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Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ is the first Oscar movie of 2025

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  1. [2]
    laughface
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    Sinners is currently my favorite film I've seen this year and I went to it twice in Imax. I hope it wins some awards as I think it really deserves a lot of them.

    Sinners is currently my favorite film I've seen this year and I went to it twice in Imax. I hope it wins some awards as I think it really deserves a lot of them.

    10 votes
    1. KapteinB
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      I'm just back from the theatre. This film is amazing and everyone (who enjoy dark humour and gore) should watch it!

      I'm just back from the theatre. This film is amazing and everyone (who enjoy dark humour and gore) should watch it!

      3 votes
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    cloud_loud
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    Kind of an encompassing article since I didn't post it's box office numbers. It's been having an insane run, it's a Get Out level phenomena. Truly impressive, Coogler is now one of those...

    Kind of an encompassing article since I didn't post it's box office numbers. It's been having an insane run, it's a Get Out level phenomena. Truly impressive, Coogler is now one of those filmmakers that can draw audiences like Quentin Tarantino or Christopher Nolan. This is essentially his Inception.

    6 votes
    1. babypuncher
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      I just got out of a screening, on a weeknight, two weekends after the premiere, and the auditorium was packed. This movie has legs. It's another nail in the coffin for the belief that opening...

      I just got out of a screening, on a weeknight, two weekends after the premiere, and the auditorium was packed. This movie has legs.

      It's another nail in the coffin for the belief that opening weekend is everything. More and more films are opening relatively small but keeping their audiences for weeks afterwards.

      7 votes
  3. IudexMiku
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    While I usually don't care for Oscars, I do hope Sinners wins all that it gets nominated for. I hadn't heard of it before I saw it in cinemas, but it's genuinely one of the best films I've seen....

    While I usually don't care for Oscars, I do hope Sinners wins all that it gets nominated for. I hadn't heard of it before I saw it in cinemas, but it's genuinely one of the best films I've seen. It's properly lodged itself in my brain.

    6 votes
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    moocow1452
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    My brother is dragging me off to this one, will report back.

    My brother is dragging me off to this one, will report back.

    5 votes
    1. moocow1452
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      Tuesday night, 7pm showing, a good number of people for a suburban area at a mall theater. As far as the movie itself, it was really, really good. It has a lot to say, but also it has that Cabin...

      Tuesday night, 7pm showing, a good number of people for a suburban area at a mall theater.

      As far as the movie itself, it was really, really good. It has a lot to say, but also it has that Cabin in the Woods vibe where you're going to have a different experience when you watch it again with more context. I don't know if we want a separate spoiler discussion, but I have more to say on that side.

      11 votes
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    charles222a203
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    I definitely think it'll be a contender (and should win) best score. The rest, eh, the Academy and horror don't get on frustratingly

    I definitely think it'll be a contender (and should win) best score. The rest, eh, the Academy and horror don't get on frustratingly

    2 votes
    1. hraesvilgr
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      If it doesn't win best score imma riot. As much as I really loved other aspects of it (cinematography, lighting, characterization, costuming, dialogue...) the score is fucking divine. I had no...

      If it doesn't win best score imma riot. As much as I really loved other aspects of it (cinematography, lighting, characterization, costuming, dialogue...) the score is fucking divine. I had no idea going in that it was Goransson, but I also didn't know that Goransson could adapt blues this well; but by the end, I was unsurprised to see it was him in the credits. He's a fuckin wizard

      1 vote
  6. [3]
    thereticent
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    Is it not weird to describe Christopher Nolan as "our own" in contradistinction to a Black filmmaker?

    For more than a decade, Coogler has been Hollywood’s quiet revolutionary — symbolizing, for the Black community, a figure akin to our very own Christopher Nolan.

    Is it not weird to describe Christopher Nolan as "our own" in contradistinction to a Black filmmaker?

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      KapteinB
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      I had to read it twice, but I think the author of the article is black and describes Coogler as the black community's version of Nolan.

      I had to read it twice, but I think the author of the article is black and describes Coogler as the black community's version of Nolan.

      9 votes
  7. bl4kers
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    Here's to hoping there are stronger contenders. I thought it was quite a bad movie all things considered

    Here's to hoping there are stronger contenders. I thought it was quite a bad movie all things considered

    2 votes