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Old 02-23-2015, 08:10 AM   #46
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The movie or the Oscars?

Unfortunately I enjoy both. But Birdman winning best picture was poppycock.
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A masturbatory exercise in self-delusion, a movie about movies that's also about how terrible the movies are today, and when is anybody going to make great art?
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The movie or the Oscars?

Unfortunately I enjoy both. But Birdman winning best picture was poppycock.
It's not the People's Choice awards
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Old 02-23-2015, 10:23 AM   #49
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It's not the People's Choice awards
It's the Pretty And Rich People's Choice awards.
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Old 02-23-2015, 11:11 AM   #50
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It's the Pretty And Rich People's Choice awards.
I'd wager that the majority of America's citizens that are both pretty and rich are the wives of the CEOs and venture capitalists and etc. class. Demographically speaking, they'd be WAY more into American Sniper or even The Grand Budapest Hotel than they would be into Birdman.
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Look, Birdman wasn't my favorite film of the year. Not even close. But I totally get WHY it won. It's fresh and original. I didn't personally identify with it, because I'm not an actor, screenwriter, performer or creative. It was a film for "those" people. And I think if I had the eye to look at it that way, I would probably have liked it a whole lot more. And I DID like it; I just didn't LOVE it.

I thought Foxcatcher was a better film. Yes, it was slow. It was deliberate storytelling, and I think making it a faster paced film would have ****ed the whole vibe up. I thought it had better acting than Birdman, too, from everyone in a starring role. BUT, I get why it didn't get nominated. Hell, I thought Whiplash was better, too, but that's because I identified with it more as a musician. I get why it didn't win, too.
If Birdman didn't have the apparent stigma of being about showbusiness then it would be hailed as the kind of movie that doesn't tend to win the big one. It is, as you say, fresh & original. It's got its own frenetic energy. It's meta. It's darkly comic. Its choice to score only using jazz drums is unique. This win feels like the Academy going out of their collective comfort zone in many ways.
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If Birdman didn't have the apparent stigma of being about showbusiness then it would be hailed as the kind of movie that doesn't tend to win the big one. It is, as you say, fresh & original. It's got its own frenetic energy. It's meta. It's darkly comic. Its choice to score only using jazz drums is unique. This win feels like the Academy going out of their collective comfort zone in many ways.
What's ironic is that I frequently read in this forum that "Hollywood has run out of ideas", which of course, is utter nonsense.

Then when a film like Birdman, which is definitely different, original and creative, those same people say "Hey, American Sniper was the best movie! Hollywood, you suck!".
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No one is saying Birdman isn't a good film. It's excellent.

Don't think it was the best film of the year by any stretch, though. I think it's pretty forgettable, too. The average person can't really connect with any of those characters. I know I didn't give a shit about any of the shitty people in that movie.

And if it didn't have it's cute LOOK MA NO CUTS gimmick, it wouldn't be worth shit.
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No one is saying Birdman isn't a good film. It's excellent.

Don't think it was the best film of the year by any stretch, though. I think it's pretty forgettable, too. The average person can't really connect with any of those characters. I know I didn't give a shit about any of the shitty people in that movie.

And if it didn't have it's cute LOOK MA NO CUTS gimmick, it wouldn't be worth shit.
Once again, this isn't the People's Choice Awards.

The votes are cast by people that live and work in the movie business and as such, their perspectives are different.
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No one is saying Birdman isn't a good film. It's excellent.

Don't think it was the best film of the year by any stretch, though. I think it's pretty forgettable, too. The average person can't really connect with any of those characters. I know I didn't give a shit about any of the shitty people in that movie.

And if it didn't have it's cute LOOK MA NO CUTS gimmick, it wouldn't be worth shit.
Both excellent and forgettable? Hm.

Anyway, I don't have a need to, like, make you have a different opinion on the film. I can totally see how someone who
A.) doesn't have theater or film experience as an actor or crew person, or B.) to a lesser extent someone creative in general,
would find less to connect with in Birdman. I however do have lots of theatrical experience and my adoration of the movie is in large part due to my being able to connect with it in that way.
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Both excellent and forgettable? Hm.
Yes. For instance, Star Wars is an example of a completely unforgettable movie. I have no idea what won the Oscar that year. Nobody gives a shit.

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Yes. It's a niche film.
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Yes. For instance, Star Wars is an example of a completely unforgettable movie. I have no idea what won the Oscar that year. Nobody gives a shit.



Yes. It's a niche film.
I looked it up, because I didn't remember either. Turns out everyone reading this thread has heard of the movie, fairly well regarded as a classic, that beat Star Wars for Best Picture that year: Annie Hall.

Nobody forgets that Woody Allan's best-known film exists, but it does seem really easy to forget that it won Best Picture, when, and which films it beat.
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Just silly that this movie won best picture.

It was OK, but it's best achievement was the slick editing, and it wasn't even nominated for that.

Typical elitist Hollywood snob garbage.

Interstellar, Boyhood, Gone Girl and St. Vincent were all better films than Birdshit.

But it was a FIIIILM! About ACTINNNNNG! And ACTOOOOOORS!!!! GIVE IT THE GOLD MOTHER****ER! AND LET SEAN PENN DO THE GIVING!

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I looked it up, because I didn't remember either. Turns out everyone reading this thread has heard of the movie, fairly well regarded as a classic, that beat Star Wars for Best Picture that year: Annie Hall.

Nobody forgets that Woody Allan's best-known film exists, but it does seem really easy to forget that it won Best Picture, when, and which films it beat.
Everyone knows Annie Hall beat Star Wars. It's like a top 25 all time Oscar factoid.
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