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[JTripper]

Jennifer still shook from giving her glasses away

 

[Razorskin]

I think the porn version Ta Ta Land should be something to see.

It's about a white guy who saves interracial porn

 

[ColdPizza]

This is going to be a brutal In Memoriam

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

No, you're confused, Another Day of Sun wasn't even put forward for consideration.

Cant walk up my steps and softly whistle that song.

 

[Zasa]

The hate for La La Land is pretty silly.

People are trying to make it out as another Crash.

Thankfully, this is the last place to go to for genuine, quality movie reviews/critiques. There is a reason the movie made the rounds everywhere else that's relevant. This is the place that puts Arrow & every single Superhero show on top 10 lists each year.

Unless you're a Superhero/Sci-fi/Action film, well then...

 

[JABEE]

This is a good way to stop cheering

 

[petethepanda]

Wasn't crazy about Moana but I would have taken How Far I'll Go over the two LLL songs nominated.

 

[Fancyarcher]

really don't get the visceral hate the movie gets , especially opinions like this one.

Along with the "white saviour BS". It's one of the criticisms that continues to baffle me regarding the film.

 

[MIMIC]

SING LOVE SONG

 

[NYR]

Really glad their isn't clapping happening right now.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Gene Wilder.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

Wow this song is great.

 

[GunBR]

What happened to Jennifer Aniston's face? too much plastic surgery or just getting old?

Both

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

This song was great in Love Actually

 

[TheSkullPrince]

"We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams"

 

[Shizuka]

SING LOVE SONG

Hahahahahaha, that gave me a good chuckle. Not gonna Raichu a love song.

 

[TheGameshark]

Seeing wilder up there makes me so sad

 

[Not]

poor Lin-Manuel Miranda, so close to that EGOT

How long does he have before he's not the youngest anymore?

 

[duckroll]

Thankfully, this is the last place to go to for genuine, quality movie reviews/critiques. There is a reason the movie made the rounds.

Unless you're a Superhero/Sci-fi/Action film, well then...

Yeah, I'm sure Donald Trump is President for a reason too.

 

[Officerrob]

Prince....

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

Radio Raheem = (

 

[iShouldGoPro]

Oh god. This song makes it hurt that much more

 

[Lima]

Really glad their isn't clapping happening right now.

There probably is in the theater but they don't show it on Tv. Has been like that for a couple years now.

 

[LionPride]

Along with the "white saviour BS". It's one of the criticisms that continues to baffle me regarding the film.

No the white savior one is somewhat valid

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

I forgot about Anton. :'(

 

[GunBR]

Oh, I didn't know that Emmanuelle Riva died last month

 

[Bronx-Man]

NOT QUITE MY FUCKING TEMPO.

WERE YOU RUSHING OR WERE YOU DRAGGING?

 

[HStallion]

It's about a white guy who saves interracial porn

Cuckolding videos used to mean something!

 

[killertofu]

Thankfully, this is the last place to go to for genuine, quality movie reviews/critiques. There is a reason the movie made the rounds.

Unless you're a Superhero/Sci-fi/Action film, well then...

Give me a break. It's not necessarily hate, but it just doesn't deserve the best pic. It was a fine, good, decent movie. Not the best picture.

 

[Blitzrules240]

2016 was brutal.

RIP to all our fallen stars.

 

[zeemumu]

I forgot that John Hurt was Ollivander! I know him for his other stuff.

 

[starchild excalibur]

I'd go into detail about it if I wasn't on mobile, but in Rev he pulls off camera moves that have literally never been done before in natural locations. Not just a work of technical genius, but creative genius (breath on the lens, integration of cgi, etc). Maybe the average viewer doesn't notice it all but I'm a dp and it's easily the best looking film I've ever seen.

I'll defer to you on those movements, but I would still argue that the hallmark of great cinematography goes beyond the technical challenge and execution. Otherwise the in-car shot in Children of Men, which was also technically difficult, would have warranted a win.

Compared to Birdman, Ida was a very "simply" shot film from a difficulty perspective, but the framing, use of light and shadow, and artistry within every shot was beautiful and frame-worthy time and time again. It was easily a more visually impactful and mesmerizing film to me.

So, I'll concede that The Revenant was maybe revolutionary in the context you describe (again, I'm not a DP), but while I appreciate the creativity involved (for many of the same reasons you list), it just didn't have the same affect on me.

Bladerunner still remains the best looking film I've ever seen, personally. But maybe that suits my aesthetic more.

 

[boxter432]

Seeing wilder up there makes me so sad

Yep. Got me.

 

[DrForester]

 

[Joeku]

Oh right, everyone died in 2016

 

[Toad.T]

It's a terrible night for rain.

 

[nny]

Damn...

 

[Fancyarcher]

Scarjo really phoned in her performance tonight.

 

[Faddy]

How long does he have before he's not the youngest anymore?

It was either this year or next year. He is 37 and someone did it at 38

 

[Officerrob]

A reminder of just how shit 2016 was

 

[ColdPizza]

Any chance they squeezed Bill Paxton in? Nope.

Where the fuck was Bowie?!

 

[Ray Down]

Ending with Fisher.

 

[cj_iwakura]

No Bowie?

 

[Senoculum]

There are two audiences for La La Land; those who watched it early before it was popular; and those who watched it because everyone told them to.

An audiences divided...

 

[friskykillface]

 

[fr0st]

They didn't add bill Paxton?

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Carrie...ok now I'm crying

 

[Atraveller]

May the force be with you ;_;

 

[NYR]

Any chance they squeezed Bill Paxton in? Nope.

They didn't add bill Paxton?

Feb 1 to Jan 31. That is always been the case.

 

[Violence Jack]

Did they honor Bowie last year?