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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: palahniukkubrick on February 14, 2007, 10:32:00 am
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Any predictions?
Anybody you particularly want to win?
I foresee Scorsese finally getting it, and want Children of Men to win all the awards it is nominated for (which I believe is only 3).
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Best Motion Picture of the Year: The Departed
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: (I have not seen any of the movies in this category)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Achievement in Directing: Martin Scorsese, The Departed (but Clint Eastwood probably deserves it more for Letters from Iwo Jima)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: El Laberinto del Fauno, Guillermo del Toro
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Children of Men
Best Achievement in Cinematography: El Laberinto del Fauno
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Happy Feet
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: El Laberinto del Fauno (sucks we have to wait until next week to get Days of Glory and The Lives of Others here...those look REALLY good)
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: ?
Helen Mirren will win this.
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Forest. He's been around for a long time with few accolades. A dues payer.
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Jennifer Hudson totally deserves to win supporting actress- she and she alone made Dreamgirls worth seeing (the Danny Glover fans out there will disagree with me)
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Here are the ones I want to win :)
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker
Best Actress: Helen Mirren
Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earl Haley
Best Supporting Actress: Adrianna Barazza
Best Picture: Babel (Little Miss Sunshine does not deserve to win this, I'm sorry!)
Best Director: Martin Scorsese
IGNORED BY OSCARS:
"Children of Men", Maggie Gyllenhal (Sherrybaby), Clive Owen, "Volver" for Best Foreign Language Film, and Leonardo DiCaprio got nominated for the wrong movie.
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Do you think Jackie Haley WILL win, or do you just WANT him to win?
I'd bet the house on Eddie Murphy.
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I updated my post, to answer your question :)
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Does anyone else here wonder how Poseidon and Click each earned nominations while The Fountain missed out?
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Does anyone else here wonder how Poseidon and Click each earned nominations while The Fountain missed out?
Oh God...my fiancee and I went to see Poesidon because we have a guilty pleasure for cheesy disaster flicks. We knew it wasn't going to be a "good" movie by any means, instead expecting a good time with lots of cool disaster effects, but it turned out to be one of biggest clusterfucks I've ever seen. Not only was the acting terrible (which was pretty much a given, considering the cast of washed up has-beens and C-list wannabes), but this piece of shit movie couldn't even get the effects right.
When I saw this nomination I was in shock, because the effects were just blatantly off the charts awful. Its the first thing I said after leaving the theater, talking about the laughably cartoonish CGI fuel spill, amongst other almost as laughable scenes involving effects.
In conclusion, it should be a crime against humanity that this movie this awful now gets to boast "Oscar Nominated" on its DVD packaging.
And The Fountain was definitely robbed in this category.
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Thats funny, the wife and I LOVED Posedien and Click, guess I made the right choice of who to be with for the rest of my life.
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Alex speaks for himself on disliking Poseidon. I loved it even if it was cheesy and the special effects were a bit hokey.
The Fountain was still robbed.
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The first Posedien back in 1973 sucked ass too. Why remake a turkey? Because it was the highest grosser of that year. Deliverance came out at about the same time that year.
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Does anyone have the feeling that one day we'll find out that Rob is the biggest hipster of all, putting all of the rest of us to shame? It's just gotta come out that he likes everything ironically, don't you think?
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My wife likes chick flicks. She refuses to watch war & gore with me. And I don't watch crap like KING KONG with her. We have been married for 15 years.
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I remember renting Poseidon and turning it off after 30 minutes. I remember a dad and daughter getting personal with each other at the same time the boat is sinking! WTF! Don't you have to choose safety first?! Bottom line: It's a very bad film!
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Ricky Bobby, end of story.
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Hey Smackie, you think Tony's going to win the 500?
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Of course I do. Unless Kyle Busch decides it's payback time for the Bud shootout....
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I'm going with Casey Mears. I read he has Darrien Grubb (sp?) as his new crew chief. Grubb was Chad Knaus's sub when he was suspened last year. He helped Jimmy Johnson win two of the first 5 races, including Daytona.
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I'm picking Stewart, as I did in the Shootout.
I read in the Sporting News that Gilbert Arenas is picking Mears.
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Best Motion Picture of the Year: Letters from Iwo Jima
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Best Achievement in Directing: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: El Laberinto del Fauno, Guillermo del Toro
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: The Departed
Best Achievement in Cinematography: El Laberinto del Fauno
Best Documentary - An Inconvenient Truth
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: El Laberinto del Fauno
wow - ive seen almost every nominated film this year. foreign is the only category im lacking in aside from seeing Pan's Labyrinth
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Eddie Murphy will be denied the Oscar as retribution for Norbit (a film that both Buck Satan and his wife indubitably adored).
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What's the deal with that Norbit story? I heard something about it, but didn't get the whole scoop.
Can the Academy really deny him an Oscar because Norbit is such a turd? There has to be more to it, right?
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Pluto Nash
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hi - does anyone know when tickets for the Oscars go on sale to the general public? does anyone think they'll sell out?
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presale pw: "treacly pap"
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if departed wins anything they better give complete credit to infernal affairs.
ryan gosling for best actor.
i'm also picking stewart ;)
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Picture: The Departed
Director: Scorcese
Actor: Forest Whitaker
Actor/supporting: Alan Arkin
Actress: Helen Mirren
Actress/supporting: Jennifer Hudson
Screenplay Adapted: Little Children
Screenplay Original: Little Miss Sunshine
Foreign Language: Pan's Labrynth
This is whom I would like to win. I have a feeling Eddie Murphy will probably win. And, if it goes like last year, Babel will win best picture because it's the crappiest one nominated. (See last year's winner, Crash, which I thought was one of the worst movies I'd ever seen.)
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They can't give Marvin Scorcese an Oscar because of what he said in Taxi Driver about the effects of a 44 cailber magnum on a woman's pussy. Very politcally incorrect. Also there's a SCAR in Oscar. I'm picking my nose.
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Whata bunch of pukes. I can see why middle America votes red.
Pan's Labyrynth was robbed.
And that Melissa Etheridge song? Horrible, horrible, horrible. They're saying that song was better than any of the Devotchka songs used in Little Miss Sunshine? Please.
At least Eddie Murphy lost. That's a good thing.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Pan's Labyrynth was robbed.
Have you seen The Lives of Others yet?
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I watched "Half Nelson" over the weekend. Ryan Gosling was deserving of the nom, if not a win.
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The Lives of Others was good, but very slow in the middle...I was falling asleep and I wasn't even that tired. A big fat guy behind me was snoring (maybe one of you from this board?)
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Originally posted by joey joe:
The Lives of Others was good, but very slow in the middle...
...just like you?
Seriously, I was surprised Howard K. Stern didn't win for most inconvenient name. I feel sorry for people who have near-famous names. How would you like to be known as Hulk W. Hogan?
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yes, indeed!
Originally posted by Dudek Chakra:
Originally posted by Dudek's Brain:
The Lives of Others was good, but very slow in the middle...
...just like you?
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Originally posted by joey joe:
The Lives of Others was good, but very slow in the middle...I was falling asleep and I wasn't even that tired. A big fat guy behind me was snoring (maybe one of you from this board?)
Interesting. I've been looking forward to seeing it for months now but I haven't had a chance to make it out to Bethesda or E Street or where ever its playing now. I was just wondering, I loved Pan's Labrynth, but I've read nothing but great reviews for this one.
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Alex, it just opened this past Friday (23rd). I think Pan's Labyrinth is a better movie.
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has anyone seen "little children" yet?
i watched the whole thing in about 30 minutes thanks to my DVR, some of that crap looked really unbearable
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I thought it was excellent. Definitely in my top 5 for the year. But then again, any film with Kate Winslet naked in it is going to get the thumbs up from me.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
has anyone seen "little children" yet?
i watched the whole thing in about 30 minutes thanks to my DVR, some of that crap looked really unbearable
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I thought it was excellent. Definitely in my top 5 for the year. But then again, any film with Kate Winslet naked in it is going to get the thumbs up from me.
** record screeches to a halt **
i didn't know that, interesting.
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the mirren and whittaker wins aren't saying much. its more of a good impression than it is acting. the other nominees had to take a character and make it their own, not just some portrayal of an actual person. shareeka epps deserved a nomination.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I thought it was excellent. Definitely in my top 5 for the year. But then again, any film with Patrick Wilson naked in it is going to get the thumbs up from me.
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Sorry, but I didn't find him attractive in the slightest.
Originally posted by Dudek's Brain:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
I thought it was excellent. Definitely in my top 5 for the year. But then again, any film with Patrick Wilson naked in it is going to get the thumbs up from me.
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Why did Hollywoodland get shut out? Adrian Brody was great.
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Martin Scorsese fucked Liza Minelli back in the mid-'70s.
Have you noticed that he's filmed practically nothing but hard, man-on-man action ever since?
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Originally posted by Duke Newcomb:
Martin Scorsese fucked Liza Minelli back in the mid-'70s.
Have you noticed that he's filmed practically nothing but hard, man-on-man action ever since?
Last Temptation of Christ...Check
Gangs of New York...Check
Cape Fear...Check
Goodfellas...Check
Casino...Check
Michael Jackson's "Bad" Music Video...Double Check
Color of Money...Check
Raging Bull...Check
Hey, you may be right!
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Originally posted by I Dare:
the mirren and whittaker wins aren't saying much. its more of a good impression than it is acting. the other nominees had to take a character and make it their own, not just some portrayal of an actual person. shareeka epps deserved a nomination.
Epps did get the nomination and win at the Film Independent awards. They are usually more entertaining than the oscars. And I thought Mirren definitely deserved the win. Her performance was incredible. I think Leo should have gotten the nom and win for Departed. But never saw Venus in Fur (I think that was O'toole's film) so cant comment on that, but Forrest Whittaker did an excellent job.
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I think the movie was simply called Venus. Venus in Fur was a VU song, right?
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
Originally posted by I Dare:
the mirren and whittaker wins aren't saying much. its more of a good impression than it is acting. the other nominees had to take a character and make it their own, not just some portrayal of an actual person. shareeka epps deserved a nomination.
Epps did get the nomination and win at the Film Independent awards. They are usually more entertaining than the oscars. And I thought Mirren definitely deserved the win. Her performance was incredible. I think Leo should have gotten the nom and win for Departed. But never saw Venus in Fur (I think that was O'toole's film) so cant comment on that, but Forrest Whittaker did an excellent job. [/b]
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
Originally posted by I Dare:
the mirren and whittaker wins aren't saying much. its more of a good impression than it is acting. the other nominees had to take a character and make it their own, not just some portrayal of an actual person. shareeka epps deserved a nomination.
Epps did get the nomination and win at the Film Independent awards. They are usually more entertaining than the oscars. And I thought Mirren definitely deserved the win. Her performance was incredible. I think Leo should have gotten the nom and win for Departed. But never saw Venus in Fur (I think that was O'toole's film) so cant comment on that, but Forrest Whittaker did an excellent job. [/b]
i agree that whittaker did great. also didn't see venus though. i was glad to see gosling and epps get the spirit awards.
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I still think that Babel should have won for Best Picture. Alan Arkin was the biggest surprise. I didn't think his acting was that great to be nominated. But the Academy did the right thing for Mirren and Whitaker.
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Alan Arkin orders the chef's special whenever he dines at The Birchmere.
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Maybe I'm not into film enough, but I just didn't get Babel. Sure that acting was pretty top notch, but I thought the connections between stories was superficial at best, and just outright pointless at worst. None of the story arcs seemed to have much of anything to say, in my opinion.
Originally posted by goonie googoo joey joe freak:
I still think that Babel should have won for Best Picture. Alan Arkin was the biggest surprise. I didn't think his acting was that great to be nominated. But the Academy did the right thing for Mirren and Whitaker.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
Maybe I'm not into film enough, but I just didn't get Babel. Sure that acting was pretty top notch, but I thought the connections between stories was superficial at best, and just outright pointless at worst. None of the story arcs seemed to have much of anything to say, in my opinion.
Originally posted by goonie googoo joey joe freak:
I still think that Babel should have won for Best Picture. Alan Arkin was the biggest surprise. I didn't think his acting was that great to be nominated. But the Academy did the right thing for Mirren and Whitaker.
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I hated "Crash" with a passion, and I heard that "Babel" was like "Crash 2.0", so I avoided it like the plague
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That was about my take on it too. Not a bad film, but glad it didn't win for Best Picture. I've never bothered to see Crash.
Originally posted by nkotb:
Maybe I'm not into film enough, but I just didn't get Babel. Sure that acting was pretty top notch, but I thought the connections between stories was superficial at best, and just outright pointless at worst. None of the story arcs seemed to have much of anything to say, in my opinion.
Originally posted by goonie googoo joey joe freak:
I still think that Babel should have won for Best Picture. Alan Arkin was the biggest surprise. I didn't think his acting was that great to be nominated. But the Academy did the right thing for Mirren and Whitaker.
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What? You don't like Davy Cronenberg?