Hillbilly Elegy – Ron Howard's FIlm for Netflix

[shrader_loc Joined: Nov 5th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 185 View Predictions]

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WildforFilm wrote:

I forgot to mention this before, but I definitely think the general public will be favorable to the film. It will be relatable for those that grew up in small, run-down towns and certainly for anyone whose family has gone through drug addiction. I would absolutely be SHOCKED if this film was nominated for any Razzie. It’s most certainly not on that level, and no where even close of being as terrible as a film as CATS. It’s so strange to me that now since the critics have turned against the movie, the bulk of Gold Derby has too. Why are you all letting the critics speak for you, especially since the bulk of you haven’t seen the film? C’mon, you’re better than that.

 

people have been mocking this film since trailer was out. But I agree with you at some extent.

[WildforFilm Joined: Jun 20th, 2013 Topics: 2 Posts: 186 View Predictions]

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The trailer is more melodramatic than the film is. The scenes fit well when all played together as a whole.

[John Berchmans Joined: Jan 22nd, 2018 Topics: 2 Posts: 2921 View Predictions]

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WildforFilm wrote:

I forgot to mention this before, but I definitely think the general public will be favorable to the film. It will be relatable for those that grew up in small, run-down towns and certainly for anyone whose family has gone through drug addiction.

I’m not so sure about that. One of the biggest things critics have, well, criticized it for is that the town and setting is a caricature that’s not developed at all, and that it has so little to say about Appalacia. And the characters have been receiving similar criticisms. I don’t think audiences are going to relate to this film at all if it’s anything like the critics say it is.

The other biggest criticism was the fact that all of the politics were removed, so it’s not like conservatives will embrace this: they’ll probably hate it more than anyone else since they’ll say it’s “PC-ified” or whatever.

John's Best of 2020

Best Picture: Soul
Best Direction: The Midnight Sky
Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman
Best Actress: Viola Davis
Best Supporting Actor: Delroy Lindo
Best Supporting Actress: Amanda Seyfried
Best Screenplay: Soul

John's Best of 2021

Best Picture: Nomadland
Best Direction: Nomadland
Best Actor: Lakeith Stanfield
Best Actress: Frances McDormand
Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya
Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-Jung
Best Screenplay: Judas and the Black Messiah