CoolioD1 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 i think la la land's great on the technical side but i never got everyone fawning over the production design. it's pretty plain for about 80% of the film. and i have no idea why chazelle throws in old movie references in there like the Vertigo curtains and shit like that. as a matter of fact la la land has more "Hey, what about this old movie! Huh? huh?" stuff in it than rogue one. it's just that you kids ain't see those movies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 One more tech award before we get into the final "big ones" Best Film Editing Joe Walker Arrival Megan Gill Eye in the Sky Jake Roberts Hell or High Water La La Land Tom Cross John Gilroy, Colin Goudie, and Jabez Olssen Rogue One: A Star Wars Story And the winner is... Spoiler Joe Walker Arrival 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just now, 4815162342 said: The forum should have been more bold and given Supporting Actor to someone like Issey Ogata, Glen Powell, Tom Bennett, etc. I would have voted Ogata if nominated. Out of the 5 nominated, Ali was the one I felt most comfortable with. Tangled with Bridges for a bit though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eevin Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 @MrPink if it makes you feel better, I voted for you out of pity, not for the 250 likes Spoiler Speaking of which @CJohn, I'll be waiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just now, MrPink said: Baited like a fool. Haven't even seen the movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said: Ali is perfectly solid in Moonlight but Andre Holland should be getting all of his awards. they were both on my supporting actor ballot i think they both manage pretty extraordinary performances in a short space of time (and i'd say to wrathofhan that the limited screentime is the exact reason why he has an impact later in the movie for me. his character really ripples through.) I voted for glenn powll though cos lol why not. i'm bad at voting strategically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I don't get why people want like-bombs. Such an undignified way to get them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just now, AABATTERY said: I don't get why people want like-bombs. Such an undignified way to get them. I was voting for Pink to begin with. CJohn simply sweetened the deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Speaking of Arrival, how about its write up? Arrival “Arrival isn’t about time travel. Spoilers. Sorry. But it’s difficult to talk about the brilliance of Arrival without revealing it’s inspired twist. I mean, yes, you can critique its brilliant technical performance, from the cinematography to the editing to the standout musical score that elevates the film in combination with its otherworldly sound design. Make no mistake, Arrival is an exceptionally well made film that deserves all its accolades, and then some. And, yes, you can bask in the brilliant performance of Amy Adams, which is supported by the actors around her. Her portrayal of Dr. Louise Banks is among the best of her already great career. It’s a masterclass of understatement, where she always has just the right look to bring out a depth of emotion in every scene. But Arrival is science fiction, and that means we need to look at its ideas. Early on in the film, Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) reads an excerpt from her book where she states that language is the foundation of civilization. He disagrees, saying that the foundation is science. While there may be debate in the real world as to which is the case, the film comes pretty firmly on the side of language. The twist of the film isn’t that Louise Banks isn’t that a message was sent from the future, but rather that Louise Banks now has an intrinsic understanding of language which affects her perception of time. (I believe I had heard at some point that the Pirahã language had a similar view of time: speakers viewed the past as something in front of them and the future as something behind them. Although I could be wrong about it being something in Pirahã or another indigenous language. Still, the concept was interesting enough to stick with me and came out again while viewing the film.) This concept, linguistic relativity or the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, does have real world evidence. Perception of color, for instance, is strongly influenced by the language available to describe colors. In English, we have a good understanding of blue, and see it as strongly distinct from other colors. This doesn’t seem to be universal. Other languages may lack this distinction, and things that we’d see as blue could be described as other colors, or perhaps an absence of color entirely. I’ve already talked for several paragraphs about this, and I’m just barely scratching the surface. All great science fiction is going to root into fascinating ideas and encourage them to take hold so that the viewer (or reader) is going to think beyond what’s in the story. Arrival succeeds in doing that in spades. We’ve had a run of good, smart science fiction films in recent years. Arrival stands very well with them. Smart, impeccably made, and wholly engrossing and entertaining, Arrival is definitely deserving of all its praise, and then some.” – DamienRoc “Arrival was a marvelous theater experience. Despite me sitting in the front and having to constantly crane my neck to see what was going on (it was a crowded theater), every single neck pain I had the next day was worth it. Amy Adams as Louise is quite possibly one of the best performances of the year. It's quite near criminal that she got snubbed out of an Oscar nomination. The way the plot is structured is utterly phenomenal. The setup for the movie was very eerie, dark, and gloomy, and captured the tone perfectly. It entrances you with every single shot of the movie. Oh yeah, speaking of which, the cinematography is some of the best this year. Every shot is done in quite possibly the best and most beautiful way, and it perfectly complements the haunting score in one particular scene. Denis Villeneuve is a master of his craft, and he delivers what is quite easily one of the best movies of the year. And yes Ethan, my testicles were indeed not intact by the end of the movie.” - ThatOneGuy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just now, CoolioD1 said: they were both on my supporting actor ballot i think they both manage pretty extraordinary performances in a short space of time (and i'd say to wrathofhan that the limited screentime is the exact reason why he has an impact later in the movie for me. his character really ripples through.) I voted for glenn powll though cos lol why not. i'm bad at voting strategically. Glen Powell was the right choice. He might not have been the most good, but he was the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just now, AABATTERY said: I don't get why people want like-bombs. Such an undignified way to get them. It was pretty fun when everybody was shitting on the Amazing Spider-Man 2 and giving likes out like candy. That was a real riot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eevin Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, AABATTERY said: I don't get why people want like-bombs. Such an undignified way to get them. Says the guy who's gotten half of his likes from complaining about Wilderpeople Edited February 19, 2017 by Eevin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 1 minute ago, AABATTERY said: I don't get why people want like-bombs. Such an undignified way to get them. Yes, instead set like-traps. Every countdown thread attracts likes like lambs to the slaughter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just now, Eevin said: Says the guy who's gotten all of his likes from complaining about Wilderpeople Excuse me that's only a quarter of them. The rest are from my list and I sure as fuck worked for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Girl Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I wrote my writeup on a time crunch of 5 minutes since i was literally about to leave somewhere. probably could've been better if I didn't rush it but oh well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Hell or High Water's editing is underrated, even with the Oscar nom. It's an amazingly efficient movie in the way it's cut. Spoiler Unlike Arrival. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 All the music categories are a mess. You guys were idiots for nominating La La Land for Soundtrack, giving it the win is probably the most moronic thing I've ever seen on this boards. It's NOT A SOUNDTRACK. IT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ELIGIBLE. If any of you cared about the integrity of the awards, you should've voted Deadpool as #1, not because it's the best soundtrack, but because it was the ONLY ACTUAL SOUNDTRACK NOMINATED. Likewise, you fuckers picked the worst La La Land song nominated, arguably the worst song in the movie, and also went with an "original" score that if, we or the Academy had any backbone, would've been disqualified. Fuck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eevin Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just now, AABATTERY said: Excuse me that's only a quarter of them. The rest are from my list and I sure as fuck worked for that. Yeah fair enough, that was a pretty dope list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 1 minute ago, 4815162342 said: Yes, instead set like-traps. Every countdown thread attracts likes like lambs to the slaughter. Putting Zootopia on my top 25 was the easiest 20 likes I've ever gotten. They come buzzing like flies at the slightest sign of praise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Just now, Blankments said: All the music categories are a mess. You guys were idiots for nominating La La Land for Soundtrack, giving it the win is probably the most moronic thing I've ever seen on this boards. It's NOT A SOUNDTRACK. IT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE ELIGIBLE. If any of you cared about the integrity of the awards, you should've voted Deadpool as #1, not because it's the best soundtrack, but because it was the ONLY ACTUAL SOUNDTRACK NOMINATED. Likewise, you fuckers picked the worst La La Land song nominated, arguably the worst song in the movie, and also went with an "original" score that if, we or the Academy had any backbone, would've been disqualified. Fuck. everything you just said was actually pretty dumb and wrong. how do you feel about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...