HessStation Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Glad American Sniper didn't win. Weird, off-putting jingoistic claptrap. Captain America: The Winter Soldier made a more conscious effort to create a realistic hero than this movie. As if a group that applauds Edward Snowden is going to award a movie like that. The nomination alone was damage control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 How did Edward Norton not get nominated for playing Edward Norton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 As if a group that applauds Edward Snowden is going to award a movie like that. The nomination alone was damage control. And they really like Eastwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Glad American Sniper didn't win. Weird, off-putting jingoistic claptrap. Captain America: The Winter Soldier made a more conscious effort to create a realistic hero than this movie. A movie with a plastic baby doesn't get to win best picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 A movie with a plastic baby doesn't get to win best picture. Suspend disbelief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Rushmore is still brilliant and I loved everything about Moonrise Kingdom. But yeah, it's a little annoying hearing people try to throw him up with Scorcese and Kubrick. It's not that hard to make entertaining sh*t when you put Bill Murray in everything. Congrats. You are the only other person I know besides myself who likes Moonrise Kingdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Cooper did a tremendous job pretending like he was chewing tobacco, though, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I like that conservatives are all wetting themselves that Birdman beat American Sniper today. Not every piece of art in our culture needs to be an homage to the troops that your aunt keeps re-sharing on facebook, because she doesn't want anyone to think she doesn't support them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Congrats. You are the only other person I know besides myself who likes Moonrise Kingdom. "That's a loaded question." Probably my favorite non-Stripes/Ghostbusters/Kingpin/Groundhog Day Bill Murray line ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Suspend disbelief. Eh. There's a difference in suspending disbelief for Batman gliding between buildings and noticing something completely pointless and stupid looking. Just lazy film making, which excepting Cooper's performance is mostly what that movie is for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I like that conservatives are all wetting themselves that Birdman beat American Sniper today. Not every piece of art in our culture needs to be an homage to the troops that your aunt keeps re-sharing on facebook, because she doesn't want anyone to think she doesn't support them. Hmmm. Is it borderline outrage? Because I don't know one human, conservative or not, who thought American Sniper was winning anything last night. Birdman is the Academy jerking themselves off though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 "That's a loaded question." Probably my favorite non-Stripes/Ghostbusters/Kingpin/Groundhog Day/Caddy Shack Bill Murray line ever. Fixed. You're also starting to make me wonder the authenticity behind my love for Broken Flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Eh. There's a difference in suspending disbelief for Batman gliding between buildings and noticing something completely pointless and stupid looking. Just lazy film making, which excepting Cooper's performance is mostly what that movie is for me. I was joking. I joke. I liked American Sniper but agree. I didn't think it was Oscar worthy to begin with. IMO it was a "shut up the rednecks who live in the other 48 states" move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Fixed. You're also starting to make me wonder the authenticity behind my love for Broken Flowers. How the **** did I forget Caddyshack. Jesus. I am slipping. Broken Flowers is brilliant. Let me see that. Yes, that is cannibis sativa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 How the **** did I forget Caddyshack. Jesus. I am slipping. Broken Flowers is brilliant. Let me see that. Yes, that is cannibis sativa. The subtle nuances in that movie blow Lost in Translation out of the water. And that's not to say I didn't like Lost in Translation. But just saying. One of my favorite movies (...that, I think, I can only enjoy watching by myself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The subtle nuances in that movie blow Lost in Translation out of the water. And that's not to say I didn't like Lost in Translation. But just saying. One of my favorite movies (...that, I think, I can only enjoy watching by myself) Yeah, it's one of those movies that you catch a little more every time you watch it. I'm a big fan of films like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Also I just called my mom because JK Simmons told me to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Also I just called my mom because JK Simmons told me to. He made me look like sh*t sitting next to my wife last night. **** that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 He made me look like sh*t sitting next to my wife last night. **** that guy. I love that he called his kids above average. That's exactly what my father would have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Who cares? The best movie never wins best picture anyway. The best American movies of the past 40 years none of them have oscars for best picture. Star Wars, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas Saving Private Ryan, Empire Strikes Back, Raging Bull, Matrix, Gravity - nothing. Academy Awards is just a narcissism Super Bowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I like that conservatives are all wetting themselves that Birdman beat American Sniper today. Not every piece of art in our culture needs to be an homage to the troops that your aunt keeps re-sharing on facebook, because she doesn't want anyone to think she doesn't support them. Hmmm. Is it borderline outrage? Because I don't know one human, conservative or not, who thought American Sniper was winning anything last night. Birdman is the Academy jerking themselves off though. Ok so I just checked along the the interweb and I totally forgot about Wal-Mart and top 20 radio. You're right, seems a lot of people are pissed American Sniper didn't win. However I think it's more about, well that's like, the only movie they saw out of the bunch, complaints, more than it about being some liberal conspiracy. At least for some. Most I hope. Or like to think. Human general suckage factor vs. political etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Who cares? The best movie never wins best picture anyway. The best American movies of the past 40 years none of them have oscars for best picture. Star Wars, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas Saving Private Ryan, Empire Strikes Back, Raging Bull, Matrix, Gravity - nothing. Academy Awards is just a narcissism Super Bowl Well. But. Well. Yeah, Birdman was pretty narcissistic imo. But we'll always have LOTR!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Well. But. Well. Yeah, Birdman was pretty narcissistic imo. But we'll always have LOTR!!!!! LOTR movies = best sedative ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Hmmm. Is it borderline outrage? Because I don't know one human, conservative or not, who thought American Sniper was winning anything last night. Birdman is the Academy jerking themselves off though. Kevin Sorbo. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Congrats. You are the only other person I know besides myself who likes Moonrise Kingdom. The people you know suck. Moonrise Kingdom was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Some terrible outcomes: Rocky over Taxi Driver in 1976 Ordinary People over Raging Bull in 1980 Dances with Wolves over Goodfellas in 1990 The English Patient over Fargo or Jerry Macguire in 1999 Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan or Life is Beautiful in 1998 Chicago over The Painist in 2002 Crash over Brokeback Mountain in 2005 The Hurt Locker over Inglourious Basterds in 2009 Argo over Django Unchained in 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Ok so I just checked along the the interweb and I totally forgot about Wal-Mart and top 20 radio. You're right, seems a lot of people are pissed American Sniper didn't win. However I think it's more about, well that's like, the only movie they saw out of the bunch, complaints, more than it about being some liberal conspiracy. At least for some. Most I hope. Or like to think. Human general suckage factor vs. political etc. I'd bet hard coin that 50% of all those posts are Green Jets & Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Some terrible outcomes: Rocky over Taxi Driver in 1976 Ordinary People over Raging Bull in 1980 Dances with Wolves over Goodfellas in 1990 The English Patient over Fargo or Jerry Macguire in 1999 Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan or Life is Beautiful in 1998 Chicago over The Painist in 2002 Crash over Brokeback Mountain in 2005 The Hurt Locker over Inglourious Basterds in 2009 Argo over Django Unchained in 2012 agree with every one of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 1994 was a juggernaut. Forrest Gump edged Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Rocky over Taxi Driver in 1976 On the Scorcese-homer scale of 0-100, I probably score out at about 1 billion and 72. That said it is insane to classify this as a terrible decision. It's ******* Rocky for Christ's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 On the Scorcese-homer scale of 0-100, I probably score out at about 1 billion and 72. That said it is insane to classify this as a terrible decision. It's ******* Rocky for Christ's sake. Q for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 On the Scorcese-homer scale of 0-100, I probably score out at about 1 billion and 72. That said it is insane to classify this as a terrible decision. It's ******* Rocky for Christ's sake.Rocky sucked and each one sucked more than the other. Sly Stallone's acting is an abomination. My opinion of course. Edit: okay the first one didnt "suck" but it wasnt on Taxi Driver's level. Maybe my favorite Scorcese film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Rocky sucked and each one sucked more than the other. Sly Stallone's acting is an abomination. My opinion of course. It's certainly an opinion, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdetroit Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Rocky sucked and each one sucked more than the other. Sly Stallone's acting is an abomination. My opinion of course. Edit: okay the first one didnt "suck" but it wasnt on Taxi Driver's level. Maybe my favorite Scorcese film. The first Rocky was a classic but it is not taxi driver. Taxi Driver is one of the ten greatest films of all-time. The academy has always been a bunch of old fogeys who love feel-good movies. God forbid something edgy like pulp fiction ever win anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetworks Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Some terrible outcomes: Rocky over Taxi Driver in 1976 Ordinary People over Raging Bull in 1980 Dances with Wolves over Goodfellas in 1990 The English Patient over Fargo or Jerry Macguire in 1999 Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan or Life is Beautiful in 1998 Chicago over The Painist in 2002 Crash over Brokeback Mountain in 2005 The Hurt Locker over Inglourious Basterds in 2009 Argo over Django Unchained in 2012 I find this to be a mostly innocuous list. What say you, Mr.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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