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The Swiss media was ecstatic when they heard about the country scoring two nominations, so it's definitely not just a British thing. Europe as a whole seems to care a lot more about the Oscars than any other award show.
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Kawabata posted:why was hacksaw ridge nominated for best picture, this is a serious question It's incredibly gory, but in a respected enough genre to get away with it. Also, the basic message that you can be both a pacifist and a patriot fits the current political climate.
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Obstacle2 posted:Hacksaw Ridge felt like a propaganda movie brought out of the mid-20th century into 2016. Well, Gibson did list Saving Private Ryan as one of his influences.
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Not only is Pitt in the film for about five minutes at most, there's nothing bad about his performance except maybe the accent.
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Sounds like democracy as usual.
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I liked it. It's nasty in a way not many war films are; probably the closest we'll ever get to Dario Argento directing a WW2 movie. Edit: Now that I think about it, Fulci would probably have been a better comparison. Samuel Clemens fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Feb 26, 2017 |
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Harlock posted:I appreciate hearing your opinions. I can see where you're coming from, but the violence to me was over the top to the point of parody/comedy. Kung Fu grenade kick included. Oh, I agree, it's extremely over the top. But I think that was the intention. Trying to realistically capture warfare from the point of view of a soldier is a futile experience because the audience as neutral observer is too far removed from the events. So Gibson abandons realism in favour of showing the emotional experience: confusion, fear, anger, even brief moments of heroic levity like the grenade kick. It's like he's trying to do an expressionist rendition of battle, and while I don't think he succeeds entirely, I find the attempt admirable.
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