Wait, was Messi the dog at the Oscars or not?
After somehow becoming one of awards season's biggest stars, the Anatomy Of A Fall dog showed up at the Oscars (sort of)
Aux News Messi
It was the triumphant narrative of the night. After the entire studio system turned against him, trying to close the doors on the industry’s biggest night, one performer nevertheless showed up and was embraced by all at the 2024 Oscars. We speak, of course, about Anatomy Of A Fall star Messi the dog. His appearance in the audience on Sunday night was a delight for Anatomy fans and canine lovers alike, but new video shared on Monday revealed the sinister truth: Messi wasn’t really among the actual star-studded audience at the live show.
Last week, it was reported that the studios felt bringing Messi to the Oscars nominee lunch gave Justine Triet’s film an unfair advantage during the voting window (because everybody loved the dog so much). It’s unclear if this professional jealousy was meant to bar Messi from the Academy Awards, but a source from NEON nevertheless suggested that the Oscars luncheon was the only trip abroad scheduled for the Parisian pup. So, it was a surprise when Messi turned up in the audience, once as the punchline of a Jimmy Kimmel joke that he should replace Tim Allen in The Shaggy Dog and another time applauding Robert Downey Jr.’s Best Supporting Actor win. (He also faux-peed on Matt Damon’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star at the end of the show.)
Ryan Gosling, for one, seemed delighted to see Messi in the audience, but his appearance was a bit of movie magic. A clip circulating on Twitter/X showed that the video was pre-recorded with a group of fake audience members around him. It’s not entirely a surprise, really; even the best dog actor—which, by all accounts, Messi seems to be!—might struggle to sit still and be a good boy during a three-hour awards show. Plus, dogs can’t really clap like that.
Was Messi in the country for the Oscars at all, or did he film his parts of the show when he was in the U.S? That much is uncertain. (The A.V. Club has reached out to NEON for comment.) What is certain, however, is that no matter where in the world Messi is, he’s beloved by all! Nice try to the big studios, but they can’t possibly suppress his star.
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Nah, movies these days are WAY too comfortable being 3+ hours in length. That’s a ridiculous amount of time for a movie (whether it’s serious subject matter or not) and used to only be justified in specific scenarios (like adapting a book series that is MASSIVE in length and cultural impact, or like Endgame where it’s a culmination of years of work and filled to the brim with characters that demand time). But now, every director is being more and more indulgent. They can do that, but it’s still going to cause some to never see it. I refused to see Oppenheimer because of that. I don’t want to watch 3 hours of people talking just because a director refuses to edit their work properly (although the Oscar’s definitely took the bait). Or any of Zak Snyders “directors cuts” for that matter. Long story short: if I see a movie is more than 3 hours long, that’s an automatic no go for me (unless I’ve been given a good reason for it and it’s something I REALLY want to see).
What on earth are you even responding to? This is an article about a dog.
It all depends: I like the longer version of Lynch’s Dune, for example…and honestly Snyder’s cut of Justice League was longer but actually better than the theatrical one. They were both trash but Snyder’s at least had some air freshener sprayed on it. Kill Bill would have been a lot better as one 3 hour or so movie rather than 2 movies, the second one had an hour or so worth of material that was actually decent.
But then you have like GotG2 or something that could have used 15 minute or so less.It depends on whether you have the material for it.
I don’t have a problem with long-ass movies as long as there’s a goddamn intermission. When I go to the theater and the first act is 90 minutes and the second act is an hour with a 15-minute intermission, that’s 2:45, and that’s not a problem because, and I cannot stress this enough, there’s a goddamn intermission. There’s no reason (aside from “gotta squeeze in another showing because money!”) to not have an intermission. Hell, you can put a goddamn countdown timer on the intermission, too, so people know exactly how long they have.
Another reason I like the drive in: Park in the back row, pee behind the car, don’t miss the movie!
This is funny. Theatres in India insist on intermissions. You’d surprised at the randomness of where Hollywood movies are paused to give that break. Few movies never got a screening in India because the directors refused to pause their movies anywhere. All of this for the popcorn sales.
So, that’s a “no” to Seven Samurai and Lawrence of Arabia, then?
To be fair Lawrence of Arabia has a “built in” intermission.
Wait, are you telling me the fucking dog was photoshopped? That the Oscars ceremony, where people go to pat each other on the back for pretending the hardest, is fucking fake?!
First Kate and now this?I don’t believe in anything anymore, the entire world has gone Daily Mail on me, holy shit!
At least we still have wrestling. Roman Reigns forever!