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Sorry didn't quite get what your opinion was. The Green Book was overly formulaic ?
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Queen songs?
Sorry didn't quite get what your opinion was. The Green Book was overly formulaic ?
Literally. Every. Trope.
Queen songs?
Yes. That, and that in a year with a slew of genuinely good and original films about race made by black and latino people, the academy gives Best Picture to the one by a white guy we’ve seen literally 400 times.Sorry didn't quite get what your opinion was. The Green Book was overly formulaic ?
Do you view Hidden Figures the same way ?Yes. That, and that in a year with a slew of genuinely good and original films about race made by black and latino people, the academy gives Best Picture to the one by a white guy we’ve seen literally 400 times.
I mean, at least they didn’t give it to the one about a flamboyant gay musician that had less gay sex in it than the film about an 18th century English Queen, but still....
I mean, I didn’t love it, but it did at least have 3 black women as it’s actual main characters, and it didn’t win Best Picture. And while it shouldn’t be, that fact is kinda the problem.Do you view Hidden Figures the same way ?
I'm usually quite liberal in my views and I'm sure racism is very relevant topic everywhere in the world. However I do think the leftwing American plays the race card far too much. I enjoy Trevor Noah's show but he doesn't need to turn everything into a black guy/white guy joke.Yes. That, and that in a year with a slew of genuinely good and original films about race made by black and latino people, the academy gives Best Picture to the one by a white guy we’ve seen literally 400 times.
I mean, at least they didn’t give it to the one about a flamboyant gay musician that had less gay sex in it than the film about an 18th century English Queen, but still....
I mean, the latter is unquestionably true. And has been for decades. To the former, I can’t really imagine another reason why, because its such a formulaic perfunctory film. You literally know exactly what’s going to happen at every step. Right down to the exact beat of when Ali is going to show up at Mortensens door for Xmas dinner (not when there’s an initial knock - no no, that’s the red herring couple - but just as he’s about to close it again! Oh SNAP! There he is! What original writing! Give them all the golden statues!!)Relating it to this topic, has this film won truly due to the race topic? And if so, I find the academies criteria for deciding on winners/nominees spectacularly stupid.
Kinda. They pretty much universally reward things they think they should be rewarding, rather than the things that deserve rewarding, which is usually based on a reaction to how badly they got it wrong rewarding things before, only to get it wrong again, and have to reward something else crap later down the line to make up for it.So the Academy are simultaneously being too woke and not woke enough?
Wokeception.
The Lalaland/Moonlight feck up was actually the perfect encapsulation of the Oscars. The film they really wanted to give it to (the one about Hollywood and how amazing it is) and the one at the last minute they thought they probably should give it to (Moonlight) neither of which were the actual best film of the year.I was looking forward to watching moonlight for a good while since it was highly rated and won the best picture award last year. But my word it was such a pile of complete nonsense. The movie had nothing apart from being about a back gay man. No story, nothing.
Also, this is good.
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Did you research what awards they won before posting? The only questionable win was Rhapsody for editing. That was terrible IMO.Not sure how Bohemian Rhapsody or Black Panther managed to win...well, anything really. I didn’t see much else last year so I’m not sure what should’ve won tbf, but they were both average to poor imo.
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Which film should have won over those two?The Lalaland/Moonlight feck up was actually the perfect encapsulation of the Oscars. The film they really wanted to give it to (the one about Hollywood and how amazing it is) and the one at the last minute they thought they probably should give it to (Moonlight) neither of which were the actual best film of the year.
But then, they never are. Because awards are largely stupid. And also there’s, like, a whole fecking “season” of them for some reason.
Almost half the film was him just lip syncing, even his nomination clip was of him lip syncing...Why not? I reckon he got FM down to a t.
Anyone but Rami Malek. The whole win was so contrived. "We made a film about a gay man, an immigrant". No the film made itself, its not like they seeked out a obscure story and adapted it to a screenplay, it's about arguably the most famous frontman ever, who millions, if not billions of his fans would watch.Who was your favorite then?
What costumes did you think were good?
Its pretty self explanatory, but given that film has been lorded for its "groundbreaking", "transcending", "trailblazing" and all the other superlative its being graced with for having a majority black cast, you would think that would extend to the crew, but seemingly not, given the entire SFX team was white.What the hell does that have to do with anything?
For me awards season is only good for highlighting movies I probably would have missed day to day. Doubt I would have seen Moonlight if it hadn't been in the awards running.Meh. Of the nominees I've seen, both Bohenian Rhapsody and Vice were definitely worse than Green Book, so it could be worse I guess. It's just typical of the Oscars to opt for such a safe, soporifically woke film. Which is why nobody should ever pay the Oscars much attention.
I've not seen the film, but in isolation this is kinda bad. That being said, it made me feel uncomfortable, and it seems like an uncomfortable moment... so at least it made me feel *something*?Most edits per minute?
Good god...Also, there’s a scene where Mortensen introduces Ali to the delights of Jazz and Fried Chicken.
With his ridiculous English/Welsh/Irish accent constantly changing throughout.Aidan Gillen is in every-fecking-thing.
So you just want to complain and don't know what you're talking about I see. Google the past winners of the category and that'll tell you how a CGI film can win best production design.Also it won the Oscar for best set design, given that most of the film was created post edit and filmed in front of a green screen tells you everything
I don't think you seem to know the difference between films featuring CGI as opposed to almost entire movies filmed infront of a greenscreenSo you just want to complain and don't know what you're talking about I see. Google the past winners of the category and that'll tell you how a CGI film can win best production design.
Rather bizarrely his Irish accent is terrible even though he's literally...Irish. I've grown convinced he's just a genuinely bad actor. He's quite impressive in The Wire but even then tended not to be seen as one of the most interesting characters either except perhaps theoretically.With his ridiculous English/Welsh/Irish accent constantly changing throughout.
His accent in Game of Thrones has changed numerous times as well. Weird actor.Rather bizarrely his Irish accent is terrible even though he's literally...Irish. I've grown convinced he's just a genuinely bad actor. He's quite impressive in The Wire but even then tended not to be seen as one of the most interesting characters either except perhaps theoretically.
Well this is why award shows are shit, because all the films I’d prefer to win just aren’t the kind of films that are nominated for those kind of things, which usually come about via months of aggressive campaigning and internal Hollywood politics, far more than objective merit...Which film should have won over those two?
Manchester by the Sea was boring. Fences was a play on film so couldn't get it despite the great acting. Hacksaw Ridge was well done but not better than the two. Hidden Figures also. Lion was nice but just a decent movie with a great story. Arrival or Hell and High Water? I guess you could make arguments for them.
Not really, they’re just both quite shit films so all the tugging people are doing over them seemed odd to me.Did you research what awards they won before posting? The only questionable win was Rhapsody for editing. That was terrible IMO.
Ehh, is it anything special? I guess it depends what they’re up against tbf. I can’t say I saw any of the other films in that category so I can’t really judge.So off the top of my head, the Dora Milaje, Daniel Kaluuya's character's border tribe costume, Shuri in various scenes, Angela Bassett's character in various scenes. Basically the whole scene when M'Baku challenges T'Challa.
I'll have to google it later but is it from the Graham Norton school of west cork accents?Rather bizarrely his Irish accent is terrible even though he's literally...Irish.