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Yes, I couldn't face Hacksaw Ridge, apparently it's very gory. (Also: Mel Gibson).
The Lobster is a very, very weird film but certainly worth a look.
I too am doing my Oscars homework. I watched Life, Animated last night and intend to see Captain Fantastic, Fences, and My Life as a Zucchini before Sunday evening. We'll be live-blogging again so I have to get up at 3 am.
On a non-Oscar note, I saw Get Out tonight and found it very entertaining. A bit of a genre hybrid but I think a strong directorial debut by Peele.
ETA: Avoid the trailer if possible. I'm glad I only watched it just now.
Andrew Garfield's over-exaggerated Southern accent in the trailer made Hacksaw Ridge a hard pass for me before I knew Gibson had anything to do with it. I've seen video of Desmond Doss; he did not sound like Forrest Gump or Eunice from those "Mama's Family" skits on The Carol Burnett Show.
Andrew Garfield's over-exaggerated Southern accent in the trailer made Hacksaw Ridge a hard pass for me before I knew Gibson had anything to do with it.
Was it better or worse than his one in Doctor Who?
I honestly can't remember him from his Doctor Who episodes, so I couldn't say.
So not only Andrew Garfield, most of the cast is Australian. Then Hugo Weaving as his dad.
Matt, 'Daleks in Manhattan' and 'Evolution of the Daleks' were his. The worst of the Martha-era ones, honestly. Set in Depression-era Manhattan and OMG.
Yeah, I remember the Pig Guy and the human/Dalek hybrid from those episodes, just not Andrew Garfield. I probably didn't know who he was back when it aired, but curiously that proved no barrier to having a vivid recollection of Tom Ellis from that same season.
He's the annoying one who's supposed to be from Tennessee or something! Wears a hat. Sucks.
I took one for the team and ahemed Hacksaw Ridge tonight.
It was good, but I don't think Best Picture good. Where the Hollywoodification of Hidden Figures hit me hard afterward, I felt it while watching Hacksaw. I can't even point to one thing, maybe the score was super manipulative.
Sam Worthington is the one who lost it for me on accents, I think. Might have been a similar looking other guy.