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Originally posted by BabbsBalls BabbsBalls wrote:

Originally posted by thebronze14 thebronze14 wrote:

Didn't say it was exceptional...I said a decent watch! Was there big fuss about it? It was a story that seemed to grip the US 24 years ago so no surprise at the interest with it being revisited again.
I'm gonna sound like an old man here but the standard of films out now (well the major ones you hear loads about) don't seem to be of the same calibre of 10-15 years ago. Oscar nominees are generally decent the last couple of years but not exceptional like in the past. I'm very far from a movie buff. Am I wrong here or do others agree?


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Originally posted by heighway2heaven heighway2heaven wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by heighway2heaven heighway2heaven wrote:

Between Darkest Hour and that Thatcher bollocks a few years back, it feels like there's a real and concerted effort to rehabilitate the historical image of the British Empire

It is incredibly irritating and insulting the way people are fawning over that horrible old bigot. A cruel, nasty man who, even for his time, was a horrible racist and misogynist.
I also understand that actors are most likely to empathise with a historical character they have portrayed, but to hear Oldman eulogise that mass murderer is pretty sickening.


He is personally responsible for the death of millions through planned starvation and massacres and war.... but he DID win WWII single handedly (the Soviet's had nothing to do with it at all Wink)...

Anyway, just goes to show that history is indeed written by the victors.... or at least, those whom have sway over Hollywood.



I do enjoy the occasional wind-up chorus of "if it wasn't for the Rusians you'd be Krauts". It never fails to shut them up.
 
I haven't got to see I, Tonya yet, but I think a lot of people on this side of the Atlantic have either forgotten or are unaware of what a significant event this was in American pop culture and on the psyche. It brought a shift in how certain things were reported in the media, with every aspect of Harding's life being pored over in the media in a way that is almost normal know but wasn't then.

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The shape of water.

Saw this a few weeks ago before it won the best picture award. It was unusual and I still don't know what to make of it. Deaf woman falls in love with captured amphibian creature is kind of the gist of it. Visually it looked nice but there were token efforts touched on about racial hate and homosexuality that didn't really go anywhere and didn't make much difference to the film. 
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Originally posted by darmack darmack wrote:

The shape of water.

Saw this a few weeks ago before it won the best picture award. It was unusual and I still don't know what to make of it. Deaf woman falls in love with captured amphibian creature is kind of the gist of it. Visually it looked nice but there were token efforts touched on about racial hate and homosexuality that didn't really go anywhere and didn't make much difference to the film. 

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Originally posted by darmack darmack wrote:

The shape of water.

Saw this a few weeks ago before it won the best picture award. It was unusual and I still don't know what to make of it. Deaf woman falls in love with captured amphibian creature is kind of the gist of it. Visually it looked nice but there were token efforts touched on about racial hate and homosexuality that didn't really go anywhere and didn't make much difference to the film. 


She wasn't deaf, she was mute

Thought it was excellent. Saw it last night. Visually terrific, thought the soundtrack was excellent. Top notch villain.
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My friends are the producers of this Irish Film out this week The Lodgers

 

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Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by heighway2heaven heighway2heaven wrote:

Between Darkest Hour and that Thatcher bollocks a few years back, it feels like there's a real and concerted effort to rehabilitate the historical image of the British Empire

It is incredibly irritating and insulting the way people are fawning over that horrible old bigot. A cruel, nasty man who, even for his time, was a horrible racist and misogynist.
I also understand that actors are most likely to empathise with a historical character they have portrayed, but to hear Oldman eulogise that mass murderer is pretty sickening.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/03/10/in-winston-churchill-hollywood-rewards-a-mass-murderer/

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That piece is spot on. It really is amazing how history can be rewritten.
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Pretty sure it's Gary Oldman who won the award not Churchill himself? Bruno Ganz won a few awards and probably should have won more for his portrayal of Hitler in Downfall!
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Originally posted by jamo1 jamo1 wrote:

Pretty sure it's Gary Oldman who won the award not Churchill himself? Bruno Ganz won a few awards and probably should have won more for his portrayal of Hitler in Downfall!
And this is a film that perpetuates the myth of Churchill's heroism while doing nothing to highlight the atrocities he committed, something Oldman has been happy to go along with to gain awards and money.
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Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by jamo1 jamo1 wrote:

Pretty sure it's Gary Oldman who won the award not Churchill himself? Bruno Ganz won a few awards and probably should have won more for his portrayal of Hitler in Downfall!

And this is a film that perpetuates the myth of Churchill's heroism while doing nothing to highlight the atrocities he committed, something Oldman has been happy to go along with to gain awards and money.


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Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by jamo1 jamo1 wrote:

Pretty sure it's Gary Oldman who won the award not Churchill himself? Bruno Ganz won a few awards and probably should have won more for his portrayal of Hitler in Downfall!
And this is a film that perpetuates the myth of Churchill's heroism while doing nothing to highlight the atrocities he committed, something Oldman has been happy to go along with to gain awards and money.
 
Does it not just cover his war years ( not seen it) ? and not what went before/after  ie gasing Iraqis/reluctant to let india go
 
Surely the title would then be ' darkest hour (and the couple of hours before and a couple of hours after') ? which might not be the snappy marketing ploy they were looking for ?
 
Churchill - the non racist years ?
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Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by jamo1 jamo1 wrote:

Pretty sure it's Gary Oldman who won the award not Churchill himself? Bruno Ganz won a few awards and probably should have won more for his portrayal of Hitler in Downfall!
And this is a film that perpetuates the myth of Churchill's heroism while doing nothing to highlight the atrocities he committed, something Oldman has been happy to go along with to gain awards and money.
 
Does it not just cover his war years ( not seen it) ? and not what went before/after  ie gasing Iraqis/reluctant to let india go
 
Surely the title would then be ' darkest hour (and the couple of hours before and a couple of hours after') ? which might not be the snappy marketing ploy they were looking for ?
 
Churchill - the non racist years ?
I haven't seen it either, nor will I watch a film that pays tribute to a racist mass-murderer whose views were deemed foul and outrageous by members of the Conservative party. If there was a film knocking about the place claiming Hitler( I think Godwin's law is exempt here as the comparison is apt) there would be all sorts of groups up in arms about it. Rightly so too! But it seems Britain's favourite racist, the man who won a WW2 on his own, without even the slightest of help from anyone anywhere, must be cast in a golden hue of empire and nostalgia. 
History is written by the victors and the stories are then told by Hollywood, that is the issue.
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Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

Originally posted by pre Madonna pre Madonna wrote:

Originally posted by jamo1 jamo1 wrote:

Pretty sure it's Gary Oldman who won the award not Churchill himself? Bruno Ganz won a few awards and probably should have won more for his portrayal of Hitler in Downfall!

And this is a film that perpetuates the myth of Churchill's heroism while doing nothing to highlight the atrocities he committed, something Oldman has been happy to go along with to gain awards and money.

 
Does it not just cover his war years ( not seen it) ? and not what went before/after  ie gasing Iraqis/reluctant to let india go
 
Surely the title would then be ' darkest hour (and the couple of hours before and a couple of hours after') ? which might not be the snappy marketing ploy they were looking for ?
 
Churchill - the non racist years ?

I haven't seen it either, nor will I watch a film that pays tribute to a racist mass-murderer whose views were deemed foul and outrageous by members of the Conservative party. If there was a film knocking about the place claiming Hitler( I think Godwin's law is exempt here as the comparison is apt) there would be all sorts of groups up in arms about it. Rightly so too! But it seems Britain's favourite racist, the man who won a WW2 on his own, without even the slightest of help from anyone anywhere, must be cast in a golden hue of empire and nostalgia. 
History is written by the victors and the stories are then told by Hollywood, that is the issue.


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It's not even a good film, have a feeling they just wanted Oldman to win the award.

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