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Implying JJ isn't the type of guy that's into cuckolding.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12/18/15)
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Implying JJ isn't the type of guy that's into cuckolding.
GasparZizou
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jye4ever
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A runny nose on JJ must be hilarious.
cmiller99
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I saw this for the second time (one last go before it's out of cinemas 
) and I enjoyed it just as much as I did the first time. Watching it in a tiny theatre did batter the senses quite a lot more than seeing it in a big one, though.
Yeah... *shudders*
) and I enjoyed it just as much as I did the first time. Watching it in a tiny theatre did batter the senses quite a lot more than seeing it in a big one, though. Yeah... *shudders*
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jye4ever
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TFA was robbed at the Oscars, it should've won for Visual Effects.
BB8 alone is better than anything from Ex-Machina, and I enjoyed EX-Machina.
BB8 alone is better than anything from Ex-Machina, and I enjoyed EX-Machina.
After Avatar Best Visual Effects is now an "artsy" category that doesn't get awarded to crowd pleasing blockbusters anymore.
Inception, Hugo, Life of Pi, Gravity, Interstellar. Star Wars was never going to get it because it was a huge movie that people liked. It was only between Ex Machina and Fury Road. I'm glad it went to the former.
Of course The Force Awakens won "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature" at the 2016 VES (Visual Effects Society) Awards because those voters actually have a clue.
Fury Road was more about the absence of effects: stunt wires & rigs were digitally removed from the frame.
Yes -- lots of compositing and color key work. But . . . less becomes more.
Ex Machina is a clinic on how to integrate digital character effects into a futuristic script.
If Stanley Kubrick had had (yes, double "hads") such tools at his disposal back in 1992, then we would have been spared Spielberg's tepid A.I.
The Star Wars trilogy was foremost a triumph of design.
Great design coupled with ground-breaking in-camera effects . . . in service of a good story, well told.
What SW needs now is a new story, well told.
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Oscars was a complete joke IMO.
Machina was great but best VFX? Even the bear from the Revenant would have been more understandable.
Mad Max? Yikes.
Leo for The Revenant? Yikes! Great actor and he has done Oscar worthy performances before, but he grunted and stumbled his way through The Revenant.
Spotlight, best picture? Yikes! It was a good enough film, but really not Oscar worthy (apart from it's *controversial* subject matter), Hateful8 best score?
Are you kidding me? It's totally derivative.
I thought pretty much the whole thing was a joke.
Machina was great but best VFX? Even the bear from the Revenant would have been more understandable.
Mad Max? Yikes.
Leo for The Revenant? Yikes! Great actor and he has done Oscar worthy performances before, but he grunted and stumbled his way through The Revenant.
Spotlight, best picture? Yikes! It was a good enough film, but really not Oscar worthy (apart from it's *controversial* subject matter), Hateful8 best score?
Are you kidding me? It's totally derivative.
I thought pretty much the whole thing was a joke.
jye4ever
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Yeah it was a hot mess.
EVILFACE
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Star Wars wasn't any more worthy.
But in the end, the only award that matters is the one who made monies.
But in the end, the only award that matters is the one who made monies.
As if I needed another reason to resent that goddamned movie.
Star Wars wasn't any more worthy.
But in the end, the only award that matters is the one who made monies.
And the ones I liked.
The least surprising award of the night was giving Ennio Morricone the award for best score.
That (along with Leo) was this year's "Let's just give it to him now" Award. Amazingly, Morricone had never won before.
jye4ever
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Well, if that's the case then Stallone should've got his.
I believe Morricone had only won a lifetime achievement award before.
While H8 wasn't even close to Morricone's best it certainly was better than TFA.
I believe Morricone had only won a lifetime achievement award before.
While H8 wasn't even close to Morricone's best it certainly was better than TFA.
I actually disagree. I think TFA is an underrated score of sublime genius and Williams' best genre score in many years. Sure,it lacks the gimmicky bombast of "Duel of The Fates", "Across The Stars" and "Battle of the Heroes", but that's actually for the better, IMHO. This score is more "pure", more layered and nuanced... and it fits the film perfectly.
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Neither Leo nor Morricone deserved to win for these projects. But both deserved oscars at different times in their career.
I agree about TFA. It's not as openly commercial for sure. But I adore it now. It's sheer quality, far more sophisticated and classical than the PT scores.
I agree about TFA. It's not as openly commercial for sure. But I adore it now. It's sheer quality, far more sophisticated and classical than the PT scores.
****ing thank you Irish.
Months ago I had to read post after post of "Prequels music was better than TFA becuz of Duel of da Fatez and Across da Starz." But if you remove those signature themes from the films they really were just a jumble of forgettably recycled themes from the OT. TFA didn't rest on one big musical moment (Duel of the Fates) it had real range and nuance as you mention what with Rey's theme, Kylo's theme, the Resistance March, the freaking lovely music as Kylo watched the Starkiller blast from the bridge of the Finalizer or when Rey walked the steps to meet Luke. It had the big iconic themes, it had the subtlety (hell Rey's iconic theme itself was quite nuanced) and it blended them together in masterful fashion.
Glad to see someone else actually post on this site who could appreciate it.
