Careercow Robert Chipman / Bob / Moviebob / "Movieblob" - Middle-Aged Consoomer, CWC with a Thesaurus, Ardent Male Feminist and Superior Futurist, the Twice-Fired, the Mario-Worshipper, publicly dismantled by Hot Dog Girl, now a diabetic

[The Littlest Shitlord]

Unironically "Hollywood is Racist Because the Movie Starring the Wrong Black Man Won"

It's an excellent example of how authoritarian the social justice movement really is. The merits of Green Book as a pro-black/anti-racist movie are irrelevant; what matters is that the SJWs told Hollywood who to pick, they didn't, and now they must be punished. That's all there is to it. And Bob takes part in this because of course he does, the authoritarian tool.

 

[Heckler1]

And one just won for 2018.

THIS MOVIE IS LITERALLY ABOUT A BLACK GAY MAN BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN 1960S SOUTHERN AMERICA, AND THEY'RE COMPLAINING IT ISN'T WOKE ENOUGH!

Much like Bob's hunger for all you can eat buffets, there will never be enough.

 

[LaughingJoke]

Just happy Black Panther losing to Green Book has probably ruined Blobby's night.

 

[LiquidKid]

Just happy Black Panther losing to Green Book has probably ruined Blobby's night.

That’s sad when you think about it. Something as insignificant as the academy awards has crushed this man and put him in a bad mood

 

[Godzilla@1989]

That’s sad when you think about it. Something as insignificant as the academy awards has crushed this man and put him in a bad mood

Let’s also keep in mind that he was with friends and family tonight, so I could imagine that he was sperging in front of them when Green Book was announced as Best Picture.

 

[Mr Snek]

So let me get this straight, because I never saw The Green Book. From what I can gather it's the story of a black pianist and a racist white bouncer travelling through the deep south together, overcoming their differences and becoming friends. It's also meant to accurately portray some of the injustices and horrific scenes they witnessed in the deep south. And people manage to believe that it winning an Oscar is racist? What the ever loving fuck?

It should be the very definition of antiracist. Not to mention it sounds like a genuinely enjoyable and thought provoking story.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

So let me get this straight, because I never saw The Green Book. From what I can gather it's the story of a black pianist and a racist white bouncer travelling through the deep south together, overcoming their differences and becoming friends. It's also meant to accurately portray some of the injustices and horrific scenes they witnessed in the deep south. And people manage to believe that it winning an Oscar is racist? What the ever loving fuck?

It should be the very definition of antiracist. Not to mention it sounds like a genuinely enjoyable and thought provoking story.

It's because a white man is in it and they act like it's a "White savior" story.

 

[Emperor Julian]

The oscars this year where pretty thin pickings, nothing was really world breaking. The tacit subtext of black panther was it deserved to win the oscars because of what it represented rather than what it did damns it with faint praise.

 

[Ecto-1A]

Wonder if Blobbo compares Green Book to Driving Miss Daisy? That win was out of nowhere it seems.

 

[KO 864]

The oscars this year where pretty thin pickings, nothing was really world breaking. The tacit subtext of black panther was it deserved to win the oscars because of what it represented rather than what it did damns it with faint praise.

I dunno. Spider-verse was groundbreaking from an animation stand point and I'm really glad the academy recognised it instead of giving it to Incredibles because "lul Disney".

I can't say there were a lot of amazing films up for best picture though, but out of them I would say that GB probably did deserve to win (or at least didn't not deserve to win), though part of me suspects it won because the academy isn't fond of a musician elbowing their way into the movie industry, nor giving it to a film that is primarily available via streaming. The Favourite probably should have one in my opinion, though that probably would have gotten ever bigger cries of racism? I honestly can't say there were any winners this year that didn't deserve it, which is always a rare sight for these prestigious awards.

 

[cypocryphy]

If it was before the 2010's, lefties would have been happy the artsy movie about racism in the south beat the disposable capeshit movie. It's weird how times change.

 

[The tired cat]

Meh, not that surprised about Green Book getting an award. Mostly because it being a sort of "biopic" movie already gave an impression it was gunning for an award. It's kinda a pattern with those type of movies, they either pick some obscure persona or someone really famous, though there's also a problem that a good portion of those movie suck nuts cough2Pacmoviecough

 

[Someone in a Tree]

The morons complaining about Green Book winning are sarcastically throwing around that "thanks for ending racism" bon mot as if the filmmakers are actually that delusional. Meanwhile, they are all busy throwing huzzahs to a superhero movie that ends with a billionaire king pumping money into inner city programs as if that is any less of a fairytale.

 

[Well Intentioned]

I find it hilarious that Bob and his ilk don’t remember that a gay black film called Moonlight won Best Picture in 2016.

This implies that he is aware of anything that isn't under the capeshit/Hollywood 'blockbuster' tentpole.

 

[The tired cat]

Eh, I'll give Bobo one thing, only time I partially agreed with his whale sized ass is when he talked about the 1st Expendables movie. I honestly never understood what people saw in that movie, from a film making stand point all the actions scenes were filmed terribly as Stallone cannot make an action scene to save his life. Some of the writing was just as bad as Stallones writing in Rambo 3 and hell for all the talk about "Oh, it's a love letter to 80's movie" if anything it felt like a love letter to every BAD 80's action movie stuff like Cobra or whatever garbage you'd see at your store made by some unknown hacks.

 

[KillThemCrackasBabies]

Why do liberals even hate Green Book? It wasn’t best picture quality(none of them were) but it wasn’t a bad film by any means. It was better than Black Panther

I went looking because I too had no idea what the problem was. Apparently the guy it's based on didn't like his driver or whites in general, and the family didn't like how they made a movie about him buddying up with a cracka.

Shirley's relatives condemned the film, stating they were not contacted by studio representatives until after development, and that it misrepresented Shirley's relationship with his family. Don's brother, Maurice Shirley, said "My brother never considered Tony to be his 'friend'; he was an employee, his chauffeur (who resented wearing a uniform and cap). This is why context and nuance are so important. The fact that a successful, well-to-do Black artist would employ domestics that did NOT look like him, should not be lost in translation.

 

[The tired cat]

I wanna say "called it", but it's more not a big shocker. Again, with these biopic movies they either try to tell a very "shocking/juicy" story or they clean 'em up to the point it might as well be a Hallmark greeting card. Specially those if they wanna a chance at the Oscars

 

[Mola Ram]

I went looking because I too had no idea what the problem was. Apparently the guy it's based on didn't like his driver or whites in general, and the family didn't like how they made a movie about him buddying up with a cracka.

The family thing is part of it, but the reasons for the salt are even more sweeping and exceptional than that. (For what it's worth, the screenwriter, who's Tony Lip's son, claims that Shirley specifically told him not to consult with his family or listen to anything they had to say about him. It's Hollywood, though, so the odds are, sure, they changed things to make the story more dramatic or palatable or what have you, which is hardly unprecedented.) If you're interested, I strongly recommend this LA Times article, which is so foaming-at-the-mouth over this that it's legitimately hilarious:

Must Reads: Oscars 2019: ‘Green Book’ is the worst best picture winner since ‘Crash’

“Green Book” is the worst best picture Oscar winner since “Crash,” and I don’t make the comparison lightly.

www.latimes.com

lol calm down Chang

The TL;DR is that it's told from the white point of view (because I guess Tony Lip's side of the story isn't permissible) and it's too nice -- how horrible to suggest that all you need to do to deal with racism is find common ground and talk to people! They want outrage, they want fury, they want everyone to accept that Trumperica is a racial holocaust where blacks and gays are hanged from apple trees every day of the week.

It's just Bob getting on the Insufficiently Woke bandwagon. I honestly can't tell anymore if he's just mimicking the people whose approval he craves, or if he really has become a self-loathing white. Although if all the white people I knew were like Bob, I'd hate 'em too.

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

Eh, I'll give Bobo one thing, only time I partially agreed with his whale sized ass is when he talked about the 1st Expendables movie. I honestly never understood what people saw in that movie, from a film making stand point all the actions scenes were filmed terribly as Stallone cannot make an action scene to save his life. Some of the writing was just as bad as Stallones writing in Rambo 3 and hell for all the talk about "Oh, it's a love letter to 80's movie" if anything it felt like a love letter to every BAD 80's action movie stuff like Cobra or whatever garbage you'd see at your store made by some unknown hacks.

Ah, but you forget: a lot of people liked those movies. We didn't go into them expecting Shakespeare; we went to see Stallone (or Chuck Norris, or Dolph Lundgren, or whatever) whoop the shit out of bad guys and blow stuff up.

The problem is that Bob has delusions of being some kind of high-class snob when really, he's just as much a commoner as the rest of us if not more so.

 

[TheWatchfulFurfag]

Ah, but you forget: a lot of people liked those movies. We didn't go into them expecting Shakespeare; we went to see Stallone (or Chuck Norris, or Dolph Lundgren, or whatever) whoop the shit out of bad guys and blow stuff up.

The problem is that Bob has delusions of being some kind of high-class snob when really, he's just as much a commoner as the rest of us if not more so.

Precisely. You won't be comparing it to Kubrick or Tarkovsky, but not every piece of entertainment needs to be high art. The world needs dumb fun. Just 'fun' has become a dirty word in the arts, sadly.