#like they did so with margot robbie and ryan gosling can they continue doing this

[fvretts]

need tom blyth and rachel zegler in another movie together immediately

[justdaphne]

The Crows during Barbenheimer

Kaz

You can tell what color he’s already wearing. LITERALLY straight out of Oppenheimer.

“Kaz can you get Barbie tickets I already got Oppenheimer”

“6 tickets” “for Oppenheimer?” *stares* “Barbie”

Kaz was awake during the whole duration of Oppenheimer. He actually liked it.

Of course, he understands it. Everything. Afterwards, he had a discussion with Wylan for better bomb creations

“KAZZZZ I DONT GET ITTTT” “not everyone has the level of intelligence to.”

For Barbie, Nina managed to sneak some pink paint onto his coat

Honestly, he didn’t like it but he understood the message and was there for Inej (only) who was probably getting a tad bit emotional (who else wasn’t) So he tried his best to comfort her.

Jesper

A pink atomic bomb dropped on him

“CMON BARBIE LET’S GO PARTY I’M A BARBIE GIRL IN A BARBIE WORLD ..” He’s been singing that song non-stop.

Jesper slept during Oppenheimer. He was probably most awake during THAT scene though.

“I DONT GET IT WHAT DOES IT MEAN” “What did he say?” “HUHHHH” “WHEN IS THIS OVERRRRR” “Wylan this is YOUR THING”

“JESPER STFU”

A whole different person during Barbie. Got the Barbie popcorn, Barbie tumblr, even decorated his guns pink.

After the movie? A sobbing mess.

“I am Kenough. I AM KENOUGH.”

Continues not stopping to sing Barbie girl

Inej

Personally, I think she wore a less flashy color of pink..so dark pink? (Does she even have pink?) Well Nina helped.

“Inej what’s he doing?” yeah she does the explaining but not all of it BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE KEEP TALKING DURING THE MOVIE, SO SHE LOSES FOCUS ON WHAT THEY’RE SAYING.

“Please don’t tell me you plan on recreating that bomb Kaz”

She probably felt bored in some of the scenes.

During Barbie she had the time of her life. Laughing (Kaz was somewhat smiling because of that) Dancing in her seat during uplifting music playing and also tearing up. Especially during that line about the struggles of women.

She felt Kaz’s hands squeezing hers.

Pretty much comforting everyone else after the whole film (Mom of the group thingssssss)

Wylan

I think he’d wear black with a tad bit of pink to match both movies

HE ABSOLUTELY LOVEDDD OPPENHEIMER. He found it so interesting. Also inspiring maybe

“Maybe I can.. NO I WON’T”

Father son moment with Kaz about stuff . They were talking about everything that happened but most importantly if Wylan could recreate it but that’s dumb hahaaha Inej stopped it right away

HE ALSO ABSOLUTELY LOVED BARBIE. Ryan Gosling.

Laughing, dancing, crying too but he had to comfort Jesper.

The only person he could deeply analyse the movie with was Inej because everyone else was busy crying, comforting or Kaz.

“I loved how ..”

Nina

Dressed in absolutely the Barbiest pink you can imagine. And a cowboy hat.

In Oppenheimer she can literally tell who a character is played by. “IS THAT DEVIN BOWSTICK”

Most definitely awake during THAT scene. “I have a crush on Florence Pugh.”

After that, she doesn’t understand a thing. BOMBS. EXPLOSION. CILLIAN. that’s it.

She needed a whole 30 minute explain video.

“I come out of the cinema as J R Oppenheimer.”

“Nina, you know nothing about quantum physics.”

Like Jesper, SOOO HYPED FOR BARBIE. BARBIE GIRL. BARBIE WORLD. MARGOT ROBBIE. MOSTLY MARGOT ROBBIE.

“WATCH ME. DAAAAANCCEEEEE DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY”

A sobbing mess pt 2

But it’s fine because Barbie World started playing so she’s dancing again. With puffy eyes. #moodswings

“That..was a cinematic masterpiece. *intellectual statement*” but like 2 business days after the movie because she needed time to process and think and recover.

Matthias

Nina would PERSONALLY make Matthias try out a whole wardrobe. Black? Pink? Black AND Pink??????

“Nina, let me wear whatever I want”

“NO.”

He’s just there because Nina is there. Probably judges the whole Oppenheimer movie.

“Is that ethical?” “Is that reasonable?” “IS THAT BIBLICAL?”

But overall he probably was just silent during Oppenheimer.

But of course, he does have some statements about the movie #critic101 .

“So Matthias what do you think?” “It was a cinematic masterpiece.. Christopher Nolan.. *blah blah blah*”

He secretly enjoyed Barbie. Secretly. Maybe he said it was too girly for him but he secretly liked it.

“I’M JUST KEN ANYWHERE ELSE I’D BE A TEN”

Of course, he comforts Nina because she’s sobbing. Hugs her. Kisses her. And reassures her.

He tells her that he’s grateful for someone like her in his life and he thanks her for being as strong as she is no matter how hard it is. Which makes her cry harder.

[gayxenobladeslut]

POST BARBENHEIMER THOUGHTS!!!

(Minor spoilers for both ahead)

Went to see both Barbie and Oppenheimer last night (saw Barbie first and that is 100% how I would recommend doing it), and it's genuinely so cool that such an interesting cultural event happened with these two movies. They were both absolutely fantastic, and they genuinely do pair really well with each other in ways I wouldn't have expected beforehand, to where I would genuinely recommend setting aside the time to go see both of them in a row to anyone who can. I was extremely impressed by nearly every actor in both movies, with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Michael Cera being the stand outs from Barbie, and Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Rami Malek, Emily Blunt, and many of the others were absolutely phenomenal in Oppenheimer.

For Barbie, I loved the sense of humor it has, with many of the jokes landing really well in a way that I feel like most people can relate to. All of the stuff with Ken throughout the movie was consistently really funny, and the contrast between Barbie and Ken and their experiences was really well done and served to elevate both the humor and the message of the movie. The message was great, delivered very deliberately to where I genuinely do not understand how so many people online are able to misunderstand it when there are points where the characters (literally) turn to the camera and say it directly to you lol. It was also genuinely very heartfelt and self aware in ways that were quite refreshing, and used what the movie itself even is to create more powerful comedic and serious moments. The musical scene with the Kens was probably my favorite scene, but also the scenes towards the end of the movie in general were stand outs as well.

As for Oppenheimer, I barely know where to begin. This movie is incredible, and if you can see it in IMAX you absolutely need to make it a priority to do so. The cinematography, the use of the contrast between color and bw shots to illustrate perspective shifts, the lighting, the effects (HOW WAS NONE OF IT CGI???), everything was just phenomenal. The movie is an excellent character study of Oppenheimer himself, and makes it pretty explicit that he was objectively a pretty bad person, while also making a broader point about the people around him and the systems in place in the US on a political and societal level being self-contradicting in the same way he is, and similarly being rotten to the core. There is basically no good guy to really root for in this movie, and I love that sense of ambiguity. The usage of the intense white lighting effect to illustrate the lasting effect of the bomb, and of some extremely loud audio to supplement it, was amazing, with the scene in the gym/auditorium/bleachers being by far the best scene of the movie due to this. Everything in the movie points to just how conflicted Oppenheimer was as a person, and how that negatively impacted every facet of his life as he continuously chose to avoid taking sides while still seeking more and more power and notability, with the scene with the apple at the very beginning of the movie priming the audience for what's to come from him incredibly well. The final section of the movie was also quite well done, with the twists surrounding RDJ's character being really clever and well set up throughout the movie as well, even if the bits to set this up and the senate confirmation/security clearance scenes did drag out a little bit following the bomb drop. Overall an incredible movie and experience. Also this movie has one of the strangest sex scenes I've ever seen and it's amazing lmaoooooooooo

In general, I had a great time, and really feel happy that I got to see both of these movies together like this, and would highly recommend both of them to basically anyone!!!

[thatstormygeek]

Margot Robbie did a fine job in Barbie and I do enjoy watching her performance, but the role itself just wasn't that…interesting? It didn't give her all that much to do. And yes, ha ha, real life imitating art with the man getting nominated, but giving the lead actress an award nod just because she's a woman in the feminism 101 movie isn't great either.

The things the author suggests should be rewarded - defying all critical expectations, making moviegoing fun again, and the message about women having to work twice as hard - are not things the best actress category is about, as far as I know. (which isn't far, because I quit watching awards shows before I even joined facebook, and I quit facebook years back)

I'd imagine those are more things for the best picture category. Maybe screenplay. Editing? Costume? Those kinds of categories as well, depending. But not necessarily actor. Again, though, what do I know.

Something, I suppose, because Barbie does have a Best Picture, nomination. And adapted screenplay (yeah, I bristled at that, too, but it does fit with the usual way things are sorted, even if I'd quibble with that usual way).

Oh, shit, they got a costume design and production design nomination as well. Maybe I'm not as clueless as I assumed (to be clear, I hadn't seen this article when I wrote everything above this paragraph).

Now, it should be added that Gerwig and Robbie were nominated — just not for best director and best actress. Gerwig got a nod for best adapted screenplay for the film, which she co-wrote with Noah Baumbach. And Robbie's work as executive producer, for which she is up for Best Picture, included convincing Mattel to take real risks in how the character and the company was portrayed.

Oh wait, what? You mean, they are actually being recognized for some of the work they did? Damn.

And I want to really emphasize that we are talking about the Academy Awards, right? Like, the Olympics for movies, I guess. As in, few even get to that level of recognition/competition, let alone get nominated, let alone win.

So when you have a single movie hoovering nominations, there are that many more projects that don't even get into the running. So. Yano. Just to keep things in perspective here.

Back to Robbie's performance - it's not that she wasn't good, but there wasn't much there there. Barbie was the character around which the movie revolved, so her purpose was mostly to...be. I believe Robbie very much has the range for a Best Actress Oscar. This role, though? Not so much.

You know what role in Barbie did have that range more than the titular lead? Gloria. She's the one who delivered the fucking feminist monologue.

Actually, we can continue the art copies life copies art reading of the situation: the outrage over Ken getting a nom when Barbie didn't has completely overshadowed America Ferrera's nomination altogether. A white woman did not receive the praise many felt she'd earned by simply existing and being pretty while the recognition of a Latina's hard work gets handwaved away as a "nice, but." Sure, it's nice that the woman who absolutely nailed the most relatable part in the movie gets nominated, but it doesn't matter as much because Barbie herself did not. And yes, a lot of that Robbie snub outrage is because Ryan Gosling did get a nod. But folks are pissed about the lack of a nomination itself as well.

This is already way too long and I haven't touched on the Best Director part yet. Though there isn't nearly as much for me to say, either. I don't know why the Academy didn't pick Gerwig over someone else who got nominated. I can't argue it wasn't a decision based in misogyny.

What I can, and do, take issue with is the LA Times writer's need to be awful about the other projects in her attempt to somehow prove Gerwig was being unfairly treated. And doing so while tying in the historic nomination of a Native American actress is just bad. Especially considering the horrid smallpox joke and absolutely pointless Mount Rushmore gag that made it all the way through to Barbie's final product. (seriously, though, did nobody say anything? or did gerwig & co just overrule?)

The state of feminism right now makes me sad and tired and articles like this are doing nothing to help. Barbie shouldn't have been seen as revolutionary by so many of my friends, and yet. I can't believe we've managed to get to a place where I long for the fucking 90s.

[getmemymicroscope]

It's weird, because technically, The Big Short is not my "favorite" movie of 2015. Not even in my top-5, though it does make the top-10. (Currently, the list goes:

Inside Out Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Intern Pitch Perfect 2 Spotlight Ex Machina Ant-Man The Big Short Spectre The Hateful Eight

And yes, I do have a list - going all the way back to 1988, though up until 1994 its an incomplete list cuz I haven't seen 10+ movies from that year.)

And, of course, things fluctuate, though 2015 was long enough ago that most fluctuations now would only be if I watched something I'd never seen before and thought it should be on the list - not moving any of these movies up/down. However, with that said - the movies in terms of "most times rewatched" would be 1. The Big Short, 2. Ant-man, 3. The Force Awakens (all during its initial theatrical release), and 4. Spectre, with everything else coming in at "just once."

There's just something about this movie - the cast, the plot, the way it is able to take this insanely (and unnecessarily) complex topic and make it not only somewhat understandable, but also entertaining and fun (well, as fun as this topic could possibly be) - much in the same way that the Moneyball book turned into the Moneyball movie and, to swerve away from Michael Lewis, how the The Devil Wears Prada book turned into the The Devil Wears Prada movie - that makes it an absolute gem to rewatch over and over again. I've yet to read this book (though, given my love for the movie, I definitely will give it a shot at some point), so I can't for sure talk about what made the movie and what didn't (unlike Moneyball, but they did a wonderful job there of making the movie entertaining in its own way, without going into the history of baseball statistics - which was excellent reading for a baseball fan, but would've been mind-numbingly dull movie content).

Of course, this movie also shows us so, so much about the greed, corruption, and outright disgusting reality of the people in charge - the people that caused an economic collapse simply because they only cared about making money, and the people that have continued on in the same ways even after that fact. Because they know they're too powerful to be allowed to suffer, and they can just shift the blame to other people who can't defend themselves.

All the cameos were excellent - Margot Robbie and Selena Gomez and Anthony Bourdain, of course, in explaining complex topics in less complex terms; but also, Schmidt from New Girl (Max Greenfield), Brad Pitt (fine, he's on the poster, but really it feels like more of a slightly extended cameo), Karen Gillan (who, before this viewing, I hadn't even realized was in for a very small bit), and Marisa Tomei. And, of course, Steve Carell, Christian Bale, and a disgusting anti-hero protagonist Ryan Gosling absolutely killed it, as did the guys from the small start-up firm, and the trio of Carell's colleagues.

The scene, towards the end of the time in Vegas, where Pitt turns to those small start-up guys and explains just how damning it is that they are celebrating a deal - and what it means for the country, the people - is outright haunting; additionally, the scene in Vegas where Carell is having dinner with that morally bankrupt guy, the scene where Carell and his crew meet with Greenfield and friend, and that near-the-end scene where Carell tells Jeremy Strong how it is going to play out - they're all so well filmed, but also, so, so disturbing.

This country is 100% run by kooks who don't deserve a shred of anything to do with power, let alone all the power they are able to just buy for themselves because those with power are so morally, ethically, and otherwise for sale. And yet, here we sit, years later - and essentially nothing has changed. These people are just straight-up criminal and are a good example of what is wrong with people.

But this movie is damn excellent and, while it released in a movie with a ton of very fun/excellent movies that may have been more 'fun' in a one-time viewing competition (as portrayed by my list above), is undoubtedly one of my favorite movies to watch. Ever. And, if/when I get a more stable housing situation and, with that, a DVD collection of favorite movies, this one will definitely be one of them.

[ryanmeft]

Academy Awards 2018 Early Predictions: Acting

This is the second part of my predictions. Part One is here: http://ryanmeft.tumblr.com/post/179282562622/academy-awards-2018-early-predictions-picture

Actor in a Leading Role

John David Washington for BlackkKlansman

Lucas Hedges for Boy Erased*

Ryan Gosling for First Man

Stephan James for If Beale Street Could Talk*

Bradley Cooper for A Star is Born

Last year, this award was a foregone conclusion, with Gary Oldman’s excellent performance in Darkest Hour winning all of the things. This year is unlikely to see any single performance that hits that many Oscar buttons. Washington, Gosling, and Cooper are almost certain to be on the list. After that, James seems likely, and again, if Beale Street does well otherwise it massively enhances his prospects at a time when Oscar needs the optics. Christian Bale acts under similarly heavy makeup in Vice as Oldman did, but playing a much less revered historical personage in the guise of almost-universally-reviled former VP Dick Cheney. Eastwood also has a shot, as The Mule seems a return to form for him, but his lack of appeal to younger audiences may hurt him. Lucas Hedges is one of the most promising young actors in film, and my prediction is that Oscar’s younger, newer voters will put his universally acclaimed turn as a gay teen subjected to bogus conversion therapy over the top. Right now, which of these will win---or even if I’m right about the nominees---is harder to call than it has been in years.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Steve Carell for Beautiful Boy

Michael B. Jordan for Black Panther

Ben Foster for Leave No Trace

Sam Rockwell for Vice

Robert Duvall for Widows

There’s been a serious push for Jordan to get nominated for his stellar work as the deeply damaged antagonist of the mega-hit Black Panther, and doing so would both be deserved and signal that the new Oscar is willing to consider performances the old Oscar never would. I think he’ll be in there, but not win. Foster’s powerful performance will give Leave no Trace one of its few nominations. Duvall, an Oscar favorite, playing a charismatic power broker is a perfect role for him and will hand him his eighth acting nomination. Last year’s winner Rockwell will be up again for what looks like a timely comedic take on the 43rd President; still, he has a much better chance at a Globe for such a role. Carell will continue to show he’s even better at being serious than being funny with a nomination. If I had to guess, sight unseen, Carell and Duvall will duke it out, with Rockwell a possible spoiler.

Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees

Julia Roberts for Ben is Back

Melissa McCarthy for Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Saoirse Ronan for Mary, Queen of Scots

Felicity Jones for On The Basis of Sex

Viola Davis for Widows

The need to appeal to younger audiences, and the votes of new members, will push Melissa McCarthy’s heavily acclaimed first major dramatic role onto the list. It may also make Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie’s role in Leave No Trace a similar starmaking nomination as Jennifer Lawrence’s in Winter’s Bone; the two films share a director. I think Davis will take a spot instead, though, and Roberts will get one for what’s looking like her most acclaimed role since she won for Erin Brockovich back in 2000. Jones and Ronan are locks in the year of #MeToo for playing powerful women who took no shit.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Nicole Kidman for Boy Erased

Michelle Yeoh for Crazy Rich Asians

Claire Foy for First Man

Amanda Seyfried for First Reformed

Margot Robbie for Mary, Queen of Scots

I’m making a bold prediction: Yeoh could win this award. She was the one and only standout element in what was otherwise essentially a long episode of a soap opera, and boy did she stand out. Her performance was excellent, but the need for more varied winners may help push her over the top. Her most serious competition will be Robbie, whose turn as the embattled Elizabeth I carries startling power even in trailers. Seyfried will be the surprise bonus pick, but won’t stand a chance; she, Kidman and Foy will be “happy just to be nominated”.

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