Movies The Movie Thread! - Continuation - Part 1

[Josef]

I hope Ralph wins Best Actor at the Oscars. Kevin Spacey was a bit arrogant in his speech, tho provided he was joking a bit ofc, lol.

 

[MiyamotoMusashi]

For the categories they competed in? of course

I don´t know, i am pretty ok with all of the wins, though in some categories there were choices equally worthy of it

I hope Ralph wins Best Actor at the Oscars. Kevin Spacey was a bit arrogant in his speech, tho provided he was joking a bit ofc, lol.

In what way?

 

[Faust]

 

[xi0]

Kind of weird that True Detective was in the miniseries categories for which it was nominated. I know that it's a miniseries for the cast perhaps, but it's still an ongoing show.

 

[MiyamotoMusashi]

Kind of weird that True Detective was in the miniseries categories for which it was nominated. I know that it's a miniseries for the cast perhaps, but it's still an ongoing show.

Especially considering that they submitted it for best drama for the Emmys a while back but who knows, maybe they thought it had a bigger change to win it compared to Best Drama but well, the same applies to Fargo and The Missing, both are ongoing as well.

 

[Faust]

Kevin Spacey was a bit arrogant in his speech, tho provided he was joking a bit ofc, lol.

In what way?

Here's his acceptance speech 1:14:10


Yes it's a bit arrogant. Just a bit.

 

[SharkBait]

Saw Pacific Rim on last night. Easily wins a spot in my top 5 movies ever. I want to control a Jeager so badly, it looks so cool the whole time. The sword and plasma cannons even, mindblown. I was a truly awesome experience from start to finish.

 

[MiyamotoMusashi]

Obviously way too early but i can´t say i like it, Joss Whedon understood with the first movie to keep it light and funny all the way, even the almost groundbreaking fight at the end had many comedic scenes (not that you could take Loki and his alien partners seriously anyway). This looks way too dark imo but we will see.

Here's his acceptance speech 1:14:10


Yes it's a bit arrogant. Just a bit.

I have seen the entire show, thus also the acceptance speech obviously, what´s arrogant about it?

 

[Faust]

In the Loop
Directed by: Armando Iannucci
Screenplay by: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Starring: Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison
Watch it if you like: Four Lions, Good Bye Lenin!

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I have seen the entire show, thus also the acceptance speech obviously, what´s arrogant about it?

It's mostly because of the tone of his voice that it sounds a bit arrogant to me as well.

 

[kkck]

I have seen the avenger trailers and somehow it feels weird that ultron would be the only bad guy. Isn't there something weird there? As far as the trailer implies ultron was built by tony... And it goes skynet on everyone. But why are the mutants (thats right, I called them that) siding with him? And when we see tony fighting hulk... there is no other avenger fighting the hulk. And we see thor grabbing tony by the neck. And we never see iron man fighting alongside any of the avengers. Supposedly tony is going to be the antagonist in captain america 3 but as far as I can tell he will actually be a secondary antagonist of sorts in this film.

 

[xi0]

Maybe they'll start the Civil War plotline sooner than thought. But it makes me wonder how exactly they're going to go through with that arc without many actual superheros.

 

[danzouismadara]

John Wick was pretty good, as far as action goes.

 

[goldb]

I finally saw Birdman last night. The film seemingly drops you right in the middle of things and the characters just lead you from there. I found it to be quite chaotic but the good kind; funny but with a good amount of authenticity to the whole plot. Really enjoyed it and Michael Keaton was just so good here.

 

[Faust]

In Bruges
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Screenplay by: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Thekla Reuten, Jordan Prentice, Jérémie Renier
Watch it if you like: Seven Psychopaths, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Great performance by Colin Farrell. The piano score is lovely.

 

[baboysai]

i was able to watch Theory of Everything recently and if the actor won the Globes for it, well deserved.

 

[Faust]

i was able to watch Theory of Everything recently and if the actor won the Globes for it, well deserved.

He did won.

Where did you watch? I can't find any movie theater showing that movie around my area.

 

[MiyamotoMusashi]

i was able to watch Theory of Everything recently and if the actor won the Globes for it, well deserved.

Yeah, his acting was astounding but the movie could have been better

 

[Schabrak]

In Bruges
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Screenplay by: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Thekla Reuten, Jordan Prentice, Jérémie Renier
Watch it if you like: Seven Psychopaths, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Great performance by Colin Farrell. The piano score is lovely.

Got to note the great bitch slap. XD

Have recently seen The Imitation Game with a great performance by Cumberbatch, good to see him at the top again after his downfall with Star Trek into Darkness.

Also seen John Wick, what a fucking action masterpiece. Enjoyed every single scene of that, welcome back Keanu!! Its big box office success was well deserved.

Followed by A Hard Day, in which a corrupt detective is accidentily spiraling into more and more problems. Very good, yet not great. :P

While I still couldn't force myself to see Boyhood, I've seen Linklat's '93 Dazed and Confused. Great movie with appearance from McConaughey, Affleck, Jovovich. A really great depiction of a groupt of small town teenagers in '76. Felt like an 70s OST at times though.

Calvary, while highly praised, let me doze off far too many times.

The Hobbit: TBotFA was a huge disappointment, too much CGI, horribly directed, unreasonable that I had to watch 2+ hrs for that little plot. There was always something happening, but the end result was just meh.

edit:
For got Birdman, damn what a master of his art Iñárritu is, one fluid movie experience with constant ups, keeping one wondering till the end of what's really going on.

 

[Faust]

Spoiler: 87th Academy Award Nominees

Best Picture

American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Director

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game

Best Actor

Steve Carell – Foxcatcher as John du Pont
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper as Chris Kyle
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing
Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Riggan Thomson
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Wilde Hawking
Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Alice Howland
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliot-Dunne
Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed

Best Supporting Actor

Robert Duvall – The Judge as Joseph Palmer
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr.
Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Michael Shiner
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz
J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans
Laura Dern – Wild as Bobbi Grey
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke
Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Samantha Thomson
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods as The Witch

Best Original Screenplay

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
Boyhood – Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher – E. Max Frye & Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Sniper – Jason Hall from American Sniper by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen & Jim DeFelice
The Imitation Game – Graham Moore from Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson from Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten from Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle from his short film of the same name

Best Animated Feature Film

Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Best Foreign Language Film

Ida (Poland)
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines (Estonia)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Wild Tales (Argentina)

Best Documentary Feature

Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga

Best Documentary Short Subject

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper (La Parka)
White Earth

Best Live Action Short Film

Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)
Parvaneh
The Phone Call

Best Animated Short Film

The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life

Best Original Score

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
Mr. Turner – Gary Yershon
The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson

Best Original Song

"Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie – Shawn Patterson
"Glory" from Selma – John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
"Grateful" from Beyond the Lights – Diane Warren
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me – Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
"Lost Stars" from Begin Again – Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

Best Sound Editing

American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
Interstellar – Richard King
Unbroken – Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro

Best Sound Mixing

American Sniper – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
Interstellar – Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
Unbroken – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

Best Production Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
The Imitation Game – Maria Djurkovic (Production Design); Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration)
Interstellar – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration)
Into the Woods – Dennis Gassner (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
Mr. Turner – Suzie Davies (Production Design); Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration)

Best Cinematography

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman
Ida – Łukasz Żal & Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
Unbroken – Roger Deakins

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Foxcatcher – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White

Best Costume Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive
Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran

Best Film Editing

American Sniper – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
Boyhood – Sandra Adair
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
Whiplash – Tom Cross

Best Visual Effects

Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer

Spoiler: 87th Academy Awards - Announcement of Nominees and Show Trailers (Videos)

Only eight movies nominated for Best Picture.

Gone Girl was snubbed the most.
Gone Girl wasn't nominated for Best Picture
David Fincher wasn't nominated for Best Director.
Gillian Flynn wasn't nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Lego Movie wasn't nominated for Best Animated Feature Film.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes and David Oyelowo wasn't nominated for Best Actor.

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I hope Ralph wins Best Actor at the Oscars.

Unfortunately he was not nominated.

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Got to note the great bitch slap. XD

Yeah! XD

While I still couldn't force myself to see Boyhood, I've seen Linklat's '93 Dazed and Confused. Great movie with appearance from McConaughey, Affleck, Jovovich. A really great depiction of a groupt of small town teenagers in '76. Felt like an 70s OST at times though.

All right, all right, all right!

 

[Schabrak]

Have always seen his movies with a dub, only since True Detective I did learn of his rather distinctive dialect. A friend spoiled me of that "all right³" scene right before we started the movie though. He was the best character in the movie, OG McConaughey.