Posted on 01/18/2020 3:10:53 PM PST by Rummyfan
I only knew they'd announced the Academy Award nominations on Monday because I started seeing articles like "What Is a White Man Mad About in This Oscar-Nominated Movie?"
The mad white male they're maddest about is the titular "hero" of Joker, up for 11 statuettes, the most for a single movie this year.
Ostensibly, they fret that Joker will inspire "real life violence" (which, at press time, still hasn't occurred), but the real reason liberals never admit their true motives is that the film concerns a disenfranchised fellow Rebelling Against the System. And while Rebelling Against the System is laudable when their kind do it, the lower classes shouldn't be encouraged to behave in like fashion, because incels, mass shootings and Trump blahbitty blahblah zzzzzz.
As The Critical Drinker observes in a peerless video essay, a comparable 1993 film unleashed nearly identical outrage in some corners and, I would add, didn't receive a single Oscar nomination, not even a lowly "In a separate ceremony earlier this afternoon..." technical nod.
I can't speak to the worthiness of Joker, but with each passing year, this particular Academy snub looks increasingly absurd.
Yes, I really am talking about Joel Schumacher's Falling Down.
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
Thanks. That's a strong, articulate, negative review.
The target audience for that review is the loyal Star Wars fan base, to which I do not belong. I thought the first film was quite good, but I gave up after two sequels.
I'm sure I would agree with the reviewer about the Supergirl finale. No PC for me. Lecture someone else.
Some excerpts (language warning)
Fight Club - You are the all singing, all dancing cr** of the world.
The Arthur Fleck "Joker" character is not the same Joker who tangles with Batman. The movie takes place when Bruce Wayne is a young child, and Joaquin Phoenix's character is in his 40's.
It's left open as to whether he inspired the later Batman Joker.
It was good but no one will do the role like Heath Ledger did it.
And I saw ithe for free via the Internet. Most movies are out on the net within 3 weeks of release.
It is that Joker but nothing like the Batman series.
Much, much darker.
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