The Official 87th Academy Awards Thread

[kp404]

I'm surprised Gyllenhaal did not get a nomination

Everyone is, but the movie was just too dark for those 63 year old white males...they weren't feeling it

 

[FlyRy]

Everyone is, but the movie was just too dark for those 63 year old white males...they weren't feeling it

it was even dark for me at times..

that said i can't wait to re-watch it next month on blu

 

[BXKingPin82]

watched Wild last night
good shyt

 

[Mike Otherz]

finally saw birdman
.

i liked it but the hype jeez. film was a solid 4/5 and the whole michael keaton bandwagon for me is oversold,

its a good movie but still....

edward norton was by far the best thing in it,

 

[Mike Otherz]

Yeah I wouldn't put it past them to be VERY reactionary as per usual and make it look like "hey, we're not just about men and a lack of diversity." And then you'd get the whole cast up there and the director would speak and they'd look like heroes

whats wrong with that? i havent seen selma yet but i wouldnt be mad if it wins. im always happy when hollywood and powerful institutions are put on the backfoot re racism. let them squirm as they say.

 

[Mike Otherz]

really hppy wes anderson and paul thomas were nominated. i hope grand budapest wins the whole shebang. wes anderson and paul thomas and nolan are our most exciting directors right now. and grand budaest was terrific. wes pulledit back for me cause i only liked rushmore from him. but he came back with moonrise kingdom and grand budapest, 2 bonafide dope films.

 

[Mike Otherz]

cacs on twitter, even liberal ones, are squirming like crazy. they try to say ithe storm would blow over but its still going strong. jessica chastain spoke out on it at her awards, bill maher, jimmy fallon clowning on their shows. this is a movement now brehs. all we need is a sharpton protest oscar night.

 

[andre patton]

I hear you, and I want that too, but I guess with things like this we'll never really know. This whole thing is so political, it really bothers me when folks start talking about 'merit' in regards to people of color and their films because it doesn't come up the same way when we're talking about other films that get political votes.

Very true. And if it had gotten a best director and best actor nod I don't think anyone would be having this conversation

Yeah. Either/or would have been fine as well.

Like was said earlier, I hate it even more when they try to right a wrong by giving consideration to an undeserving film.

I like if a great black film gets ignored this year...the last thing I want is a not-as-great black film to get a ton of praise next year. Because then the general public will see a not-so-great black film getting all these accolades and think since its the most acclaimed film, that its the best we have to offer. So now people will say, "I've seen the most critically acclaimed black film...and it really wasnt that great" which is really unfair...because they're right, it wasnt that great. The problem is that film shoulda never been the most critically acclaimed black film to begin with.

I havent seen Selma yet. I'll watch it today, hopefully. Then I can actually contribute to this discussion on whether or not the film was snubbed, and for what reasons.

 

[MartyMcFly]

whats wrong with that? i havent seen selma yet but i wouldnt be mad if it wins. im always happy when hollywood and powerful institutions are put on the backfoot re racism. let them squirm as they say.

It's only not cool because I don't want them giving the film an award out of guilt or to look good and be like "hey we are diverse!"

 

[g-ice]

Saw Inherent Vice and I was very disappointed

I don't know...JPHX was fantastic and so was Brolin but the film was all over the place for me.

Maybe I need to re watch it to enjoy it.

 

[kp404]

Saw Inherent Vice and I was very disappointed

I don't know...JPHX was fantastic and so was Brolin but the film was all over the place for me.

Maybe I need to re watch it to enjoy it.

Yea I've heard its a rough film to follow because of the source material and many PTA folks are divided on it. I have the screener now and I will probably watch next week sometime but I know of the source material so I'm hesitant.

 

[Big Boss]

 

[FlyRy]

watched Wild last night
good shyt

It was OK..it was definitely dallas buyers club

witherspoon was good i guess

though her peformance consisted of mainly heaving breathing/panting/groaning and saying the word "fukk" every 2 minutes

 

[HHR]

Saw Inherent Vice and I was very disappointed

I don't know...JPHX was fantastic and so was Brolin but the film was all over the place for me.

Maybe I need to re watch it to enjoy it.

It's that way for everyone. It's intentional.

 

[HHR]

It was OK..it was definitely dallas buyers club

witherspoon was good i guess

though her peformance consisted of mainly heaving breathing/panting/groaning and saying the word "fukk" every 2 minutes

She was good in the flashback scenes. I was actually pleasantly surprised to see Laura Dern get a nom for supporting, because she was excellent.