LoooSeR Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Visual work and quality of cinematics are great (but nothing new), anything else - mediocre, with exception of some actors work. Mad Max is better as a movie overall, and it deserv to be nominated. I didn't saw other films, can't comment about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 No. The issue is that the Academy Awards is insistent in nominating and rewarding movies that no one watches and no one will ever watch after they've received the award. Spotlight will never be a memorable movie. Five or ten years from now no one will remember that the movie even existed. Hell, can you even remember last year's winner? It was something called Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Seriously, who makes this stuff? While I'll agree that The Revanent, The Martian and Mad Max: It'sReallyNotMaxButTheFeralKidFromRoadWarrior Fury Road aren't "great" films in the entire scope of 88 years of these awards being given, it's clearly obvious that they are better than something that is literally a rehashed Dateline episode since the three of them are original and fairly unique stories. More important, all three of those films will be watched five, ten and twenty years down the road and they'll be syndicated and aired on cable and TV networks. I've been joking for years now that the Academy Awards should be given a format like the Baseball or Football Hall of Fame where you have to wait five years to be nominated. And if none of the movies from that particular year are good enough for an Academy Award, you don't give it to them. That would liven up the Oscars and add excitement. Read out the nominees for each category. Tell them that none of them are good enough for the award. Then retroactively award it to a movie that came out fifty years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Birdman was actually quite excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 but not memorible like mad max will be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 It's not memorable to you because you didn't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Bridge of Spies was a good film despite some minor historical inaccuracies IMO. Happy to see Mark Rylance win best supporting actor. Only Oscar nominationed movie with a T-55 in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Bridge of Spies is a romantic comedy for our Russian Troika. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priory_of_Sion Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Bridge of Spies is a romantic comedy for our Russian Troika. Is there something wrong with that, comrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 It's not memorable to you because you didn't see it. I did see it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Well, OK, I disagree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 In 1990, the Academy nominated "Ghost" for best picture. It didn't win, but just the fact that it got nominated is pretty good evidence that the Academy should be mocked and ignored. RobotMinisterofTrueKorea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tied Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Well, OK, I disagree. Say what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Paramount releases hundreds of movies for free on YouTube. It's the beginning of the end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Bill Macy knows a thing or two about acting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZ0gVDWEUI&ab_channel=theoffcamerashow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scolopax Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 gogogo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 Gotta say, that trailer really didn't inspire confidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted March 4, 2016 Report Share Posted March 4, 2016 gogogo This looks worse than the Filmation Ghostbusters knock-off that they rammed down our throats in the 1980s. Can we stop having movies with shitty women comedians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Paramount releases hundreds of movies for free on YouTube. It's the beginning of the end! Now we can all watch American Ninja in its entirety for free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B0I8-b_gJg&list=PLd0LhgZxFkVII3x-u6Ogh90iEepCLjKcW&feature=c4-overview-vl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 I'll reserve judgement until I see it. However, I have my doubts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 This is a horrible movie don't watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Time Bandits is wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 This is a horrible movie don't watch it. That's one of the best historical documentaries ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter_Sobchak Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 I remember seeing the trailer to "Gods of Egypt" at the theatre a couple months ago and saying to myself "what the fuck is this crap?" It's good to know I was not alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 Time Bandits was a pretty good flick and overcomes the curse of most non-Monty Python directed Terry Gilliam movies being absolute shit, despite his insistence that all of the sets and costumes in his films being made to look like they were designed by an addled Mardi Gras parade choreographer. Sturgeon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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