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How?
Opinion, that's how.
To be a masterpiece there has to be concerted opinion from a majority, and reasons given.
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I gave reason on DUNKIRK main thread.
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What are your Oscar predictions for any category? I think DUNKIRK will get a Best Picture nomination.
I don't follow many new films, if any at tall some years, nothing much this year springs to mind, Yeah, Dunkirk, easy winner.
No way. No "diversity" in the cast. Just a lot of white guys. Plus, it lacks a "strong, powerful, independent" woman in a major role>
I was kinda joking when i posted this.but...
I.just heard a CBC talk host.complain about " no people of color or Canadians "
and accusing Nolan of "rewriting history " !
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Dec 22, 2017 - 9:29 AM
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leagolfer
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Dunkirk was well-made & mostly stuck to known-facts.
A film that shows horrors of war is all to necessary, but not every film has to have that purpose just because platoon, Saving Private Ryan were so great & ground breaking in their portrayal of war doesn't mean that every subsequent war film has to copy it in terms of violence & drama.
Dunkirk is possibly the most original WWII combat film in the last 20 years.
Nolan reconditioned at least four real battleships that you see in the film as well as six or seven planes, three of which were real Spitfires, & Nolan also employed six thousand extras, that already gives the film high production values.
In-addition the mole/pier seen in the film was rebuilt from scratch to look like the original used in 1940, & it had to be rebuilt a few times because of bad weather.
Nolan could have accomplished all of this with CGI, it was his main objective not to, this film was made to re-enact the experiences of operation Dynamo with all realism possible.
The style alone with which Dunkirk was made makes it a work of art, its sets, props, & locations make it a beautiful to look at.
The Cinematography is one of the best things about the film , it is used to its greatest effect in dog-fights, high-lights of the film were the Spitfires, because Nolan decided to use a Jaws effect by not showing Germans, the super marines (spitfires) Messerschmitts, & Junckers are primary vehicles for battle action.
If it doesn't win best picture, robbery.
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Entertainment Weekly named it best.of.2017. They got that right!
Btw
I am always surprised too read comments like Andy Dursin's that the film is "uninvolving" .
The audience I saw it with was totally mesmerized. I dont think a single patron got out of their seat for the entire running time (noone even checked their mobile phone!!!!!).
Brm
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Dec 22, 2017 - 12:45 PM
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leagolfer
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Cox as Churchill is good. Churchill sometimes speaks quite softly threw the movie as he did at the tee-tee meeting with George VI, but Cox has his moments being outspoken especially with Eisenhower & in parliament, very moody, & some-what hunched, a-bit, good performance though.
As the Movie opens we're reminded of 1944 & we see Churchill walking the beach, thinking back to the horror's of WWI amphibian attack that went horribly wrong.
Churchill's fear is history that could repeat itself & the English channel could run red with even more blood shed, that will wreck a country & innocent soldiers.
Miranda Richardson is a good actress almost unrecognisable as Churchill's wife Clementine, she come across as a calm yet powerful woman, one that the great man is a little afraid of.
Good cast, script, decent chance of an Oscar
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??????
Film
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??????
Film
Biography of Churchill, 2017, Brian Cox lead, John Hurt was supposed to star in this film too, but fell ill at the time.
Title dammitt!
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Dec 22, 2017 - 5:25 PM
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leagolfer
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??????
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Biography of Churchill, 2017, Brian Cox lead, John Hurt was supposed to star in this film too, but fell ill at the time.
Title dammitt!
CHURCHILL.
Its made in England, so, I guess you wouldn't like it, I don't even know if its eligible, rated for the Oscars, I'm just guessing i haven't followed it in many years
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Now that wasn't so hard. Was it?
Btw THE GATHERING STORM with Al Finney is well worth seeling out!
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My Oscar prediction? That the most sappy, preachy, and Politically Correct film will win Best Picture.
You mean like
No COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
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