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I liked No Country a lot, but I still think There Will Be Blood deserved Best Picture that hear over it.
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SPOILERS BELOW:
The movie is one big allegory for evil in the world and how humans cope with it and it is expressed through the characters. I also really appreciated the balls the movie had to kill off characters. It introduced Woody’s character very well. His interactions made me completely understand him and care for what was going to happen because he felt that he not only understood the evil of Anton, but that he could defeat him. And I completely believed it. Then you see him in the situation he thinks he can get out of and he just…dies. It’s another unique angle the movie presents for how people deal with the unavoidable evil of the world. I still am thinking about it to this day. And your also meant to feel unsatisfied. It’s the whole crux of the film told through Tommy Lee Jones.
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I liked No Country a lot, but I still think There Will Be Blood deserved Best Picture that hear over it.
I watched both in the same day for this very reason. I really did enjoy There Will Be Blood a lot but it didn’t feel nearly as layered as No Country for Old Men. Daniel Day Lewis and Paul Dano are wonderful though, it’s beautifully shot, has a great score, and I find it to be impeccable film making. I prefer No Country but TWBB is about as a close second as it can get.
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I liked No Country a lot, but I still think There Will Be Blood deserved Best Picture that hear over it.
I year that.
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I liked No Country a lot, but I still think There Will Be Blood deserved Best Picture that hear over it.
I year that.
Haha, nice catch.
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There are some movies where you never learn the protagonist’s name.
No Country is one of the best films to win that award.
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There are some movies where you never learn the protagonist’s name.
Yep. Withnail & I is one of my favorite films. The “& I” character is in every scene, narrates the story and is never named.
No Country is one of the best films to win that award.
Yep again.
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Well, while you all have fun picking apart my reasoning for not liking No Country, I still am under no obligation to like it. Yay, it’s an allegory. Umm… okay?
I don’t really care. I still hated it. And I (will) still use it as evidence that winning Best Picture does not mean I’ll like a film and that therefore I don’t really care who wins it.
chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.
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I (will) still use it as evidence that winning Best Picture does not mean I’ll like a film and that therefore I don’t really care who wins it.
No Guarantee for Poor Taste.
Really though, you needed this movie to show that winning Best Picture dosen’t mean you’ll love it?
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I still am under no obligation to like it.
You’re also under no obligation to steal Ric Olie’s thunder, and yet here you are.
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I (will) still use it as evidence that winning Best Picture does not mean I’ll like a film and that therefore I don’t really care who wins it.
No Guarantee for Poor Taste.
I think that’s another Coen Brothers movie, yeah?
JEDIT: I think you were already making that joke.
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I don’t really watch films/shows or read books to ponder their message about the human condition. I watch movies for the stories and characters in and of themselves, not for what they say about me.
Case in point, my wife and I both really enjoy Harry Potter, and at one point my mother started talking to us about a book she read called “Finding God in Harry Potter”. Both my wife and I internally roll our eyes at the subject whenever it is mentioned, because whether or not such spiritual/religious themes exist in Harry Potter (or Lord of the Rings, for which there is a similar book), that’s not why we enjoy them nor what we find interesting to talk about about them.
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I (will) still use it as evidence that winning Best Picture does not mean I’ll like a film and that therefore I don’t really care who wins it.
Really though, you needed this movie to show that winning Best Picture dosen’t mean you’ll love it?
I already said I watched it on a whim and that using Best Picture as almost the only reason for recommendation turned out to be a mistake.
chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.
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I still am under no obligation to like it.
You’re also under no obligation to steal Ric Olie’s thunder, and yet here you are.
If art is subjective, and I already said my opinion of the film was subjective, why then do you guys feel obligated to contradict me or say my preferences are in bad taste? Apparently having to defend my position is not a Captain Obvious move if people are telling me my initial reasoning is flawed.
chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.
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I really loved Spotlight. Rachel McAdams is still some sort of a crush.
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Very good. A bit long though.
9/10
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Apollo 13
One Big Thumbs up!
10/10
“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”
Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.
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Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight (2017)
Nutty Hong Kong Action Zombie Comedy.
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“Hatchet”
Lots of people get killed and Harmony from Buffy and Angel gets her knockers out. 3.5 out of 10.
“Hatchet II”
Ever wondered what it would look like if a man was dragged across the room by his intestines then strangled with them so hard that his head popped off? Well then look no further my friend because this is the movie for you. 3 out of 10.
“Hatchet III”
The bad guy gets chopped in half longways by falling backwards onto a huge chainsaw in the first few minutes. Fear not, he comes back shortly after and resumes his rampage. The big guns turn up but are no match. Everybody dies but apparently there’s another sequel… 2 out of 10.
“Victor Crowley”
Despite being melted by having a relative’s ashes tipped out from an urn onto him in the last movie that naughty lad Victor is back for more bloody shenanigans as I wonder what the hell I’m doing with my life. 3 out of 10.
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I still am under no obligation to like it.
You’re also under no obligation to steal Ric Olie’s thunder, and yet here you are.
If art is subjective, and I already said my opinion of the film was subjective, why then do you guys feel obligated to contradict me or say my preferences are in bad taste? Apparently having to defend my position is not a Captain Obvious move if people are telling me my initial reasoning is flawed.
You can say you don’t like a film, you have that right. But you gave nonsense reasons as to why you didn’t like it. Don’t be surprised when you do that, you’ll have someone counter points you make. Better for you to just say it wasn’t for you and leave it at that. But saying the movie is bad because you don’t know the name of a character for 20-something minutes is absurd. But go on and play the victim some more. I don’t understand why you post at all when you take offense to any sort of discussion it generates.
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^That.
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I really loved Spotlight. Rachel McAdams is still some sort of a crush.
+1. Spotlight is excellent.
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Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:
“Hatchet”
Lots of people get killed and Harmony from Buffy and Angel gets her knockers out. 3.5 out of 10.
Sounds like a solid recommendation to me.
Not enough people read the EU.
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Wonder Woman - didn’t like it at all. 😦
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Wonder Woman - didn’t like it at all. 😦
It’s the most over hyped movie of the year in my opinion. Besides some good chemistry between her and Pitt, and one cool scene of her storming the battlefield, I found it to be really uninspiring and lackluster. I find ralphthemoviemaker does a great breakdown of where the movie fails.