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- Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:04 pm
- Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
- Topic: SAG: Actress
- Replies: 59
- Views: 13013
I'll have to once again stand with Italiano, and have some faith that Oscar voters will see the folly in this and go with Streep in the end. How blisteringly sad, that we have to pray for that to redeem an otherwise drearily predictable if not dismal Oscar night. Same here. Interestingly, I think i...
- Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:00 pm
- Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
- Topic: SAG: Actress
- Replies: 59
- Views: 13013
It's not a contradiction to say that The Blind Side is offensive AND that Bullock's performance is lousy. In fact, both of those statements are correct. That some people (here and on other boards) can't imagine why this kind of film would be offensive/racist only proves the point that many white pe...
- Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:20 pm
- Forum: The 8th Decade
- Topic: The Better Than Armond White List 2009
- Replies: 1
- Views: 729
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:54 pm
- Forum: 2009
- Topic: The White Ribbon
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6438
But I wasn't lying about my poor English; trust me, it's easier to explain what's wrong in The Blind Side than what's right in The White Ribbon. Your English seems perfectly fine to me; in the short time I've been here, your posts stand out as among the most intelligent, witty and insightful. And I...
1 star (out of 4). Wow, I thought The Changeling and Gran Torino were bad, but this is a new low for Eastwood. Boring and irrelevant, with Eastwood's typical inability to deal with the nuances of race relations (and an inability to transcend his own latent racism) front and center this time, instea...
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:27 pm
- Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
- Topic: GG: Drama Actress
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1387
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:19 pm
- Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
- Topic: GG: Director
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1681
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:16 pm
- Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
- Topic: GG: Comedy/Musical Actor
- Replies: 14
- Views: 998
Matt Damon should have won this category hands down. He has been one of the most consistent actors ever since his breakthrough performance in the otherwise overrated Good Will Hunting, and it's hard to believe he hasn't been nominated since (!), not even for his fearless performance in The Talented...
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:07 pm
- Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
- Topic: GG: Original Score
- Replies: 9
- Views: 686
Up is a gorgeous, gorgeous score and if it wins it will be the best winner in this category since The Fellowship of the Ring, maybe even further back. I'd go further back. Howard Schore's score for the Rings films is lovely, but Up is one of the best film scores I've ever heard. It would be the bes...
- Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:52 pm
- Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
- Topic: January predictions
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7710
After the boring across-the-board precursory consensus of 2007 and 2008, is anyone else excited by the possibility that this year we could have a real Oscar race? I realize there's still time for the Globes/Guild Awards to fall in line and render this year a dull trek to the Oscar finish line, but ...
- Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:30 pm
- Forum: 2009
- Topic: The Blind Side
- Replies: 92
- Views: 16572
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:07 pm
- Forum: 2009
- Topic: Up in the Air
- Replies: 59
- Views: 11895
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:02 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: Mo'Nique: Will she show?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 878
What I see here is a star (or thereabouts) willing to call out the Oscar hype machine for what it really is: a vehicle to drive profits. Ah yes, and who better to call out the Oscar whore machine than a black star (or thereabouts) who willingly sold out for money in a modern minstrel movie? That be...
- Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:14 pm
- Forum: 82nd Predictions and Precursors
- Topic: Golden Globe Nominations
- Replies: 66
- Views: 3197