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[filmlover]

The King's Speech's backlash mostly came from it stealing The Social Network's Oscar (and Hooper stealing Fincher's). Argo didn't face anything extreme since Affleck's snub made it the underdog kinda.

[robertman2]

4 minutes ago, Spaghetti said:

Birdman, The Artist, and to a lesser extent, The King's Speech got an awful lot of backlash. Argo was generally liked but had its detractors.

 

It's still a bit of a toss-up this year, but I would say LLL has a narrow lead.

King's Speech did beat out three more deserving movies, so it had it coming.

 

And forgot about every movie nom'd for best picture in 2009

[CoolioD1]

7 minutes ago, Spaghetti said:

Birdman, The Artist, and to a lesser extent, The King's Speech got an awful lot of backlash. Argo was generally liked but had its detractors.

 

It's still a bit of a toss-up this year, but I would say LLL has a narrow lead.

from what i remember the artist really had the least backlash because there wasn't really a movie that people gave a fuck about to be mad for. i guess tree of life for cinephiles but "wtf x got screwed!" is usually the biggest motivator for a backlash and didn't feel it that year.

[DAR]

I have no issue with King's Speech winning its Oscar.

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

from what i remember the artist really had the least backlash because there wasn't really a movie that people gave a fuck about to be mad for. i guess tree of life for cinephiles but "wtf x got screwed!" is usually the biggest motivator for a backlash and didn't feel it that year.

That Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close nom though...

 

To this day, I still lmao over the announcement where it showed up last like:

 

Edited December 1, 2016 by filmlover

[Ezen Baklattan]

6 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

from what i remember the artist really had the least backlash because there wasn't really a movie that people gave a fuck about to be mad for. i guess tree of life for cinephiles but "wtf x got screwed!" is usually the biggest motivator for a backlash and didn't feel it that year.

The Artist just came out and won a lot of the critic/guild awards and the film community was just like "okay cool guess you win,"

 

I also remember a lot of online film geeks were pissed that Drive/50/50 got shafted but like they would have struggled to get anything besides Boffies.

[GiantCALBears]

Would be shocked to hear Stone & Gosling haven't been hooking up behind the scenes. Clearly some chemistry there.

[That One Girl]

7 minutes ago, Spaghetti said:

The Artist just came out and won a lot of the critic/guild awards and the film community was just like "okay cool guess you win,"

 

I also remember a lot of online film geeks were pissed that Drive/50/50 got shafted but like they would have struggled to get anything besides Boffies.

 

Tbh, way too many great films don't get nominated for BP.  The Witch won't.  10 Cloverfield Lane won't.  Kubo won't.  Deepwater Horizon won't.  The Shallows won't.  Lights Out won't.  War Dogs won't.  Snowden won't.

 

Popstar, Girl on the Train and Sausage Party won't .

[Jake Gittes]

You've got one, maybe two "great" films in there

 

[Goffe]

2 hours ago, Spaghetti said:

The Artist just came out and won a lot of the critic/guild awards and the film community was just like "okay cool guess you win,"

 

I also remember a lot of online film geeks were pissed that Drive/50/50 got shafted but like they would have struggled to get anything besides Boffies.

2011 was indeed a terrible year for movies, it is kinda mind boggling how bad it was 

[Jake Gittes]

2011 was an excellent year for movies, it's just that none of the best ones were in the Best Picture line-up.

[CoolioD1]

I think people are nuts on this 2011 thing. i think it's probably a strong as hell contender for best movie year of the decade for me. look harder guys.

[WrathOfHan]

7 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

I think people are nuts on this 2011 thing. i think it's probably a strong as hell contender for best movie year of the decade for me. look harder guys.

What are some of your favorite 2011 films out of curiosity? 

[CoolioD1]

4 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

What are some of your favorite 2011 films out of curiosity? 

hmmm... a separation, margaret, shame, take shelter, certified copy, tree of life, drive, weekend, kill list, we need to talk about kevin, moneyball, tinker tailor soldier spy, melancholia, hugo, martha marcy may marlene, rango, the skin i live in, win win, ghost protocol, the muppets. are some of the good ones off the top of my head.

Edited December 2, 2016 by CoolioD1

[The Panda]

2 hours ago, That One Guy said:

 

Tbh, way too many great films don't get nominated for BP.  The Witch won't.  10 Cloverfield Lane won't.  Kubo won't.  Deepwater Horizon won't.  The Shallows won't.  Lights Out won't.  War Dogs won't.  Snowden won't.

 

Popstar, Girl on the Train and Sausage Party won't .

 

I agree with the sentiment of this post.  But you only mentioned one great film in it.  

[That One Girl]

1 minute ago, ThePanda A Star Wars Story said:

 

I agree with the sentiment of this post.  But you only mentioned one great film in it.  

 

Sausage Party?

[Goffe]

There are pretty good 2011 movies, lots of them, like every other year, but very few of them are truly fantastic movies. A Separation is one. Take Shelter and Certified Copy are almost there. 

 

I would add Carnage, Warrior, In Darkness and The Well-Digger's Daughter to coolio's list and still think that year was subpar as hell. 

Edited December 2, 2016 by Goffe

[Arlborn]

I cant stop listening to City of Stars.

[Gumby]

On 9/24/2016 at 8:49 AM, Halba said:

emma stone could use a few extra pounds, but other than that the movie looks excellent.

Agreed.  Sometimes she looks anorexic.

[Incarnadine]

SNL with Emma hosting is just about to start. I wonder if they will have any skits based on LLL.