April 25, 2025 • 7 mins
Joe Neumaier joins Mendte in the Morning to talk about the changes made to the Oscars’ for awards voters.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Bring in film journalist Joe Neumeyer, who is host, of course,
of wo r's Movie Minute. And before we get to
the movies that are out this weekend, Joe, and I'm
excited about one of them because I just love those
type of movies. I think you know which one I'm
talking about. But let's start with the oscars and the
changes that are being made. And because I find this
(00:21):
fascinating that you would assume if you're voting in the Oscars,
you've watched the movies, but that's not.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
The case, not being well, just like a bunch of
little kids in a school room, I guess we're siting now.
Everybody do their homework, and it's kind of an honor
system time of thing. This past week, Larry, on Tuesday,
the campus the Academy of Ocean Picture Arts and Sciences
set out a new rule. And the rule is that
you can only vote for a film and a category
(00:51):
if you have seen all the movies. And what's new
about this is now they're going to be doing like
a sort of a tracking system because a lot of
these things are viewed on what's called screening links and
so on, the on the digital platform that the Academy
had Let's say, if if an actor is watching, you know,
all the Best Picture nominees, they can't put in their
choice for Best Picture until the digital platform has registered
(01:14):
that they've watched all nine movies. Now it sounds it's
crazy on a couple of levels. One is that it's
a good thing. Obviously, let's you know, let's see. What
they're trying to do is stop people from either saying, oh,
I read an article about this, or I heard that
they're really great, or my buddy produced this movie. So
they're trying to avoid that kind of thing. So it's
a good thing. The other thing, though, is that it's
sort of like it's a no brainer, why shouldn't you
(01:36):
be doing this? And people are sort of a little
bit creeped out by the by the fact that the
Academy can watch what they what they're you know, okay,
oh they've they've watched all nine movies. But that's I
think that that's let's try to hold these people accountable
because I think that's an important thing. And and it
also is not that many movies. It will only come
after the final Oscar nominations, so you know, after the
(01:57):
January seventeenth or whatever announcement of the nominees. And then
a lot of these movies overlap, so chances are all
five of the Best Actor nominees, let's say, are all
in some of those five or those nine or ten
Best Picture nominees, so it's really not that many. And
then the last thing is that they can always abstain.
You can always say, you know what, I don't know
anything about hair and makeup. I'm not gonna I'm not
(02:18):
gonna choose what's the best thing because they all look
the same to me, So they the members can still abstain.
So it's an interesting sort of thing that that they're
really kind of cracking down on what seems to be
a little bit of laziness on their membership's part.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
No, right, what you say is what took so long?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
It's haven't they've been doing this for a hundred years.
They should have, you know. It's like it's they probably
it's unbelievable. And then there's also the one last announcement
about AI, which I thought is interesting that they pretty
much came out and said, well, that's okay, but it's
also not okay, Like they said that they won't be
judging anything if they have used any AI in the film,
(02:58):
and they have and they said that, but it won't
also hurt any movies if they've used AI because last year,
remember the Brutalist got some guff because they changed a
few things in terms of dialogue or whatever. So that's
kind of a crazy thing too, right it sort of yeah,
you can, you can.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Well, it's every industry. Every industry is going through the
same thing, not just movies. We're not going to use
AI until they use it and go, oh it's pretty good.
So I'm sure I'm not gonna I'm not gonna blast
them for that because everybody's doing the exact same kind
of figure it out. Yeah, exactly, everybody's trying to figure
it out. Now, let's talk about the movies coming out
this weekend, because I loved the First Accountant.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah, yeah, me too, and this one. I like this
one even more. Actually, so obviously they counting two, which
is sort of eight years. It's sort of weird that
the Last Week came out in twenty sixteen. Same director,
a guy named Gavin O'Connor, also did Miracle, the Great
Movie with the with pt Russell, but the the Olympic
skating team in nineteen eighty and it's it's got a
lot of fun energy. It adds some layers to the
(03:58):
to the character in the sort of thelogy if anybody
hasn't seen it. So, Ben Affleck is a I mean,
he's kind of he's an odd character and an interesting character.
He's almost a little bit like Monk, remember the TV
show Mundy. Yeah, Monk. You know, they don't necessarily say
that he's on a spectrum or anything like that, but
he's obviously got sort of a specific kind of personality skill.
(04:19):
And part of that skill is he can look at
things and assess them and mathematically quit things. And then
he's also can be, you know, also beat guys up
as good as the next guy when he needs to.
And this movie's a little bit too much plot. I'm
giving us solid three stars. But it really comes alive
when John Burnsal shows up, who's also in the first movie.
But this one is really sort of like a buddy
(04:39):
film between these two brothers played by John Burnsall and
Ben Affleck, and uh, and it really pops. He burns
All is kind of crazy and kinetic and he's a
he's a hit man and he's and he's violent, but
he's also funny. And Affleck is sort of the is
the opposite, you know, he's this kind of weird character
who doesn't really know how to smile at people and
kind of looks at things in an interesting way. So
(04:59):
three stars for the Accountant too. I was really happily
surprised by it. I didn't think they could do it again.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
There's a lot of movies just like this, by the way,
with you on your suggestion, and because I love these
type of movies. I saw A working Man and loved it.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Oh yeah, it's it's one of the better Jason Saved
Them films. I think it's terrific. And on your recommendation,
by the way, Larry, I checked out the Moose TV thing,
the live streaming Moose. You did it?
Speaker 1 (05:25):
How many stars?
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, I get got five stars for it. But it
takes a while for the moose to show up. Some
kinds like there's the kind of there, the kind of not.
It takes a while.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
How long did you hold out for the Moose?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
I have them a that kind of fifty. I went
and made a sandwich, I came back and then I
was thinking, like, you know, when I'm not there, like
when when I'm not there it's something happening. I guess
maybe they're putting on like like every right, every way,
but moose, you know, I don't know, you know who knows,
But anyway, it.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Is getting back to the movies. It is interesting that
in a couple of weeks in a row they had
the same type of movie, a of an everyman who
might have a secret past who ends up saving the
day and saving the world.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
That's right, yeah, good. Yeah. The Amateur was the other
one a couple of weeks ago, right, that you're thinking of, yeah, exactly, well,
and then you have this.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
One coming out in The Accountant as well. I mean,
you know, he's allegedly an accountant, but he boh no, no, no,
he's something else. He's something special, he's something.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
But you know what. It also made me think leary
about these movies about guys in boring jobs and know,
we've only got a couple of minutes, but it's always
like the boring job thing. I think it's sort of
like I like that kind of stuff, like Fight Club,
where Edward Norton is actually like, you know, he's the
guy who's going through his dull life and in fact
as a whole other personality or movies like Midnight Run.
The Great Midnight Run is sort of the parag out
(06:45):
of that, right. It's you've got DeNiro and you've got
Charles Groade, who's also a mop accountant in there, and
and it's fun and exciting taxi driver obviously he's just
a taxi driver, but it's one of the you know,
the most thrilling and exciting movies of the seventies.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
But now they save the world, and they.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Say that, right exactly. Now you can't just now, you
can't just save Jodie Foster. You've got to save the
whole world. So uh uh, it's it's it's a weird
little genre, right exactly. But I just want to reiterate
The Accountant too. I was really pappily surprised by It's
got one little students plot to be bad guys kind
of floating around and we're like, which one is that one?
Which one was that one? But uh it's one of
the better times, so much better than The Amateur from
(07:21):
a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Very you know, as I said, I love the first one,
and so I'm definitely gonna watch this, especially because you're
betting a thousand on your recommendation. So thank you so much.
I think everybody should follow them U. Joe Neumeier, host
of The Movie Minute on w o R and film journalists,
look forward to talking to you next week.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Thanks Tick Kurlary
Bring in film journalist Joe Neumeyer, who is host, of course,
of wo r's Movie Minute. And before we get to
the movies that are out this weekend, Joe, and I'm
excited about one of them because I just love those
type of movies. I think you know which one I'm
talking about. But let's start with the oscars and the
changes that are being made. And because I find this
(00:21):
fascinating that you would assume if you're voting in the Oscars,
you've watched the movies, but that's not.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
The case, not being well, just like a bunch of
little kids in a school room, I guess we're siting now.
Everybody do their homework, and it's kind of an honor
system time of thing. This past week, Larry, on Tuesday,
the campus the Academy of Ocean Picture Arts and Sciences
set out a new rule. And the rule is that
you can only vote for a film and a category
(00:51):
if you have seen all the movies. And what's new
about this is now they're going to be doing like
a sort of a tracking system because a lot of
these things are viewed on what's called screening links and
so on, the on the digital platform that the Academy
had Let's say, if if an actor is watching, you know,
all the Best Picture nominees, they can't put in their
choice for Best Picture until the digital platform has registered
(01:14):
that they've watched all nine movies. Now it sounds it's
crazy on a couple of levels. One is that it's
a good thing. Obviously, let's you know, let's see. What
they're trying to do is stop people from either saying, oh,
I read an article about this, or I heard that
they're really great, or my buddy produced this movie. So
they're trying to avoid that kind of thing. So it's
a good thing. The other thing, though, is that it's
sort of like it's a no brainer, why shouldn't you
(01:36):
be doing this? And people are sort of a little
bit creeped out by the by the fact that the
Academy can watch what they what they're you know, okay,
oh they've they've watched all nine movies. But that's I
think that that's let's try to hold these people accountable
because I think that's an important thing. And and it
also is not that many movies. It will only come
after the final Oscar nominations, so you know, after the
(01:57):
January seventeenth or whatever announcement of the nominees. And then
a lot of these movies overlap, so chances are all
five of the Best Actor nominees, let's say, are all
in some of those five or those nine or ten
Best Picture nominees, so it's really not that many. And
then the last thing is that they can always abstain.
You can always say, you know what, I don't know
anything about hair and makeup. I'm not gonna I'm not
(02:18):
gonna choose what's the best thing because they all look
the same to me, So they the members can still abstain.
So it's an interesting sort of thing that that they're
really kind of cracking down on what seems to be
a little bit of laziness on their membership's part.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
No, right, what you say is what took so long?
Speaker 2 (02:36):
It's haven't they've been doing this for a hundred years.
They should have, you know. It's like it's they probably
it's unbelievable. And then there's also the one last announcement
about AI, which I thought is interesting that they pretty
much came out and said, well, that's okay, but it's
also not okay, Like they said that they won't be
judging anything if they have used any AI in the film,
(02:58):
and they have and they said that, but it won't
also hurt any movies if they've used AI because last year,
remember the Brutalist got some guff because they changed a
few things in terms of dialogue or whatever. So that's
kind of a crazy thing too, right it sort of yeah,
you can, you can.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Well, it's every industry. Every industry is going through the
same thing, not just movies. We're not going to use
AI until they use it and go, oh it's pretty good.
So I'm sure I'm not gonna I'm not gonna blast
them for that because everybody's doing the exact same kind
of figure it out. Yeah, exactly, everybody's trying to figure
it out. Now, let's talk about the movies coming out
this weekend, because I loved the First Accountant.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah, yeah, me too, and this one. I like this
one even more. Actually, so obviously they counting two, which
is sort of eight years. It's sort of weird that
the Last Week came out in twenty sixteen. Same director,
a guy named Gavin O'Connor, also did Miracle, the Great
Movie with the with pt Russell, but the the Olympic
skating team in nineteen eighty and it's it's got a
lot of fun energy. It adds some layers to the
(03:58):
to the character in the sort of thelogy if anybody
hasn't seen it. So, Ben Affleck is a I mean,
he's kind of he's an odd character and an interesting character.
He's almost a little bit like Monk, remember the TV
show Mundy. Yeah, Monk. You know, they don't necessarily say
that he's on a spectrum or anything like that, but
he's obviously got sort of a specific kind of personality skill.
(04:19):
And part of that skill is he can look at
things and assess them and mathematically quit things. And then
he's also can be, you know, also beat guys up
as good as the next guy when he needs to.
And this movie's a little bit too much plot. I'm
giving us solid three stars. But it really comes alive
when John Burnsal shows up, who's also in the first movie.
But this one is really sort of like a buddy
(04:39):
film between these two brothers played by John Burnsall and
Ben Affleck, and uh, and it really pops. He burns
All is kind of crazy and kinetic and he's a
he's a hit man and he's and he's violent, but
he's also funny. And Affleck is sort of the is
the opposite, you know, he's this kind of weird character
who doesn't really know how to smile at people and
kind of looks at things in an interesting way. So
(04:59):
three stars for the Accountant too. I was really happily
surprised by it. I didn't think they could do it again.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
There's a lot of movies just like this, by the way,
with you on your suggestion, and because I love these
type of movies. I saw A working Man and loved it.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Oh yeah, it's it's one of the better Jason Saved
Them films. I think it's terrific. And on your recommendation,
by the way, Larry, I checked out the Moose TV thing,
the live streaming Moose. You did it?
Speaker 1 (05:25):
How many stars?
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Well, I get got five stars for it. But it
takes a while for the moose to show up. Some
kinds like there's the kind of there, the kind of not.
It takes a while.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
How long did you hold out for the Moose?
Speaker 2 (05:37):
I have them a that kind of fifty. I went
and made a sandwich, I came back and then I
was thinking, like, you know, when I'm not there, like
when when I'm not there it's something happening. I guess
maybe they're putting on like like every right, every way,
but moose, you know, I don't know, you know who knows,
But anyway, it.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Is getting back to the movies. It is interesting that
in a couple of weeks in a row they had
the same type of movie, a of an everyman who
might have a secret past who ends up saving the
day and saving the world.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
That's right, yeah, good. Yeah. The Amateur was the other
one a couple of weeks ago, right, that you're thinking of, yeah, exactly, well,
and then you have this.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
One coming out in The Accountant as well. I mean,
you know, he's allegedly an accountant, but he boh no, no, no,
he's something else. He's something special, he's something.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
But you know what. It also made me think leary
about these movies about guys in boring jobs and know,
we've only got a couple of minutes, but it's always
like the boring job thing. I think it's sort of
like I like that kind of stuff, like Fight Club,
where Edward Norton is actually like, you know, he's the
guy who's going through his dull life and in fact
as a whole other personality or movies like Midnight Run.
The Great Midnight Run is sort of the parag out
(06:45):
of that, right. It's you've got DeNiro and you've got
Charles Groade, who's also a mop accountant in there, and
and it's fun and exciting taxi driver obviously he's just
a taxi driver, but it's one of the you know,
the most thrilling and exciting movies of the seventies.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
But now they save the world, and they.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Say that, right exactly. Now you can't just now, you
can't just save Jodie Foster. You've got to save the
whole world. So uh uh, it's it's it's a weird
little genre, right exactly. But I just want to reiterate
The Accountant too. I was really pappily surprised by It's
got one little students plot to be bad guys kind
of floating around and we're like, which one is that one?
Which one was that one? But uh it's one of
the better times, so much better than The Amateur from
(07:21):
a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Very you know, as I said, I love the first one,
and so I'm definitely gonna watch this, especially because you're
betting a thousand on your recommendation. So thank you so much.
I think everybody should follow them U. Joe Neumeier, host
of The Movie Minute on w o R and film journalists,
look forward to talking to you next week.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Thanks Tick Kurlary
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