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Heroism in the final sequence.
Did this deserve to win Best Picture?
This one detail from the original night that they referred to twice...
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Well, in chess the whole game is on the board for both players to see. A "won" position is one where one player can force a win regardless of the opponent's moves.
I don't remember exactly on the game you're talking about, but I think Beth had managed to win material, and then Borgov goes checking the king hoping to find a way to at least draw, but ultimately he runs out of checks and Beth stabilizes. This particular ending might be considered "won" 10 moves earlier, it's just a matter of playing it out until it's clear that there aren't resources they didn't see.
But to answer your question directly, in very complicated positions, it's normal for both players to calculate the same line, but one of them misses a move/miscalculates. When the player is surprised by the move, he becomes aware that he miscalculated the line. In a way this single move "ends" the game (it becomes a "won" position) for the opponent, but the game was theoretically over as soon as he allowed the line, if you know what I mean.
This isn't how all games go, most are a slow accumulation of slightly better moves, but in the context of "one move" ending the game, that's when it happens. A battle of calculation. Assuming both players are great and wouldn't just blunder a queen or a mate in one (which sometimes happens too, still).
I found it very funny too. The whole concept is so ridiculous. The first half just had me confused and disappointed, but the second time in Oslo it clicked for me, and then I was happy to see it play out. As it ended I laughed out of happiness at having seen something new and surprising, although I'm not sure it was good.
I didn't mean to say you made up the rumors, only that you were passing them on, my apologies if it sounded too aggressive. I guess I should have said "help spread" instead (english is not my first language).
The origin for those claims is that website, sausageroll. They cite people who did not work on the game, they hammer the point of transgenderism throughout the whole article when we know it's a tiny part of the game, they repeat many now confirmed to be false claims. They're not rumors worth repeating, and I was also referring to your "Druckmann threatened people who didn't like the storyline" line.
Hum, those rumors are ridiculous. The character designs of everyone other than maybe Lev obviously did not have anything to do with transgenderism. You don't have to spread these dumb rumours to criticize the game.
Other than that, I enjoyed reading your post. It makes sense that if Joel was your favourite character to play as this would be very unsatisfying. Personally, I think the direction they chose was interesting and fruitful; I enjoyed the crazy internal turmoil they inflicted on me through most of the game, and although I too was feeling kind of empty by the end, I felt like I learned things about myself. I ended up caring for Abby despite the odds.
It kind of sucks that the story they went with ended up (predictably) alienating and not pleasing a lot of people. But at the same time it stands as something unique and emotionally challenging, specially rare in the form of a AAA videogame.
Another Altman film, Nashville, might be considered similar too. And it's pretty good.
Yeah, I agree with you. I guess he did feel animosity towards Neiman still, but yeah, right at the end he's proud. The film kind of goes with that ending because it's interesting, I don't think it's telling you that such methods are worth it.
And yeah, Fletcher is definitely an asshole, haha. Jazz is not about competition. Lots of historic jazz records have mistakes in them, but it's part of the fun to see the way the players adapt.
He probably gives himself credit for his performance at the end. He was proud.
Watch this scene again to understand what he thinks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6lFs5gbv_k
I also think it might be too intense for a 10 year old, but it is not nearly as gory as Saving Pvt. Ryan when it comes to yet living people. It does show a lot of dead bodies in sad and horrible conditions.
Ok, it's interesting that you say it like that, it didn't cross my mind to just assume it was true.
I assumed she had been gaslighted because earlier in the film we have this scene [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcsByxGdYO0[/url] which tells me at least that her memory isn't too good.
And for some reason I thought the first film left it clear they didn't, but man, I just went back to watch that bit in Before Sunrise and I don't know what I was thinking! It does look like they will do it when it cuts. Though I guess it stays ambiguous still.
I'll need to rewatch the entire thing to understand how I felt when I wrote the original post.
Loved it. It had a great atmosphere and I enjoyed the interaction between the characters a lot.
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