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The Oscars Thread, 2010 (pg. 4)
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ania_xox
You know very well that if you somehow acquired 15 minutes of fame and were invited to this ceremony, you would cut your Wednesday Adams hair, wash off your black nail polish, and take meth before you left in your most expensive-looking ensemble to keep your heart rate balanced in the event of a Meryl Streep sighting. You might even teach yourself to smile. |
Is this another one of those thoughts that sounded better in your head? |
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| woscar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
I hope its The Hurt Locker. Tarantino can suck his own dick. He is a ty director.
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I understand if you don't like his movies/dialogues/subject matter but could you please elaborate on how he is a "ty director"? |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
I hope its The Hurt Locker. Tarantino can suck his own dick. He is a ty director.
That seen in the grocery store in The Hurt Locker... Epic. Perfect. |
FAIL |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Well there's rarely any doubt when you're watching anything he even had a hand in, that he had something to do with it. Now is this just his 'style' or is he stale and predictable? Seems to me like that answer entirely depends on whether you like his movies or not. |
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| TranceArmstrong |
| Ending of Avatar was retarded, big evil coporation, acts irrationally, etc. Technically stunning, intellectually bankrupt. It's a crock that it's even nominated. |
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| elektrikal |
I think Inglorious was a really good movie, lotta fun, but substance wise, Hurt Locker triumphed it. Also, the latter shunned away from big name actors and instead used what seemed to me after watching the movie the perfect men for the roles. Hurt Locker managed to stay apolitical and really tell what happened to the psyches of soldiers placed in such extreme conditions. Nice touch too on using Iraqi actors, and in fact found an Iraqi actor who fled to Jordan (where they filmed) who likely had to give up his profession to save his life.
Though on a related note, props to Tarantino for actually using French and German actors in the movie and exposing American audiences to a movie (gasp) not entirely in English. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by leph555
FAIL |
Have you seen The Hurt Locker?
Seriously. The grocery store scene at the end. I do not think its giving away too much, but with everything that goes on in that movie, the intense violence and lack of humanity seen in Iraq during that period, where everything is literally just ed up, then to juxtapose that against the calmness of a fully stocked, modern, western, peaceful, safe secure location as a common grocery store. It just hits you in a way thats really on another level and really exposes the characters for what they do and who they are.
Perfect. |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
Have you seen The Hurt Locker?
Seriously. The grocery store scene at the end. I do not think its giving away too much, but with everything that goes on in that movie, the intense violence and lack of humanity seen in Iraq during that period, where everything is literally just ed up, then to juxtapose that against the calmness of a fully stocked, modern, western, peaceful, safe secure location as a common grocery store. It just hits you in a way thats really on another level and really exposes the characters for what they do and who they are.
Perfect. |
yea I did see it, and I still feel Inglorious basterds was a better movie for me, the dialogue was just epic (not Pulp fiction epic though) |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by leph555
yea I did see it, and I still feel Inglorious basterds was a better movie for me, the dialogue was just epic (not Pulp fiction epic though) |
Thats the thing though, he always uses razzle-dazzle dialogue. I loved Pulp Fiction, but as far as writing goes (in terms of story, etc) he is usually all over the place, using cool sounding monologues or dialogs to replace actual plot driving elements of the story. Same goes for Reservoir Dogs, and the Kill Bill movies. It was all talk pretty but pointless. |
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| paulandrews |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
Thats the thing though, he always uses razzle-dazzle dialogue. I loved Pulp Fiction, but as far as writing goes (in terms of story, etc) he is usually all over the place, using cool sounding monologues or dialogs to replace actual plot driving elements of the story. Same goes for Reservoir Dogs, and the Kill Bill movies. It was all talk pretty but pointless. |
That may be true for some of his movies, but definitely not for IB. I'll just quote this great series of articles, because I couldn't put it better:
| quote: | | Tarantino's movies have always been about other movies, but Basterds is the first one to make its reflexive quality its own subject. Tarantino, it should surprise no one, sees everything through the history of movies and through the vocabulary of film. His characters have always talked about popular culture, but here, life and movies come crashing together in the most alarming ways possible. |
The dialogue in Basterds carries a lot of subtext, and is hardly pointless. |
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| WittyHandle |
| What I'm wondering is why An Education was nominated along with American movies, instead of being treated as a foreign film. It was great, I'm not doubting its quality, I just thought the Oscars were focused on American movies. Is it based on language? |
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| R.j. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
Have you seen The Hurt Locker?
Seriously. The grocery store scene at the end. I do not think its giving away too much, but with everything that goes on in that movie, the intense violence and lack of humanity seen in Iraq during that period, where everything is literally just ed up, then to juxtapose that against the calmness of a fully stocked, modern, western, peaceful, safe secure location as a common grocery store. It just hits you in a way thats really on another level and really exposes the characters for what they do and who they are.
Perfect. |
I have to agree with this. It is, I think, the better movie compared to IB. |
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