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Watched Spotlight last night, the film that won Best Picture at the Oscars but isn't really what I'd consider the best of last season (The Revenant probably, but the Academy voting system is an outdated, convoluted mess) that probably only really won for the subject matter. It's about the Boston Globe Spotlight team investigating child molestation by priests of the Catholic Church, and the rabbit hole that leads them down. It's an important subject, and one that I know is a sore spot for some on this forum, but I'm going into the politics of it all.

 

It's an ensemble cast led by born-again star Michael 'Batman' Keaton, growling his most unconvincing Bawstin accent (in fact, pretty much all Boston accents done by those who aren't actually from there stood out - heck they even mention it in the film), Mark 'The Hulk' Ruffalo shows a new side to his acting we haven't seen (which duly earned him a Best Supporting Actor nom), Rachel 'Mean Girl' McAdams again showing she's a really good, consistent actress (who also got a Best Supporting Oscar nom) who I feel is grossly underrated, and their boss Liev 'Momentary Sabretooth' Schreiber who's understated performance it seems goes disappointingly unnoticed.

 

Directed by Tom McCarthy, it's by no means a bad film, it's pretty decent, but you get why he was passed over for the Best Director Oscar. It's a safely made film with few flourishes to make his mark known. But considering the material constraint was probably the wise decision and McCarthy intentionally muted his approach. I struggled appreciating the end though. All the way through it's investigate investigate investigate and then when it still feels like more work needs to be done "oh, we're done." It abruptly tied up its loose ends (but still left others unfinished) - but it won Best Original Screenplay anyway. Again, I attribute that to the subject material. It's decent, but not the best.

 

I'm being harsh, but I really shouldn't and the score certainly won't reflect that.

 

4/5.

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"A boy who has a bad Christmas ends up accidentally summoning a Christmas demon to his family home."

 

Christmas story gone bad, worth a watch!  Rated PG-13 but actually has some pretty freaky bits that I enjoyed.  Do recommend for a laugh.  Not for the little kids though.  Loses points because the characters didn't take it seriously and get their shit together as early as they should have.

 

7/10

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the last move I talked about in here got me unfairly banned for 40 days so Ill be very careful not to hurt anyones politically correct feelings from now on.

 

watched this one last night, it was not as good as I was expecting, turned from funny/crass to chick flick,   2.5 out of 5

 

 

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On 02/05/2016 at 4:00 PM, Pixy Angel said:

x2 for Deadpool watched last night

 

I thought it was pretty good, I'm a big fan of Ryan Reynolds though.

 

Loved him in Van Wilder.

 

On 07/05/2016 at 2:56 PM, stubbietubbie said:

Watched Spotlight last night, the film that won Best Picture at the Oscars but isn't really what I'd consider the best of last season (The Revenant probably, but the Academy voting system is an outdated, convoluted mess) that probably only really won for the subject matter. It's about the Boston Globe Spotlight team investigating child molestation by priests of the Catholic Church, and the rabbit hole that leads them down. It's an important subject, and one that I know is a sore spot for some on this forum, but I'm going into the politics of it all.

 

It's an ensemble cast led by born-again star Michael 'Batman' Keaton, growling his most unconvincing Bawstin accent (in fact, pretty much all Boston accents done by those who aren't actually from there stood out - heck they even mention it in the film), Mark 'The Hulk' Ruffalo shows a new side to his acting we haven't seen (which duly earned him a Best Supporting Actor nom), Rachel 'Mean Girl' McAdams again showing she's a really good, consistent actress (who also got a Best Supporting Oscar nom) who I feel is grossly underrated, and their boss Liev 'Momentary Sabretooth' Schreiber who's understated performance it seems goes disappointingly unnoticed.

 

Directed by Tom McCarthy, it's by no means a bad film, it's pretty decent, but you get why he was passed over for the Best Director Oscar. It's a safely made film with few flourishes to make his mark known. But considering the material constraint was probably the wise decision and McCarthy intentionally muted his approach. I struggled appreciating the end though. All the way through it's investigate investigate investigate and then when it still feels like more work needs to be done "oh, we're done." It abruptly tied up its loose ends (but still left others unfinished) - but it won Best Original Screenplay anyway. Again, I attribute that to the subject material. It's decent, but not the best.

 

I'm being harsh, but I really shouldn't and the score certainly won't reflect that.

 

4/5.

 

Watched this with the wife a while ago, we both enjoyed it, agree with the rating

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the last move I talked about in here got me unfairly banned for 40 days so Ill be very careful not to hurt anyones politically correct feelings from now on.

 

watched this one last night, it was not as good as I was expecting, turned from funny/crass to chick flick,   2.5 out of 5

 

 

Should get another 40 day ban for your rating scale.

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5 hours ago, Kimberley Scott said:

Should get another 40 day ban for your rating scale.

 

opps, should read 2.5 out of 10

 

5 hours ago, MattyP said:

The salt is still strong

 

Was this you by any chance?

Even if not very funny

 

https://imgur.com/a/Gjcb5

 

no MattyP, I don't live in the US for a start

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