⊃∪∩⪽ Part II | March 1, 2024 | Reactions drop February 15, reviews February 21 | Zendaya for our next C-3P0

[Last Man Standing]

3 minutes ago, MysteryMovieMogul said:

Was it, though? The last hour is about how Lewis Strauss gets his comeuppance. The subject matter is bleak, yeah, but the film is far from.

Yes lol. It ends with a note about how nuclear war is inevitable.

[Steele131]

21 minutes ago, MysteryMovieMogul said:

That's so strange to me, is there a reason for this?

Very rare nowadays that a reviewer even works at an outlet for that long. 

[Valonqar]

3 minutes ago, Last Man Standing said:

Yes lol. It ends with a note about how nuclear war is inevitable.

 

This. Even Nolan said so in his BAFTA speech.

[MysteryMovieMogul]

3 minutes ago, Last Man Standing said:

Yes lol. It ends with a note about how nuclear war is inevitable.

Again, that's a bleak theme, but that doesn't make the film bleak.

 

Killers of the Flower Moon? Now that's what I call a bleak film. It's a long slow-burn of Native American death and evil people getting away with evil things. And just when you think they'll get their comeuppance, it's revealed they don't.

[AniNate]

36 minutes ago, solaris said:

Obviously we are VERY early in the awards calendar for 2024, but it's a pretty desolate year in terms of contenders. This will absolutely dominate technical/artistic categories and should be a pretty strong contender for nominations in Picture/Director. Villeneuve is already starting to build an 'overdue' narrative. I wonder if either Walken or Butler could sneak into Supporting Actor too - Butler seems to be getting singled out a lot in the reviews.

 

This does seem like it'll be a big hitter, but I don't think you can rule out three other sequels to previous best picture nominees, not to mention Megalopolis 

[WorkingonaName]

1 hour ago, JustLurking said:

He has reviewed 9 of the BP films so far and gave rotten to all of them, but gave Rebel Moon a fresh. That people cry about Ehrlich while this guy gets to upload reviews on rt is kind of incredible.

True chad.

[Last Man Standing]

5 minutes ago, MysteryMovieMogul said:

Again, that's a bleak theme, but that doesn't make the film bleak.

 

Killers of the Flower Moon? Now that's what I call a bleak film. It's a long slow-burn of Native American death and evil people getting away with evil things. And just when you think they'll get their comeuppance, it's revealed they don't.

I don't know how you decide whether a film is bleak or not, if it's about bad guys getting comeuppance, then Dune part II may not be bleak for you at all.

[WittyUsername]

2 minutes ago, AniNate said:

 

This does seem like it'll be a big hitter, but I don't think you can rule out three other sequels to previous best picture nominees, not to mention Megalopolis 

I don’t buy that Joker 2 or Furiosa are getting nominated for Best Picture. Certainly not over this. 

[AniNate]

Well no one predicted the first movies would be there either before they came out

[WorkingonaName]

Confident on Joker 2 being a top 5 contender, Furorisa kinda looks like a flop.   

[Steele131]

20 minutes ago, MysteryMovieMogul said:

Was it, though? The last hour is about how Lewis Strauss gets his comeuppance. The subject matter is bleak, yeah, but the film is far from.

The film is hella bleak. Its pacing and direction is like an action movie but the film is dark and bleak. It’s all the better for it

[lorddemaxus]

I think Joker 2 and the PTA film will be WB's big pushes for the year. Unless this actually becomes a cultural phenomenon (the 600-700 mil grosses thrown around here won't do),  don't see this getting much attention outside of techs and a populist PGA nom.

Edited February 21 by lorddemaxus

[Steele131]

7 minutes ago, AniNate said:

 

This does seem like it'll be a big hitter, but I don't think you can rule out three other sequels to previous best picture nominees, not to mention Megalopolis 

I think this will be WB’s Fury Road. They’re going to put all their chips into this movie. Even if Furiosa and Joker are good, they’re going to push Dune more. 

[MysteryMovieMogul]

3 minutes ago, WittyUsername said:

I don’t buy that Joker 2 or Furiosa are getting nominated for Best Picture. Certainly not over this. 

I don't understand why we're even discussing Best Picture or Oscar chances whatsoever when many Best Picture nominees don't pop up until October or later. Poor Things didn't come out until December, and didn't even debut until September. Does Dune Part 2 have a chance? Totally, but it's definitely not a sure thing.

[Valonqar]

WB promoted the heck out of DUNC so they obviously have high hopes awards-wise and boxoffice-wise.

[WorkingonaName]

People are underrating Horizons BP chances, Costner is cooking.

[Valonqar]

3 minutes ago, MysteryMovieMogul said:

I don't understand why we're even discussing Best Picture or Oscar chances whatsoever when many Best Picture nominees don't pop up until October or later. Poor Things didn't come out until December, and didn't even debut until September. Does Dune Part 2 have a chance? Totally, but it's definitely not a sure thing.

 

because month of reelase doesn't matter if your movie sustains the buzz. Early release didn't hurt EEAAO also released in March. 

 

And we aren't discussing nomination here cause that seems pretty locked with reviews like these and first movie's pedigree. We are discussing potential win. I'd say SAG ensemble nom is a must (ROTK got it and won it, ditto Parasite) if it doesn't get individual acting nomination(s). Out of these supporting categories are easier to get in.

Edited February 21 by Valonqar

[Firepower]

14 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

I think Joker 2 and the PTA film will be WB's big pushes for the year. Unless this actually becomes a cultural phenomenon (the 600-700 mil grosses thrown around here won't do),  don't see this getting much attention outside of techs and a populist PGA nom.

February release date also doesn't help.

[HummingLemon496]

Holy. Fucking. Shit

 

I was not expecting Spider-Verse 2 level reviews

 

(the first one "only" has an 83%)

Edited February 21 by HummingLemon496

[YM!]

Looking forward for Dune 2, plan on getting tickets for it next week when my paycheck comes.