Bleh.
But it was nominated for Oscar and won something, not sure what nor care really.
Speaking about Oscars, I think a few of us already covered Black Panther which I desperately wanted to win (we can discuss elsewhere why) so it would be only fair to put an impression or a few on other nominees/winners.
So I'll put a few words about two winners that were nominated in separate categories (best picture, best animated). Expect in some later post a word about nominees, Shoplifters and Roma most definetly.
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Green Book won the best picture.
What's it about? A sort of italian immigrant with racial issues is hired to drive a black pianist on his concert tour in USA's south cca 50 years ago.
First to say that this initial setup to me sounds like scifi/fantasy and don't get me wrong when I say that outside of USA the premise feels not interesting/not understandable.
In other words, the movie is an USA history centric movie which would mean what usually? An utter boredom and an urge to smash TV. Especially when something like that wins an oscar - it must be a garbage best to avoid, right?
Well no. The movie is not boring a single bit. It succeeds as road movie, as drama and as presentation of two human beings with "normal" personality. It's the movie about two worlds living inside the third one, where two leading characters are practically aliens trying to find their place in a society that has prejudices towards both.
There is no patheticness, soap nor melodrama exaggerated here, there is no excessive patriotism - the very reasons why I didn't think this movie can grab the statue.
On the other hand, this is one of those feelgood movies. Remember Amelie or True Lies for example? Movies when in the end you're for no reason happy?
An awsome script. Precise direction and outstanding camera. A perfect performance by two leeds. Amazing music. What do you need more?
Remember that I'm a person who hates history/drama/biography/war stuff. Green Book is a work aimed to prove to genre haters like me not all such movies are utter garbage.
Even if just like me you can't care less about USA history,
Green Book is a masterpiece you need to watch before dying. Even if you hoped Oscar would go to another title like I did, in this case I don't believe you'll complain. I won't. Can't.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won best animated movie oscar.
It's different from comics Miles Morales origin story, it mixes different "spidermen" from different universes and it's about, whatta surprise, saving the world from yet another Kingpin's mischief. Won't spoil the story more.
Well okay, we've seen this and that <something>verse before, we've seen CGI similar to this before (at least in our games), and it's spiderman again OMG… Why on earth does it work?
Becuase it mixed hollywood's not_fun humor with japanese crazy/hilarious humor. That's why. There is absolutely no way you won't laugh in this one for all the different reasons.
Sadly it's not perfect. Here and there you'll notice stuff missing or forced. For example "Spiderpig" is underused, or should I say abused for a "pig"-"I'm here" scene.
Music is outright horrible and don't tell me that's because I most probably hate/misunderstand rap. No, all of it plain sux.
Did we agree years back anorexia is, well, not good. Why on earth is Morales anorexic then? "Daddy tummy" on Parker doesn't help!
And excuse me, but where's the romance? Next time someone complains on romances in games, I'll just point my finger onto this movie and ask you how that cringyness there, worse than any ingames romance, won an oscar then.
The reason this one grabbed the statue is because other nominees were not as good. Sorry, but that's what I think.
Into the Spider-Verse doesn't contain any single moment that'd bore you and it's a perfect choice to watch with friends and family.
While you won't remember it in a few years, you shouldn't miss it, it wanted only to be fun and it delivered.