evilromero
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What Spielberg said to the LOTR cast backstage at the Oscars...
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Ned Flanders
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He is a detached prick, but his performance of Sam, particularly in RotK, was absolutely fantastic. Him and McKellan were the only two of the cast who I thought deserved Oscar nominations (oh and Serkis too, although his character annoyed the fuck out of me) for their performances. I got tired of the constant homo-erotic "..but Mister Frodo.." crap, but Astin really nailed some of the scenes, particularly against Shelob and before carrying Frodo up Mt Doom. A couple of the only scenes that geuinuely moved me out of the entire series.
Ninja Scooter
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evilromero said:
seriously. I was all like 'Get a car, homos!"
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Shinobi said:
Seeeeriously. I loathe that shit. Fuck Beautiful Mind.
boutrosinit
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Ford Prefect said:
Oh yes. Watching this on Magic Mushrooms = evening of manic and painful laughter.
Tommie Hu$tle
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Shinobi said:
Training Day has always been a smypthay Oscar to me. He should have won it for Malcom X which to me was the best performace of his life. If it weren't for the massive Spike Lee hate he would have.
I wonder if ManaByte actually read the whole book. 
Astin DOES spend most of the book being self-imporant, but it's really more insecure introspection than anything else(no less annoying), and more than half of the time he isn't even talking about anything related to LOTR.
Astin DOES spend most of the book being self-imporant, but it's really more insecure introspection than anything else(no less annoying), and more than half of the time he isn't even talking about anything related to LOTR.
Tommie Hu$tle said:
Oh I know, I've heard that all before. Truth is I don't care why he won. Hell, I don't care about the awards anyway. Russell's trophy the year before was a sympathy vote, and nobody gave a shit. Bottom line is that I loved Training Day, Denzel's role is one of my favourites ever, and I'm glad he won some hardware for it. And far better that he win it for that performance, then yet another sappy ass, boring as fuck "mentally stupid, but really bright!!!" role.
ended it without the samwise family bit.
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shorten aragorn's ceremony
that's all. Ended the feature when the boats sailed and maybe cut to hobbits faces.
Because the ring is destroyed and the films dramatic tension is all removed. It was best to cut to THE END asap. IMO. What PJ did had a lot of people sitting there thinking.. when is this going to end. It was dull and ruined a great film. Leave the audience wanting more not wishing it would finish.
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shorten aragorn's ceremony
that's all. Ended the feature when the boats sailed and maybe cut to hobbits faces.
Because the ring is destroyed and the films dramatic tension is all removed. It was best to cut to THE END asap. IMO. What PJ did had a lot of people sitting there thinking.. when is this going to end. It was dull and ruined a great film. Leave the audience wanting more not wishing it would finish.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
ManaByte said:
obviously its an act, but what system is he working now?
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
Mr Gump said:
except.. wasnt/isnt john nash gay?
Kabuki Waq
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man i dont know if the guys is a prick or not but in ROTK when he picked up Frodo and carried him i really wanted to break out a "RUDY RUDY" chant.
I didn't think there was anything wrong with the ending. Actually, had they stayed with the book it would have been a LOT longer.
They showed the coronation to pay off all the Aragorn/Arwen stuff and to honor the hobbits and then showed how the hobbits have a little trouble fitting back into place, then the handover of the book (very important) and then Frodo setting sail...the bit with Sam was exactly as the book ended. Since it was no longer Frodo's story, it had to end with sam
They showed the coronation to pay off all the Aragorn/Arwen stuff and to honor the hobbits and then showed how the hobbits have a little trouble fitting back into place, then the handover of the book (very important) and then Frodo setting sail...the bit with Sam was exactly as the book ended. Since it was no longer Frodo's story, it had to end with sam
IAmtheFMan
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Kabuki Waq said:
"Goonies never say DIE, Mr. Frodo!"
Die Squirrel Die
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pnjtony said:
Yeah, Tolkien's own ending is actually really rubbish. But my memory is hazy here, in the books, doesn't it also say that years later, Sam also got to take a boat to happy elf land, 'cause he too had been a ring-bearer even for a short time? I guess Jackson made the boat at the end of the film the 'last' boat to up the dramatic tension.
jett said:You can tell someone hasn't watched A Beautiful Mind. For someone that "doesn't care" about the awards, you sure act like you give a pretty big shit, Shinobi.
It's the one time I ever had a rooting interest at the awards, mainly cause a bunch of brown shirts were pissed that Denzel even got nominated for Training Day. So I enjoy rubbing that victory into their red necks.
And yeah, I haven't watched BM...why waste time watching a movie I have no interest in?
hXc_thugg said:
People were overly pissed in this case, far more then they were for Russell Crowe the year before for his make-up award for Gladiator. Their reasons for their overreaction are of no concern to me...I simply lump 'em all in the same brown shirt stew for my own benefit. Not my concern if people have a problem with it.
Training Day is far from a medicore movie BTW, though that's hardly the point. Denzel is the reason the movie is worth watching. Without him, it probably does become average. That he made it a terrific movie to watch made him more then a worthy recipient of the award. So there.
Ninja Scooter
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Denzel winning was nice, but lets not forget what happened the next year.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Ninja Scooter said:
I already have.
Seriously. What happened the next year?
Ninja Scooter
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Mama Smurf said:
WHITE PEOPLE STORMED BACK...
...WITH A VENGEANCE!
hXc_thugg said:
Training Day was a good film. Denzel's best role, and altho it's cliche I guess was in Glory. Of course he's incredibly good in abouth anything.
On Topic: FOTR was definately the best of the trilogy... despite being the film with the least "action". It was a classic and should have won, IMO. TT, and ROTK were good action films and fun but not as good as FOTR.*
* I love them all really, but FOTR should have won awards.
Die Squirrel Die
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Denzel winning was cool. But having seen Training Day now, I definitely think he was put forward as Best Actor in order to cash in on the feeling that he'd been overlooked before. At best he was equally the main character in the film, definitely not the main actor, with Ethan being a supporting character that the nominations presented. But they were more likely to win going the way they did.
It's the same thing the next year with Nicole Kidman and the Hours. They knew they'd be able to ride her being overlooked in her Moulin Rouge/ The Others year to an Oscar, by keeping Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore (now there's an overlooked actress) out of the category.
It's the same thing the next year with Nicole Kidman and the Hours. They knew they'd be able to ride her being overlooked in her Moulin Rouge/ The Others year to an Oscar, by keeping Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore (now there's an overlooked actress) out of the category.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Oh yeah. I can never remember Oscars stuff, not interesting enough.
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