Red Mosquito

The Argonaut wrote:"Guardians of the Galaxy is a really fun film but you don't really know what's going on if you're not paying any attention to it."
-dimejinky

AL

hail, caesar! has been playing in the background and i'm enjoying listening to it

i wasn't enamored when i saw it in the theater, so hopefully i like it a lot more on a real rewatch

Eye in the Sky - was a pretty intense watch

Trainspotting 2.

Well, it was quite a ride. The movie is just too nostalgic about itself, but it kinda works because the characters are the ones being really really nostalgic about their past. Its beautifully shot, and the acting is pretty spot on even if its flawed.

It was nice to see these characters again.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:hail, caesar! has been playing in the background and i'm enjoying listening to it

i wasn't enamored when i saw it in the theater, so hopefully i like it a lot more on a real rewatch

now a serious man is playing oh my god i don't want to go to bed now

VinylGuy wrote:I Dont Feel At Home In This World Anymore.

Well, pretty interesting first flick form that amazing actor that Macon Blair is...Its a mix between a crime movie, a comedy, a indie weird flick...and its violent and sad. Really sad.

Melanie Lynskey is awesome as always, is there a better actress out there? God she is a beauty. Elijah Wood is also terrific.

Saw this on Netflix and told the wife we have to watch it. Looks great, and like you said weird and violent and sad but funny.

Watched Bad Moms because my sister (who was visiting) wanted to see it. My wife and her both MST3k'd the thing saying, "women never talk like that." "It doesn't hurt to get hit in the boob, they should have said uterus." "This movie must have been written by a guy!" (said after the girl-kissing scene.)

Ugh.

Moonlight.

I enjoyed it. Good acting throughout. However, why did he win Best Supporting Actor?

Strat wrote:Moonlight.

I enjoyed it. Good acting throughout. However, why did he win Best Supporting Actor?

because of the good acting throughout, probably

The Argonaut wrote:

Strat wrote:Moonlight.

I enjoyed it. Good acting throughout. However, why did he win Best Supporting Actor?

because of the good acting throughout, probably

Yea but i was just a little confused because he had like 5 minutes of screen time.

Sure, but with affirmative action points, that's more like fifteen.

The Argonaut wrote:Sure, but with affirmative action points, that's more like fifteen.

I didnt want to say it but i thought maybe it might be part of it.

PC culture

Strat wrote:

The Argonaut wrote:Sure, but with affirmative action points, that's more like fifteen.

I didnt want to say it but i thought maybe it might be part of it.

My heart hurts.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Strat wrote:

The Argonaut wrote:Sure, but with affirmative action points, that's more like fifteen.

I didnt want to say it but i thought maybe it might be part of it.

My heart hurts.

Tell me why, friend. Maybe we can work through this.

Strat wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Strat wrote:

The Argonaut wrote:Sure, but with affirmative action points, that's more like fifteen.

I didnt want to say it but i thought maybe it might be part of it.

My heart hurts.

Tell me why, friend. Maybe we can work through this.

I just think Mahershala Ali's performance is staggering and brilliant. And it hurts that anyone would suggest "affirmative action" was in play in any capacity. Just bums me out. Even as a joke, it bums me out. That's all. He's so fucking good.

He was good yeah.

From an artistic perspective, it was a great performance in a great movie. But if you think about the politics of the Academy, you have to know that #OscarsSoWhite was at the forefront of every voter's mind. They were actively looking for non-white nominees. Whether a performance gets an award or not has nothing to do with if it was actually any good or if it was the best of the year. All it has to do with is the political machinations inside the awarding body at that moment in time. I'm not looking at that performance and saying, "It was good, but he's black so it was really good." But you can be damn sure the Academy voters were thinking along those lines.

The Argonaut wrote:From an artistic perspective, it was a great performance in a great movie. But if you think about the politics of the Academy, you have to know that #OscarsSoWhite was at the forefront of every voter's mind. They were actively looking for non-white nominees. Whether a performance gets an award or not has nothing to do with if it was actually any good or if it was the best of the year. All it has to do with is the political machinations inside the awarding body at that moment in time. I'm not looking at that performance and saying, "It was good, but he's black so it was really good." But you can be damn sure the Academy voters were thinking along those lines.

I think if that's as true as you say, then at least one of the other actors would also have been nominated. But I won't deny that there are probably plenty of people thinking the kinds of thoughts you're expressing.

Still doesn't change the fact that Ali fucking killed it in Moonlight.

Watching About Time. General Hux had some bad shit happen to him, didn't he. The look on his face when he realizes that if he saves his sister he loses his daughter...and then after talking to his dad and the just "oh well, fuck her!" response when he finds out that if anything is changed, the butterfly effect changes other things so he decides to let her have her car crash.

bune wrote:Watching About Time. General Hux had some bad shit happen to him, didn't he. The look on his face when he realizes that if he saves his sister he loses his daughter...and then after talking to his dad and the just "oh well, fuck her!" response when he finds out that if anything is changed, the butterfly effect changes other things so he decides to let her have her car crash.

Man, I love that movie.