I'm a movie fan. I'm a fan of contemporary cinema. For years I have been waiting for these days to distribute nominations and gambling and follow the films religiously and surf the forums and talk with people and goes to special screenings for journalists, etc., etc., etc.
So hey, it turns out there's a little Oscar. It turns out that there are even a few people who talk about it. Who would have believed I would not even notice it happening?
so yes; 2019 has so far been a mediocre year in the cinema, in fact, it's the ninth year I've been watching movies carefully over the years and summarizing them, but well, everything is fine, nothing is perfect. Sometimes a bad year breaks out. I'm not angry or anything, God forbid.
When the films in question were published for the upcoming awards ceremonies, I assumed that I would not know what they were talking about; And to my surprise it turns out that I am knowledgeable, and that is what makes the story sad. As I said, most of the films I saw this year are mediocre, and I expected that my lack of activity in the choice of films this year or in the limited amount I saw would make me look at the lists and say, "Woe, how I missed these films, now see!" And go download them from some pirated site full of new viruses That I could cover up and talk about who I needed.
but no; Most of the movies spoken this year are just not something. Those that were something I just did not see.
So what movies are we talking about for the 2019 ceremonies season?
One of the most prominent films of the season is "A Star is Born ", the novelty of the musical novel starring Barbara Streisand right there in the 80s, 70s, and 30s. These films are created dozens of innovations and disappear with the wind. But hey, we have a surprise - Lady Gaga, friends! Who is an amazing singer and a charming personality, but as an actress she just does not get too big a presence, she mostly sings, cries, and cleans the stage for Bradley Cooper. Cooper is not a bad director, but it turns out that he himself can not direct, because his game in this film is the most failed e-acetting I've seen in my life; It's so stingy that it looks like a poor drag of someone trying hard to look masculine with a masculine voice and nuances, and how can you eat those chewed-up male characters in the cinema? And another of Bradley Cooper, the one who does not offend masculinity any more than Yair is banned from Facebook.
But hey, Lady Gaga, and you all seem to be humming that "question," then he deserves to be nominated for an Oscar. Cool. In my time it did not work that way, and in my time I talk about three years back, but who counts.
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(The main thing was that the La-la-la was cute.) "A Star is Born"
Another movie we talk about this year is none other than .... (Drums ..) Black Panther! Wow! Guess what it is? It's a comic film, I think it's great, with great action and a terribly fun rhythm, but make no mistake, that's not why he's nominated for an Oscar. You know why yes? Because he's talking about the Black Panther! You understand? Blacks! Dark-skinned!
It is so important that they make films on these subjects. It is also so important that the issue of racism against blacks be given representation and candidacy. In fact, I wish we had enough films dealing with this subject in ceremonies, because Moonlight, 12 years of slavery, fences, Selma, running behind the numbers, flowers in the mud, the eight hated, Lincoln, help (and I can swear it is only from memory) - We did not have enough.
We want more, and more, movies about blacks. As many movies about blacks. slavery. racism. violence. The white man is the worst thing on earth, and let go of the fact that the white man will always be the one who will award the prize to the black guy he will receive and run. I'm just wondering to myself whether this endless need for representation at the Oscars does not make this important issue a kind of A self-joke that even perpetuates and reminds us that there is a difference between blacks and whites. Entertaining, business.
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(Black is the new gold?) The Black Panther
So if you wanted more black films, here's a black-and-white movie I've covered in the past about a black police detective posing as a white detective to fight the KKK, which, incidentally, is based on a true story . This movie is not bad, if you asked; In fact, if medium films are already nominated for an Oscar, I'd rather have such a film as one of them, because it has a creative, cool cinematic use to convey its story. The story is not so interesting and the film actually can not get any emotional response from viewers without the introduction of documentary footage in the pomegranates on racism, but hey, who said that only 'Waltz with Bashir' allowed?
For those who asked, yes, "Black on White" is a movie worth watching, but when there is nothing else, and if you are going to see a movie that is mostly about how racism is bad. Is it an Oscar movie? No; He is not classical, he is not sentimental, he has nothing to justify or explain his candidacy, except that he deals with blacks and whites, hallelujah.
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(This issue is so important that it is even the name of the film. "Black on White")
Okay, OK, I understand you're fed up with racism, but Oscar is not fed up. Another film that stands out in the headlines for the upcoming ceremony is "The Bill Street Story," which tells of a black girl who lives in the crime and poverty neighborhoods with her partner, who is apparently accused of a crime he did not commit, and goes on a campaign to fight for his innocence in any way.
In fact, this is the second film by the director of "Moonlight" (or "Moonlight," if it's critical), Barry Jenkins. Does it make me happy to see his name again? In general, no, because he simply reconstructs himself, and in May, who feels so sure to make a film on the same subject in the first 2 times in his career, must have a lot of courage and pretense, since everyone needs to know that not every movie that will necessarily be made to Oscar. Oh shit.
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(Moonlight was enough for us. "Bill Street Story")
Now we will reach a moment of seriousness, there are films dealing with other issues (somehow) with titles and echo for the upcoming awards season.
One of them is a charming film about our favorite singer, Freddie Mercury, in his biographical film "Bohemian Rhapsody." Rhapsody is a movie that is known to be a movie you'll probably like if you're a Kevin fan, and you'll hate it if you're just Kevin's fans; But if you ask someone who does not know what Kevin is about this movie, he probably will not understand what the hell is Rhapsody (what is it really?), Luckily it's hard to find one.
"Kevin" is a legend, Mercury is a legend, and this film is a charming and colorful film that manages to describe his story in a way that is simply fun to see. Is it necessarily qualitative? deep? Passing questions or plot lines that describe things that we did not know, or that cause thought beyond the final subtitles? No; But there's a beautiful head player (Rami Malik), good music, and a final scene from the remake of Kevin's last performance in the full lineup, which is the closest thing you can see to this show in Love. I'm fine with that.
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(Who cares about the details when the songs are so good? '' Bohemian Rhapsody '')
We are left to talk about one film that gets the most attention in the upcoming film season, "Rome". Netflix, a company that launches tabloids and cinematic content via the Internet only, succeeds in hanging out wherever it may be given advertising and new subscribers. She succeeded with the Golden Globes (with a large number of highly respected television nominations), and even managed to dangle in the past years with the guild guilds and the NBR.
In fact, Netflix was already able to cross that line last year with the film "Flowers in the Mud", which won a favorite nomination in the script and the sub-actor, and the year before were really close to the candidacy with "The Birth of a Nation" (both of which, But this is not the discussion right now)
The question that Netflix raises into the headlines is a fundamental question, even a very fundamental one, and one that only makes a headache from thinking about it, but one must think about it - what is cinema? Should cinema be defined in a movie theater, with red chairs and popcorn and blown sound, or does cinema not even relate to the way the film is distributed, but only to have the film exist?
Wait, it does not end here. If Netflix is a movie theater, why would not Facebook become a movie? Or perhaps the instagram? And maybe tomorrow I'll be able to make a movie and publish it in Instagram, and he'll be put on an Oscar for the best film because it will contain minorities / blacks / women!
Cinema is irreplaceable. Tried to cancel it many times and it did not succeed at any time. Not with the video, not with the DVD, not with the pirate viewing and not in any other way. Netflix is the first to pose a threat to this concept, and this is only because they do it from within. They go into the world of cinema, film prizes, the film infrastructure, and try to instill a belief that movies can be seen on a laptop, on a cell phone, on a bus, and lead, God forbid, to a situation in which people will laugh at the fact that we entered these dark halls to see a movie that can be seen while shopping on the iPhone. Friends, the beginning of an era that will cause us to lose a lot, and it does not seem that they take the time. Better the blacks and whites.