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Slavvy posted:Saw this thread, saw the nominee list, have a question: why is hell or high water so critically acclaimed? All I saw was a boring, formulaic heist type movie where nothing much interesting happened populated by uninteresting characters and also jeff bridges. It wouldn't be so critically acclaimed if not for the presence of Bridges, I don't think there's any argument there. But Bridges gives a great performance, and when you throw in another really solid performance by Foster and some really excellent cinematography you're in Oscar territory. Cinematography is a big thing with the Oscars. If you pair great cinematography with a great performance that's probably the best Oscar formula you can have.
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Obstacle2 posted:I'm really confused by all the praise I've seen from Hacksaw Ridge and to now see it has 6 Oscar nominations. I've been getting the feeling that Hollywood has wanted to "officially" bring Gibson back into the fold for a while now, this is just the first real opportunity they've had. He hasn't directed anything since Apocalypto.
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ruddiger posted:What range has Casey Affleck showed other than "socially awkward creep"? He plays a pretty amazing creep though doesn't he? Assassination of Jesse James is such a great performance.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:Here in America, everyone's just patting themselves on the back for nominating more than two black people. The whole thing is so transparent. Wow, just one year after the Oscars was roundly criticized for being 100% white, all of the sudden we're setting records for black nominees. Its a total coincidence, it just so happens that no people of color were deserving of a nomination last year!
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