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[DMczaf]

I'm hearing reports from Bale HQ that he got a haircut for the SAG Awards

 

[big ander]

NOOOOOOO
I will miss

 

[EricHasNoPull]

WTF is this? I hate how fashionable it is to use the term oscar-bait lately. Neither films are oscar-bait.

 

[Guzim]

 

[Veidt]

more evidence that he will be playing solid snake.

 

[Solo]

more evidence that he will be playing solid snake.

He certainly has the acting chops to take on David Hayter.

 

[Koodo]

OT: Why isn't there a thread for the SAG awards? Ceremony threads are always entertaining.

 

[BertramCooper]

WTF is this? I hate how fashionable it is to use the term oscar-bait lately. Neither films are oscar-bait.

People have been abusing the term like crazy.

Oscar bait is shit like Cold Mountain and Pay It Forward - bad films that are created solely to generate Oscar buzz.

 

[Zeliard]

People have been abusing the term like crazy.

Oscar bait is shit like Cold Mountain and Pay It Forward - bad films that are created solely to generate Oscar buzz.

 

[BertramCooper]

:lol

Yeah, that too.

 

[Ceres]

People have been abusing the term like crazy.

Oscar bait is shit like Cold Mountain and Pay It Forward - bad films that are created solely to generate Oscar buzz.

The mentality seems to be that if its a drama, it's Oscar bait. Kind of sad that people can't just enjoy a good drama.

 

[whytemyke]

He certainly has the acting chops to take on David Hayter.

haha you shut your mouth. david hayter is amazing.

 

[DMczaf]

Nicole Kidman can still get it

 

[BertramCooper]

The King's Speech gets the Actor!

I think that officially makes it the frontrunner.

 

[Anth0ny]

more evidence that he will be playing solid snake.

Slight variation on his Batman voice and we have Snake's voice lol.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

The King's Speech gets the Actor!

I think that officially makes it the frontrunner.

Yep. Don't forget that the same shit happened last year. Avatar won the globes for Director and Best Picture, followed by THL sweeping everything other ceremony.

 

[DMczaf]

Yep. Don't forget that the same shit happened last year. Avatar won the globes for Director and Best Picture, followed by THL sweeping everything other ceremony.

The only people who take the Golden Globes seriously are the Golden Globes.

That's like saying Avatar won the MTV Movie Award, and then THL won everything else.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

The only people who take the Golden Globes seriously are the Golden Globes.

That's like saying Avatar won the MTV Movie Award, and then THL won everything else.

Well the Globes used to be considered a big predictor of the Oscars. Lord knows this year everybody started claiming TSN had the oscar in the bag after the globes were done.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

So I watched Tangled last night......how the hell is this not nominated for best animated feature?

Hell, it was so gorgeous that it deserves to be nominated for best visual effects too. What gives?

 

[Deleted member 30609]

yeah it was completely snubbed.

 

[(._.)]

Really hoping TSN doesn't get stomped by BAFTA and the Oscars after what happened over the weekend.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Wheres Jett to tell us that TSN losing would still be a major upset?

 

[JGS]

I haven't seen Tangled, but I'm not sure why they limit it to three for less than 16 films released. I don't have much issue in regards to the 3 they picked though.

 

[jett]

Wheres Jett to tell us that TSN losing would still be a major upset?

Shit changed, mayne. :| I don't understand where this sudden push for TKS originated from. I really thought TSN had it in the bag.

 

[Discotheque]

Yeah this is lame. Kings Speech practically has it in the bag :/

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Shit changed, mayne. :| I don't understand where this sudden push for TKS originated from. I really thought TSN had it in the bag.

Weinstein has reared his fat, ugly head...

 

[Solo]

Yeah this is lame. Kings Speech practically has it in the bag :/

It craps on TSN, so Im all for it.

 

[Deleted member 30609]

It's a shame, TSN basically defines 2010 and the years surrounding it, culturally. I feel like it's going to be relevant, if not as entertaining, years from now in a way TKS won't be.

 

[Solo]

Facebook won't be relevant in 5 years, so Im not sure thats saying much.

 

[Zeliard]

It's a shame, TSN basically defines 2010 and the years surrounding it, culturally. I feel like it's going to be relevant, if not as entertaining, years from now in a way TKS won't be.

Douchebaggery over money is nothing new to human history, and particularly not to any capitalistic society. I certainly don't think it speaks to our generation.

I enjoyed Social Network quite a lot, but Sorkin trying to talk up the film as being some quasi-mythical, age-old tale of hubris and friendship and such strikes a false note, given that it really only boils down to people acting like assholes over large sums of money. The rest is attempting to dress this very simple and straightforward concept in more romantic garb, though I can certainly understand why Sorkin does this given how many write it off as "just a Facebook movie."

 

[Deleted member 30609]

I think it's a movie of a time. When we look back on the culture of the late 2000s in twenty years time, the caricature it paints of these times will be important, if not entirely accurate.

It is the movie of 2010. It might not be the best movie of 2010, but I feel like it's the most important.

I adored TKS, nearly everything about it was just charming and impactful and all those other super-fun words, but it doesn't belong to 2010 like TSN does. Whether that's a worthy metric for the Best Picture award is up to your own personal interpretation, I guess.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Facebook won't be relevant in 5 years, so Im not sure thats saying much.

This is probably very false. Facebook is Google-esque in its ubiquity, these days; I doubt anything replaces it in the foreseeable future.

Edit: Would that Let Me In had been put up for Best Picture... THEN I'd have something to support.

 

[Discotheque]

It craps on TSN, so Im all for it.

Eh not really. Feels like Frost/Nixon redux. Really average movie bolstered by some good performances.

eh whatever, different strokes.

 

[big ander]

It annoys me when people say that TSN doesn't have depth. After watching 3 times, I still feel like I'm immersed into the Eduardo/Mark relationship for the first time. It's a fictional one, sure, but I find it very compelling and complex.

 

[Deleted member 30609]

Eh not really. Feels like Frost/Nixon redux. Really average movie bolstered by some good performances.

I don't think that's fair. It isn't just 'good performances'. It's a tasteful screenplay, a creative way of framing the events of pre-WWII-era Britain, really well-restrained character development and a generally classy overall production. In other words, it's a really damn good movie for the same reasons any other really damn good movie is -- uh -- really damn good.

It isn't like these characters came pre-written and the movie just paced itself. Just because it's a historical drama doesn't mean that there's no creative drive/inspiration behind the work of everyone besides the actors. I'm sure you know this. It took a ridiculously high amount of talent to make something like TKS not only work, but appeal to a wide-audience in 2010 without trivialising anything or otherwise dumbing it down.

 

[effzee]

This is probably very false. Facebook is Google-esque in its ubiquity, these days; I doubt anything replaces it in the foreseeable future.

Edit: Would that Let Me In had been put up for Best Picture... THEN I'd have something to support.

Let Me In? Oh how I wish.

Anyway how does the Academy work? Who is the Academy? Filmmakers? Producers?

Every year it seems like they miss out or blow a category completely. How is Tron not nominated for special effects or the score?

 

[Zeliard]

Let Me In? Oh how I wish.

Anyway how does the Academy work? Who is the Academy? Filmmakers? Producers?

Every year it seems like they miss out or blow a category completely. How is Tron not nominated for special effects or the score?

The people in the specific professions nominate the categories, and the entire Academy then chooses the winners.

i.e. the actors nominate the actors, directors nominate directors, etc. But winners are chosen by the entire big pinko commie tribunal. Democratically.

 

[Platy]

Just saw this today .... i just want to say that no Inception and Scott Pilgrim in "film editing" is the biggest "WTF???!!!" that the academy ever made

Specialy inception ... i mean ... i can totaly understand why the academy would not want to give a nomination to scott pilgrim, but still, they are both movies that are MADE by the editing

 

[Zeliard]

Also, I'm with Mark Kermode on this: Nolan not getting a Best Director nod is unforgivable when David. O. Russell got one for The Fighter. The latter was carried almost entirely by the actors.

 

[DMczaf]

Just saw this today .... i just want to say that no Inception and Scott Pilgrim in "film editing" is the biggest "WTF???!!!" that the academy ever made

Specialy inception ... i mean ... i can totaly understand why the academy would not want to give a nomination to scott pilgrim, but still, they are both movies that are MADE by the editing

While the media was pointing out the Nolan snub, I think most people in the industry are really confused or pissed about Lee Smith's snub for Editing.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

Also, I'm with Mark Kermode on this: Nolan not getting a Best Director nod is unforgivable when David. O. Russell got one for The Fighter. The latter was carried almost entirely by the actors.

The first half or so of The Fighter shits all over Inception in pretty much every category except for maybe Soundtrack.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

The first half or so of The Fighter shits all over Inception in pretty much every category except for maybe Soundtrack.

God damn.

 

[Snowman Prophet of Doom]

God damn.

The first half of The Fighter was fantastic, man; one of the most fresh boxing movies that I've seen in a long time.

 

[Deleted member 30609]

I still haven't seen The Fighter. I'm so burnt out on zero-to-hero boxing/sports movies.

 

[wenis]

I still haven't seen The Fighter. I'm so burnt out on zero-to-hero boxing/sports movies, weirdly.

It's really good, I've seen it twice now and I can stand by my recommendation.

 

[Spire]

Inception doesn't really deserve anything. The action scenes in that movie are so poorly shot and edited, I'm not shocked it didn't get nominations in those categories at all.

 

[big ander]

I still haven't seen The Fighter. I'm so burnt out on zero-to-hero boxing/sports movies.

See it. It's great.

I still like Inception more, but that's mostly because Inception's plot is more fun. The Fighter is better directed by a mile.

 

[Dead]

Kinda disappointing that we never got a Bale/O'Russel meltdown from the set of the Fighter

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

The Fighter was really well acted, but I didn't really feel like it lept all that beyond what was expected of it. Lots of really nice moments and everyone did fantastic job of making it feel real, but I dunno if it'd really be up there in the top 10 in a better year for movies.

 

[Zeliard]

I still haven't seen The Fighter. I'm so burnt out on zero-to-hero boxing/sports movies.

Christian Bale and Amy Adams elevate it above mediocrity. The film lacks engagement without the performances and is laughably predictable to anyone who's ever seen a sports movie. There is truly nothing remarkable about David O. Russel's directing in it, either. DGA and BAFTA had the directing noms right.