Johnny Pineapple
@johnnypineapple.bsky.social
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. I also love watching movies (when I'm not tinkering, tailoring, soldiering or spying).
With the Oscars airing later tonight, my Oscar movie watch for 2024 is now in the books. Fell two short. Was not able to catch "The Boy and the Heron" or "Godzilla Minus One" at the movies and neither became available for streaming in time. I am looking forward to eventually seeing both. #filmsky
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March 10, 2024 at 5:55 PM
With the Oscars airing later tonight, my Oscar movie watch for 2024 is now in the books. Fell two short. Was not able to catch "The Boy and the Heron" or "Godzilla Minus One" at the movies and neither became available for streaming in time. I am looking forward to eventually seeing both. #filmsky
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"Perfect Days" closes out the Best International Feature category for me. A man lives his best life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. It's a very nice story about appreciating the little things around you from day to day and not letting the grind of life wear you down. 8/10 Pineapples #filmsky
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March 10, 2024 at 5:46 PM
"Perfect Days" closes out the Best International Feature category for me. A man lives his best life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. It's a very nice story about appreciating the little things around you from day to day and not letting the grind of life wear you down. 8/10 Pineapples #filmsky
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"The Zone of Interest" is nominated for Best Picture, International Feature & several others. About Rudolf Hess & his wife living their lives next to the Auschwitz camp during WWII. My least favorite Best Picture nominee. Not interesting but the final images are powerful. 3/10 Pineapples #filmsky
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March 9, 2024 at 12:36 PM
"The Zone of Interest" is nominated for Best Picture, International Feature & several others. About Rudolf Hess & his wife living their lives next to the Auschwitz camp during WWII. My least favorite Best Picture nominee. Not interesting but the final images are powerful. 3/10 Pineapples #filmsky
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"Poor Things" is nominated for Best Picture & 10 others. A scientist re-animates a dead woman who eventually goes off to see the world. It's an odd story that grows on you as the story unfolds. Emma Stone is wonderful and deserves all the accolades she has received. 7/10 Pineapples #filmsky 📽️
March 8, 2024 at 12:00 PM
"Poor Things" is nominated for Best Picture & 10 others. A scientist re-animates a dead woman who eventually goes off to see the world. It's an odd story that grows on you as the story unfolds. Emma Stone is wonderful and deserves all the accolades she has received. 7/10 Pineapples #filmsky 📽️
"Napoleon" is nominated in 3 categories (Costumes, Production & Visual Effects). A very so-so telling of the Napoleon story. Drab visuals, lackluster dialogue & uninspired performances all drag this film down. Even Joaquin Phoenix gives an atypical low-energy performance. 5/10 Pineapples #filmsky 📽️
March 3, 2024 at 1:22 PM
"Napoleon" is nominated in 3 categories (Costumes, Production & Visual Effects). A very so-so telling of the Napoleon story. Drab visuals, lackluster dialogue & uninspired performances all drag this film down. Even Joaquin Phoenix gives an atypical low-energy performance. 5/10 Pineapples #filmsky 📽️
"American Fiction" is up for Best Picture (plus four others). A black writer who's spinning his wheels decides to write the most stereotypical "black story" to prove a point. It's a great setup with some very funny & touching scenes, but falls a little short on the payoff. 7/10 Pineapples #filmsky 📽️
March 1, 2024 at 11:16 AM
"American Fiction" is up for Best Picture (plus four others). A black writer who's spinning his wheels decides to write the most stereotypical "black story" to prove a point. It's a great setup with some very funny & touching scenes, but falls a little short on the payoff. 7/10 Pineapples #filmsky 📽️
"The Teachers' Lounge" is nominated in the Best International Feature category. A teacher catches a colleague stealing which leads to unexpected consequences. Film ratchets up the tension as the situation spirals out of control. Another excellent one in a loaded category. 8/10 Pineapples #filmsky 📽️
February 21, 2024 at 12:30 PM
"The Teachers' Lounge" is nominated in the Best International Feature category. A teacher catches a colleague stealing which leads to unexpected consequences. Film ratchets up the tension as the situation spirals out of control. Another excellent one in a loaded category. 8/10 Pineapples #filmsky 📽️
"The Color Purple" received one nomination (Danielle Brooks for Best Supporting Actress). A woman perseveres through abuse (among other things). It's a musical that didn't manage to get one song nominated, which says a lot. The songs are not memorable. Movie is so-so. 5/10 Pineapples #filmsky 📽️
February 18, 2024 at 12:27 PM
"The Color Purple" received one nomination (Danielle Brooks for Best Supporting Actress). A woman perseveres through abuse (among other things). It's a musical that didn't manage to get one song nominated, which says a lot. The songs are not memorable. Movie is so-so. 5/10 Pineapples #filmsky 📽️
"Oppenheimer" is the most nominated film with 13 nominations. Tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer -- his work on the Manhattan Project & the ramifications that followed. Very good film. Cillian Murphy & Emily Blunt shine. Switching between color & b&w seemed haphazard. 8/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 17, 2024 at 12:14 PM
"Oppenheimer" is the most nominated film with 13 nominations. Tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer -- his work on the Manhattan Project & the ramifications that followed. Very good film. Cillian Murphy & Emily Blunt shine. Switching between color & b&w seemed haphazard. 8/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Anatomy of a Fall" received 5 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. It doesn't exactly break new ground as we've seen these "woman accused of murdering her husband" stories before. There are some fine performances, but the movie kind of sputters to the finish line. 6/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 16, 2024 at 11:21 AM
"Anatomy of a Fall" received 5 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. It doesn't exactly break new ground as we've seen these "woman accused of murdering her husband" stories before. There are some fine performances, but the movie kind of sputters to the finish line. 6/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Letter to a Pig" was the last short I had left to watch. Starts with a Holocaust survivor telling a story of survival & ends with an odd daydream by a schoolgirl, loaded with so much symbolism that it becomes too much work to decipher. Nominated for Best Animated Short. 2/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 14, 2024 at 12:22 PM
"Letter to a Pig" was the last short I had left to watch. Starts with a Holocaust survivor telling a story of survival & ends with an odd daydream by a schoolgirl, loaded with so much symbolism that it becomes too much work to decipher. Nominated for Best Animated Short. 2/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Killers of the Flower Moon" is nominated in multiple categories including Best Picture. It's the true story of murder amongst the Osage nation in the 1920's. Yes it's long but I agree with Martin Scorsese, it was all necessary. Incredible story told by a master storyteller. 9/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 12, 2024 at 12:15 PM
"Killers of the Flower Moon" is nominated in multiple categories including Best Picture. It's the true story of murder amongst the Osage nation in the 1920's. Yes it's long but I agree with Martin Scorsese, it was all necessary. Incredible story told by a master storyteller. 9/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Our Uniform" is nominated in the Best Animated Short category. An Iranian girl's remembrances of her school uniform. At under 7 minutes, it's the shortest in the category. A fascinating story that manages to be fun in spite of the fact that it's really about oppression. 8/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 11, 2024 at 12:54 PM
"Our Uniform" is nominated in the Best Animated Short category. An Iranian girl's remembrances of her school uniform. At under 7 minutes, it's the shortest in the category. A fascinating story that manages to be fun in spite of the fact that it's really about oppression. 8/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Invincible" is the true story about the last days of a troubled teen. It's nominated in the Best Live Action Short category. This is another good one amongst a collection of very solid nominees. So much happens in the span of just 30 minutes. Very focused and moving. 7/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 11, 2024 at 12:36 PM
"Invincible" is the true story about the last days of a troubled teen. It's nominated in the Best Live Action Short category. This is another good one amongst a collection of very solid nominees. So much happens in the span of just 30 minutes. Very focused and moving. 7/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Nai Nai & Wài Pó" is the story of the filmmaker's 2 elderly grandmothers & how they're living their lives to the fullest. Up for Best Documentary Short. Much of what we see is amusing but some of the best stuff is when they give their views on living & eventually dying. 6/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 10, 2024 at 12:01 PM
"Nai Nai & Wài Pó" is the story of the filmmaker's 2 elderly grandmothers & how they're living their lives to the fullest. Up for Best Documentary Short. Much of what we see is amusing but some of the best stuff is when they give their views on living & eventually dying. 6/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Four Daughters" closes out the Best Documentary Feature category for me. Easily my least favorite. Tunisian woman's 2 daughters are radicalized & leave home. Interesting story but presented in a jumble of acting & interviews that leaves you with more questions than answers. 2/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 9, 2024 at 12:21 PM
"Four Daughters" closes out the Best Documentary Feature category for me. Easily my least favorite. Tunisian woman's 2 daughters are radicalized & leave home. Interesting story but presented in a jumble of acting & interviews that leaves you with more questions than answers. 2/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"The Eternal Memory" is up for Best Documentary Feature. About a woman trying to help her husband hang on to his memories while suffering from Alzheimer's. There are some nice moments but ultimately stretches that just aren't very interesting. The woman is a saint though. 5/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 9, 2024 at 11:53 AM
"The Eternal Memory" is up for Best Documentary Feature. About a woman trying to help her husband hang on to his memories while suffering from Alzheimer's. There are some nice moments but ultimately stretches that just aren't very interesting. The woman is a saint though. 5/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Golda" received one nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and it's probably for the best. A biopic about Golda Meir that mostly covers her handling of the Yom Kippur War of 1973. It's a very pedestrian account with no particular stand out scenes or performances. 4/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 8, 2024 at 9:33 PM
"Golda" received one nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and it's probably for the best. A biopic about Golda Meir that mostly covers her handling of the Yom Kippur War of 1973. It's a very pedestrian account with no particular stand out scenes or performances. 4/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Past Lives" is nominated for Best International Feature Film & Best Original Screenplay. Two childhood friends reconnect years later as old feelings & memories resurface. So well written, though there is also much conveyed in what isn't said. I really enjoyed this one. 8/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 8, 2024 at 9:23 PM
"Past Lives" is nominated for Best International Feature Film & Best Original Screenplay. Two childhood friends reconnect years later as old feelings & memories resurface. So well written, though there is also much conveyed in what isn't said. I really enjoyed this one. 8/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"20 Days In Mariupol" is the horrific account of a team of journalists trapped in Mariupol when the Russian invasion begins. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature. Seeing the atrocities committed in Ukraine this close up is absolutely heartbreaking. It's a tough watch. 9/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 7, 2024 at 9:58 PM
"20 Days In Mariupol" is the horrific account of a team of journalists trapped in Mariupol when the Russian invasion begins. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature. Seeing the atrocities committed in Ukraine this close up is absolutely heartbreaking. It's a tough watch. 9/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Robot Dreams" is nominated in the Best Animated Feature category. It's about a lonely dog who builds a robot to have a friend. It's a premise that I think would have worked much better as a 20 minute short. There are some laughs but so much that happens feels like padding. 4/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 7, 2024 at 2:16 PM
"Robot Dreams" is nominated in the Best Animated Feature category. It's about a lonely dog who builds a robot to have a friend. It's a premise that I think would have worked much better as a 20 minute short. There are some laughs but so much that happens feels like padding. 4/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"The ABCs of Book Banning" received a nomination in the Best Documentary Short category. Most of the doc involves school kids reading from banned books & explaining why they shouldn't be banned. It's fine but I would have preferred more on the fight to keep them in schools. 6/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 7, 2024 at 11:47 AM
"The ABCs of Book Banning" received a nomination in the Best Documentary Short category. Most of the doc involves school kids reading from banned books & explaining why they shouldn't be banned. It's fine but I would have preferred more on the fight to keep them in schools. 6/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Bobi Wine: The People's President" is a documentary (up for Best Documentary Feature) about a pop star in Uganda who runs for President. It's an interesting (and frustrating) account of what happens when he goes up against the military regime in power for 30+ years. 7/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 7, 2024 at 11:11 AM
"Bobi Wine: The People's President" is a documentary (up for Best Documentary Feature) about a pop star in Uganda who runs for President. It's an interesting (and frustrating) account of what happens when he goes up against the military regime in power for 30+ years. 7/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" is up for Best Sound & Visual Effects awards & if you've seen any other M.I. movies you understand why. This one has Ethan Hunt squaring off against his toughest opponent yet -- Artificial Intellligence! Lots of fun all around. 7/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 6, 2024 at 9:14 PM
"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" is up for Best Sound & Visual Effects awards & if you've seen any other M.I. movies you understand why. This one has Ethan Hunt squaring off against his toughest opponent yet -- Artificial Intellligence! Lots of fun all around. 7/10 Pineapples #filmsky
"Io Capitano" is up for Best International Feature Film. This is my favorite category with consistently strong nominees every year. In this film two teens from Senegal try to make there way to Europe to find their fortunes, but mostly just find trouble along the way. Superb. 9/10 Pineapples #filmsky
February 6, 2024 at 9:02 PM
"Io Capitano" is up for Best International Feature Film. This is my favorite category with consistently strong nominees every year. In this film two teens from Senegal try to make there way to Europe to find their fortunes, but mostly just find trouble along the way. Superb. 9/10 Pineapples #filmsky