Oscars
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To follow up on Spotlight, it wasn't about the scandal. Duh, we already knew what the "big reveal" was going to be. It was more a statement about journalism.
Every one of the reporters, at one point or another, had a stake in NOT reporting the story. And they all missed it in the first place because they had been on the inside for so long that they couldn't see it. It took an outsider (Barron) coming in to kick them into gear on it.
In order to be a good investigative journalist, you have to constantly question your own assumptions about everything and be willing to keep digging even when it affects you on a personal level because of how the story can hurt people you love. In this case, they needed to question their assumptions about the church. THAT was the film's real message.
Every one of the reporters, at one point or another, had a stake in NOT reporting the story. And they all missed it in the first place because they had been on the inside for so long that they couldn't see it. It took an outsider (Barron) coming in to kick them into gear on it.
In order to be a good investigative journalist, you have to constantly question your own assumptions about everything and be willing to keep digging even when it affects you on a personal level because of how the story can hurt people you love. In this case, they needed to question their assumptions about the church. THAT was the film's real message.
Didn't see it, but the premise sounds similar to 12 Angry Men in that there's a spark to battle the self in the final decision.
I didn't see Spotlight, but I saw Revenant, and while Leo was deserving with his performance, the movie was missing something, or had too many things to begin with.
Loved The Revenant but I agree that it probably could've been 20 minutes shorter. I was really hoping Hardy would win for supporting actor, he was just as impressive as Leo in my opinion.
I think 'Room' was the best of this year. Knew it wouldn't win best picture, but in my opinion it was the best.
This year's supporting actor field was fantastic. Any of them could have won and I wouldn't have argued a bit.
Glad that the Academy at least tried trolling these idiots boycotting. I thought the Stacey Dash thing was funny, but whatever.
Glad Leo won.
Glad Leo won.
It was funny if you knew what it was referencing. I think most people just weren't aware of the comments she made. I know I wasn't.
I think there were too many pieces of good acting and none that I thought were great. The guy who played Eazy E was probably the closest but even though I thought the movie was really good, it was more out of interest in the story than the piece of work IMO. The Big Short was similar to me. I think both of those are movies I'll watch a lot but wouldn't ever call them one of the best like The Departed or Shawshank.
BTW- Everyone talked about Leo but how in the hell does Brad Pitt or Matt Damon not have an Oscar? Pitt should win some sort of range Oscar at some point in his life at least.
Those 3 are some of the best actors in this generation. Ed Norton is awesome too.
Yeah, Russell Crowe was a thrown phone away from doing it as well. Still his best performance IMO...
