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

[Jake Gittes]

52 minutes ago, filmlover said:

We need to investigate if Pink has ties to Russia.

 

I voted for Coolio. My conscience is clear

[aabattery]

1 minute ago, MrPink said:

 

 

[That One Girl]

1 minute ago, MrPink said:

 

There's an age cut off to the prayer circle 

 

Han isn't even a full year older than me .

 

I'll be 16 in 2 months .

[SLAM!]

Yes, a tie between La La Land and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them for costume!

 

And Star Trek deserves Makeup!

 

I'm glad those two blockbusters are winning anything at all, really!

[Ezen Baklattan]

Get ready, this is a big one.

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

 

The nominees are...

 

Hell or High Water

Written by Taylor Sheridan

 

La La Land

Written by Damien Chazelle

 

The Lobster

Written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou

 

Manchester by the Sea

Written by Kenneth Lonergan

 

Zootopia

Written by Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Josie Trinidad, Jim Reardon, and Jennifer Lee

 

And the winner is....

 

Spoiler

 

Cue cannastop and Jason having pure ecstacy.

 

[WrathOfHan]

 

[MrPink]

Just now, Jake Gittes said:

 

I voted for Coolio. My conscience is clear

 

*Nervously touches hair*

 

The fraudiest of fraud wins

[Dementeleus]

1 minute ago, Spaghetti by the Sea said:

Get ready, this is a big one.

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

 

The nominees are...

 

Hell or High Water

Written by Taylor Sheridan

 

La La Land

Written by Damien Chazelle

 

The Lobster

Written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou

 

Manchester by the Sea

Written by Kenneth Lonergan

 

Zootopia

Written by Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Josie Trinidad, Jim Reardon, and Jennifer Lee

 

And the winner is....

 

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Cue cannastop and Jason having pure ecstacy.

 

 

Yikes.

[CoolioD1]

Judging by a few of my supporters (and my own) posts, i think it went down like this

 

 

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, Spaghetti by the Sea said:

Get ready, this is a big one.

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

 

The nominees are...

 

Hell or High Water

Written by Taylor Sheridan

 

La La Land

Written by Damien Chazelle

 

The Lobster

Written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou

 

Manchester by the Sea

Written by Kenneth Lonergan

 

Zootopia

Written by Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Josie Trinidad, Jim Reardon, and Jennifer Lee

 

And the winner is....

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

Cue cannastop and Jason having pure ecstacy.

 

Whoa

[aabattery]

Just now, MrPink said:

 

*Nervously touches hair*

 

The fraudiest of fraud wins

 

I'll forgive you if Wilderpeople wins anything.

 

[franfar]

1 minute ago, Spaghetti by the Sea said:

Get ready, this is a big one.

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

 

The nominees are...

 

Hell or High Water

Written by Taylor Sheridan

 

La La Land

Written by Damien Chazelle

 

The Lobster

Written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou

 

Manchester by the Sea

Written by Kenneth Lonergan

 

Zootopia

Written by Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Josie Trinidad, Jim Reardon, and Jennifer Lee

 

And the winner is....

 

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Cue cannastop and Jason having pure ecstacy.

 

 based movie

[That One Girl]

R O B B E D

 

AHAHHAHAHAHA PISS OFF LA LA LAND HATERS, ESPECIALLY MRPINK.

 

[SLAM!]

Zootopia had a snappy script with a lot of awareness, but I honestly believe without the Taylor Sheridan's script for Hell or High Water, the film would have tanked. The script for that film is what made the whole film. But I guess Zootopia is still a decent selection.

[Dementeleus]

^^ Wha....?

 

edit: to clarify, I'm talking about That One Guy.

[elcaballero]

2 minutes ago, Spaghetti by the Sea said:

Get ready, this is a big one.

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

 

The nominees are...

 

Hell or High Water

Written by Taylor Sheridan

 

La La Land

Written by Damien Chazelle

 

The Lobster

Written by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou

 

Manchester by the Sea

Written by Kenneth Lonergan

 

Zootopia

Written by Jared Bush, Phil Johnston, Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Josie Trinidad, Jim Reardon, and Jennifer Lee

 

And the winner is....

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

Cue cannastop and Jason having pure ecstacy.

 

The Zootopia crew strikes. 

[WrathOfHan]

@AABATTERY

 

[MrPink]

I am highly concerned that all the people I know of who voted for me are younger than 25.

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, That One Guy said:

R O B B E D

 

AHAHHAHAHAHA PISS OFF LA LA LAND HATERS, ESPECIALLY MRPINK.

 

Hell or High Water was actually my first choice

 

[Ezen Baklattan]

One more write-up that is the bane of Baumer's existence.

 

MOONLIGHT

Directed by Barry Jenkins

A24

 

 

In each of the three portions of writer-director Barry Jenkins's film, I was floored with the power of what I was seeing onscreen. Every scene feels so authentic that I couldn't help but respond with the corresponding elation, heartbreak, or bittersweet acceptance of the positive and negative forces colliding in protagonist Chiron's life. Each segment of the film works like a brilliant short film in its own right, but the latter two portions each benefit from the content that precedes them. By the time that we encounter Black in the final third of the film, his uncertain place as an adult hits hard because of the deep level of investment that Jenkins builds with the character in the first two segments. Each of the three actors who plays Chiron - Alex Hibbert as nine-year-old Little, Ashton Sanders as teenage Chiron, and Trevante Rhodes as adult Black - is superbly understated in the role. The decision to let each actor take a unique approach to the character - a decision enforced through Jenkins's refusal to let these three actors meet one another - helps to make the character's development between segments feel significant and meaningful; Chiron is never the same character between segments, but rather a changed one whose experiences have shaped him in profound ways at which we as viewers can only guess. Taken as a whole, these three performances help to develop a complex character whose constant sensitivity feels powerful and whose constant contradictions in masculinity - from Little's softness to Chiron's bubbling anger to Black's juxtaposition of external toughness with internal tenderness - make him feel like an authentically vulnerable young person whose public and private selves still have yet to find harmony with one another. However, as impressive as these collected performances are (to the extent that this film ought to gain very serious consideration in the SAG's Ensemble category despite the relative lack of recognizable names), the constants are even more impressive. Mahersherala Ali - already a proven performer from his underrated work on House of Cards - is a revelation as Juan, the most prominent father figure in Chiron's life. Ali's performance is wholly natural and unforced, and it lingers despite coming to an end after the first third of the film. He's the perfect role model for Chiron: a man who displays compassion and tenderness without sacrificing the model of masculinity that society expects from black men. Janelle Monae is also fantastic as Ali's girlfriend and mother figure to Chiron; her presence and compassion allows her performance to register despite a paucity of screentime. Naomie Harris rounds out the collection of stellar performances with stinging work as Chiron's drug-addicted mother who eventually sees the error of her ways; her performance is played so intelligently that she handles the pivot from drug-addled mess in the first two segments to voice of reason in her final scene perfectly. And finally, although they won't receive much awards attention, the actors who portray  Kevin - Jaden Piner as a young child, Jharrel Jermone as a teenager, and Andre Holland as an adult - are also excellent in developing a more traditionally masculine male whose sexuality isn't as cut-and-dry as it initially appears. As dark as the film gets at certain points, I couldn't help but smile in the air of optimism that ultimately pervades the entire thing. By the final shot - which feels earned by the time we reach it - I couldn't wipe the wide grin from my face. Moonlight is a film that celebrates its protagonist's unconventional growth not as some sort of aberration, but rather as a natural progression toward discovering one's own identity. In that way, it's easily the most sublime film of the year to date, and sure to land a spot among my favorites of the year as a whole.

-Webslinger

 

 

Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight has a dreamlike mise-en-scene. One might wonder if that’s an appropriate description for a movie that follows the life of a young boy who grows up to become a drug dealer, but only looking through the lens of a camera can the story become bearable. Cinema can be an escape, but it also can be a dissociation.

The camera has a shallow depth of field on all the characters, but always with Chiron (Little as a child, Chiron as a teenager, Black as an adult). He’s learned to be passive in the face of trauma, such as his mother’s drug addiction, school bulling and the betrayal of a friend. One of the most haunting shots is teenage Chiron washing his face in the sink after a bloody attack, lights flickering. What is he thinking? He’s so guarded that the audience can’t tell, not even now. And yet he moves with the inevitability of a dream to a shocking conclusion: you don’t know where it’s going, but you know it must go there.

The final shot of Little standing of the beach gives the illusion of flying, but it stops right at the small child. He brought us here, and now he’ll turn on the lights.

-Cannastop