Oscar Fever

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is something I do not get - never watch but it made me think about all the blockbuster movies that I have never seen. So trying to find a list of big time movies is tuff - so many sites but this place has a composite that was about the best I could find
https://www.filmsite.org/boxoffice.html

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Jeez I need to catch up - from that list, I have not seen: Titanic, Star Wars Episodes VIII VIII, Avengers: Infinity Wars, Marvel's The Avengers, Black Panther, Harry Potter and the (anything), Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, Incredibles 2, Fate of the Furious, Iron Man 3, Minions, Captain America: Civil War, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. That was just the worldwide gross.
I grow weary looking at this and from the other 2 lists ET, GWTW, Episode I II, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek 2

I guess I don't watch a lot of movies
 
The Oscars are like a lot of things from the time of three big networks and not much else and when people went to movies

They were big and a shared cultural thing

Now not so much
 
Now, it's another occasion for sweeping allegations of racism and sexism.

Which is why Black Panther will beat #MyJackson & #MyAllie for the gold statuette. ILTCTOTGS.
 
The Oscars are like a lot of things from the time of three big networks and not much else and when people went to movies

They were big and a shared cultural thing

Now not so much
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Right? Why would I go to a movie house when I am trying to get through Deadwood for the 3rd time on Amazon?
 
I used to love watching the Oscars, but now it bores me to tears. (I still enjoy checking out the actresses’ gowns online the next day though.)

One of the more entertaining exercises I’ve ever done was watch every Best Picture winner in order.
https://variety.com/gallery/every-oscar-best-picture-winner/

I was surprised how some of the older ones were incredibly fresh and interesting (It Happened One Night, The Apartment, All About Eve) and how some of the more modern entries are hot garbage.
 
I find that most movies in the past few years have been rated by how good are the special effects. Acting basically means nothing. I use my kids as the best rating system for me, if they like a movie I stay away from it.
 
I expect a Roma sweep. Picture, director, foreign, maybe more. I’ve tried 2x and couldn’t make it more than 40 minutes.

I’d like to see Spike get an Oscar.

Shallow for best song.

Female actor- that brit from The Favourite.

Male actor- no clue
 
I expect a Roma sweep. Picture, director, foreign, maybe more. I’ve tried 2x and couldn’t make it more than 40 minutes.

I’d like to see Spike get an Oscar.

Shallow for best song.

Female actor- that brit from The Favourite.

Male actor- no clue
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Remi Maleck- Bohemian Rhapsody or Christian Bale -Vice. Awesome flick, btw.
 
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I expect a Roma sweep. Picture, director, foreign, maybe more. I’ve tried 2x and couldn’t make it more than 40 minutes.

I’d like to see Spike get an Oscar.

Shallow for best song.

Female actor- that brit from The Favourite.

Male actor- no clue
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Remi Maleck- Bohemian Rhapsody or Christian Bale -Vice. Awesome flick, btw.
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Agreed. Totally spaced that category.

Still need to see Vice and KKKlansman.
 
I expect a Roma sweep. Picture, director, foreign, maybe more. I’ve tried 2x and couldn’t make it more than 40 minutes.

I’d like to see Spike get an Oscar.

Shallow for best song.

Female actor- that brit from The Favourite.

Male actor- no clue
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Remi Maleck- Bohemian Rhapsody or Christian Bale -Vice. Awesome flick, btw.
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Agreed. Totally spaced that category.

Still need to see Vice and KKKlansman.
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I found Vice interesting to the extent that it obviously is framed from the left’s perspective but it also acknowledges there are bad fucks out there who would nuke the entire US if given the chance.

Bale paints Cheney as kind of a Colonel Jessup, you can’t handle the truth, you want me on that wall sort of way. Which is absolutely true. Cheney was generally a fuck - but thank god he was OUR fuck.
 
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I got drunk and watched Star again last night. It was awesome.

I have zero interest in Bohemian Rhapsody for whatever reason. Roma looks like an artistic ordeal. I’ll get to Vice and BlacKKK eventually. Favourite is higher priority.
 
I got drunk and watched Star again last night. It was awesome.

I have zero interest in Bohemian Rhapsody for whatever reason. Roma looks like an artistic ordeal. I’ll get to Vice and BlacKKK eventually. Favourite is higher priority.
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If you like music and particularly Queen, you’ll be entertained by Bohemian Rhapsody
 
I got drunk and watched Star again last night. It was awesome.

I have zero interest in Bohemian Rhapsody for whatever reason. Roma looks like an artistic ordeal. I’ll get to Vice and BlacKKK eventually. Favourite is higher priority.
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If you like music and particularly Queen, you’ll be entertained by Bohemian Rhapsody
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Watched it last night, very enjoyable.
 
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