Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Royal · Jan 14, 2016

Gavinmad_sl said:
What the fuck are you guys talking about? Did they tease Leia in a trailer for whenever Rebels starts back up?

Gavinmad · Jan 14, 2016

Meh. Leia making an appearance makes more sense than 3po and r2d2 did at least.

Malakriss · Jan 14, 2016

I'm surprised Disney didn't age the character models by a couple of years with it starting up again, because more toys and merchandising.

Royal · Jan 15, 2016

edit: This was a VFX before and after video that Disney had sent to certain members of the Academy for nomination consideration. It got out but they're having it yanked, damnit.

etchazz · Jan 15, 2016

No Academy Award nominations for Star Wars in any major category. At least the critics didn't have the wool pulled over their eyes.

Caliane · Jan 15, 2016

is this guy retarded?

Gavinmad · Jan 15, 2016

Caliane_sl said:
is this guy retarded?

He does seem to be a bit obsessed.

I am a bit surprised at not even any nominations in the major categories though. I was guessing it would be like LotR, where they heap tons of award wins on the last film in the trilogy regardless of whether it earned them or not.

Caliane · Jan 15, 2016

LotR is better then this. Pretty sure no one was actually claiming this was better then 7 or 8 out of 10.
its no Mad Max. No one thinks it is.

But average or slightly better then average IS a giant step up from the last Starwars entries. Its probably better then the StarTrek entries as well. Which also, were not good enough to win any awards.

kegkilla · Jan 15, 2016

Caliane_sl said:
LotR is better then this. Pretty sure no one was actually claiming this was better then 7 or 8 out of 10.

lol. you should reread the thread. plenty of nerds with unhealthy emotional attachments to the series came running in and called it 8.5/10, 9/10, and more.

kegkilla · Jan 15, 2016

Gavinmad_sl said:
He does seem to be a bit obsessed.

I am a bit surprised at not even any nominations in the major categories though. I was guessing it would be like LotR, where they heap tons of award wins on the last film in the trilogy regardless of whether it earned them or not.

problem with that is that in order for it to be like LotR it would have to be a good movie rather than just being slightly better than mediocre.

Jait · Jan 15, 2016

Real problem is none of those movies should have been nominated. I loved LotR, every second of it. But it's not original, it's not really acting as much as it is CGI and cosplay, it's basically porn.

As for the Academy Awards it's a massive circle-jerk. Surely no one thinks the Academy Awards have anything to do with talent and/or hard work? Watch the fucking BAFTA's and you will be humiliated by what we call acting, and even the Brits have become somewhat of an embarrassment. I'm not saying we should go back to Shakespearean drama, but we are at the point where "actors" are nothing more than folks acting like themselves after 5 minutes of soul searching to find their "character" as opposed to the real actors having resumes that included a decade of tutelage under folks comparable to Branaugh and Gielgud, voice coaching, blocking, an actual dedication to their craft. Instead it's "lemme finish my joint and someone put some makeup on me and get me the script". It's an era John Wayne, James Dean, and Marilyn Monroe would have been considered damn fine thespians.

Royal · Jan 15, 2016

LoTR's Oscar wins were the result of a huge lobbying campaign (which let's be honest is simply part of the process every year at this point) aimed at rewarding New Line and encouraging other studios to back massive epic scale movies like the Ben Hur's of old. Fucking Oprah was hawking the trilogy for wins on her own show. I'm sure she watched all of them multiple times each.

kegkilla · Jan 15, 2016

Jait_sl said:
Real problem is none of those movies should have been nominated. I loved LotR, every second of it. But it's not original, it's not really acting as much as it is CGI and cosplay, it's basically porn.

As for the Academy Awards it's a massive circle-jerk. Surely no one thinks the Academy Awards have anything to do with talent and/or hard work? Watch the fucking BAFTA's and you will be humiliated by what we call acting, and even the Brits have become somewhat of an embarrassment. I'm not saying we should go back to Shakespearean drama, but we are at the point where "actors" are nothing more than folks acting like themselves after 5 minutes of soul searching to find their "character" as opposed to the real actors having resumes that included a decade of tutelage under folks comparable to Branaugh and Gielgud, voice coaching, blocking, an actual dedication to their craft. Instead it's "lemme finish my joint and someone put some makeup on me and get me the script". It's an era John Wayne, James Dean, and Marilyn Monroe would have been considered damn fine thespians.

i get the feeling watching a movie with you would be about as much fun as slamming my penis in a car door.

Jait · Jan 15, 2016

Ben Hur is a great comparison. Yeah, and I don't think either one of us would consider Return of the King a bad movie. It's a great movie. But c'mon, we're not going to put Aragon in the same room let alone the same Universe as Daniel Day Lewis. And 5 minutes of The Departed was more powerful in terms of acting and direction than the entirety of most action films.

edit: I just mention that film because I recently re-watched it, and it was better than 95% of the shit I've seen since. And Lewis wasn't in it, but the guy should win every year we don't have an actual nominee.

kegkilla · Jan 15, 2016

Two Towers was better than RotK and the ghost army bullshit.

Valderen · Jan 15, 2016

I just received my Hot Toys First Order Stormtrooper Set, which is 1 regular Stormtrooper, and the Heavy Gunner with a big ass gun.

They look pretty damn impressive. I can't wait to get home, and actually pose and display them.

Gavinmad · Jan 15, 2016

RotK was the worst of the trilogy. Still a good movie though.

ohkcrlho · Jan 15, 2016

You care too much about some awards, which are decided with some bribes, prejudice and shit

Royal · Jan 15, 2016

Outside of the first installment, which was groundbreaking in many ways and was at a time when Lucas was seen as a young, talented visionary of a director, the franchise has never gotten a lot of love from the Academy. Otherwise TFA is on par with the rest of the OT in this regard.

Star Wars:

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (won)
Best Costume Design (won)
Best Sound (won)
Best Film Editing (won)
Best Effects, Visual Effects (won)
Best Music, Original Score (won)
Special Achievement Award (for sound effects, won)
Best Picture
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Director
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

The Empires Strikes Back:

Best Sound (won)
Special Achievement Award (for visual effects, won)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Music, Original Score

Return of the Jedi:

Special Achievement Award (for visual effects, won)
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Best Sound
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Best Music, Original Score

And for the hipster brigade ...

The Phantom Menace:

Best Sound
Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
Best Effects, Visual Effects

Attack of the Clones:

Best Visual Effects

Revenge of the Sith:

Best Achievement in Makeup

ohkcrlho · Jan 15, 2016

But but......"the 3rd prequel is soooo good", "on the same level as the originals", blablabla

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