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by The Original BJ
Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:15 am
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: December Predictions
Replies: 178
Views: 8189

First of all, I'd love to see Scorsese have an Oscar as much as anybody. I have not seen Dreamgirls, so I don't know whether or not I will prefer Condon this year. That said, Condon already has an Oscar and Scorsese doesn't, so I know I'll be rooting for Scorsese at heart even if I think Condon (or...
by The Original BJ
Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:48 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: December Predictions
Replies: 178
Views: 8189

There are few Oscar wins that would make me happier than seeing Scorsese FINALLY win one . . . but after making similar statements in 2002 and 2004, I'm not holding my breath until he wins both the Globe and the DGA. And, as 2002 & 2004, this will likely be another year when I root for Scorsese...
by The Original BJ
Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:05 pm
Forum: General Off-Topic
Topic: Happy birthday, Okri!
Replies: 15
Views: 774

Happy birthday!
by The Original BJ
Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:14 am
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Letters from Iwo Jima
Replies: 34
Views: 2506

Mainly the back-home scenes. I thought the film had about one idea -- the real heroes died in the war -- and kept replaying that ad nauseum. It's the Haggis touch. Remember his favorite Brecht quote about the hammer?!
by The Original BJ
Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:36 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Dreamgirls or: How to Stop Discussing It and Talk - About Something Else
Replies: 366
Views: 17983

Anon wrote:The more I'm seeing of this report - on Jennifer Hudson linking same-sex desire with sin - the more this feels like a set-up.
Or a situation out of Studio 60.
by The Original BJ
Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:37 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Letters from Iwo Jima
Replies: 34
Views: 2506

The film is slow. Soldiers reflect on their fate perhaps too many times. Points are made and then made again. But this may be part of Eastwood's strategy: War is slow and repetitive and can drive people to real insanity. Filmmakers usually ignore this in war movies. "Flags" and now "...
by The Original BJ
Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:09 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Dreamgirls or: How to Stop Discussing It and Talk - About Something Else
Replies: 366
Views: 17983

Funny, I have L.A. Confidential from Netflix and am about to pop it in right now! The '97 Oscars will always have a special place in my heart because it was my first. At the time, I had only seen Titanic, and was thrilled to watch it sweep. I would not see L.A. Confidential (or most of the other no...
by The Original BJ
Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:27 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: Original Song FYC CD: Til the End of Time
Replies: 7
Views: 388

Ugh. One more category Little Miss Nothing will hog on Oscar morning. My only hope is that the emergence of Letters From Iwo Jima as a legitimate Best Picture contender (of course it was always a possibility, but the NBR prize obviously vaulted its chances up a couple notches) will limit Little Mis...
by The Original BJ
Wed Dec 06, 2006 4:34 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: National Board of Review
Replies: 78
Views: 4726

Also, the Animated prize to Cars confirms my suspicions that Happy Feet does not have that Oscar sewn up, and that this will be a real race.
by The Original BJ
Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:27 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Dreamgirls or: How to Stop Discussing It and Talk - About Something Else
Replies: 366
Views: 17983

An even bigger shoo-in than Brokeback Mountain?
by The Original BJ
Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:31 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Dreamgirls or: How to Stop Discussing It and Talk - About Something Else
Replies: 366
Views: 17983

Anon wrote:
The Original BJ wrote:Can't wait. I already bought my ticket for the roadshow!!

Wow! Which theater will you be attending?
LA.
by The Original BJ
Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:24 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: Animated Feature Finalists
Replies: 22
Views: 1779

Hmm. It actually seems easier to predict the top three rather than top five. Aren't the likeliest candidates Cars, Happy Feet, and Monster House?

Bye-bye, Scanner Darkly!
by The Original BJ
Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:15 am
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Dreamgirls or: How to Stop Discussing It and Talk - About Something Else
Replies: 366
Views: 17983

Can't wait. I already bought my ticket for the roadshow!!

Damien, how would you say it compares to the film of Chicago (which I really liked)? Is it even better with Condon in the director's chair this time around?
by The Original BJ
Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:58 pm
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: European Film Awards winners
Replies: 4
Views: 404

Just saw The Lives of Others. It's quite a good picture, combining political drama with moving character study with plenty of wit and suspense. And, not to reduce the film to its Oscar prospects, which I always hate doing to films that clearly don't have their sights set on awards, I could see the ...
by The Original BJ
Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:36 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Happy Feet
Replies: 26
Views: 1450

I'll chime in and say that, though I didn't care for Happy Feet, it's not exactly the animated equivalent of Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber -- its great visual beauty and overall kind-heartedness places it miles above puerile dreck like those films. I almost want to like it now, given that Medved ...

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