03-13-2023, 07:42 AM
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03-13-2023, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
For me it was maybe a 6.5/10 movie at best as it's an interesting concept that to me was stretched far too thin as it's at least 30 minutes overcooked. It's one of those movies that's not for everyone but the people that liked it, LOVED it and started a bit of a cult following that kept gaining momentum. I actually liked Top Gun more but I don't know if from top to bottom it's an Oscar caliber movie. Anyway good to see A24 going strong.
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I really enjoyed Everything and I’m happy it won but I can appreciate this sort of sentiment from people who didn’t love it. Not everyone is going to like every winner, and just because there’s one Best Picture winner every year doesn’t mean there’s at least one masterpiece every year. The only thing I find strange is the people suggesting it had no business winning. Whether it’s for you or not, I think it’s hard to deny that it falls in the same quality as the other nominees. Was a lot like Eternal Sunshine to me.
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I think Top Gun could have had a quick throw away scene or line for McGillis. Something along the lines that her consulting has put her up even higher in the government, and just like Iceman she is somewhat of a guardian angel for Maverick.
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Why, though? I don’t think the film lacked nostalgia plays, and the references to Iceman and Goose actually had narrative value. McGillis’ character/scenes were the cheesiest and most pointless of the original film, so I liked that they gave him a love interest with more realistic agency and got a better actor to play her.
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03-13-2023, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Why, though? I don’t think the film lacked nostalgia plays, and the references to Iceman and Goose actually had narrative value. McGillis’ character/scenes were the cheesiest and most pointless of the original film, so I liked that they gave him a love interest with more realistic agency and got a better actor to play her.
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Just my idea for how they could have put her into the film. I was fine with her not being in it (although my wife was not).
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03-13-2023, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I really enjoyed Everything and I’m happy it won but I can appreciate this sort of sentiment from people who didn’t love it. Not everyone is going to like every winner, and just because there’s one Best Picture winner every year doesn’t mean there’s at least one masterpiece every year. The only thing I find strange is the people suggesting it had no business winning. Whether it’s for you or not, I think it’s hard to deny that it falls in the same quality as the other nominees. Was a lot like Eternal Sunshine to me.
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I'm fine with it winning as I didn't have a strong opinion of the nominated films I saw and the half that I didn't. At least EEAAO was a good film and not a weak winner like Shakespeare in Love.
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03-13-2023, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I'm fine with it winning as I didn't have a strong opinion of the nominated films I saw and the half that I didn't. At least EEAAO was a good film and not a weak winner like Shakespeare in Love.
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Still the most garbage Best Picture decision, Saving Private Ryan should have had it.
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03-13-2023, 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
For me it was maybe a 6.5/10 movie at best as it's an interesting concept that to me was stretched far too thin as it's at least 30 minutes overcooked. It's one of those movies that's not for everyone but the people that liked it, LOVED it and started a bit of a cult following that kept gaining momentum. I actually liked Top Gun more but I don't know if from top to bottom it's an Oscar caliber movie. Anyway good to see A24 going strong.
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I probably liked it a bit more than that -- it is a really interesting best picture winner, being basically a very high-concept sci-fi dramedy, a completely original script, and being a Hollywood movie starring a cast of mostly minority actors.
Oddly enough, it was the only best picture nominee I had actually seen, what with me being one of the four people on earth who hasn't seen Top Gun OR Avatar...
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03-13-2023, 10:04 AM
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I probably liked it a bit more than that -- it is a really interesting best picture winner, being basically a very high-concept sci-fi dramedy, a completely original script, and being a Hollywood movie starring a cast of mostly minority actors.
Oddly enough, it was the only best picture nominee I had actually seen, what with me being one of the four people on earth who hasn't seen Top Gun OR Avatar...
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Wife and I are #2 and #3 out of the four people on earth that haven't seen either. 
I liked Everything Everywhere All at Once. It was entertaining and different. All Quiet was good and is probably a traditional Oscar pick, but man it sure dragged at times.
Nice to see something "new" win compared to the resurrection of old franchises we regularly see in movies nowadays.
Ridiculous that Yeoh is only the second woman of colour since Halle Berry to win best actress and the first Asian woman.
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03-13-2023, 10:11 AM
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Everything Everywhere was a boring and stupid ####ing movie. It's the only movie I can think of in yeeeaaaars where I just wandered out and didn't go back in. I was so bored with it I just couldn't sit there any longer. Left to take a leak with maybe 20 minutes to go and just decided to play on my phone after instead of sitting back in the theater.
I think it was made for the lowest of the low basic bitch who wanted to surprise themselves by liking a quirky little movie that wasn't your average Hollywood movie. Okay, well congrats. Yes it was quirky and wasn't typical Hollywood, but that doesn't make it good. #### that movie.
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03-13-2023, 10:19 AM
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Everything Everywhere was a boring and stupid ####ing movie. It's the only movie I can think of in yeeeaaaars where I just wandered out and didn't go back in. I was so bored with it I just couldn't sit there any longer. Left to take a leak with maybe 20 minutes to go and just decided to play on my phone after instead of sitting back in the theater.
I think it was made for the lowest of the low basic bitch who wanted to surprise themselves by liking a quirky little movie that wasn't your average Hollywood movie. Okay, well congrats. Yes it was quirky and wasn't typical Hollywood, but that doesn't make it good. #### that movie.
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03-13-2023, 10:27 AM
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This was a pretty fair year for movies. EEAAO and Banshees were two of the best movies I've seen in a while. All Quiet was also great, and I'm looking forward to watching Tar and Babylon.
I probably would have gone Condon for best supporting actress. Her and Keoghan were stellar in Banshees, which actually didn't have a poor performance throughout the entire cast.
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03-13-2023, 10:34 AM
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Everything Everywhere was a boring and stupid ####ing movie. It's the only movie I can think of in yeeeaaaars where I just wandered out and didn't go back in. I was so bored with it I just couldn't sit there any longer. Left to take a leak with maybe 20 minutes to go and just decided to play on my phone after instead of sitting back in the theater.
I think it was made for the lowest of the low basic bitch who wanted to surprise themselves by liking a quirky little movie that wasn't your average Hollywood movie. Okay, well congrats. Yes it was quirky and wasn't typical Hollywood, but that doesn't make it good. #### that movie.
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You should’ve just asked the wife to refill your candy bag and sat in another movie that was more your speed. I think Sonic 2 was playing at the same time.
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03-13-2023, 10:41 AM
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To even think Top Gun could win because people watched it is insane. Most blockbusters traditionally don't win Oscars other than technical. Top Gun 2 was fun, but jesus is it ever the most over-hyped movie in years. "saved hollywood!"
Everything, etc. was a good movie. It had its faults, but was certainly a film that has the "depth" to win best picture, while also offering something different than the regular depressing oscar bait. The fact that it is over a year old already, shows it has had some staying power.
I personally liked Tar the best this year (again, it has faults), but thought best picture would be between Banshees and Everything etc.
Short Round winning best supporting actor was the clear no brainer. I thought Blanchette was absolutely robbed, but Corsi nailed the rationale of that pick, and its not like Yeoh didnt have a deserving performance.
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03-13-2023, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
Still the most garbage Best Picture decision, Saving Private Ryan should have had it.
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1994 had Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, and Shawshank all nominated for best picture!? Damn, what a choice. All three are probably better than any movie has won best picture since.
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03-13-2023, 10:43 AM
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I thought it was just an OK year for movies... EEAAO, Tar, Banshees were all good movies, but not at a level where they were contenders for all-time movie lists. The Whale was fine but mostly just a showcase for one actor. Same could be said for Elvis. Top Gun and Avatar were obviously not good movies, just entertaining theatre-going fare. That being said, I have yet to see Women Talking and All Quiet, although from what I hear they're good but unlikely to change my mind.
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03-13-2023, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Torture
Wife and I are #2 and #3 out of the four people on earth that haven't seen either.
I liked Everything Everywhere All at Once. It was entertaining and different. All Quiet was good and is probably a traditional Oscar pick, but man it sure dragged at times.
Nice to see something "new" win compared to the resurrection of old franchises we regularly see in movies nowadays.
Ridiculous that Yeoh is only the second woman of colour since Halle Berry to win best actress and the first Asian woman. |
All Quiet had 2 things going against it:
1. War movies usually struggle to win BP award;
2. It isnt even the best Adaptation of the novel - Honestly, if you havent seen the 1930 version, you need to. It is a much better version
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03-13-2023, 10:47 AM
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Wait Banshees was up for an Oscar? Like, the one with Colin Farrel (sp?) and the general from Live Die Repeat?
I just saw that on Thursday at the cheap theater. Only went because I've seen everything else and thought WTH.
It was fine. Nice little movie, but it was not extra special in any way, shape or form.
JFC, the Oscars are ridiculous.
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03-13-2023, 10:50 AM
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Wait Banshees was up for an Oscar? Like, the one with Colin Farrel (sp?) and the general from Live Die Repeat?
I just saw that on Thursday at the cheap theater. Only went because I've seen everything else and thought WTH.
It was fine. Nice little movie, but it was not extra special in any way, shape or form.
JFC, the Oscars are ridiculous.
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I'd be really curious to know what your top five movies are.
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03-13-2023, 12:04 PM
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I was tweeting about this a bit last night, while I was watching the telecast and was and decided that EEAO winning Best Picture represents the tipping point in which Millennials became The Establishment.
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03-13-2023, 12:09 PM
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I was tweeting about this a bit last night, while I was watching the telecast and was and decided that EEAO winning Best Picture represents the tipping point in which Millennials became The Establishment. |
Impossible, I thought we were still in the stage of writing articles about millenials destroying everything and treating the generation as if millenials were all 20 rather than adults with jobs, children, and responsibilities?
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