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Feb 3, 2020 21:10:31 GMT
Post by MagdaFR on Feb 3, 2020 21:10:31 GMT
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Feb 3, 2020 22:15:36 GMT
Post by sgev1977 on Feb 3, 2020 22:15:36 GMT
I don't think it's weird at all. I totally understand what he is saying. I don't think he exactly thinks it should win because it was his favorite, he is mostly criticizing people who are attacking the film just because it's not their own favorite.
This paragraph perfectly resume what have happened in recent years with all those Oscar pundits and professional critics,
I think those extreme reactions were obvious after 1917 win at the Golden Globes. Then award fanatics and "serious" critics were still expecting an The Irishman win (Parasite become the favorite weeks later) when it didn't happened 1917 and Sam Mendes become the villains! A few of them even admitted not having watched the movie! That is a scandalous reaction by a professional! Weren't a lot of them attacking infamous Red Reed for writing reviews without finished the movies? Well, at least he watched half of them when he ferociously criticize them!; Then there were the ones who went from considered it a good movie to the enemy of the people!; And I haven't even mentioned the SJW!
It's ok not to like the movie. Oscars aren't famous for give awards to the films that at the end would become historically relevant so why they care so much for this popular but mediocre award to the point of writing hit pieces? Probably because they are all consciously or unconsciously puppets of big studios. It's still the Harvey Weinstein kind of award campaigns except that it's now the fools on social media working for free!
It's insane to me that nowadays it's mostly prestige adult films that are the most hated online especially when Hollywood franchises are dominated everything. Again they don't have to like them but the hate is so vicious and as Mendelson says/suggests there, the success of these kind of movies should be good news for people that love non-franchise movies. Yes, maybe you don't enjoy that particular film but if these adult oriented movie was a hit then Hollywood would be interested in produce more adult oriented movies and that should be positive. Instead they are writing hit pieces saying that if x movie wins a silly award then the end of the world will happen!
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Feb 3, 2020 23:20:03 GMT
Post by mllemass on Feb 3, 2020 23:20:03 GMT
I’m glad that he acknowledged the outrage for JoJo Rabbit by people who either haven’t seen it or weren’t paying attention. I was also reading today that people are objecting to Joker winning the Bafta Casting award. They insist that the role was written with JP in mind, so there was no casting! It took me literally seconds to check the Bafta website for the Casting award criteria. It’s not for best cast - as these people seem to think!
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Feb 4, 2020 2:09:06 GMT
Post by sgev1977 on Feb 4, 2020 2:09:06 GMT
I haven't watched JoJo Rabbit nor Joker neither but considering I saw a tweet saying one of them should had all its cast and crew on trial at Hague (it was a joke but it was also not a joke because there wasn't irony there. The guy was really angry at it) and the other was widely accused of wanting to provoke a massacre by professional critics who seemed a little disappointed when the massacre didn't happened, then I would say that yes, their receptions were over the top. Again you can not like them but there is no need to accused them of crimes against humanity!
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Feb 4, 2020 2:46:42 GMT
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Post by roverpup on Feb 4, 2020 2:46:42 GMT
Excellent article! I'm glad to see a critic actually take the "outrage culture", that is so pervasive on the internet today, to task.
Sure, he admitted up front that he really liked 1917 and hoped it does get Best Picture. But that was kind of daring thing to do actually, what with the "nose-in-the-air", SJW type critics declaring it just wasn't artsy-fartsy, inclusive, or innovative enough to deserve recognition.
But I found that the whole point of the piece was really that he doesn't like it when people act like if their favourite doesn't get the gong, then a humungous injustice has been done because the competition to their "fav" isn't worth a plug nickel and should be pilloried on social media. His stance is that all the nominated movies have worth and if your pick isn't chosen for the statue, then that's OK.
And that's the way I feel. I really enjoyed all the nominated movies I watched this year. Sure, like SM, my favourite is 1917, but if Marriage Story, The Irishman, or OUATIH captures the prize I wouldn't be upset at all. All were quality movies and highly entertaining.
For the rest I probably would like most of the rest of them too, if I had seen them. Sure there are a couple of them that just aren't the genre of films that I am interested in watching. But that doesn't make them BAD movies! Just means they aren't meant for me. There's probably nothing wrong with them - they are just movies that don't appeal to me personally.
If my choice isn't chosen, it isn't due to a "conspiracy" against it. It isn't because outside forces are colluding to thwart progress. And it isn't an ATROCIY that some other film got an Oscar instead.
The take away message to me is... enjoy your favourites, but don't demonize other efforts just because you want to root for your fav.
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Feb 8, 2020 15:49:47 GMT
Post by mllemass on Feb 8, 2020 15:49:47 GMT
Not an actual award, of course. The audience laughed when I saw it, too.
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Feb 18, 2020 2:22:02 GMT
Post by MagdaFR on Feb 18, 2020 2:22:02 GMT
IMAGO- International Awards for Cinematography.
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