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(couldn't find the stakeout intro without posting the whole fucking film in spanish so make do with the trailer)
important to note that the roundhouse kick at 0:39 really seriously connected and knocked the guy out cold and everyone thought it was awesome so they kept it in the film.
"I come in peace!"
"And you go in pieces!"
I know I'm not supposed to get mad about awards bullshit, but I reserve the right to sigh in an exasperated manner.
there were a lot of good fucking films out in 2013.
not really surprised about stoker, as good as it was they had zero campaign push. i've seen most of the oscar list bar august osage county and her (soon!) and a few of the docs and foreign films and unlike prior years i'm finding it hard to find a nomination that didn't deserve it.
the big snub is obviously inside llewyn davis. but again, so many good films.
i do find it amusing The Hunt is on there, that had a nomination last year in the baftas...
I was under the impression that Philomena was very good?
I don't know, I don't have it in me to muster up any outrage at the Oscars.
If you want a serious example of bullshit "groupthink", look no further than The Lone Ranger as a razzie nominee this year.
they even ignored wolf of wall street in VFX and that was the best one because no one could tell.
I'm also pretty surprised with the Long Ranger getting a SFX nod over Pacific Rim.
All movies do this, Wolf is not special in this regard.
The Academy loves David O. Russell for some inexplicable reason. c.f. Silver Linings Playbook
because the jaeger cockpits were pretty badass
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MU should definitely be on the list ahead of The Fucking Croods, but Frozen will win anyway.
Upstream Color and Spring Breakers? They were both interesting movies that I'm glad I saw, but I cannot think of a single category that it would make sense to nominate them. Definitely nothing pertaining to acting, directing, or writing. Nothing technically impressive about them. Certainly not Best Picture. They were concept pieces that had a message and communicated them well, and they were original and creative, but there's not really an award for "most original concept".
I guess I could see an editing award for Breakers; that film did manage to cut everything together in an incredibly effective manner. That said, I'm not enough of an expert on editing to know how difficult that was compared to other nominees.
I think Editing for Upstream Color. The story is told almost entirely without exposition, and not a lot of dialogue. It's a movie that forces you to pay close attention and piece the narrative together yourself, all thanks to its editing.
upstream color: cinematography, sound editing maybe, possibly direction. original screenplay on the outside.
i mean, there's no chance it would be nominated because like fifty people were involved in making the movie and it costed something like $100k, but you could make an argument on the merits of those categories.
If there was a Best Low Budget Indie Film category, I would totally give him that, though.
oh i know. but then again not all of them do it and the best vfx really is the stuff you don't notice. same with editing.
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"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
Slide show, but I feel the point are all valid.
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Isn't Scarface already Scarface for douchebags?
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Different kind of douchebag.
only if its done right, if you are constantly wondering why it keeps cutting all over the place then it's not working. don't confuse good style with over the topness.
That's how I feel about Lone Survivor.
I can't remember the last time a movie was shoved down my throat that hard. And given that the title gives away the entire story, I can't say I'm rushing out to see it.
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i'm hearing if you don't like the movie you are a commie and glenn beck will fly you to him to say you don't like it to real marine it is "based" on.
i wish that were a joke. google "amy nicholson lone survivor" and watch people confuse misogyny with patriotism.
At lease Lone Survivor wasn't shit.
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but yeah they kinda went overboard with the marketing.
Prior to this innovation, you had to watch a whole trailer to have an entire movie's plot spoiled for you. Now you just have to read the title. Progress!