Movie review thread...
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If you rely on the Oscar’s as a guide to enjoyable films you’ll be forever disappointed.
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I'm seriously wondering WTF is woke about this years Oscars compared to other years?
A film kind of about disability won. Films about disabilities have won lots of years. This years winner was a bloody good film and the closest to a comedy that we'll ever see win an Oscar. And the protagonist wasn't the one with the disability.
The rest are pretty typical Oscar fair aside from Dune. One had a black lead. One had gay cowboys, as already pointed out this is now a recurring Oscar theme, the older one was much better than this one. One was Japanese. One was a musical remake from the 60s. One was set in Northern Ireland. One was about Carnies but thankfully didn't have any fish fucking. One was marmite movie that I guess will be considered woke. The least woke movie was by far the worst.
This place is always crying woke.
Also, Saving Private Ryan didn't fucking win (they should have burnt down the Oscars there and then) and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
I'm seriously wondering WTF is woke about this years Oscars compared to other years?
A film kind of about disability won. Films about disabilities have won lots of years. This years winner was a bloody good film and the closest to a comedy that we'll ever see win an Oscar. And the protagonist wasn't the one with the disability.
The rest are pretty typical Oscar fair aside from Dune. One had a black lead. One had gay cowboys, as already pointed out this is now a recurring Oscar theme, the older one was much better than this one. One was Japanese. One was a musical remake from the 60s. One was set in Northern Ireland. One was about Carnies but thankfully didn't have any fish fucking. One was marmite movie that I guess will be considered woke. The least woke movie was by far the worst.
This place is always crying woke.
Also, Saving Private Ryan didn't fucking win (they should have burnt down the Oscars there and then) and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
Shield Snorters is overrated
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Death on the Nile Lavish version of Agatha Christie's novel with Branagh as Hercule Poirot.
Strangely empty film with stunning cinematography and Branagh's Poirot is really good and you cant go wrong with the plot, but the dialogue and casting was just so plastic, contrived and full of tick-box "diversity" characters it made you cringe.
2.5 Token Gay actors out of 5 Robert De Niro's
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@victor-meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Death on the Nile Lavish version of Agatha Christie's novel with Branagh as Hercule Poirot.
Strangely empty film with stunning cinematography and Branagh's Poirot is really good and you cant go wrong with the plot, but the dialogue and casting was just so plastic, contrived and full of tick-box "diversity" characters it made you cringe.
2.5 Token Gay actors out of 5 Robert De Niro's
Sounds like a shoe in for the Oscars.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
I'm seriously wondering WTF is woke about this years Oscars compared to other years?
A film kind of about disability won. Films about disabilities have won lots of years. This years winner was a bloody good film and the closest to a comedy that we'll ever see win an Oscar. And the protagonist wasn't the one with the disability.
The rest are pretty typical Oscar fair aside from Dune. One had a black lead. One had gay cowboys, as already pointed out this is now a recurring Oscar theme, the older one was much better than this one. One was Japanese. One was a musical remake from the 60s. One was set in Northern Ireland. One was about Carnies but thankfully didn't have any fish fucking. One was marmite movie that I guess will be considered woke. The least woke movie was by far the worst.
This place is always crying woke.
Also, Saving Private Ryan didn't fucking win (they should have burnt down the Oscars there and then) and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
Really couldn't give a stuff about an actor's skin colour, ethnicity or sexuality and prefer to judge on their acting ability. Ditto what themes the movie wants to explore. It's the quality of the finished product that matters.
But for me it's the sheer obviousness of acting quotas being filled - based on skin colour or sexuality - rather than people being picked on suitability for the role and actual quality of acting, which is a turn-off. Then you have scripts which seem to have built-in diversity stereotypes which give the impression that every family is cheerfully mixed-race, gay people happily and openly existed in the 1800's and the aristocracy was awash with BAME people. And, even worse, more often than not, the characters are weak and the roles poorly written.
I just find it a bit patronising and puerile.
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
I'm seriously wondering WTF is woke about this years Oscars compared to other years?
A film kind of about disability won. Films about disabilities have won lots of years. This years winner was a bloody good film and the closest to a comedy that we'll ever see win an Oscar. And the protagonist wasn't the one with the disability.
The rest are pretty typical Oscar fair aside from Dune. One had a black lead. One had gay cowboys, as already pointed out this is now a recurring Oscar theme, the older one was much better than this one. One was Japanese. One was a musical remake from the 60s. One was set in Northern Ireland. One was about Carnies but thankfully didn't have any fish fucking. One was marmite movie that I guess will be considered woke. The least woke movie was by far the worst.
This place is always crying woke.
Also, Saving Private Ryan didn't fucking win (they should have burnt down the Oscars there and then) and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
Shield Snorters is overrated
If every province was a movie, you know Shield Snorters would be the most profitable (including every sequel).
Also would have the award every province wants...
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@mn5 said in Movie review thread...:
@victor-meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
Death on the Nile Lavish version of Agatha Christie's novel with Branagh as Hercule Poirot.
Strangely empty film with stunning cinematography and Branagh's Poirot is really good and you cant go wrong with the plot, but the dialogue and casting was just so plastic, contrived and full of tick-box "diversity" characters it made you cringe.
2.5 Token Gay actors out of 5 Robert De Niro's
Sounds like a shoe in for the Oscars.
There's a character in the movie who's black, a feisty single-mother and who has struggled with additional prejudice as she's a female singer in a man's world and who plays an electric guitar (a bit like Suzi Quattro).
It's such a plastic character you feel sorry for the actress.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
I'm seriously wondering WTF is woke about this years Oscars compared to other years?
A film kind of about disability won. Films about disabilities have won lots of years. This years winner was a bloody good film and the closest to a comedy that we'll ever see win an Oscar. And the protagonist wasn't the one with the disability.
The rest are pretty typical Oscar fair aside from Dune. One had a black lead. One had gay cowboys, as already pointed out this is now a recurring Oscar theme, the older one was much better than this one. One was Japanese. One was a musical remake from the 60s. One was set in Northern Ireland. One was about Carnies but thankfully didn't have any fish fucking. One was marmite movie that I guess will be considered woke. The least woke movie was by far the worst.
This place is always crying woke.
Also, Saving Private Ryan didn't fucking win (they should have burnt down the Oscars there and then) and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
That's because woke = shit entertainment.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
I'm seriously wondering WTF is woke about this years Oscars compared to other years?
A film kind of about disability won. Films about disabilities have won lots of years. This years winner was a bloody good film and the closest to a comedy that we'll ever see win an Oscar. And the protagonist wasn't the one with the disability.
The rest are pretty typical Oscar fair aside from Dune. One had a black lead. One had gay cowboys, as already pointed out this is now a recurring Oscar theme, the older one was much better than this one. One was Japanese. One was a musical remake from the 60s. One was set in Northern Ireland. One was about Carnies but thankfully didn't have any fish fucking. One was marmite movie that I guess will be considered woke. The least woke movie was by far the worst.
This place is always crying woke.
Also, Saving Private Ryan didn't fucking win (they should have burnt down the Oscars there and then) and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
That's because woke = shit entertainment.
I enjoyed a bunch of the Oscar nominated movies this year, thought some were complete rubbish too. Didn't think about whether they were woke or not until today's comments on this thread.
No one's forced to watch any of them. I assume there's lots of movies out there that don't meet whatever your definition of woke is.
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Panama - Mel Gibson (must have same agent as Bruce Willis nowadays?) except he was only in the movie for about 10 mins of so.
2 south American drug cartels out of 5 rogue ex Special Forces
Highlight of the film is Kiara Liz, she is fire, oh, TW - yes.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
…and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
You’ve let yourself down there
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@taniwharugby Fuego mate. Fuego
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@mikethesnow said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
…and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
You’ve let yourself down there
I let myself down when I sat through it. There's a reason Cimino nearly brought down an entire film studio.
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@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mikethesnow said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
…and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
You’ve let yourself down there
I let myself down when I sat through it. There's a reason Cimino nearly brought down an entire film studio.
I was amazed at how few films he’s directed, considering he’s always thought of as a Hollywood heavyweight. Not much there for the neutral either. The Deer Hunter would have been a great film if was a hell of a lot shorter. Thunderbolt & Lightfooot was an amusing romp, but aside from those two - sheesh!
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@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mikethesnow said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
…and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
You’ve let yourself down there
I let myself down when I sat through it. There's a reason Cimino nearly brought down an entire film studio.
I was amazed at how few films he’s directed, considering he’s always thought of as a Hollywood heavyweight. Not much there for the neutral either. The Deer Hunter would have been a great film if was a hell of a lot shorter. Thunderbolt & Lightfooot was an amusing romp, but aside from those two - sheesh!
I think Heavens Gate probably wrecked his career/reputation with the studios
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@victor-meldrew said in Movie review thread...:
@catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@mikethesnow said in Movie review thread...:
@nepia said in Movie review thread...:
…and The Deer Hunter is overrated.
You’ve let yourself down there
I let myself down when I sat through it. There's a reason Cimino nearly brought down an entire film studio.
I was amazed at how few films he’s directed, considering he’s always thought of as a Hollywood heavyweight. Not much there for the neutral either. The Deer Hunter would have been a great film if was a hell of a lot shorter. Thunderbolt & Lightfooot was an amusing romp, but aside from those two - sheesh!
I think Heavens Gate probably wrecked his career/reputation with the studios
Undoubtedly, but according to IMDB that was only his third gig as Director. Where does he get his rep from?