The Isolated Blurt Thread IV: A New Hope

[butters]

mint chicken, creamy mashed potatoes, carrots and peas/brocolli depending on what they want. nom.

 

[HarryHill]

Incendiary

Oh! a game ummm.. Device

mint chicken, creamy mashed potatoes, carrots and peas/brocolli depending on what they want. nom.

sounds good, mint chicken? you put curry in that?

 

[lovetoread]

Well heck, I no longer have to do mail order for my meds.

I guess the switch wasn't that bad after all.

 

[bluemuse]

I saw Eli today. Now I have Eli's Coming stuck in my head. Happens every time.

 

[girlsmiley]

I wasn't happy about having to fly over there, but after chatting with my aunt last night I'm kinda excited. Apparently my cousin has made fun plans for us. Silly me for not even thinking she would. Of course she has.

 

[Lorilei]

Huh. The things you find out 30 years too late. Lost opportunities.

 

[islandman]

okay, but...

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 OSCARS OH HOLD UP WAIT A MINNIT...

http://i.space.com/images/i/000/037/265/i02/gravity-academy-awards-oscars.jpg?1393824296

http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/fn-latino/entertainment/660/371/Alfonso%20Cuaron%20Golden%20Globes.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

"This is the only argument I need."

86th Academy Awards winners:

Best Cinematography
Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Best Directing
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)

Best Film Editing
Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)

Best Original Score
Gravity (Steven Price)

Best Sound Editing
Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)

Best Sound Mixing
Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)

Best Visual Effects
Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)


^^^As you can see from the above, Gravity won for technical aspects of movie-making. If memory serves, it took the director 4.5 years to make the movie, so one would hope that his labour of love would be recognized.

But as far as being a movie that wowed audiences, that resonated with them, that moved them, Gravity fell flat and the Oscars reflect this. Any of ESPN's 30 for 30 docs have more of an emotional pull on the viewer than Gravity does.

Put another way, Gravity is technically a great movie.....but only if you apply the literal definition of the word.

You'll excuse the pun.


ps - best original screenplay: Her

 

[girlsmiley]

Jesus.

 

[bluemuse]

Never mind.

 

[pointless]

this is where i should put a touchy, feely post about my mother who is right now going into surgery, but that is not possible right now because i am far too conflicted for happy words. not about my mother, but other things. i am not at all happy with other things right now. still, must think happy thoughts.

must think happy thoughts.

 

[butters]

Oh! a game ummm.. Device

sounds good, mint chicken? you put curry in that?

oh, no i buy the fresh chicken pieces from the butcher, already marinated in herbs/spices/mint and just cook them in the oven. there are curry versions, but this isn't one.

 

[Noor]

oh, no i buy the fresh chicken pieces from the butcher, already marinated in herbs/spices/mint and just cook them in the oven. there are curry versions, but this isn't one.

Cool! Our butcher only makes different flavors of sausages like Xmas sausage, otherwise it's just plain meat and such.

 

[lovetoread]

This is so sad

http://bellejar.ca/2014/02/28/rape-culture-at-the-university-of-ottawa/

The comments are unbelievable.

 

[Bacigalupo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9yfQOdkqn4

 

[Brollyanna]

We can all sleep better tonight.

 

[phantom4533]

I don't think an inch of snow qualifies as a plowable amount.

 

[crazychemgirl]

I don't think an inch of snow qualifies as a plowable amount.

agreed.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

But as far as being a movie that wowed audiences, that resonated with them, that moved them, Gravity fell flat and the Oscars reflect this. Any of ESPN's 30 for 30 docs have more of an emotional pull on the viewer than Gravity does.

You can make technical excuses off personal opinion, but a win is a win. And the sweet thing is that Gravity didn't even set out to make Oscars like the obvious nada-Oscar Oscarbait American Hustle did. Which had "emotional pull" in spades, but...but...but...

When you put asses in seats (including repeat viewings), make the bottom line for the investors several times over AND get Best Director, you ain't really gotta say nuttin'.

 

[NHKitty]

This curry is hot!

 

[Fuckette]

Oh! a game ummm.. Device

sounds good, mint chicken? you put curry in that?

one of the comments from presentation.

I always read your name as http://www.harryhall.co.uk/media/915591/logo.png

they make my favorite breeches.

 

[neci]

the thugs have taken over the streets. planned and orchestrated. muscle the resistance out.

 

[islandman]

You can make technical excuses off personal opinion, but a win is a win. And the sweet thing is that Gravity didn't even set out to make Oscars like the obvious nada-Oscar Oscarbait American Hustle did. Which had "emotional pull" in spades, but...but...but...

When you put asses in seats (including repeat viewings), make the bottom line for the investors several times over AND get Best Director, you ain't really gotta say nuttin'.

This is very true.

Because the score, the audio editing and sound mixing speaks for you.

Wait, are we talking about Gravity or Skirillex' new album?

 

[Fuckette]

shrimp shumai

 

[phantom4533]

Zagnuts

 

[cleaver]

"the slave chick"

yeah, right. She has a name, trade.

fucking use it.

fuck off gaijin!

could you but read rather than rashly react....

you are so simple to tweak.

it's as if i called you some epithet!
(if i had, there are several that would have been apt)

but i did not...

oh.
the gaijin thing?

the shoe fits.
i fucking use that name for u.
yes.

victimized, you are.