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Technically, 1917 was also a foreign film. I don’t have a problem with Parasite winning, but I personally don’t think it was the best. As for award shows, I’d rather watch a WNBA game.
Hollywood:
Lectures us about gun violence.
Lectures us about how awful walls on the border are.
Lectures us about unfairness to the poor and oppressed.
Lectures us about inequality and pay gaps.
Lectures us about climate change.
Lectures us about tolerance and love of people.
Wears $100,000+ gowns from material woven in sweat shops.
Wears $50,000+ jewelry made from blood diamonds.
Wears $25,000+ suits from material woven in sweat shops.
Wears $5,000+ shoes from material fabricated in sweat shops.
Sells clothing, shoes, and accessory lines made in sweat shops.
Are worth millions and millions and live in extreme excess.
Ignore the poor that live on the streets of their cities.
Throw away more food and waste more money on junk in a day than some of these homeless eat or see in a year.
Fly to award shows and film festivals in private jets.
Drive around in SUV limousines.
Live behind walled properties.
Have armed private security guards.
Make millions of dollars from wildly violent movies with a lot of guns.
Pay women less than men in their movies.
Pay their female assistants and employees less than their male counterparts.
Hire the best accountants and attorney's to help them pay the least amount of taxes as possible.
Hide much of their money outside the country.
Invest most of their money in companies that don't follow any of the rules they lecture us about.
And God forbid you're an actor or person of color who doesn't believe as they do, because then they shun and blacklist you.
And God forbid you simply don't believe as they do or worship them, because after publicly ridiculing you with completely unfounded accusations like, "racist" or "bigot", and quite likely wishing violence or death upon you, they will turn right around and claim moral and intellectual superiority.
These people are insanely out of touch with reality, egomaniacs, delusional, morally bankrupt, deranged, and the most hypocritical phonies on the planet. And if not for double-standards, they'd have no standards at all.
And they virtue signal only for the purpose of manufacturing stature within their echo-chamber peer bubbles, and worship from their insecure, delusional, depraved, and envious fans.
Very few of them deserve our respect. We can appreciate their talent and value the entertainment they provide us, sure. We pay for that service like we pay for and value any other service. But most of them are horrible people who care about nothing but their own self-importance, while ignoring their astounding hypocrisy and dishonesty. And after a while, they don't feel guilty one bit about it. They believe they are entitled to be our betters, and we are supposed to worship them as such.
You know how I know I'm on the right side of history and morality? Because I'm on the opposite side of these terrible people. And that's probably the thing I appreciate them for most.
Lets leave the political commentary out, thanks. Unless we're going to remove the hypocrisy and it's going to become possible to actually defend the other side without having posts deleted?
First, it's an Off-Topic thread, so anything is fair game. Not to mention this topic is inherently political.
Second, this is rich coming from the TDS afflicted guy who can't leave political posts out of threads on the Falcons forums.
And lastly, **** did I say that was really political? I said what everyone on the planet knows Hollywood actors do. They say one thing and then do another.
Are we on the Falcons forums?
And I said what I'm gonna say here. Leave it at that. Trust me, you don't want me to undress that ridiculous post of yours, and several others in here.
Nice virtue signaling
You really can't help yourself, can you.
Agree with some of this but you're painting with a very
broad brush. Generalities are just that. They clump people who are not deserving in with people who are.
Saving Private Ryan is great, but the scene where Mellish dies is just unwatchable for me. Awesome acting though...it's just tough to get through.
That said, I thought "1917" was a beautifully made movie. They could have made the violence over the top, but I'm glad they didn't. The story was about the mission, and how it made you feel like you were there with them. The cinematography for this really was the Oscar winner to me! The first time I saw it was in Dolby Vision + Atmos, and it was a much better experience than the typical cinema.
Somehow, I got my wife to go with me the 2nd time I saw it. She was reluctant since it's a war film, after all. There were a few "ewww" moments, but I think the story overcame them for her.
The Blake and Schofield scene was the main Oscar worthy moment, I thought, because it came as a complete surprise for me and you see it happen in real time. The "big" running scene has been played over and over, and it still isn't a giveaway because it doesn't have context until you see it.
Roger Deakins (cinematographer of "1917") said yesterday that if "Parasite" wins, it will deserve it because he really liked it.
Based on what I've read about "Parasite", it's a good movie, but the end scenes were described as over the top by the reviews that I read.
I can guess why voting members may have voted for "Parasite" to win...it makes much more of a political statement over a movie that glorifies war.
And I understand that not everyone likes a good war movie. My middle daughter went with me the first time I saw "1917", but nothing could compel my oldest daughter to go see it. She says she'll watch it when it comes home, and I definitely plan to get the 4K disc.
I'm honestly curious what the political statement behind "Parasite" winning best film is? Anti-war? Pro non-white? I'm kind of lost on it.
Edit: 1917 is also a foreign film, so I'm confused why some are frothing at the mouth over a foreign film winning best picture and insisting a different foreign film should have won?
Let me just state that "anything" is not fair game. Read the forum guidelines please..
The ratio is like 100:1, and I addressed that there are those that do not fall in line. And they are always castigated if they voice an opposing opinion.
Vince Vaughn, for instance, is a great guy. But as soon as he fell out of line, they turned on him. Heck, Ellen simply took a picture with George W. and they lambasted her over it to the point she felt like she had to publicly apologize.
Some, like Keanu Reaves, Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Hart, John Krasinski and his wife Emily Blunt, Gillian Anderson, etc., for instance, just keep their mouths shut about their beliefs, don't try to imprint their opinions on us, and are genuinely good people. I know there are quite a few like this that exist. We all do. But the ratio is so lopsided that I didn't think I needed to actually give a disclaimer.
Lopsided? How many actors/actresses work in movies? One or two speak out and it's "lopsided"?
How about you pick out precisely where I even mentioned or attacked anyone's political affiliation?
All this is, is Random is a hyper-political guy who got butthurt because he was triggered by negative truth against a type of people he politically aligns with.
But again, point out exactly where I attacked or even mentioned a political side of the spectrum.
I didn't. I listed what the culture is like in Hollywood and how they are massive hypocrites and that's it.
All I stated was that anything is not "fair game" . Keep it at that and move on please...