredd</i>, <i>Goon</i>, <i>The Dark Knight Rises</i>, and <i>Ruby Sparks</i> made the cut for the first and only time, and I'm glad because those are all great movies that should get some recognition. But I only share four movies from this list! And three appear on all five! I make too many of these. Rest assured, I think when this becomes a thing, I'll just do the ten-year reappraisal and that's it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Some of these are a total product of age and shifting novelty. <i>Cabin</i> is one of those mind-blowing movies upon first and even the ninth year watching, but everything, especially in horror right now is so meta, it's lost a bit of luster. That final scene packs an equal punch, but it's just not as shiny as it once was. It's weird how the comedy movies have kind of cemented themselves in my brain. <i>Haywire</i> is a little awkward with Gina Carano proving herself to be a crazy person. I did re-watch that in the past year and it's as rewarding as ever, but it doesn't quite make it out past the other great action films of the year for me anymore.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm very surprised I've never actually ranked <i>Pitch Perfect</i> in there. That's probably because the screenplay doesn't make any sense at all, even if the themes and moments are as rock solid as any movie ever made. <i>Goon</i> is an old favorite that hasn't held up all that well. <i>TDKR</i> could be in there, but there's just better movies. I'm not sure I've seen <i>Ruby Sparks</i> or <i>The Grey</i> since they came out, I should get a refresher. <i>Moonrise Kingdom</i> has proven itself to be quite a lesser Wes Anderson work in the wake of better pictures. Since all his movies are the same, it's tough when one proves itself to be the worst version of everything he does. <i>Lockout </i>is obviously still awesome.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is obviously self indulgent, so thanks for sticking with us! As for #1, it has to be <i>The Master</i> or <i>Django</i>, I flip-flop every other year. Stay tuned next year when we recap 2013!</div></div>Roderick Allmansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.com0