Movie Thread 2: The Sequel
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I mean, look at last year's Best Pic nominees:
- Shape of Water (Winner)
- Get Out
- The Post
- Phantom Thread
- Dunkirk
- Lady Bird
- Darkest Hour
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Call Me By Your Name
Half of those didn't have a wide release, and while they may have been good quality films, maybe 2 of them were worthy Best Picture nominees.
- Shape of Water (Winner)
- Get Out
- The Post
- Phantom Thread
- Dunkirk
- Lady Bird
- Darkest Hour
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Call Me By Your Name
Half of those didn't have a wide release, and while they may have been good quality films, maybe 2 of them were worthy Best Picture nominees.
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My writing teacher from school just posted this in regards to it, if anyone wants to read a lot:
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bukie wrote:AKA the "We don't want to risk Black Panther winning Best Picture " award.
this makes no sense. they would LOVE it if that movie won best picture.* this is a blatant effort (assuming it goes into effect this year) to make sure black panther DOES win an oscar.
*which it shouldn’t
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abuck1220 wrote:bukie wrote:AKA the "We don't want to risk Black Panther winning Best Picture " award.
this makes no sense. they would LOVE it if that movie won best picture.* this is a blatant effort (assuming it goes into effect this year) to make sure black panther DOES win an oscar.
*which it shouldn’t
The Academy routinely does their best to avoid acknowledging superhero movies are a thing, so this is absolutely an effort to give BP an award while at the same time retaining their ability to look down on it.
And I'm hardly surprised you're the first person to chime in with a "well, actually" on this.
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they don’t “acknowledge super hero movies are a thing” in the same way they don’t acknowledge super trooper movies are a thing. they haven’t been nominated for best picture because they have not deserved to be nominated for best picture.
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Man, if they're gonna give it to LotR or Titanic or Gladiator or horsefeathering Braveheart, who gives a horsefeathers if it goes to a funnybook movie.
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Sammy Sofa wrote:Man, if they're gonna give it to LotR or Titanic or Gladiator or horsefeathering Braveheart, who gives a horsefeathers if it goes to a funnybook movie.
FIRST OFF gladiator is actually good and i will die on this hill if i have to
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TBS Playoffs Insider wrote:Sammy Sofa wrote:Man, if they're gonna give it to LotR or Titanic or Gladiator or horsefeathering Braveheart, who gives a horsefeathers if it goes to a funnybook movie.
FIRST OFF gladiator is actually good and i will die on this hill if i have to
Man, I'm not saying those flicks aren't good (OR AM I); just that they don't have a problem giving the big prize out for well made spectacle.
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Sammy Sofa wrote:Man, if they're gonna give it to LotR or Titanic or Gladiator or horsefeathering Braveheart, who gives a horsefeathers if it goes to a funnybook movie.
also who gives a horsefeathers if it DOESN’T go to a funnybook movie.
and yeah all those movies you named suck. but it’s not like the academy is going out if it’s way to screw over a bunch of brilliant super hero movies out of the best picture oscar they so rightfully deserve. I mean iron man 2 or whatever didn’t not win best picture because of an anti-superhero conspiracy, it didn’t win best picture because it wasn’t very good (I assume).
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abuck1220 wrote:Sammy Sofa wrote:Man, if they're gonna give it to LotR or Titanic or Gladiator or horsefeathering Braveheart, who gives a horsefeathers if it goes to a funnybook movie.
also who gives a horsefeathers if it DOESN’T go to a funnybook movie.
and yeah all those movies you named suck. but it’s not like the academy is going out if it’s way to screw over a bunch of brilliant super hero movies out of the best picture oscar they so rightfully deserve. I mean iron man 2 or whatever didn’t not win best picture because of an anti-superhero conspiracy, it didn’t win best picture because it wasn’t very good (I assume).
Nobody's sitting here crying about poor superhero movies being left out; it's just indicative of how they just automatically ignore a lot of movie genres (comedies, action flicks, sci-fi, etc.) from the "serious awards" most of the time, and this clumsy attempt to course correct (like when they arbitrarily expanded the Best picture nominees from 5 to 10) is hilariously bad and dumb.
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TBS Playoffs Insider wrote:Sammy Sofa wrote:Man, if they're gonna give it to LotR or Titanic or Gladiator or horsefeathering Braveheart, who gives a horsefeathers if it goes to a funnybook movie.
FIRST OFF gladiator is actually good and i will die on this hill if i have to
Gladiator is a fine film and holds up really well. I would die on that hill with you if it came to that.
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TBS Playoffs Insider wrote:Sammy Sofa wrote:Man, if they're gonna give it to LotR or Titanic or Gladiator or horsefeathering Braveheart, who gives a horsefeathers if it goes to a funnybook movie.
FIRST OFF gladiator is actually good and i will die on this hill if i have to
Well now you've raised the OMC signal to come tell us about how The Thin Red Line was robbed for the 87th time
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Wait, do you think Gladiator came out in 1998 or that TTRL came out in 2000?
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Derwood wrote:TBS Playoffs Insider wrote:Sammy Sofa wrote:Man, if they're gonna give it to LotR or Titanic or Gladiator or horsefeathering Braveheart, who gives a horsefeathers if it goes to a funnybook movie.
FIRST OFF gladiator is actually good and i will die on this hill if i have to
Well now you've raised the OMC signal to come tell us about how The Thin Red Line was robbed for the 87th time
57th time FWIW.
And it's not an argument specifically in favor of TTRL, it's a general argument that the other four movies nominated that year were better than Shakespeare in Love.
However, I think the bigger and more egregious sin that year was Paltrow beating Blanchett.
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Sammy Sofa wrote:Wait, do you think Gladiator came out in 1998 or that TTRL came out in 2000?
I know they aren't the same year. It doesn't matter. "Blah blah got robbed by the Oscars!" brings out the OMC TTRL diatribe every time
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Looking forward to seeing BlacKkKlansman this weekend.
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Crazy Rich Asians is at 100% on RT. Or at least it is for now until Armond White gets a hold of it and shoehorns in some asinine reason to hate it.
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The Logan wrote:Crazy Rich Asians is at 100% on RT. Or at least it is for now until Armond White gets a hold of it and shoehorns in some asinine reason to hate it.
Nope, it was some dude from Forbes.
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Old Style wrote:Looking forward to seeing BlacKkKlansman this weekend.
have a preview screening tomorrow evening with spike lee doing a q&a afterward. REALLY looking forward to this one!
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cl smooth wrote:Old Style wrote:Looking forward to seeing BlacKkKlansman this weekend.
have a preview screening tomorrow evening with spike lee doing a q&a afterward. REALLY looking forward to this one!
How is it a preview screening if the movie is already in theaters? Anyway, it was excellent and I am jealous you get the Spike Q&A.
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Old Style wrote:cl smooth wrote:Old Style wrote:Looking forward to seeing BlacKkKlansman this weekend.
have a preview screening tomorrow evening with spike lee doing a q&a afterward. REALLY looking forward to this one!
How is it a preview screening if the movie is already in theaters? Anyway, it was excellent and I am jealous you get the Spike Q&A.
long story short: my girlfriend is part of the PGA (producers guild of america) and she's able to view movies like this for free. they'll label them as "preview screenings" via email and that's what we've been calling them for years. technically, this one is not a "preview" since the movie came out on friday but i'm too lazy to call it anything else.
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The Logan wrote:Crazy Rich Asians is at 100% on RT. Or at least it is for now until Armond White gets a hold of it and shoehorns in some asinine reason to hate it.
that blows my mind. it looks dumb as horsefeathers
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