Still dumbfounded by the Mad Max nod. Probably the most fun movie of the year and Star Wars is right behind that. Can't believe Sicario was snubbed!
The Martian was also some garbage. Get that garbage out of here.
I just can't think of the last movie that was so action packed and kind of crazy like Mad Max was/is to get nominated like that. It's 2 hours of cars exploding. It's 100% awesome. Just caught me by surprise.Still dumbfounded by the Mad Max nod. Probably the most fun movie of the year and Star Wars is right behind that. Can't believe Sicario was snubbed!
The Martian was also some garbage. Get that garbage out of here.
What is surprising about Mad Max getting a nod? It was a huge hit with the critics and at the box office.
Same with the Martian.
i haven't seen the nominations yet . . . were there any people of color nominations, whether major or minor? People were forecasting that would be the big scandal this year, that whitey would get them all.
i haven't seen the nominations yet . . . were there any people of color nominations, whether major or minor? People were forecasting that would be the big scandal this year, that whitey would get them all.Of course there wasn't. This is the Oscars. Straight Outta Compton got a writers nom, that's pretty much it.
i haven't seen the nominations yet . . . were there any people of color nominations, whether major or minor? People were forecasting that would be the big scandal this year, that whitey would get them all.
I am not into basketball, so I had to search for 2015 NBA All Star Game, and click on the roster. Since I only knew a few names, I had to click all of them, to see if there were in fact, white dudes, playing, in the, NBA, All, Star, Game. There were in fact, 4.
http://www.nba.com/allstar/2015/players/
White dudes:
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/pau_gasol/index.html
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/kyle_korver/index.html
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/marc_gasol/index.html
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dirk_nowitzki/index.html
It might be a small percentage, but at least they are more racially diverse than the Oscars.
Three of them are foreign born, fwiw.How does that make them not white?
How many NHL all-stars are people of color?Just PK Subban and Dustin Byfuglien although Seth Jones is an alternate, I think.
The fact is, if you look at the last ten years of nominations for Best Actor and Actress, you see many white people coming up year after year.
Leo Di, Jeff Bridges, Daniel Day Lewis, Eddie Redmayne, Brad Cooper, Clooney, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Colin Firth, and Joaquin have all received at least 2 nominations, with four of them winning the Oscar.
In the same decade, Terrence Howard, Forest Whitaker, Will Smith, Morgan Freeman, and Chiwetel Ejiofor were the only black guys to get nominated, and each was only nominated once (Forest was also the only guy who won an Oscar during this time period).
For best actress, three or more noms have been given to Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Lawrence, and 2 noms to Reese, Sandra Bullock, Judi Dench, Michele Williams, with seven of these women winning the prizee since 2006.
In that same timeframe, only Gabourey Sidibe, Viola Davis, and Quvenzhané Wallis were nominated, once, and none of them won.
Great article about the inanity of the Oscars (http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/if-the-oscars-nominated-good-movies-they-wouldnt-be-th-1752974407)
If anyone had any question about the merits of that link, Rhett disagrees with it vociferously which is about the highest compliment a posited argument can be given.Great article about the inanity of the Oscars (http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/if-the-oscars-nominated-good-movies-they-wouldnt-be-th-1752974407)
This article is the very definition of inanity. Quality of a movie is 100% COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE. THe idea that there is a best, second best, third best, or for that matter "shitty all on their own" movie is completely subjective. This person writes as if ranking movie quality is some kind of quantifiable science. What a fucking idiot.
Take a scroll through the history of Academy Award nominees and winners. The Academy routinely gives its highest award, Best Picture, not just to the second- or third-best movies on offer at the expense of better ones, or to safe movies at the expense of daring ones, or to white-friendly ones at the expense of ones less representative of Hollywood?s institutional racial homogeneity, but to actual bad movies?movies that are shitty all on their own, measured not just against their competition but against any reasonable ideas of what makes a movie good.
I'm surprised by all the attention given to Spotlight. It was good but its basically a fictionalized 60 Minutes piece expanded to 2 hours. I enjoy 'procedure' movies but this one just seems to be a standard issue movie.
Fifty Shades should NOT be nominated for any awards. ANY. AWARD.
Well last weekend saw the NBA all star game played, with 23 out of 24 players being black guys. And Kendrick Lamar dominating the Grammys. Big weekend for black athletes and entertainers.
This weekend will be all about white (pseudo-)athletes and entertainers, as the Daytona 500 and the Oscars will be held. Any predictions?
Edit: Oh shit, I jumped the gun. Oscars are the following weekend.
Well last weekend saw the NBA all star game played, with 23 out of 24 players being black guys. And Kendrick Lamar dominating the Grammys. Big weekend for black athletes and entertainers.
This weekend will be all about white (pseudo-)athletes and entertainers, as the Daytona 500 and the Oscars will be held. Any predictions?
Edit: Oh shit, I jumped the gun. Oscars are the following weekend.
Does anybody give a shit about NASCAR other than people in the south? I don't think so.. its such a horrible "sport"..turn the fuckin' steering wheel to the left, keep it there and go 500 laps??? Formula 1 is so much better.
NASCAR blows.
Can we just jump to "car racing is for rednecks" and stop with the regional hatey hatiness?
more than 25% own their own homes.Does a double wide count?
About 36% of NASCAR fans make more than $50,000 a year.so 64% don't make much
more than 25% own their own homes.Does a double wide count?QuoteAbout 36% of NASCAR fans make more than $50,000 a year.so 64% don't make much
#nascarfansareesaypickins
I can't wrap my head around the appeal of the sport
75% of the general population "don't make much."Sounds accurate to me, middle class is shrinking
75% of the general population "don't make much."Sounds accurate to me, middle class is shrinking
but if you live in the Mid-Atlantic or North East and make less than 50k...you are probably poor or young (or old)
there are still parts of the us where one can live comfortably on that salary, but not around here
one may think they are well off here making 100,000 but it doesn't get you anywhere.....Chaz bought an estate in North Carolina for 1/2 of what he sold his house around here..acres and acres of Carolina's finest.. elmwood treest, badgers for walkie to talk to when he's drinking heavy...the works.. a place to keep the family horses....a hollywood bungaloo for his swedish aupair...And how many square feet is your home, just for perspective?
one may think they are well off here making 100,000 but it doesn't get you anywhere.....Chaz bought an estate in North Carolina for 1/2 of what he sold his house around here..acres and acres of Carolina's finest.. elmwood treest, badgers for walkie to talk to when he's drinking heavy...the works.. a place to keep the family horses....a hollywood bungaloo for his swedish aupair...And how many square feet is your home, just for perspective?
one may think they are well off here making 100,000 but it doesn't get you anywhere.....Chaz bought an estate in North Carolina for 1/2 of what he sold his house around here..acres and acres of Carolina's finest.. elmwood treest, badgers for walkie to talk to when he's drinking heavy...the works.. a place to keep the family horses....a hollywood bungaloo for his swedish aupair...And how many square feet is your home, just for perspective?
one may think they are well off here making 100,000 but it doesn't get you anywhere.....Chaz bought an estate in North Carolina for 1/2 of what he sold his house around here..acres and acres of Carolina's finest.. elmwood treest, badgers for walkie to talk to when he's drinking heavy...the works.. a place to keep the family horses....a hollywood bungaloo for his swedish aupair...And how many square feet is your home, just for perspective?
I remember the days when the guys on this forum used to compare our cock sizes. Now we're comparing housing square footage. Damn, we're getting old.
I couldn't care less about my home's square footage.. now my cock size.. I'm a winner there..Pics, or it didn't happen.
I couldn't care less about my home's square footage.. now my cock size.. I'm a winner there..Pics, or it didn't happen.
I couldn't care less about my home's square footage.. now my cock size.. I'm a winner there..Pics, or it didn't happen.
well its not just regional dislike .. the sport is so moronic.. they race around for hours and in the end one car wins by 1/20th of a second.. what is the frickin point??
nascar sort of started- from what i gather- informally.. as people drivin the hills of carolina delivering moonshine or something.. that has some allure... but driving around an oval track 500 times to end up with such a tiny difference..
well its not just regional dislike .. the sport is so moronic.. they race around for hours and in the end one car wins by 1/20th of a second.. what is the frickin point??
nascar sort of started- from what i gather- informally.. as people drivin the hills of carolina delivering moonshine or something.. that has some allure... but driving around an oval track 500 times to end up with such a tiny difference..
Ya know, every sports is pretty silly when you break it down. How is driving around a circle any dumber than throwing a ball through a hole (like your mom's) or racing from spot A to spot B? It's all a rich tapestry.
While I tend to agree with you, aren't car and horse racing as much or more about who has the best car/horse then it it about talent of the "athlete"?
A bigger house just means more cleaning, and more shit to repair or replace when it breaks.
3,345 square feet, and I've never seen a Mad Max movie.And your BMI is ~20? We should be friends. What's your thoughts on scotch?
I prefer bourbon, but I've had some verrry enjoyable scotch. Also, I've seen GWAR! four times.(http://media0.giphy.com/media/JXVw7FyyY5ePm/giphy.gif)
I demand you all agree that I have the most impressive house.
Two days ago I was going to mention that Rhett's post was a pathetic attempt to steer this thread to NASCAR. I'm glad I didn't post that.good pun for the thread and NASCAR
I thought you were renting?I demand you all agree that I have the most impressive house.
I demand that you all agree that I have the most expensive house.
Two days ago I was going to mention that Rhett's post was a pathetic attempt to steer this thread to NASCAR. I'm glad I didn't post that.I'm pretty good at pulling a thread out of a death spiral. What do you think all those fat shaming screenshots are about?
Two days ago I was going to mention that Rhett's post was a pathetic attempt to steer this thread to NASCAR. I'm glad I didn't post that.
I thought you were renting?
way to by at the top of the market...SF has gone absolutely bonkers in the last 2 yearsI thought you were renting?
No, we bought in August just before the wedding, because planning a wedding wasn't enough on our plate.
Oh, well take my original Mazel Tov and double it in light of this new information.I thought you were renting?
No, we bought in August just before the wedding, because planning a wedding wasn't enough on our plate.
i have seen smackie's new place... it's real, and it's spectacular.I am still angst ridden that my SF trip intersected with his honeymoon and we were unable to meet up. I need to rectify that.
i have seen smackie's new place... it's real, and it's spectacular.
But where are those 3,345 square inches located? 3,345 sq inches in Centreville is different from 3,345 sq inches in Chevy Chase.
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Seemed like they overdid the whole Black thing. Think they mentioned it about 100 times compared to no mentions od Asians or Hispanics, at least when i was watching.This is my thought as well. African-Americans make up ~12% of the population. In the past 20 years, they've gotten 10% of all acting nominations and accounted for 15% of the wins. Those numbers are perfectly reasonable.
On a cool side note Kira Roessler, one half of the duo Dos with Mike Watt and a former member of Black Flag, has won an Oscar for Best Sound Editing for Mad Max: Fury Road.
With one notable exception...Paul Giamatti...his performance perhaps should have been nominated.He's uniformly great in anything he's in. Criminally underrated actor.
With one notable exception...Paul Giamatti...his performance perhaps should have been nominated.He's uniformly great in anything he's in. Criminally underrated actor.
I would hardly say he's underratedWith one notable exception...Paul Giamatti...his performance perhaps should have been nominated.He's uniformly great in anything he's in. Criminally underrated actor.
I would hardly say he's underratedHe's been nominated for one academy award (Cinderella Man) and two Golden Globes (outside of minor "best guest star in a made for TV movie" type things). No Emmys noms in major categories. That he didn't win an Academy Award (OR EVEN GET NOMINATED) for Sideways was criminal.
he'd do better if he'd work on his BMI
Only saw the first episode of Billions and he's awesome in that
but the critics LOVE him, yes the academy and other awards shows haven't showered him with awardsI would hardly say he's underratedHe's been nominated for one academy award (Cinderella Man) and two Golden Globes (outside of minor "best guest star in a made for TV movie" type things). No Emmys noms in manjor categories. That he didn't win an Academy Award (OR EVEN GET NOMINATED) for Sideways was criminal.
he'd do better if he'd work on his BMI
Only saw the first episode of Billions and he's awesome in that
I say underrated.
I don't know what his bill rate is, but I'm sure he doesn't come cheaper than Gary BuseyI didn't say the dude was going hungry.
One of the weakest slate of Best Picture nominees in a while. Woof. If anything other than Roma or The Favourite wins, expect it to be on those "worst films to win Best Picture" lists until the end of time.
I agree.I'm also pro The Favourite. Love Yorgos Lanthimos and it would be amazing for him to get his due. I probably regard Roma a little higher than you.
My pick is The Favourite……….Roma is good, but it's not a movie that I'd see again.
They should have them host.I'm a big fan of both of them and think that would be a great idea
Kumail Nanjiani (THE BIG SICK) and Tracee Ellis Ross (star of ABC's black-ish)
No one mentioned Seth getting snubed for Best actor in a minor role category for Green BookAt no point in his performance did I forget I was watching Seth act which is, by definition, bad acting. No snub.
You really don't want an invite to the VIP suite I see....No one mentioned Seth getting snubed for Best actor in a minor role category for Green BookAt no point in his performance did I forget I was watching Seth act which is, by definition, bad acting. No snub.
You really don't want an invite to the VIP suite I see....If Hutch has been there, it ain't all that VIP. . .
Leave No Trace was snubbed.
As was the Mr. Rogers Doc.
You really don't want an invite to the VIP suite I see....If Hutch has been there, it ain't all that VIP. . .
Name one great rock and roll movie
Heavy TripOK that sounds incredible.
Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway -- the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival -- and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer to make their dreams a reality.
Are these movies or just concert footage interspersed with cheezy clips?