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[Haloid1177]

Nope. Boyhood is amazing.

Nope. Boyhood is amazing.

Mediocre script made special because of how it was shot. Performances were fairly average as well. I don't even dislike the movie I just greatly disagree with the massive amounts of praise being heaped on it. It's gimmick is why it wins, not anything else.

Grand Budapest over Birdman? Ain't even mad.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Sweet!

 

[vatstep]

Congrats to Wes Anderson; pretty neat. I loved both GBH and Birdman, so I'm happy either way.

 

[Floridian]

I'd be surprised if boyhood doesn't win for best drama.

 

[Prompto]

Cool that Grand Budapest won.

 

[Atraveller]

Yup Reznor robbed

Totally

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

Wow. Really thought Birdman was a lock. Still went to a great movie.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

If Boyhood wins best picture, it is up there with Crash and Driving Miss Daisy in crazy ass best picture wins.

...

When will people realize that movies like Crash winning isn't necessarily anomalous?

 

[Helmholtz]

Really enjoyed Grand Budapest. Glad to see it get a big win.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

I don't know. It was a very good movie. Glad to see JK Simmons get a win though, because he was probably the strongest part of the film.

Miles teller was great too. I was blown away by the movie. One of the few movies that has exceeded my high expectations

 

[C4Lukins]

Yay for Grand Budapest.

 

[Tim the Wiz]

Yes, Wes!

Best movie of the year.

 

[overcast]

Holy crap. Didn't see that coming. I prefer it to Birdman I think. Definitely more of a comedy too.

 

[Sanjuro]

hahaa that was great

 

[DarkFlow]

Mediocre script made special because of how it was shot. Performances were fairly average as well. I don't even dislike the movie I just greatly disagree with the massive amounts of praise being heaped on it. It's gimmick is why it wins, not anything else.

Grand Budapest over Birdman? Ain't even mad.

Exactly, If you take away the gimmick of being shot over years, you're not really left with much of anything.

 

[McDougles]

Was there an In Memoriam this year?

 

[Hamlet]

Wasn't expecting GBH to win it. Great film still though.

 

[Chris R]

Was Tony Revolori not at the event? Shame he didn't get up on the stage

 

[Tactics18]

Really happy that Grand Budapest Hotel won.
This and Whiplash were the best of the year.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

Mediocre script made special because of how it was shot. Performances were fairly average as well. I don't even dislike the movie I just greatly disagree with the massive amounts of praise being heaped on it. It's gimmick is why it wins, not anything else.

Barely true. Linklater just reminded a lot of people what understated filming looks like. The movie got so many small things exactly right.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Was there an In Memoriam this year?

Only at the Oscars.

 

[manzoman96]

lol Bill Murray

 

[Sanjuro]

I ain't even mad.

Fuck Boyhood though. Truly awful film from all accounts.

 

[Helmholtz]

Miles teller was great too. I was blown away by the movie. One of the few movies that has exceeded my high expectations

Yeah he was. But I guess it was just a crowded year. Who knows, maybe it will get more noms for the Academy Awards.
I'm kind of surprised Foxcatcher got nominations where Whiplash didn't. I haven't seen it myself, but I haven't heard many good things about that movie, while I've seen pretty much nothing but praise for Whiplash.

 

[overcast]

Exactly, If you take away the gimmick of being shot over years, you're not really left with much of anything.

Except for an extremely well paced movie with some great performances and a beautiful picture of life and youth. It could seriously not have the "gimmick" and be just as great.

Same deal as the Before trilogy.

 

[Floridian]

I ain't even mad.

Fuck Boyhood though. Truly awful film from all accounts.

Overrated maybe, awful no.

 

[The Sarcastic Dude]

I ain't even mad.

Fuck Boyhood though. Truly awful film from all accounts.

The hyperbole in this post though...

 

[Trey]

I ain't even mad.

Fuck Boyhood though. Truly awful film from all accounts.

Have you seen it?

 

[Sanjuro]

Yeah he was. But I guess it was just a crowded year. Who knows, maybe it will get more noms for the Academy Awards.
I'm kind of surprised Foxcatcher got nominations where Whiplash didn't. I haven't seen it myself, but I haven't heard many good things about that movie, while I've seen pretty much nothing but praise for Whiplash.

I like them both. Foxcatcher is the better film overall. Whiplash felt like this years Dallas Buyers Club for me.

 

[robotrock]

Fuck yes. Wes Anderson!

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Yeah he was. But I guess it was just a crowded year. Who knows, maybe it will get more noms for the Academy Awards.
I'm kind of surprised Foxcatcher got nominations where Whiplash didn't. I haven't seen it myself, but I haven't heard many good things about that movie, while I've seen pretty much nothing but praise for Whiplash.

Foxcatcher was an 7 for me while whiplash was a 10

 

[newjeruse]

I ain't even mad.

Fuck Boyhood though. Truly awful film from all accounts.

All accounts? It has a 100% on metacritic. That's the opposite of all accounts.

 

[Haloid1177]

Except for an extremely well paced movie with some great performances and a beautiful picture of life and youth. It could seriously not have the "gimmick" and be just as great.

Same deal as the Before trilogy.

I don't even think it was that well placed because it could really drag towards the end. And the performances were below Whiplash by a mile.

And yet I think I put it fourth in my favorite films of the year because like everyone else, how it was shot is goddamn impressive.

 

[DarkFlow]

Except for an extremely well paced movie with some great performances and a beautiful picture of life and youth. It could seriously not have the "gimmick" and be just as great.

Same deal as the Before trilogy.

It's not a movie, there's almost no plot to it. At this point people are just seeing what they want to see. It's almost just a bunch of random scenes thrown together and he called it a movie.

 

[Choomp]

Mediocre script made special because of how it was shot. Performances were fairly average as well. I don't even dislike the movie I just greatly disagree with the massive amounts of praise being heaped on it. It's gimmick is why it wins, not anything else.

Grand Budapest over Birdman? Ain't even mad.

I agree with you but I think it definitely deserves praise. Arquette probably shouldn't have won, sure, but the movie really was something different and appealed to me quite a bit, I never see things that relate able on screen very often.

Anyway, congrats to Grand Budapest. I haven't seen it, but it looks neat and I'm going to watch it tomorrow.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

Grand Budapest is my favorite Wes Anderson movie, I'm glad it won. Now for Boyhood to clean up and they'll have gotten both right.

 

[overcast]

The hyperbole in this post though...

It's just classic internet reaction. Movie gets acclaim, that's fine (I guess). It starts getting some accolades? Watch out.

 

[vatstep]

Yeah he was. But I guess it was just a crowded year. Who knows, maybe it will get more noms for the Academy Awards.
I'm kind of surprised Foxcatcher got nominations where Whiplash didn't. I haven't seen it myself, but I haven't heard many good things about that movie, while I've seen pretty much nothing but praise for Whiplash.

Foxcatcher deserves the nominations for its performances, but I was pretty surprised to see it up for best drama at the GGs; I thought it was just okay. It'll be more understandable if it gets an Oscar nod due to the expanded number of nominees.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Wooderson!

 

[WarrenMax007]

Matt oh yes

 

[C4Lukins]

Oh shut up.

No, the second half of the film was shit. The whole 12 years thing did not work out, because the lead actor turned out to be completely a dull person or at the very least a bad actor.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

What the hell is with Matt's accent?

 

[Junior Mint]

What the hell is with Matt's accent?

Must be practicing for his new movie

 

[Sanjuro]

It's just classic internet reaction. Movie gets acclaim, that's fine (I guess). It starts getting some accolades? Watch out.

I get the acclaim, and picked it in most of the categories. Doesn't change the fact that I didn't enjoy it.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

Foxcatcher deserves the nominations for its performances, but I was pretty surprised to see it up for best drama at the GGs; I thought it was just okay. It'll be more understandable if it gets an Oscar nod due to the expanded number of nominees.

It'll be easier. No way Oscar is touching comedies outside of Birdman and GBH.

 

[lazybones18]

Julianne Moore is still hot

 

[MidnightCowboy]

It's not a movie, there's almost no plot to it. At this point people are just seeing what they want to see. It's almost just a bunch of random scenes thrown together and he called it a movie.

This is one of the worst posts I've ever read

 

[overcast]

I don't even think it was that well placed because it could really drag towards the end. And the performances were below Whiplash by a mile.

And yet I think I put it fourth in my favorite films of the year because like everyone else, how it was shot is goddamn impressive.

I haven't seen Whiplash, but Hawke was fantastic. For an almost 3 hour movie I felt it flew by.

It's not a movie, there's almost no plot to it. At this point people are just seeing what they want to see. It's almost just a bunch of random scenes thrown together and he called it a movie.

No, it wasn't that. Firstly, what makes a movie a movie? It doesn't follow a typical structure, but that's far from the point.

 

[vatstep]

Must be practicing for his new movie

It's a Civil War role, apparently

 

[Choomp]

My jesus Reese Witherspoon is good lookin'. Didn't really like Wild but damn

Also Foxcatcher was ok but shouldn't really be up for anything besides the actors, ooh I need see Nightcrawler