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Ugly In The Morning posted:I’m just salty it won over Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Fair, very fair.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I’m just salty it won over Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Using the power and protection of that star to push your own narrative eh? Guess that should have been expected, you've gone mad with the psuedo-power!
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Jul 13, 2021 05:45
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I’m just salty it won over Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.  Parasite was a nice win tho & kind of overdue for an Asian director to win. A quick look at the 92nd Academy Awards and the only Best Picture nominated movies I didn't see were Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit, and Little Women.
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Jul 13, 2021 05:54
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Wow, the 90’s weren’t great either. You have Shakespeare in Love and the English Patient winning best picture, and in 94 Forrest Gump beat both Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption for it. There were some good picks but those are just insane.
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Jul 13, 2021 05:59
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Forrest Gump over Pulp Fiction was apex Boomer nostalgia. Hated Gump then, still don't like it now.
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Jul 13, 2021 06:08
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Gump is a loving slog and I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't care for it. Learning that it beat out Pulp Fiction, a legitimately fun movie, is just boggling.
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Jul 13, 2021 06:10
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One long sloppy blowjob to Boomers should explain that perfectly. It's their Ready Player One.
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Jul 13, 2021 06:17
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Heh I'm going to call Ready Player One "the Forrest Gump for Millennials" from now on.
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Jul 13, 2021 06:22
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Wow, the 90’s weren’t great either. You have Shakespeare in Love and the English Patient winning best picture, and in 94 Forrest Gump beat both Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption for it. There were some good picks but those are just insane. Shakespeare in Love beat Saving Private Ryan lol
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Jul 13, 2021 07:03
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When you learn how Shakespeare in Love beat Saving Private Ryan it becomes  It's Harvey Weinstein
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Jul 13, 2021 07:09
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Android Apocalypse posted:Heh I'm going to call Ready Player One "the Forrest Gump for Millennials" from now on. Ready Player One is aimed firmly at Gen X.
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Jul 13, 2021 07:58
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I’m just salty it won over Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Gladiator was a decidedly irritating movie based on a flawed premise, but CTHD is one of the worst movies ever nominated for Best Picture and it's entirely down to Ang Lee not having a clue how to direct a wire scene.
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Jul 13, 2021 08:28
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Ready Player One is aimed firmly at Gen X. Can confirm. This was the beginning of me reevaluating basically everything I’ve ever liked to see if it was actually poo poo: a lot of people had the same experience I did, to wit, I read the whole book in about two hours going ’wow cool, lol I remember that’ and two minutes after I put it down I was wishing the author torn asunder by wild horses.
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Jul 13, 2021 09:00
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Your wish didn't come true, because he got to write a tone-deaf sequel.
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Jul 13, 2021 09:18
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Torquemada posted:Can confirm. This was the beginning of me reevaluating basically everything I’ve ever liked to see if it was actually poo poo: a lot of people had the same experience I did, to wit, I read the whole book in about two hours going ’wow cool, lol I remember that’ and two minutes after I put it down I was wishing the author torn asunder by wild horses. This is apparently a pretty common experience going by how critics praised RPO for no apparent reason other than it being a nostalgia bomb (and maybe them being made to advertise it by publishers) but it was apparently a one time high given how Armada and the sequel were savaged.
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Jul 13, 2021 09:21
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When was the moment you realised the Oscars were bullshit? For me, it was when Val Kilmer didn't even get the nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Doc Holliday in Tombstone and it went to Tommy Lee Jones as Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive.
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Jul 13, 2021 09:32
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Following the animated awards makes it pretty clear since it's pretty much an open secret that the judges don't watch any of the nominees unless their kids happen to.
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Jul 13, 2021 09:34
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Jul 13, 2021 09:38
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While we're at personal Oscar grievances, I'll be forever salty that Birdman won Best Cinematography over Grand Budapest Hotel. GBH had a really memorable and unique style that I haven't really seen in any other movie before or since. Meanwhile Birdman went with a way less interesting (albeit technically impressive) continuous shot gimmick and still got the win. Though that may be in part because I just have an instinctive loathing of Hollywood movies about Hollywoood.
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Jul 13, 2021 09:39
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I don't dislike all movies about making it big in showbusiness, but it's comical how often they get academy nods. I liked Birdman and The Artist ok. Was not into LaLa Land. Disliked Mank. Ed Wood and Dolemite is my Name are very funny. They're like anti-oscarbait in their depiction of moviemaking (though Ed Wood got a couple of minor awards)
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Jul 13, 2021 11:03
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The Academy also likes to acknowledge sensitive subjects way too late and ends up doing it horribly. They gave that piece of poo poo Driving Miss Daisy Best Picture over Do the Right Thing, which wasn't even nominated. Then fifteen years later they're all "wait, we've been ignoring minorities" and give it to loving Crash (made by a white guy) to try and make up for it. I can't wait to see what kind of bullshit milquetoast coming-of-age gay drama directed by a sixty year old straight guy they'll give Best Picture in a few years because they refused to acknowledge Brokeback Mountain.
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Jul 13, 2021 12:49
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Pope Corky the IX posted:The Academy also likes to acknowledge sensitive subjects way too late and ends up doing it horribly. They gave that piece of poo poo Driving Miss Daisy Best Picture over Do the Right Thing, which wasn't even nominated. Then fifteen years later they're all "wait, we've been ignoring minorities" and give it to loving Crash (made by a white guy) to try and make up for it. I can't wait to see what kind of bullshit milquetoast coming-of-age gay drama directed by a sixty year old straight guy they'll give Best Picture in a few years because they refused to acknowledge Brokeback Mountain. I thought Moonlight was the “whoops, we hosed up” for Brokeback. Not saying it’s not a great movie, it is, but it felt like that influenced their choice. I forgot Green Book won best picture. That was a really weird choice considering what other nominees there were that year.
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Jul 13, 2021 12:54
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The Academy Awards have always been dumb. Go look at the movies that beat Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, or Raging Bull for Best Picture, or how some movies like Full Metal Jacket or the aforementioned Do The Right Thing weren’t even nominated.
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Jul 13, 2021 13:18
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It's bullshit that Spielberg didn't win for Jurassic Park in 93. He won it for Schindler's List instead, in one of the most profound flexes of moviemaking talent of all time.
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Jul 13, 2021 13:29
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I thought Moonlight was the “whoops, we hosed up” for Brokeback. Not saying it’s not a great movie, it is, but it felt like that influenced their choice. I completely forgot Moonlight existed, the last few years have been a painful blur. And Green Book was like a bizarrely updated Driving Miss Daisy made by terrible people and the only reason I remember it at all is because of a story from r/relationships where someone said "You're fat and the only reason you liked Green Book is because there was a cake in it!"
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Jul 13, 2021 13:30
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fartknocker posted:The Academy Awards have always been dumb. Go look at the movies that beat Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, or Raging Bull for Best Picture, or how some movies like Full Metal Jacket or the aforementioned Do The Right Thing weren’t even nominated. Annie Hall is a great movie unfortunately created by and starring a complete monster. Kramer vs. Kramer is good, though not on Apocalypse Now levels. I’m sure Coppola already getting two BPs was a factor. Ordinary People is whatever. Also speaking of Coppola and also Spielberg’s crazy year in 1993, The Conversation was nominated for Best Picture in the same year as The Godfather Part II. I am irrationally irritated that I had never heard of it until last year, because it whips.
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Jul 13, 2021 14:37
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I found Annie Hall funny, but I just couldn't get into it because Rainier Wolfcastle's Woody Allen impression kept playing in my head
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Jul 13, 2021 14:54
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Ready Player One is aimed firmly at Gen X. But… I'm Gen X! You're right tho. I really didn't care for that movie at all (never read the book). Being reminded that it was aimed at me is very  .Now I'm looking forward to the movie that will be "The Forrest Gump for Millenials"*. Sunswipe posted:Animated films being a seperate category is bullshit anyway. The Academy Awards got really scared when Beauty & the Beast looked like a strong contender for Best Picture so they made the separate category the following year. Pope Corky the IX posted:The Academy also likes to acknowledge sensitive subjects way too late and ends up doing it horribly. They gave that piece of poo poo Driving Miss Daisy Best Picture over Do the Right Thing, which wasn't even nominated. Then fifteen years later they're all "wait, we've been ignoring minorities" and give it to loving Crash (made by a white guy) to try and make up for it. I can't wait to see what kind of bullshit milquetoast coming-of-age gay drama directed by a sixty year old straight guy they'll give Best Picture in a few years because they refused to acknowledge Brokeback Mountain. e: f,b There was something I heard where somebody suggested Academy Awards should be like a sports Hall of Dame where you need a couple years to pass before it's eligible to be nominated. How does an audience feel after 5 years pass? *no I'm not but it's inevitable.
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Jul 13, 2021 15:39
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There are a lot of things wrong with Forrest Gump but it's biggest crime is making boomers feel better about themselves. Like "It's totally okay none of your bullshit worked out, you can just go ahead and blame your kids"
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Jul 13, 2021 15:45
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Pope Corky the IX posted:There are a lot of things wrong with Forrest Gump but it's biggest crime is making boomers feel better about themselves. Like "It's totally okay none of your bullshit worked out, you can just go ahead and blame your kids" I recommend reading the book, which is much more cynical, though I'm sure there's bits that have not aged well. They gutted a whole lot of farce for the nostalgia crap - Gump putting a chess Grandmaster off his game by accidently dropping a loud fart mid-game is superior to whatever crap replaced his chess career.
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Jul 13, 2021 15:55
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Ready Player One is aimed firmly at Gen X. 
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Jul 13, 2021 17:04
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Ellie Trashcakes posted:It was firmly aimed at buying Ernest Cline more cocaine Lmfao
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Jul 13, 2021 17:07
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I forgot Green Book won best picture. That was a really weird choice considering what other nominees there were that year. Pope Corky the IX posted:And Green Book was like a bizarrely updated Driving Miss Daisy made by terrible people and the only reason I remember it at all is because of a story from r/relationships where someone said "You're fat and the only reason you liked Green Book is because there was a cake in it!" Green Book - A Symphony of Lies | Renegade Cut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyPGekzcPuU it's all "presitge schlock". e; Elissimpark posted:I recommend reading the book, which is much more cynical, though I'm sure there's bits that have not aged well. They gutted a whole lot of farce for the nostalgia crap - Gump putting a chess Grandmaster off his game by accidently dropping a loud fart mid-game is superior to whatever crap replaced his chess career. He plays ping pong real good and beats the Chinese in tournaments. MariusLecter has a new favorite as of 17:32 on Jul 13, 2021 |
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Jul 13, 2021 17:26
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He plays ping pong real good in the book too if I remember right. At one point he gets sent to space with an orangutan co-pilot who has been trained to fly the shuttle - Forrest is there to peel the bananas for them. There's a weird racist scene with a tribe of cannibal rapists immediately afterwards. Also Forrest can gently caress real good for some reason. The film smoothed out most of the rough edges, must be said.
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Jul 13, 2021 17:51
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darkwasthenight posted:He plays ping pong real good in the book too if I remember right. At one point he gets sent to space with an orangutan co-pilot who has been trained to fly the shuttle - Forrest is there to peel the bananas for them. There's a weird racist scene with a tribe of cannibal rapists immediately afterwards. Also Forrest can gently caress real good for some reason. Oh yeah. Is it the leader of the cannibals that teaches him to play chess?
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Jul 13, 2021 17:57
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The book sounds a lot more a biting satire on boomers/american exceptionalism.
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Jul 13, 2021 18:18
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MariusLecter posted:The book sounds a lot more a biting satire on boomers/american exceptionalism. That's exactly what it is
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Jul 13, 2021 19:08
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I'd forgotten book Gump also had a pro wrestling career. Apparently the author pictured Gump being played by John Goodman. Now I'm imagining the Coen brothers Forrest Gump. Gah.
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Jul 13, 2021 19:17
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Elissimpark posted:Apparently the author pictured Gump being played by John Goodman. I need this.
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I feel like that’s the only way it would have been a great movie.
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