Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have

[Monkey_Driven]

Black Panther wasn't even the best Marvel movie last year.

[VinylGuy]

Black Panther wasn't even the best Marvel movie last year.

nope, but its a movie that ¨Matters¨

[McParadigm]

It baffles me how much more pushback Black Panther is getting than A Star Is Born or Vice. None really deserves a best picture nod, but those other two felt like fat, under-thought mimics of previous winners. All three movies had things they did well, but you’d have a hard time convincing me that both of these statements are simultaneously true:

1. Panther is unworthy.

2. Star is.

[LoathedVermin72]

It baffles me how much more pushback Black Panther is getting than A Star Is Born or Vice. None really deserves a best picture nod, but those other two felt like fat, under-thought mimics of previous winners. All three movies had things they did well, but you’d have a hard time convincing me that both of these statements are simultaneously true:

1. Panther is unworthy.

2. Star is.

The difference is that Star and Vice both have standard Oscar bait trappings. Panther is just a superhero movie that’s loaded with racial baggage. The Academy is terrified of irrelevance, so of course they threw it a bone.

[LoathedVermin72]

Also, none of these movies are “deserving” anyway. Nobody actually takes the Oscars seriously, do they?

[McParadigm]

The difference is that Star and Vice both have standard Oscar bait trappings.

Oh, I’m aware of the cinematic conservatism that influences these decisions.

While we’re here, I also don’t understand why Brad Cooper made a movie about a Nickleback-like singer who meets a more talented woman and then kills himself, but it’s not a comedy.

Also, none of these movies are “deserving” anyway. Nobody actually takes the Oscars seriously, do they?

I’m indifferent to the Oscars. Its the response I can’t make sense of.

[epilogue]

But that's exactly the point. Given what the thing is, it seems it seems bizarre to claim that a piece of pop art that captured imaginations and moved people and tapped into something meaningful in its moment should be dismissed as laughable or illegitimate.

[epilogue]

While we’re here, I also don’t understand why Brad Cooper made a movie about a Nickleback-like singer who meets a more talented woman and then kills himself, but it’s not a comedy.

AL

[LoathedVermin72]

But that's exactly the point. Given what the thing is, it seems it seems bizarre to claim that a piece of pop art that captured imaginations and moved people and tapped into something meaningful in its moment should be dismissed as laughable or illegitimate.

Oh god

[LoathedVermin72]

There are countless movies that fit that description that the Academy never, ever recognizes. I wonder what makes this one different? Hmm...

[Monkey_Driven]

There are countless movies that fit that description that the Academy never, ever recognizes. I wonder what makes this one different? Hmm...

Yeah, I'm typically not the cynical type, but this nomination is totally transparent.

[epilogue]

There are countless movies that fit that description that the Academy never, ever recognizes. I wonder what makes this one different? Hmm...

The fact that it resonated with a shit ton of people?

[epilogue]

I didn't like something so it's inclusion in an arbitrary and meaningless contest pisses me off. Clearly it's a sham!

[LoathedVermin72]

Are you being deliberately obtuse? You can’t genuinely be this naive.

[Jorge]

«Black Panther»
«BlacKkKlansman»
«Roma»

These are the only ones I've seen so far. I have tickets to The Favorite on Thursday

My ranking would be:
Roma
BlacKkKlansman
Black Panther

[epilogue]

Are you being deliberately obtuse? You can’t genuinely be this naive.

Ok

Sorry, sorry, sorry. I know how much people hate that. Instead may I offer:

"Hello, Kettle? Yes, Kettle, it's Pot. You're black."

[LoathedVermin72]

This is why no one likes you

[epilogue]

This is why no one likes you

I've made my peace with it.

[LoathedVermin72]

Maybe instead of making peace with it you could try being less insufferable

[Jorge]

"Hello, Kettle? Yes, Kettle, it's Pot. You're black."

Panther, kKlansman, or "&white movie about a middle-class Mexican family and their live-in maid"?