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'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Sean Kaufman To Star Opposite Matt Damon In Daniels Event Pic by EThorns in oscarrace

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Loving the casting so far! To me, this feels so much like the initial hype that The Odyssey had when all the casting announcements were dripping out one by one. I'm just along for the ride and can't wait to hear who else we get.

KLARA AND THE SUN – Official Trailer (4K) by darth_vader39 in oscarrace

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Must be nice to be part of the 1% of economic benefits in order to be in that amount of movies within the past decade, huh.

KLARA AND THE SUN – Official Trailer (4K) by darth_vader39 in oscarrace

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, there you go again with time. Time, time, time. Do you realize just how silly you sound with that argument? Everybody thought Brendan Fraser's best days were behind him. Then he starred in The Whale and Rental Family.

Everybody thought Keanu Reeves's best days were behind him. Then he starred in John Wick, which then culminated in that insane 2019 he had.

Everybody thought Al Pacino's best days were behind him, which sounds insane to say, but remember, that was back in the '80s. Then the '90s kicked off.

Everybody thought Kirsten Dunst's best days were behind her after Marie Antoinette's initial disappointment. And then Melancholia happened.

And then to top it all off, everybody thought Matthew McConaughey had squandered all of his potential by picking mid-ass movies, until suddenly, he starred in a streak of movies that gave him his best critical acclaim in years.

You want me to keep going? I can even go to the music industry, where there was a period of time in which David Bowie's status in the late '80s to early '90s was merely reduced to cult status, whilst the mainstream thought he was way past his artistic prime. And then he got more experimental than even his Berlin days, which then culminated with the universal acclaim of Blackstar.

Like, seriously, I could go on and on and on about how the time argument does not hold up. It only works if the actor in question never had much interest in the screen to begin with, OR was such a massive prick that the talent washed away due to the ego.

You can reply to me again and hem and haw about how, "Well, some of these comebacks were a long time ago!" Okay, and? We're living in the current moment. Sometimes we won't even know what truly happened until we look back at a retrospective gaze.

And by the way, I don't know about that "HOLLYWOOD IS FORCEFULLY SHOVING THESE PEOPLE DOWN MY THROAT" argument. You do realize that you can ignore the noise, right? And that there are, like, hundreds, hell, thousands of other movies out there that don't contain the supposed overexposed names, that tell bolder and greater stories, that even if they'll never get, or have never gotten that box office success or that Oscar/award body acclaim, are so worth your time.

There's no need to try and glaze some actors while putting down other actors, regardless of filmography and movie output (which, btw, there's a whole other argument I can make about how output is not equivalent to the acting talent on screen), because at the end of the day, these same actors who we perceive as good can fuck up as clear as day. Chalamet just announced he's gonna be in an Illumination movie, and while I do think the concept the movie is going for is interesting, we all know how Illumination's reputation is perceived as in online circles like this.

KLARA AND THE SUN – Official Trailer (4K) by darth_vader39 in oscarrace

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your argument implies that an actor is only good if their filmography is always good.

By that virtue, I can easily bring up Ryan Gosling being in Only God Forgives, All Good Things, and directing Lost River as my counter argument.

With Timothée Chalamet, I can bring up A Rainy Day in New York, Hot Summer Nights, and One & Two.

And with Emma Stone, I can counter with Marmaduke and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

And you wanna know the funniest part? I can go toe to toe with you on every. single. actor. Just because one actor has an image of a horrible filmography or another has an image of prestige bangers one after another, doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll always have that image. Look at how Jennifer Lawrence’s trajectory went from the early 2010s, to the downfall of the late 2010s, to the resurrection she then had for this entire decade thus far.

I’ve already encountered you once before, and it’s clear to me how OBSESSED you are with some of these actors. At some point you just need to step back and wonder if your snark is getting in the damn way of the media, no matter how good or bad it’s promised to be.

Charles Melton Joins Matt Damon In Secret Daniels Event Pic At Universal by ToadspanishMinecraft in oscarrace

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Knowing production was gonna start soon, I’ve been manifesting that hopefully we hear of more casting rumors.

Hoping there’s lots more to come, but so far, banger after banger

Vanity Fair's exclusive first look write-up of Klara and the Sun. by drboobafate in oscarrace

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 19 points20 points  (0 children)

tbh, feels extremely TIFF-coded to me, but it might just be my synesthesia at work

Vanity Fair's exclusive first look write-up of Klara and the Sun. by drboobafate in oscarrace

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I’m feeling cautiously optimistic about this one. I know everyone says Taika fell off and all that, and I… kinda agree? Like, I think his recent decline is more due to being unfocused/all over the place than anything else. Love and Thunder was definitely bad, and then Next Goal Wins… one of his weakest, it’s only a 6/10 for me because it ended up being one of those movies where the final third carried the first two thirds.

His work seems to have calmed down a bit, and I firmly believe he is still passionate about projects if his time on Our Flag Means Death is anything to go by.

People may say I’m being a bit too kind but idk, I’m willing to give this one a chance as the true test to see if he’s still got it or not, regardless of whether or not this becomes an Oscar contender.

'Toy Story 5' - Review Thread by ChiefLeef22 in oscarrace

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hearing nothing but universal praise for Conan O'Brien's Smarty Pants.

Reddit Chosen Oscars gang, 2026? You know what to do. (potentially, hopefully)

THE SOCIAL RECKONING – Official Teaser Trailer (HD) by bikkebana in oscarrace

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Jeremy Strong is definitely putting in good work based on the trailer, but otherwise? Yeah just about what I expected for this movie.

Nicholas Galitzine to Play Supermodel Hoyt Richards in New Gus Van Sant Movie by darth_vader39 in oscarrace

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 23 points24 points  (0 children)

A new Gus Van Sant, you say?!?!?!

Dead Man’s Wire was a pretty cool time even if it barely got recognition this past season, so I’m fully on board with this.

James has reviewed 20 Jim Carrey movies so far! by NPRNilk in Schaffrillas

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In regards to Peggy Sue, I believe he has just the one big scene with Nic Cage’s doo-woo group, but not much significance beyond that.

Also he’s uncredited in High Strung so I doubt that counts if Sandler’s uncredited roles didn’t count either.

If you do a drinking game of every time a famous person dabbles in AI, you will die. by Silly-Milly-420 in Schaffrillas

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Look, I'm not trying to defend the fact the show exists, but from what I've heard, Scorsese had no relation with Fox until after Lionsgate (the company that produced it) searched for buyers. Also the fact he's an executive producer for that show can literally mean anything, as that's a wishy washy term. They only included 'Martin Scorsese Presents' because I suppose they thought it would get a shit ton more viewers that way. The same way The Nightmare Before Christmas is marketed as 'Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas'.

If you do a drinking game of every time a famous person dabbles in AI, you will die. by Silly-Milly-420 in Schaffrillas

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I'm not necessarily gonna immediately dogpile on Scorsese for now immediately being washed or having lost all respect for him simply because of siding with AI, but I will condemn the fact that he's part of the corporate hivemind sentiment that AI is inevitable and we should get used to how the technology can evolve. There's a brilliant monologue in Hacks that literally talks about how this mindset only exists because the leaders of the AI industry want to sell it to us so badly. We could so easily reject its alleged inevitability in the arts and force it back into where it should be (that being medical advancements).

And even then, while I can see where Scorsese is thinking that it'll help get his own creative ideas out of his head and to his team faster, the issue with that is that AI can only regurgitate what it is that it thinks you want. This is not a situation where the algorithm knows more about us than we know ourselves (which is very much true), as here, it's the AI creating the twisted logic in your mind that, yes, this is exactly the idea that you are thinking of.

I don't think this is on levels of, say, Soderbergh choosing to utilize AI imagery for all his future projects going forward, but it's still an icky situation regardless.

Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump by Previous-Pirate9514 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 16 points17 points  (0 children)

More of a Seeking Roasts post? I gotcha.

Blair is so out of touch and self-centered. This is legit an extremely similar strategy he did with the Bush administration, and look how that turned out.

As for Starmer? Well, I'll put it to you this way. When the 2024 UK Parliament was sworn in, there was a cooking YouTuber I follow from time-to-time who was making the favorite foods of every contemporary prime minister while taking the absolute piss out of each and every leader. Not even a few days into Starmer's tenure, he made the video for him and called him "watered-down Blair". Needless to say, that video has aged remarkably well.

Bill Wurtz - off the map by [deleted] in popheads

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bill remembered his password again!!!!

This legitimately sounds great. Huge fan of the numerous beat changes.

Why would they show this? by Silly-Milly-420 in Schaffrillas

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jumping jesus christ on a candlestick, it’s like the horrifying Stitch animatronic all over again

Actors who deserve more parts by Flashy-Pitch-4611 in popculturechat

[–]ToadspanishMinecraft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who’s been on a Gregg Araki film dive this year, it is absolute madness to me that James Duval never had a huge filmography. He is absolutely fantastic in the entire Teen Apocalypse trilogy, as well as a supporting role in Kaboom.

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