Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn Halftime Walk (2016)

[AwardsConnect Joined: Jan 16th, 2016 Topics: 17 Posts: 3626 View Predictions]

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Weren’t initial reactions to Life of Pi a tad lukewarm too though? Regardless, no way will Alwyn or Martin be players this season.

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[jacob121 Joined: Mar 2nd, 2011 Topics: 29 Posts: 2179 View Predictions]

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AwardsConnect wrote:

Weren’t initial reactions to Life of Pi a tad lukewarm too though? Regardless, no way will Alwyn or Martin be players this season.

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That’s what I was remembering too but I went and checked and it has a 79 on metacritic which seems a bit of a stretch for Billy just based on these initial reactions. We shall see, though, maybe it will get a better reception post-festival. I also seem to remember that, although Pi wasn’t a critical darling it was almost universally praised for its visuals which many reviewers are singling out as a weak point (or at least not an asset) of Billy.

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[Tyler The Awesome Guy Joined: Nov 19th, 2011 Topics: 405 Posts: 7520 View Predictions]

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Well this is probably the first time in my six year history of following the Oscars that a movie that I remember that a movie was this in contention got this bad/mixed of reviews.

I say wait until it actually gets released where maybe it will get a second win but yeah it’s not looking for Lee and company.

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[JackO Joined: Jun 2nd, 2011 Topics: 13 Posts: 5482 View Predictions]

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It’s my fault. I have bad luck starting topics about movies.

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[Tyler The Awesome Guy Joined: Nov 19th, 2011 Topics: 405 Posts: 7520 View Predictions]

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JackO wrote:

It’s my fault. I have bad luck starting topics about movies.

I don’t believe in luck. Crap happens. No one can predict 100% how critically acclaimed a movie can be.

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[GusCruz Joined: Feb 26th, 2012 Topics: 54 Posts: 13347 View Predictions]

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Tyler The Awesome Guy wrote:

Well this is probably the first time in my six year history of following the Oscars that a movie that I remember that a movie was this in contention got this bad/mixed of reviews.

Joy had it worse — just last year!

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