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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Oscar Winners Edition: Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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I'm picking random ones I like for each of the categories. P.S. I'm having problem commenting on Blogger blogs today...anyone else have that problem?
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Was this the first sci-fi fantasy to have won? Probably. Even then they had recognized how great the costume design had been. Now of course they are all iconic. I kinda wish some of the prequels and the newer ones at least got a nomination, I thought the costume design for them were good as well.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Well at least they finally won costume design for the third movie. Loved everything with how the movie looked including the costumes especially the elven ones...they looked so ethereal.I've picked a sci-fi fantasy, fantasy...now it's time for good old period drama with Marie Antoinette. The costumes are just gorgeous with a great mostly pastel color scheme.
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Was this the first movie where the werewolf transformation is shown rather than just showing one frame a man the next a werewolf? Anyway that is what I remember most from this movie...the werewolf transformation...how excruciating it had seem. It was the earliest released movie that I had seen it being depicted. Then there was all that work on the wounded and dead. Even the main character's friend...if I am remembering correctly, he was progressively more decomposed as the story moves forward .
Pan's Labyrinth (2016)
The creatures - they looked like they walked off the pages of some dark fairytale.
Was this the first movie where the werewolf transformation is shown rather than just showing one frame a man the next a werewolf? Anyway that is what I remember most from this movie...the werewolf transformation...how excruciating it had seem. It was the earliest released movie that I had seen it being depicted. Then there was all that work on the wounded and dead. Even the main character's friend...if I am remembering correctly, he was progressively more decomposed as the story moves forward .
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
They did a tremendous job with all the hair and makeup of the human like characters...has long straight hair ever looked so ethereal? But especially with the creatures...the Uruk-hais for example had looked so real and terrifying. Pan's Labyrinth (2016)
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I've seen all your picks aside from American Werewolf. Great choices!
ReplyDeleteI chose AAWIL too though I haven't seen it yet! Maybe I'll add it to my Halloween watchlist. All LOTR films could have won for both categories and I would have been happy.
ReplyDeleteAAWIL - Oh definitely...it is a classic.
DeleteI've seen all of your picks but Marie Antoinette, and they are great choices.
ReplyDeleteWe match with about half of your picks. And the other half... well I only didn't list those films myself because I had previously used those films. 😅
ReplyDeleteLove your choices! I am not so enamoured with the first Star Wars costumes but the prequel( with ugh..Jar Jar Binks) was excellent. I love LOTR and consider these 3 classics already. The costumes and jewelry are amazing and the makeup got from lovely to truly icky. I have still to see American Werewolf because it looked too scary for me but I am willing to give it a look now. This was the first time the Oscar was awarded and it deserved to be. We match with Pan which was like a very dark fairy tale. The deer does look a bit evil to me.
ReplyDeleteStar Wars - The prequels are more colouful since it takes place before the Empire took control of the galaxy...so the costumes were much more interesting to look at. I really like the costumes of Padme throughout the prequels.
DeleteAn American Werewolf in London is also a horror comedy...so it is not all scary