Gopher Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 LA was basically a celebration of all the stuff that's mostly been ignored in the awards so far. Amour, Master, Argo, SLP, Beasts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Total bullshit. So Amour directed itself? How the fuck a movie can win if director isn`t even a runner-up? obviously, they didn`t want to lose points with Bigelow supporters but really loved Amour and TM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 LA Film Critics @LAFilmCritics And now....Best Foreign-Language Film. Lol, do you guys really need a vote for this? I think they may award something else because of Amour taking BP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackO Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) The win makes no sense.If you think a film has the best direction, best lead actor, best supporting actress, and best production design, and is second-best in its music and in its cinematography, how does it lose to a film which is only mentioned in 1st or 2nd in a single other category?It has no effect on Oscar race, just a blip. no big deal. Edited December 9, 2012 by JackO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 For an alleged best picture frontrunner/winner it is getting trashed. By the way, have you read The Hollywood Reporter's review?1. It's still early, and as I said, it's still going up.2. Yes, I read THR review, but I wasn't aware Todd McCarthy, great reviewer he is, is the be all, end all of film quality.3. No musical ever gets unanimous support, even the most critically acclaimmed Chicago has a relatively low score among best picture winners. If you want to see a musical get trashed, look at Nine (which is a terrible stage show, so I really don't know why this was a suprise. les mis is a classic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 I think they may award something else because of Amour taking BP.Holy Motors hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Not really it got a BD runner up.No I meant as Picture runner-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 But quanitatively and qualitatively it simply doesn't jive with how they viewed The Master based on the amount of attention they gave it.It definitely is a shock, definitely expected Master to get it after all those awards it won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Les mis average on RT is 7.5 how is that getting awful reviews? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) Well, LA sure as hell chickend out on Hanneke because, as already pointed out, BP win makes no sense w/o BD at least in runner-up seat. i`m not disputing Amour quality, I`m disputing LA balls. Edited December 9, 2012 by fishnets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Well, LA sure as hell chickend out on Hanneke because, as already pointe dout, BP win makes no sense w/o BD at least in runner-up seat. i`m not disputing Amour quality, I`m disputing LA balls.Definitely, Haneke should've at least been runner up, and from the looks of it PTA ran away with that award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Newsflash: This isn't the first time critics awards make "strange" choices. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackO Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 1. It's still early, and as I said, it's still going up.2. Yes, I read THR review, but I wasn't aware Todd McCarthy, great reviewer he is, is the be all, end all of film quality.3. No musical ever gets unanimous support, even the most critically acclaimmed Chicago has a relatively low score among best picture winners. If you want to see a musical get trashed, look at Nine (which is a terrible stage show, so I really don't know why this was a suprise. les mis is a classic)You are fooling yourself if you think reviews that call a film vocal diarrea and an enema are the hallmarks of a BP winner. Rating is inflated by UK fanboys. 55 on metacritic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Les mis average on RT is 7.5 how is that getting awful reviews?It`s a love-hate movie. Higher averige shows that those who love it,love it, hence why averige is higher than it`s usual for such RT score. But bad reviews are really outright pans, no way to spin it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 If by reviews you mean a few people than sure. Other critics love the film. Most haven't posted yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riczhang Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 If you want to get technical about words used in reviews, the NYT I think called Sound of Music something similar when it first came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Can someone give me the link for Armour on RT? Wanted to see what it has, and it won't come up when I search it and I'm spelling it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Can someone give me the link for Armour on RT? Wanted to see what it has, and it won't come up when I search it and I'm spelling it right. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/771307454/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) Holy Motors best BF Edited December 9, 2012 by Dexter of Suburbia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Footnote is runner up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
