Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Akesh, you are a very smart young man - and I defininitely wasn't referring to you in my post. But there is a respect for this movie on this board, an admiration, almost a fear of saying anything bad about it and especially its director, which is obvious. It's between the lines (almost always), but...

I'm not shocked at all. I knew it was happening. Now, I hate to say "I told you so", but I think you can still read a post I wrote a few days ago doubting not so much Dreamgirls', but definitely Bill Condon's chances even just at a nomination - not to say the Oscar itself. My post was qui...

I'm so glad. Morricone was really one of the Academy's major oversights. And I know that he always hoped one day he'd win an Oscar - and was always very sorry when he lost, especially the time he thought he was closer to it (the year he was nominated for The Mission). Morricone's scores have always...

Well, Sonic Youth, I think it IS of great significance - every day I was always reminded here of all the glowing reviews this pic was getting and then - no prizes from the critics?! I am surprised. And I'm not sure that it doesn't mean much for the Oscar race - it's true, it could still get Best Pi...

Yes, I know, Oscar-wise Dreamgirls' chances are still very much alive - and I pointed out that I think it will be nominated for Best Picture. But from what I had read on this board, I frankly expected it would have been a big hit with the critics' prizes, and this clearly hasn't happened. Gladiator...

Are we REALLY sure that Dreamgirls will get a Best Picture nomination? I don't want to shock anyone, but nobody on this board seems to notice something very obvious - this movie is clearly getting next to nothing from the precursors - except, I know, one or two Best Supporting Actress prizes (by th...

While it is true that it's completely wrong to judge a movie before having seen it, based only on its director's (or its star's) previous work, well, let's not be hypochritical now - this is a mistake that we all do, and I'd say a very human, understandable mistake. And is it really a mistake, afte...

Thank you Eric. Oscar Guy, if someone from Spain can be called "brown", then the term should apply to other Mediterraneans, including, say, Italians or Greeks. Same race, same colors. This is why I strongly opposed to this (as you correctly say, of course, we shouldn't care about skin col...

flipp525, it's not about semantics - and if you don't understand this, well, let's just say that you are not as mature as you think you are. Ok Oscar Guy, so you agree with Mister Tee that people from Spain (or Italy, I guess) can be called "brown" - because this is the point of this disc...

"Condescending", Mister Tee, is another favourite American term which I don't like and actually don't understand well. It's easy to accuse someone who doesn't agree with you (and explains why) of being "condescending" - easy especially because it prevents the accuser from really...

Yes Uri, it may not be intentional but I think it betrays an ignorance of the world which I honestly always find a bit scary. It explains lots of things though. Ok Big Magilla, it may have great music and great voices, but a movie is something else, and more, and I'd wait to see it before expecting...

Yes but Almodovar is not Hispanic - he's Spanish... but ok, I realize that we should get into a bit of history and geography now and it would get too complicated to explain. It's true, of course, that "Dreamgirls"' absence from the NBR's list probably won't prevent it to get the Best Pict...