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Mister Plum		#3001	[-]
Posts: 10030 (01/26/12 10:41 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	There are 3 kinds of people: those who can count & those who can't. Remove this ad i drink your milkshake wrote: I just watched Before Sunrise. And this film just became one of my favorite movies of all time Spoiler [+] I have a lot of favorite scenes but the one that touched me the most was the 'phone call to bestfriend' scene I can't wait to watch it again. Brilliant film I love that film! It has one of my favorite movie lines ever. You know what's the worst thing about somebody breaking up with you? It's when you remember how little you thought about the people you broke up with and you realize that is how little they're thinking of you. You know, you'd like to think you're both in all this pain but they're just like "Hey, I'm glad you're gone". -Jesse Wallace (Before Sunrise) Just because I recently broke up with my ex when I watched Before Sunrise.
Fireblazer		#3002	[-]
Posts: 493 (01/26/12 11:23 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	That line is awful as fuck I remember watching both those movies with a smile throughout, now I would probably be annoyed by the semi-intellectual crap
Merely		#3003	[-]
Posts: 9662 (01/26/12 11:30 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	i drink your milkshake, be sure to watch Before Sunset as well. Apparently Ethan Hawke is writing a draft to the threequel. What are they going to call it?
Fireblazer		#3004	[-]
Posts: 496 (01/26/12 11:38 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	After Sunset
Merely		#3005	[-]
Posts: 9664 (01/26/12 12:57 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily At a metacritic rating of 46, 'Loud' breaks the new low for Best Picture to be nommed with the worst reviews. The Reader in 2nd w/58. Both are from the same director. Someone has connections.
Wildcat612		#3006	[-]
Posts: 1703 (01/26/12 01:12 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Merely wrote: Sasha Stone @AwardsDaily At a metacritic rating of 46, 'Loud' breaks the new low for Best Picture to be nommed with the worst reviews. The Reader in 2nd w/58. Both are from the same director. Someone has connections. Ha- it would seem so, but I think it's more that he makes the baitiest films in Hollywood. A little boy in the midst of a miner's strike who just wants to dance (not a Best Picture nominee, but he got Director)? Mental illness/child abandonment/Meryl Streep? Justice for the Holocaust? Boy grieving from 9/11? These scream out for the Academy's attention. When you make a film suited to the Academy's taste, it's shouldn't be too surprising when 5% of them bite. If only we'd thought of this on Monday...
sun surfer		#3007	[-]
Posts: 3064 (01/26/12 01:36 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Now that I have looked up the director and all his films, I actually feel like maybe giving ELIC a chance (but probably not, I hate 9/11 films). I liked The Reader and The Hours! I liked Billy Elliot OK and I liked the story of a boy following his dreams regardless of how they fit in society, but was more annoyed that so many people I know simply love Billy Elliot and I think it's pretty mediocre all around.
anders332		#3008	[-]
Posts: 9016 (01/26/12 01:49 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I have both Before Sunrise and Before Sunset on DVD and they've both been viewed repeatedly. I actually prefer Before Sunset - the scene in the cab when she's describing how that night shaped who she is really feels so real. So glad to hear they're doing a #3.....hope Julie sings again.
cginspace		#3009	[-]
Posts: 19174 (01/26/12 02:56 PM) AI/X-Factor Moderator Reply Quote More Recent Posts	sun surfer wrote: I can't decide whether I like the third or 7.1 film the best. The third reinvented the franchise and made it into what it was, and was without a doubt the most inventive and magical of all the films thanks to the director (loved the chorus with the frogs!). 7.1 was the most beautiful, different and melancholy of them all. Oh it's too hard to decide! Wow. This is nearly exactly how I feel. PoA was the most magical and inventive to me, and captured the fun and frolic and cheeky sense of humor or the early books, even while cutting some things and changing others. It is often my favorite. 7.1 was the most lyrical of the films, and really surprised me. It had a sweetness, sadness, and yes, melancholy that fit the theme so well. Yes it ended on an odd note, but how could it not?
bjorkrazee		#3010	[-]
Posts: 519 (01/26/12 03:58 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	There are 3 kinds of people: those who can count & those who can't. Remove this ad Did Life is Beautiful not get worse reviews than The Reader? It should have. At least The Reader wasn't a 2 hour insult to Holocaust victims One has to start wondering about Scott Rudin though. I mean, I'm not saying he's even 50% of the reason ELIC got in, but I think it was a factor and he's almost as good and sneaky as Weinstein. I can't wait for the smear campaigns this year <333 We've only had one little controversy (Kim Novak) and it probably only helped The Artist. But the real reason ELIC is nominated is Daldry deliberately makes movies for awards and he knows the right things to do for them. I'm not going to investigate too much, but maybe Billy Elliot meant something to him... but after that? He just wanted OSCARS!!1 Almost every other director has a legitimate reason for making movies, whether it's to experiment or to send a message or to express something personal and so on... but what does Daldry do? He just picks the baitiest pieces of literature and films it with nothing underneath the surface. He's shameful.
Merely		#3011	[-]
Posts: 9665 (01/26/12 04:21 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I just saw The Artist on a Thursday afternoon. It was charming. Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo were both lovely to watch. It was a perfect movie for what it was trying to achieve, which, like Midnight in Paris, wasn't really anything special to begin with. Although it did rouse stronger emotions for me. I had a huge smile on my face throughout the credits. Marion Cotillard, make way for the young. Berenice is the new "it" French girl. 7/10
Mister Plum		#3012	[-]
Posts: 10032 (01/26/12 06:20 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	bjorkrazee wrote: Did Life is Beautiful not get worse reviews than The Reader? It should have. At least The Reader wasn't a 2 hour insult to Holocaust victims I don't view it as an insult at all. I think it's more like philosophical, like it showed how the father viewed life for his son etc etc etc. I have this view about this because it was my Philo prof who brought me into watching Life is Beautiful. <3 Oh and wow at the Before Sunrise threequel. It better be good and 10 years in the making again. <333 But I think it'd fail this time.
SurvivorSurvivorSurvivor		#3013	[-]
Posts: 7428 (01/26/12 06:57 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Daily fat fuck being nominated for no reason HATE!
bjorkrazee		#3014	[-]
Posts: 520 (01/26/12 07:06 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Life is Beautiful is really polarizing, I know lots of people love it and its detractors are extremely hateful about it (myself included). I wrote an essay once on why it sucks, basically, and remember digging up and including reactions from survivors, all of whom said it was offensive and one even said Benigni should rot in hell (extreme... but I agree ) It's just when you look at a picture of people using metal tins as pillows, and then see concentration camp life portrayed as so fucking happy-go-lucky full of comedic happenings, it's insulting bullshit. When somebody makes a movie that depicts concentration camps, I believe they should be held to a higher standard - as much as I dislike Schindler's List, at least Spielberg didn't fucking sugar coat it all like Benigni did. Literally, the movie suggests that in order to survive such a horrible ordeal, you just need to look on the bright side of life, and human spirit will prevail~~~! But in reality, having optimism and hope or faith wasn't going to save anybody. Surviving the Holocaust was actually all about luck. So for this shit movie to suggest people could have survived if they did it Guido's way, it's insulting. What REALLY gets me about this movie is that, even if it isn't meant to be a super realistic portrayal of camp life, it's fucking shown in History/Film/Holocaust classes. How great, now up and coming generations are going to think the Holocaust was sad but also just fine and dandy. Schools, even high schools, should just man up and show Night and Fog instead of crap like this. Last Edited By: bjorkrazee 01/26/12 07:10 PM. Edited 1 times.
JVJrule		#3015	[-]
Posts: 7594 (01/26/12 08:14 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	anders332 wrote: I have both Before Sunrise and Before Sunset on DVD and they've both been viewed repeatedly. I actually prefer Before Sunset - the scene in the cab when she's describing how that night shaped who she is really feels so real. So glad to hear they're doing a #3.....hope Julie sings again. I also prefered Before Sunset. Thought it was much more engaging, plus I loved the real-time essence of it.
JVJrule		#3016	[-]
Posts: 7595 (01/26/12 08:37 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	The cast and crew of The Artist watch the Oscar nominations: � They really do seem like just a bunch of "happy to be here" and excited group, but it's The Punisher Harvey Weinstein that's making it seem like an awards-hungry cow. I love Berenice Bejo's reaction to her name being called. She just seemed so delighted. Although this would've made for a hilarious viral video had they not been nominated. Like those viewer reaction meltdown videos of when Adam Lambert lost in American Idol. I do think this is the type of filmmakers and actors that will probably never be nominated for Oscars again. It was the gimmick of the film, not necessarily the directing, and its silent acting, neither of the two leads know how to speak English apparently, though they are learning because they could possibly be the next Marion Cotillard/Christoph Waltz. But look at Roberto Benigni. So we shall see.
JVJrule		#3017	[-]
Posts: 7596 (01/26/12 08:45 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	bjorkrazee wrote: But the real reason ELIC is nominated is Daldry deliberately makes movies for awards and he knows the right things to do for them. I'm not going to investigate too much, but maybe Billy Elliot meant something to him... but after that? He just wanted OSCARS!!1 Almost every other director has a legitimate reason for making movies, whether it's to experiment or to send a message or to express something personal and so on... but what does Daldry do? He just picks the baitiest pieces of literature and films it with nothing underneath the surface. He's shameful. As true as that is in the film world, Daldry's much bigger and broader resume as a theater director is really impressive and I kind of wish he'd bring that pedigree to his films. I mean I love Billy Elliot, and liked The Reader enough not to hate it, was meh on The Hours, but I did love Extremely Loud (I'm on the minority I know, but whatever). I feel like Daldry does have the talent to really make beautiful well-directed films, but his themes do scream NOMINATE ME! (although oddly enough, did you notice almost all his films have a boy-lead? Billy Elliot, The Reader (sort of), Extremely Loud, even his very first short film has a boy lead, only The Hours differs).
midnightproblay		#3018	[-]
Posts: 1262 (01/26/12 08:48 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I don't understand where the not knowing how to speak English thing came from. I've heard that since Cannes but I've seen no actual evidence of it. From what I've seen (and I knew of Dujardin but not Bejo long before The Artist) it's not actually the case? They've both handled themselves fine.
sun surfer		#3019	[-]
Posts: 3065 (01/26/12 08:52 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I loved Life Is Beautiful and I'm not ashamed to admit it! I think in general people are too stuck up about it making light of a horrific situation - that was the whole point! And yay cg, twinsies on HP!
JVJrule		#3020	[-]
Posts: 7597 (01/26/12 08:54 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	There are 3 kinds of people: those who can count & those who can't. Remove this ad midnightproblay wrote: I don't understand where the not knowing how to speak English thing came from. I've heard that since Cannes but I've seen no actual evidence of it. From what I've seen (and I knew of Dujardin but not Bejo long before The Artist) it's not actually the case? They've both handled themselves fine. I read on Twitter that Dujardin was learning, but I did a little research and Bejo can speak. Watch her interview with Ellen Degeneres here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJSDq0xUD1o ETA: I do think now, Bejo may be the next Melanie Laurent, not the next Marion Cotillard lol.

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