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The 88th Academy Awards |OT| Sixth Time's A Charm
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Discotheque
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Best believe Nolan wins in 2018 for Dunkirk. Even got Tom Hardy and Rylance cast in it. Really happy about that
TheWorthyEdge
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Alicia Vikander is DAMN good looking.
I'm gonna watch both her movies soon.
Hmm, speak (inter)nationally about climate change or talk about shitty memes, what a dilemma.
Death Metalist
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Yes. Shed a few tears, so happy he won. I still don't see how he never got nominated at the very least for Once Upon A Time in America ,not to mention the countless other things he did? *facepalm*
Same thing happened to me with Neil Armstrong. You get sad twice.
Man, prognostigaf was right- Spotlight won movie of the year.
... Which I couldn't believe then, and I can't believe now. It was a good film, don't get me wrong, but it felt like something I could have seen as a network television special. Honestly surprised that it won, but it was a pretty weak year for movies overall.
... Which I couldn't believe then, and I can't believe now. It was a good film, don't get me wrong, but it felt like something I could have seen as a network television special. Honestly surprised that it won, but it was a pretty weak year for movies overall.
The Lamonster
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You're oversimplifying my quote. He didn't even say anything like, "it's been a long time in the making" "thanks for all the support" "six nominations" "finally"
no jokes or really anything interesting at all, TBH. If I was never on the internet and wasn't aware of all the Leo Oscar hype going into the evening, I wouldn't think there was anything particularly special about his win based on his speech.
Discotheque
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good. the leo oscar hype was embarrassing and just made him look like a man thirsty for an award. why would he want to bring attention to that.
Remember when you were a virgin waiting for sex for the first time.
That was Leo's orgasm.
Discotheque
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it was quicker than that speech for me tbh. lol.
friskykillface
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Lol those pages where mad max won B2B2B oscars, shit was hype B^) even if those were "lesser" oscars
But still, 6 oscars for Valhalla B^)
But still, 6 oscars for Valhalla B^)
Very.
ryutaro's mama
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Subject matter is difficult to watch but it is a great movie.
Really good performances.
NealMcCauley
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Thinking about it my favorite moment last night was Iñárritu's pissy look when Fury Road won costume design and he realized Revenant wasn't going to sweep the awards.
Not really a fan of Spotlight winning. It felt really uncinematic too me (everything is conveyed through dialogue in small rooms) and I felt I had seen this movie a hundred times before (like a longer episode of Law & Order: SVU). I might have preferred it as a documentary. It does have good performances and it's an important subject matter, but all in all a safe and boring choice.
Other than that I was pleased with most of the prices. Really happy for Morricone! Lubezki was also deserved, though I couldn't pick my favourite between him and Robert Richardson (I also want Deakins to finally win, but Sicario didn't left me in awe as some of his other movies). Sly could have won, but I think Tom Hardy was the one who should have won.
Other than that I was pleased with most of the prices. Really happy for Morricone! Lubezki was also deserved, though I couldn't pick my favourite between him and Robert Richardson (I also want Deakins to finally win, but Sicario didn't left me in awe as some of his other movies). Sly could have won, but I think Tom Hardy was the one who should have won.
I think if Leo got up on stage and said "Wow, this has been a long time coming, finally, after six nominations!" everyone would absolutely hate him. :lol
I don't think there is anything particularly special about internet Leo/Oscar internet jokes or Leo failing to acknowledge them either.
NealMcCauley
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Glad to see all the wins. Truly deserved.
That's the expression of a man who knows he's getting some later.
Edit: thought this was the Fury Road OT.
That's the expression of a man who knows he's getting some later.
Edit: thought this was the Fury Road OT.
It's garbage
GitarooMan
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Eh, I felt the lack for the most part of too much melodrama and the understated nature of it worked well for it. Showing the grind of investigative journalism and also highlighting the quiet, insidious culture that kept this stuff out of the public consciousness for years. I thought it did a good job at being deeply disturbing with regard to general lack of outrage about the whole thing and sort of showing brick by brick how the story was built. The understated performances matched that. I thought Stanley Tucci was especially good in the way that you could feel his empathy and outrage in his mannerisms and distrust, but in a restrained way.
But... Best movie of the year good?
Dick Justice
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Somehow this is all Leo's fault.
So Leo became yet another case of the Academy fucking up and not giving him an Oscar several times before for deserving performances, and instead rewarding him with almost a mulligan Oscar later on for a lesser performance in a lesser film. Amazing how many times this has happened.
MetalFearSolid
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Who is the new Leo then?
Who else is Oscarless
Who else is Oscarless
Jane Mansfield
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Probably Michael Fassbender.
DeviantBoi
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Peter O'Toole?
But seriously, Glenn Close. She's been nominated six times and hasn't won yet.
Joaquin Phoenix?
MetalFearSolid
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I mean I don't think he gives a fuck about awards at all. Lol.
Me neither tbqh
MrCunningham
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Wanted Miller to win, but I'm still happy with the showing. A Mad Max movie got six Oscars. Crazy.
I would have been happy if they won one, but six? I also would have loved to see Miller get best director, but I knew it wasn't going to happen. I also just knew that Fury Road wouldn't win best picture either, even though it was my favorite movie of 2015. But well deserved, especially on best editing and sound design/ mixing.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Paul Giamatti, Glenn Close, er..
Outdated but here:
Razorback
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I've seen every best picture nominee except for Brooklyn. Spotlight is the least remarkable for me. Nothing about it stands out. It's well made, the story is interesting enough, but completely forgettable.
I think this Vox video gives a good explanation for why such bland movies win best picture so often. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_V_Pg5eWU8
Well, now it makes sense.
Pretty shit system. Certainly rewards safe, by the numbers movies. Again, not saying Spotlight wasn't a good movie... But it didn't really stand out in any particular way.
Same. Dude did the folded arms and everything lol.
SolidusDave
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TBH, pre-2005 list of BP winners is not exactly stellar either... But that might just be because only some movies will stand the test of time.
ViewtifulJC
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Amy Adams, in that she has five recent noms and no wins, and she's always trying. She even has them stuggle biopic bombs like Leo's J.Edgar with that Burton's Big Eyes movie. This year she's in a sci-fi drama by Denis Villeneuve.
Of what was nominated, I think it was the best (I have not seen Brooklyn, but saw the rest). Ex Machina was the best movie of last year IMO, but Spotlight was up there too.
fierrotlepou
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You're goddamn right.
I've said it before but I think Doubt was better than Spotlight on the subject and it didn't even receive any nominations the year it was eligible. Great performances from Streep, Philip Seymor Hoffman and Amy Adams.
the difference is those actors don't spend their entire career chasing it
Leo wanted it so bad.
How has Gary Oldman never won, in decades?
Gary fuckin Oldman?
He's only been nominated for an Oscar once, in 2012.
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