Exactly. Brendan deserves to win. The way he cried just hits me hard. You feel so much empathy and sympathy he just wants to make one thing right after all of his mistakes in the past

God film snobs that are not even real film snobs are the absolute worst. Do I need to list more films for you? I didn't because I didn't expect a smartass response. Ok, going off the current 2023 Oscar film lineup, The Fablemans made 30 million and Tar made 15 million. Which, to be fair surprised me. People are going to the movies to see good movies. Learn to be less judgmental.

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Btw, can you even name a thousand films? Never mind thousands*.* And again, I listed three examples btw. Everything Everywhere All At Once, Banshees of Inisherin, and Top Gun Maverick. Unless you want to not count Top Gun because it's an action film. In which case you're an absolute pretentious try-hard. Which I think you are anyway.

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I'm not some anomaly. There are other movie goers like myself. I try to go see every Marvel movie that comes out, no matter how bland and cookie cutter they may be. They're often fun and colorful with some fun action pieces. I also pay monthly for the Criterion streaming service. I regularly watch classic films and I also like to turn off my brain and watch dumb Adam Sandler comedies. I'm not so pretentious that I act like watching a dumb film somehow ruins my palate.

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Given how harshly you're judging people who go to the movies and assuming every one of them is a brainless dullard just makes me think you must not have very many friends. I'd think maybe you'd be jealous of the folks going to the theater to see Cocaine Bear because they're going with other people.

They all nailed it! If Brendan doesnt win an Oscar this year, I will riot. They are even calling it the Brenaissance. I also like Samantha Morton's acting as his ex wife. So realistic.

Same. I sat there for a while thinking of all the scenes and emotions.

Very engaging movie, all of the characters were well act and well written. Loved the complexity of my emotions towards all of them and how there was nobody clearly in the right or wrong.

It was a very “human” movie.

Big trouble in little china. Freaking awesome.

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I got that he was under a lot of stress and I expected Tom Cruise to be an arsehole for a significant proportion of the film. It was just too long for me. Several days later and he was still treating him like he wasn't human made me think that there must be something going on other than stress, the man must be evil because stress alone can't cause someone to treat another human like that for days on end.

For me, the part where I think he was irredeemably bad was during the Vegas sequence in the 3rd act where his brother wanders off and Tom Cruise's character still treats him like shit. It felt like even after he connected with his brother, he still treated him like shit.

I think it's also because I watched it 30 years after release and the kind of insults the character used might have been mildly acceptable at the time, but in my lifetime they have always been completely unacceptable. The kind of language that would get you fired and blacklisted from your job.

Rumble In The Bronx is my favourite. Mainly because the stunts impress me the most.

Dude i was just getting around to watching citizen Kane and now you ruined it

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), one of Woody Allen's best, very underrated, it's currenly on YouTube.

Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight, The Whale, Zodiac, Prisoners.

Letters from Iwo Jima is the Japanese viewpoint to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers.

Context is key.

If we are in the official discussion thread and the movie is currently out, all bets are off.

If we are in just about any other thread, spoiler tags should be applied.

Old movies with incredibly famous spoilers (Citizen Kane, Planet of the Apes) are a grey area IMO.

But spoilers should never be in the title, and after that it's context and judgement.

Agreed. A sadder and more thoughtful movie than expected, that still has top notch action.

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about movie, it was fantastic. And while Brendan Fraser and Hong Chau are getting most of the attention, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins and Samantha Morton gave amazing performances as well.

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Synecdoche, New York; Bringing Out The Dead; Blonde; The Book of Eli; and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

That's a good one

Make sure you find the Extended Cut of TT

I saw the Whale and I couldn't leave the theater for about 10 minutes after because I was still sobbing uncontrollably. The emotional kick on the gut was enough to knock the wind out of me for the next few days.

The scenes where he ate like a monster scared me. It was great acting from Fraser.

You're gonna need to be there on the double.

Jar Jar Abrams

I thought it was better than like half the noms that year. If Ari Aster got snubbed for anything, I think it would be for Hereditary.