movies

[go birds]

Nightcrawler was great and scary at the time...to know people like exist.

Not sure who could have played that role more perfectly

[IMADreamer]

I thought Gone Girl was terrible. Ben afflack sucked as usual. The wife I guess was trying to play an intelligent cold emotionless [expletive] and as a result I thought felt kind do of lifeless. There were a lot of twists and turns but none completely unreasonable. Finally the ending was just garbage.

[Freed Roger]

I thought Gone Girl was terrible. Ben afflack sucked as usual. The wife I guess was trying to play an intelligent cold emotionless [expletive] and as a result I thought felt kind do of lifeless. There were a lot of twists and turns but none completely unreasonable. Finally the ending was just garbage.

I thought it was better than the book. Author was involved in the movie. The high points of the book were hit upon in the movie- such as the couple's relationship was based on a prolonged role-playing. Affleck was well cast for the role IMO. Whatshername was almost unrecognizable as Boney. Rosamund Pike -that creepy voice was perfect. She would have been a good actress for work with Hitchcock.

Not a fan of the ending either. The scene with Doogie Howser getting offed was too graphic for my taste. Overall, a thumbs up.

[ghostrunner]

Interview with an unnamed Academy voter:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/b ... rect=false

Emma Stone was pretty good [in Birdman], but she can do no wrong — she's like Meryl Streep, although I wish [the film for which Streep is nominated] Into the Woods stopped after 20 minutes. But I'm voting for Arquette. She gets points for working on a film for 12 years and bonus points for having no work done during the 12 years. If she had had work done during the 12 years, she would not be collecting these statues. It's a bravery reward. It says, "You're braver than me. You didn't touch your face for 12 years. Way to freakin' go!" MY VOTE: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
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➻ BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
I was happy to have the chance to vote for Guardians of the Galaxy. It could have and should have been nominated for best picture; I nominated it. MY VOTE: Guardians of the Galaxy
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➻ BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
I don't think I should be able to vote for this category either, but I can't resist another opportunity to support Guardians of the Galaxy. It should get something. MY VOTE: Guardians of the Galaxy

Hard to reconcile these comments:

If you told me when I saw Boyhood that it would win best picture — or even be in the running — I would have told you that you were insane. Watching it, I thought it was ambitious and a directorial triumph, but the kid was uneven and Patricia Arquette probably was sorry she agreed to let them film her age over 12 years. I never thought, "Wow, this is the one!"

➻ BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
I'm not voting for Nightcrawler — that was really unpleasant. With Foxcatcher, they said seven words in the whole movie and the rest of it was people staring at each other, so I'm not voting for that. I didn't really get the sense of a screenplay with Boyhood — it was more like they just turned on the camera once a year. Birdman and Budapest were both pretty clever, but I liked Birdman more. MY VOTE: Birdman


➻ BEST FILM EDITING
I usually talk to an editor before I vote for this category, and this year he confirmed what I already felt: Whiplash was very well edited, but Boyhood was a unique job. Cutting 12 years of crap down to a decent length can't be easy. MY VOTE: Boyhood

➻ BEST DIRECTOR
I'm voting for Richard Linklater. I think that what he did — as a "thing" — is extraordinary. I'm absolutely comfortable with breaking up picture and director; I wouldn't know [The Imitation Game's] Morten Tyldum if I walked into him. I thought all of the others were fine except for one: I could have watched my hair grow during Foxcatcher — it was so slow. MY VOTE: Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

These are not serious awards. Though I'm not sure which ones are. Anyway, lots more in the article and they're interviewing one voter a day until the awards.

[docellis]

I have to admit I haven't watched Boyhood, but it is kind of bull [expletive] that Arquette gets called out for aging and Hawke doesn't.

[Famous Mortimer]

I have to admit I haven't watched Boyhood, but it is kind of bull [expletive] that Arquette gets called out for aging and Hawke doesn't.

docellis nails it.

I mean, it sounds like an interesting gimmick, but gimmick is all it is. Does it have any other advantage over a film where ageing is shown with makeup or different actors? Linklater is not a flashy director, either, so without seeing it I can tell it won't be visually thrilling...ah, I don't know, I guess I'm letting Red Letter Media dictate my opinion. I might watch it one day.

[ghostrunner]

Kind of have to hand it to the people behind Fifty Shades. Spent only 40 million dollars, probably 20 million on marketing ( if the 50% formula holds true), hired competent but relatively unknown director and actors, and let the name recognition do the rest. Made 80 Million+ in the first weekend with an R-rating. This is sort of what I've been hoping studios would get back to. Obviously there's a brand helping out and apparently it's not that good, but I hope it has some ancillary benefits in terms of what gets produced going forward. Mentioned this a couple months ago, but I wouldn't mind having more $40 million movies that don't end in a city being destroyed. Not holding my breath, but it would be nice.

[go birds]

Im not giving them any credit....they knew the female population would eat it up. It's the same as making a Sex and The City movie. They could have pegged me to direct the thing and it still would have made it's money back, in the least.

Every review ive heard from guys and girls is that the movie it terrible. The women love, the guys hate it.

[ghostrunner]

I'm just saying it would be tempting to cast bigger stars and lay out more money, not having faith that the audience would turn out. I was skeptical that people would actually go to a theater and see it. A book is a little different. You order it to your house or buy it somewhere and take it home. Guess I thought we were too puritanical. I would have been a lot less surprised to see it tank.

[lukethedrifter]

Speaking of Sex and the City movies, my ex bro in law's cousin directed that piece of poop. I saw an article online about the director who was from the same town, Scranton, had the same last name- a common one, and looked remarkably like him so I asked about and he said no. Then I showed him the article, he called back home and found out it was one of his dozens of cousins. So proud.