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Post by stephen on Jul 22, 2024 13:37:15 GMT
Just got word that RaMell Ross's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's The Nickel Boys will open the festival.
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Post by mhynson27 on Jul 22, 2024 14:17:20 GMT
My man Stephen is stuck in the past.
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Post by stephen on Jul 22, 2024 14:18:44 GMT
My man Stephen is stuck in the past. We are redoing 2022 until we get it fucking right. |
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Post by mhynson27 on Jul 22, 2024 14:19:56 GMT
My man Stephen is stuck in the past. We are redoing 2022 until we get it fucking right. 2022 was one of the best years of my life tbh  |
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Post by stephen on Jul 22, 2024 14:20:51 GMT
We are redoing 2022 until we get it fucking right. 2022 was one of the best years of my life tbh Sorry, mate, but your happiness is not worth The Whale winning two Oscars. |
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Post by mhynson27 on Jul 22, 2024 14:29:36 GMT
Still haven't seen it  |
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Post by stephen on Jul 22, 2024 14:34:29 GMT
Still haven't seen it Well no wonder you were happy. |
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Post by TylerDeneuve on Jul 22, 2024 14:36:58 GMT
Still haven't seen it No shade no tea, but... Is this supposed to be surprising? |
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Post by mhynson27 on Jul 22, 2024 14:39:54 GMT
Still haven't seen it No shade no tea, but... Is this supposed to be surprising? Considering it features a recent acting winner, it's a bit surprising to myself |
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Post by Archie on Jul 22, 2024 14:44:55 GMT
Still haven't seen it It's a m a z i n g |
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Post by stephen on Jul 22, 2024 14:52:37 GMT
Still haven't seen it It's a m a z i n g Herman Melville could never. |
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jul 22, 2024 14:54:06 GMT
Actual scene from The Whale.
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Post by stephen on Jul 22, 2024 15:03:30 GMT
Actual scene from The Whale. You left out three usages of the word "amazing" in those two lines. |
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Post by mhynson27 on Jul 23, 2024 0:39:10 GMT
The NYFF write-up, and a few tweets from random critics have been VERY positive about The Nickel Boys. Could very well be a big contender, not sure why I wasn't considering it sooner.
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Post by sterlingarcher86 on Jul 23, 2024 13:58:45 GMT
This was on my predictions last year until it was clear it wasn’t coming out. It’s in my top five now
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jul 27, 2024 0:24:28 GMT
Nickel Boys is a huge question mark to me. Novel won the Pulitzer a few years ago but novel adaptations haven't done so hot lately, and Barry Jenkins' Underground Railroad miniseries (also adapted from Whitehead) didn't stir much buzz. Read this book a couple years ago and the plot is quite thin -- most of the story centers on the abuse these kids suffer in a reformatory. I don't know if Ross can translate that to an experience that's more than *just* miserable, or if it goes the way of Till for example. We'll see.
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Post by mhynson27 on Jul 27, 2024 13:41:04 GMT
Nickel Boys is a huge question mark to me. Novel won the Pulitzer a few years ago but novel adaptations haven't done so hot lately, and Barry Jenkins' Underground Railroad miniseries (also adapted from Whitehead) didn't stir much buzz. Read this book a couple years ago and the plot is quite thin -- most of the story centers on the abuse these kids suffer in a reformatory. I don't know if Ross can translate that to an experience that's more than *just* miserable, or if it goes the way of Till for example. We'll see. All but one of the Top 8 category winners last year, came from novel adaptations. |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jul 28, 2024 5:55:59 GMT
Nickel Boys is a huge question mark to me. Novel won the Pulitzer a few years ago but novel adaptations haven't done so hot lately, and Barry Jenkins' Underground Railroad miniseries (also adapted from Whitehead) didn't stir much buzz. Read this book a couple years ago and the plot is quite thin -- most of the story centers on the abuse these kids suffer in a reformatory. I don't know if Ross can translate that to an experience that's more than *just* miserable, or if it goes the way of Till for example. We'll see. All but one of the Top 8 category winners last year, came from novel adaptations. I should've specified adaptations of contemporary fiction. It hasn't been uncommon lately for adaptations of novels that were critically lauded or bestsellers to strike out on the big screen. Only 2 of the last 28 BP noms were adapted from fiction written in the last decade, and if you want to extend it to post-2000 you can include American Fiction. Call Me By Your Name was the last big one. And Oppenheimer wasn't based on a novel btw. |
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