I think it is hilarious how mad people are getting that one random guy didn't want to watch Moonlight.
On a related note, for those of you who said La La Land was boring, you're scum. Below scum. You clearly have no souls.
To be fair, I was actually on OoC's side (I haven't seen Spotlight or Birdman and probably never will out of a lack of interest) but then he said it "looked boring," because the main character is black and gay (I assume, based on his comment about finding human dramas perfectly likable otherwise), which is just ridiculous.
"I don't like human dramas" - sure, whatever, different spokes
"I like human dramas, but not one with a gay black man" - ALRIGHT I GOT A QUESTION
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To be fair, I was actually on OoC's side (I haven't seen Spotlight or Birdman and probably never will out of a lack of interest) but then he said it "looked boring," because the main character is black and gay, which is just ridiculous.
I thought I would hate Birdman but ended up liking it. I can totally understand why some people would hate it but there is brilliance in it.
To be fair, I was actually on OoC's side (I haven't seen Spotlight or Birdman and probably never will out of a lack of interest) but then he said it "looked boring," because the main character is black and gay, which is just ridiculous.
Actually he said:
"Hey now. Moonlight won best picture. Why pick movies that you think look entertaining when you can pick one that looks boring that won best picture?"
Then you commented about how he liked fantastic mr fox instead of wanting to see Moonlight.
His other comment came after you belittled his opinion on liking FMF but not wanting to see moonlight.
To be fair, I was actually on OoC's side (I haven't seen Spotlight or Birdman and probably never will out of a lack of interest) but then he said it "looked boring," because the main character is black and gay, which is just ridiculous.
Nope, again, you're just blindly reading things and re-stating them to fit your own thoughts. What I've said is: The movie looks boring, totally aside from the characters. And also, the premise of the story (a gay black man growing up and grappling with his sexuality) does not appeal to me in the slightest. Thus, I understandably have no interest in watching it. I'm not sure what about any of that is ridiculous.
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Nope, again, you're just blindly reading things and re-stating them to fit your own thoughts. What I've said is: The movie looks boring, totally aside from the characters. And also, the premise of the story (a gay black man growing up and grappling with his sexuality) does not appeal to me in the slightest. Thus, I understandably have no interest in watching it. I'm not sure what about any of that is ridiculous.
Today you learned what constitutes ridiculous can be subjective (to borrow your line).
We'll disagree about it "looking boring" because I'm not sure how you can make that judgement from a 30 second trailer (if you watched the trailer? you at least watched the trailer...) so yeah, I do find it ridiculous. That's just me.
I've never met anyone who has zero interest in coming-of-age stories, considering how omnipresent they are... but fine, we won't make a movie date any time soon.
To be fair, I was actually on OoC's side (I haven't seen Spotlight or Birdman and probably never will out of a lack of interest) but then he said it "looked boring," because the main character is black and gay (I assume, based on his comment about finding human dramas perfectly likable otherwise), which is just ridiculous.
"I don't like human dramas" - sure, whatever, different spokes
"I like human dramas, but not one with a gay black man" - ALRIGHT I GOT A QUESTION
You know, I've seen the film, and I didn't actually pick up on the gayness.
The only category that I'm going to have to watch a couple of movies to decide on is the foreign language film. Did the Salesman win because it was an easy way to get a dig in at Trump? Toni Erdmann was running away with it up until the director of Salesman made a political statement by not traveling to the Oscars as a result of Trumps ban.
As for Best Picture, I kind of got the feeling that it wasn't the strongest year for 'films that will defy the ages'. They could have flip flopped the winner three or four times on stage, and my reaction would have been, 'Uh, Ok."
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The only category that I'm going to have to watch a couple of movies to decide on is the foreign language film. Did the Salesman win because it was an easy way to get a dig in at Trump? Toni Erdmann was running away with it up until the director of Salesman made a political statement by not traveling to the Oscars as a result of Trumps ban.
Toni Erdmann was a dazzling film and was one of the best films of the year, foreign or not. The Salesman was a fine film though and Asghar Farhadi is a known commodity amongst Academy members as he has won an Oscar previously. And his films do pretty well commercially in North America to boot. So The Salesman's win was not surprising, with or without the travel ban.
And also, the premise of the story (a gay black man growing up and grappling with his sexuality) does not appeal to me in the slightest. Thus, I understandably have no interest in watching it. I'm not sure what about any of that is ridiculous.
Obviously you must be a racist homophobe. That's the only possible explanation for your refusal to watch this film. Way to expose yourself, you bigot.
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It seems whatever is a hot political or social topic these days will help you win an oscar.when you look back over the years you almost can instantly tell what was going on during that time period by watching the movies that came out.
It seems whatever is a hot political or social topic these days will help you win an oscar.when you look back over the years you almost can instantly tell what was going on during that time period by watching the movies that came out.
Which makes perfect sense. What better to engage people with than timely deeply felt issues
You know, I've seen the film, and I didn't actually pick up on the gayness.
I can't comment more for fear of spoilers, but there's a pretty clear homosexual act depicted in the film. Did you go to the bathroom during that scene?
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I can't comment more for fear of spoilers, but there's a pretty clear homosexual act depicted in the film. Did you go to the bathroom during that scene?
Nope, again, you're just blindly reading things and re-stating them to fit your own thoughts. What I've said is: The movie looks boring, totally aside from the characters. And also, the premise of the story (a gay black man growing up and grappling with his sexuality) does not appeal to me in the slightest. Thus, I understandably have no interest in watching it. I'm not sure what about any of that is ridiculous.
I understand where you're coming from, but sometimes the simplest stories/premises make for great films. One of my most favorite films ever is Cinema Paradiso, and it's really not much more than a coming of age film detailing the relationship between a young boy and an older man who is the projectionist at a theatre. What makes it great is the careful depiction of that relationship between those two people AND their relationship with the cinema. It's a love anthem for people who LOVE movies.
Fun side note, during the segment where they ask people around the world why they love movies, they showed this clip from Cinema Paradiso. If you haven't seen it, I highly, highly recommend it.
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You could just as easily say that Moonlight was a coming-of-age movie that grapples with how young men meet society's view of what it means to be masculine. Basically, how we're shaped by the world around us and how we find ourselves despite it.
I get what peter is saying about the "gayness," though, I don't believe it to be a defining characteristic of the movie because I think the story is universal. Hi-lighting it happens to add to the political relevance of the film.
None of my comments were meant to inquire on OutoftheCube's personal beliefs, but the main point was that it's so much more than a story of a black man grappling with his sexuality, it's so much more universal. So to categorize it as that and say it's not interesting is to sell it short and not understand the film (which, how would you without seeing it?).
Similar to Blue is the Warmest Colour. If you haven't seen it, it's excellent, but I have a hard time labeling it an LGBTQ film when it's story and themes go so far beyond that to the point where they aren't reliant on the sexuality of the characters at all.
