This post took a really long time… it’s been on my to-do post-it for a while~ I even have a post-it with the songs that I wanted to include, and the ones I could ask people about.
So check out the list on YAM Magazine ;D
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After DBSK pretty rocking dance tune of Keep your Head Down, the guys decided to release — alongside a repackaged version of their album — the single for Before U Go with a music video styled as a slick action crime drama. The regular 5min. version of the video is actually pretty interesting, because it’s packed with some fighting, and some sort of story that we can follow.
It’s like the teaser of a quality Korean drama. LOL
And then… they decided to release the long-form video. I like to talk about it when MVs get turned to short films. So we must talk about it. Yes, the long version is still pretty slick, but there’s one BIG problem.
The remaining DBSK guys Yunho and Changming end up the 16min run of the MV looking like lousy one-dimensional goodies, while the baddie is an anti-hero. I actually felt a lot worse for him than the “good” guys. What’s up with that?
Another one for Black Swan O+O
OMG, Natalie Portman news – still SHOCKING. xD
Amazing Oscar timing.
Also… YAY! Kim Hye-ja for Best Actress in Madeo/Mother again!
Okay, all the critics loved The Social Network. But the SEFC also show some love to The King’s Speech~
And YAY for Madeo (Mother)! xD
I’m unsure where exactly is “Southeast” in America xD
TOP TEN FILMS
- The Social Network
- The King’s Speech
- Winter’s Bone
- Black Swan
- Inception
- True Grit
- Toy Story 3
- 127 Hours
- The Fighter
- The Kids Are All Right
First, let me spazz as the LA Critics surprise by choosing Korean Actress — awesomest ahjumma for the award season — Kim Hye-ja for Best Actress with her work on Bong Joon-ho’s Madeo (Mother). The pick kind of baffles me since I consider Madeo a 2009 Film, and Kim Hye-ja was even nominated in my first Experiments Awards.
Still… *goes crazy*
Then, the LA Critics also surprise with a tie for Director choosing Olivier Assayas for Carlos, as well as David Fincher for The Social Network. While adding a personal sting by picking Olivia Williams for Best Supporting Actress runner-up — RUNNER-UP!!!! — for her work on The Ghost Writer… beaten by Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom. LOL
- Best Picture – The Social Network
1st. Carlos - Director – Olivier Assayas – Carlos
tie. David Fincher – The Social Network - Actor – Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
1st. Edgar Ramirez – Carlos - Actres – Kim Hye-ja – Madeo (Mother)
1st. Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone - Supporting Actor – Niels Arestrup – Un Prophete (A Prophet)
1st. Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech - Supporting Actress – Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
1st. Olivia Williams – The Ghost Writer - Screenplay – The Social Network
1st. The King’s Speech - Cinematography – Black Swan
1st. True Grit - Documentary – Last Train Home
1st. Exit Through the Gift Shop - Foreign – Carlos
1st. Madeo (Mother) - Animated Film – Toy Story 3
1st. l’Illusionniste (The Illusionist) - Score – The Ghost Writer
1st. The Social Network - Production Design – Inception
1st. The King’s Speech
via Living in Cinema
And Boston is TOTALLY completely IN LURVVVV with The Social Network.
- Film – The Social Network
- Actor – Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
- Actress – Natalie Portman – Black Swan
- Supporting Actor – Christian Bale – The Fighter
- Supporting Actress – Juliette Lewis – Conviction
- Director – David Fincher – The Social Network
- Screenplay – The Social Network
- Cinematography – True Grit
- Documentary – Marwencol
- Foreign – Madeo (Mother) Korea
- Animated Film – Toy Story 3
- Film Editing – Black Swan
- New Filmmaker – Jef Malmberg – Marwencol
- Ensemble Cast – The Fighter
- Music – The Social Network
via BSFC Website
I’m never really good with Satellite Awards, I always forget them. But then again, there’s so many Satellite nominees per category… it seems a bit excessive. It’s like chucking all the best performances of the year, instead of choosing five spots even if three good performances will be left out.
And when there’s not enough good performances… they just fill the category up!
Inception is leading this one ;P
They were held today at my worst possible timezone. I only made it to the Best Actress award… barely. I was already nodding off, but I had to stay up for that one.
I knew Yun Jeong-hee was pretty much a shoo-in for Best Actress for her amazing role on Poetry — what’s up with all these Korean ahjumas, they are fierce! — but I was secretly rooting for Fan Xu on Aftershocks because her role left me emotionally drained.
Also~~~ APSA > Oscar – why?
Please, awarding Aftershocks, Poetry and Caterpillar? Anyone who awards these, it’s on my good list — even if it’s not an “official” category, Shinobu Terajima winning the Jury Award is big. Oscars will never EVER nominate Shinobu Terajima for Best Actress — unless they surprise me. Please, surprise me — and they will never ever nominated Yun Jeong-hee either. Considering Japan and Korea chose other films to send…
Anyway! So many awards, eh? Check the sidebar to keep up to date with the Award Season~~~
K-RoK is scheduling an interview with Korean rockers Yellow Monster. Feels like something exciting~~~ Now I really REALLY need some “western-y” exclusive content like this. xD
Official welcome to Kamala-chan of K-RoK~~~ xD
I know a bunch of people were watching the American Music Awards on Sunday – does anyone care about the AMA once we grow older? I actually complained there was no broadcast, when there actually was… I just didn’t know there was, because I guess I didn’t care.
Also I rarely have the TV on in anything other than CNN, NHK, or CCTV LOL
Anyway, the New Kids on the Block and the BackStreet Boys performed together – which they’ve done before, only the video leaked that time was just a bunch of women screaming. So this one is an actual broadcast performance bringing oh so many memories.
They sang a mash-up (Glee fan-mode on) of Hanging Tough with Everybody, which then turned into I Want it that Way, which turned into Step by Step with The Right Stuff, and they finished off with Larger than Life.
Please, I was a teenage girl once – I know every single track name from any pop song of any pop idol prior to 2002. I know the choreography to those music videos. LOL
But now? Now I work on YAM, and I’m all about WORLDWIDE stuff.
