Angry Goose Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Bridge of Spies: 7 out of 10? Neat from a historical perspective. Well made movie too but didn't really grab my attention. Probably something I'd recommend to my parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Room - 9/10 Damn onions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Straight Outta Compton - 6/10 Well made, well acted, I just generally don't have a taste for celebrity biopics, especially musicians. I'm interested in their early stories and how they got started, but then the inevitable success, money, all the drama that comes with it - it's repetitive. Tends to just make me want to stop and go listen to the albums. And this definitely has Dre and Cube's fingerprints all over it making sure they come out looking great. Really liked the acting from the guy playing E though, he and Giamatti had chemistry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 9 hours ago, SILLY GOOSE said: Bridge of Spies: 7 out of 10? Neat from a historical perspective. Well made movie too but didn't really grab my attention. Probably something I'd recommend to my parents The last movie I recommended to my parents was "The Bridge on the River Kwai". 10/10 for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Bridge of Spies - 8/10 Hadn't seen a Tom Hanks movie in a while. Very good. Very worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caknuckle Puck Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 The Castle of Cagliostro #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 oscars? chris rock was hilarious. 10/10 inarritu winning over miller was also hilarious. glad lubezki won, even if i think the revenant borders on being bad and mediocre don't like leo all that much, least of all in that movie, but he gave a really good speech i thought. glad he won so we can get over the 'leo desserves to win!' every time he screeches through a script really weak year for movies, imo, but that was probably the best Oscars i've watched in a fair while, despite all the pandering that was going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 9 minutes ago, GLASSJAW said: oscars? chris rock was hilarious. 10/10 inarritu winning over miller was also hilarious. glad lubezki won, even if i think the revenant borders on being bad and mediocre don't like leo all that much, least of all in that movie, but he gave a really good speech i thought. glad he won so we can get over the 'leo desserves to win!' every time he screeches through a script really weak year for movies, imo, but that was probably the best Oscars i've watched in a fair while, despite all the pandering that was going on Didn't watch. Was too busy not watching it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotted Zebra Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 16 minutes ago, GLASSJAW said: oscars? chris rock was hilarious. 10/10 inarritu winning over miller was also hilarious. glad lubezki won, even if i think the revenant borders on being bad and mediocre don't like leo all that much, least of all in that movie, but he gave a really good speech i thought. glad he won so we can get over the 'leo desserves to win!' every time he screeches through a script really weak year for movies, imo, but that was probably the best Oscars i've watched in a fair while, despite all the pandering that was going on I disagree with almost all your points but hey opinions are opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Mad Max should have got best pic and director but at least it cleaned up in technicals. It feels like everyone is silently acknowledging that as the best movie of the year, but of course endless chase scene action movies with gimp guitarists can't win the top award, and they made it pretty clear with Linklater they won't give a directing award for a long term career vision (ahem departed) so - all is well for Oscar. Spotlight movie! Brie & Ennio yay! Anomalisa robbed! etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 3 minutes ago, The Bookie said: Mad Max should have got best pic and director but at least it cleaned up in technicals. It feels like everyone is silently acknowledging that as the best movie of the year, but of course endless chase scene action movies with gimp guitarists can't win the top award, and they made it pretty clear with Linklater they won't give a directing award for a long term career vision (ahem departed) so - all is well for Oscar. Spotlight movie! Brie & Ennio yay! Anomalisa robbed! etc. I'm fine with it not winning best picture, I guess, but the director thing was very odd to me - especially when Inarritu more or less says how he just let the long takes speak for themselves. What exactly was Inarritu's voice or message in The Revenant? did he even have one? Was his vision as a director to just let Lubezki shoot stuff nicely and let the natural lighting do the rest? Mad Max was entirely Miller's vision and lovechild, much bigger scale. far more impressive movie, imo. Miller was robbed, even if the technical department was rewarded for executing his vision nicely Ennio Morricone winning was great, I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 also thought Amy winning was kind of funny. i still haven't seen 2 of the docs, but Amy was easily the least interesting, least informative documentary I've watched in a very long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svengali Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 That was the first time in years that I've watched the Oscars ... I kind of thought Spotlight was two hours of being spoonfed a story while having to look at Ruffalo's irritating pain-face, but anything is better than Bridge of Spies. Son of Saul looks interesting, will be watching that for sure. Room looks terrible to me, how is it really? And I want to bash Lady Gaga for her extremely cheesy overdone performance but, you know, that subject matter ...(and why is Grohl everywhere, stinking up everything?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 1 minute ago, Svengali said: That was the first time in years that I've watched the Oscars ... I kind of thought Spotlight was two hours of being spoonfed a story while having to look at Ruffalo's irritating pain-face, but anything is better than Bridge of Spies. Son of Saul looks interesting, will be watching that for sure. Room looks terrible to me, how is it really? And I want to bash Lady Gaga for her extremely cheesy overdone performance but, you know, that subject matter ...(and why is Grohl everywhere, stinking up everything?) I didn't like Room at all, didn't think the acting was all that noteworthy either Gaga was on the red carpet saying some weird stuff about how the song is a reward for rape victims. I know what she meant, but it was kinda funny how she worded it. I actually got up and went to the other room to stress eat when she was performing. That was so over the top I felt uncomfortable and embarrassed for her Ruffalo's "pain face" was kinda funny too. I don't get why Keaton wasn't nominated for best supporting in that movie Son of Saul looks good, so does Embrace the Serpent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svengali Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 4 minutes ago, GLASSJAW said: I didn't like Room at all, didn't think the acting was all that noteworthy either Gaga was on the red carpet saying some weird stuff about how the song is a reward for rape victims. I know what she meant, but it was kinda funny how she worded it. I actually got up and went to the other room to stress eat when she was performing. That was so over the top I felt uncomfortable and embarrassed for her Ruffalo's "pain face" was kinda funny too. I don't get why Keaton wasn't nominated for best supporting in that movie Son of Saul looks good, so does Embrace the Serpent Hmm, yeah it (Room) just doesn't look good at all. Haha, stress eat. In my case I swore out loud at her. Yup, Keaton was great. It was Ruffalo's constant "whaaaaaa?", "huuuuuh?" that drove me crazy. (also that whole: oh no the record office is closing! oh no I need a second judge's permission! oh no the photocopier office is closed! ... piss off and just tell the story) Also there was something sadly hilarious about Louis CK's funny intro being followed by the winner saying "the Prime Minister of Pakistan is changing the laws on honour killings because of this movie" to bring him back down to lame unimportant joke boy again, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 5 minutes ago, Svengali said: Hmm, yeah it (Room) just doesn't look good at all. Haha, stress eat. In my case I swore out loud at her. Yup, Keaton was great. It was Ruffalo's constant "whaaaaaa?", "huuuuuh?" that drove me crazy. (also that whole: oh no the record office is closing! oh no I need a second judge's permission! oh no the photocopier office is closed! ... piss off and just tell the story) Also there was something sadly hilarious about Louis CK's funny intro being followed by the winner saying "the Prime Minister of Pakistan is changing the laws on honour killings because of this movie" to bring him back down to lame unimportant joke boy again, haha. I actually couldn't really tell what was up with Ruffalo in that movie, it almost seemed like he was autistic or something. The haircut didn't help. He looked like Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber and oh yeah, that Louis CK part was hilarious and brutal. I wonder how he felt after that? lmao. drive home in her honda civic with her second Oscar, this one that changed laws in her country, while Louis CK goes home to figure out how to make another ejaculation joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svengali Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 9 minutes ago, GLASSJAW said: I actually couldn't really tell what was up with Ruffalo in that movie, it almost seemed like he was autistic or something. The haircut didn't help. He looked like Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber and oh yeah, that Louis CK part was hilarious and brutal. I wonder how he felt after that? lmao. drive home in her honda civic with her second Oscar, this one that changed laws in her country, while Louis CK goes home to figure out how to make another ejaculation joke The Lloyd Christmas cut definitely upped the short-bus factor. Stanley Tucci seemed like the God of Acting in their scenes together. That older guy from Madmen that was in it finally piqued my interest in checking out that show. (one of these days soon) Poor Louis in his stanky NY apartment eating tubs of ice cream and pulling more hair out. And I have to admit that I wanted Tom Hardy to win for his Looney Tunes cartoon character in the Revenant. It would have been hillarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 2 hours ago, GLASSJAW said: oscars? chris rock was hilarious. 10/10 inarritu winning over miller was also hilarious. glad lubezki won, even if i think the revenant borders on being bad and mediocre don't like leo all that much, least of all in that movie, but he gave a really good speech i thought. glad he won so we can get over the 'leo desserves to win!' every time he screeches through a script really weak year for movies, imo, but that was probably the best Oscars i've watched in a fair while, despite all the pandering that was going on I watched the pre-show red carpet. Kind of funny how much time they spent on damage control regarding the race thing. Missed everything in the show after Sasha Baron Cohen did his Ali G bit because the PVR cut out part way through (because it was supposed to be a 3 hour event? Doesn't make sense.) Have to say that it's one of the best Oscar's I've seen, movies aside. Chris Rock nailed it, as did most of the presenters. Having watched both Mad Max and The Revenant, I totally agree with you about Miller. It's the kind of win you see coming from far away though I don't really see how it was earned this time. I don't think Leo should have won either, but like I said when I reviewed that movie, it's entirely a role crafted to win awards. Just one guy mean mugging the screen for a couple of hours, literally speaking through gritted teeth. I don't think it was bad, not do I think he himself is bad, but his name continues to fail to sell me on any movie, because neither his movies nor his performances ever totally work for me. Happy the movie ultimately failed to win best picture, even if I can't compare it to Spotlight, having not seen it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 15 minutes ago, Svengali said: That older guy from Madmen that was in it finally piqued my interest in checking out that show. (one of these days soon) dooooo it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THERETOOL Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 i just read some of my fellow posters comments on gaga and i want to thank you for helping me to realize that it wasn't just me that wanted to puke .. watching the actors reaction to it .. or should i say the OVER actors reaction to the over the top , out of tune and embarrassingly average song from its average maker , made me happy that I had the option of being a normal , not in that business human being they all really needed us to feel how much they felt .. its a cringe worthy world of fakery but i guess thats why they are actors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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