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[RODAN]

id be ok if sandra bullock never acted again

 

[Mack the Knife]

I like to think of Sandra Bullock as a good actress who has been in a lot of bad films.

 

[Mack the Knife]

This movie looks insane and creepy. Escape from Tomorrow opened in Sundance to really good reviews. It was shot in guerilla style at Disney World, but it looks really, really well done for a guerilla film. They had to shoot guerilla since they didn't get permission to shoot there. It's somehow getting a theater distribution, since, for some odd reason, Disney hasn't made any attempt to sue the filmmakers, but they have said they're "aware" of it. I'm pretty excited! (Sorry, for the low quality, but I couldn't find it on other player that I could play on the thread, just google it and there will be clear versions on tons of movie websites)

 

[moonbound]

You can rest easy guys, the sequel you were all waiting for has been announced.

 

[Mack the Knife]

OK, decided to do one last round of Oscar Predictions right before the New York Film Festival. As you may know, Foxcatcher has been pushed to 2014, so it's now no longer eligible. Also, there is a rather large chance Wolf of Wall Street may be pushed back to 2014, and if it is, there is also a large chance the studio cut will be pretty bad, so I only have it in the Best Picture race for now. Will update again, either after NYFF or at the end of the month.

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniels' The Butler)
2. Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
3. Margo Martindale (August: Osage County)
4. June Squibb (Nebraska)
5. Amy Adams (Her)

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
2. Tom Hanks (Saving Mr. Banks)
3. Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
4. Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
5. Daniel Bruhl (Rush)

Best Actress:
1. Judi Dench (Philomena)
2. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
3. Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
4. Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
5. Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Actor:
1. Chiwetal Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
2. Robert Redford (All is Lost)
3. Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
4. Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
5. Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)
2. Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)
3. George Clooney and Grant Heslov (The Monuments Men)
4. Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (Philomena)
5. Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight)

Best Original Screenplay
1. Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)
2. David O. Russel and Eric Singer (American Hustle)
3. Spike Jonze (Her)
4. Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith (Saving Mr. Banks)
5. Bob Nelson (Nebraska)

Best Director
1. Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
2. Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
3. Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)
4. David O. Russel (American Hustle)
5. George Clooney (The Monuments Men)

Best Picture
1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Gravity
3. Inside Llewyn Davis
4. American Hustle
5. Saving Mr. Banks
6. The Monuments Men
7. Captain Phillips
8. Nebraska
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
Possible 10. Lee Daniels' The Butler

 

[Soul Fly]

Okay, since it's Halloween week can I have ultimate Horror movie suggestions?
I used to deride the genre as a whole having found the Saw series and the likes to be more hilarious instead of scary, by after watching The Conjuring I'm more open to the possibilities offered by this genre.
So any absolute-must watches/shit-yo-pants that are out there? General rule of thumb is the quality should be like The Conjuring's.

 

[Jebus McAzn]

I've heard so many good things about The Conjuring but have yet to see it. It's on my to-do list now.

As for good horror films, I highly recommend [REC]. It's a Spanish horror film (later remade into the American film Quarantine, which was far worse). The atmosphere is incredible and the scares are excellent all-around.

 

[Harlot]

if you liked the conjuring then just watch literally any other movie with "hey we're a family moving into a house oh woops looks like someone died here and now it's haunted" as the plot. it's the exact same thing, although the conjuring is a little bit better

REC is hella good.

 

[Mack the Knife]

If you like old horror, then The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) is solid.

 

[Dave]

Prisoners was one of the best movies in theaters this year and can't wait to see Rush as well. Heard Don Jon was a bit of a let down though.

 

[Perfect Cell]

The Evil Dead movies with Bruce Campbell are some of the finest horror movies to have existed.

Also, Pan's Labyrinth is an amazing horror film from what I've heard.

 

[RODAN]

 

[Mack the Knife]

So why is it called Gravity when there is none in the film? Anyways, gonna see it tommorow, so excited!

 

[vonFiedler]

Why did you list it as #2 Best Picture if you haven't seen it?

 

[Mack the Knife]

Cause academy members are super predicable. The list is not my favorites of the year, just my predictions for what will be nominated. vonFiedler

 

[vonFiedler]

Ok, next question, why do you have to do that five times a year? It's still not even December.

 

[Mack the Knife]

It's fun

 

[Mack the Knife]

Gonna Predict a few more categories

Best Documentary Feature:
1. The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer)
2. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley)
3. 20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville)
4. Blackfish (Gabriela Cowperthwaite)
5. The Armstrong Lie (Alex Gibney)

Best Animated Film:
1. The Wind Rises (Hayao Myazaki)
2. Frozen (Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee)
3. Monsters University (Dan Scanlon)
4. Ernest and Celestine (Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar, and Benjamin Renner)
5. Despicable Me 2 (Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud)

Best Cinematography:
1. Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)
2. Barry Ackroyd (Captain Phillips)
3. Anthony Dod Mantle (Rush)
4. Sean Bobbit (12 Years a Slave)
5. Roger Deakins (Prisoners)

Best Visual Effects:
1. Gravity
2. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
3. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
4. Pacific Rim
5. Man of Steel

Best Original Score:
1. Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave)
2. Steven Price (Gravity)
3. Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)
4. John Williams (The Book Thief)
5. Randy Newman (Monsters University)

 

[Harlot]

why do you keep using movies that aren't out tho

edit: oh

 

[Glen]

upstream color is the best movie i have ever seen in my entire life

 

[kd24]

yay :D

(last week)

[22:51] <@CaptKirby> he was bad in cheers
[22:51] <@CaptKirby> and bad in everything else lol
01[22:51] <&kd24> i have 8 10/10 movies atm only cuz i have 91 films rated so far? feel free to hate ur guts on my 8 10s: 11:14, the big lebowski, fargo, jaws, army of darkness, upstream color, rec, and before the devil knows you're dead
01[22:51] <&kd24> there they are

 

[Glen]

yeah i posted my excitement about it in this thread i think sometime last year but didn't get around to watching it until a couple months ago

i liked it so much i don't even really know how to talk about it

 

[Jebus McAzn]

glen have you watched primer

 

[Mack the Knife]

Glen Nice to hear that you liked it so much. I didn't like it as much as you did, but I still think it's a pretty solid piece of cinema. I have two questions: What do you think about The Tree of Life and The Fountain? I really love Tree of Life (favorite movie ever) and I thought the Fountain was OK. (B-)
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[Mack the Knife]

Sorry for the double post, but this was too important to wait for someone else to post: Quentin Tarantino's favorite films of 2013 so far:

• Afternoon Delight (dir. Jill Soloway)
• Before Midnight (dir. Richard Linklater)
• Blue Jasmine (dir. Woody Allen)
• The Conjuring (dir. James Wan)
• Drinking Buddies (dir. Joe Swanberg)
• Frances Ha (dir. Noah Baumbach)
• Gravity (dir. Alfonso Cuarón)
• Kick-Ass 2 (dir. Jeff Wadlow)
• The Lone Ranger (dir. Gore Verbinski)
• This is the End (dirs. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg)

from the site Rope of Silicon.

So, what do you think? It's pretty normal IMO, except for the inclusion of KA2 and the Lone Ranger. Although, I'm not surprised since we're talking about Tarantino here.