#281

This is the only ceremony I would ever care about:

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#282

i think the film was made after The Rock came across this on TV while in England and he contacted Smerch

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#283
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#284

I rewatched it over Xmas with my parents who both quite enjoyed it as an easy going film. It has its moments but I still struggle a bit with how certain bits are presented, (especially the end) but thatā€™s just my issue by being far too close to the original story.

#285

Agree.

But these nominations are the result of polling amongst BAFTA voters and are not the work of a single person or committee.
If the latter were true theyā€™d fix the categories to be properly diverse. By simply tallying up the BAFTA hivemind they get a default blandness akin to Ed Sheeran dominating a pop chart based on sales.
BAFTA should ignore the membership at the nomination stage and give them a choice of selected candidates. Although I suspect that any process that involves voting will default to a safe winner.

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#286

Yeah the Bafta CEO seemed a bit embarrassed with how the noms turned out. But ultimately itā€™s up to them to keep their organisation relevant and ensure their awards reflect a wider range of audience and not just predictable Hollywood churn (but maybe thatā€™s what they want as itā€™s where the money and column inches are :man_shrugging: I mean why have people saying ā€œCynthia Erivo who?ā€ when you can have two Margot Robbies).

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#288

Donā€™t quite understand the extreme reactions to Jojo Rabbit. Just a nice, fun, occasionally poignant, coming of age fable. Like Boy in the Striped Pyjamas but with more jokes.

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#289

Yeah I didnā€™t love it or anything but it has some funny bits and good acting. Some reviews have acted like Taika Waititi went around Auschwitz taking selfies or something

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#290

Think Iā€™m just going to give up on following internet film discourse now. The same thing happened with Joker (despite saying ā€œFuck off Jokerā€ upthread I actually quite enjoyed it).

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#291

some solid advice for us all here

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#292

Directorā€™s Guild nominees: Scorsese, Tarantino, Bong Joon Ho, Mendes, Waititi

Those first four seem dead certs for Oscar nominations, and then itā€™ll be either Waititi or Todd Phillips or Noah Baumbach most likely (or maybe Pedro Almodovar, but much less likely). I think Greta Gerwigā€™s chances are done alas, ditto Lulu Wang :frowning:

#293

Here comes A Rainy Day in New York, my 52nd Woody Allen film, and at least the 27th to have this exact plot and characters.

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#294

This is why all the other old directors get other people to write their films

#295

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Me @ everyone who nominates ā€œbest directorā€

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#296
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#297

Oh man I want a print of this Parasite poster

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#298

Just watched The Two Popes, really enjoyed it. Pryce and Hopkins are both on fucking great form, could have watched them all night. Genuinely tender in places and i loved the last scene with them watching the football. :slight_smile:

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#299

Itā€™s a nice film. Shows how good Hopkins can be when heā€™s arsed.

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#300

When Hopkins properly shows up i can think of few who can even come close.