HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Oscars '07
February 27, 2007 at 02:53 AM UTC
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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.
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i didn't know that, interesting.
I Dare
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Re: Oscars '07
February 27, 2007 at 02:56 AM UTC
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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.
brokensocscene
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Re: Oscars '07
February 27, 2007 at 05:26 AM UTC
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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.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Oscars '07
February 27, 2007 at 02:00 PM UTC
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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.
El Tee
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Re: Oscars '07
February 27, 2007 at 05:49 PM UTC
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Why did Hollywoodland get shut out? Adrian Brody was great.
Re: Oscars '07
February 27, 2007 at 06:59 PM UTC
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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?
xneverwherex
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Re: Oscars '07
February 27, 2007 at 08:05 PM UTC
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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.
Rhett Miller
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Re: Oscars '07
February 27, 2007 at 08:12 PM UTC
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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.
I Dare
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Re: Oscars '07
February 28, 2007 at 11:18 AM UTC
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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.
i agree that whittaker did great. also didn't see venus though. i was glad to see gosling and epps get the spirit awards.
brokensocscene
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Re: Oscars '07
February 28, 2007 at 06:49 PM UTC
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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.
Re: Oscars '07
February 28, 2007 at 07:07 PM UTC
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Alan Arkin orders the chef's special whenever he dines at The Birchmere.
nkotb
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Re: Oscars '07
February 28, 2007 at 07:26 PM UTC
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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.
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Oscars '07
March 01, 2007 at 04:37 AM UTC
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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.
I hated "Crash" with a passion, and I heard that "Babel" was like "Crash 2.0", so I avoided it like the plague
Rhett Miller
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Re: Oscars '07
March 01, 2007 at 12:04 PM UTC
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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.
Re: Oscars '07
March 01, 2007 at 12:24 PM UTC
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What? You don't like Davy Cronenberg?