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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
I disagree, I thought Blunt was excellent right next to Del Toro. Of course, she's the only one that had anything to do outside of acting like a badass.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by RichC2
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I disagree, I thought Blunt was excellent right next to Del Toro. Of course, she's the only one that had anything to do outside of acting like a badass.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by dex14
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IMO, no. I'm not saying it's bad by any means. But Best Picture? Best Director? No.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ
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I loved Sicario and wish it would have gotten the Best Picture/Best Director nom but Emily Blunt was the worst actor in it. Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro acted circles around her.
I am glad to see it get a Cinematography nomination though. Even though I don't see it beating The Revenant. I wouldn't say that. She played the patsy just right, which is what was intended. |
Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by Thrush
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Has an action movie ever gotten this much love from the Oscars? Usually thats a genre where no matter how good, they are basically ignored come Oscar time.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
I fail to see how Bridge of Spies is an original screenplay.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by Mabuse
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I fail to see how Bridge of Spies is an original screenplay.
Technically, Everest (criminally completely ignored by the Academy) had an original screenplay even though it felt like a direct adaptation of Into Thin Air. |
Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by Decker
(Post 12696108)
It's like this : When people get together and write a screenplay and it's not based on an existing book, play or screenplay, it's an original screenplay even if it's based on factual events even if it's enhanced by research of existing sources.
Technically, Everest (criminally completely ignored by the Academy) had an original screenplay even though it felt like a direct adaptation of Into Thin Air. |
Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
I'm surprised Johnny Depp and Joel Edgerton weren't nominated for Black Mass.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Speaking of Edgerton, I thought "The Gift" was a film worthy of a few nominations.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Glad TH8 got shut out in most categories. It really wasn't that good a film.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by dex14
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I agree that it is. But what/who should've been nominated?
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Beasts of No Nation is about all I can think of, I liked Creed, but I didn't hold it in as high regard as some people seem to.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by inri222
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I'm surprised Johnny Depp and Joel Edgerton weren't nominated for Black Mass.
And all those awful pirate films. |
Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by EddieMoney
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And that is his punishment for "Mortdecai."
And all those awful pirate films. |
Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by inri222
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Don't forget The Lone Ranger & Transcendence, haven't seen them but from what I've heard...
I guess I'm also not a huge Leo fan. I like him okay, but whenever he is on screen, I am always very conscious of the fact that he's "acting." Someone like Del Toro (who should have been nominated) always seems to just disappear into his roles. |
Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
I don't get the push for Leo to get an Oscar, he's usually good but rarely exceptional in his roles. As others have pointed out, Tom Hardy was actually superior in The Revenant.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Slow West, Bone Tomahawk, and Mississippi Grind were all worthy films as well.
Ah well. It's just a famous person circle jerk anyway. |
Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by EddieMoney
(Post 12696362)
I guess I'm also not a huge Leo fan. I like him okay, but whenever he is on screen, I am always very conscious of the fact that he's "acting." Someone like Del Toro (who should have been nominated) always seems to just disappear into his roles.
Originally Posted by RichC2
(Post 12696373)
I don't get the push for Leo to get an Oscar, he's usually good but rarely exceptional in his roles. As others have pointed out, Tom Hardy was actually superior in The Revenant.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by RichC2
(Post 12696373)
I don't get the push for Leo to get an Oscar, he's usually good but rarely exceptional in his roles. As others have pointed out, Tom Hardy was actually superior in The Revenant.
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by EddieMoney
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Well, Tom Hardy is a far superior actor, so makes sense. :)
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Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Oh, and I'm sure inri222 has heard this before, but I wish someone would nominate Ben Mendelsohn for something. Christ, he is in multiple great films every year, and could have easily been nominated for "Mississippi Grind" this year.
Doomed to forever be known as "that one guy." Fucking shame. |
Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by EddieMoney
(Post 12696421)
Oh, and I'm sure inri222 has heard this before, but I wish someone would nominate Ben Mendelsohn for something. Christ, he is in multiple great films every year, and could have easily been nominated for "Mississippi Grind" this year.
Doomed to forever be known as "that one guy." Fucking shame. |
Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by Thrush
(Post 12696071)
Has an action movie ever gotten this much love from the Oscars? Usually thats a genre where no matter how good, they are basically ignored come Oscar time.
Some of these may not be considered "pure" action movies, but they all fit the definition of what an action movie is - a genre of film where heroes are thrust into a series of challenges, typically physical, which they must overcome and defeat the villain. You could even throw in the second half of Titanic in there based on that. |
Re: 2016 Oscar Nominations
Originally Posted by Mabuse
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I fail to see how Bridge of Spies is an original screenplay.
The King's Speech, Milk, Gandhi, Chariots of Fire and Patton all WON this award. |
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