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Trailer giving off Valerian vibes.

Well I thought TLOU2 was fantastic. I do fully understand why people would hate the story if they saw it as bullet points on Reddit and out of context clips, but put together it really works for me. My only real complaints with the game are the length of some of the gameplay sections. @lorddemaxus Yeah people coming up with the most simplistic interpretation of the game possible, and then calling it simplistic is pretty funny.

"Get woke, Go broke"

No spoilers, but how is she a hero?

I actually made that recipe with the brands from my local Korean supermarket. Was pretty good.

Holy shit! I'll gladly eat crow. The Oscars showed taste for once.

I watched 1917 again and I liked it a lot less. Too many long, blurry, boring shots of people walking around which could have been cut if not for the slavish devotion to its gimmick. Too much style over substance. (And this was still my second favorite of the nominees lol) So in other words, it winning BP would make perfect sense.

Yeah. People still can't get over their wrong Captain Marvel predictions, so this is the current excuse. At least its a step up from "Disney bought the tickets"

For Your Consideration: Portrait of a Lady on Fire Best Actress (Adèle Haenel) Best Cinematography (Claire Mathon) Best Original Screenplay (Céline Sciamma) Best Director (Céline Sciamma) Best Foreign Film Best Picture

I hated the first half of this. Found it boring and disjointed. I don't know if the parallel timelines were from the book, but I found it very sloppily done. For example, the juxtaposition made Beth's death scene a laugher rather than a cryer. Then from Laurie's confession onward, I actually quite enjoyed it. Pugh, Chalamet, and Ronan's performances carried this, and I liked the meta ending.

I mean, that's not even the most emotional scene from the movie.

Enjoyed it a lot. The nighttime shots especially were beautiful, and I loved the score. I respect the craft of it, but I think the movie would have been better if they dropped the one-shot thing. I feel Mendes could have still won his Oscar with a more "Revenant" style. My least favorite parts of the film were connecting scenes, and blurry camera pans which could have been better served by some cuts if they didn't have to keep up the charade.

I think Joker has a good shot at BP. It got noms in categories where I felt the movie was mediocre-weak (screenplay, cinematography, editing), seems like something the PGAs would go for (big profit), and Twitter backlash does not equal Academy backlash (Green Book).

"John-C-Nah" "No Hype"

It's not like these (or the Oscars) are in any way a measure of quality... So I'm rooting for Joker, to see the ensuing shitshow.

So you're saying The Irishman isn't "cinematic"?

Well I have some crow to eat. This was my favorite of the sequel trilogy. The worst-made movie, but the best Star Wars movie of the three. This and TFA together actually make some kind of sense, but half of the movie was just reversing and replacing everything that happened in TLJ which made it rushed, bloated and convoluted. Still, this was the first one I actually felt something from the characters (Ben and Rey), and expanded the lore. I would actually be interested to see more from Rey after this which I would not have said before. B-

Parasite was a blockbuster film in Korea.

When is the true event of this weekend (The Top 50 Musicals List) happening? @Force Ghost Cap 😁

He's the guy in your profile picture.

Over 1917

There's one ironclad reason why Parasite won't win BP. It's the best film of the year.

Wait... I thought you hated Pugh with a vengeance. Or was that someone else?

This was pretty good. Got a little self-indulgent (and sillly) towards the end though. "Hugh did this" lmao. Overall very entertaining though, and seemed like the sneak audience loved it (uproarious laughter at some points).

This was fantastic. Simultaneously both the funniest and the most suspenseful movie I've seen so far this year. Beautifully shot and provides insight on society, but is still crowd-pleasing and entertaining throughout. (Plenty of laughs and gasps in my screening). And then I watched Memories of Murder and it's just as good if not better. I think I found the emotional climax of Memories more powerful, but prefer Parasite overall upon first viewings.