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[DrEvil]

12 Years was the best movie this year, despite what you think is BP worthy.

Care to tell me why?

 

[~Kinggi~]

I thought it was a pretty decent ceremony. Outside of "The Act of Killing" winning best docu and "Her" winning best original screenplay, there were really no surprises at all. I (and I'm sure everyone else) was able to correctly predict the winners in all the major categories.

:/

Umm it didn't win.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

'Her' was an amazing scifi film, one of the best in recent memory, but most small scifi films are really good

Yeah. It's definitely stayed with me since I saw it. One of my favorites in the last couple years.

The soundtrack was gorgeous too. That got robbed.

 

[theignoramus]

I forgot about Leo in the Aviator, he was outstanding in that.
I dont agree with the others, there was nothing about his acting in those movies that struck me as riveting or commanding and like I said earlier, there's a certain predictability to so many of the roles he's taken the last 10 years. that angsty, highly analytical character he plays over and over and over again.

anyways, the argument I was disagreeing with was the idea that he was best actor of his generation. I think that's rubbish,he's nowhere near as good as PSH. He has a certain consistency about his roles though, so even though he doesnt have the acting chops of someone like Johnny Depp, he's been in more superior films

 

[Branduil]

He said in the behind-the-scenes video, he wanted to people to think it's just a film set in modern day, space.

It's a science film... that's fictional. LOL. Genre labels are always amorphous, but I feel pretty comfortably saying it's a sci-fi film.

 

[nomis]

Yep, shortened quote (the rest kinda it softens it) but this is the bit that people fixate on.

"It often gets taken out of context for maximum impact, so I'm gonna do that"

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Umm it didn't win.

Ack, I mean the fact that it didn't win! That was the surprise!

 

[firehawk12]

Her is more sci-fi than gravity.

They're both scifi, whether the directors want to admit it or not. lol

 

[il Diavolo]

Joaquin has nowhere near the resume that Leo has

Sorry but Joaquin's performance in The Master alone shits all over that resume.

 

[Ether_Snake]

Wonder how many more decades it will take before a sci-fi film finally gets best picture

JUPITER ASCENDING!!!

Yah right. Maybe when a movie will deserve one.

Gattaca is probably the only sci-fi movie that deserved one as far as I can remember, and even that is a stretch.

 

[Atraveller]

It's a science film... that's fictional. LOL. Genre labels are always amorphous, but I feel pretty comfortably saying it's a sci-fi film.

LOL

Now everything science that isn't a documentary can be called Sci-fi.

 

[Phire Phox]

My god, he won't be nominated for anything for the rest of his life.

Woody Allen has dissed the awards in the past and has still won/got nominated. And Woody never even shows up to the ceremony.

 

[Eleuin]

Wonder how many more decades it will take before a sci-fi film finally gets best picture

interstellar

believe

 

[hamchan]

12 Years was not best picture worthy IMO.

Shot and acted amazingly, and I'm sure the source book was very incredible, but the time dilation just didn't come across well. If the movie weren't called 12 years a slave, I would have thought the whole thing took place over a couple weeks or months.

Still, decent film, very hard to watch in parts, but I don't think it should have won the top award.

I got the feeling people would be pissed if 12 Years didn't win best picture, it was the safest choice. I personally see Gravity as the best film of the year but oh well, Cuaron still got his props so everyone (except American Hustle and those few other movies) wins!

I agree with you about the time thing. Absolutely did not feel like 12 years at all. The sense of time passed was not pulled off well at all in that movie.

 

[blackaroni]

https://vine.co/v/MA7p2dXp7qe

 

[equippedwithtowel]

"It often gets taken out of context for maximum impact, so I'm gonna do that"

We, it is illustrative of the consequences. I don't necessarily hold it against him.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

They're both scifi, whether the directors want to admit it or not. lol

It kinda is a disaster movie in a way, so yeah, it has its sci-fi.

 

[Community Forum]

Pacific Rim was snubbed.

 

[overcast]

So, just got off work. Winners were pretty damn predictable.

Any highlights, lowlights? Any of the ladies look particularly astounding?

 

[TheOddOne]

https://vine.co/v/MA7p2dXp7qe

This gonna be some drama.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

So, just got off work. Winners were pretty damn predictable.

Any highlights, lowlights? Any of the ladies look particularly astounding?

There should be a gif of Harrison Ford garbing a pizza slide around this thread.

 

[Ripclawe]

Wait there is a John Ridley vs Steve McQueen feud? What happened?

 

[il Diavolo]

So, just got off work. Winners were pretty damn predictable.

Any highlights, lowlights? Any of the ladies look particularly astounding?

Emma Watson was hnnnng as ever but no one stood out much this year unfortunately.

 

[wedward]

Yeah, he had zero humility or class in that regard.

Let the guy have some fun. He just received the biggest accolade you can achieve in his profession.

 

[Ripclawe]

There should be a gif of Harrison Ford garbing a pizza slide around this thread.

 

[nomis]

So, just got off work. Winners were pretty damn predictable.

Any highlights, lowlights? Any of the ladies look particularly astounding?

Blanchett, Pink, Menzel, SandyB.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

My boy Brad Pitt got an Oscar before Leo

 

[gabbo]

JUPITER ASCENDING!!!

Yah right. Maybe when a movie will deserve one.

Gattaca is probably the only sci-fi movie that deserved one as far as I can remember, and even that is a stretch.

2001: A Space Odyssey wasn't even nominated, and that's pretty much head and shoulders above most scifi.

 

[Toxi]

2001: A Space Odyssey wasn't even nominated, and that's pretty much head and shoulders above most scifi.

Head and shoulders over any of the best picture nominees that year too.

Thinking too deeply on it, I wonder if Harlan Ellison would punch me in the mouth if I asked him if Gravity is sci-fi

Harlan Ellison would punch me in the mouth if I talked to him regardless. :-(

 

[Spinluck]

damn, how is frozen netting $1 billion at the box office?

 

[botty]

Jared winning was the highlight of the night:

Best speech
Best look
Best role

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Also, I thought that Jared Leto, John Ridley, Cate Blanchett, and Matthew McConaughey all gave great speeches.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

HELL NO.

The Croods had a much better story, and characters as far as i am concerned.

 

[Jarmel]

damn, how is frozen netting $1 billion at the box office?

Family film.

 

[Branduil]

JUPITER ASCENDING!!!

Yah right. Maybe when a movie will deserve one.

Gattaca is probably the only sci-fi movie that deserved one as far as I can remember, and even that is a stretch.

Really? The only science fiction movie in history that might have deserved best picture is Gattaca?

 

[Ridley327]

My boy Brad Pitt got an Oscar before Leo

Ben Affleck has two Oscars, and Leo has none.

 

[Spinluck]

Family film.

disney has made much better ones though.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Yeah, he had zero humility or class in that regard.

I'm surprised Steve McQueen even cares that much about an Oscar, always struck me as the type of director that would think it's all a bit rubbish.

 

[bronson]

Let the guy have some fun. He just received the biggest accolade you can achieve in his profession.

Yeah, it's no big deal, it's not like the 21 million people enslaved today would be allowed to watch the Oscars.

 

[Jarmel]

Really? The only science fiction movie in history that might have deserved best picture is Gattaca?

Let the ignorant comments go. Let it go.

 

[Loxley]

damn, how is frozen netting $1 billion at the box office?

It's a fun, well-made family film with some catchy songs - powered by the Disney marketing machine.

 

[rekameohs]

interstellar

believe

lol

 

[Phire Phox]

My boy Brad Pitt got an Oscar before Leo

Juicy J got an Oscar before Leo.

 

[Ripclawe]

Nikki Finke ‏@NikkiFinke 18s
My sources attributing John Ridley-Steve McQueen cold shoulder at Oscars tonight to dispute over screenplay credit.

oohh.. makes sense.

 

[wedward]

I'm surprised Steve McQueen even cares that much about an Oscar, always struck me as the type of director that would think it's all a bit rubbish.

It's easy to act that way when you haven't won.

 

[Jarmel]

disney has made much better ones though.

3D and price inflation do wonders.

 

[SmackAttack]

Also, I thought that Jared Leto, John Ridley, Cate Blanchett, and Matthew McConaughey all gave great speeches.

Going to agree.

 

[injurai]

JUPITER ASCENDING!!!

Yah right. Maybe when a movie will deserve one.

Gattaca is probably the only sci-fi movie that deserved one as far as I can remember, and even that is a stretch.

I'm expecting Jupiter Ascending to flop. Pretty sure Interstellar is the next big sci-fi.

Yeah Gattaca was really good. Bladerunner and Alien are up there for me, but I'm not sure what their competition was.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

I'm just glad AH got nothing. So good.

 

[markatisu]

It's a fun, well-made family film with some catchy songs - powered by the Disney marketing machine.

It was more powered by word of mouth since they marketed the shit out of it but it did not really take off till around mid December (despite being in theaters for about almost a month)

Going in they were just "hoping" to do as good as Tangled and there was quite a bit of resistance and negative impressions from bad trailers