Better than the Oscars. \u00a0The Omars! \u00a0The Normanees for these Academic Awows are….<\/p>\n

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• Mad Max: Fury Road<\/li>\n
• Bone Tomahawk<\/li>\n
• Room<\/li>\n
• The Big Short<\/li>\n
• Tangerine<\/li>\n
• What We Do in the Shadows<\/li>\n
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  And the winner is……… MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. \u00a0George Miller to receive this coveted obsidian sculpture!<\/p>\n

  It was close.\u00a0 The Revenant almost made it into the list for sheer visuals and sound, and might have won, but it’s attempt at an emotional play with a recycled and basic revenge plot left it missing the mark and\u00a0made it feel like a wanting\u00a0presentation. \u00a0And that wanting tears back the beauty of the setting as you think of the director’s somewhat heavy hand. \u00a0Bone Tomahawk was solid, and\u00a0built an interesting world. \u00a0Sicario was very\u00a0interesting and brought an unusual sense of horror and conspiracy to the\u00a0subject. \u00a0The Room was a bit loose with its structure which detracted, but the subject was compelling enough to make it very cinematic; and the early escape was unusual and interesting. \u00a0The Big Short could have been annoying, but instead it was fun, had good acting, and it did some weird tricks with the soundtrack in the backgrounds of scenes, and forth wall breaking that made it exciting. \u00a0Tangerine was funny, great acting, and was full of culture making the definitive trans prostitution movie, and the definitive Santa Monica Blvd movie; it’s refreshing to see a lightness in a tough setting too, because it’s not all violins in the real world. \u00a0What we Do in the Shadows was just plain funny. \u00a0And the Hateful 8 makes the dialog in other movies feel mute and moot, with acting that\u00a0made you want to repeat after them; though it does get tired.<\/p>\n

  What I kept coming back to with Fury Road though was the score. \u00a0You knew what to expect, and when the score kicked in you could feel the anticipation. \u00a0Very dramatic tunes. \u00a0The opening moved fast, maybe with an off frame-rate, which hammered in the thesis of what was to come. \u00a0It felt like something new, an amphetamine rush in a desperate world with no quarter and no sleep. \u00a0The tone forwarded by the cinematography and editing contributed to this feeling of pace, which helps the viewer imagine\u00a0what it’s like to live in this science fiction setting. \u00a0And, you have to appreciate the amount of new designs to look at in the costumes and vehicles. \u00a0Fresh concept art always adds to the believe-ability of the setting, and lets you imagine a mini history for each piece. \u00a0Although the plot was basic, there was a still lot in it to think about. \u00a0And the plot-less ballets of action were pretty to watch as you thought about the plot. \u00a0The hits felt hard, even though a lot of the choreography was ridiculous. \u00a0And the ridiculousness just added to the cartoonishness of it, which is fine. Charlize’s\u00a0character was interesting because she had to out smart her villains to stay alive, and make strategic and willful\u00a0decisions to make up for physical shortcomings. \u00a0The position of women gives a lot to think about early humans and what we\u00a0might be like in different circumstances, and what it’s like to be physically vulnerable. \u00a0The loss of hope. \u00a0Redemption at home. \u00a0Corny, but clean and presented well, and reasonably\u00a0emotional. \u00a0It just put the most on screen, and that makes for good watchin’.<\/p>\n

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