The Post | Ensemble Cast with Tom Hanks & Meryl Streep | Spielberg | Pentagon Papers Film....Dec 22 2017 | Trailer on p.11

[Jake Gittes]

Well that's decisive

[Valonqar]

Aren't they a jinx award? Like, who wins loses the Oscar? 

[AndyK]

Hanks and Streep should retire to give others a chance, they are like the King and Queen of hollywood.

[franfar]

20 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

Aren't they a jinx award? Like, who wins loses the Oscar? 

Comparing the NBR and Oscar for Best Picture since 2000, they've only aligned twice: No Country for Old Men, and Slumdog Millionaire.

[dudalb]

6 minutes ago, AndyK said:

Hanks and Streep should retire to give others a chance, they are like the King and Queen of hollywood.

It's getting hard to take you seriously.

 

[Jake Gittes]

This is the first real acting award Hanks has won for anything in 17 years.

[dudalb]

Just now, franfar said:

Comparing the NBR and Oscar for Best Picture since 2000, they've only aligned twice: No Country for Old Men, and Slumdog Millionaire.

Let's face reality: One thing that "The Post" has in it's favor is that it is widely seen as a slap in the fact to Trump...and yes, there are award voters who will vote for it for that very reason.

I hate Trump as much as anybody, but I also think voting for a movie for any reason other then it's qualities as a film is stupid.

[Joel M]

3 minutes ago, franfar said:

Comparing the NBR and Oscar for Best Picture since 2000, they've only aligned twice: No Country for Old Men, and Slumdog Millionaire.

 

Lol that's a great stat. 

 

 

The movie still gives me Lincoln/Bridge of Spies vibes, which were fine and well crafted but I'm just not that high on Spielberg anymore. Still I think he had a graceful decline over the last decade (way more graceful than most of his peers).

[AndyK]

11 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

This is the first real acting award Hanks has won for anything in 17 years.

His awards resume is just phenominal and 3 emmys in the past few years in production.

[The Panda]

NBR having a poor match up rating doesn't mean the Post is jinxed, especially since they usually go for certain studios and didn't go for WB with the Post.

[Cmasterclay]

9 hours ago, 4815162342 said:

And to think a couple posters here were claiming/spreading rumors earlier this fall that this film was getting mediocre reactions from early screenings.

 

 

Never doubt Da Berg.

Guilty. It was much more cause the script than the reports though. Shoulda never doubted. 

[Fancyarcher]

This is encouraging, small award show & all, but it could make a difference. The NBR nominated some films that won't gain any major awards at this point though, so I'd still take it with a grain of salt though. Cool!

27 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

This is the first real acting award Hanks has won for anything in 17 years.

It's such a shame that he was snubbed for Captain Phillips & even Bridge of Spies. 

[4815162342]

1 hour ago, Valonqar said:

Aren't they a jinx award? Like, who wins loses the Oscar? 

 

NBR most years picks the main WB/Clint offering, so most years they miss.

[dudalb]

Find it amusing that this is a Fox film, given the politics of Fox's owner......

[filmlover]

11 hours ago, dudalb said:

Find it amusing that this is a Fox film, given the politics of Fox's owner......

Fox the film studio and Fox News are two completely separate divisions.

[Lucas]

This has literally opened with a 33% on RT with 9 reviews. I did not see that one coming after the early reactions.

[filmlover]

Oh shit.

 

Variety and Hollywood Reporter are both positive, though.

Edited December 6, 2017 by filmlover

[WrathOfHan]

 

[Cmasterclay]

It has extremely positive reviews from Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Indiewire, Slate, Village Voice, and Vanity Fair. These reviews on RT are mostly from places I've never heard of. I wasn't in love with the script but I really don't think the reviews there now are reflective of critical consensus. 

[filmlover]

EW gave it a B+.

 

Sounds like this is gonna be a bit more divisive than I thought it would be. A Best Picture nomination will be its reward.