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The 87th Academy Awards |OT| The One That Matters

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HK-47

Oh, bitch bitch bitch.
Most reviews praised the actual quality of filmmaking. I can start linking you to reviews that go into depth more than the "12 years of filmmaking," but that won't matter. Everyone is focused on the "12 years of filmmaking" bit, so they'll focus on the few paragraphs in the review which talk about that segment, and present it as the whole.

Gimmicks don't carry you this far with subject matter as tame as Boyhood's.

It's also ridiculous that this hate for Boyhood has started to infect people's thoughts regarding movies like the Before Trilogy. If you want to hate a Linklater movie, look at Fast Food Nation.

I doubt anyone who does this has even seen a Before film.
 
Had already noticed it with other reviews, but yeah. Previous reviews made me learn a lot about their viewing habits, and made some of the opinions less worthy of consideration.

Forgive me for quoting myself, but in a thread moving this fast I have no choice but to dig up what is already buried:

Half in the Bag is the most honest slice of film criticism circling the net.

Their review of Boyhood felt sincere to me. They did a complete breakdown of what it was about the film that didn't work for them, and how it didn't speak to them on any emotional or narrative level. I believe now they're simply making fun of themselves for being outliers.

My two cents.
 
Most reviews praised the actual quality of filmmaking. I can start linking you to reviews that go into depth more than the "12 years of filmmaking," but that won't matter. Everyone is focused on the "12 years of filmmaking" bit, so they'll focus on the few paragraphs in the review which talk about that segment, and present it as the whole.

Gimmicks don't carry you this far with subject matter as tame as Boyhood's.

It's also ridiculous that this hate for Boyhood has started to infect people's thoughts regarding movies like the Before Trilogy. If you want to hate a Linklater movie, look at Fast Food Nation.

I don't hate Boyhood. I haven't even seen it. I haven't seen The Theory of Everything. I haven't seen The Imitation Game.

I set out to watch movies that look interesting to me from their trailers, reviews, and such. A lot of the pull for Boyhood was "Watch this kid grow up on screen," and it didn't seem all that interesting. Typically when the Oscars come around, I haven't seen a good chunk of the nominees. Most Oscar nominees are limited release movies and don't even play here for months after everyone else gets to see them, and I've lost interest.

I have seen Birdman. I have seen Grand Budapest Hotel, and I greatly enjoyed them. And amazingly, they were big winners this year, and I liked that something I enjoyed was getting recognized.

Boyhood's probably solid. I'll watch it eventually. But I didn't want it to win, because movies I had seen and liked were running against it. That may seem petty, but it's how it is. Simple as that.
 

Fbh

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Meh, I wanted Grand Hotel Budapest to win but it was obviously going to go to a boring pretentious that was only saved by good performances.

But honestly, as someone who loves animated movies Big Hero 6 winning just hurts. That one should have gone to The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, or if they really felt like giving it to an american movie then at least How to Train your Dragon 2.
At this point Disney can release a 2 hours long power point presentation with moving text and they will still win best animated movie
 

TAJ

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Superhero fans cracking jokes about Redmayne going full retard should probably feel a little sickened by how idiotic and pathetic they are.

The joke has been going strong for decades now for a reason.
 

Lan Dong Mik

And why would I want them?
lol i didn't watch the show but people acting like NPH career is over because he apparently "bombed" hosting this thing are being pretty silly
 

SlickVic

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Though Whiplash is my favorite of the 5 nominated films I've seen so far, Birdman was fantastic as well so I bear no ill will to see it win. There can only be 1 winner, but I've really dug all the nominated films I've seen so far, and look forward to seeing the rest of them.
 
As per the Academy, if you don't know what you're voting for, vote popular, showiest, or "biggest".

The only two awards that bothered me were Song and Original Screenplay. I liked the rule the Academy had previously where the song had to be used in the actual movie and not at the end or during a credit sequence. Also, I'd hope that if Siskel and Ebert were still around, they could have finally got the Academy to kill the category since they were always right in complaining about how it is usually the worst award given out.

With regard to Birdman's writing, even the people who really liked the movie seem to acknowledge that the screenplay is the absolute weakest part, and hurts the film on reviewing since you realize how shallow and vapid the entire movie is... yes, the acting and cinematography are great, and the direction is showy and attention grabbing and some people thinks that what great direction is, but the writing? Really?

Anyway, I'm glad Arquette won; Simmons was a fine pick along with Ruffalo; Whiplash winning editing was a nice surprise; Desplat didn't split the vote and won; Moore gets her lifetime award; NPH had a great opening but fizzled out as things progressed. Lastly, I really liked the stage setup.

Am I one of the few who saw all nominees this year? Seems like people didn't see everything.
 
No idea. I like his Before trilogy better, but Boyhood was a good film.

Guillermo needs to win to complete the Trinity.

I think Boyhood is a better movie than one of the Before movies completely separated and out of context, but the series together just destroys everything you put in front of it to me. The best goddamn trilogy.

Also of note on that Red Letter Media review for Boyhood; IIRC, that review came out when there were literally like, 2 bad reviews of Boyhood out there, and they were clearly written specifically to be the first negative review. RLM laid it on real thick.
 
Why are people surprised at Keaton? The Academy will shit on actors who have done a variety of shit movies over the years. Keaton went like twenty years of crap outside of voice overs and very minimal supporting roles. Redmayne pulled out an incredible performance at 30.
 
so you're saying it's a comedy show and not a review show?

because I think that reflects even worse on HITB than saying they're a review show.

No. It's a spontaneous review show that they tend to release amidst the sea of other stuff they make for the website. It's two guys with decent taste in cinema in general talking in front of a camera and a few gag jokes. I'm glad they put as much effort into the comedy bits and jokes of Half in the Bag if not we'd just have another "I just watched this movie" review like the dozens in youtube.

I'm saying you can't compare a scripted/written review with a video one with no thought. The Boyhood comments came largely from the Oscar Buzz video, which was intended as largely for jokes.
 

DrBo42

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My entire being is relieved that Boyhood didn't win. What a piece of shit. I'm sad that Keaton didn't win the award since he most likely won't get another role like that but Redmayne was pretty amazing in Theory.
 

Spasm

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I never saw the RLM piece on Boyhood. My feeling is that if the movie had been filmed conventionally, over 3 or so months, with different actors for the different ages of the children, and makeup for the adults... It wouldn't have even been nominated. Except maybe for Patricia.
 

Vire

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Who is the fucking moron who decided to bring Sean Penn as the presenter for Best Picture?

The guy made a green card joke when presenting an award to a Mexican director. Feels like something out of Curb your Enthusiasm.

I couldn't be cringing more right now.
 

Moonkid

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Iffy on the win for Whiplash on editing and Birdman for cinematography, disappointed for the loss with Nightcrawler and original screenplay.
 

Madness

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Almost every speech was politicized somehow. I get its a big stage, but come on. I guess we're in the era where people just have to say what's bothering them or on their mind.

Also, as good as Innaritu is, how does a guy who has a singular vision for over 12 years not win? Imagine having an idea and doing something 12 years ago and keeping that going.
 
Keaton did Jack Frost, if we're judging them both by their lowest points.

Jack Frost is a harmless kid's film. Redmayne's Jupiter Ascending performance is being described as actively offensive in its awfulness.

Also, as good as Innaritu is, how does a guy who has a singular vision for over 12 years not win? Imagine having an idea and doing something 12 years ago and keeping that going.

Dude, that's not really a valid way to judge. I mean... Duke Nukem Forever took 14 years to develop.
 

Dai101

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Who is the fucking moron who decided to bring Sean Penn as the presenter for Best Picture?

The guy made a green card joke when presenting an award to a Mexican director. Feels like something out of Curb your Enthusiasm.

I couldn't be cringing more right now.

You know they are buddies right? Also, we Mexicans don't get offended that easy.
 

Sanjuro

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Who is the fucking moron who decided to bring Sean Penn as the presenter for Best Picture?

The guy made a green card joke when presenting an award to a Mexican director. Feels like something out of Curb your Enthusiasm.

I couldn't be cringing more right now.

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jtb

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Almost every speech was politicized somehow. I get its a big stage, but come on. I guess we're in the era where people just have to say what's bothering them or on their mind.

Also, as good as Innaritu is, how does a guy who has a singular vision for over 12 years not win? Imagine having an idea and doing something 12 years ago and keeping that going.

Better to make a political statement than just give another masturbatory speech on how great Hollywood is.
 
Who is the fucking moron who decided to bring Sean Penn as the presenter for Best Picture?

The guy made a green card joke when presenting an award to a Mexican director. Feels like something out of Curb your Enthusiasm.

I couldn't be cringing more right now.

Let's calm down with the faux outrage
 

?oe?oe

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Almost every speech was politicized somehow. I get its a big stage, but come on. I guess we're in the era where people just have to say what's bothering them or on their mind.

Also, as good as Innaritu is, how does a guy who has a singular vision for over 12 years not win? Imagine having an idea and doing something 12 years ago and keeping that going.
Having an idea is one thing, executing it is a different story. He deserved a nomination, but not a win.
 
Almost every speech was politicized somehow. I get its a big stage, but come on. I guess we're in the era where people just have to say what's bothering them or on their mind.

Also, as good as Innaritu is, how does a guy who has a singular vision for over 12 years not win? Imagine having an idea and doing something 12 years ago and keeping that going.

and yet common/john legend and patricia arquette had by far the best speeches of the night.
 
Jack Frost is a harmless kid's film. Redmayne's Jupiter Ascending performance is being described as actively offensive in its awfulness.

It's not. It's a hammy, over the top, scenery-chewing performance.

But it's irrelevant, because that's not Redmayne is being judged on. He put in an incredible, finely-balanced performance in The Theory of Everything, and got rewarded for it.
 
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