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Post by pendragon on May 9, 2019 3:50:04 GMT
Here is the link to vote for the winners. The voting period will be until June 23rd at 11:59pm PST.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on May 9, 2019 3:59:02 GMT
WALL•E FOR SOUND!
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Post by Martin Stett on May 9, 2019 4:22:47 GMT
Currently missing:
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Ip Man
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Post by Schiggy on May 9, 2019 7:49:02 GMT
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on May 9, 2019 13:08:30 GMT
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Post by ingmarhepburn on May 11, 2019 11:11:48 GMT
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Post by joephoenix on May 13, 2019 22:52:38 GMT
Voted.
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Post by Pavan on May 28, 2019 5:22:56 GMT
Voted
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 7, 2019 2:03:34 GMT
So, um... I watched Funny Games. It was... um... good? I guess? Kind of? In the sense that it was well made?
But... why? Why the fuck do people submit themselves to these movies? I mean, what the hell is wrong with you?
Edit: Wasn't the voting deadline on the 19th as of earlier today? You can't fool me, Pendragon!
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Post by pendragon on Jun 7, 2019 2:18:48 GMT
Edit: Wasn't the voting deadline on the 19th as of earlier today? You can't fool me, Pendragon! It was. I wanted to give the 2018 AMARAs a little more space since they moved back. |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jun 7, 2019 3:10:10 GMT
So, um... I watched Funny Games. It was... um... good? I guess? Kind of? In the sense that it was well made? But... why? Why the fuck do people submit themselves to these movies? I mean, what the hell is wrong with you? I enjoyed the hell out of both iterations of Funny Games. I think the remake is actually funnier than the original, which plays a bit more straight as home invasion psychological horror. The American version is disturbing as hell too, but its razor-sharp pitch-black humor is a bit more accessible and the whole thing is deliciously subversive, like when that metal music plays during the family's serene drive to their upperclass vacation home. Haneke is such a troll. And the performances are outstanding in both versions as well, but Michael Pitt is especially exceptional. An Alex DeLarge wannabe, as sadistic as he is charming. I love it, but I have a dark and ironical sense of humor. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 7, 2019 3:58:53 GMT
So, um... I watched Funny Games. It was... um... good? I guess? Kind of? In the sense that it was well made? But... why? Why the fuck do people submit themselves to these movies? I mean, what the hell is wrong with you? I enjoyed the hell out of both iterations of Funny Games. I think the remake is actually funnier than the original, which plays a bit more straight as home invasion psychological horror. The American version is disturbing as hell too, but its razor-sharp pitch-black humor is a bit more accessible and the whole thing is deliciously subversive, like when that metal music plays during the family's serene drive to their upperclass vacation home. Haneke is such a troll. And the performances are outstanding in both versions as well, but Michael Pitt is especially exceptional. An Alex DeLarge wannabe, as sadistic as he is charming. I love it, but I have a dark and ironical sense of humor. Hey, three of my top twenty favorite films are comedies about corpse disposal. I'm a huge fan of Satoshi Kon's TV show Paranoia Agent, which made dark comedy out of suicide, incest, and people getting beaten half to death with baseball bats. I like to think I have a dark sense of humor too, but this is just provocation for provocation's sake. Haneke has no point outside of saying "you're a horrible person if you liked this," and I find that to be utter bullshit. |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jun 7, 2019 7:12:03 GMT
I enjoyed the hell out of both iterations of Funny Games. I think the remake is actually funnier than the original, which plays a bit more straight as home invasion psychological horror. The American version is disturbing as hell too, but its razor-sharp pitch-black humor is a bit more accessible and the whole thing is deliciously subversive, like when that metal music plays during the family's serene drive to their upperclass vacation home. Haneke is such a troll. And the performances are outstanding in both versions as well, but Michael Pitt is especially exceptional. An Alex DeLarge wannabe, as sadistic as he is charming. I love it, but I have a dark and ironical sense of humor. Haneke has no point outside of saying "you're a horrible person if you liked this," and I find that to be utter bullshit. I don't know if that's what he's saying. Both films are attempts to probe society's fascination for or apathy towards violence. I think Haneke is definitely a nihilist and his films have misanthropic qualities but he's asking serious and provocative questions that merit consideration. Personally, I like that we have films like Funny Games in a society where mass shootings have become commonplace and no one fucking does anything about it (there was another just a couple days ago in Virginia Beach) and where sexuality has always been less acceptable and more taboo than violence. If anything, these films are subverting those bullshit "family values" that still cling to our culture, and Haneke mischievously implicates the audience in that subversion. He's not judging single viewers, he's encouraging cultural self-confrontation. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 7, 2019 14:57:27 GMT
Haneke has no point outside of saying "you're a horrible person if you liked this," and I find that to be utter bullshit. I don't know if that's what he's saying. Both films are attempts to probe society's fascination for or apathy towards violence. I think Haneke is definitely a nihilist and his films have misanthropic qualities but he's asking serious and provocative questions that merit consideration. Personally, I like that we have films like Funny Games in a society where mass shootings have become commonplace and no one fucking does anything about it (there was another just a couple days ago in Virginia Beach) and where sexuality has always been less acceptable and more taboo than violence. If anything, these films are subverting those bullshit "family values" that still cling to our culture, and Haneke mischievously implicates the audience in that subversion. He's not judging single viewers, he's encouraging cultural self-confrontation. And failing at it, since he's making little art films that only champagne sipping intellectuals will watch. Besides, remarking that society is violent is a hell of a long way from saying anything about why we're violent. To paraphrase Hotel Rwanda: "People are going to see this footage and go 'oh, that's horrible.' And then they're going to go on eating their dinners." |
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Jun 10, 2019 23:48:13 GMT
Voted before I forgot.
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Post by chris3 on Jun 11, 2019 1:19:03 GMT
Voted, thanks for doing this! 2008 is one of my least favorite years but it's also a year without much clear consensus aside from Ledger in Supporting.
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Post by coop032 on Jun 16, 2019 15:23:34 GMT
I can never remember if I voted. Please message me if I have not. Thanks.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 17, 2019 2:50:44 GMT
And now I've seen Hunger. That was... hmm. Well, it certainly ain't straightforward. That aspect both intrigued me and left me a little cold. I just... didn't have a connection to the characters. Basically, I loved what McQueen was going for, but I don't think he quite stuck the mood piece that he was aiming for because the characters are given so little personal identity. The mood needs people to work perfectly.
I like the film. It's definitely not the kind you see every day. I just think that McQueen couldn't pull this into the ranks of greatness that he as straining for.
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Post by Sharbs on Jun 19, 2019 2:34:55 GMT
Voted!
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 20, 2019 3:37:43 GMT
Voted.
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Post by idioticbunny on Jun 20, 2019 17:05:38 GMT
Super late to checking out the nominations, but for as weak of a year as '08 is, I feel the nominations definitely hit just about all the marks for the year.
Only ones I felt were missing were Dear Zachary, Snow Angels, Timecrimes, Redbelt, and The Visitor, but can't really complain when a lot of my favorites are here too (particularly a lot of my personal winners). Crossing my fingers Desplat can take score (it's an all-timer for me in the category) and WALL-E can maybe pull an upset in BP (in my top 20 of all-time).
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jun 20, 2019 17:07:47 GMT
Crossing my fingers Desplat can take score (it's an all-timer for me in the category) YESSS it's some of his most beautiful work for sure  |
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Post by TerryMontana on Jun 20, 2019 17:15:38 GMT
Sent.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jun 20, 2019 17:35:21 GMT
Super late to checking out the nominations, but for as weak of a year as '08 is, I feel the nominations definitely hit just about all the marks for the year. I honestly feel that '08 is a very strong year, and the nods are pretty much on point. A shame that some of the smaller films didn't make a splash (poor Redbelt and Lorna's Silence), but what can ya do. At least the dreadful Oscar BP lineup got shut out of our own.
That adapted screenplay lineup is painful, though. Although I can't think of much to replace it -- all the best screenplays were original. And all the halfway decent ones, for that matter.
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Post by idioticbunny on Jun 20, 2019 18:01:42 GMT
Super late to checking out the nominations, but for as weak of a year as '08 is, I feel the nominations definitely hit just about all the marks for the year. I honestly feel that '08 is a very strong year, and the nods are pretty much on point. A shame that some of the smaller films didn't make a splash (poor Redbelt and Lorna's Silence), but what can ya do. At least the dreadful Oscar BP lineup got shut out of our own.
That adapted screenplay lineup is painful, though. Although I can't think of much to replace it -- all the best screenplays were original. And all the halfway decent ones, for that matter.
That's fair. To be honest, quite a few of my favorite films from that decade are from that year ( WALL-E, In Bruges, TDK, just out of what was nominated), but it's a very top-heavy year which is why I consider it a weaker one. After about the #20 mark on my films list that year, the quality starts to drop significantly. Then again, I'm sure there are always some great hidden gems lurking somewhere for me to see at some point that could change my mind (not even seen Lorna's Silence that you mention so there's one already). Agreed on screenplay though. My winner is Let the Right One In for adapted, and even then it's not a screenplay I'm in love with. |
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