Box Office Films

#203      
It's a shame this is overshadowing the night. It was a fantastic evening for winners on so many levels. Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur, Questlove, Jane Campion, CODA, Jessica Chastain, Will Smith, Drive My Car, Encanto.

Slap moment aside, the results of this year's Oscars were splendid.
 
#204      
Thats, uhh......that's not cool, Will.
Gotta say, the fact that after he did that he was able to sit back down, watch the rest of the show, accept an award and give a speech justifying his actions and apologizing to pretty much everyone except Chris Rock, and get a standing ovation. Just yikes. Not a good look for the Academy or Hollywood.
 
#205      

Ransom Stoddard

Ordained Dudeist Priest
Bloomington, IL
Gotta say, the fact that after he did that he was able to sit back down, watch the rest of the show, accept an award and give a speech justifying his actions and apologizing to pretty much everyone except Chris Rock, and get a standing ovation. Just yikes. Not a good look for the Academy or Hollywood.
I may get blasted for saying this, but I get a Juwan Howard vibe from this whole thing.
 
#206      

pruman91

Paducah, Ky
I may get blasted for saying this, but I get a Juwan Howard vibe from this whole thing.
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"" WORD ! ""
 
#208      

IlliniSaluki

IL metro east burbs of St. Louis
Listen all I want is a video of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock with the guy from the B1G+ streams yelling SCHMACK!!! ahem..
 
#209      
Gotta say, the fact that after he did that he was able to sit back down, watch the rest of the show, accept an award and give a speech justifying his actions and apologizing to pretty much everyone except Chris Rock, and get a standing ovation. Just yikes. Not a good look for the Academy or Hollywood.

Will Smith did publicly apologize in a statement he posted to his Instagram earlier today.
 
#212      
Planning on taking in a Everything Everywhere All At Once and The Northman on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. Very excited for each!
 
#214      
"Everything Everywhere All At Once" was one of the best film viewing experiences I've ever had.
Excited to see this as I really liked Swiss Army Man. Side note, I recently found out that the directors of this also directed the music video for "Turn Down for What" which I guess I had never seen before. Well, now that I've seen it, I can say it is definitely something.
 
#215      
I'm mixed in my reaction to The Northman. Felt similar to Eggers other works where it is clearly an artistic passion piece that left me with a visceral response that I'm uncertain how it'll settle once the dust of the credits settles.
 
#216      

Ransom Stoddard

Ordained Dudeist Priest
Bloomington, IL
I'm mixed in my reaction to The Northman. Felt similar to Eggers other works where it is clearly an artistic passion piece that left me with a visceral response that I'm uncertain how it'll settle once the dust of the credits settles.
That's kind of the impression I've been given by a couple of people who saw it. Moody acting and visuals, light on story. I'll wait for streaming I think.
 
#217      
Sam Raimi's "Doctor Strange in and Multiverse of Madness" was something.

Still trying to make sense of how I feel about it, but it felt like a standalone film in the MCU. NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour broke down one of my hopes for the future of the MCU in that they hope the multiverse becomes more of a story than the current device it is being utilized as.
 
#218      
Sam Raimi's "Doctor Strange in and Multiverse of Madness" was something.

Still trying to make sense of how I feel about it, but it felt like a standalone film in the MCU. NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour broke down one of my hopes for the future of the MCU in that they hope the multiverse becomes more of a story than the current device it is being utilized as.
There were aspects of the storyline I did not like. I think it’s just cause it breaks the nostalgia factor of what was established through End Game.
 
#219      
Sam Raimi's "Doctor Strange in and Multiverse of Madness" was something.

Still trying to make sense of how I feel about it, but it felt like a standalone film in the MCU. NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour broke down one of my hopes for the future of the MCU in that they hope the multiverse becomes more of a story than the current device it is being utilized as.

I think the multiverse was a bit of a red herring in this film. Or at least the way the trailer made it seem the multiverse was going to be used. In this one the multiverse was just used more as a gimmick than anything else.

They were also billing it as more of a horror style film but it didn't really feel like it. Or maybe it's just the MCU's version of horror I guess.

Ian and Illinoissssvarsity, what did you think of the music played when the big reveal was made of a certain character? (Not wanting to spoil it too much for those on here that haven't seen it but it's the scene, in the trailer, where Strange appears in front of that council)
 
#220      
I think the multiverse was a bit of a red herring in this film. Or at least the way the trailer made it seem the multiverse was going to be used. In this one the multiverse was just used more as a gimmick than anything else.

They were also billing it as more of a horror style film but it didn't really feel like it. Or maybe it's just the MCU's version of horror I guess.

Ian and Illinoissssvarsity, what did you think of the music played when the big reveal was made of a certain character? (Not wanting to spoil it too much for those on here that haven't seen it but it's the scene, in the trailer, where Strange appears in front of that council)
I remember having very specific feelings about it at the time, but don’t remember the music or those feelings right now, if that makes sense.
 
#222      
I remember having very specific feelings about it at the time, but don’t remember the music or those feelings right now, if that makes sense.
Admittedly my response was more neutral. I have a general knowledge of that character's background, without any major emotional ties, so it was more just a cool thing to see than anything else.