This is a surprisingly quiet board but maybe an Oscars thread will liven it up. What did everybody think about the wins? Or the memorandum, Chris Rock's monologue, the snubs - basically Oscars general I suppose!
Chris Rock was just on fire tonight. Good night for Fury Road -- I figured Star Wars would sneak a couple of the technical awards, but actually it was Ex Machina and it was just one. No other real surprises or questionable picks, except that Iñárritu absolutely did not deserve Best Director for The Revenant. The man's ego needs to be stopped, his name is hard to type, and oh, the movie wasn't very good either.
But most importantly, Ennio Morricone finally got a freaking Oscar. I didn't realize he of all people had never won before.
Chris Rock was just on fire tonight. Good night for Fury Road -- I figured Star Wars would sneak a couple of the technical awards, but actually it was Ex Machina and it was just one. No other real surprises or questionable picks, except that Iñárritu absolutely did not deserve Best Director for The Revenant. The man's ego needs to be stopped, his name is hard to type, and oh, the movie wasn't very good either.
But most importantly, Ennio Morricone finally got a freaking Oscar. I didn't realize he of all people had never won before.
Yeah, Morricone getting his award was probably my single favourite part of the night, it's ironic that the whole world is going on and on about Leo "finally" winning when Morricone has been at it for decades with little to no recognition. Also kind of sick of Iñárritu (thanks for typing his name so I could copy/paste it) - he has some great shows and a definite style that's pretty enjoyable but four Oscars in the past two years to one guy? Silly.
My juvenile hope was Mad Max for either Director or Picture even though I knew neither would happen, so I'm happy with it sweeping the techs. Spotlight was a great show...? But it winning the big one doesn't help the whole "Academy is full of stuffy old white guys" narrative going around the past five years or so.
George Miller not winning for best director is one of those things that will go down in bad Oscar history, IMO. I understand it not winning best picture, but that film was a genuine cinematic achievement.
Nothing against Spotlight, but I thought Room was immensely better. I understand that Spotlight is exactly the type of film that the voters go for, but I cried like a baby through the entire second half of Room. It's just such a touching and intimate film.
That said, Mad Max, IMO, is an instant classic. It's the only film that will be remembered 20 years from now (especially in film geek circles as it left less of an impression on the "normal" movie going audience).
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George Miller not winning for best director is one of those things that will go down in bad Oscar history, IMO. I understand it not winning best picture, but that film was a genuine cinematic achievement.
Nothing against Spotlight, but I thought Room was immensely better. I understand that Spotlight is exactly the type of film that the voters go for, but I cried like a baby through the entire second half of Room. It's just such a touching and intimate film.
That said, Mad Max, IMO, is an instant classic. It's the only film that will be remembered 20 years from now (especially in film geek circles as it left less of an impression on the "normal" movie going audience).
Wasn't blown away by Room, Spotlight was well done but pretty cookie-cutter "here comes the Oscar movie" and I agree about Mad Max. I've got seven ticket stubs in a box somewhere from all the times I went to the theatre for it (could've bought foil Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger instead but honestly no regrets) any opinion on the race controversy? Honestly curious because of the Trump avatar.
George Miller not winning for best director is one of those things that will go down in bad Oscar history, IMO. I understand it not winning best picture, but that film was a genuine cinematic achievement.
Nothing against Spotlight, but I thought Room was immensely better. I understand that Spotlight is exactly the type of film that the voters go for, but I cried like a baby through the entire second half of Room. It's just such a touching and intimate film.
That said, Mad Max, IMO, is an instant classic. It's the only film that will be remembered 20 years from now (especially in film geek circles as it left less of an impression on the "normal" movie going audience).
Wasn't blown away by Room, Spotlight was well done but pretty cookie-cutter "here comes the Oscar movie" and I agree about Mad Max. I've got seven ticket stubs in a box somewhere from all the times I went to the theatre for it (could've bought foil Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger instead but honestly no regrets) any opinion on the race controversy? Honestly curious because of the Trump avatar.
I knew that Avatar would come back to bite me...
I put that on my account before any of the primaries as a joke. Now it's not funny anymore and I hate America.
I loved the opening monologue and think Rock should have left it at that. The jokes after that were pretty lame and wore thin. The fault isn't in the Academy because the nomination process is scattered over so many people that it's not any kind of concerted effort to keep minorities out of the running. However, the entire industry needs more room for minorities in every aspect of the film making process. Just look at the number of women that have been nominated for best director (4!) or the number of Asians that have won acting awards. Maybe more films need to be written without character descriptions?
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George Miller not winning for best director is one of those things that will go down in bad Oscar history, IMO. I understand it not winning best picture, but that film was a genuine cinematic achievement.
Nothing against Spotlight, but I thought Room was immensely better. I understand that Spotlight is exactly the type of film that the voters go for, but I cried like a baby through the entire second half of Room. It's just such a touching and intimate film.
That said, Mad Max, IMO, is an instant classic. It's the only film that will be remembered 20 years from now (especially in film geek circles as it left less of an impression on the "normal" movie going audience).
Wasn't blown away by Room, Spotlight was well done but pretty cookie-cutter "here comes the Oscar movie" and I agree about Mad Max. I've got seven ticket stubs in a box somewhere from all the times I went to the theatre for it (could've bought foil Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger instead but honestly no regrets) any opinion on the race controversy? Honestly curious because of the Trump avatar.
I knew that Avatar would come back to bite me...
I put that on my account before any of the primaries as a joke. Now it's not funny anymore and I hate America.
I loved the opening monologue and think Rock should have left it at that. The jokes after that were pretty lame and wore thin. The fault isn't in the Academy because the nomination process is scattered over so many people that it's not any kind of concerted effort to keep minorities out of the running. However, the entire industry needs more room for minorities in every aspect of the film making process. Just look at the number of women that have been nominated for best director (4!) or the number of Asians that have won acting awards. Maybe more films need to be written without character descriptions?
Glad to hear someone else agrees, the lack of black nominees is disappointing and a real bummer, but it's not an institutionalized, systematic hatred of a culture or race - people seem to forget things "just happen" sometimes.
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But most importantly, Ennio Morricone finally got a freaking Oscar. I didn't realize he of all people had never won before.
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Yeah, Morricone getting his award was probably my single favourite part of the night, it's ironic that the whole world is going on and on about Leo "finally" winning when Morricone has been at it for decades with little to no recognition. Also kind of sick of Iñárritu (thanks for typing his name so I could copy/paste it) - he has some great shows and a definite style that's pretty enjoyable but four Oscars in the past two years to one guy? Silly.
My juvenile hope was Mad Max for either Director or Picture even though I knew neither would happen, so I'm happy with it sweeping the techs. Spotlight was a great show...? But it winning the big one doesn't help the whole "Academy is full of stuffy old white guys" narrative going around the past five years or so.
Wow. That seems completely, totally, utterly, and absolutely inexcusable to me.
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Nothing against Spotlight, but I thought Room was immensely better. I understand that Spotlight is exactly the type of film that the voters go for, but I cried like a baby through the entire second half of Room. It's just such a touching and intimate film.
That said, Mad Max, IMO, is an instant classic. It's the only film that will be remembered 20 years from now (especially in film geek circles as it left less of an impression on the "normal" movie going audience).
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Wasn't blown away by Room, Spotlight was well done but pretty cookie-cutter "here comes the Oscar movie" and I agree about Mad Max. I've got seven ticket stubs in a box somewhere from all the times I went to the theatre for it (could've bought foil Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger instead but honestly no regrets) any opinion on the race controversy? Honestly curious because of the Trump avatar.
I knew that Avatar would come back to bite me...
I put that on my account before any of the primaries as a joke. Now it's not funny anymore and I hate America.
I loved the opening monologue and think Rock should have left it at that. The jokes after that were pretty lame and wore thin. The fault isn't in the Academy because the nomination process is scattered over so many people that it's not any kind of concerted effort to keep minorities out of the running. However, the entire industry needs more room for minorities in every aspect of the film making process. Just look at the number of women that have been nominated for best director (4!) or the number of Asians that have won acting awards. Maybe more films need to be written without character descriptions?
Follow me on Twitter @VapidPodcast and listen to my podcast "Vapid Existentialism" on iTunes!
Glad to hear someone else agrees, the lack of black nominees is disappointing and a real bummer, but it's not an institutionalized, systematic hatred of a culture or race - people seem to forget things "just happen" sometimes.