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― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:28 (six years ago) link
god
The Tree of Life, not even close
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
At least one of these is among the very worst BP nominees ever. And one is possibly the greatest nominee ever.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
The Descendants and The Artist chewing each other's faces like the prisoners in the penultimate circle of hell.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
with a helping of Help pie.
I saw all of these except Extremely Loud; thank God i'll never have to achieve that kind of ratio again.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
War Horse isn't at all terrible: a perfectly boring '80s Oscar nominee that everyone forgets the next year
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
great horse running thru no-man's-land sequence
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
I have a friend who loved Hugo so much he saw it three times.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
I liked Pitt in Moneyball, but as much as Pitt in TTOL.
i felt like that horse when i was watching all of these films!!
― nomar, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
Hugo is the only Scorsese movie i haven't seen.
just at a glance this feels like the worst bunch of best pic noms i can remember right now. i also haven't see Tree of Life tbh, but i've liked or loved all of Malick's films so i suspect that would come out way ahead.
― nomar, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
I only saw the Pitts. Probably liked Tree of Life more, but not that much.
― jmm, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
as with trad Hollywood "true stories," 90% of Moneyball never happened.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
I liked Hugo a lot at the time but have since felt no urge to rewatch. TTOL all the way.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
w/r/t the artist, i wish the director had just kept making OSS films.
― nomar, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
Honestly don't know what of these can even viably contend for second place. Am hoping it's a clean sweep.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link
I've still only seen three of these, two of which might fall somewhere in the middle of the best movies I saw in a given month and are utterly laughable as nominees for the best of any given year. The Tree of Life, however, remains the best film I've seen from this decade.
― Sir Isaac Gluten (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
There are two ways through life, the way of grace, and the way of voting for any of the other eight nominated movies.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
i despise Moneyball and everything it stands for. i think that guy's useless and somehow makes dry, tedious films out of exciting-sounding material.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
Also the roughest interview subject I've ever dealt with. Then again, I did come out of the gate demanding that he justify having beaten Godard at Cannes.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
haha wow.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
― piscesx, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 7:53 PM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
another tedious Hollywood hack who everyone thinks is a craftsman because he plays it safe imo, he's perfect for risk-averse megacorp studios.
― nomar, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
some reputable ppl still ravin' about Foxcatcher
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
I didn't love The Tree of Life and I didn't hate The Descendants. That said, I will likely use this poll as an excuse to finally catch up with War Horse and/or abstain from voting altogether.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
I liked Moneyball (yes, I know it wasn't as good as the book and they fudged all the baseball and they stuck in a dumb father-daughter subplot--as baseball films go, it wasn't bad) and War Horse, thought The Tree of Life was ponderous, hated The Artist, haven't seen the rest. A year where I had zero rooting interest.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
The Tree of Life has horrifying moments, but the parts that work outclass the rest of this sorry lot. I didn't have a rooting interest this year either.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
I only saw The Help and Hugo off of this list. Between the two, I liked Hugo more but laughed a lot more during The Help.
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
man what an awful list. I hated The Tree of Life, I refuse to see any 9/11 exploitation tragedy porn like Extremely Loud, and I haven't thought about The Help or The Artist in 6 years. But I loved Midnight in Paris, saw it two days in a row, it was revelatory and taught me something really important at a fairly young age: wallowing in nostalgia is a waste of time, and that whatever era you're in, there are always people wishing they were around 20 years before. Such a useful life lesson that many people don't figure out until much later in life. Genuinely thankful for that. Didn't see any of the others.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
I was ready to applaud until I read your second sentence.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
bad bad year
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 20:39 (six years ago) link
xp I should revisit The Tree of Life sometime. I was really excited going in, thought it would be this amazing all-encompassing meta-thing like Synecdoche, New York. I saw it with a friend in a packed theater the night it came out, and it was so depressing hearing him rave about it the same way I raved about Synecdoche. I've actually appreciated and enjoyed Malick's recent films more because they're so audacious and taunting, a middle finger to everyone that loved The Tree of Life.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
well we disagree there
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 21:06 (six years ago) link
a middle finger in the same hand of films
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 21:08 (six years ago) link
do you really think TTOL was not audacious for contemporary American cinema? People were demanding refunds at the multiplex.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
(admittedly i wdve demanded a refund if i'd paid to see the last thing w/ Bale)
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link
it was certainly audacious (i mean fuck, i just remembered the dinosaur scenes), but it was comprehensible enough for awards season and tons of fawning reviews. his last 3 films are like spiteful challenges to everyone that loved him in 2011, it's great
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 21:31 (six years ago) link
the last was a spiteful challenge to efficient use of my time
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
Had to check who the director was who elicited all the derision over Moneyball...I think Capote's excellent; haven't seen anything besides those two.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 22:03 (six years ago) link
what a horrible year
war horse was good though
― qualx, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 23:39 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 15 June 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
PSH totally underrated in Moneybag.
― Eazy, Thursday, 15 June 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
(damn autocorrect)
― Eazy, Thursday, 15 June 2017 00:11 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 16 June 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Shouldn't have even been that close.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Friday, 16 June 2017 02:30 (six years ago) link
Let's smoke out the lone Descendants voter.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 June 2017 10:54 (six years ago) link