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The winners of the contest are Mukaikubo and Shneak. This entitles you to a free av change. Contact Franchescanado. 16 / 24 Mukaikubo 16 / 24 Shneak 15 / 24 Almost Blue 14 / 24 nerdman42 13 / 24 Purple Monkey 13 / 24 oneforthevine 13 / 24 MorgaineDax 13 / 24 pospysyl 12 / 24 Average Lettuce 12 / 24 Sodomy Hussein 11 / 24 QuoProQuid 11 / 24 Kangra 10 / 24 I, Butthole 10 / 24 Jack‘s Flow 9 / 24 Preston Waters 9 / 24 Apes-A-Poppin 8 / 24 Anukahn 7 / 24 Chili 7 / 24 Vintersorg 7 / 24 R. Guyovich 6 / 24 Janky mofo 4 / 24 Free Cog Most Missed Answer: Green Book for Original Screenplay (2 correct responses) Green Book for Best Picture (3) Skin for Documentary Short Subject (3) Foregone Conclusion: Bao for Animated Short Film (18 correct responses)
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I, Butthole posted:I think with Roma winning three major categories and Netflix getting another win in Short Doco, the "Netflix bias" argument might be unsound You should probably read the article for the more in-depth argument.
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Feb 25, 2019 06:45
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i'm just surprised they gave crash another best picture oscar after all this time
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Feb 25, 2019 07:14
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this is why i only watch the people's choice awards - where the fans are in charge
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Feb 25, 2019 07:15
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pyrotek posted:You should probably read the article for the more in-depth argument. Why the gently caress would I do that before posting a hot take
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Feb 25, 2019 07:16
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This must have been written way in advance but drat does this opinion piece systematically dismantle Green Book’s badness https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-oscars-green-book-worst-best-picture-winner-20190224-story.html
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Feb 25, 2019 07:42
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Sodomy Hussein posted:Most Missed Answer: As one of the few who correctly predicted this I've never felt so dirty about being right
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Sodomy Hussein posted:The winners of the contest are Mukaikubo and Shneak. This entitles you to a free av change. Contact Franchescanado. I'd like to thank the academy for being predictably stupid I'll do it later this week, it may be time for me to get a gang tag too
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Feb 25, 2019 13:20
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Normally this kind of stuff is sore loserdom but given what he lost against, he has every right to be salty
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Feb 25, 2019 15:30
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Yeah and it’s not as if he would’ve reacted like that to any of the other results.
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Feb 25, 2019 15:36
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I know people always say this, but this has gotta be the worst Academy Awards of recent memory. Bad nominees, worst possible winners for nearly every important category, just awful all around. Hopefully all the old white dudes who vote on this crap will die soon.
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Feb 25, 2019 15:49
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Green Book winning over BlackKklansman is a perfect summary of America’s continued reliance on “safe” narratives about race and other social issues.
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Feb 25, 2019 15:55
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Waiting for a generation to die out is always the most impotent form of activism.
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Feb 25, 2019 16:00
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That's why I prefer the most direct form of activism, arguing with people on the internet.
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Feb 25, 2019 16:09
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Fart City posted:Green Book winning over BlackKklansman is a perfect summary of America’s continued reliance on “safe” narratives about race and other social issues. It's amazing how "ridicules David Duke" is not yet considered "safe" enough to win an Oscar. Like, I watched BlackkKlansman and thought that it was definitely palatable enough for the mass audience to appreciate it and celebrate it but apparently the David Dukes of the world are still protected in this country. I guess the joke is on me for still being surprised by this poo poo.
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Fart City posted:Green Book winning over BlackKklansman is a perfect summary of America’s continued reliance on “safe” narratives about race and other social issues. BlacKkKlansman is honestly pretty safe too. The unsafe movies are probably Blindspotting, or the movie that espouses communist ideology.
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Feb 25, 2019 16:17
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Basebf555 posted:It's amazing how "ridicules David Duke" is not yet considered "safe" enough to win an Oscar. Like, I watched BlackkKlansman and thought that it was definitely palatable enough for the mass audience to appreciate it and celebrate it but apparently the David Dukes of the world are still protected in this country. I guess the joke is on me for still being surprised by this poo poo. There is some other stuff too, but I think the ending with Trump footage and very directly connecting him to white supremecy is what pushes it over the edge of "not safe."
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exquisite tea posted:I know people always say this, but this has gotta be the worst Academy Awards of recent memory. Bad nominees, worst possible winners for nearly every important category, just awful all around. Hopefully all the old white dudes who vote on this crap will die soon. Doesn't help that it wasn't an especially great year of movies to begin with. Anyway, at least the show itself was pretty strong. Also since I don't have any better place to drop this take, Chi-Raq was better than BlacKKKlansman
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Basebf555 posted:It's amazing how "ridicules David Duke" is not yet considered "safe" enough to win an Oscar. Like, I watched BlackkKlansman and thought that it was definitely palatable enough for the mass audience to appreciate it and celebrate it but apparently the David Dukes of the world are still protected in this country. I guess the joke is on me for still being surprised by this poo poo. To clarify what I meant a bit, BKK is definitely a lot more confrontational about the hard truths of race in America. You have the suburban housewife planting bombs for the kkk. The victory of the protagonists is undercut by the sense that on a macro-level nothing has really changed. And I don’t think I’ve ever heard a theater go more silent than during the gutpunch of that last scene. Green Book is a movie ostensibly about race that in actuality is a redemption tale of a white racist, delivered from the perspective of said racist.
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Feb 25, 2019 16:34
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Green Book would have voted for Obama a third time, if it could
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Feb 25, 2019 16:42
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Green Book shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
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I hope next year they have Billy Crystal host and make him do the whole thing in his blackface jazzman character.
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Feb 25, 2019 16:52
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And now to present the first award, Ten Danson.
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Almost Blue posted:There is some other stuff too, but I think the ending with Trump footage and very directly connecting him to white supremecy is what pushes it over the edge of "not safe." Calling Republicans something bad is one of the most safest things you can do in Hollywood.
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https://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/0...ck-friend-once/ "Experts agree that if BlacKkKlansman and Black Panther don’t lose to the one that looks like Driving Miss Daisy Part Two, they will instead lose to the one that’s directed by an accused serial rapist."
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Feb 25, 2019 18:56
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General Dog posted:Doesn't help that it wasn't an especially great year of movies to begin with. Anyway, at least the show itself was pretty strong. I think that’s only a hot take because no one watched Chi-raq, which has problems but is a fun theatre kid Lee movie
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Basebf555 posted:It's amazing how "ridicules David Duke" is not yet considered "safe" enough to win an Oscar. Like, I watched BlackkKlansman and thought that it was definitely palatable enough for the mass audience to appreciate it and celebrate it but apparently the David Dukes of the world are still protected in this country. I guess the joke is on me for still being surprised by this poo poo. That was the unsafe bit.
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black klansman was preachy as gently caress while being totally unrealistic. i genuinely believe it’s some sort of patronizing reverse-racism that got it nominated for anything at all. that and because it’s spike lee and it’s his turn or whatever.
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Vegetable posted:black klansman was preachy as gently caress while being totally unrealistic. i genuinely believe it’s some sort of patronizing reverse-racism that got it nominated for anything at all. that and because it’s spike lee and it’s his turn or whatever. Yikes. 
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Feb 26, 2019 02:18
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You gotta be pretty naive to think bunch of white Oscar voters didn't just decide to nominate the most famous black director they know instead of spending a few hours to watch the lesser known but better stuff like sorry to bother you and the hate u give and if beale street could talk
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I haven't seen If Beale Street Could Talk or Sorry To Bother You yet so I can't compare them, but I will say that I thought Blackkklansman did itself a disservice by making the KKK giant idiots (because they don't come across as a credible threat) and all of the constant comparisons to modern day stuff during the period stuff was slightly too over the top. The film has no subtlety--and yeah, if it were a film that general audiences were watching, I would get it, but if that audience went to any race film in 2018 they went to see Green Book, not the new Spike Lee joint. But they probably didn't go see any of them. The ending was pretty good--I did love the surreal near-horror dolly shot ending on the burning cross, and the smash cut to modern day was pretty loving devistating, but then it turned into a five minute recap of racist poo poo since Trump was elected and lost a little of the effect. Basically the film needed a better editor.
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asecondduck posted:Basically the film needed a better editor. *Academy Award winning editor, John Ottman, comes running through the door*
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DeimosRising posted:I think that’s only a hot take because no one watched Chi-raq, which has problems but is a fun theatre kid Lee movie chi-raq is much better than blackkklansman and every spike lee movie since 25th hour for that matter.
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I saw Sorry to Bother You in the opening medley of films, so they were definitely aware of it. It’s a crying shame it didn’t even get a single nomination though.
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asecondduck posted:I haven't seen If Beale Street Could Talk or Sorry To Bother You yet so I can't compare them, but I will say that I thought Blackkklansman did itself a disservice by making the KKK giant idiots (because they don't come across as a credible threat) and all of the constant comparisons to modern day stuff during the period stuff was slightly too over the top. The film has no subtlety--and yeah, if it were a film that general audiences were watching, I would get it, but if that audience went to any race film in 2018 they went to see Green Book, not the new Spike Lee joint. But they probably didn't go see any of them. BK treats the KKK the same way that BAD BOYS 2 did. I like the movie a lot, but I think Bootsy Collins' well thought out argument against it was perfectly valid. Its as much fiction as people claim GREEN BOOK is (Worth noting that whatever criticisms the family made about the relationship portrayed in the movie, Shirley's own words on the issue seems to disagree with them). Making them buffoons worked for something like DJANGO UNCHAINED but it's isolated to one scene. DrVenkman fucked around with this message at 13:11 on Feb 26, 2019 |
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asecondduck posted:Basically the film needed a better editor. Congratulations, you've successfully summarized Spike Lee's career. Although at the same time, the shagginess and digressive nature of his movies is kind of what's most endearing about them.
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DrVenkman posted:Making them buffoons worked for something like DJANGO UNCHAINED but it's isolated to one scene. Part of me can't help but think media needs to make more stories about how dangerous morons can be. Your villains can be stupid, but they still need to be a viable threat.
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I can't stand how Spike Lee becomes Kanye West whenever he doesn't win an "award" no true artist gives a gently caress about.
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Slutitution posted:I can't stand how Spike Lee becomes Kanye West whenever he doesn't win an "award" no true artist gives a gently caress about. hint: he's protesting the reasons no true artist gives a gently caress about it
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