88th Annual Academy Awards

[kedrell]

No kidding...

F-, next time apply yourself.

Heed your own advice, kemosabe. You'd have to jump up to reach fail status at this point.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

For someone not bothered, kedrell seems quite bothered.

 

[kedrell]

Not bothered but I'll be damned if I'm putting up with that kind of snarky, condescending bull****.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

In what way was that snarky from Sawyer? That seemed pretty straightforward from him.

 

[Sawyer]

Heed your own advice, kemosabe. You'd have to jump up to reach fail status at this point.

Excuse me, I'm at D+ right now, thank you very much!



For the record, the F- was directed at your outrageously smug dismissal of the film, not you as a poster. Now, I'm not so sure.

 

[kedrell]

In what way was that snarky from Sawyer? That seemed pretty straightforward from him.

There were two posts I responded to. And I amended my last post to be more inclusive.

 

[kedrell]

Excuse me, I'm at D+ right now, thank you very much!



For the record, the F- was directed at your outrageously smug dismissal of the film, not you as a poster. Now, I'm not so sure.

I smugly dismiss movies I don't like, just like everyone else on the internet. I didn't say anyone involved in the movies that I didn't happen to like were somehow worth less as human beings or anything like that because of it. I gave an opinion of some movies. You don't have to agree with my opinion. But mocking somebody else's opinion strikes me as a particularly foolish choice. Better to just acknowledge it, choose whether you agree or not(if you even care) and then move on. What you did is basically tell another person that you think their opinion is stupid. That choice in and of itself smacks of the same kind of mentality of which it accuses.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I smugly dismiss movies I don't like, just like everyone else on the internet. I didn't say anyone involved in the movies that I didn't happen to like were somehow worth less as human beings or anything like that because of it. I gave an opinion of some movies. You don't have to agree with my opinion. But mocking somebody else's opinion strikes me as a particularly foolish choice. Better to just acknowledge it, choose whether you agree or not(if you even care) and then move on. What you did is basically tell another person that you think their opinion is stupid. That choice in and of itself smacks of the same kind of mentality of which it accuses.

Well that is another smug generalization. You are on a roll.

 

[Schlosser85]

Play nice, kids...

 

[kedrell]

Well that is another smug generalization. You are on a roll.

It might be a smug generalization but it's by and large true and you know it. My patience with separating the wheat from the chaff is exhausted.

 

[kedrell]

Play nice, kids...

Don't worry. All is still civil.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

It might be a smug generalization but it's by and large true and you know it. My patience with separating the wheat from the chaff is exhausted.

I know it depends on the poster. You give as much effort as you choose. If you are going to act a certain way, you can't complain about being labelled as such.

 

[Fallen Angel]

I smugly dismiss movies I don't like,

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not good. And putting Age of Ultron up there as the years best?

 

[flickchick85]

Nothing wrong with a little AoU love.

Also, everyone should give a **** about Room. It's the best of the Best Picture nominees, imo.

 

[Marvolo]

OK, after seeing some more movies my personal breakdown is as follows on who I think should win and who the potential runners up are as well as nominees that I think shouldn't be in there at all ans snubs who should have been there. All just my personal opinion but that's what these type of forums are for. With that said here goes:

Best Picture-

I only saw 6 of the 8 nominees and I will not be seeing the remaining two since as far as I am concerned they have failed the most important test a movie needs to pass: The make me give a ***k test. Room and Brooklyn didn't and that's all I have to say about them.

Of the 6 that remain I'd have to go with Spotlight as my favorite with The Martian as runner up. I have no issue with The Big Short, Bridge of Spies or The Revenant being in this category as I enjoyed all of them to varying degrees. And IMO Mad Max has no business being in this category at all as I did not like that movie at all.

Whether you liked it is irrelevant. Quality craftsmanship is quality craftsmaship regardless. That is why it belongs in that category. Anyone, that's being remotely honest about the film can look at it and see that it belongs in the Best Picture category. The stunt work, camerawork, storytelling, editing, art design, costuming, and production value are all top notch.

Just speaking for myself, there are a number of films I dislike, but I can admit that they deserve their awards and adoration. American Beauty, Slumdog Millionaire, and Hurt Locker are three BP winners that I don't like at all, but they are all three very well made films. They just aren't my cup of tea the same way Mad Max isn't yours.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Well, this thread went downhill fast.


I do have to say, despite being a HUGE MCU fan, I really can't understand how AOU could deserve a BP spot. If Kedrell would mind elaborating on that and some of his other comments, I think we could all have a very nice conversation. t:

*Also, excellent responce, Marvolo*

 

[Matt Mortem]

Nothing in the MCU thus far has deserved an Oscar outside of a technical one like SFX.

 

[flickchick85]

Nothing in the MCU thus far has deserved an Oscar outside of a technical one like SFX.

Agreed. Not just FX, though. Production design, costumes, sound design, etc. There are exceptions, but MCU production values on the whole have been great and I wouldn't object to them getting some awards love for that. But in the major/non-technical categories, I agree they haven't even been close to Oscar-worthy. And neither has any DC film for that matter, outside of TDK, imo.

 

[Sawyer]

I'm not crossing my fingers and toes for BVS to get a Best Picture nom, but I do hope Michael Wilkinson gets some recognition, because he is slaying it.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I'm not crossing my fingers and toes for BVS to get a Best Picture nom, but I do hope Michael Wilkinson gets some recognition, because he is slaying it.

I'll give you that. BvS's costumes are on point.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Nothing wrong with a little AoU love.

Also, everyone should give a **** about Room. It's the best of the Best Picture nominees, imo.

I want to see Room so bad. My Brie.

 

[Schlosser85]

Age of Ultron wasn't even the best MCU movie, let alone Best Picture worthy (??).

 

[flickchick85]

I'm not crossing my fingers and toes for BVS to get a Best Picture nom, but I do hope Michael Wilkinson gets some recognition, because he is slaying it.

He has done an exceptional job. Those costumes are works of art.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Agreed. Not just FX, though. Production design, costumes, sound design, etc. There are exceptions, but MCU production values on the whole have been great and I wouldn't object to them getting some awards love for that. But in the major/non-technical categories, I agree they haven't even been close to Oscar-worthy. And neither has any DC film for that matter, outside of TDK, imo.

See, while I love TWS and Ant-Man, I think the MCU is full of a lot of ugly films. Like the production design and costumes look poor next to what you see on Game of Thrones, and much worse when compared to other award winning productions. Now Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Agent Carter. Those are a bit different imo. They deserve a lot of praise, including legit awards.

I still think TDK should have won best picture in 2008. Well that or Wall-E, but I am like that.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Age of Ultron wasn't even the best MCU movie, let alone Best Picture worthy (??).

Ant-Man fan?

He has done an exceptional job. Those costumes are works of art.

Too bad they decided to drain all the color out of them again.