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The “Oscar movie” is dying

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gamblor956 wrote: post #160
pradn wrote: post #115

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The new West Side Story is incredible. It's what a 100-million dollar musical looks like. Every frame is planned out, the actors are vulnerable, the songs are touching and super fun. The dance numbers are exuberant, some of the best ever produced by Hollywood. The film brings together the very best of American artists: Tony Kushner for the screenplay, Gustavo Dudamel conducts, the NY & LA philharmonics for recording,…

I went in with someone who was unfamiliar with the musical, and they walked out halfway deeply offended by the excessive and casual use of slurs throughout the movie directed at a specific racial group. If that had been a different group and the slur had started with a "k", nobody would think West Side Story is incredible. And on a substantive note, the plot is fairly nonsensical. Yes, the movie was technically well…

Did this slur end in the letter "X"? If so, yikes!

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Post by pcthrowaway »

mecha_ghidorah wrote: post #149
quickthrowman wrote: post #136

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> I'm astounded that this article doesn't mention what to me seems like a no-brainer: We're in the golden age of television. I disagree, the golden age of television was the late 90s to early 2010s, from the start of the Sopranos, to the last episode of Breaking Bad. I can’t name a series in the last 10 years that is on par with Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Deadwood, or The Wire. Streaming service…

The first season of True Detective was in my opinion the greatest single season of tv I've ever seen

If not for the end of the season, I'd agree with you 100%. It was really a phenomenal moment in television (especially that wonderfully choreographed tracking shot). But the finale was somewhat of a letdown, and the following seasons even moreso.

But it is a good example of the advantages of the television over film. An excellent, self-contained story presented over the course of ~9 hours.

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Post by FearNotDaniel »

kderbyma wrote: post #132
ajkjk wrote: post #64

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It does seem like a bit much, but it's definitely better than the former state where none of that stuff existed, as far as Hollywood was concerned. I imagine it'll equilibrate over the next few decades.

Movies cannot be true to a single held vision like they once were now they are designed by committee and it shows.

Casablanca is just one example of a very great movie that actually was designed by a committee and motivated more by a political message (supporting the US entry into WW2) than artistic consideration. Contrast with an atrocity like "Heaven's Gate", referenced in TFA, which finally convinced 1970s Hollywood that giving some wunderkind-auteur free reign to follow every artistic whim does not necessarily end well.

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Post by mecha_ghidorah »

pcthrowaway wrote: post #163
mecha_ghidorah wrote: post #149

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The first season of True Detective was in my opinion the greatest single season of tv I've ever seen

If not for the end of the season, I'd agree with you 100%. It was really a phenomenal moment in television (especially that wonderfully choreographed tracking shot). But the finale was somewhat of a letdown, and the following seasons even moreso. But it is a good example of the advantages of the television over film. An excellent, self-contained story presented over the course of ~9 hours.

I actually didn't find the finale a letdown to be honest, though I can understand why some people did
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