Don't know why I'm sharing this but FIRST LOOK AT CASTERLY ROCK FROM THE CANCELLED GOT PREQUEL !!!

'Blood Moon', it's an original story about the first Long Night, the Starks, Casterlies and Lannisters. Not based on GRRM's writing.

We can see the carved caverns of Casterly Rock thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones in these newly released photos. Naomi Watts was set to star in the cancelled prequel.

Here we go,y'all are seriously downright insufferable.........the thread is even more laughable than I thought

abduleez1:


Lol, that thing still dey vex me up till now... 😂😂😂
That's why I no dey waste time use am troll him fans any opportunity I get.

Saviour kó, Conqueror ní. 😭😭😭

Make I no lie, I use style happy small as that film flop make I hear word small with that nonsense wey Top Gun: Maverick cause.

Omo we dey d same boat because I no only happy,I don already dey wish make e flop especially as baba think say e dey untouchable to release film as the same time as the Barbenheimer hype

abduleez1:


Yeah, I remember but I think you have to qualify for at least one, if not all of the 4 criteria.
Most of these movies can bypass it with making up for it with their crew members if not for on-screen actors.

And there's that donation to a film academy or something like that for diversity. I don forget as I read am for one article.

I hope you post more on this thread. I know say you sef na oldie for here but you rarely post. 😉

You have to pass two of those four criterias to be eligible for nominations but you are right, studios can bypass it by making donations to film schools and whatnot and filling most of their crew with a diverse set.

Oga,na time oooo. I was still a teenager when I got to know this thread so I had a lot of free time kn my hands. I just couldn't wait to grow up. Growing up now,I don find out say adulthood na big scam. I sure do miss the OGs from Baba Koice to ishi and Jeromeblac fights,those two b like cat and rat to Trey Knowles, verified Stalin, purple,mj bolt, meobizy,nani and e mysterious WiFi,nickshrap,dande disappeared for a long time,came back only to disappear again and others who I've forgotten their names. The only OGs that I'm sure are left here are you,Oyaskii, Kaycee7 and maybe purple who are both not consistent. It was like after the pandemic, everything changed

Funnily enough,y'all made my teenage years and made me understand movies beneath the surface especially Koice,that man sure does knows his stuff

abduleez1:



What happened to ELEMENTAL that is generally loved by Film Twitter, MI: DEAD RECKONING with all the praise "saviour of cinema" talk about Tom Cruise didn't save the film from underperforming. Martin Scorsese's KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON is praised almost every Ékè market days on my film twitter, yet that film is a massive flop.
There's tons of examples to name but a few.

you no well,I just dey roll for ground with laughter, put some respect on Daddy Cruise name but seriously that "saviour of cinema" shit vex me that period,e still dey vex me till now sef

abduleez1:


@ Bolded..... Lmfao, dey play....

Poor Things with Emma Stone as the lead actress has a big lead as the most prominent competitor in the Best Actress category. It's a huge gap.
Based on the trades I'm seeing currently, there's no way she misses out on Best Actress nomination. She's the favourite to win it sef.

So, all in all, it still in the favour of Poor Things and it's also a Best Picture contender at present, based on the trades.

We wouldn't need to wait much sef, since in the next few weeks we'll start seeing nominations for awards bodies and the awards season will kickstart to full swing proper.

You no fit see shït to take use me do Dorime this season.

Una dey here dey give una own Oscars prediction for best picture. Have y'all forgotten the new diversity roll out criteria that is to take effect next year? the only prediction for best picture I'm stamping my foot on is Poor things,it somehow manages to pass the 3 if not all 4 criterias and maybe Saltburn directed by a woman with homoerotic themes, it's the "The talented Mr Ripley" of this generation

kodded:


5. Avoid lgbtq and feminisim agenda at all cost

This is not right without adding Black and indigenous people of color to the mix since we all wan claim "anti-woke",all 3 are the recipe for "wokeness"

abduleez1:


Nope... a mistake. It's till December ending.
November 15 was the deadline for submission of films for consideration.
But you have till December 31st to release in theatres in a major US market for at least a week.


Preliminary Oscar voting starts beginning of January. Nominations announces in January 23.

Oh kkk

abduleez1:


Joker did the same back then and debut with 66% thereabouts. It's final RT score is 69% and it was still a very strong Best Picture contender and a Best Actor and Best Score winner despite all the shenanigans of critics.

Also, Ridley Scott fighting with French critics ain't helping while saying "The French also hate themselves". 😂

Lol, Best Picture quality dey on board from ending of this month throughout December. Make na chill fess. 😭 I ain't doubting.

Cc Phr0nesis

Omo e be like say dis era, Hollywood just dey gbas gbos for critics, it's happening more often from moviestars to directors even writers and I'm so here for it even fans sef dey collect if dem no go watch but I no think say pesin like Ridley fit talk like that, whether the product you make is good or bad, majority of these critics can be downright harsh and I'm saying this for all the industries not just the movieworld

Apparently, Hollywood should know that their projects will always get criticized especially in today's climate when you are adapting a cultural figure,expect the people who owns such culture to come for you even if you have the best intentions,just block out the noise,fans who want to go watch will go watch regardless of what the critics say because they also have their flaws,they are Human at the end of the day so they aren't immune to money and being bought

BlackManta:


The self proclaimed anti-wokies on YouTube have weaponized this interview to push agenda

Wait!!!! Weren't you expecting it?
I love how we have laid out factors why the marvels is a huge flop which some people predicted but there's one factor people aren't getting into,the entire culture war,whether you like it or not,it plays a major role in these movies

abduleez1:


Great observation.

Napoleon is surely within the Oscar timeframe. I think Oscar hopefuls still have till January to release their projects theatrically.

Wait!!!! Movies released in January can still be considered?

iamoyindamola:

What's her name
Yes the Manchester United fan

That's my Choco Queen Fantasia

Ok,is it just or will the Oscars best actor nom be filled with actors playing real life people, don't know if it has ever happened before
We've got;
Leo for KOTFM not quite sure since Lily is lobbying for herself

Cillain for OPP

Bradley for BERS same thing with KOTFM except studio lobbyist are saying Carey is the star

Coleman for RUST

And maybe........

Joaquin for NAPO (not quite sure if it's released within the Oscar timeframe),just my guess though

Kaycee7:
Shitting on the MCU is what majorly brings in the huge views for him. He'd be an idîot not to milk it.

I'm so ashamed of saying but I really used to like him (hides face) but to be fair,he was quite moderate on the entire culture war and his personal favourite "the message" only for him to live a much sour taste in my mouth

oyaskii:
Maann. It might be one of Nickelodeon's best animation in history. The story and character development arc was so top notch. It didn't drag longer than required, inside 61 episodes, they gave us total magic.

The movie adaptation was always going to have a hard time replicating it, and maan, they didn't even make any sensible attempt at all. A very very poor adaptation, probably M. Night Shyamalan only L. It was so bad that they had a sequel planned but they had to eventually cancel it... terrible terrible flick.

M Night Shyamalan's only L? Or is the L subjective?

armadeo:



Male vampire I like lestat for the role with elijah Mickelson a close second.

Female vamps if Pandora or Gabrielle ever appears on a TV show and the characters are well built then possibly one of them. Off the top of my head I cannot see a female vampire that has held my attention.

Anne rice the vampire chronicles is one of the best books ever written and would be a massive hit if properly adapted to tv. The vampire lestat and Queen of the damned are in my top 10 of all time.

I mean Interview has been adapted with critical acclaim and also a smash hit so maybe we will get more.

Queen of the damned was a complete let down,the only redeeming quality for that movie and why I sometimes go back to watch it was Aaliyah's performance and the soundtrack was fire

I mean they both brought it with their performances, Sam Reid easily blew Tom Cruise's Lestat out of the water because he took the character to where Cruise was scared of taking it to evidently in Cruise's contract and Gaga put that Juliard's acting degree to good use,she won the Golden Globe for best actress in a miniseries the following year but let's be honest,who voted more for this? Gen Z? Even I'm Gen Z and yet I still acknowledge there were lots of TV vamps that deserves this title more not to mention the fact that we were only given one season each to see both characters in action,AHS :Hotel is even not on the list of best AHS seasons, it's just memorable because of Gaga and maybe Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates

Who do you think deserves that title?

PaganTerrorist:
😔😣

Please stop sharing this, it's not real.

Paw patrol,the mighty movie

They were like "let's rehash DC league of superpets,these dumb kids won't notice". Have they forgotten that kids are not so dumb today because it was my niece who even said this movie was basically that movie

Just in time for Thanksgiving but this movie is gonna flop real hard

nahr:


Well, you sure are entitled to your opinion. The thing is that people are always sentimental about an original movie and they tend to see a remake as not up to par or rather a shoddy put up. I actually hope to watch the original someday though.

Yep.... I'm the bolded but fair enough

nahr:
"Westside story" (2021) I saw a clip from the original on YouTube and I was immediately interested in the musical. I can't find the original so I have to make do with the remake. It's an excellent musical and the costuming, setting, acting is topnotch. Ansel Elgot portrayed Tony but I kept on seeing him as Augustus Waters from "The fault in our stars." Overall I'd score it 8/10.

The original was on YouTube some years back along with "Gone with the wind". It's obviously been taken down due to copyright reasons

As much as I appreciate Speilberg adding more stripes to his road because this isn't his lane but this fell flat to me,I just feel like it had no soul and this is from someone who watched it three times just to feel something and this is not to take a huge crap on the work and sacrifices of the cast and crew after awards were won with Debose even winning best supporting actress at the academy awards,they worked their ass off to deliver especially when you have a competition like "in the heights" filming in the neighborhood but i just felt it was missing something , maybe I'm just protective of the original because of my love for Natalie Wood

NaijaMemes:
With all the box office numbers that people were throwing up and down, you would think that such people would be watching those movies at the cinema.

So, it is pirates that majorly grace this thread?

Barbie landed on the high seas and now, people have an opinion.

Sha, here is my opinion-

BARBIE REPRESENTS THE WORST KIND OF FEMINISM- CAPITALIST FEMINISM

Feminism is not a problem- women deserve equal rights. The issue is that feminism has been diluted to support modern hypergamy and capitalist structures which are ironically oppressive to both men and women.

For instance, Barbie is a market product. A representation of the sexual appeal of the average american consumer- a white, able-bodied, slim blonde woman. This is not representative of many women. This is why a scene of different barbies was incorporated into the barbie movie- so that the criticism of "whiteness" and a lack of intersectional feminism would be abated.

Barbie is heavily marketed with pink. Pink- the capitalist colour marketed to little girls and thereby conditioning them to gendered norms. The same gendered norms that feminists wouldn't want forced on women.


I could go on and on. But it seems that people here prefer the nonsense written by shalaye masters from hyping box office numbers to writing anachronistic reviews of movies.

Awesome take and I'm with you on it critiquing "white feminism" while still capitalizing on it. Very Bitchie did an indepth look on it called "the plastic feminism of barbie",I think it will make us all question if Barbie is/was really feminist at all or was it just lip service as the brand became a capitalist staple.

One thing that's not talked about despite the heavy discourse on the movie is the glorious celebration of feminity. In a patriachal world, hyper-feminity has been seen as dumb, useless, downright weak used as a sexual status symbol that is only noticed when it's used to arouse men,I mean we see it on this forum,in some cases,most of us won't notice the women until they have some sort of sex appeal to add to the plot,I myself am guilty of this,not long ago,I was busy sharing my lesbian flicks (old habits die hard) lol. Go down to the front page and see people thrashing anything remotely feminine, feminity is mostly subjective to different countries, cultures and community, watching reality TV or anything focused on true love that's not focused on survival can be regarded as a feminine trait where most men see people watching Zee world,BBnaija etc as less than to boost their masculine ego. We shame feminity looking at it from a physical lens but beneath that lens, it's much stronger than masculinity,most women never weilded a sword or held a gun but they caused and also fought wars. Barbie shows that femininity doesn't exist in a vacuum,it comes in different forms and it's pretty subjective with the diverse barbies

At the end of the day,I think the movie which already has a cult following will have a lot of essayist, authors and intellectuals writing about it in the future,it will be what fight club was for boys

Saturnalia:
I love this movie. Brings back a lot of memories (especially that Christina Milian song “Believer” ).

John Travolta, Cedric & André 3000 killed it.


Be Cool 2005 - 8/10



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do6stckjOOU

Did you watch the first one,get shorty?

One thing I love about art is how malleable and flexible it can be, everyone can form their own opinions to fit their own narrative ,just look at people adding their own spin to the message in barbie

Calibrator:
Every piece of art has its target audience

Fair enough

Calibrator:
E get some kind movies respect for my ancestors who fought wild animals with bare hands and crawled so I could walk will never allow me to watch.


Why will I carry my hairy balls and download *Barbie* to watch?


Abeg when will Heimer be out on the high seas?

Make I find trouble small

Why can't you watch it though? Is it a threat to your masculinity? Lol

Kaycee7:
Imagine inventing and pushing lies just so you can perform outrage at feminists. Una go dey alright las las

Watch the soyboys call you a simp,e no dey pass their go to insult

Sweeney Todd

I am always protective of Broadway adaptations especially when it's a Sondheim classic but attach the king of today's fantasy and gothic horror Tim Burton (sorry Del Toro and Columbus) to add his whimsical and creepy spin but still stays true to the original story,then it's a hit

Johnny Depp shines as usual but live it to Burton's ex wife/then muse Helena Bonham Carter to steal the show, she's the definition of "I don't need to learn acting to become an amazing actress". The late Alan Rickman brought his snape-esque style and crushed it as the stone-hearted villain with Sascha Baron Cohen not far behind. The actors all showed their voice range with Rickman impressing me the most,him and Depp's version of Pretty Women is one of my favorites from the musical that is far better than the Broadway adaptation,HBC's rendition of "God, that's good" was as playful as I imagined it

Dariusz Wolski's cinematography portraying dark and grimy Victorian england was such a depressing setting that fits the movie perfectly but I expected nothing less,this is the same cinematographer for the Pirates of the Caribbean movies

My only gripe with this was Sondheim agreeing to them to remove the opening song "The ballad of Sweeney Todd" from the movie, it's like removing "The bells of Notre Dame" from Disney's "The hunchback of Notre Dame",the song was really haunting and an introduction to the mind of the tortured protagonist

I don't really know about this. Stunning visuals and a stellar cast that brought nothing but zest to their performances especially Mila who surprised me with her performance as a jaded villain scorned but the direction and plot could use a little tweak.

I love Raimi for stepping out of his horror zone and sometimes it creates magic(the spiderman trilogy) but this just wasn't one of them. Despite being known for his horror field,it felt like he was playing it safe and I give him props because it's like telling Nolan to direct a musical lol.

Tim Burton would've been a better fit for director as his creativity is all whimsical and magical and he has a bursting relationship with Disney so I wonder how he didn't even make their roaster

If Universal's Wicked can bring Frank Baum's Oz to life next year better than Disney's which I trust it will,it will be a huge slap on "the most magical studio" on earth

abduleez1:
The way sensually charged movies dey collect bookings for next year ehn....

Emerald Fennell is one director I'm looking forward to. I loved Promising young woman and Killing Eve. From the story,Saltburn is giving me The talented Mr Ripley vibes and from what the steaminess I'm hearing, it's going to be "Blue is the warmest color" but with two men directed by a woman

oyaskii:
lmaoo...i see am am say you dey you erotic phase 👀😂😂.

Add "Becks" (2017) and "Disobedience" (2018) to your list. An indie gem and Totally in the same vein with those on your list.

I can't believe I forgot Disobedience lol,apart from the charms of the Rachels,it was a solid story

It's like Rachel and her husband are in living their same sex fantasies through their art. I mean the first project Daniel Craig took when he was released from "Bond"age was to follow his wife's route and shoot a steamy homoerotic movie