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Post by audiosane on Feb 25, 2019 7:17:46 GMT
If no, why? Which movie(s) would you have preferred?
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Post by ck100 on Feb 25, 2019 7:18:11 GMT
I wonder if people will still remember it in 10 years.
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Post by fartyfartsalot on Feb 25, 2019 7:28:47 GMT
I haven't seen it.
Is it as good as BlacKkKlansman?
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Post by mslo79 on Feb 25, 2019 7:34:25 GMT
I wonder if people will still remember it in 10 years.
Hell, I think most 'best picture' nominees are forgotten in a fairly short period of time in general.
just look through the movies in the past... how many have any real staying power? ; I suspect not many.
p.s. I think it's especially because they seem to be more nominated by politics than just being a good movie straight up.
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Post by ck100 on Feb 25, 2019 7:35:12 GMT
I wonder if people will still remember it in 10 years.
Hell, I think most 'best picture' nominees are forgotten in a fairly short period of time in general.
just look through the movies in the past... how many have any real staying power? ; I suspect not many.
Usually not unless it's a big commercial blockbuster like Titanic, Return of the King, etc.
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Post by mslo79 on Feb 25, 2019 7:38:33 GMT
ck100Yeah, but even if we remove those more huge name blockbuster types... even finding ones semi-remembered I suspect is limited. because like I mentioned after I edited my initial post in here... it seems they select movies more around politics than just being a good movie straight up. which makes them be forgotten that much faster because of that as people in general don't care about politics, but just want to see movies that interest/entertain them the most etc.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Feb 25, 2019 7:42:11 GMT
No. It's a good enough movie, well acted and funny at times, but pretty dated white savior stuff.
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Post by ck100 on Feb 25, 2019 7:44:43 GMT
ck100 it seems they select movies more around politics than just being a good movie straight up. which makes them be forgotten that much faster because of that as people in general don't care about politics, but just want to see movies that interest/entertain them the most etc. Well that's why The Greatest Show on Earth won Best Picture.
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Post by Reggie_Stration on Feb 25, 2019 9:13:40 GMT
I haven't seen it but I see that it is the highest rated film on IMDB of all the nominations, and I tend to find those ratings fairly representative of how I'd judge the movies, on the whole.
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Post by Caesium137 on Feb 25, 2019 9:25:22 GMT
Best Picture winners are really going downhill in terms of lasting impact. I dont think any of Birdman, Argo, Shape of Water, Spotlight or Green Book are going to be fondly remembered in even 5 years never mind 15-20. Just revisiting the 2000's where movies like Lord of the Rings, Million Dollar Baby, The Departed, Gladiator and No Country for OLd Men have left behind a strong legacy. Hate to say it but movies these days are winning more and more for their political message and content rather than entertainment combined with real quality.
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Post by sdm3 on Feb 25, 2019 10:13:23 GMT
Best Picture winners are really going downhill in terms of lasting impact. I dont think any of Birdman, Argo, Shape of Water, Spotlight or Green Book are going to be fondly remembered in even 5 years never mind 15-20. Just revisiting the 2010's where movies like Lord of the Rings, Million Dollar Baby, The Departed, Gladiator and No Country for OLd Men have left behind a strong legacy. Hate to say it but movies these days are winning more and more for their political message and content rather than entertainment combined with real quality. Eh, people were saying similar things 10 years ago about recent winners of the time. “They just don’t make em like they used to...”
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Post by hi224 on Feb 25, 2019 10:18:13 GMT
I was rooting for The Favourite actually.
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Post by charzhino on Feb 25, 2019 11:32:46 GMT
No, favourite did
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Post by sostie on Feb 25, 2019 11:35:16 GMT
I enjoyed The Favourite more, but Blackkklansman and Green Book were probably my second choices
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Post by No_Socks_Here on Feb 25, 2019 11:45:08 GMT
I would've voted for Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Post by geode on Feb 25, 2019 13:16:10 GMT
I was rooting for The Favourite actually. The worst movie I saw all year.
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Post by geode on Feb 25, 2019 13:18:00 GMT
If no, why? Which movie(s) would you have preferred? It appears that I was the first to vote "yes"...I saw a good portion of the movies nominated for Best Picture and this nudged out "Roma" in my opinion.
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Post by audiosane on Feb 25, 2019 13:30:11 GMT
If no, why? Which movie(s) would you have preferred? It appears that I was the first to vote "yes"...I saw a good portion of the movies nominated for Best Picture and this nudged out "Roma" in my opinion. Heh. Well, congrats on being the first to vote that way, and thank you for your response.
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Post by mikef6 on Feb 25, 2019 14:23:32 GMT
Apparently it did because the almost 8,000 people who determine what is Best Picture voted it so. Personally, I don't go to see "road trip" movies where two or more mis-matched characters bond while traveling across country. But what has that got to do with what the movie industry insiders vote on?
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Post by mikef6 on Feb 25, 2019 14:48:57 GMT
Apparently it did because the almost 8,000 people who determine what is Best Picture voted it so. Personally, I don't go to see "road trip" movies where two or more mis-matched characters bond while traveling across country. But what has that got to do with what the movie industry insiders vote on? 8000 industry people, who get swayed by insider information and pc propaganda. Just because they make and star in movies, doesn't make them the voice of reason. The Academy can get it right, but more often than not, it appears they get it wrong. Why doesn't Glenn Close already have an Oscar from her dominating reign in the 80's? Did Cher, who got the popular vote, really deserve to win, out of a very strong year of female nominees for that year?
I have no real qualms about Green Book's win, but I don't think it was an entirely exceptional year for film just gone, but it appears that if might just be another best picture winner, one of many, that will soon fly under the meh radar and become soon forgotten. Of all the films up for picture, only 1 has been a massive cultural phenomena and that was Bohemian Rhapsody. I would be surprised if that one flies under the conscious recollective radar. Oh, man. You gave away the store with that. "PC propaganda." Don't you mean that people of color can't win awards without a propaganda campaign? That is what "p.c." means, after all. Why don't you come right out and say it. More and more people are emboldened to forthrightly express these views these days. Do it!
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