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Wkd BO 0721-2317 - Slam Dunk' for Nolan, Apes escape, not rough Girl's Trip, Luc
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Vault Dweller 111
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Baby Driver doesn't need any Oscars.
Give Jamie Foxx a best supporting actor nomination if you want.
Give Jamie Foxx a best supporting actor nomination if you want.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Will Blade Runner finally get Deakins his trophy?
broncobuster
Banned
Mad Max losing director and best picture was criminal, but seeing Inarritu seething in his chair as it swept technical awards was wonderful.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Inarritu has his head so far up his own ass, it was nice to see him seethe.
And time will judge Mad Max as the superior film anyways.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I think this might be the year.
You can never go wrong predicting Oscars based on the "this is our makeup call' politics of the Academy.
Build a narrative, sell the campaign, convince voters they're part of making a dream story come true.
Bet on THAT, and you end up having a good Oscar party.
(Didn't work w/ Stallone on Creed though. Thought for sure they'd have caved and let the old melty wax sculpture finally get an acting statue for all his years making the industry money, but they decided against it.)
Vault Dweller 111
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I was bummed that Mad Max couldn't get either of the two big ones. But at least it was recognized.
I liked The Revenant, and was happy for Leo. But the most worthy Oscar from that movie (besides cinematography I guess) was Hardy for supporting. I was bummed he lost, and bummed Inarritu won.
Emmanuel Lubezki's only work this year was Song to Song, which no one watched. So that ups his chances.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
And looks like Wally Pfister is sentenced to TV purgatory right now after leaving Nolan and making Transcendence.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
That night really solidified my dislike for him.
MHWilliams
Member
How did Star Trek Beyond lose to Suicide Squad?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
This is what I love about the Oscars - everyone knows its a sham. everyone knows it's high school politics. It's prom night for rich assholes. everyone knows this.
Shit's still entertaining though.
And the best part is, in like, 5 years, everyone knows which movie from that year really shoulda won. It becomes fairly obvious most of the time. It provides this cool little snapshot of the divide between the art itself and the cliques called together to judge it. It's a weird image of how behind the times the people making the movies can be. And how the makers of our dreams will stunt rewarding the best examples of them for not great reasoning.
People will, in 10 years, write their annual "Why the Oscars Suck Colon" articles, and when the 2016 Oscars come up, someone will say "and despite how good Spotlight still is, it's not much more than the sum parts of every other respectable story in the genre it occupies. But there's only one Fury Road..."
Shit's still entertaining though.
And the best part is, in like, 5 years, everyone knows which movie from that year really shoulda won. It becomes fairly obvious most of the time. It provides this cool little snapshot of the divide between the art itself and the cliques called together to judge it. It's a weird image of how behind the times the people making the movies can be. And how the makers of our dreams will stunt rewarding the best examples of them for not great reasoning.
People will, in 10 years, write their annual "Why the Oscars Suck Colon" articles, and when the 2016 Oscars come up, someone will say "and despite how good Spotlight still is, it's not much more than the sum parts of every other respectable story in the genre it occupies. But there's only one Fury Road..."
PhoncipleBone
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The pity Oscar. People felt bad for how shitty all the DC films were that they felt they needed a pick me up.
But there is no sympathy for Paramount!
DecoReturns
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Dunkirk seems to be the film to beat in Cinematography at the moment.
should be a fun Oscars
should be a fun Oscars
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I think it was Matt Damon that said in an interview that Oscars should only be given out 5-10 years after the fact. That way we have had time to digest the films and figure out which ones were the truly great flicks.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
They sold it on how grueling and horrible the shoot was because Inarritu was an asshole.
BronsonLee
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Inarritu is a FLOP
His movies are WACK
His movies are WACK
Vault Dweller 111
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Bobby Roberts
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Birdman is Innaritu drumming on his stomach with his own dick for like 90 minutes. He's not even actually jerking off.
Jerking off would be satisfying you see.
Jerking off would be satisfying you see.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Inarritu just sells it on "Look at how difficult this was to pull off! It was freezing all the time!"
Or, "I made it look like I did this in one take! LOOK AT ME!"
It is impressive work, but it is like he wants things to be as difficult as possible to pat himself on the back.
Or, "I made it look like I did this in one take! LOOK AT ME!"
It is impressive work, but it is like he wants things to be as difficult as possible to pat himself on the back.
BronsonLee
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Biggest-Geek-Ever
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I suspect if the star was anyone other than Leo it WOULD HAVE tanked.
Horrified, but not exactly surprised. Babel, I thought, was a pretentious train wreck.
I was horrified when I found out Edward Norton is basically Innaritu's mouthpiece in Birdman.
Horrified, but not exactly surprised. Babel, I thought, was a pretentious train wreck.
Vault Dweller 111
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BronsonLee
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The last true star
Leo does have the special sauce.
Wolf of Wall Street made almost $400M. The Great Gatsby made $350M. Django made $425M.
His last four films set career best grosses for four different established directors.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
And think, Leo was holding James Cameron back at the box office!
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
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Vault Dweller 111
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I just watched Django (for the 90th time) yesterday. He could've easily gotten the nom for that one. I suspect he missed out because they pushed Waltz hard, who was also great (again).
Titanic's attendance was higher than Avatar's worldwide. Domestically, Titanic comfortably beats Avatar unadjusted if you minus the 3D (and IMAX) surcharges.
Bobby Roberts
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I do wonder if the narrative about La La Land would have changed had Chazelle's prior movie gotten the BP statue the year before.
(It wasn't gonna - it was probably fourth in line, behind Boyhood and Grand Budapest, but still)
Vault Dweller 111
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Boyhood. There's a movie that didn't hold up. If we did the "5 years later" rule that mediocrity wouldn't even get nominated.
BronsonLee
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Go back in the fuckin' vault before I hit you with my shovel
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Nah, it's not mediocre. It's a damn good Linklater flick. It woulda still got a nomination.
Theory of Everything and Imitation Game were the padding on that year's BP slate.
Theory of Everything and Imitation Game were the padding on that year's BP slate.
Freeza Under The Shower
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*goes back to check on the biggest bomb prediction thread*
Oh, so that's what happened to Lord Frieza... I had been wondering about that. Nail, gather the dragon balls.
Anyway, I have a problem:
the movie I had bet on, which was The Six Billion Dollar Man, is no longer on the list of movies to come out this year. Or any year, apparently. Maybe someone pulled a fast one on wikipedia's list and I fell right for it, or there's a shelve with that movie on it somewhere.
Another movie I had mentioned, called Patient Zero, has also been put into permanent 'post production' hiatus, which I'm going to assume is shelved permanently as well. Except that one actually already had a production, whereas the above might just have been a joke. Which I suspect it was. Or is, if it was made.
So, considering the order in which I mentioned them in my first post here, is it agreeable to say that my bet would reasonably be put towards The Mummy, even though we already know how that played out?
I mean, I really want to adjust it to The Emoji Movie, because that was kind of my first instinct, but I didn't mention that one in my first post in that thread, so that wouldn't be fair. I know nobody cares, but I've been BAMBOOZLED, man!
Oh, so that's what happened to Lord Frieza... I had been wondering about that. Nail, gather the dragon balls.
Anyway, I have a problem:
the movie I had bet on, which was The Six Billion Dollar Man, is no longer on the list of movies to come out this year. Or any year, apparently. Maybe someone pulled a fast one on wikipedia's list and I fell right for it, or there's a shelve with that movie on it somewhere.
Another movie I had mentioned, called Patient Zero, has also been put into permanent 'post production' hiatus, which I'm going to assume is shelved permanently as well. Except that one actually already had a production, whereas the above might just have been a joke. Which I suspect it was. Or is, if it was made.
So, considering the order in which I mentioned them in my first post here, is it agreeable to say that my bet would reasonably be put towards The Mummy, even though we already know how that played out?
I mean, I really want to adjust it to The Emoji Movie, because that was kind of my first instinct, but I didn't mention that one in my first post in that thread, so that wouldn't be fair. I know nobody cares, but I've been BAMBOOZLED, man!
PhoncipleBone
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DecoReturns
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I just head Nolan do the Bane voice on a podcast.
Sounds extactly like everyone's else's
Sounds extactly like everyone's else's
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
What podcast?
Vault Dweller 111
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No way I'm taking on Bobby and Bronson united against me. So I will keep my Boyhood opinions to myself.
DecoReturns
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Happy sad confused. Someone posted a link in the Dunkirk thread
BronsonLee
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Freeza Under The Shower
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