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Basebf555 posted:Was the scene with Lecter tracking down Chilton in South America or wherever a post-credits thing? I can't remember. No, I thought that might be one, but the credits start to roll over it as it pulls back in that dolly shot.
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bbf2 posted:Just watched A Star is Born for the first time (available on rental for 99 cents) and I legitimately do not get the ending The proper ending to A Star Is Born is immediately watching Vox Lux with a huge loving alcoholic drink in your hand.
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bbf2 posted:Just watched A Star is Born for the first time (available on rental for 99 cents) and I legitimately do not get the ending i'm pretty sure it was a wake/memorial service and not a concert.
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BeanpolePeckerwood posted:...in which he basically looks at us and says "I did what I had to do in order to protect your freedom". Vice is honestly too much of a mess to be a bad movie. It falters and falls apart, but at least it's making attempts. There are still at least ten movies I can name this year that deserve a Best Picture nom over it.
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Timeless Appeal posted:Look, Vice is a mess, but I actually think this part is clever because it's obviously bullshit. It's a narrative the film never once deals with. It lays out a case, let's Cheney give a trite retort, and the words are just empty. The idea that it was about protecting freedom isn't about a differing point of view. It just seems completely alien to the world of the film by that point and like baffling thing to say. edit It felt to me like a film that was created to appeal to as big a crowd as possible regardless of political bent or moral inclination, and yes I know that sounds naive. I simply reject the notion that a movie that is ostensibly about the unfolding of an occupation that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of brown people should feel comfortable performing a sort of vacuous humor and moral equivocation. Like, in a perverted way I can see reactionary pragmatists coming away from that film feeling vindicated about their support for Cheney. It's slimy, and I think we will look back on it and shake our heads. BeanpolePeckerwood fucked around with this message at 22:37 on Feb 22, 2019 |
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The fake ending was the best part. I should have turned it off right then and there.
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Vintersorg posted:The fake ending was the best part. I should have turned it off right then and there. Pretty much. Last half of the film redacted.
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bbf2 posted:Just watched A Star is Born for the first time (available on rental for 99 cents) and I legitimately do not get the ending Weird Al went on stage to do a concert a couple of hours after learning both of his parents died. It happens.
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A college basketball coach hit and killed a man with his car on Wednesday and is gonna coach the biggest game of the season tonight. Getting back to some sense of normalcy is understandable. (He wasn’t at fault, it was late and he wasn’t drunk or speeding or anything, there was just a guy who was on the side of a road because of a previous accident that evening and walked into the road at the wrong time. I can’t stop thinking about it because I can’t imagine how that must feel, for everyone involved.)
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bbf2 posted:Just watched A Star is Born for the first time (available on rental for 99 cents) and I legitimately do not get the ending It’s not a concert.
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Three hours or so until I close the contest in da OP. I watched most of the shorts using Itunes last night: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/oscar-nominated-short-films-2019-select-animation-live/id1451613502 This is not every short film for some reason (cost/rights I assume). Bao and Late Afternoon as two examples are not on there, and none of the short documentaries are on there. For some reason they are almost all about kids this year. The only outright dumb one is Skin in my opinion, which is an incredible  journey through ironic plot twists and is just a bone-simple morality tale.Someone asked about Detainment and it's a good piece of filmwork, even if it doesn't really depict them as the young sociopaths they both apparently were in real life. It sets the table as one of the kids (Venables) being easily-manipulated by the other, a garden variety sociopath (Thompson), but to me subtly leaves open the idea that Venables just successfully pretends to be easily-manipulated while Thompson is so openly antisocial that the investigators are much harsher. In real life, Venables became a repeat offender and Thompson has essentially stayed out of the news, from what I can tell. Animal Behaviour: Solidly OK comedy about relationship therapy where every character is an animal. I enjoyed it, but it was nothing profound or particularly clever. One Small Step: Really beautiful, sentimental work. Weekends: Very beautiful work here. Fauve: Beautifully shot about two children playing in a mining area. Marguerite: Very good; about fragility in old age and lost opportunities. Mother: Mostly notable for being done in one continuous shot. Name Change fucked around with this message at 23:48 on Feb 24, 2019 |
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I saw the animation shorts in the theater, and there was definitely a lot of similar themes in them. Bao is also about a child (and, similar to One Small Step, involves the Chinese immigrant experience), and while Late Afternoon is about an elderly person, it has her reliving childhood memories. One of the 'highly commended' films was the Russian Tweet Tweet, which runs through a full life from childhood to the end, and felt like it could slot in with the others just as easily thematically. It just didn't have quite enough depth to its story or visual flair (though it was the only photorealistic 3D one in the group). Late Afternoon doesn't quite match the visual artistry (or brilliant sound design) of Weekends, but it's emotionally stronger and the animation is quite good. I'd probably choose it to win, even though I personally hate the ending. It seems 90% of dementia stories end on the person having a moment when they recognize their family member, as if their dementia has a sense of dramatic timing. Animal Behaviour stood out as the only comedy*, but I agree it didn't have a whole lot beyond the humor. Bao is almost certain to win - not only is it Pixar, but it's honestly quite good. It's just that you get the nagging feeling of being emotionally manipulated that you get with most Pixar properties. Visually, it's fine. It's Pixar. It looks fine. *The other 'highly commended' was the comedic Wishing Box, a charming if simple joke short. e: Doc short subject A Night at the Garden (shortest nominee in some time, at 7 min) can be seen in full at its site: https://anightatthegarden.com/ Black Sheep is on The Guardian's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-Y5zvnDxsI Kangra fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Feb 25, 2019 |
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I watched Green Book last night. It's a fine film but it has no business winning Best Picture.
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Glenn Close looks beautiful.
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NickRoweFillea posted:Glenn Close looks beautiful. Always
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Glenn Close went for subtlety and dressed up like an Oscar.
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I was hoping there wouldn't be an opening monologue. Haha, spoke too soon. pospysyl fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Feb 25, 2019 |
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Feb 25, 2019 02:08
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Emma Stone's dress is amazing. Also a bunch of guys are wearing dope not-boring tuxes this year (Spike, Billy Porter, Jason Momoa, Brian Tyree Henry) and it makes me very happy
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Chris Evans is such a gentleman.
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I really do not like how Adam Lambert sang those Queen songs. His voice just doesn’t sound right.
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I mean if you're going to go full oscars with it just get Rami up there and have him sing it.
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Get the Canadian dude they mixed Rami's voice with to do it. j/k Lambert owns
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“God is always leaning in my direction.” “God is good all the time.” There are a few thousand kids in cages at the Mexico border who might disagree. 
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:that momoa outfit is dope Agreed. Josh Lyman posted:“God is always leaning in my direction.” Well, He's good for the rich.
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RBG would’ve been nice symbolically but apparently Free Solo was an amazing production effort? I haven’t seen it yet but I want to.
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Rough start to the Oscars. The Queen covers were bad, Weisz should've won supporting actress, and it's absolutely insane that Won't You Be My Neighbor? wasn't even loving nominated.
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Aquaman really likes rock climbing.
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surf rock posted:Rough start to the Oscars. The Queen covers were bad, Weisz should've won supporting actress, and it's absolutely insane that Won't You Be My Neighbor? wasn't even loving nominated. My high expectations have been shattered.
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That Free Solo acceptance speech was a dumpster fire. What are they doing just standing up there silently like they’re chilling at a cocktail party STOP WASTING MY TIME AND GET OFF MY LAWN
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Josh Lyman posted:That Free Solo acceptance speech was a dumpster fire. What are they doing just standing up there silently like they’re chilling at a cocktail party STOP WASTING MY TIME AND GET OFF MY LAWN First time I was glad to have someone played off.
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Tom Morello in a suit
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Codependent Poster posted:Tom Morello in a suit
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Lol Tom Morello’s intro for Vice was as long as the actual clip segment
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Tom loving Morello shilling for a neolib fantasy is peak 2019
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It's also insane that Eighth Grade wasn't nominated for original screenplay. edit: hoo boy there are a ton of winners who were not at all prepared to win
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Escobarbarian posted:Tom loving Morello shilling for a neolib fantasy is peak 2019 Tom Morello talking is always just really weird. The lack of Zack in Prophets of Rage puts him even more in the limelight and it's just weird. This acceptance speech is the worst thing ever.
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Did they write their own speech?
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