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Old 02-01-2020, 12:03 AM   #5281
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1917 - 5/5
Not a big fan of war movies but god damn if this wasn't a great ride.

 
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Old 02-01-2020, 08:16 AM   #5282
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I remain in awe of hereditary. When *that scene* happened I just. It was the most visceral reaction I’ve probably ever had in a theater and it didn’t seem cheap at all.

And the idea that toni collette got like no recognition for that role is an absolute travesty. I’m still mad about it.

 
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Old 02-01-2020, 08:17 AM   #5283
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1917 - 5/5
Not a big fan of war movies but god damn if this wasn't a great ride.
So is it anything other than a filmmaking achievement? I like the idea of a one shot movie like this but it also seems a bit gimmicky to me? I should probably just watch it.

 
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Old 02-01-2020, 12:25 PM   #5284
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I remain in awe of hereditary. When *that scene* happened I just. It was the most visceral reaction I’ve probably ever had in a theater and it didn’t seem cheap at all.

And the idea that toni collette got like no recognition for that role is an absolute travesty. I’m still mad about it.
which scene? i have an assumption, but maybe we're on different pages. and, yes, collette should have earned more acknowledgement.

knives out was a lot of fun and i will probably rewatch it a lot. but i agree that daniel craig's accent was a bit much. i love logan lucky and especially craig's performance in it, so it's not that i'm not used to it, i just think it was far more distracting in knives out than it should have been, especially since he'd done well with that accent before.

 
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Old 02-01-2020, 12:28 PM   #5285
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So is it anything other than a filmmaking achievement? I like the idea of a one shot movie like this but it also seems a bit gimmicky to me? I should probably just watch it.
Yes and no. In my opinion some sequences benefit more and are a lot more suspenseful and immersive because of it, in others it kinda pulled me out a bit and I kept thinking about what the camera was doing more than what was going on on-screen.

But those moments where it does click are really incredible.

 
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Old 02-10-2020, 04:23 PM   #5286
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Jojo Rabbit - 4/5
I enjoyed this movie more than I expected and heard people taking issue with how it approaches nazism. I thought it was fine. Some great acting by both kids and Scarlet Johansson.

Also I really enjoyed Taika Waititi's Hitler, and thought it was pretty funny overall... but felt like you could remove it from the movie and lose nothing in the story. But I appreciate it either way.

 
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Old 02-10-2020, 04:26 PM   #5287
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I watch better movies then you guys.

 
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Old 02-10-2020, 04:29 PM   #5288
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I watch better movies then you guys.
Bullshit! You're not watching the Sonic movie.

 
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Old 02-10-2020, 04:34 PM   #5289
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yeah why does the academy hate Ari Aster, i know it's all fuckin' arbitrary & shit but not even a mention of Midsommar last night? was Parasite really that good?

 
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Old 02-10-2020, 04:37 PM   #5290
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I felt Us was a bigger snub... really liked that movie
Lupita Nyong'o should've been nominated at the very least.

 
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Old 02-10-2020, 04:41 PM   #5291
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oh fuck, i forgot Us was even eligible - another sophomore effort i didn't like quite as much as the debut, but even so

 
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Old 02-10-2020, 04:48 PM   #5292
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Weren't the Academy Awards literally started by some bigwig movie exec who wanted to prevent filmmakers from unionizing by throwing shiny trinkets at them to make them feel appreciated?

I don't think they are really much of a metric for anything.

 
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Old 02-11-2020, 08:59 PM   #5293
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Old 02-11-2020, 11:44 PM   #5294
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ad astra was bad
I can't stand another space exploration film with lots of family drama in it... I wanna dream of a future with no families in it okay thanks

 
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Old 02-12-2020, 12:37 AM   #5295
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I don't think they are really much of a metric for anything.
Here are some quotes from a supposed Academy member that allegedly voted in 2020 and — apparently — anonymously revealed their reasoning to a tabloid:

"I want an American director to win. The Oscars is an American thing; English things win BAFTAs and the French vote for the French, and Quentin Tarantino should be honored for a great American movie."

"Parasite is beautifully done, but it didn’t hold up the second time, and I don’t think foreign films should be nominated with the regular films."

"[I voted for Brad Pitt] because he hasn’t won before."


I get that it might be bullshit and that it's only one person in any case, but still. Who are these people and why do we take them seriously with such a poor track record?

 
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Old 02-12-2020, 12:44 AM   #5296
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Remember when Crash won Best Picture?

Remember when Forrest Gump beat Pulp Fiction?

Remember when Al Pacino got his Best Actor for Scent of a Woman?

Remember when Avatar won Best Cinematography despite pretty much the entire thing being made in James Cameron's custom edition of MS Paint?

Remember Argo? At all? Anybody?

 
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Old 02-12-2020, 04:35 AM   #5297
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I can't stand another space exploration film with lots of family drama in it... I wanna dream of a future with no families in it okay thanks
Particularly bad, yes. Was this what brad pitt got the oscar for? I don't follow the oscars for the reasons Buzzard just eloquently listed

 
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Old 02-12-2020, 04:47 AM   #5298
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Ah, google. So this is what i keep hearing about. Not ad astra it turns out, thank fuck.

 
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Old 02-12-2020, 05:13 AM   #5299
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I can't stand another space exploration film with lots of family drama in it... I wanna dream of a future with no families in it okay thanks
Preach!

 
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Old 02-12-2020, 09:53 AM   #5300
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I get that it might be bullshit and that it's only one person in any case, but still. Who are these people and why do we take them seriously with such a poor track record?
What I've read over the years is that a lot, maybe most, voters, have dumbass reasons for voting the way they do, whether it's voting for their friends, not watching all the movies in the category they're voting on, etc., etc., etc.


 
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Old 02-12-2020, 09:55 AM   #5301
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Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn - 3/5
This movie was fun as hell, kinda wish it had a couple less backs and forths to develop backstories, cause it was a bit tiresome and I wish the other titular Birds of Prey had more to do in the movie.

Never thought i'd want a hyena as a pet.

 
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Old 02-12-2020, 11:59 PM   #5302
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Old 02-13-2020, 11:31 PM   #5303
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Shut up, asshole!

 
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Old 02-14-2020, 07:48 AM   #5304
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Never seen that one. Any good?

 
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Old 02-14-2020, 07:50 AM   #5305
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Remember Argo? At all? Anybody?
All I remember was the line: "Argo fuck yourself!"

 
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Old 02-14-2020, 07:52 AM   #5306
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Barton Fink (rewatch) - 9/10



One thing I don't think I noted last time I watched this was how great the supporting cast is. Michael Lerner and Tony Shalhoub in particular had me giggling for pretty much every scene they were in.

 
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Old 02-14-2020, 07:54 AM   #5307
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Oh man how i just love me some Barton Fink could even be approaching my fave all time coen bros but then i remember theres all that other badass coen bros and it’s so hard2choose

 
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Old 02-14-2020, 08:18 AM   #5308
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I've only seen it once and I barely remember anything besides everything going up in flames at the end but I always thought it was their best.

Big Lebow is my fav tho. Truth.

 
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Old 02-15-2020, 10:40 PM   #5309
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Old 02-17-2020, 09:34 PM   #5310
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Better than Parasite. Memories of Murder is dope too.

 
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