2016 Oscars

[THGhost]

Originally Posted by JTH

That's why I do it like this.

Star Wars: TFA Sucks!

Spoiler:

THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS 100% SARCASM AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY IN THE SLIGHTEST!!! Thank you.

Nailed it.

[snake]

Deep down Leo knows the biggest reason he won is because the mainstream audience wanted him to win.

[NinjaPug]

Originally Posted by snake

TFA didn't deserve any awards.


-a huge star wars fan who liked it

Yep. I enjoyed TFA but there was nothing special about it. I was even upset that John Williams got the nomination over Junkie XL for Best Score.

[snake]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

Yep. I enjoyed TFA but there was nothing special about it. I was even upset that John Williams got the nomination over Junkie XL for Best Score.

The score for TFA f*cking sucked. Star Wars movies have amazing scores (all of them) and TFA didn't have one track I can even remember.

[THGhost]

Originally Posted by snake

Deep down Leo knows the biggest reason he won is because the mainstream audience wanted him to win.

So true. I am glad that he finally has an Oscar now though, regardless of whether he actually deserved it or not.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Rey's Theme was the one single highlight of the score.

Junkie XL should have been nominated over Williams. Williams is no doubt an amazing composer, duh, but TFA was in no way a Star Wars-ey score. I don't know if Williams has transcended that style or wanted to do something different. He did amazing work on the prequels, so it's not as if the OT was his only great Star Wars run. :/

It was a good score, per se, but it did not fit the film at all.

[snake]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

Rey's Theme was the one single highlight of the score.

Junkie XL should have been nominated over Williams. Williams is no doubt an amazing composer, duh, but TFA was in no way a Star Wars-ey score. I don't know if Williams has transcended that style or wanted to do something different. He did amazing work on the prequels, so it's not as if the OT was his only great Star Wars run. :/

It was a good score, per se, but it did not fit the film at all.

I can't even remember Rey's theme. Only a vague note from it (were there flutes?)

Not even joking, I saw TFA 3 times and I can't remember a single piece.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by snake

Not even joking, I saw TFA 3 times and I can't remember a single piece.

Same here. He phoned it in.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by snake

I can't even remember Rey's theme. Only a vague note from it (were there flutes?)

Yeah. That's literally the only memorable or hummable piece.

But I don't think Star Wars won anything, did it? Just as well, I think it was kind of a garbage movie. Expensive, but still garbage.

[TigerClaw]

Just found this, it looked like Leo was giving everyone the finger.

[Krutch]

Yeah the score was disappointing. Maybe George just has a better way of communicating what he wants with John than JJ does?

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by Krutch

Yeah the score was disappointing. Maybe George just has a better way of communicating what he wants with John than JJ does?

Miller worked with Holkenborg (Junkie's real name ) for literally years on the score.

I wonder if JJ wanted a Michael Giacchino score from Williams (Super 8, Star Trek, Into Darkness, and M:I 3 are previous collaborations between Abrams and Giacchino; how much of those scores do you remember?), or if he turned Williams loose, 'cause it's freaking John Williams, and let him experiment however he wanted.

[NinjaPug]

The TFA score has grown on me the more I listen to it but it's very underwhelming compared to what has come before. I like Rey's Theme and The Jedi Steps the most but both are on the bottom of SW tracks. I'm curious what they with the VIII score.

My favorite part of the Oscars was hearing them play Brothers in Arms repeatedly when Fury Road kept winning.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Since I'm a sound geek my favorite part was this.

[ProactiveMan]

Making sense of the Academy Awards is a sisyphean task, and I salute you all for trying. I can never square the dissonance between best Picture and Best Director. I think most of the time, if the Winner of Best Director didn't direct the Best Picture, then neither is true.

[ssjup81]

I've always wondered how people are nominated and voted on.

[THGhost]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

I've always wondered how people are nominated and voted on.

By old, white, out-of-touch men, AKA, The Academy.