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OSCARS - 88th. Leo finally. Spotlight = best movie. (1 Viewer)

BigSteelThrill said:
just wanted to say...

DiCaprio, Redmayne, Fassbender, Damon and Cranston is a phenomenal line-up for Best Actor.

That's with players like Hanks, Will Smith, Carrell and maybe Keaton watching from the side.
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This is not a black/white thing IMO. Will Smith wasn't even the same class as these guys and lets not forget that the best male acting performance wasn't even nominated in Jacob Tremblay via Room. 

 
Otis said:
Chris Rock calling "Hollywood" (i.e. Everyone in the room) out as racists right to their faces made for a pretty awkward opening here. 
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When he told Leo he gets a great part every year, it made for a very awkward moment. He had many and the monologue wasn't supposed to be about that, it was supposed to make people laugh. If he wanted to do a straight editorial or opinion piece, there are other avenues for that. I'm not saying what Rock said isn't actually true and I have always been a fan but I felt he really bombed when this wa a moment to shine. 

Maybe it's time to turn to a guy like say John Oliver who really isn't afraid to piss folks off or maybe Ricky Gervais needs to be expanded beyond the Golden Globes, like him or not he says funny stuff.

I wanted to laugh at my whiteness, take my licks sort of speak but Rock just didn't deliver. So much he could have chosen. I don't think he will be hosting again soon. Ellen had a lot more funny moments when she hosted. 

 
Otis said:
Chris Rock calling "Hollywood" (i.e. Everyone in the room) out as racists right to their faces made for a pretty awkward opening here. 
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When he told Leo he gets a great part every year, it made for a very awkward moment. He had many and the monologue wasn't supposed to be about that, it was supposed to make people laugh. If he wanted to do a straight editorial or opinion piece, there are other avenues for that. I'm not saying what Rock said isn't actually true and I have always been a fan but I felt he really bombed when this wa a moment to shine. 

Maybe it's time to turn to a guy like say John Oliver who really isn't afraid to piss folks off or maybe Ricky Gervais needs to be expanded beyond the Golden Globes, like him or not he says funny stuff.

I wanted to laugh at my whiteness, take my licks sort of speak but Rock just didn't deliver. So much he could have chosen. I don't think he will be hosting again soon. Ellen had a lot more funny moments when she hosted. 

 
Otis said:
Chris Rock calling "Hollywood" (i.e. Everyone in the room) out as racists right to their faces made for a pretty awkward opening here. 
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When he told Leo he gets a great part every year, it made for a very awkward moment. He had many and the monologue wasn't supposed to be about that, it was supposed to make people laugh. If he wanted to do a straight editorial or opinion piece, there are other avenues for that. I'm not saying what Rock said isn't actually true and I have always been a fan but I felt he really bombed when this wa a moment to shine. 

Maybe it's time to turn to a guy like say John Oliver who really isn't afraid to piss folks off or maybe Ricky Gervais needs to be expanded beyond the Golden Globes, like him or not he says funny stuff.

I wanted to laugh at my whiteness, take my licks sort of speak but Rock just didn't deliver. So much he could have chosen. I don't think he will be hosting again soon. Ellen had a lot more funny moments when she hosted. 

 
Did Stallone receive the backlash for racial outcry of equality? Maybe winning an award in Creed for best actor was just too much when it should go to Apollo Jr...

Stallone was a victim of racial backlash.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Neither was Mad Max. But both looked and sounded cool.

I'm just saying that movies are for the entertainment of many and the enlightenment of few. I think the Academy and self-important thespians forget that.
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But you are so wrong about Mad Max, that was an amazing film on a big screen with amazing sound and yes 3-D was the way to see that film. I never ever ever liked any 3-D film until I saw Mad Max. The story, cinematography, EFX, it all came together, quite shocked more folks didn't love it. 

 
Ministry of Pain said:
Ministry of Pain said:
When he told Leo he gets a great part every year, it made for a very awkward moment. He had many and the monologue wasn't supposed to be about that, it was supposed to make people laugh. If he wanted to do a straight editorial or opinion piece, there are other avenues for that. I'm not saying what Rock said isn't actually true and I have always been a fan but I felt he really bombed when this wa a moment to shine. 

Maybe it's time to turn to a guy like say John Oliver who really isn't afraid to piss folks off or maybe Ricky Gervais needs to be expanded beyond the Golden Globes, like him or not he says funny stuff.

I wanted to laugh at my whiteness, take my licks sort of speak but Rock just didn't deliver. So much he could have chosen. I don't think he will be hosting again soon. Ellen had a lot more funny moments when she hosted. 
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When he told Leo he gets a great part every year, it made for a very awkward moment. He had many and the monologue wasn't supposed to be about that, it was supposed to make people laugh. If he wanted to do a straight editorial or opinion piece, there are other avenues for that. I'm not saying what Rock said isn't actually true and I have always been a fan but I felt he really bombed when this wa a moment to shine. 

Maybe it's time to turn to a guy like say John Oliver who really isn't afraid to piss folks off or maybe Ricky Gervais needs to be expanded beyond the Golden Globes, like him or not he says funny stuff.

I wanted to laugh at my whiteness, take my licks sort of speak but Rock just didn't deliver. So much he could have chosen. I don't think he will be hosting again soon. Ellen had a lot more funny moments when she hosted. 
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If it helps you out I am laughing at you.

 
Ministry of Pain said:
But you are so wrong about Mad Max, that was an amazing film on a big screen with amazing sound and yes 3-D was the way to see that film. I never ever ever liked any 3-D film until I saw Mad Max. The story, cinematography, EFX, it all came together, quite shocked more folks didn't love it. 
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If you liked the story of Mad Max...You saw the wrong film.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
I have to be completely honest...before last night I'd never even heard of Spotlight. Guess I didn't pay much attention to movies this year.
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I was just coming in here to post something similar.  Has anyone seen this?  Is it that good?  I don't recall seeing a FFA thread for it...

 
Lot of angry white people in here. 

Smack, MOP - your award show will be back to being non-funny about other issues next year. 

 
Spotlight was a good movie with decent acting, but nothing special. If one compares it to All the Presidents Men, which seems a natural comparison, it pales. Without doing a lengthy spoiler tag post, the problem with Spotlight was a complete lack of tension. 

 
Capella said:
Lot of angry white people in here. 

Smack, MOP - your award show will be back to being non-funny about other issues next year. 
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I thought it was no different than any other Oscars show I've seen, ever. Some funny bits, some boring stuff, way too long. No one watches this live anymore, right? It took me about an hour last night to get through it, and that seemed way too long, as expected.

 
Ministry of Pain said:
Did Stallone receive the backlash for racial outcry of equality? Maybe winning an award in Creed for best actor was just too much when it should go to Apollo Jr...

Stallone was a victim of racial backlash.
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Stallone wasn't nominated for Best Actor.  

The fact that he wasn't even nominated for Tango & Cash is the biggest failure of the Academy

 
Capella said:
Lot of angry white people in here. 

Smack, MOP - your award show will be back to being non-funny about other issues next year. 
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:lmao:  you're right the show was funny and poignant and made a great social statement and things will change.   

I hope you don't miss your self loathing oscars next year. 

Hey, if all this got Lou Gossett a giftbag, It's ok with me. 

 
Baloney Sandwich said:
Stallone wasn't nominated for Best Actor.  

The fact that he wasn't even nominated for Tango & Cash is the biggest failure of the Academy
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Would have been great to see Stallone go full Kanye and repeat the T&C line of...

Mr. Tango has, uh, spoken very eloquently. I wish I could be as forgiving. But I can't, because... this whole thing... ####### sucks! I mean, this is the biggest pile of #### I've ever... 

 
What did Malloy hate most about last nights event celebrating movies that are beneath him that he watches all the time?

 
Capella said:
Lot of angry white people in here. 

Smack, MOP - your award show will be back to being non-funny about other issues next year. 
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I was ready for some good white jokes. I enjoy comedians who point out our faults like Dave Chapelle about 15 years ago. I wanted him to make fun of us but the jokes were not funny. I don't know a lot of folks black or white who laughed a lot. Just keepin it real. If you enjoyed last night, good for you. I got boored halfway thru and when Stallone was upset I fogged out. 

Spotlight winning 2 awards all night including best film, no Oscar for Stallone or Miller for that matter...Mad Max sweeps the first half of the show and then they give Best Director to the same guy who won for Birdman last year...WTF?! I get it and he is a good director but c'mon, that guy will be nominated many more times. Miller is well into his 70s/80s at this point. Bad year for films overall, just give him the award at this point. 

 
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Ministry of Pain said:
Kate Upton-Vanity Fair-SCWHING!!!
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Ministry of Pain said:
I was ready for some good white jokes. I enjoy comedians who point out our faults like Dave Chapelle about 15 years ago. I wanted him to make fun of us but the jokes were not funny. I don't know a lot of folks black or white who laughed a lot. Just keepin it real. If you enjoyed last night, good for you. I got boored halfway thru and when Stallone was upset I fogged out. 

Spotlight winning 2 awards all night including best film, no Oscar for Stallone or Miller for that matter...Mad Max sweeps the first half of the show and then they give Best Director to the same guy who won for Birdman last year...WTF?! I get it and he is a good director but c'mon, that guy will be nominated many more times. Miller is well into his 70s/80s at this point. Bad year for films overall, just give him the award at this point. 
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I didn't really watch other than a few minutes. The monologue was spot on and good though. 

 
Chris Rock was pretty meh to me. A couple funny lines but I thought he was going to be a more scathing / funny. Had a couple decent lines but didn't get the bits about it being like a sorority, or the part about him meeting Obama. Was set up to be great.

The girls scout cookie skits and the talking to people at the theater were amateur hour stuff. It was fine just thought it was going to be great with him doing it with this year's (dumb, contrived) controversy.

Agree with whoever said that they spent 30 minutes on mediocre comedy and didn't even let half the winners talk for more than a few seconds without them playing music to get them off stage.

 
GROOT said:
He's the worst actor of all time,
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That's simply not true and he has proven with a good script and some direction he can do some great work. Copland was a really good film. First Blood was not as EFX driven as II, III, and IV, it has some great scenes like when he breaks down at the end of the film. 

I get it and Creed is nothing out of this world but look at the history of the Oscars and some of the years where certain actors win because of PC reasons. I don't think Jaime Foxx is nearly as good as some folks think, he has way more disasters than quality roles. He mimics Ray Charles and they give him an Oscar. 

It would have been a better night if Stallone got to walk the stage. Nothing else nominated will ever be remembered. The dude who won for Bridge of Spies...you won't hear his name mentioned with that film ever again. Nobody even remembers his name from last night. Mark Ruffalo, sorry...that's not it? And that's another thing, Ruffalo with 3 nominations inside of 5 years, great character actor, why not him? That was the real crime, not so much Stallone. 

 
Sara Silverman? She wasn't talked about much, she had the same amount of time CK did but her jokes were not funny although I appreciated the outside the box thinking she had. But again another comedian who fell flat. 

Was Amy Schumer that busy? She had a hit movie last year and overall she earned a spot on stage last night telling jokes IMO. Louis CK has had some credible work the last couple years, truthfully a guy as talented as he is in comedy usually is surprisingly good in more serious roles, not sure why that is exactly. 

 
Quez said:
I was just coming in here to post something similar.  Has anyone seen this?  Is it that good?  I don't recall seeing a FFA thread for it...
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I watched it last night and I thought it was very well done.  I grew up Irish Catholic with most of my extended family living in Providence Rhode Island, and the rest spread from Boston South.  Even as kids in the 80's it was common knowledge that many of the priests were didlers.  Luckily, my family was very overprotective and not very trusting, so my cousins and I were not allowed anywhere near priests (or any church officials) as kids.  

When that Father Porter stuff went down, that was pretty much the beginning of the end for church life in our family/community.  

On a side note, I am now pretty much convinced something happened with one of my oldest cousins who was heavily involved with their church until his early teens.  I was little but I remember my grandma crying and my crazy aunt talking about the Devil infultrating the church.  My cousins all stopped being involved (one was an alter boy or something) and everyone stopped going to church.  That one cousin is a crack head and lives under a bridge now.  It's pretty sad.

 
Ministry of Pain said:
Sara Silverman? She wasn't talked about much, she had the same amount of time CK did but her jokes were not funny although I appreciated the outside the box thinking she had. But again another comedian who fell flat. 

Was Amy Schumer that busy? She had a hit movie last year and overall she earned a spot on stage last night telling jokes IMO. Louis CK has had some credible work the last couple years, truthfully a guy as talented as he is in comedy usually is surprisingly good in more serious roles, not sure why that is exactly. 
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Despite her claim last night, I have not slept with Sara Silverman.

 
Capella said:
Lot of angry white people in here. 

Smack, MOP - your award show will be back to being non-funny about other issues next year. 
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:lmao:

No kidding.  Some people in here treating this like it's our long, national nightmare.  Buck-up little campers.  The Toneys are soon I'm sure.

 
Ministry of Pain said:
But you are so wrong about Mad Max, that was an amazing film on a big screen with amazing sound and yes 3-D was the way to see that film. I never ever ever liked any 3-D film until I saw Mad Max. The story, cinematography, EFX, it all came together, quite shocked more folks didn't love it. 
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You almost had me convinced until you mentioned "story". 

Oh, and almost everybody loved it. 

 
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