Current Events > reminder: la la land should have won

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moonlight was boring
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La La Land was also boring
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nah, Moonlight was better.

but my pick would have been Arrival or Hacksaw Ridge.
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nah.

La La Land was a great movie, but Moonlight was something else.
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bluezero posted...

La La Land was also boring

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If La La Land had won, the SJWs would've been out there bitching about how the Oscar's are "So white" again.
So, from now on, we just gotta throw a token black movie out there, whether its good or not, and it has to win something.
We can't just pick the best movie regardless of what race the actors are. Nope. We have to diversify the entire thing.

Can't just pick which movie was better anymore. Race is involved.
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Caution999 posted...

If La La Land had won, the SJWs would've been out there bitching about how the Oscar's are "So white" again.
So, from now on, we just gotta throw a token black movie out there, whether its good or not, and it has to win something.
We can't just pick the best movie regardless of what race the actors are. Nope. We have to diversify the entire thing.

Can't just pick which movie was better anymore. Race is involved.

That's it, bro! Play that victim card!
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The judges obviously caved in to SJW demand.
If you think it's a coincidence - that the year after people are bitching on Twitter saying "#Oscarssowhite", and the very next year Moonlight wins, how naive are you?
t's like the referee that made the wrong call the first time, and tries to fix his mistake by calling the next penalty the other way later in the game.

Is this what you want, leftists? To patronize the African Americans that work hard in this country? It's like they aren't even equal thanks to your shenanigans.
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reminder: Oscars are ALWAYS about Hollywood politics first, and actual merit is an afterthought.
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Caring about the Oscars? Kek.
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bluezero posted...

La La Land was also boring

This lol. Outside the opening song and the last 5 minutes, that movie was a snoozefest.
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lilORANG posted...

bluezero posted...

La La Land was also boring

This lol. Outside the opening song and the last 5 minutes, that movie was a snoozefest.

vs
a movie that was a snoozefest from start to finish.
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armandro posted...

lilORANG posted...

bluezero posted...

La La Land was also boring

This lol. Outside the opening song and the last 5 minutes, that movie was a snoozefest.

vs
a movie that was a snoozefest from start to finish.

Meanwhile Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them was awesome the whole way through. It got snubbed!
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Caution999 posted...

The judges obviously caved in to SJW demand.
If you think it's a coincidence - that the year after people are bitching on Twitter saying "#Oscarssowhite", and the very next year Moonlight wins, how naive are you?
t's like the referee that made the wrong call the first time, and tries to fix his mistake by calling the next penalty the other way later in the game.
Is this what you want, leftists? To patronize the African Americans that work hard in this country? It's like they aren't even equal thanks to your shenanigans.

Or moonlight was a best picture worthy film but with an all black cast and low budget it didn't have a chance without the greater attention added to minority films.


Or it could be like you say and white people make the best films and anything otherwise is a rigged against the white people.


This is the kinda thing people mean when they say white people have a victim complex from a situation of power
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Reminder, the cryhawks should have run the ball. And @DezCaughtIt
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Caution999 posted...

The judges obviously caved in to SJW demand.

Or the voting members of the Academy liked Moonlight enough that it won. Any given movie doesn't necessarily have to be the top pick for everyone who votes, but if they get enough ballots with it in the #2 or #3 spot, that will boost the film.

But you just want to whine about the evil SJWs because a black movie won.
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Phantom_Nook posted...

Caution999 posted...

If La La Land had won, the SJWs would've been out there bitching about how the Oscar's are "So white" again.
So, from now on, we just gotta throw a token black movie out there, whether its good or not, and it has to win something.
We can't just pick the best movie regardless of what race the actors are. Nope. We have to diversify the entire thing.

Can't just pick which movie was better anymore. Race is involved.

That's it, bro! Play that victim card!

WTF are you going on about?

We all know it's politics first these days.
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"Like I say" is rating a film based on how well the actors portrayed their characters, acted, and how good the story was. (or sang if it's some sort of musical) I don't care if the actors are white, black, green, blue, or whatever. If the movie was good, then it deserves the award. The best movie should win - every single year. Regardless of what race acted in it. Basically, it's the same concept of "hiring the best person for the job - regardless of race"

If it wasn't for the SJW's popularizing the #oscarssowhite tag, we wouldn't be in this mess right now. Nobody would be questioning Moonlight today, and life goes on.

By even noticing last year, that no African American movies won...that would mean you're looking at race. You're looking for race. That would mean that you're race conscious. Being race conscious means you cannot see beyond race. That means, you cannot see which movies are better than others. The only thing these people care about is diversity.

By being race conscious 100% of the time, means, that person is...a racist.
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I don't get what was so good about moonlight. Black dude grows up in good,he gay, kisses dude, later on meets dude again.

The end

Like what was that even about? Cottonmouth got the oscar for supporting actor for the 5 minutes he was in the movie lol
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Caution999 posted...

The best movie should win - every single year.

That failed that all the way back in the 1930/31 ceremony when Cimarron won.
We just have to accept that the movie we (as in, the individual) like most may not win.
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Caution999 posted...

"Like I say" is rating a film based on how well the actors portrayed their characters, acted, and how good the story was. (or sang if it's some sort of musical) I don't care if the actors are white, black, green, blue, or whatever. If the movie was good, then it deserves the award. The best movie should win - every single year. Regardless of what race acted in it. Basically, it's the same concept of "hiring the best person for the job - regardless of race"

If it wasn't for the SJW's popularizing the #oscarssowhite tag, we wouldn't be in this mess right now. Nobody would be questioning Moonlight today, and life goes on.

By even noticing last year, that no African American movies won...that would mean you're looking at race. You're looking for race. That would mean that you're race conscious. Being race conscious means you cannot see beyond race. That means, you cannot see which movies are better than others. The only thing these people care about is diversity.

By being race conscious 100% of the time, means, that person is...a racist.

That logic is stupid and only perpetuated by people concerned about the status quo than any form of equality.


Yes the best movie should win, but when the best movie is almost always white it means either.

1. White peoples make better movies than any other race
2. The voting system is bias and flawed
3. Other races aren't making as many movies for one reason or another
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There are more white people than black people, and so, mathematical probability is going to rear its ugly head.
If you spin a wheel, and 3/4ths of it is green, and it lands on green more often over the 1/4th that is pink...are you going to be crying?

I don't think white people make better movies. I think certain actors are better than others - regardless of race. Maybe there is some privilege with caucasians getting their foot in the door in Hollywood(having an easier time due to their skin color- knowing the right people and having connections), but that's not my problem. Hollywood is supposed to be Liberal, so take your issue up with them.
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Caution999 posted...

There are more white people than black people, and so, mathematical probability is going to rear its ugly head.
If you spin a wheel, and 3/4ths of it is green, and it lands on green more often over the 1/4th that is pink...are you going to be crying?

I don't think white people make better movies. Maybe there is some privilege with them getting their foot in the door in Hollywood, but that's not my problem. Hollywood is supposed to be Liberal, so take your issue up with them.

Yeah but it lands on green 7/8 or even 15/16 instead of 3/4

If it was just more white people the percentages should still somewhat line up to national census reports

Unless it's some talent or opportunity gap.
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Could be opportunity gap. I would certainly believe that. It all comes down to what people have the right connections or which higher ups ultimately decide who to give an opportunity to. It certainly is possible that some directors are racist, or only want certain races for the roles.
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Arrival should have won.
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Why does Caution have to be such a racist and assume this is because they're black? That's pretty curious.
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Just because I talk about issues that the majority of people here tip-toe around(because you're afraid of approaching the subject), doesn't make me a racist.
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Caution999 posted...

Just because I talk about issues that the majority of people here tip-toe around(because you're afraid of approaching the subject), doesn't make me a racist.

I heard automatically making things about race makes liberals the real racists. Yet here you are.
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Caution999 posted...

Could be opportunity gap. I would certainly believe that. It all comes down to what people have the right connections or which higher ups ultimately decide who to give an opportunity to. It certainly is possible that some directors are racist, or only want certain races for the roles.

I would agree

Which is why moonlight is one of the cheaper oscar movies ever

So now that we agree it's opportunity over percentages and talent

Wouldn't it be fairer to say that instead of winning due to AA, moonlight got pushed into its proper position with the bigger spotlight on miniorty films and talent.
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To Hockeybub:

I'm just having a conversation. But...I shouldn't be surprised you'll take the low hanging fruit and label me as "X" so you can feel better about yourself.
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gamepimp12 posted...

Caution999 posted...

Could be opportunity gap. I would certainly believe that. It all comes down to what people have the right connections or which higher ups ultimately decide who to give an opportunity to. It certainly is possible that some directors are racist, or only want certain races for the roles.

I would agree

Which is why moonlight is one of the cheaper oscar movies ever

So now that we agree it's opportunity over percentages and talent

Wouldn't it be fairer to say that instead of winning due to AA, moonlight got pushed into its proper position with the bigger spotlight on miniorty films and talent.

I just think, ultimately, that being an actor in Hollywood, or even getting your indie movie recognized or endorsed by Hollywood is an incredibly tall order to fulfill. The odds for anyone making it are really low.

I have no issues with Moonlight winning - it's that the previous year Twitter tag put doubt in a lot of people's minds. I certainly don't think La La Land was that great, so...to say it got pushed to the proper position, is a fair and accurate statement. I just had the doubt in my mind from the politics from last year.
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Caution999 posted...

To Hockeybub:

I'm just having a conversation. But...I shouldn't be surprised you'll take the low hanging fruit and label me as "X" so you can feel better about yourself.

I will never feel good about myself, but I do like calling out hypocrisy and calling ducks ducks.

"Just having a conversation" is such a classic copout to justify saying stupid shit. And you definitely wouldn't be having this conversation if you didn't feel victimized as a white person or conservative or whatever is going through your lizard brain right now.
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this is about movies guys stop

i just want people to appreciate la la land's musical numbers cause they're all great
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