The Movie Thread

[Welsh Exile]

I really couldn't get on with Oppenheimer. Thought it was pretty bad and certainly one of the most overrated films in the last few years.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

I enjoyed Oppenheimer a lot, Globes are usually nonsense though.

It's the start of the awards season but yes I know what you mean. It's just an an indicator of who wins the big prize of the Oscars and even that receives a lot of criticism.

I am just interested in the main prizes winners - don't always agree but then my watching of films has diminished a lot in recent years.

 

[ncurd]

It's the start of the awards season but yes I know what you mean. It's just an an indicator of who wins the big prize of the Oscars and even that receives a lot of criticism.

I am just interested in the main prizes winners - don't always agree but then my watching of films has diminished a lot in recent years.

Mark Kermode describes the Globes nominations as "who do we want want to have a party with, lets nominate them"

SAG Awards tend to be far better indicators (voters cross pollination), the Globes throws up some odd stuff. (Including what's a a comedy and whats a drama)

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Gervais winning best stand up despite how awful his latest special was says it all

Not enough laugh out loud moments for me. It's gone downhill since the Humanity one.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Just finished Society of the Snow, the new Netflix film about the Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes. Was really good but oh boy it was a tough watch. Just harrowing and bleak throughout.

I never saw Alive so can't compare it to that but yeah, it was good. Does a very good job of commemorating the dead.

 

[Al Bangor]

Just streamed it for free on PlutoTV. Excellent movie!

 

[Bada-Bing!]

The Silence of the Lambs - another great film based on a book (although I have not read it). Extraordinary performance from Hopkins.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

although I have not read it

Well worth it, I've read the first three of the Hannibal Lecter books and liked them all

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Best Picture nominees

And now for the big one - Best Picture nominees:

• American Fiction
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

Oscar nominations 2024: The full list of nominees

Find out all the nominees for this year's Academy Awards, which were revealed on Tuesday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[die_mole]

Did you know Carl weathers acted his ass off so hard that the medic in rocky iv legit thought he died. He was so good in his role in arrested development.

Absolute legend.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Madame Web: Critics savage Dakota Johnson's Spider-Man spin-off

The trailer went viral for how awful it was, and the film has not fared much better with critics.

www.bbc.co.uk

Oh dear.

 

[Kiwiwomble]

stop making spiderman movie without spiderman! there is also kraven and venom 3 (apparently) coming this year....a connected universe that doesn't actually connect

the 4 movies so far (venom, venom 2, mobius and madam web) also have and average rotten tomatoes score of 29%

 

[Bada-Bing!]

I made my Star Wars Chewbacca suit from 45 bags of hair extensions

A dedicated cosplayer gives a glimpse into the world of conventions and events across Britain.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Al Bangor]

 

[Al Bangor]

Daniel Day-Lewis ‘Says He’s Done’ With Acting: ‘He Opens Up the Streamers and There’s 7,000 Choices, None of Them Good’

It sounds like Daniel Day-Lewis is serious about his retirement from acting and won’t be returning, at least according to his longtime director Jim Sheridan. The Irish filmmaker directed three of Day-Lewis’ most prominent films: “My Left Foot” (1989), “In the Name of the Father” (1993) and “The...

www.yahoo.com

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Dune 2 = incredible

 

[Al Bangor]

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Razzie Awards 2024: Winnie the Pooh slasher film and Expend4bles named year's worst

The horror film won five awards at the ceremony described as the "ugly cousin to the Oscars".

www.bbc.co.uk

Can't say I have watched either.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

The full list of winners and nominees at the Oscars 2024

See who has won and been nominated for this year's coveted Academy Awards in Hollywood.

www.bbc.co.uk

And Oppenheimer wins 7.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Poor Things

Bizarre, but entertaining
Like the art style, almost reminded me of James and the Giant Peach in a weird way