Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[calibeebee]

Mad Max is that good?

It is EPIC. Best movie experience I've had since T2 Judgement day. And nothing even comes close.

 

[getback]

I really hope Mark Ruffalo gets the nod for best supporting actor. He was fantastic in Spotlight.

 

[macbk]

Mad Max is that good?

It is EPIC. Best movie experience I've had since T2 Judgement day. And nothing even comes close.

Yeah I can back this up. Went in not knowing what to expect other than hearing and thinking it was cool as hell, and it did not dissapoint at all. Bad *** movie.

 

[sea manup]

Alan Rickman died

first time in a while news of a celeb death shocked me 

RIP

 

[macbk]

Ridley Scott Will Produce ‘Marvel’ For AMC

Ridley Scott is a busy man. He always has a few movies on his plate, including an adaptation of The Cartel and possibly a remake of The Prisoner, and his company also produces a healthy amount of movies. Scott Free Productions is currently working on Marvel, a TV adaptation of George Pendle‘s nonfiction book Strange Angel. And no, it doesn’t have anything to do with Marvel Studios or Marvel Comics.

Learn more about the Ridley Scott TV show after the jump.

Deadline reports AMC might give the drama a straight-to-series order. They’re opening up the writers room for Marvel (the working title), which is inspired by the co-founder of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jack Parsons. Just reading a little bit about Parsons, it sounds like a life made for TV. Besides his major accomplishments, he was pals with L. Ron Hubbard and partook in some rather interesting rituals for Enochian Magic. I recommend reading up on this man.

Here’s the synopsis for Strange Angel:

BRILLIANT ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN EXPLOSION screamed the front-page headline of the Los Angeles Times on 18 June 1952. John Parsons, a maverick rocketeer whose work had helped transform the rocket from a derided sci-fi plotline into a reality, was at first mourned as a tragically young victim of mishandled chemicals. But as reporters dug deeper a shocking story emerged. Parsons had been performing occult rites and summoning spirits as a follower of Alesteir Crowley, and he was promptly written off as an embarrassment to science. George Pendle tells Parsons’ extraordinary life story for the first time. Fuelled from childhood by dreams of space flight, Parsons was a crucial innovator during rocketry’s birth. But his visionary imagination also led him into the occult community thriving in 1930s Los Angeles, and when fantasy’s pull became stronger than reality, he lost both his work and his wife.

A dark buddy comedy could easily be made about what Hubbard and Parsons did together, but I doubt that’s the route Scott and all involved will go down. Their rituals, in which they tried to bring back the reincarnation of Thelemite goddess of Babalon onto Earth, would make for some entertaining episodes. Unfortunately, even by AMC’s standards — or HBO’s, for that matter — it might be a bit much for television.

Screenwriter Mark Heyman is a writer on the series. Heyman wrote The Skeleton Twins and Black Swan, so Parsons’ story is in good hands. Marvel has real promise as a series. A show about a rocket engineer, chemist, and inventor that hung with L. Ron Hubbard is a series I’d watch.

 

[Case]

Yeah, Mad Max was a true epic that needed to be seen on the big screen..

Watched High Plains Drifter last night..Hands down the best Western I've ever watched..

 

[sea manup]

 
Full list of Oscar nominees.

Best Picture

• The Big Short
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Spotlight

Best Director

• Lenny Abrahamson - Room
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
• Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
• Adam McKay - The Big Short
• George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Actor

• Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
• Matt Damon – The Martian
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
• Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
• Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett – Carol
• Brie Larson – Room
• Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
• Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
• Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale – The Big Short
• Tom Hardy – The Revenant
• Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
• Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
• Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
• Rooney Mara – Carol
• Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
• Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
• Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

Best Original Screenplay

• Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies
• Alex Garland - Ex Machina
• Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, and Ronnie del Carmen – Inside Out
• Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
• Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge, and Alan Wenkus – Straight Outta Compton

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short
• Nick Hornby - Brooklyn
• Phyllis Nagy – Carol
• Drew Goddard – The Martian
• Emma Donoghue – Room

Best Animated Feature Film

• Anomalisa
• Boy and the World
• Inside Out
• Shaun the Sheep Movie
• When Marnie Was There

Best Original Score

• Thomas Newman – Bridge of Spies
• Carter Burwell – Carol
• Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario
• John Williams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Ennio Morricone – The Hateful Eight

Best Original Song

• Earned It - Fifty Shades of Grey
• Manta Ray - Racing Extinction
• Simple Song #3 - Youth
• Til It Happens to You - The Hunting Ground
• Writing's on the Wall - Spectre

Best Sound Editing

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Sicario
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Mixing

• Bridge of Spies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Production Design

• Bridge of Spies
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Danish Girl
• The Martian
• The Revenant

Best Cinematography

• Carol
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Sicario
• The Hateful Eight
• The Revenant

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The One Hundred Year Old Men Who Climbed Out The Window And Dissapeared
• The Revenant

Best Costume Design

• Carol
• The Cinderella
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Danish Girl
• The Revenant

Best Film Editing

• Margaret Sixel – Mad Max: Fury Road
• Hank Corwin – The Big Short
• Tom McArdle – Spotlight
• Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant
• Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Visual Effects

• Ex Machina
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

how did sam jackson not get nominated? 

or walton goggins? 

or hateful eight for best picture?

 

[sea manup]

how did starwars not get nominated for best costume design? 

 

[lawdog1]

RIP, Alan Rickman. Great actor. Snape and Hans in the original Die Hard are iconic roles.

(And it never ceases to amaze me how celebrity deaths come in clusters. Bowie, Rickman -- and I think they might have been the same age too. Crazy.)

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

Rest in peace, Alan Rickman.

 

[KingParappa]

R.I.P. Alan Rickman

 

[stuntman mike]

stallone nominated for best supporting actor in creed.

 

[kvsm23vs24]

Wow you got to see T2 in theaters?? That's my all time fave movie. I was like 1 when it came out

 

[big j 33]

Stallone was really good in Creed, don't see the problem.

 

[CP1708]

I'm livid Carrell didn't get nominated for The Big Short. Bull ****

And Mad Max was overrated as hell. It was good, but nowhere close to great, or award worthy, or even sequel worthy. Never got the hype for that one. And I love Hardy.

 

[Master Zik]

That Alan Rickman news hit me hard.

Son was such a great character actor

Son had that legendary voice.

******* cancer

 

[Master Zik]

I was looking forward to Oscar nominees coming out today, but Rickman dying bummed me out.

I'm surprised to see Sorkin get snubbed.

Not surprised to see my boy Idris get snubbed

Commandant! :x

I'd easily take out Matt Damon for Idris.

Sam getting snubbed is ridiculous though. I'd put his performance over like 3 in that category.

QT not getting the best director or original screenplay nom is strange too. The Academy aint recognizing greatness in a few categories.

Mad Max is that good?

It's a call back to going to the movies just for pure entertainment and fun.

It's really good in that sense.

I really hope Mark Ruffalo gets the nod for best supporting actor. He was fantastic in Spotlight.

Seems like the obvious choice imo.

Carrell should be there over Bale though.

 

[sea manup]

I have not watched any of the best lead actress movies

will check out room tonight 

 

[shogun]

I'm livid Carrell didn't get nominated for The Big Short. Bull ****

And Mad Max was overrated as hell. It was good, but nowhere close to great, or award worthy, or even sequel worthy. Never got the hype for that one. And I love Hardy.

Nah, Mad Max was awesome. I watched it after I saw age of ultron and wish I didn't waste money on aou.

Glad to see Jennifer Jason Leigh nominated. Wonder if she'll win. Like others have said, surprised no one else from the heteful eight got noms.

 

[macbk]

And Mad Max was overrated as hell. It was good, but nowhere close to great, or award worthy, or even sequel worthy. Never got the hype for that one. And I love Hardy.

You can say with a straight face is wasn't entertaining as hell from start to finish?

 

[sea manup]

Mad Max is everything an action/adventure/scifi movie should strive to be in terms of craftsmanship and filmmaking

 

[mastamind033]

Mad Max was awesome and entertaining as **** but worthy of all these nominations? Nah

 

[getback]

Just finished Mississippi Grind. Meh. Very slow, but decent performances by the two leads. Also does a good job of showing how gambling is very similar to drug addiction.

 

[sea manup]

Mad Max was awesome and entertaining as **** but worthy of all these nominations? Nah

it's going to win most of these nominations 

 

[shogun]

Would be great if it won best picture.