A Spirited 15 Rounds ...

njDizFan

njDizFan

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TiggerDad said:
I would see that as a positive. I could visit the subforums and threads I cared about without having to wade through posts on topics I didn't care about in order to see the stuff I am interested in. Sure, I could stop following this thread, and I may if it continues to drift aimlessly, but there is occasional stuff that is only here.
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Where else can I get a good cheesesteak debate mixed in with Star Wars discussions
 
smile

smile

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Bairstow said:
Man, the fish monster sex movie absoutely cleaned up on nominations. Good flick if y'all haven't seen it. First movie I'd seen in a while where the audience broke into applause when the villain is defeated.
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always thought del toro had something really good in there somewhere.
maybe this is it, haven't seen it

and i can envision michael shannon being an effectual villian - he's got 'that' about him, but still... lol @ applauding a screen
 
Princess Leia

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A few Oscar musings...
Beauty and the Beast got nominated for more awards than I would have guessed. Will it win? Probably not, but I was surprised.

Coco was nominated in the two categories I assumed it would be nominated. It’ll probably win best animated feature (I still want to see Loving Vincent) because it’s Pixar, and the voters have shared in the past that this is the category they don’t care about or understand, but I think it deserves it.

Star Wars was nominated in the categories I expected (plus best score), but I think it’ll lose 3/4 categories (let’s go, Baby Driver!)

Logan got nominated for adapted screenplay, GotG2 was nominated for Visual Effects... and Wonder Woman & LEGO Batman got zilch.

Wonder Woman should be up for something. Visual effects, sound mixing, sound editing, costume design, best score... I guess it could have gotten best adapted or original screenplay if it wasn’t for the last act (the last battle scene is literally the only thing I don’t like about the movie).

LEGO Batman should have Boss Baby’s spot for animated feature. It was charming, sweet, and funny... and it got squat.

Lastly, I’m pleased that The Big Sick got nominated for best screenplay. I wish it got that 10th Film spot, but at least it was nominated for something.
 
Animaniac93-98

Animaniac93-98

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Bairstow said:
Man, the fish monster sex movie absoutely cleaned up on nominations. Good flick if y'all haven't seen it. First movie I'd seen in a while where the audience broke into applause when the villain is defeated.
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It would get my vote for Best Picture. Deserves every bit of praise its received so far. If Three Billboards... wins (as I think it will), I would not mind that either.

The nominations were about what I expected. I'm fine with BatB not getting one for Best Song. I think Baby Driver would have fared better if not for the whole Kevin Spacey thing. That it ended up with 3 nominations was a nice surprise to me, as I thought it was among the year's best.

The only snub that irks me is Armie Hammer not getting nominated for Supporting Actor like he did at the Golden Globes. It looks like Call Me By Your Name has lost all momentum going into the final stretch of the awards season, and things that were previously assumed a given for it (directing, cinematography) didn't pan out. The book was better, but the chemistry between the two leads was incredible.
 
Princess Leia

Princess Leia

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Animaniac93-98 said:
It would get my vote for Best Picture. Deserves every bit of praise its received so far. If Three Billboards... wins (as I think it will), I would not mind that either.

The nominations were about what I expected. I'm fine with BatB not getting one for Best Song. I think Baby Driver would have fared better if not for the whole Kevin Spacey thing. That it ended up with 3 nominations was a nice surprise to me, as I thought it was among the year's best.

The only snub that irks me is Armie Hammer not getting nominated for Supporting Actor like he did at the Golden Globes. It looks like Call Me By Your Name has lost all momentum going into the final stretch of the awards season, and things that were previously assumed a given for it (directing, cinematography) didn't pan out. The book was better, but the chemistry between the two leads was incredible.
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Beauty & the Beast not getting a nomination for best song is a blessing, but if they wrote Evermore for that purpose, it makes me wish they just used “If I Can’t Love Her” even more.

Baby Driver getting 3 nominations in spite of Kevin Spacey is amazing. I think it deserved a nomination for best original screenplay, but it was a tough year.

I’m watching Get Out now (thanks HBO), and I want to catch Lady Bird and Shape of Water before they leave theatres.
 
FrankLapidus

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Coco should win Best Animation and then the only other category I'm interested in is cinematography - if Roger Deakins doesn't finally win an Oscar for his work on the incredible Blade Runner 2049, it will be a travesty.
 
FrankLapidus

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smile said:
need to see that - love deakins

truly insane he's never won...
then again, the oscars and i parted ways many moons ago, so, whatever
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It was my favourite film of last year by a distance, one of the best films that I've seen in a long, long time.

If Deakins doesn't win for Blade Runner 2049, he will never win an Oscar - his work in that film is astounding.
 
AEfx

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Princess Leia said:
I’m watching Get Out now (thanks HBO)
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I did that myself tonight, and I am completely flummoxed at how it even is in the discussion of the Academy Awards, let alone nominated in four of the five biggest categories. It completely explains why the actor had that expression whenever the camera got in his face during the Golden Globes - the attention it is getting is frankly embarrassing. It's like "white people" making dramatic gestures falling all over themselves and being ridiculously saccharine to over-compensate for something and signal "So, so not racist! Really! I donate to the NAACP and two of my kids friends are black! Here, let me pay for your dinner! Do you like my jacket? Here - take it!"

It is an entertaining film, but just about everything about it (aside from the fact it has a black male star and a black director) is just your standard micro-budget Blumhouse affair. It is competently done, for what it is, but nothing artistically extraordinary at all. It feels about on par with The Purge to me.

I mean, I could almost see a single outlier nomination perhaps for the actor, or maybe even the best picture in the newly expanded category if they wanted to recognize it, but best director? Best screenplay? Please. Like I said, I think it was a decent, enjoyable film, so I'm not going to sit here and take the time to pick it apart (though I certainly could...) - but to even consider it some high artistic achievement really is the definition of pandering and if I were involved with the film be embarrassed that it is getting so overly gushed over at such an epic level.
 

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