88TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS Discussion Topic (LIVE! Today's discussion begins on pg 33)

[kayumanggi]

[Spidey Freak]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

This year was a big win for them and especially A24. Room, Ex Machina, and Amy all won awards tonight. These two are clearly the future.

 

A24 is stealthily building a pretty epic back catalogue of films.

[Daxtreme]

Sam Smith winning was a real joke.

 

Lady Gaga deserved that one 10x more than him

[JohnnY]

i gotta ask this

 

are you guys still sure that the oscar ceremony is made by old straight cis white males who are not considerate of minorities?

 

just say yes or no

[Avatree]

10 minutes ago, boomboom234 said:

In terms of real world importance the big short is way more important what happened in that movie impacted and will impact the world for years if not decades to come it has shaped global politics and life. Spotlight while chilling and important is relatively old news and small sclae compared

"relatively small scale" - did you watch any of the movie? The whole point is that this is an issue that was way bigger than anyone could possibly have imagined, that it was taking place everywhere and being covered up from the very top of the church.

[GiantCALBears]

17 minutes ago, teardropmina said:

Epic, love it.

[boomboom234]

6 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Uh, the impact of Spotlight's events certainly had a global impact. Did you not see the movie, and if you did, did you leave right before the end credits started where it listed every single state and country that came forward after the Boston Globe story was published?

This is awful discusion both were truly awful events  but a few thousands kids to millions upon millions of ruined lives ruined governments destabilized world. In places in Europe there is still around 30% unemployment people lost everything and its still the number 1 issue politically world wide our current election is still being run off its aftermath it was a history defining event similar to the great depression the scale is significantly bigger. That's not to say spotlight shouldn't have one or that the catholic church shouldn't be forced to deal with these issues but the overall importance is key especially since almost nothing has changed since 2008 while a lot has changed in the catholic world since 2001

[JohnnY]

Just now, BKB IS CAPTAIN AMERICA said:

 

I actually fell asleep and missed the whole damn thing... Any surprises?? Upsets??? Racial jokes from Chris Rock for a whole lot of nothing???

 

it. was. a. fucking. mess.

[Avatree]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I can't decide if Sam Smith's or Alicia Vikander's win is the worst of the night. I guess I'll go with Smith's since I'll just pretend Vikander won for Ex Machina instead.

It's not as if Alicia Vikander was terrible though. I thought Danish Girl was pretty crap, and she was evidently in the wrong category, but you can't really complain that her performance won.

[AniNate]

1 minute ago, JohnnY said:

i gotta ask this

 

are you guys still sure that the oscar ceremony is made by old straight cis white males who are not considerate of minorities?

 

just say yes or no

 

Whatever the most stereotypically square gender/age/race/ethnicity is, so it's easier to make sense of my favorite movies getting snubbed

[kayumanggi]

Future trailers, posters & other marketing materials will forever be changed to read "Academy Award Winner Leonardo DiCaprio" #Oscars

— Gitesh Pandya (@GiteshPandya)

February 29, 2016

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, JohnnY said:

i gotta ask this

 

are you guys still sure that the oscar ceremony is made by old straight cis white males who are not considerate of minorities?

 

just say yes or no

The problem isn't the Academy, it's the actual film industry itself. If they want to solve the diversity problem, then they should start spreading the wealth around by giving different people opportunities instead of just saddling them with race-typical jobs.

[Rman823]

14 minutes ago, eXtacy said:

I am pretty keen to see The Big Short and The Room. Still have no desire to see spotlight though.

No you want to see Room. There's a big difference. 

 

[Jonwo]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

This year was a big win for them and especially A24. Room, Ex Machina, and Amy all won awards tonight. These two are clearly the future.

 

A24 are one to watch, they have picked some good projects. 

[DAR]

Well both Spotlight and the Big Short did deal with people getting horribly fucked.

[eddyxx]

Some one posted earlier that Mad Max had the most wins ever but didn't ROTK win like 10 awards?

[GiantCALBears]

& now boys and girls we return you to the true movie of last & this year... The GOP primary.

Edited February 29, 2016 by GiantCALBears

[Spidey Freak]

2 minutes ago, Total Treecall said:

It's not as if Alicia Vikander was terrible though. I thought Danish Girl was pretty crap, and she was evidently in the wrong category, but you can't really complain that her performance won.

 

Also she cockblocked Rooney, so no way that win compares to Smith and Innaritu.

[GiantCALBears]

1 minute ago, eddyxx said:

Some one posted earlier that Mad Max had the most wins ever but didn't ROTK win like 10 awards?

Titanic, Ben Her, & ROTK all won 11 (ROTK won every one it was nominated for.)

[The Futurist]

Good actors come & go.

 

Legends live forever.