They tried to appeal to adult audiences by making it live action but it's also trying to be cartoony like what is that. They either should've made it animated or just make it a little bit more serious

The same what Tommy Lee Jones did, that warranted him an Oscar win, instead of Ralph Fiennes for Schindler's List.

Or Judi Dench for Shakespeare in love. For only few minutes screentime.

I stopped watching the Oscars almost 20 years ago because I simply don't understand the criteria they're using to determine how one piece of art is better than another.

You don't think a bunch of whining, tantrum-throwing randos will have purple-faced fits over it? We all know there's no reason to, but when does that stop anyone?

To me, one of the most intriguing things about the film is that Colm did go to the pub and interact freely with others, just not with Pádraic. I agree that he'd been having suicidal thoughts. He talks about his despair in the confessional. For a while, I wondered, "Is he angling for suicide by proxy?" But then he doesn't stay in his burning house. He's so much more fascinating because he doesn't isolate himself totally.

I’m not gonna say she necessarily deserved the Oscar over Julianne Moore, but I think people are selling her performance short in this thread.

It’s not a terribly flashy performance, but there’s a lot of good subtle work in there, as the character she’s playing is, herself, playing different characters.

There’s Veronica Lake and there’s Lynn Bracken. Then there’s Lynn Bracken with Pearce Patchett, Lynn Bracken with Ed Exley, and finally the real Lynn Bracken with Bud White. They carry themselves differently and even speak differently.

textbook sanctimonious virtue signaling right here.

I'm just here to let this person know that they didnt have a cover sheet on their TPS reports

You have the benefit of knowing the person is in a horror movie, the person doesnt

Nope.

Watched it recently and it aged fine. You are nitpicking it and looking for reasons to whine.

ChatGPT and add a little flair

I don't think people are gonna give as big a shit about a ~30 year old action movie as you think they are.

Neither can I. Seems like a really weird life to live.

I remember when people had a good laugh over offensive jokes directed toward them, as opposed to starting Internet movements to "cancel" the person making the joke.

If you compare to some of her other performances, this was actually pretty good for her lol. But yeah, in no way the "best" that year. Julianne Moore wasn't as well known at that time, Boogie Nights was her launching pad into the next level from a working actress to a top one. Her career ended up much better than Basinger's in the long run.

Normal untrained people would panic the heck out of that situation.

What people think they would do is radically different to what they would actually do.

Kinda accurate given his old testament stuff.

Kill your son or you don't love me, making bets with Satan over cities being corrupted, sending bears to kill those kids for making fun of his bald friend.

God is one two fists gin joint bouncer and he made us in his image.

Curtis was going to cheat on Arnold with a guy who was pretending to be a spy. Arnold just swapped places with the fake guy and followed along her fantasy. How did you miss the crux of that entire plot-line..?

I think it should be noted that LA Confidential is about Hollywood's "golden age" while Boogie Nights is about an aspect of the industry that Hollywood would prefer to ignore

when did you abandon having decent taste

Hate to break it to you but the Academy is just political, ass kissing bullshit. A weird awards event where multi-millionaires stroke each other off and embarrass themselves in front of a rapidly dwindling television audience. The awards are not based on merit but by pathetic networking campaigns by agents, studios and the talent.

Honestly now that I look back on it, I don't really remember her that much. Definitely side performances stand out more than her. Hell Minnie Driver AND Julianne Moore are way more captivating and give more emotional performances than Basinger does. Basinger is a fine actress, but c'mon now, Driver in that scene where she asks him to come to California with her, and Moore in those divorce proceedings. You can't beat those performances, or I guess you can

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Yeah, I don’t think a 4K release is being held up because anyone is concerned that the film is going to be reevaluated by random people online haha… Take any film from 30+ years ago and put it in todays cultural context, you will find some problems… No shit. This is a movie that doesn’t merit serious consideration, it’s a generic action flick.

Or Tapeheads.