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Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Tue January 24, 2023 7:00 pm
by tree_
Ello Sailor wrote:...Western Front looked to be well made from the trailer, but... war is bloody dreadful, innit? I can't imagine it being an enjoyable viewing experience.
Yeah that was my review on here after I watched it. "well made movie. war sucks".. didn't have anything else to say about it
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Tue January 24, 2023 7:14 pm
by Farmer John
1. Tár
2. The Banshees of Inisherin
3. Triangle of Sadness
4. Top Gun: Maverick
5. The Fablemans
6. Everything Everywhere All at Once
7. Elvis
Haven't seen:
Women Talking
Avatar
All Quiet on the Western Front
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Tue January 24, 2023 7:24 pm
by Hypnos
Jorge wrote:My Best Picture ranking:
The Fabelmans
Top Gun: Maverick
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Women Talking
Elvis
Haven't seen:
All Quiet on the Western Front
Triangle of Sadness
Michelle Williams kinda ruined The Fabelmans for me, awful casting right there.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Tue January 24, 2023 7:56 pm
by VinylGuy
Jorge wrote:Coda won last year, one of the least artsy fartsy (and worst) winners in recent memory
yeez remember Coda? never saw it. But it was a movie ¨that matters¨ right?
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Tue January 24, 2023 9:46 pm
by epilogue
Women Talking
Banshees
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fablemans
Haven't seen the other six
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 1:25 am
by dimejinky99
I always find it hilarious everyone’s into the Oscar’s and this bit the run up to it.
And then on the night whatever wins best film, everyone’s like, fuck this who even needs this outdated shit show anymore? They picked that film for best picture ??? It’s terrible Why are they always wrong??
Lol
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 1:27 am
by dimejinky99
epilogue wrote:Women Talking
Banshees
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fablemans
Haven't seen the other six
You need to see an cailin ciuin. The Irish one.
That kid is gonna be a megastar. Catherine clinch think her name is.
Film is mind blowing apparently. I’m going this weekend.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 1:28 am
by The Argonaut
I saw it in June. boy did I cry
(The Quiet Girl is the English title)
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 1:41 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 1:44 am
by tree_
dimejinky99 wrote:I always find it hilarious everyone’s into the Oscar’s and this bit the run up to it.
And then on the night whatever wins best film, everyone’s like, fuck this who even needs this outdated shit show anymore? They picked that film for best picture ??? It’s terrible Why are they always wrong??
Lol
We like movies and this is a time to celebrate them. Like your drunk uncle at Christmas you can’t avoid him completely even if you try
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 2:05 am
by BurtReynolds
There needs to be a Storm of Steel movie to provide a badass motherfucker counterbalance to Western Front. Let's see both sides.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 2:56 am
by The Argonaut
tragabigzanda wrote:The Argonaut wrote:I saw it in June. boy did I cry
Yeah but you’re a puss
I cry a lot
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 4:07 am
by VinylGuy
I dont i think ill see All Quiet on the Western Front.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 4:48 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 4:54 am
by The Argonaut
I don't feel bad about crying. I enjoy it. I don't feel bad about admitting that I cry. It's a good thing
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 11:58 am
by epilogue
The Argonaut wrote:I don't feel bad about crying. I enjoy it. I don't feel bad about admitting that I cry. It's a good thing

Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 2:18 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 3:45 pm
by VinylGuy
The Argonaut wrote:I don't feel bad about crying. I enjoy it. I don't feel bad about admitting that I cry. It's a good thing
be careful with dehydration
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 8:21 pm
by Ms Harmless
cancel culture
Re: Are you not going to watch the Oscars this year?
Posted: Wed January 25, 2023 8:56 pm
by epilogue
Now that slaps are on the table, do we think Tom Cruise dares attend this ceremony?