TWrecks310
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Hey now, I think Pacific Rim is great but Mad Max is a far different movie and a much better one too
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Ho. ly. shit.
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The 73rd Annual Golden Globes |OT| Episode MMXVI: Return of the Ricky
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Hey now, I think Pacific Rim is great but Mad Max is a far different movie and a much better one too
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Ho. ly. shit.
"Hasn't impressed" is quite a different take from what you're saying about him earlier.
In any case, I'll expect a thorough "Wow! What a good movie! I'll eat that crow now!" or "Saw it, wasn't impressed. Inarritu is an ass!" review on The Revenant.
But it won't really be what you think of the movie. Because you want to prove everyone wrong by swaying on either direction or attempt to even bridge the gap, when you've probably picked the movie apart, but don't want to say what you really feel, because then it'll probably come off as nitpicking instead.
Bonne chance, mon ami!
Neither does Star Wars or Alien. We still consider them to be some of the greatest films in their respective decades.
this thread is a perfect example, people get carried away by it and expect it to beat everything out.
Psychological Intellect
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not trying to come in any way rude but have you seen the native language being spoken? there aren't many mouth/lip movements from the IRL footage I've seen.
example
I don't agree with that at all and I really douibt that with the length's Inarritu and Co went to pull this shoot off that they would get amateurs to play the Native americans.
Discotheque
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All 3 are far better movies than freaking shawshank redemption
I mostly agree with you But like the Dark Knight the movie is a modern classic. will it be surpassed? most likely but it will definitely be remembered.
Comparing Mad Max to The Avengers is probably a huge disservice to Mad Max.
TWrecks310
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Admiral Woofington
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I love mad max and have seen it three times and I'll be happy if it pulls a grand Budapest and just absolutely destroy everyone else in the secondary awards. I just a want a "winner of multiple Academy awards" in the box set
Thanks for helping my point haha.
Wouldn't have won as a drama
Wanting it to beat everything and expecting it are two different things. I think most reasonable people who know what these awards like to go for know it has a very low chance.
Because the Golden Globes are a joke.
So that they could throw Mad Max a bone and nominate it for best Drama. Kinda works for me.
Alien for me personally isn't up there with the others you previously mentioned, though I certainly enjoy the movie a hell of a lot. It might for example make it to my top 50, maybe. But Star Wars, I don't know how those same criticisms could ever be levelled at it. It is bursting with charisma, classic characters, a genre defining narrative and everything else. It is definitely a bit campy and dry in areas, and a massive amount of suspension of disbelief is required when watching it today, but I think that's mostly a sign of it's age, coupled with the superficial nature of it all.
Drama was stacked this year. But I think The Martian should've been slotted in anyway. Let it fend for itself.
Ridley Scott probably appreciates the award, but even he found it stupid being in the Comedy/Musical section. If it had won as a Drama, so be it. If not, at least it would've competed against other movies within its genre.
Not sure if it's new, but Wikipedia's listing The Martian as a comedy-drama. lol
Obviously people aren't reasonable, lotta people not underatanding that Mad Max ain't what gets voted for.
Also yet again, it has one black person, I mean we exist in Austraila
Not rude at all...haven't seen much of it spoken but that video kinda shows it. It's like of the video and audio were a split second off but I guess that's how it looks. Interesting
Net_Wrecker
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Why can't a work of great kineticism as a means of storytelling (calling back to silent film, and in turn, animation), incredible editing, incredible stunt work, with an incredible score be a classic movie? You're dismissing entire genres and styles of film making. Fury Road doesn't need the layers, intellect, and plot in the same way those other movies do because it's speaking a different language, and has different goals.
this is GAF we are talking about though. Just look at Toothless and some others here. Reason won't really be applied
lazybones18
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I hope so. The salt will be hilarious
Admiral Woofington
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He didn't sweep the Oscars last year though. Grand Budapest did.
He shouldn't have sweeped last year
edit: Grand Budapest sweeped? I think I need to go back and read up again.
Puck Beaverton
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Possible. I secretly hope it happens.
No. the globes have no predictive value
hell, Inarritu didn't even repeat at the globes... they (correctly) gave it to boyhood last time
ViewtifulJC
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that's right. The Grand Budapest Hotel won every Oscar it was eligible for, including Best Picture.
CharminUltra
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I was definitely surprised at how gory it was. I mean, I expected it to be brutal, but it still shocked me a little.
Discotheque
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lmao my highlight of the night besides Sly winning.
TheKaeptain
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His last movie had a five minutes scene where an actor explains to someone why acting is an art form.
Admiral Woofington
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Im not saying grand Budapest won the bigger awards,bur maybe my definition of sweeping is different and my memory is foggy but I remember grand Budapest winning more.
MaulerX
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I see some places making a big deal about that. It looked like he honestly didn't see her coming when he had his elbow sticking out and just had a funny "Whoops!" type reaction when he realized his elbow brushed on her vigina.
Im not really speaking about personally though, more what trajectory it is looking like Mad Max is going to take historically. And thus why it getting snubbed will possibly look like when those films got snubbed or ignored altogether.
It is hitting this incredible run of garnering insane acclaim from genre fans, major critical circles(it is cleaning up on critics lists), those highly respected in the industry and gaining a rabid cult following amongst amateur film buffs. Not unlike a film like Pulp Fiction did. It looks poised to continue to grow in acclaim over time, not diminish.
I don't feel like getting into an in depth discussion on this but the complexity of Star Wars plot and character is arguably more shallow then Mad Max. My only point was to show that there are classic movies that aren't these complex, layered, character studies that have grown into classics in their respected decade. Raiders of the Lost Ark, Die Hard or Terminator would be some more examples.
Puck Beaverton
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It won a lot of technical awards but nobody remembers that stuff.
lol sounds like your type of film
That's how bad that post was.
Admiral Woofington
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Apparently which is a shame because where mad max has potential to win, outside of directing (and good luck taking that away from the Revenant) is technical awards.
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