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Oscars Challenge #13: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

OtherTue Nov 15 2022

Source: Oscars Challenge #13: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

It's true if we are talking about horror movies we are always visualizing ghosts, monsters, jumpscares, and zombies. However, we often do not talk about real horror in a real-life situation. The Best Picture winner of the 3rd Academy Awards, All Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war film about young ecstatic German soldiers who were sent to participate in World War I. At first, they seem to be prepared to fight the battle but soon realized the real horror of being sent to the battlefield as

Oscars Challenge #12: Chicago (2002)

OtherWed Nov 09 2022

Source: Oscars Challenge #12: Chicago (2002)

Amazing choreography, visuals, costumes, and music. This movie lets you experience a full-blown musical unlike any other. Based on the 1975 musical of the same name. Chicago focuses on the 2 main characters: Roxie Hart (Renée Zellweger) and Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who both were sent to prison after murdering someone. The 2 of them compete for the fame and attention of the famous lawyer (Billy Flynn) to prevent them from being sentenced to death. The choreography and the music used in

Oscars Challenge #11: Gigi (1958)

OtherMon Nov 07 2022

Source: Oscars Challenge #11: Gigi (1958)

The first 10 Academy Awards Best Picture films were full of grit, action, drama, comedy, and slice-of-life adventures. This time it's a musical. Gigi is a romantic comedy musical about a careless young girl who is learning how to live in high society and suddenly realizes that she fell in love with a carefree womanizer named Gaston. Refusing to be anyone's mistress, Gaston needs to choose between her or his usual lifestyle. First of all, this film is aesthetically beautiful. Everything from the

Ghibli Challenge #2: Castle in the Sky (1986)

OtherSat Nov 05 2022

Source: Ghibli Challenge #2: Castle in the Sky (1986)

As a child, we always dream about floating islands or a place where a technologically advanced society exists. Or maybe just us experiencing how to fly. Castle in the Sky is another Miyazaki classic about a young boy named Pazu and a girl named Sheeta who both went on an adventure to prevent a group of agents and pirates away from a powerful crystal while searching for a legendary floating castle, Laputa. Steampunk, action, comedy, adventure, you name it. This movie is all about that. It is like

Oscars Challenge #10: No Country For Old Men (2007)

OtherThu Nov 03 2022

Source: Oscars Challenge #10: No Country For Old Men (2007)

I get it. Desert, cowboys, wild west, and guns. This might be your typical western movie. But it's not. Winner of the Best Picture Award in the 80th Academy Awards, No Country For Old Men is unlike any other crime thriller movie you have ever seen. Basically, the movie is viewed from the perspective of the 3 main characters: Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), who stumbled upon a case of money in the desert, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), a hitman hired to recover the money, and an old Sherriff Ed Tom

Oscars Challenge #9: Hamlet (1948)

OtherWed Nov 02 2022

Source: Oscars Challenge #9: Hamlet (1948)

I am going to be biased here and say that I respect this film more than any other due to it being a Shakespeare classic. Plus it really stayed true to its roots. The movie has a great depiction of the dark and tragic story of Hamlet (Laurence Olivier) as he was driven by his rage and anger at the death of his father. One thing to note here is that the language and the script are quite difficult to understand for someone like me who is not a native English speaker. The words chosen were kind of

Oscars Challenge #8: Argo (2012)

OtherSun Oct 30 2022

Source: Oscars Challenge #8: Argo (2012)

Ben Affleck really did a lot to this film. He was the main character, producer, and director all at the same time. Set during the Iran Revolution. Tony Mendez, a CIA Operative, was tasked to rescue six diplomats who have escaped capture by the Iranians. As security in Iran started to tighten up, the CIA with Mendez as a leader, devised a plan to extract them out of the country in the most unusual way, a movie disguise. One of the most controversial films and was cited due to its historical inac

Oscars Challenge #7: Rain Man (1988)

OtherSat Oct 29 2022

Source: Oscars Challenge #7: Rain Man (1988)

One thing to note here, this is not Mission Impossible nor anything as action-packed as that. Rain Man is a heartfelt road drama featuring Tom Cruise as a Collectibles dealer, Charlie Babbit. His life suddenly took a turn when he learned that the estate was not left to him by his father after he passed away. Then he discovered that the one that inherited it was his brother, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) an autistic savant whom he never knew. He will soon learn that sometimes the greatest treasure he

Oscars Challenge #6: Amadeus (1984)

OtherFri Oct 28 2022

Source: Oscars Challenge #6: Amadeus (1984)

"In a play, if more than one person speaks at the same time, it's just noise. But with music, you can have twenty individuals talking at the same time and it's not noise, it's a perfect harmony" No one can doubt that the film Amadeus (1984) is truly a work of art. It being perfection is an understatement as to how it was delivered. For it to be included in the best 100 movies in 2019, truly is an honor to watch this masterpiece. This piece of artwork. For those who are not familiar this is a pe

Oscars Challenge #2: Kramer vs Kramer (1979)

OtherSat Oct 22 2022

Source: Oscars Challenge #2: Kramer vs Kramer (1979)

This 105-minute film went by so fast that you felt like you are one of the characters in the film. The Best Picture winner during the 52nd Academy Awards, Kramer vs Kramer is unlike any other family drama film. It starts with a banger when a workaholic husband Ted Kramer's (Dustin Hoffman) promotion celebration got cut off when his wife Joanna (Meryl Streep) left him with little to no explanation why. Tempers flare when the two of them fight for custody of their only son. I believe this movie is