publicist 4,643 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 BR2049 was a - mostly - very god movie. Might be too contemplative for those usually shouting what great movie JP is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Also, when KM says that The Shape Of Water rips off E.T., he simply doesn't know his film history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Spielberg clearly did: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Also, when KM says that The Shape Of Water rips off E.T., he simply doesn't know his film history. yeah, i know but there were tons of liittle things reminding me of E.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUlyssesian 2,478 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Ridley Scott who is making crap for the last 30 years? Why listen to him? I think The Martian was pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 14 minutes ago, TheUlyssesian said: I think The Martian was pretty good! I usually don't mind a movie to differ from the book, but when it differs in a bad way like The Martian it's just annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 The Martian was pop sci fi dreck trying to exploit the "science is cool and sexy" trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 I love the book, both the scientific part and the suspense. Too bad Scott chose scriptwriters who seem have a level of technical understanding that's quite inferior to that of the author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Eh it was alright. I watched it and wrote it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Conformist, glossy, bland. Why didn't Ron Howard do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Too buys doing Dan Brown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 So I imagine, based on other award ceremonies, Oldman and McDormand have this in the bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Oldman should star in a biopic about JW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 1 hour ago, TGP said: The Martian was pop ... Hey, ABBA isn't so bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 37 minutes ago, Alex said: So I imagine, based on other award ceremonies, Oldman and McDormand have this in the bag According to FiveThirtyEight's estimates, the other awards indicate that Oldman pretty much has it in the bag; McDormand almost does too, but Saoirse Ronan and Sally Hawkins are both in with a shot at causing an upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,641 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 On 1/24/2018 at 9:03 PM, king mark said: I was the first time ever I fell asleep during a movie in the theater Same. Blade Runner 2000 was boring as hell and not in a good way like the first movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I didn't know they even made a Blade Runner 2000. Now it's a trilogy. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Didn't McDormand already win an Oscar? It might be a reason to give it to Hawkins this time. Hoyte van Hoytema (Dunkirk) will probably win one the Oscar for cinematography. I mean, seashores and warplanes, how can you lose?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 If Sally Hawkins made love to Godzilla, would she get an Oscar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 The Academy is anti-Trump, so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 If Godzilla ousted Trump, would Andy Serkis get an Oscar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 On 25.1.2018 at 10:57 PM, Alexcremers said: Ridley Scott who is making crap for the last 30 years? Why listen to him? This! Recently, Ridley Scott has constantly problems with credible characters. In his entire career he has only made 4 movies that are really "great": - Alien - Blade Runner - Thelma and Louise - Kingdom of Heaven For those who don't agree on the latter, you'd better watch the director's cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I did. But Orlando Bloom, man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 386 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Brundlefly said: Recently, Ridley Scott has constantly problems with credible characters. In his entire career he has only made 4 movies that are really "great": - Alien - Blade Runner - Thelma and Louise - Kingdom of Heaven For those who don't agree on the latter, you'd better watch the director's cut. No Gladiator extended cut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 14 minutes ago, Corellian2019 said: No Gladiator extended cut? The theatrical cut is better. filmmusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 There can be only three ... The Duellists Alien Blade Runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,843 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 48 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: There can be only three ... The Duellists Alien Blade Runner haven't seen this. I guess I should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 8 hours ago, filmmusic said: haven't seen this. I guess I should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 If I were a betting man, I'd put money on each of Lady Bird, Get Out, Call Me by Your Name and Dunkirk to win the Best Picture Oscar this year. Here's why. This guy is running a project on his website in which he invites visitors to select their favourites in a sequence of head-to-head match-ups between the nominated films, with a view to modelling how the Academy's preferential vote system is likely to pan out. For the past week or so, Lady Bird has topped his list with a more than 1 in 3 chance of winning, while the "favourites" The Shape of Water and Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri are both way down the list, each with around a 1 in 10 chance. Currently, his ranking is: Lady Bird (35%) Get Out (20%) Call Me by Your Name (14%) The Shape of Water (10%) Dunkirk (10%) Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (9%) Phantom Thread (1.4%) The Post (0.1%) Darkest Hour (0.02%) If this all seems rather dubious, it's worth noting that he has done the experiment (in the same way, as far as I know) for the last three years and, each time, his highest ranked film has won the award, including the two cases in which the winner was a surprise and the bookies' favourite lost (he gave Moonlight a 39% chance of winning against La La Land's 28%, and Spotlight a 33% chance against The Revenant's 1%). It could have been nothing more than a hat-trick of flukes, of course, but notable enough to warrant keeping an eye on his progress. The four nominees that I mentioned at the beginning currently have an 80% chance of including the winner, according to the above calculations, and they all have pretty high betting odds (from about 10/1 for Lady Bird to more than 50/1 for Call Me by Your Name), so putting an equal amount of money on each of them is rather a tempting prospect. Since I'm not a betting man, I'll just find myself breathing a sigh of relief next Tuesday when The Shape of Water wins after all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Unfortunately, I am a betting man, as far as we have a traditional yearly Oscars bet between friends. And that Get Out is ranked so highly on that list, makes me suspicious. Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 As i have seen only a fraction of these movies i feel zero connection to guessing games like this. I may say that the obvious favourites ('big' filmmakers, weighty subjects) all stink in one way or another, so the Lady Bird guess might not be so far off the mark (going by the description). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Lists like this just goes to show that the category should never have expanded to accomodate more than 5 nominees. By the old rules, Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, Call Me By Your Name, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Phantom Thread would have made fine nominees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 I don't think I've ever seen all of the Best Picture nominees by the time of the ceremony. There was at least one year in the 90s when I saw them all in the cinema, but it's unlikely that they were all released here by March. This year is a rare one in which I'm at least moderately interested in seeing all of the nominated films, but I didn't go to see Call Me by Your Name and the DVD isn't out until Tuesday. If I had seen it, I may well have made the extra effort to see the remaining four (The Shape of Water, Lady Bird, The Post and Darkest Hour) by next Monday just for the one-off value of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,641 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I believe this first time since 2000 that John Williams and Hans Zimmer are in contention for the same Oscar. They've both gotten plenty of nominations over the years but it's rarely lined up. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 What do people have against Phantom Thread. It deserves Best Picture. Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 It's a menace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 well it's starting will this be the first Williams win in the history of JWfan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,615 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Oh is this tonight? Completely forgot. Can one see this online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Not Mr. Big 4,641 Posted March 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2018 Wow I can't believe Williams won the Oscar! James, crumbs, Cerebral Cortex and 2 others 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 did he already win it in your timezone? Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 John will win. Also dear basketball. Double win oscar party here with wife. 3.15 am here SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 If I were a voter (and I'm not allowed to say whether I am) my ranking of the Best Picture nominees that I've seen would be: Phantom Thread Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Dunkirk Lady Bird The Shape of Water Get Out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 did anyone spot Williams in the audience or red carpet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I just started watching. Maybe he’s sitting next to Zimmer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said: If I were a voter (and I'm not allowed to say whether I am) my ranking of the Best Picture nominees that I've seen would be: Phantom Thread Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri The Shape of Water Lady Bird Dunkirk Get Out Fixed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 No Cars 3 in the mix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,641 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 1 minute ago, Jerry said: Shoot I was hoping that Cars 3 might be in the mix I'm still devastated that Coco was nominated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Haven't seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Loving, Vincent should win, but Coco will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I wouldn't strongly argue with that! Numbers 3-5 were the ones that I struggled to order amongst themselves. And I wouldn't resort to violence except in the matter of the #1... KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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