Oscar Noms - Discuss!
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well, among audiences I think that the shift happened a while back. at some point over the last 5-10 years someone decided that these Pixar movies were actually suitable for adults as well. and all of the sudden grow-ups started talking about the Incredibles and Shrek and started holding these movies to adult standards. but really they are -- and always were -- for kids. sure, there's the occassional "grow-up joke" or reference to current/political events, but these occasional nods to the parents in the audience still do not make these any more than kids movies.
that said, there will be "that year" in the near future when one of these gets a best picture or some shit and everyone will be shocked/satisfied or whatever. as usual for the Oscars (1) it will have come years late and (2) will still be wrong.
well, among audiences I think that the shift happened a while back. at some point over the last 5-10 years someone decided that these Pixar movies were actually suitable for adults as well. and all of the sudden grow-ups started talking about the Incredibles and Shrek and started holding these movies to adult standards. but really they are -- and always were -- for kids. sure, there's the occassional "grow-up joke" or reference to current/political events, but these occasional nods to the parents in the audience still do not make these any more than kids movies.
that said, there will be "that year" in the near future when one of these gets a best picture or some shit and everyone will be shocked/satisfied or whatever. as usual for the Oscars (1) it will have come years late and (2) will still be wrong.
When's the last time a G-rated movie got an Oscar nod, anyway?
"Old Country For Old Men"?
"Eastern Promises"?
"American Gangster"?
"Ratatouille"?
Saying - here's some of the "best" films of 2006:
Babel - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Jon Kilik, Steve Golin
The Queen - Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward
Letters from Iwo Jima - Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz
Little Miss Sunshine - David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub
The Departed - Graham King
I'm not exactly swooning over that either.
i didn't say last year was very good either. movies made in mainstream hollywood haven't really been good since the first writers strike. i'm pretty sure that and the reality show craze are a direct result.
no country for old men
eastern promises
american gangster
three movies i will never watch. too violent. call me a pussy but i just don't get off watching people get murdered. i guess it's as i get older or something but i just have a hard time watching people being harmed for the sake of entertainment.
I hear you but it's hard for you to complain about the general paucity of mainstream movie quality if you, yourself, refuse to see movies that incorporate violence. The tradition of Hollywood - dating back to "Birth of a Nation" was founded on spectacles of violence; I respect where you're coming from but you're also missing out on decades of great movies as a consequence of your ethics. Ergo, it's hard to take seriously your complaint that there's no good movies when you're artificially limiting the pool to movies without violence.
why would someone who doesn't like movies post on this thread?
"three movies i will never watch. too violent. call me a pussy but i just don't get off watching people get murdered. i guess it's as i get older or something but i just have a hard time watching people being harmed for the sake of entertainment."
"three movies i will never watch. too violent. call me a pussy but i just don't get off watching people get murdered. i guess it's as i get older or something but i just have a hard time watching people being harmed for the sake of entertainment."
I don't think it's universally agreed that the score is all that great.
I know I wasn't all that impressed with it. I didn't hate it, and at first
I was into it, thinking that it created great tension. But then it just seemed
to keep going that way, through the entire film, repetitive to the point of
distraction. Also, it can be hard to get nominated for your first score.
Once was a million billion trillion times better than Juno. I'm still pissed off about this shit.
These would have been my nominations, off the top of my head:
Once
Into The Wild
Zodiac
Darjeeling Limited
Can't really think of anything else. I haven't seen Persepolis yet but I have high hopes.
Once
Into The Wild
Zodiac
Darjeeling Limited
Can't really think of anything else. I haven't seen Persepolis yet but I have high hopes.
Yeah if you've seen any of Shane Meadow's other movies you should have a good idea what it's like - thought it was decent.
Sigh, Cate Blanchett is rapidly becoming the academy's new favourite actress.
Does anyone know how Saorise Ronan was the only actor/actress to get a nomination from Atonement? I personally couldn't tell the difference between her clipped, shrill, performance and those of children in 5 million other period english films and TV shows.
This is probably the first year in a long time where I haven't seen any of the foreign language nominations - I've heard about the Counterfeiters but anyone know if any of the others are worth checking out?
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