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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 5,494 |
| Posted: | | | | See the list is out today for Febuary 22 telecast of the 81st Annual Awards.. Wonder if the Underdog "Slumdog" will get the golden statue??? | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | 8 Nominations for the Dark Knight...impressive.
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 13,202 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr Pavlov: Quote: 8 Nominations for the Dark Knight...impressive.
Skip It would have been truly impressive if there were some non-technical catagories. This is what I hate about the Oscars. The most popular film of the year...the one that sold 73,750,219 tickets...is relegated to technical awards. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free. - Citizen G'Kar |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | Well, Unicus it is fairly unusual for a film such as Dark Knight to lasso a Besst Supporting nod, in this case predictable but unusual nonetheless.
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,197 |
| Posted: | | | | Yeah the Oscars always reward obscure films like Titanic and Return of the King. | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 1,414 |
| Posted: | | | | I saw BENJAMIN BUTTON this last weekend and was not expecting much; I was amazed at how much I enjoyed it and it moved me. Right now it's got my vote, though I haven't yet seen SLUMDOG or THE READER (which I thought got pretty bad reviews?) | | | "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
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| Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr Pavlov: Quote: Well, Unicus it is fairly unusual for a film such as Dark Knight to lasso a Besst Supporting nod, in this case predictable but unusual nonetheless. True enough but, would he have gotten the nod had he not died? History tells me that he wouldn't have. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free. - Citizen G'Kar |
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Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,550 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote: Quoting Dr Pavlov:
Quote: Well, Unicus it is fairly unusual for a film such as Dark Knight to lasso a Besst Supporting nod, in this case predictable but unusual nonetheless.
True enough but, would he have gotten the nod had he not died? History tells me that he wouldn't have. I tend to agree. Although Johnny Depp did get nominted, in the much more competitive Best Actor category no less, for Pirates of the Caribbean. It looks as if the memebers of the Academy went out of their way NOT to nominate The Dark Knight. The Reader? Really??? | | | Last edited: by The Movieman |
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| Posted: | | | | Quoting Patsa: Quote: Yeah the Oscars always reward obscure films like Titanic and Return of the King. Wow, two blockbuster films in 81 years. I guess I was wrong. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free. - Citizen G'Kar |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 1,777 |
| Posted: | | | | I read this complaint about popcorn films not getting a best film nod every year and I used to be in that camp. After revisiting several years-worth of best picture winners, I've concluded that most of these films actually do have substance to them.
Nothing wrong with a good popcorn film and if somebody actually acts in one, hey, bonus. Generally though, these summer tentpoles weren't the best crafted films of the year, which is really what this award is about.
All that being said, I'm unimpressed with the list this year. | | | Last edited: by mdnitoil |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 820 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote: Quoting Patsa:
Quote: Yeah the Oscars always reward obscure films like Titanic and Return of the King.
Wow, two blockbuster films in 81 years. I guess I was wrong. That depend on your definition of a blockbuster I guess. I would have said that there have been a lot more than two. |
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Registered: March 15, 2007 | Posts: 1,982 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote: This is what I hate about the Oscars. The most popular film of the year...the one that sold 73,750,219 tickets...is relegated to technical awards. The number of ticket sold or the popularity of a film don't make it a good one. The only thing that it means is that the marketing for it was good. |
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Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,550 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting AESP_pres: Quote: Quoting Unicus69:
Quote: This is what I hate about the Oscars. The most popular film of the year...the one that sold 73,750,219 tickets...is relegated to technical awards. The number of ticket sold or the popularity of a film don't make it a good one. The only thing that it means is that the marketing for it was good. True, but when you also have a movie that was critically acclaimed as TDK, you have the best of both worlds, right? Obviously it wouldn't have won (I'd guess it's between Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire) so why not? Why not honor a film that the folks and critics both liked/loved? |
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Registered: April 4, 2007 | Posts: 886 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting TheMovieman: Quote: Quoting AESP_pres:
Quote: Quoting Unicus69:
Quote: This is what I hate about the Oscars. The most popular film of the year...the one that sold 73,750,219 tickets...is relegated to technical awards. The number of ticket sold or the popularity of a film don't make it a good one. The only thing that it means is that the marketing for it was good.
True, but when you also have a movie that was critically acclaimed as TDK, you have the best of both worlds, right? Obviously it wouldn't have won (I'd guess it's between Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire) so why not? Why not honor a film that the folks and critics both liked/loved? Because it's very possible all the critics just love it to jump on the "we have to hype the poor dead guy" bandwagon. You seem to be on it too, looking at your avatar. Did you actually particularly like Heath Ledger back when he did flicks like The Patriot, Ten Things I Hate About You and A Knight's Tale? | | | - Jan |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 4,596 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting hydr0x: Quote: Did you actually particularly like Heath Ledger back when he did flicks like The Patriot, Ten Things I Hate About You and A Knight's Tale? I for one was not very impressed with him in previous works. But he was the BOMB in Dark Knight . The work he did on that film deserves an Oscar nomination. | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Posted: | | | | Quoting AESP_pres: Quote: Quoting Unicus69:
Quote: This is what I hate about the Oscars. The most popular film of the year...the one that sold 73,750,219 tickets...is relegated to technical awards. The number of ticket sold or the popularity of a film don't make it a good one. The only thing that it means is that the marketing for it was good. I agree with you to a point as a movie can be both populare AND good. Unfortunately, with a very few exceptions, the Academy seems to shy away from movies that are popular. Two notable exceptions were already listed in this thread. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free. - Citizen G'Kar |
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