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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
What makes you think this is OK?
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Yeah, not the best response, so I'll be more specific.
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Originally Posted by trackercowe
I wonder how many people could say the basic premise of Still Alice without having to look it up. I had honestly no idea what it was about in the slightest. I liked Julianne Moore back in the day, but she's delivered some terrible performances recently. There wasn't much competition this year, so maybe it was more of a career award for her?
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This last comment makes me so angry. Not only is it patently false, as there were great performances from Reese Witherspoon, Felicity Jones, and especially Rosamund Pike, but he subtley diminishes the entire female profession with that comment, saying there "wasn't much competition", when in fact there was, at quite a high level too. It's a stupid baseless opinion, and it's pretty misogynistic as well.
This is to compound the fact that he hadn't even watched the film, or her performance, or even had enough knowledge about it to comment on the subject of her performance, but then goes on to suggest it was a pity award, and they were rewarding her for past performances. Doesn't back it up in any way other than giving his opinion that Moore has had some "terrible performances" of late. So not referring to anything specifically, but uses it as justification for his last comment, despite the overwhelming critical praise and general industry consensus that it was a very exceptional performance. His opinion is uneducated and asinine, and backed by nothing.
Just off the top of my head, Moore had 2 exceptional performances in the last 5 years besides Still Alice; playing Sarah Palin in Game Change (2012), and Jules in The Kids Are Alright (2010), both films being highly critically acclaimed. Would anyone say the same thing about Matthew McConaughey winning last year despite having some truly questionable roles and performances in his career? No, because the work stands up, and if the poster had bothered to watch it, he wouldn't say something so baseless and demeaning. It's an indie film with a $5 million total budget, so not knowing the plot or seeing advertising for it isn't shocking and finding out the most basic of details is incumbent upon the audience.
In short, I said he was an idiot because it was easier than typing all that out.