RACISM DIED WITH HATTIE MCDANIEL'S OSCAR IN 1939.

She deserved that Oscar...she was a great actress.

The win was so phenomenal that inequality ended that very day.

Spectacular movie. Cannot believe how outstanding it was, best movie of the past 5 years for sure. The only comparable one over that period would be Flight, and even that falls short.

nobody is equal, other than being created in the image of God.

try harder.

I'll see it, Keaton is a great actor.

lol

In five years no one will care about Birdman.

There will be no re-releases, no re-screenings and no one will try to emulate it.

It will fade into obscurity.

It will be known as "that movie where Keaton shoots his nose off."

Does anyone remember or care about "The Artist" ?


And that was just a few years ago

I'd meant to watch that. Did anyone catch it? Worth hunting down?

What? Huh?

I can't talk, I'm using old DVDs of Shakespeare in Love as coasters.

No, it's Ok, but nothing great. Watch Life is Beautiful instead.

I've enjoyed every Charlie Chaplin film I've watched more than "The Artist."

I think The Artist is underrated at this point, seeing as how the only thing people say about it is that it was a terrible choice for Best Picture. It is a fine film, IMO, and people forget that.

So it's awful

It was a weak year or the rest of the nominees were weak that year. It happens

It was the weakest year in recent memory, I think. I think A Separation was the best film of that year. I also liked Hugo, Take Shelter, Tree of Life, and Martha Marcy May Marlene about as much as I did The Artist.

Dude. Get over it. The Academy Awards are designed to be awards from the film industry to their peers. It's a big ****ing commercial and it's highly political. Why do you care so much who wins? To roughly quote Jack Nicholson when asked what he thought about the Oscars:

"It's good for who it's good for, and it's not bad for anybody."

Maybe it's because the act of writing is largely personal whereas acting is performance based. That, and probably no good movie can really capture the process of writing, because if it did it would be interminable and boring as hell.

As an actor, I can't say I particularly love movies about acting. What I loved about Birdman was that it used the idea of an acting career to examine this guys self-loathing and regret. I liked that it used performance as a nearly spiritual exercise for him to come to terms with his life. The acting part might have made it more accessible to me, but I think that's it.

Oh, I don't. But I enjoy pointing out how much bullshit it is.

The main reason it's bullshit is injecting competition into an artist endeavor is lunacy. It's all completely subjective. Plus, how do you adequately compare Birdman to Boyhood to Selma? You don't. They are what they are. I might like one more than the next, but trying to actually award a film the title of "best picture" is asinine. It's fun to watch famous people get dressed up and talk about their work. It's fun to reflect on a year of filmmaking. (Some years more than others) But why people get so worked up over it all is beyond me.

Its fun to look back over time and see what films got snubbed, but hold up better over time than films that won.

For instance, Kramer Vs Kramer over Apocalypse Now

Ordinary People over Raging Bull

Chariots of Fire over Raiders of the Lost Ark

Just a few examples....im sure there are numerous others...

This was probably one of the dumbest movies I have ever seen-it is bad.

Stupid drums playing off beat through the whole show.

Could be one of the Worst of all time-perplexed how this won for Best Everything in the World?????

Horrible!!

I didn't know anything about you. Now I know everything.

This movie was so far up its own ass it was disgusting.
I enjoyed parts of it but as a whole, it was very VERY boring.
How many times did I need to see the same hallway? FFS I thought my internet crashed during one scene. They held the camera on a long hallway view for like, 30 seconds.

They had a good idea but it just did not deliver. Not the worst movie I've seen but not deserving of so many awards, either.

LMAO.... that's a pretty accurate assessment right there...

Obligatory "You must not understand art"....

Just perfect!

I was really looking forward to seeing this. But with dialog like-"she looks like she licked a bums anus" and "truth or dare" it was terrible.

It really took 4 people to write this POS? And they gave them the highest honor in the country for it? ROFL

It never went anywhere, was completely over-acted, the directing shots seemed like they were trying to rip off Good Fellows.

Fox Catcher was a boring "highly acclaimed" film that sucked-but it was 10 times better than this Birdman pos.

****ing Horrible- and since it beat American Sniper-makes it the joke of the century.

Winner for Best Director, Best writing, Best Movie- :shake: I am shocked it was this bad. It made me want to shoot my own nose off.

This is how I picture people who like this movie...

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Ironically, there is nothing more smug than people that post bullshit like this.

First one up I see.

Not sure what I'm first at since plenty of people in this thread are fans of this film. It just never ceases to amaze me that the most dismissive and rude film and television opinions tend to come from people crying "snobbery".

It is called a joke. Because yes, I believe everyone is going around smelling their own farts. But I love your comeback as it is the adult version of "I know you are but what am I".

First of all, Foxcatcher was incredible, too. It was intentionally slow, methodical. Did you not see this as the method to build tension, suspense, or drive the storyline? It was purposeful in its simplicity and slow-moving character arc. Brilliant.

American Sniper - while I enjoyed the film - was nothing special. Bradley Cooper did what any B list actor could have done. He tried out a Texan accent and held his breath a time or two - THAT was the depth of this movie. The morality of having to pull the trigger is implied every step of the way, which I thought pandered to the masses. I didn't learn anything, I wasn't in awe or amazed by anything. In all honesty, I thought that story was waaaay slower than Foxcatcher - he goes to war, comes back, goes to war, comes back, etc. etc. etc. Not the height of excitement.

Birdman is what it is - it's transcendent of films you or I are familiar with. It was groundbreaking, both in scene and score, and was very deserving of the awards it received.

I grabbed a copy and watched it on DVD. I thought it was great, it kept me riveted for the entire movie.

Birdman - you're too stupid to get it.

I don't know that it was "transcendent" as much as it was a film industry circle jerk. Which is fine but I just wish they'd admit that it is the film industry circle jerk that it is so I could make an informed decision and keep those two hours of my life.

I really enjoyed this. Not sure if it is worth best picture, if only because the Oscars love anything that has to do with "the art." Atleast boyhood didnt win.

How expensive is Ritalin?

Four bucks a month at Wal Mart.