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MaryMagdaline

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4. James Ivory won for Call Me by your name

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Mon Mar 5, 2018, 12:15 PM

Mar 2018

So there is hope for movies with dialogue. Phantom Thread was also nominated. Big action movies were not the thing this year so it was a good year for my type of movies. I, too, have to watch my favorites over and over because blockbusters are not my thing.

Even Three Billboards relied too much on gratuitous violence. McDonough is a British tarantino or Cohen brother.

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I only peeked at the Oscars last night while doing other stuff - some thoughts [View all] NRaleighLiberal Mar 2018 OP

Too often, CGI is used as a substitute for good, solid directing, writing and acting Siwsan Mar 2018 #1

Ill add a bit to your rant 😉 MLAA Mar 2018 #2

Did I do a rant? Yes, I suppose (but it is a nice rant, yes?!) NRaleighLiberal Mar 2018 #3

It was a very nice, polite low key rant 😉 MLAA Mar 2018 #6

James Ivory won for Call Me by your name MaryMagdaline Mar 2018 #4

high volume, no plot or character development, constant profanity, product tie ins, msongs Mar 2018 #5

Well, that was certainly confusing. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #7

My point was that the type of movies we love just don't seem to be getting made any more. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2018 #8

I guess I'm not understanding... Act_of_Reparation Mar 2018 #9

Well, movies came first TexasBushwhacker Mar 2018 #12

Three Billboards was utterly fantastic. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2018 #10

in our Netflix queue, along with Darkest Hour NRaleighLiberal Mar 2018 #11

Very much pressbox69 Nov 2018 #13