Spaghetti and The Panda Present: THE FIFTH ANNUAL BOFFY AWARDS! La La Land, Arrival, and Zootopia Lead the Pack!

[baumer]

1 hour ago, Spaghetti by the Sea said:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

The nominees are...

 

Mahershala Ali 

Moonlight

 

Jeff Bridges

Hell or High Water

 

Ben Foster

Hell or High Water

 

John Goodman

10 Cloverfield Lane

 

Glen Powell

Everybody Wants Some!!!

 

The Boffy goes to...

 

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#AnnoyBaumer2k17

 

 

Im quitting this site.

 

Are u people on acid?

[The Panda]

Things are getting set up for the big finish!

 

Best Production Design

 

Patrice Vermette, Andrew Valade, and Paul Hotte

Arrival

 

Danid Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

La La Land

 

Jess Gonchor

Hail, Caesar!

 

Daniel R. Casey and Nelson Lowry

Kubo and the Two Strings

 

Doug Chiang and Neil Lamont

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

 

And the winner is...

 

Spoiler

Danid Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

La La Land

 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, baumer said:

 

Im quitting this site.

 

Are u people on acid?

Are you?  

[Eevin]

2 minutes ago, Water Bottle said:

 

It's okay. Some of them will one day grow up and appreciate amazingness.

Hey I'm a young person and I wrote that write-up so not all of us have bad taste

[robertman2]

2 hours ago, Spaghetti by the Sea said:

A bit behind on write-ups so have another!

 

HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE

Directed by Taika Waititi

The Orchard

 

In the New-Zealand-set comedy film Hunt for the Wilderpeople, a young orphan and a cynical foster father form an unlikely bond while adventuring through the wilderness and running from those that want to capture them. The film shows the lush and colorful country from an intriguingly unconventional point of view as the journey continues forward, and from very early on in the runtime, the dedication spent on accurately describing an entire community of people and making the events seem grounded in a brimming world is clearly evident. Writer and director Taika Waititi expertly stamps his trademark peculiarity onto his work with snappy dialogue and offbeat visual style, and each of the performances, including turns from the veteran Sam Neill, the unwavering Rachel House, and the breakout Julian Dennison, among others, shine brightly and add even more depth to what were already deep characters in the first place. The film's idiosyncratic nature ensures its position as a film standing apart from any other film in 2016 or perhaps the whole decade when all is said and done. And, lastly, this film portrays the heartfelt bonds that can generate from the most peculiar situations and keep themselves molded together in the midst of life's most devastating disappointments.

-slambros

 

 

Ah. Hunt for the Wilderpeople. The film I have championed pretty much since I joined back in the April of 2016. In other words the one I’ve been an annoying dick about. Especially when you lot made it miss the top 25 by half a point. But hey, when you love something, beat it into the ground until people don’t want to watch it anymore. Enough about that; this movie is seriously delightful. Julian Denison and Sam Neil make an unlikely but adorable pair as Ricky Baker (a real bad egg) and Uncle Hec. Their journey across New Zealand, escaping a tough and misguided social worker played by Rachel House, makes for a hilarious and beautiful (thanks to New Zealand’s stunning landscapes) ride. This movie is so much fun but it’s also surprisingly poignant. It deals with loss and the impact of child poverty (which is a fairly major issue in NZ) in a really touching way, much in thanks to Taika Waititi's direction. He juggles tone really well; it can switch from funny to sad on a dime without taking you out of the film. Paired with some great writing, (it’s a very quotable film) this made Hunt for the Wilderpeople one of my favourite films of 2016 and it showcases how great New Zealand cinema can be.  

-AABATTERY

 

 

Waititi is cementing his catalogue with this refreshing gem of a comedy by following the sneakers steps of a "real bad egg" aka Ricky Baker, a chubby 13 tears old juvenile delinquent of Maori descent running away from children foster care services that want to put him back into "Juve" (crystallized into an hilarious female agent that sees herself as the Terminator tracking Sarah Connor "before she could do chin-ups" she adds) with his reluctant adoptive uncle Hec, played by Sam Neill.(who much like Dr Grant has no use for brats except he's not digging up dinosaurs bones but dabbles as an old farmer in the NZ bush with his big hearted wife). The old "Grumpy Man of the Wild vs Bratty Kid from the city" opposition/contrast-only-to-bound-overcoming-their-drifts is the source of many laughs and also melancholic reflections (Ricky talking about his biological mom or one of his foster care "friend". Hec's past and illetrism) during their journey wandering like 2 Wildebeests into the beautiful wild landscapes of NZ looking out for a family while the whole country is looking after those two misfits.

 

On sheer surface, Waititi exhibits a lot of visual and writing absurdist quirks of a NZ Wes Anderson but it never feels artificial like an entomologist or a taxidermist making absurdist plays with his puppets trapped into carefully crafted miniatures environment and vintage chromo furnitures. It's lively (the characters are colourful but all seem pretty grounded except maybe for the jarring appearance of Psycho Sam that feels more like a cartoon compared to the 3 dimensional tragi-comic protagonists), those natural NZ vistas are drop dead gorgeous, all of this provide its own voice. Waititi has a knack of juggling tone that harkens to some korean directors like Bong Joon-Oh that manages to blend comedy, drama and action in the span of a scene effortlessly. Lot of heart, touching moments, hilarious moments (Waititi's cameo, "SHIT JUST GOT REAL...AGAIN!").

 

The soundtrack made of synth pop composed by Moniker and classics (like Nina Simone's Sinnerman and Leonard Cohen's The Partisan) also contributes to the contrast aspect, turning this adaption of a children book by author Barry Crump into an unique mixture of offbeat touches blended with familiar tropes reminiscent of Roald Dahl. Maybe that exquisite NZ flavor that the movie exudes through and through with breezing charm.

-dashrednar44

That kid kinda looks like a young Jontron

[4815162342]

Just now, The Panda said:

Things are getting set up for the big finish!

 

Best Production Design

 

Patrice Vermette, Andrew Valade, and Paul Hotte

Arrival

 

Danid Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

La La Land

 

Jess Gonchor

Hail, Caesar!

 

Daniel R. Casey and Nelson Lowry

Kubo and the Two Strings

 

Doug Chiang and Neil Lamont

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

 

And the winner is...

 

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Danid Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

La La Land

 

 

This should've gone to Hail, Caesar, no ifs ands or buts

[robertman2]

2 hours ago, MrPink said:

 

ThatOneGuy is my lone supporter? 

 

Robertman2 doesn't like me? 

 

 

I'll accept Ethan's hate.

Nah I voted for you. The res t is rigged

[Fancyarcher]

6 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Yes award the TARS ripoff

 

Really? That type of character has existed long before Tars.

Edited February 19, 2017 by Fancyarcher

[MrPink]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Quite the contrary. The old people need to realize how MEDIOCRE Rogue One is.

 

That's better than name dropping A New Hope.

 

I think we can both agree it's better than Split randomly dropping in

 

Spoiler

Unbreakable 

 

[CoolioD1]

1 minute ago, baumer said:

 

Im quitting this site.

 

Are u people on acid?

everyone wants to come for the king

[Water Bottle]

Just now, baumer said:

 

Im quitting this site.

 

Are u people on acid?

 

Even though I keep the site running, I never get nominated for Most Valuable Poster....

[Goffe]

5 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

The CHILDREN are the ones coming out against rogue one. go figure.

stop being so bitter coolio, you can always win next year!

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, MrPink said:

 

I think we can both agree it's better than Split randomly dropping in

 

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Unbreakable 

 

Spoiler

That's at the very end of the movie. The rest of the movie is able to stand on its own unlike Rogue One.

 

[Jake Gittes]

Ali is perfectly solid in Moonlight but Andre Holland should be getting all of his awards. 

[MrPink]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

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That's at the very end of the movie. The rest of the movie is able to stand on its own unlike Rogue One.

 

 

Baited like a fool. Haven't even seen the movie 

[WrathOfHan]

I like Ali in Moonlight, but he wasn't in the movie long enough to leave a big impact on me.

[MrPink]

Just now, Jake Gittes said:

Ali is perfectly solid in Moonlight but Andre Holland should be getting all of his awards. 

 

He's more than solid, however he's not in it as much as I'd like.

[Water Bottle]

3 minutes ago, Eevin said:

Hey I'm a young person and I wrote that write-up so not all of us have bad taste

 

maybe there's hope for America's future after all

[Goffe]

7 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

 

cutesy parody references to older classics

yes, The Force Awakens was bad too.

Edited February 19, 2017 by Goffe

[4815162342]

The forum should have been more bold and given Supporting Actor to someone like Issey Ogata, Glen Powell, Tom Bennett, etc.