2020 Academy Awards - No Willem Dafoe The Lighthouse nom
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Merrith
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Never saw Joy. Felt they were just trying to put her and De Niro together again and assuming it would work.
Chukzombi
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it was actually what passed for "woke" in 1990. the noble savage was a thing back then. i liked the movie, but goodfellas was clearly a much more riveting film, it was one of those "gamechanger" films i have talked about many times. if no Goodfellas, you wouldnt have had a Reservoir Dogs and then no Pulp Fiction.
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I havent watched all her work, but silver linings playlist might be the best thing I watched her in. Granted my guess is she wasnt playing too far afield from her actual personality which is probably why she was good in it.
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It's a bit surprising that Parasite can be nominated in both the best film and the best foreign film categories... though I think it did happen before ?
The title is Pain and Glory and, considering it's a Spanish film, your little tirade is a bit silly. I have not seen the film yet, but I know it's in part based on Almodovar's life, so I am going to guess being a gay man in a catholic dictatorship might not be the greatest thing and that being part of a vibrant counterculture scene in the '80s usually comes with some drama attached (drugs, AIDS, remnants of the dictatorship, etc).
While I am at it, what transformed Lawrence from an actress to a star is her academy award nomination for the leading part in Winter's Bone.
The title is Pain and Glory and, considering it's a Spanish film, your little tirade is a bit silly. I have not seen the film yet, but I know it's in part based on Almodovar's life, so I am going to guess being a gay man in a catholic dictatorship might not be the greatest thing and that being part of a vibrant counterculture scene in the '80s usually comes with some drama attached (drugs, AIDS, remnants of the dictatorship, etc).
You probably saw the name of Francis Lawrence who directed the second, third and fourth Hunger Games movies as well as Red Sparrow. The guy is an austrian born in Vienna and totally unrelated to Jennifer Lawrence, who is the daughter of a construction worker and of a summer camp manager from Kentucky. Doesn't that scream Hollywood royalty ?
While I am at it, what transformed Lawrence from an actress to a star is her academy award nomination for the leading part in Winter's Bone.
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Gavinmad
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You are the most insufferably pretentious person on this entire forum, but god damn if I don't love reading most of your posts anyway.
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Merrith
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While Winter's Bone may have put her on the radar for people inside the industry, it didn't turn her into a star for people buying tickets. Winter's Bone made like $16M total at the box office.
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What transformed her from an actress to a star is her lips around Harvey's wang. It's not much of a secret that she was his pet, and it's no coincidence her roles vanished when he did.
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Szlia
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Your theory is interesting
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, but I don't find particularly surprising that an actress who did 3 movies a year when she was in her early 20s works at a slower pace in her late 20s (and is a millionaire). In 2019 she only was in a supporting part in Dark Phoenix, but also got married. She will be in a couple movies in 2020, most notably as the main character in the next Paolo Sorrentino movie, so yeah...
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, but I don't find particularly surprising that an actress who did 3 movies a year when she was in her early 20s works at a slower pace in her late 20s (and is a millionaire). In 2019 she only was in a supporting part in Dark Phoenix, but also got married. She will be in a couple movies in 2020, most notably as the main character in the next Paolo Sorrentino movie, so yeah...
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Your theory is interesting
Who?
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Chukzombi
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szila thinks art house films that cost 20 dollars to produce are the same as a 200 million dollar blockbuster.
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chaos
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He's the guy who made The Young Pope and The New Pope. idk, she seems like she's doing fine to me, some good stuff some bad some meh.
Also, yeah, at her level she likely has different priorities. get locked into a multi-picture deal for yet another (this would be her third) franchise to make another gajillion dollars? Why? Make money hats? At this point, if she does art house shit, so what? Although, she hasn't, that Aronofsky shit was the closest she's gotten, her shitall seems to make money, ya'll hatin
Also, yeah, at her level she likely has different priorities. get locked into a multi-picture deal for yet another (this would be her third) franchise to make another gajillion dollars? Why? Make money hats? At this point, if she does art house shit, so what? Although, she hasn't, that Aronofsky shit was the closest she's gotten, her shitall seems to make money, ya'll hatin
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Hollywood is littered with actors and actresses who had hot streaks/were the "big thing", then cooled down significantly. It's not anything new.
1) Star becomes big
2) Star commands more money for roles
3) If the RoI for the actor/actress is good, then they can continue to command that much. If the RoI isn't so good, then usually they only get 1 or 2 more shots before their ability to command good money/good roles begins to wane
4) Once big stars who cooled off then pray that someone like Tarrantino resurrects their career lol
1) Star becomes big
2) Star commands more money for roles
3) If the RoI for the actor/actress is good, then they can continue to command that much. If the RoI isn't so good, then usually they only get 1 or 2 more shots before their ability to command good money/good roles begins to wane
4) Once big stars who cooled off then pray that someone like Tarrantino resurrects their career lol
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No idea what uncut gems is actually about, but its getting flak for portraying jews with negative stereotypes. Not to go all Mario, but I suspect that, and Adam Sandler being a known hack, is going to keep it out of the running because it doesn't have a lot of promotion outside of that.Oh yeah - no Uncut Gems in Best Picture. Bullshit right there.
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Lithose
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I mean, its weird...As someone else said, this has been a solid year for movies but nothing extremely exceptional. Its like a room full of solid 8s and 9's--but no 10s. A lot of movies had mind blowing individual achievements, like 1917's cinematography, but nothing really brought the whole package together perfectly.
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What kinda lunch breaks do you have??
Enough time to watch a movie? I could watch a movie's trailer, once I'm finished eating.
Enough time to watch a movie? I could watch a movie's trailer, once I'm finished eating.