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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Wins Best Movie for Grownups Award

posted 7 years ago by darkpast (9025)
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http://variety.com/2018/film/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-best-movie-for-grownups-award-1202688723/

Disney-Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has won the best movie for grownups award, presented Monday night at AARP The Magazine’s 17th annual awards show at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

“The Last Jedi” topped “Get Out,” “Lady Bird,” “The Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” for the prize. Mark Hamill and Kelly Marie Tran presented the award to director Rian Johnson, who said that it was time to retire the dictum that one should not meet one’s heroes.

“You’re Luke Skywalker, man,” he told Hamill.

Tran noted the film was her first movie role and gave her the sense that anything is possible, given that she’s the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants.

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

WTF does that award even mean?

[–] Satan2016 (26187) 7 years ago

AARP is retired people. People who remember watching the Star Trek pilot, Outer Limits or Twilight Zone.

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Yeah, but... Is the award given because the movie has retirement-age actors as some of the main characters? I assume that must be it, since the actors that also won awards are all older.

[–] sunshine62 (254) 7 years ago

@ to Frogarama

I was confused too so I googled it

marvellous movies and performances that appeal directly to a powerful audience -the 50-plus. We are delighted to celebrate another year of actors, directors and writers that brought the most compelling stories to life on the silver screen.

I smell a rat .. foul play...after the TLJ debacle the only way Disney can save face and KK her a$$ is by winning some awards.

This is the first step ,the first manoeuvre that will allow TLJ to win at least one of the 4 minor Oscar awards it receive a nominee for .

[–] kuku (3510) 7 years ago

AARP is retired people. People who remember watching the Star Trek pilot, Outer Limits or Twilight Zone.

You mean a group of retired people AKA club of little friends giving awards, who are given the focus by the media because they give the awards to the required diverse movies.

And we don't even know how many grownups are we talking about. "Retired people" could be two retired people. I'm not kidding, a couple of years ago, The Guardian and the BBC were giving the focus to some National Muslim Federation or some pompous name like that... that, long story short, were like half dozen of people. But hey, they said things the media wanted to hear.

[–] Satan2016 (26187) 7 years ago

AARP is huge. Wotta moron!

[–] Vechtersbaas (550) 7 years ago

Ofc they have to bring politics into it. Because you could't just accept an award without talking about immigration-policy.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

Who gives a shit?

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[–] miljenko (0) 7 years ago

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[–] Arghhhh (804) 7 years ago

'A movie for grownups' sounds strangely childish... don't you think?

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

Yes it does.

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[–] Xenopharb (617) 7 years ago

Hah! Yeah, it does.

[–] Xenopharb (617) 7 years ago

Is this a joke?

I guess their definition of "grownups" are "older stupid people".

"What's your plan, general?"

"I'm not telling."

[–] SoCrates (876) 7 years ago

It should've won "Shittiest Movie of the Year", and Hamill should've walked out and slapped the shit out of Ruin Johnson for destroying his character. And then he should've squeezed Ruin's boobs and glared at him.

[–] fc31 (6114) 7 years ago

Hollywood liberal elites pat themselves on the back, kind of disgusting.

[–] Xenopharb (617) 7 years ago

The AARP are Hollywood liberal elites?

What world do you live in?

[–] maul (1666) 7 years ago

I thought this was a joke. Guess not.