Now this is just based on six reviews so I'm sure it will rise. Still true contenders for best movie typically don't start off with such a low score even with only a handful of reviews. "The Queen of Katwe" has started off with 83% for God's sakes and I've heard that film is predictable. What does it say about "Lion" that it started off with a lower percentage/score than that movie?
shareDue to popular demand, TIFF had to add two Lion screenings. I guess, it might win a People Choice Awards.
shareNot hardly. The "unofficial" choice for that appears to be Moonlight.
I would put money on Lion winning the top prize at TIFF... maybe not all of it, but most of it. The film was that good. And I see award nominations across the board...
sharethere's a lot of positive reviews that they're not posted on the website yet, just wait and let's what rating this movie will get.
shareI'm sorry, is this a football game? Who cares about these numbers, besides investors? Do YOU have money invested in this film? What ever happened to the days when people just went to the movies and formed their own opinions? this is so sad..
Fabio Testi is GOD
It is 2016, Ichabod. We go by statistic probabilities a lot in this day and age. That doesn't stop you from going to see a movie with a clear and opened mind. In fact what does your remarks even have to do with this thread I started? The topic at hand is likely Oscar contenders (best movie contenders).
shareAnd who gives a crap about the Oscars? Oscars have has much to do with film as cars have to do with pencils. That is nothing more than Hollywood politics; a dumb popularity contest. Obsessing about who is going to win and lose actually destroys the whole movie-watching experience. More people should learn to think outside the box.
Fabio Testi is GOD
Agreed. The winner of the Oscar in any category is based upon behind the scenes glad handing and pressure. Occasionally it's based upon payback in a negative sense ("don't try to go around me") and certainly at times based upon past performances in sort of an "at last" connotation to reward the powers that be for standing down with a promise of future consideration. But overall, it's PR, studio/agency pressure, and the old boy club. And that's just the Oscars, the Golden Globes are openly for sale. That they are used as a predictor for the Oscars says it all.
It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it.
RIP Roger Ebert