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Movie and TV Discussion => Movie reviews => Topic started by: bmoney on January 25, 2025, 08:18:11 AM
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As I post yearly after the noms come out I try to watch all the movies up for best picture and as many as I can of those for other major awards like best actor etc.
Here is my list (I won’t include dune2 cause it came out long ago and most have watched it as have I. And really enjoyed it)
The brutalist**
A complete unknown
Conclave**
Emilia Perez
I’m still here
Nickel boyz
The substance ***
Sing sing
The apprentice **
A real pain**
Anora**
September 5**
I will update the thread when I have watched them. Let’s start with going. A big 0 for 1
I watched the substance. What a piece of garbage. It started off ok. Very slow burn. But none made logical sense. And the ending was the biggest dumpster fire iv ever witnessed. God awful
Movie. I have no clue how Demi Moore won a GG for this. And no clue how it can be up for best picture
2.5 out of 10 - avoid
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As I post yearly after the noms come out I try to watch all the movies up for best picture and as many as I can of those for other major awards like best actor etc.
Here is my list (I won’t include dune2 cause it came out long ago and most have watched it as have I. And really enjoyed it)
The brutalist
A complete unknown
Conclave
Emilia Perez
I’m still here
Nickel boyz
The substance ***
Sing sing
The apprentice
A real pain
Anora
September 5
I will update the thread when I have watched them. Let’s start with going. A big 0 for 1
I watched the substance. What a piece of garbage. It started off ok. Very slow burn. But none made logical sense. And the ending was the biggest dumpster fire iv ever witnessed. God awful
Movie. I have no clue how Demi Moore won a GG for this. And no clue how it can be up for best picture
2.5 out of 10 - avoid
I watched "Conclave" and while my wife and I initially found it interesting (with good performances), the ending isn't good and as recovering Catholics, we found it quite offensive and wouldn't recommend it.
I used to do the same as far as watching all of the Oscar nominees, but I'm past that now. I haven't watched the show in years because of their on stage preaching. To paraphrase Gervais, "Take your award, thank your agent and family and get the eff off the stage. No one cares what you have to say."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCNdTLHZAeo&ab_channel=NBC
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I don’t watch the Oscar’s any longer either.
I only watched the winners and noms for the historical factor.
Tonight’s watch was the Apprentice
Without any political opinion. I was fascinated by the movie. Not a great film
By any means. But a couple of nice performances worthy of their Oscar nods.
Was enjoyable biopic of Trump. If at all accurate makes sense why he is the way he is.
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I watched "Conclave" and while my wife and I initially found it interesting (with good performances), the ending isn't good and as recovering Catholics, we found it quite offensive and wouldn't recommend it.
I used to do the same as far as watching all of the Oscar nominees, but I'm past that now. I haven't watched the show in years because of their on stage preaching. To paraphrase Gervais, "Take your award, thank your agent and family and get the eff off the stage. No one cares what you have to say."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCNdTLHZAeo&ab_channel=NBC
Just watched Conclave
great acting. Outstanding sound design and music. And very good overall minus the last 10 minutes. Ugh. Completely ruined the movie.
you are spot on with what you wrote.
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Watched a real pain a few nights ago
Was ok. Tried to be heartfelt and kinda missed the mark. Good acting tho. Caulkin reminds me of Zach galafanakis in This tho
Just an ok movie
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I haven't seen any of those movies, and I don't watch the Oscar's, so it could be years before I see them! ::)
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I watched the substance. What a piece of garbage. It started off ok. Very slow burn. But none made logical sense. And the ending was the biggest dumpster fire iv ever witnessed. God awful
Movie. I have no clue how Demi Moore won a GG for this. And no clue how it can be up for best picture
2.5 out of 10 - avoid
There is an important obsercvation here, about Demi Moore and the Golden Globes. Simply, who votes for the Golden Globes? There has often been scandals about this and they recently said, they have fixed it. But who are the voters and what are their credentials? They are anonymous, international, people somehow connected to "journalism" but not necessarily the arts, or movies, or anyhting. But who chooses them? You know they are allowed to take bribes , which they call "gifts? These are worthless awards, really. Celebs get a free dinner and CBS get 9 million viewers and Demi Moore already has golden globes.
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There is an important obsercvation here, about Demi Moore and the Golden Globes. Simply, who votes for the Golden Globes? There has often been scandals about this and they recently said, they have fixed it. But who are the voters and what are their credentials? They are anonymous, international, people somehow connected to "journalism" but not necessarily the arts, or movies, or anyhting. But who chooses them? You know they are allowed to take brides, which they call "gifts? These are worthless awards, really. Celebs get a free dinner and CBS get 9 million viewers and Demi Moore already has golden globes.
Regarding what's in bold - now that's news to me!! :P???:)
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Regarding what's in bold - now that's news to me!! :P???:)
It’s bribes, I fixed it.
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It’s bribes, I fixed it.
Certainly, I realized that - it just made me literally LOL, so thanks for that! :D
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It’s bribes, I fixed it.
I’m pretty sure he was just joking
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Golden Globe Voters (https://www.google.com/search?q=who+votes+for+the+golden+globes&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS793US793&oq=who+votes+for+the+golden+globes&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORiABDIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHjIICAYQABgWGB4yCAgHEAAYFhgeMggICBAAGBYYHjIICAkQABgWGB7SAQg1NjQ3ajBqNKgCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)
Entertainment journalists from recognized media organizations vote for the Golden Globes. The voting body is made up of about 300 journalists from around the world.
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Sounds like HoF voting for baseball
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Watched September 5 tonight
My kind of movie!! Period film. True story. Suspenseful
Amazing how much technology has evolved in a short ammount of time. Now everyone has a live new studio in their pocket. Good or bad thing
Worth a watch definitely
Nominated for best original screen play.
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Watched September 5 tonight
My kind of movie!! Period film. True story. Suspenseful
Amazing how much technology has evolved in a short ammount of time. Now everyone has a live new studio in their pocket. Good or bad thing
Worth a watch definitely
Nominated for best original screen play.
I've requested a review copy. Should have it later this month.
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I've requested a review copy. Should have it later this month.
Thus movie is exactly why I try to watch most nominations. There are some gems in there I never heard about and I try out (other than your reviews haha)
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The brutalist
Watched this last night I can see this being the favorite for many Oscar’s this year. It’s def got enough noms
Not the best ending but captivating with great performances.
Next up is Sing sing
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Wife & I watched Conclave last night. She wanted to see it in part b/c she has a trip planned to Italy in a couple of months, and travel always motivates her to watch movies set in the destination. (I don't fly - for the time being - so she's going with a friend.)
She's a former Catholic - and liked it a lot including the ending. It's a rare but real thing and was clearly part of the setup throughout the movie, but a twist that was hard to see coming because most people won't be familiar with it. Most of the rest was fairly well telegraphed and performed.
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Wife & I watched Conclave last night. She wanted to see it in part b/c she has a trip planned to Italy in a couple of months, and travel always motivates her to watch movies set in the destination. (I don't fly - for the time being - so she's going with a friend.)
She's a former Catholic - and liked it a lot including the ending. It's a rare but real thing and was clearly part of the setup throughout the movie, but a twist that was hard to see coming because most people won't be familiar with it. Most of the rest was fairly well telegraphed and performed.
Agreed. Glad it got recognized with best screenplay.
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Just finished Anora
Um. Ok.
While a decent almost edge of your seat movie. The payoff was terrible. And it was borderline XXX film for the first 1/4
I don’t think the best movie won best picture here. I can see how she won best actress however.
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Final verdict is this years crop of movies. Was pretty terrible lol