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Question: Is A Quiet Place a good movie? Answer: Has Michael Bay ever made a good movie? No, Hollywood's crappiest successful filmmaker didn't direct it, but he produced it. John Krasinksi directed it from a script by a couple of guys from the MTV school of writing. Krasinski's direction of wife Em...

But yes, what sealed the deal for me was the disrespect to Jeanne Moreau. Unforgivable. It only reinforces my stand that the Oscars should leave world cinema alone, since they are only capable of randomly hand it meager crumbs without ever fully recognize its true merit. Leave her out of your In Me...

Best Film: The Shape of Water Best Actor: Gary Oldman Best Actress: Frances McDormand Best Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf Best Director: Guillermo del Toro Best Adapted Screenplay: Call Me by Your Name Best Original Screenplay: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,...

I have to be the semi-dissenter on A Fantastic Woman; I didn’t think it was much of a movie. I liked the first 15 minutes or so – the set-up – and the initial scene with the female cop. But too much of the rest of the movie was a retread of so many civil right movies I’ve seen over the decades. BJ ...

Uri wrote:

ITALIANO wrote:

Uri wrote:This last one is very frustrating. It's very humbling to find that you share your views with an idiot.

Which idiot?

This actress - she and I unfortunately have similar take on TBOEM. the rest of what she said was crap.

Mmm... Are you sure you agree with her on TBOEM..?

Uri wrote:This last one is very frustrating. It's very humbling to find that you share your views with an idiot.

Which idiot?

She was offended by Armie Hammer hitting on Timothée Chalamet because he looked 35 and Chalamet looked 17, But why offended? I don't understand, sorry. Is there any (crazy) law in the US which prevents a 17-year-old person (17, not 13) from having sex with whomeer he or she wants? It depends on the...

Big Magilla wrote:She was offended by Armie Hammer hitting on Timothée Chalamet because he looked 35 and Chalamet looked 17,

But why offended? I don't understand, sorry. Is there any (crazy) law in the US which prevents a 17-year-old person (17, not 13) from having sex with whomeer he or she wants?

BEST PICTURE 1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Raw, intelligent, very well-written, populated with the kind of characters you'd never want to go out with in real life, yet feel so interesting and unpredictable as portrayed here. And there's clearly an "auteur" behind it. Plus, ...

Rules, rules, rules... And judgement. All the time. One of my dearest, life long friends is right wing. She lives on the occupied territories. And she has a great sense of humor. When I texted her I was going to have my surgery, she asked me what was the hospital I was going to be in so she could v...

The identity of the person whose point of view is there for us to experience has a significance. The fact that a director is not a native residence of a country his/her film describe is not necessarily wrong - having an alien eye can be a major artistic benefit. Not all films have to be like Lady B...

it's not being aware of it and thinking you actually get it better than the natives, Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergio Leone, so many others... It's an accusation often directed at foreign directors who dare to make movies about America. I always choose not to care about a director's (presumed) intent...

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (At least Dogville's fundamental misunderstanding of America was played as parable) I guess I needed an American to clearly verbalize to me my basic discomfort with this film - although it seems you were more antagonized by it than I was. Well, one can misu...

. (Was I supposed to be shocked that Muslims and Christians in that region of the world have conflict with each other based on actual historical traumas instead of simply mere bigotry?) It's not about Muslims and Christians, but never mind, I will explain another time. Lol Sometimes it's our fault ...

I've finally seen them all.

1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2. Phantom Thread
3. Lady Bird
4. Call Me By Your Name
5. The Shape of Water
6. Get Out
7. Dubkirk
8. The Post
9. Darkest Hour

But only 1 to 4 are really good, and deserving of a Best Picture nomination.