Originally Posted by RealSNR (Post 12758545)

Arrival got ****ing robbed.

No sci-fi film has ever won Best Picture.

There's definitely a bias in the Academy, and it has absolutely nothing to do with not having enough black people nominated for acting awards.

Originally Posted by Buehler445 (Post 12758611)

You gotta embed that shit, 1

Originally Posted by Dylan (Post 12758633)

Note to Iranian director Asghar Farhadi:

If you boycott an event, as a move against President Trump's executive order barring US entry from seven majority Muslim countries, including Iran and send a surrogate on your behalf to read a statement, your boycott becomes as meaningless as your shallow statement.

Does Farhadi or his surrogate, Anousheh Ansari, have the courage to speak out and criticize the Iranian government, while standing on Iranian soil?

I do not think so.

After the numerous slights against the President of the United States, opining on matters about which they know nothing, how fitting the dysfunctional bigots in Hollywood fell flat on its face when it came to announcing the most important Oscar of the night - Best Picture. How could they be so stupid not able to read cute cards, and most importantly for not knowing that a black movie had to win?

Nice to see that they are all now part of the dustbin of Hollywood history. Bravo.

Who won "Best Muslim?" Surely, Hollywood added that category.

Originally Posted by Dunit35 (Post 12758548)

He's still a tool.

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats. (Post 12758717)

you're ****ing moron.

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats. (Post 12758712)

Arrival sucked.

Originally Posted by Baby Lee (Post 12758729)

Anyone know if there is a succinct but non-spoilery way to explain this apparent divide on Arrival?

Been trying to stay unspoiled until I have a chance to watch it, went along just assuming it was a decent enough flick.

Then in the past couple weeks, the hagiography and the denunciation have both ratcheted up significantly.

Don't give away crucial detail, but is this something beyond the normal hyperbolic praise followed by hyperbolic criticism backlash, or is there something specific about the film, it's execution, it's message, etc. that is spurring this?

Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 12758725)

Dylan has forgotten more about international politics than you will ever know

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats. (Post 12758744)

he's a moron for bitching about reading cue cards (which wasn't the problem) and for bitching about meeting with Trump. Bitching about "Hollywood" complaining about things they know nothing about is pretty rich considering how many gaffes Trump has made thus far. The rollout of the non-ban chief among them.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 12758754)

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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 12758760)

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