UHD Review Everything Everywhere All At Once – UHD Review (1 Viewer)

[Malcolm R]

Is Swiss Army Man the Weekend at Bernie’s thing? I meant to see that but I guess it slipped off my radar.

Yes, except in this version Bernie farts constantly.

 

[JoshZ]

A movie wins Best Picture and immediately people come out of the woodworks to dump on it and proclaim it overrated?

Talk about derivative! Pretty sure I've seen that plot about 94 times before!

 

[Edwin-S]

This film is essentially a version of Douglas Adams’ “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series of novels. Everything about multiverse theory, down to the probability devices used to travel, are straight out of Adams’ writing.

Not even close to Adam's style and wit.

 

[battlebeast]

The Daniels win the Oscar Ang Lee should have won 22 years ago.

For what film?

 

[Ronald Epstein]

A movie wins Best Picture and immediately people come out of the woodworks to dump on it and proclaim it overrated?

Talk about derivative! Pretty sure I've seen that plot about 94 times before!

Of course, and why not?

We are all highly opinionated film aficionados. This is our passion.

This is the one place to expect people to dump on films they think didn't deserve the Best Picture award.

However, these are merely opinions. We promote lively debate here and one person's opinion isn't the definitive one.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I don't think any Best Picture choice will satisfy everyone. That didn't start with this movie and it won't end with this movie either. I happened to love Everything Everywhere All At Once and I am happy that it won. But there have certainly been other years where I just don't jive with a certain choice. So I've been on both sides of it, as we probably all have at one point or another.

The Academy had their say on Sunday night. History and time will have their say in the coming years and decades as to how the film is regarded long-term as part of the canon.

For example, we all know that Crash won Best Picture in 2005-6 over Brokeback Mountain. But now Brokeback Mountain is in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." Crash is not.

As with every film, we'll see what happens to the reputation of Everything Everywhere All At Once in the future as it ages and becomes a past winner rather than the current one.

 

[Robert Crawford]

The Academy had their say on Sunday night. History and time will have their say in the coming years and decades as to how the film is regarded long-term as part of the canon.

For example, we all know that Crash won Best Picture in 2005-6 over Brokeback Mountain. But now Brokeback Mountain is in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." Crash is not.

As with every film, we'll see what happens to the reputation of Everything Everywhere All At Once in the future as it ages and becomes a past winner rather than the current one.

There are probably several other similar examples, one of them being Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan. The latter is in the National Film Registry and the former is not. That was the year when the Academy Awards lost me.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

There are probably several other similar examples, one of them being Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan. The latter is in the National Film Registry and the former is not. That was the year when the Academy Awards lost me.

I was a bit before you. My head-scratcher was KRAMER VS. KRAMER over Apocalypse Now and All That Jazz.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I was a bit before you. My head-scratcher was KRAMER VS. KRAMER over Apocalypse Now and All That Jazz.

I had prior years too including the one you referenced. The final straw for me was the 1999 Oscars.

 

[Keith Cobby]

I'm not convinced Academy members watch all the films and often vote for personal reasons. But that's voting for you, often produces odd results!

 

[Jeffrey D]

I had prior years too including the one you referenced. The final straw for me was the 1999 Oscars.

1999- the year American Beauty won?

My pet peeve is in 1994- Forrest Gump beating Pulp Fiction AND The Shawshank Redemption. Seems to me both losers are now regarded as better and more memorable films than the winner.

 

[Robert Crawford]

1999- the year American Beauty won?

My pet peeve is in 1994- Forrest Gump beating Pulp Fiction AND The Shawshank Redemption. Seems to me both losers are now regarded as better and more memorable films than the winner.

No, in March, 1999 the BP Oscar winner was Shakespeare in Love.

 

[Jeffrey D]

No, in March, 1999 the BP Oscar winner was Shakespeare in Love.

So American Beauty won the 2000 award, for its 1999 release. I’m up to speed now.

 

[Mark-P]

For what film?

The only one he was nominated for 22 years ago, of course.

 

[Jeffrey D]

The only one he was nominated for 22 years ago, of course.

Are you talking about Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?

 

[Robert Crawford]

So American Beauty won the 2000 award, for its 1999 release. I’m up to speed now.

The year the awards take place honors the films from the previous year.

 

[Jeffrey D]

The year the awards take place honors the films from the previous year.

What’s your opinion on Gladiator beating Traffic in 2001? I thought that was a bit of an injustice.

 

[Robert Crawford]

What’s your opinion on Gladiator beating Traffic in 2001? I thought that was a bit of an injustice.

I was rooting for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

 

[Jeffrey D]

I was rooting for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Never have seen CT, HD so I can’t comment.

 

[shazzerman]

Whenever Shakespeare in Love is brought up, the inevitable complaint is, But Saving Private Ryan should have won that year. No. The Thin Red Line should have won that year.