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Hantlers said:
I really thought Snowpiercer sucked. I just could not get into it all, there was nothing moving or even thought provoking about the entire thing except how stupid it was.
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This is a thread about how great Snowpiercer is. Please start your own thread if you are a Snowpiercer doubter.

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I watched Boyhood. I feel like it's more of an event than a real film. I understand the temptation to vote for it but feel like it's a mistake because these lists get looked at 10 years down the line and I'm not certain anyone will have watched Boyhood a second time during that span.

I can't imagine this ever being considered remotely rewatchable in the way that our true classics are.
 
Sirkickyass said:
I watched Boyhood. I feel like it's more of an event than a real film. I understand the temptation to vote for it but feel like it's a mistake because these lists get looked at 10 years down the line and I'm not certain anyone will have watched Boyhood a second time during that span.

I can't imagine this ever being considered remotely rewatchable in the way that our true classics are.
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You're probably right about it being more of an event. But to me that's what make it so unique. Linklater is really pushing the envelop here with Boyhood. Boyhood to me of all the movies nominated this year has the most heart and is by far the most honest. It didn't feel like anything was forced. The actors felt like real people to me and I really connected with all the characters. The message I took from it was that every moment is to be cherished and treasured. I came away looking the world from a different perspective and I guess that's all you can ask from a film.


In an interview Ethan Hawke said of Linklater: "He doesn't feel the need to hyperbolise life, to make life more interesting than it is. He thinks that it's pretty magical just the way it is. Most directors spend a lot of energy trying to show you how great they are or how fabulous their vision of the world is, and Rick doesn't do that". To me this description fits Boyhood really well.


No it's not formatted the same way films rolled out of that Miramax/Weinstein "factory", but who said movies have to fit that mould? To me a film's greatness is what it does to you as a person, what you take away from it and how it impacts your life, not how many hair raising moments it gives you.


To answer your question, yes I will watch it again, may be once a year, not only to be entertained by it, but also to serve as a reminder to me of how magical ordinary life can be and that every second counts and to not take life for granted.
 
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Oscars update:


- Whiplash deservingly won best supporting and editing. (called it).


- Grand Budapest predictably won most of the design awards so far.....


- Good to see Patricia Arquette winning best supporting for Boyhood, well deserved.
 
Best Original Score goes to... Grand Budapest.



Lazy - do you agree? I think it is well deserved, very unique, very iconic... Interstella had a good score too.
 
I have not seen boyhood and I ****ing hate it already. (Never even seen a preview either)
 
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