@Cilogy Agreed. Arbitrary's a good word for it. And boring, because if we were truly to follow tradition and precedent to the minutiae of skin color, then there's nothing new to be told. If we have to stick to the same skin color, then we have to stick to the same eye color and hair color, like I sa...

Acting like skin color is more integral than hair color, eye color, etc. It's a single physical characteristic, like any other. In fact, by this standard, Sean Connery shouldn't have been picked because Bond is described vividly in the books as being blue eyed (his skin color is never mentioned, by ...

They're iconic white characters and have been like that before any of us were even born. That argument has been made by every old man resistant to change since the dawn of time. "That's just how it's always been, why change now?" Well, because you have to justify the status quo to keep it that way....

So you'd be cool with a white guy portraying MLK? Dumbest post ever Yeah, are we really arguing that Spider-Man's whiteness is as integral to his identity as MLK's blackness was to his, the leader of the African American Civil Right's Movement? ...Really? Come on. And look, I get it, you shouldn't ...

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theseeker9175 wrote:

o SHAKESPEARE o wrote:Wow, again with the reaction. Imitation Game was the definition of great screenwriting.

Haven't seen the film yet, but Graham winning just screams Weinstein

Or, you know, the fact that it was at the top of the blacklist and largely praised before the movie ever went into production.

Haha! Orchestral "Nobody Does It Better." Nice!! And Birdman for Best Screenplay? As much as I enjoyed the movie, nah... And I've actually read the script -- before the movie even came out (with a much better ending, I might add). I think you're trolling with the better ending. Inarritu called it s...

Wow, again with the reaction. Imitation Game was the definition of great screenwriting.

Haha! Orchestral "Nobody Does It Better." Nice!!

And Birdman for Best Screenplay? As much as I enjoyed the movie, nah... And I've actually read the script -- before the movie even came out (with a much better ending, I might add).

Nice! If Interstellar had to lose, I'm glad it lost to Grand Budapest. Throw Theory of Everything in the uninspired, unmemorable bin please.

I'm surprised at everyone else's surprise, it's a great score.