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Dabookerman
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Beaulieu said:
Good fucking lord. The music was one of the worst things in that shitfest.
GitarooMan said:
Tits. Glorious Winslet Tits!
And there's quite a bit of Penus.
Dabookerman
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Since when was Forrest Gump hated?
I find it hard to believe that anyone would hate it really.
I find it hard to believe that anyone would hate it really.
polyh3dron
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No, they're both from Fox so they're bound to be crapfests.Ganondorfo said:
Finally they're in. Preeetty predictable picks this year, though I did not expect THE READER at all.
The Oscar Pool site is not up yet, apparently Oscar.com is going to go all super fancy for their latest oscar pool website so it'll take a little longer to get up.
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The Oscar Pool site is not up yet, apparently Oscar.com is going to go all super fancy for their latest oscar pool website so it'll take a little longer to get up.
Can't wait to try to reclaim my title
Dabookerman
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Kevtones said:
fixed
DeathbyVolcano
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dabookerman said:
Hey, we get you don't like the movie. Shut the fuck up already.
layzie1989
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I loved Benjamin Button. Go Dark Knight!
Dabookerman
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Amir0x said:
I have many names for it.
Cheebs said:
Oh I have seen it. I promise you.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Cheebs said:
I saw it. It was good. It wasn't THAT good, and I just don't understand why it's getting as much praise as it is.
It's extremely well-made, but it takes no risks and is very safe throughout its entirety. It's just not the type of movie that says 'great movie' to me, I guess.
Slumdog Millionaire is no Synecdoche, New York, but it's still an extremely well made film. And it makes sense to me that the Academy would nominate it over something like that movie, since it's far more accessible and "feel good." It also fits with the Academy's long-standing tradition of nominating on buzz, it's always been a very self-aware awards show. That explains shit like Braveheart. Still, it's easy to like Slumdog Millionaire and appreciate its whims.
The outright hate is a little absurd.
The outright hate is a little absurd.
The Reader?? Are you fucking joking me? And you give it a best directing nom over TDK, or better yet The Wrestler? I have no problem with TDK or Wall-E not getting nominated for best pic or direction, but to that oscar bait film? Really really average, wtf. Also why wasn't Springsteen's song from The Wrestler not nominated or The Dark Knight's score? Its the same bland films nominated for everything. Ugh.
CajoleJuice
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you motherfuckerAmir0x said:
SCULLIBUNDO
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You're all getting pissed off about The Reader getting nominated for Film/Director over TDK when it should be Frost/Nixon and Ron Howard removed from the list to make room for Nolan.
linsivvi said:
I was so happy to see him nominated for Doubt. I think he was better in that movie than the one he won the award for, Capote.
Doubt is probably my favorite movie of the year for sure.
As for whether he was the lead actor in the movie... I'd say Meryl Streep's role was more dominant and had significantly more screen time. That's one of the interesting devices of the movie, after all... that we don't actually see Philip Seymour Hoffman doing much particularly objectionable (outside of the hypocrisy of his drinking and smoking and the oddity of his obsession with fingernails), and Amy Adams and Meryl Streep spend most of the time seething behind the scenes and looking for something on him.
Philip Seymour Hoffman is definitely AS IMPORTANT to the movie as Meryl Streep's character, but I do not consider it wrong to say he was a supporting actor.
Wii Will Rock U
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LTTP but I am a huge film fan.
The only real disappointment for me this year was that the Reader took a Best Picture spot over Dark Knight, Revolutionary Road, Wall-E, In Bruges, and many other deserving films. Everything else I completely agree with and while I am confident Slumdog will win Best Picture, I really think Milk deserves it.
The only real disappointment for me this year was that the Reader took a Best Picture spot over Dark Knight, Revolutionary Road, Wall-E, In Bruges, and many other deserving films. Everything else I completely agree with and while I am confident Slumdog will win Best Picture, I really think Milk deserves it.
DevelopmentArrested
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Trax416 said:
Maybe, if you haven't seen The Wrestler.
Captain N said:
:lol
DevelopmentArrested said:
I think Rourke gave the single best performance of the year (any category, any sex), and I'm definitely rooting for him to win, but Penn in Milk gave the type of performance that would have been the heavy favorite in a lot of other years. Rourke should win, but if Penn wins, it'll be deserving.
DevelopmentArrested said:
Slumdog is great, but there's nothing funny about Wall-E. It was easily one of the best pictures of the year.
Anyway, the Oscars are a joke No one really gives a shit anymore. Just a punch of out of touch old people. The fact that TDK wasn't given a nom for even best director is proof of that.
WHAT HORROR!
I spent most of my discussion time last Oscar season giving out praise for alternative and fresh choices by the academy (outside of the 'Foreign film' scandal which was honestly the worst thing they've done in the entire history of the Oscars), but this year I'm stupified by the complete bore of that list. It's stunningly dull.
First off, the 'Best film' category reads like a "Who's who" of bland Oscar fodder. Milk is good ('Paranoid Park' ten times better), Slumdog decent, the rest toss. Offensive stuff.
Secondly, I find it hysterical that Amy Adams was given a nod for her role in 'Doubt' -- one almost no critic found particularly noteworthy -- while she was completely robbed for her turn in 'Enchanted' - a deservedly much-lauded portrait that was challenging and new. It's the perfect example of how the Academy looks for what TYPE of role and what TYPE of movie to choose rather than the actual quality displayed.
I spent most of my discussion time last Oscar season giving out praise for alternative and fresh choices by the academy (outside of the 'Foreign film' scandal which was honestly the worst thing they've done in the entire history of the Oscars), but this year I'm stupified by the complete bore of that list. It's stunningly dull.
First off, the 'Best film' category reads like a "Who's who" of bland Oscar fodder. Milk is good ('Paranoid Park' ten times better), Slumdog decent, the rest toss. Offensive stuff.
Secondly, I find it hysterical that Amy Adams was given a nod for her role in 'Doubt' -- one almost no critic found particularly noteworthy -- while she was completely robbed for her turn in 'Enchanted' - a deservedly much-lauded portrait that was challenging and new. It's the perfect example of how the Academy looks for what TYPE of role and what TYPE of movie to choose rather than the actual quality displayed.
Dabookerman
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DevelopmentArrested said:
The relationship between the dude and the girl in Slumbog was just incredibly wooden, and unsympathetic . Oh no,
my poor face has a little scratch, oh let me kiss it better.. ughhh
Wall-e and Eve have more personality than the entire cast of that cheesefest.
Peru said:
Not sure about all this. The four primary "leads" in Doubt, Hoffman, Streep, Davis and Adams, have all been nominated for various things since they started releasing critics' award. The last thing anyone should've been surprised by is any one of those 4 getting Oscar nods.
Particularly not Amy Adams, who was nominated for the trifecta before the Oscar - Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG. Getting all three of those has long been one of the big Oscar precursors.
This is just a case of stereotypical internet "outrage". Most of the films up there are decent/good/great/excellent but in a fairly poor year for film there is no clear front runner.
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionare
The Wrestler
...then for the borderline
Gran Torino
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader and Milk like I said from the moment they were announced are very poor films for any year's Best Picture category, but both are far from awful on their own.
I'm still very happy with the amount of nominations for Dark Knight. I hope Wally gets his Cinematography Oscar finally.
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionare
The Wrestler
...then for the borderline
Gran Torino
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader and Milk like I said from the moment they were announced are very poor films for any year's Best Picture category, but both are far from awful on their own.
I'm still very happy with the amount of nominations for Dark Knight. I hope Wally gets his Cinematography Oscar finally.
DevelopmentArrested
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Blader5489 said:
Cheebs said:
Durr.
Darko said:
I love how it gets nominated for EIGHT fucking Oscars yet somehow it's not worthy by Oscar?
singularity
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Defcon said:Slumdog was good, but it doesn't deserve a best picture nomination. 2008 really sucked for movies.
I agree with this assessment. 2008 was a really weak year for good/high tier movies (lot of good, small under the radar films though, but most of those are always ignored come Oscar/Golden Globe season.) It's really a complete disappointment after the amazing year that 2007 was. The third runner-up* from 2007 would likely be best picture worthy amongst this year's crowd.
* Which would have been There Will Be Blood or Michael Clayton depending on your tastes. Maybe even Atonement.
And Michael Shannon gets a best supporting nod for Revolutionary Road while DiCaprio/Winslet get nothing? Really?
SanjuroTsubaki said:
The fact you have Gran Torino has "border line" is fucking pathetic.
PLease don't ever list that worthless, poor excuse for a film anywhere close to those mentioned above.
Everything about it was horrible. It had no redeeming qualities at all. It was one of the worst movies I have watched all year.
MisterHero
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lies!Trax416 said:
>:O
singularity
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I think the fact that the movie was overly long and kind of meanders around aimlessly for a while would be a factor too, but I guess I'm old and out of touch?omg rite said:
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