Steelbook Indy

19 hours ago, Steelbook Indy said:

Which movies did you have the hardest time leaving off your list?

 

For me, the top three were Shaun of the Dead (2004), What We Do in the Shadows (2014) and The Endless (2017)

Have any of you on this thread seen all three of these movies?

2 minutes ago, Wtd said:

Maybe it's because my wife and I are planning on getting pregnant this month, but that movie messed us up. I thought it was a really strong directorial debut with confident direction and efficient, if not showy, photography. I thought it relied maybe a little too heavily on flashbacks, but overall it did what it needed to do to tell the story and deliver on the film's emotional core.

 

I thought the performances were definitely the standouts, with Colman, Buckley, and Johnson all excelling. I was especially impressed with Jessie Buckley.

If you get a chance, check out my review on the site, it’d be good to get a conversation going on that thread.

39 minutes ago, Jakeb1022 said:

OLIVIA COLMAN HYPE 

I just watched The Lost Daughter last night.  Colman was amazing in it - not as amazing as The Favourite - but amazing. I was a bit let down by the story.  I wrote a review of it in the Movie Review section.

18 minutes ago, Wtd said:

I think she's likely to get one, but this one was a personal choice. I was immensely disappointed with her performance in the film. I thought she was incredibly one-dimensional and more or less a prop/set dressing. I was disappointed too, because I think she's capable of giving a great performance, but the script didn't do her many favors in my opinion.

 

Also, I was truly stunned by Alana Haim's magnetism and charisma in Licorice Pizza. Without her, that movie absolutely doesn't work and she does a phenomenal job with a fairly confused and enigmatic character.

My wife would agree with you on Dunst.  I promoted the movie to her as the front-runner for Best Pic and Best Supporting Actress, and halfway through she said, “Unless Dunst has a big scene coming up, I’m not seeing it.”

I, on the other hand, loved her.  I too have enjoyed her past performance - I still argue that she should have an Oscar nod for Interview with a Vampire.  She was tremendous in Fargo Season 2.  For me, I loved that she was; A. mailing it in - which I think her character, Rose, was too, and B. coasting through life, ignoring signs that she just might be living the rest of her life with a sociopath.  I thought it was very well done with what she had to work with from the page.

We’ve yet to see Licorice Pizza.

On 7/8/2021 at 9:31 PM, SilentasKnight said:

This is a tough one. I am going to try my best. 1994 was really hard to decide. 

 

1987 - Lethal Weapon

1988 - Die Hard

1989 - Road House

1990 - Goodfellas

1991 - The Silence Of The Lambs 

1992 - Unforgiven

1993 - True Romance

1994 - Pulp Fiction                                      Honorable Mention - The Shawshank Redemption

1995 - Braveheart

1996 - Sleepers

1997 - Good Will Hunting 

1998 - American History X

1999 - The Green Mile                                Honorable Mention - American Beauty

2000 - Gladiator                                          Honorable Mention - Pitch Black

2001 - A Beautiful Mind

2002 - 25th Hour

2003 - Underworld

2004 - Anchorman

2005 - Sin City

2006 - Clerks II

2007 - Superbad -                                       Honorable Mentions - 30 Days of Night & 300

2008 - The Incredible Hulk                         Honorable Mention - Gran Torino

2009 - Inglourious Basterds

2010 - True Grit

2011 - Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

2012 - Dredd

2013 - The Conjuring

2014 - American Sniper                              Honorable Mentions -Fury & Interstellar 

2015 - The Hateful Eight

2016 - Hell Or High Water

2017 - Wind River

2018 - A Quiet Place

2019 - Ford V Ferrari                                   Honorable Mention - Knives Out

2020 - Quiet Place Part II                           Honorable Mention - Greyhound

2021 - Land                                                 Suicide Squad ended up being a disappointment for me

There are a lot of 2021 movies I haven't seen yet so I am sure this will change again. 

1994 and 1999 were tough years.

3 hours ago, Wtd said:

I did this a while back and just came across this thread. Here’s my list on Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/5t2sU

 

1985: Ran (Kurosawa)

1986: Aliens (Cameron)

1987: The Princess Bride (Reiner)

1988: Cinema Paradiso (Tornatore)

1989: Do The Right Thing (Lee)

1990: Goodfellas (Scorsese)

1991: Silence of the Lambs (Demme)

1992: Aladdin (Clements/Musker)

1993: Jurassic Park (Spielberg)

1994: Pulp Fiction (Tarantino)

1995: Before Sunrise (Linklater)

1996: Fargo (Coen Bros)

1997: Boogey Nights (PTA)

1998: Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg)

1999: Fight Club (Fincher)

2000: Memento (Nolan)

2001: LotR Fellowship of the Ring (Jackson)

2002: Cidade de Deus (Meirelles)

2003: LotR Return of the King (Jackson)

2004: Anchorman (McKay)

2005: Munich (Spielberg)

2006: The Departed (Scorsese)

2007: There Will Be Blood (PTA)

2008: WALL-E (Stanton)

2009: Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)

2010: The Social Network (Fincher)

2011: Moneyball (Miller)

2012: The Master (PTA)

2013: Her (Jonze)

2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Anderson)

2015: Mad Max Fury Road (Miller)

2016: Moonlight (Jenkins)

2017: Call Me By Your Name (Guadagnino)

2018: Into the Spider-Verse (Rothman/Ramsey)

2019: Parasite (Bong)

2020: Minari (Chung)

2021: West Side Story (Spielberg)

 

Directors appearing multiple times:

Spielberg x4

PTA x3

Tarantino x2

Fincher x2

Scorsese x2

Jackson x2

Love, love, love that you included directors.  I edited my post to do the same.

Which movies did you have the hardest time leaving off your list?

For me, the top three were Shaun of the Dead (2004), What We Do in the Shadows (2014) and The Endless (2017)

5 hours ago, Wtd said:

Great idea and really good predictions as well! Here are mine (winners in blue).

 

Best Picture

• Belfast
• The Power of the Dog
• Licorice Pizza
• CODA
• West Side Story
• Dune
• Don't Look Up
• King Richard
• Tick, Tick ... Boom!
• The Tragedy of Macbeth

 

Best Director

• Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
• Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
• Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
• Steven Spielberg, West Side Story
• Denis Villeneuve, Dune

 

Best Actor

• Will Smith, King Richard
• Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
• Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick ... Boom!
• Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos

 

Best Actress

• Kristen Stewart, Spencer
• Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
• Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
• Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos
• Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza

 

Best Supporting Actor

• Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
• Troy Kotsur, CODA
• Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
• Ciaran Hinds, Belfast
• Jared Leto, House of Gucci

 

Best Supporting Actress

• Ariana Debose, West Side Story
• Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
• Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
• Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley
• Caitriona Balfe, Belfast

No nomination for Kristen Dunst?

Good morning all.  In years past, I used to host an Oscar Party.  I did this every year for about 15 years.  When my first wife and I divorced, I tried to keep it going for a couple more years, but I just ran out of gas.  I still love watching The Oscars and movies which are nominated for Academy Awards.  I thought it would be fun to start a thread for others interested in The Oscars in predicting nominations for the major categories.  I'd love to start.  My predictions will be below with movies which I've seen underlined.  I'll also place them in order of likelihood of being nominated from top to bottom   If you'd like to join the fun, I'd love to chat with you about them... Who know which titles we'll be seeing in Steelbook or premium treatment?  Here we go:

Best Picture

• The Power of the Dog ***
• Belfast
• CODA
• Licorice Pizza
• West Side Story
• Dune
• King Richard
• Being the Ricardos
• King Richard
• Nightmare Alley

Outside shot - Spider-man: No Way Home

Best Actor

• Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog
• Will Smith - King Richard ***
• Andrew Garfield - tick, tick... BOOM!
• Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth
• Javier Bardem - Being the Ricardos

Outside shot - Peter Dinklage - Cyrano

Best Actress

• Nicole Kidman - Being the Ricardos ***
• Olivia Colman - The Lost Daughter
• Kristen Stewart - Spencer
• Jennifer Hudson - Respect
• Lady Gaga - House of Gucci

Outside shot - Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Best Supporting Actor

• Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Power of the Dog ***
• Troy Kotsur - CODA
• Ciaran Hinds - Belfast
• J.K. Simmons - Being the Ricardos
• Jamie Dornan - Belfast

Outside shot - Bradley Cooper - Licorice Pizza

Best Supporting Actress

• Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
• Kirsten Dunst - The Power of the Dog ***
• Caitriona Balfe - Belfast
• Marlee Matlin - CODA
• Cate Blanchet - Nightmare Alley

Outside shot - Jessie Buckley - The Lost Daughter

Best Director

• Jane Campion - The Power of the Dog ***
• Kenneth Branagh - Belfast
• Denis Velleneuve - Dune
• Paul Thomas Anderson - Licorice Pizza
• Steven Spielberg - West Side Story

Outside Shot - Guillermo del Toro - Nightmare Alley

There you have it - I thought about posting predictions for Best Animated Film and Best Original and Best Adapted Screenplay, but I thought I'd see what interest this thread stirs before sinking too much time into it.

Looking forward to hearing your predictions/thoughts.

On 8/12/2021 at 4:58 PM, Veum said:

 

Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.

 

 

This is a great pick.  The remake wasn't as good, but at least they brought back Peter Dinklage.  Simon might be Alan Tudyk's best performance.

Maggie Gyllenhaal made her directorial debut with a film based on a novel by Elena Ferrante.  It starred Olivia Colman, Ed Harris and Dakota Johnson.  The film focuses on Colman's obsession with a young mother and her daughter while on vacation in a small, Greek coastal town.  The film cuts back and forth between present day and flashbacks to Colman's past as a young mother.  Colman's Leda is dealing with ghosts from her past when a brash American/Greek family share the beach with her as she begins to feel overwhelmed by her past which Johnson's Nina has stirred.  The action of this movie is in Leda's head as she struggles with feelings of inadequacy, despair and guilt.  An event on the beach leads to Leda inexplicably doing something she shouldn't have.

Perhaps this is my problem and not the film's.  As we watch movies with more twists and more action and more mystery, some movies which steer precisely where we anticipate them to go leave viewers wanting.  That's the tragedy of this movie - is there is plenty of conflict and emotion experienced and resurfaced for Leda, but it feels like something more should happen.  For Gyllenhaal's debut, it's a solid movie.  It is a tragedy in all senses of the world and forces the viewer to consider patriarchal society and how women have often been handed the shortest straw.  Expectations thrust on women to choose between motherhood, career and experiencing life as they want forces regret and one too many balls to juggle.

The theme has stuck with me, but parts of the movies execution didn't resonate with me.  As I mentioned before, I felt as lost in this as Nina's daughter at the beginning of the movie.  The end of the movie does not clear this fog.  However, I have considered that's precisely what Gyllenhaal intended - perhaps forcing the audience to experience Leda's feelings.  Colman's performance is stunning.  This role proved that her Best Actress Oscar win for The Favourite was no fluke.  She flawlessly shows us Leda as someone who values her independence yet seeks others' affection, connection and approval.  It's this conflict which drives the movie.  Regardless, this didn't sit with me as I'd have liked.  I give it 6/10 stars.  It's worth a watch, but I'm not sure I'd watch it again.

I’m confident there should be a premium treatment for this.

8 minutes ago, atomicblonde said:

 

If you didn't get a renewal invite either, you're not alone. A little caught off guard/surprised right now

I’m not seeing one - but if that’s the way it shakes out, I get it.  If everyone has platinum status, then no one has platinum status.

12 minutes ago, Masterblaster said:

Not all Plats will be able to renew , that is the sad news.  Most will but not all.  

 

Some Gold will have a chance to renew to Platinum , most wont.

 

A few new members WILL get the chance to jump right onboard as a Platinum member. 

 

I will say this , the way our Admins think , the more activity you bring to the Forum (being active) WILL make a significant impact on the next cycle.   So everyone will have a chance to 

get a Platinum , it is up to you AND of course some luck goes with that as well.

 

 

UPDATE on this new renewal cycle :

 

ALL invites have been sent out to the Platinum Members who are going to be invited this cycle.  

 

YOU dont have to really worry about you maybe not getting an Email or that it ends up somewhere in a different Folder because all you have to do is either be logged in already or log in and you will see the notification there where Notifications are kept.

 

Ive added a few screenshots to help. 

 

 

1.  Look up towards the right part of the screen , you will see the BELL icon , that is where your Notifications that you receive from the System are kept. 

 

 

2.  Once you find it and hoover over it, it will show you what the symbol is for .....

 

 

3. Click on it and it will show you the Notifications you have , after that just click on it and it will take you to where you need to go ... just like magic ... 

 

 

So GOLD members will be invited tomorrow (my time) , i dont know the exact time so YES you will have to check in every now and then .  We will let you know when the invites have been sent , you will need to act realively fast but it should be enough time so no need to get all stressed out over it.

 

Take care

 

ps. i lost the card game , both hands !

Uhm…

Still waiting on mine

On 8/12/2021 at 4:49 PM, RileyLad said:

 

 

Now there's another 90's jem....

 

 

 

 

Love my blufans edition 😁

 

Me too!

1 hour ago, Veum said:

 

@delzeisa John has a totally different system this year, he will invite in each tier…

 

it is Platinum at the moment (I’m still waiting for my invite for Platinum) and since I’ve not been invited IDK exactly how this will work for us individually though! 

2 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

Just now, damships said:

This is my first month here...and sufficed to say...this has been intense. 😅 

Everyone just needs some relief.

18 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

That’s a long break John🍟🍿🥨 🍻…

 

How do you guys insert gifs - my list of gifs seems much less than yours.

4 minutes ago, 5t33lb0y said:

 

Your words not mine.

They are words of wisdom though.

1 minute ago, waxenol said:

Turn on email notifications for group invites in notification settings🤟

I have done that, but I’ve had over 200 emails in the last 30 minutes from this thread.  It’s buried in a overwhelming amount of e-mails - especially for a weekend.