The Official Last Movie You Saw Thread (Part 2)

[BobS]

Controversial take:

Rogue One is better than The Force Awakens.

I loved every minute even though I knew the outcome. Hope they do another story. And then another.

[Joneslab]

Kubo and the Two Strings.

My favorite animated movie is Pixar's masterpiece Up. I love that film because it works on two levels. It's a kid's movie, but you can watch it as magical realism--sort of like a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel turned into a cartoon. At its best Kubo and the Two Strings operates like that; it toes the boundary between fantastical and literal, and you never quite know which is which. The movie stumbles a little in the last fifteen minutes, as it loses its magic and becomes a kind of hyperactive video game, but for most of its running time this is a tremendous feat of imagination and heart.

Highly recommended for both kids and adults.

[Joneslab]

La La Land.

I detest romances. And I definitely don't do musicals; my girlfriend in high school's family listened to show tunes wherever they went, and it took all my energy not to scream every time I got in the car with them. So there's no reason I should have enjoyed movie. But it's done with such care and heart--all that color!--that you can't look away. The themes we've seen before (Hollywood = a land of broken dreams), and the dance moves we've seen before--but that's kind of the point. This movie is a throwback. Nostalgia becomes a theme; there are all kinds of winks and nods to those old Hollywood road shows. And just when you think that the movie has settled into a kind of comfortable predictability, it ascends into this incredible final act, turning the romantic musical on its head and shattering it into a million Technicolor shards.

Highest recommendation.

[KCKUKFan]

Patriots Day - Works better as a testosterone-fueled thriller than a recent historical document, but this is still pretty darn good. A recreation of the Boston Marathon bombing and the manhunt immediately following, Peter Berg has become a pretty reliable director when it comes to this sort of stuff. Check it out.

La La Land - Copy and paste Will's review above.

Moonlight - Devastating portrait of a gay black man in the inner city through three different periods of his life. Well-acted, well-directed, and oozing with empathy, this is a great movie and highly recommended.

[Wonderstruck]

I caught La La Land and thought it was good, just not memorable or great. The opening number, on such a grand scale, doesn't match up tonally with the rest of the film, and I wasn't hooked right away. And with a movie like this, if you're not hooked right away, you won't get hooked in the middle. I don't care for musicals very much, so I was always apprehensive that a great moment of dialogue was about to be interrupted by a song and dance. Stone and Gosling's characters, when not singing, are much more compelling. Also, not a fan of the ending. Would have rather had the sweeter finale.

That being said, it's a testament that even though I'm not a fan of the type of film, I still find it good. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't enjoy some aspects of it. I see the merit in it and do believe that it's worth the hype for a certain crowd and it is deserving of the awards it has and will receive. It's just not as "magical" as it should have been for me. A bit overhyped, but it is what it is.

[Wonderstruck]

So AMC is doing a marathon of the best picture nominees for the Oscars (10th year doing this). Strongly considering doing this just because it sounds impractical and awesome.

[Wonderstruck]

Oscar Nominations:

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Casey Affleck in “Manchester by the Sea”
Andrew Garfield in “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling in “La La Land”
Viggo Mortensen in “Captain Fantastic”
Denzel Washington in “Fences”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Mahershala Ali in “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges in “Hell or High Water”
Lucas Hedges in “Manchester by the Sea”
Dev Patel in “Lion”
Michael Shannon in “Nocturnal Animals”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Isabelle Huppert in “Elle”
Ruth Negga in “Loving”
Natalie Portman in “Jackie”
Emma Stone in “La La Land”
Meryl Streep in “Florence Foster Jenkins”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Viola Davis in “Fences”
Naomie Harris in “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman in “Lion”
Octavia Spencer in “Hidden Figures”
Michelle Williams in “Manchester by the Sea”

Best animated feature film of the year

“Kubo and the Two Strings” Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
“Moana” John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
“My Life as a Zucchini” Claude Barras and Max Karli
“The Red Turtle” Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
“Zootopia” Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

Achievement in cinematography

“Arrival” Bradford Young
“La La Land” Linus Sandgren
“Lion” Greig Fraser
“Moonlight” James Laxton
“Silence” Rodrigo Prieto

Achievement in costume design

“Allied” Joanna Johnston
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Colleen Atwood
“Florence Foster Jenkins” Consolata Boyle
“Jackie” Madeline Fontaine
“La La Land” Mary Zophres

Achievement in directing

“Arrival” Denis Villeneuve
“Hacksaw Ridge” Mel Gibson
“La La Land” Damien Chazelle
“Manchester by the Sea” Kenneth Lonergan
“Moonlight” Barry Jenkins

Best documentary feature

“Fire at Sea” Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
“I Am Not Your Negro” Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
“Life, Animated” Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
“O.J.: Made in America” Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow
“13th” Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish

Best documentary short subject

“Extremis” Dan Krauss
“4.1 Miles” Daphne Matziaraki
“Joe’s Violin” Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
“Watani: My Homeland” Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
“The White Helmets” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Achievement in film editing

“Arrival”Joe Walker
“Hacksaw Ridge” John Gilbert
“Hell or High Water” Jake Roberts
“La La Land” Tom Cross
“Moonlight” Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Best foreign language film of the year

“Land of Mine” Denmark
“A Man Called Ove” Sweden
“The Salesman” Iran
“Tanna” Australia
“Toni Erdmann” Germany

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

“A Man Called Ove” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
“Star Trek Beyond” Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
“Suicide Squad” Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Jackie” Mica Levi
“La La Land” Justin Hurwitz
“Lion” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
“Moonlight” Nicholas Britell
“Passengers” Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land”
Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
“Can’t Stop The Feeling” from “Trolls”
Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
“City Of Stars” from “La La Land”
Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
“The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story”
Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
“How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana”
Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best motion picture of the year

“Arrival” Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers
“Fences” Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers
“Hacksaw Ridge” Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers
“Hell or High Water” Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers
“Hidden Figures” Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers
“La La Land” Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers
“Lion” Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers
“Manchester by the Sea” Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers
“Moonlight” Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers

Achievement in production design

“Arrival” Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
“Hail, Caesar!” Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
“La La Land” Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
“Passengers” Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

Best animated short film

“Blind Vaysha” Theodore Ushev
“Borrowed Time” Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
“Pear Cider and Cigarettes” Robert Valley and Cara Speller
“Pearl” Patrick Osborne
“Piper” Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Best live action short film

“Ennemis Intérieurs” Sélim Azzazi
“La Femme et le TGV” Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
“Silent Nights” Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
“Sing” Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy
“Timecode” Juanjo Giménez

Achievement in sound editing

“Arrival” Sylvain Bellemare
“Deepwater Horizon” Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
“Hacksaw Ridge” Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
“La La Land” Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
“Sully” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Achievement in sound mixing

“Arrival” Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
“Hacksaw Ridge” Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
“La La Land” Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth

Achievement in visual effects

“Deepwater Horizon” Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
“Doctor Strange” Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
“The Jungle Book” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
“Kubo and the Two Strings” Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

Adapted screenplay

“Arrival” Screenplay by Eric Heisserer
“Fences” Screenplay by August Wilson
“Hidden Figures” Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
“Lion” Screenplay by Luke Davies
“Moonlight” Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Original screenplay

“Hell or High Water” Written by Taylor Sheridan
“La La Land” Written by Damien Chazelle
“The Lobster” Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
“Manchester by the Sea” Written by Kenneth Lonergan
“20th Century Women” Written by Mike Mills

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/oscars-nominations-2017/

[CATHYnKY]

La La Land.

I detest romances. And I definitely don't do musicals; my girlfriend in high school's family listened to show tunes wherever they went, and it took all my energy not to scream every time I got in the car with them. So there's no reason I should have enjoyed movie. But it's done with such care and heart--all that color!--that you can't look away. The themes we've seen before (Hollywood = a land of broken dreams), and the dance moves we've seen before--but that's kind of the point. This movie is a throwback. Nostalgia becomes a theme; there are all kinds of winks and nods to those old Hollywood road shows. And just when you think that the movie has settled into a kind of comfortable predictability, it ascends into this incredible final act, turning the romantic musical on its head and shattering it into a million Technicolor shards.

Highest recommendation.

Saw it yesterday. Had no idea what to expect. Was surprised it was a romantic musical. I like the show tune musicals so I enjoyed it. Colors and visual effects were excellent. Thought it was a little long. And, did not like the ending.

[Joneslab]

Gleason.

No review necessary here. If you have an Amazon Prime account, just watch it.

[Catatonic]

Honest Posters for the 2017 Oscar Nominees

[Joneslab]

So there's this theater I used to go to in Somerset. The SOMERSET MALL THEATER. Outside of a few bookstores and my home and Rupp Arena, it's my favorite place in the world.

Well, five or so years ago it closed. There's a free-standing theater across the street so that makes sense. Nobody but the nostalgia lovers would go to Somerset Mall to watch a movie.

On Facebook yesterday I was browsing, looking at pictures of people's cats, and lo and behold there's a link to an article. The article says that a local dentist is REOPENING THE THEATER and bringing back some of the old management.

My heart skipped a beat. I was deliriously happy.

Then I read what he plans to do with it.

There's a quote from the dentist in the article. He's going to show movies, but they will only be movies aimed at a particular niche. The guy says something like, "Most of what Hollywood puts out is trash." So he's going to show movies, but they will only be Christian movies and "family-oriented" stuff.

I've never felt so broken.

And I love family movies. I have a family. But you can't run a theater just showing these Christian films. Maybe some of them are good, I'd have no idea, but that whole thing is going to fall apart in six months.

[Wonderstruck]

Honest Posters for the 2017 Oscar Nominees

LOL, those are perfect. Thanks for sharing.

[KCKUKFan]

But you can't run a theater just showing these Christian films. Maybe some of them are good, I'd have no idea, but that whole thing is going to fall apart in six months.

None of them are good. They're all awful. And not because they're Christian. Because they're poorly written, acted and directed.

What a shot in the heart.

I remember my old hometown theater: Scott Theater on the square in Scottsburg, Indiana. I worked there during my high school years. We showed one movie a week, one time a night. 7 P.M.
Got to change the movie posters, change the marquee, make the popcorn, clean the Coke from the floor after the movie. Some of the best memories I have. Loved when we worked the hour and fifteen minute Disney movies. Hated working the Lord of the Rings movies. Time would just... drag... sitting behind the concession counter. And they held those damn movies over for like three weeks.

[Wonderstruck]

Caught Hell or High Water the other day. Good stuff all around. Straight forward and intense character study. I wasn't in love with it and as far as best pictures go, I still think Arrival is the best. But I did like it. Honestly, it could have been a little longer and given me more backstory.

Checking out Hacksaw Ridge tomorrow.

[TrueblueCATfan]

Saw Patriots Day yesterday....good movie but I warn you if you don't like the F word this movie is not for you