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Post by AwamoriRock on Feb 24, 2019 23:37:16 GMT -5
I'm not saying it should be casually used, but say I see two guys get into a fight over one hurling racial slurs. I would tell the cops exactly what I heard. I wouldn't be like a five year old saying, "He said the "N" word, officer." Or when Spike Lee gets mad that Quentin Tarantino uses it in his movies. Sorry, Spike. I love you, but that's how some people talk. I definitely feel Quentin's usage of it made the most sense in Django. What Spike and a lot of people don't realize is those slave owners didn't view the slaves as human. They didn't give him any kind of compassion, respect, or talk to them as if they were actual human beings. They spoke to them in a way that reflected their views of them and that was less than human. I'm going to venture a guess that Spike Lee realizes that. |
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Post by arrogantmodel on Feb 24, 2019 23:39:13 GMT -5
Every time that I've heard Green Book, I've thought of The Waterboy. lol.
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 24, 2019 23:39:37 GMT -5
What? Forrest Gump is an amazing film and one for me that I never get tired of watching. Damn straight. I don’t know where the backlash suddenly came from, or why it’s so severe, but I’ll die on that hill defending “Forrest Gump.” Probably because it won against Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption. Which were better movies IMO, but I still liked Forrest Gump a lot. |
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 24, 2019 23:40:28 GMT -5
Damn straight. I don’t know where the backlash suddenly came from, or why it’s so severe, but I’ll die on that hill defending “Forrest Gump.” Probably because it won against Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption. Which were better movies IMO, but I still liked Forrest Gump a lot. Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption are both amazing too. Forrest Gump deserved it as much as them too in my opinion. |
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 24, 2019 23:41:13 GMT -5
I definitely feel Quentin's usage of it made the most sense in Django. What Spike and a lot of people don't realize is those slave owners didn't view the slaves as human. They didn't give him any kind of compassion, respect, or talk to them as if they were actual human beings. They spoke to them in a way that reflected their views of them and that was less than human. I'm going to venture a guess that Spike Lee realizes that. Considering how many times it was used in the "Black Klansman" I hope he does realize it or else he's a hypocrite. |
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Post by arrogantmodel on Feb 24, 2019 23:42:51 GMT -5
I always think of Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger when I think of Oscar bait movies.
"That's what I need, I need to play a retarded slave. Then I'll get the Oscar."
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 24, 2019 23:47:05 GMT -5
I don’t think Crash is the worst by a long way. It’s certainly not one of the best but Driving Miss Daisy, Forrest Gump, Chicago, A Beautiful Mind are all worse. What? Forrest Gump is an amazing film and one for me that I never get tired of watching. Each to their own. I think it’s an over-sentimental, self-indulgent piece of crap and the fact that it beat Pulp Fiction AND The Shawshank Redemption to Best Film still pissed me off. It’s a real shame because I love Tom Hanks and one of his Oscar wins is for one of his worst ever performances. |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 24, 2019 23:50:35 GMT -5
Going back to my earlier post, this year’s group of Best Picture nominees might be the weakest since 2012, when we decided that “The Artist” was that year’s best movie. Look back at the nominees for Best Picture in 2012: The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, and War Horse. Just a really subpar year full of forgettable movies, and I feel like we might remember 2019 much the same. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is apparently the worst reviewed film to be nominated for Best Film, it has something like a 40% rating on RT. I’ve never managed to watch it all the way through but that actually speaks volumes about it. |
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Feb 24, 2019 23:52:42 GMT -5
I am just tickled that Alfonso Cuaron, by himself, won as many, or more, Oscars this year than all but one film.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 24, 2019 23:52:59 GMT -5
I always think of Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger when I think of Oscar bait movies. "That's what I need, I need to play a retarded slave. Then I'll get the Oscar." I think of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. That episode of Extras with Kate Winslet where she’s making a Holocaust film just to finally win an Oscar. What happened four years later? Kate Winslet won an Oscar for The Reader. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 23:53:42 GMT -5
Damn straight. I don’t know where the backlash suddenly came from, or why it’s so severe, but I’ll die on that hill defending “Forrest Gump.” Probably because it won against Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption. Which were better movies IMO, but I still liked Forrest Gump a lot. That was because, back then, films weren't being made explicitly to win awards, considering that they were still a few years away from going back to making "Oscar bait" films, and that movies people actually wanted to watch would be in contention. |
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Post by darbus alan on Feb 24, 2019 23:55:09 GMT -5
Going back to my earlier post, this year’s group of Best Picture nominees might be the weakest since 2012, when we decided that “The Artist” was that year’s best movie. Look back at the nominees for Best Picture in 2012: The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, and War Horse. Just a really subpar year full of forgettable movies, and I feel like we might remember 2019 much the same. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is apparently the worst reviewed film to be nominated for Best Film, it has something like a 40% rating on RT. I’ve never managed to watch it all the way through but that actually speaks volumes about it. The Oscars have nominated some movies with really poor critical and commercial performances for Best Picture in the past. Guess that's why Oscar-Bait has become a thing. |
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Feb 24, 2019 23:58:13 GMT -5
So, partially because of work and partially because I have no desire to watch awards shows anymore, I waited until now to check the winners.
HOW THE HELL DID SPIKE LEE NOT WIN BEST DIRECTOR, HOW DID CHRISTIAN BALE NOT WIN BEST ACTOR, AND HOW DID GLENN CLOSE NOT WIN BEST ACTRESS?! I could have sworn those three were absolute locks!
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Feb 25, 2019 0:01:01 GMT -5
Oh, are Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performing? I hadn't heard. 😏 Bradley replaced Madonna's playbook as the thing Gaga never leaves home without. (Looks above at the "like" space) Still nothing? Really? |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 25, 2019 0:01:02 GMT -5
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is apparently the worst reviewed film to be nominated for Best Film, it has something like a 40% rating on RT. I’ve never managed to watch it all the way through but that actually speaks volumes about it. The Oscars have nominated some movies with really poor critical and commercial performances for Best Picture in the past. Guess that's why Oscar-Bait has become a thing. Upon checking there is actually a winner with a 35% RT score, The Broadway Melody. In case anyone gives a tuppenny f***, here is the list linkGreen Book is 64 out of 92. |
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Post by Cela on Feb 25, 2019 0:05:57 GMT -5
So, partially because of work and partially because I have no desire to watch awards shows anymore, I waited until now to check the winners. HOW THE HELL DID SPIKE LEE NOT WIN BEST DIRECTOR, HOW DID CHRISTIAN BALE NOT WIN BEST ACTOR, AND HOW DID GLENN CLOSE NOT WIN BEST ACTRESS?! I could have sworn those three were absolute locks! Spike: The montage at the end and 4th wall audience talking are weak tricks for an elite director. Bale: Unpopular movie, solid performance, but it wasn't really the explosive performance brash performance the academy enjoys. Close: She clearly pissed off some powerful people at some point in her career. |
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Post by arrogantmodel on Feb 25, 2019 0:22:29 GMT -5
I thought for sure either Cooper or Gaga would win. I thought Cooper would finally break his streak since he also wrote and directed. Like when Clooney won Best Supporting Actor, and joked, "Well, this means I'm not winning Best Director."
Cooper was nominated three years in a row, and has seven nominations in seven years. Dude should get one eventually. I think his best shot was Silver Linings Playbook. But of course, J-Law won.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 0:40:24 GMT -5
Going back to my earlier post, this year’s group of Best Picture nominees might be the weakest since 2012, when we decided that “The Artist” was that year’s best movie. Look back at the nominees for Best Picture in 2012: The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, and War Horse. Just a really subpar year full of forgettable movies, and I feel like we might remember 2019 much the same. I’ve seen seven of those... I really wouldn’t call it a forgettable year. None of them classics but far from forgettable. This year I’ve seen one. |
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Post by Shai on Feb 25, 2019 1:21:45 GMT -5
I drifted in and out of it but...*sigh* I'm happy Regina King won but goddamn can Amy Adams win already?!
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Post by RadcapRadsley on Feb 25, 2019 1:30:12 GMT -5
Bohemian Rhapsody winning 4 Oscar's when it's basically Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story without any laughs
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