Brian Earl Spilner said:

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First thing I said was Delorean.

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Junkhead said:

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Yikes. Michael J. Fox is in bad shape. The Parkinson's is doing a number on him.

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PatAg said:

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I never agreed with the notion of La La Land being a hollywood circle jerk...mainly because I have see The Oscars before. I like a lot of the oscars, but I dont give a damn about speeches like this one by the president.

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BassCowboy33 said:

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TCTTS said:

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Yeah, and when you made that Dave Matthews comparison in the other thread, if I recall correctly, there were quite a few responses from people saying it was a terrible analogy.

The fact of the matter is that La La Land was made by a bunch of a young, outsider, New York filmmakers who went hat-in-hand all over town, trying to get it made, only to have it rejected time and again. "Hollywood" didn't get together to concoct some masturbation fest. And please tell me what about the movie shows "how great" Hollywood is? If anything, it's a movie about just how ruthless the business can be, and how much people have to compromise just to "make it" in the industry. It doesn't paint a pretty picture by any means, but still tries to find what joy there is in such a pursuit.

I wish you guys who constantly look to be offended by Hollywood in this manner knew just how insecure and uninformed you come across. If you want to hate the movie, fine. But hating it for these particular reasons is asinine.

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Yeah, I don't care about the people who made it. I care about it's content. I can separate the actor/filmmaker from their product (Looking at you, Sean Penn). This movie was just a boring circle jerk. Just a step below Terrence Malick, the Bob Dylan of filmmaking.

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Flashdiaz said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Haven't looked at the video, but I'm still pretty confused why there's so much praise being heaped on La La Land. It's not a bad movie per se, but it's not that great either. It's just not very memorable, and no particular song or dance number stands out to me other than the last one in the observatory, and that's mostly due to the visuals and not the song or dance itself.

I wish Sing Street had gotten more love this year. I don't know who I'd like to see win BP, because I haven't seen most of the nominees. But I know that Sing Street is a movie I enjoyed a lot more than La La Land. And probably Arrival as well. (Though that is also not a movie I would consider a "masterpiece". Just a solid movie.)

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watch the video, they touch on the self love for LaLa Land.

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ATM1876 said:

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The great irony is that the likely target of any celebrity political speeches is a celebrity whose political opinions they disagree with.

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Aust Ag said:

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Theme from Shaft was a great song. Just sayin'. Need to download that forgotten gem.

Shaft
Who's the black private dick
That's a sex machine to all the chicks?
(Shaft!)
You're damn right
Who is the man
That would risk his neck for his brother man?
(Shaft!)
Can ya dig it?

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PatAg said:

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Kinda weird to have John Legend sing it now, right?

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