Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

It's interesting how divergent our opinions are on Woody's recent output. I loathed Anything Else, kinda liked Small Time Crooks and Sweet and Lowdown, and really liked Match Point. The reviews kept me away from Jade Scorpion, Hollywood Ending, Melinda and Melinda, and Scoop, and even though I'm a ...

I like The Lion King, too. The animation is gorgeous, it's often very funny, and I think it's a deeply moving and spiritual film as well. That said, the romance IS perfunctory, the film's subtle (well, maybe not so subtle) racism is troubling, and I could have done without some of the flatulence hu...

I adore Beauty and the Beast. It's funny, just today I was thinking about the film because I was listening to the Broadway show soundtrack on my way to work. OscarGuy, I think you are wrong that this was the first Disney film to use CGI, as The Great Mouse Detective got there first. But you are ver...

1. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón) 2. Volver (Pedro Almodóvar) 3. Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood) 4. Little Children (Todd Field) 5. The Science of Sleep (Michel Gondry) 6. Dreamgirls (Bill Condon) 7. Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu) 8. The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma) 9. Infamous (Doug...

BEST PICTURE *Children of Men Letters From Iwo Jima Little Children The Science of Sleep Volver BEST DIRECTOR Pedro Almodóvar - Volver *Alfonso Cuarón - Children of Men Brian De Palma - The Black Dahlia Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima Michel Gondry - The Science of Sleep BEST ACTOR Leonardo ...

I saw Song of the South last year for the first time (on Alan Menken's bootleg DVD copy, no less.) While its racial stereotypes are certainly troubling, I was shocked at how tame the film seemed in comparison to others from the era. (Gone With the Wind's racial stereotypes are FAR more problematic,...

And - coming full circle - I'm VERY impressed by their capacity for "toleration" and "perspective" when it comes to the people here and the remarks they make. Because honestly - Criddic aside - I think people of faith are intimidated by some comments made here and are reluctant ...

Cruz was terrific in Volver; it's an absolutely luminous performance and I never thought she had it in her. I was yelping alongside Salma Hayek when I heard her name read. Blanchett is of course the superior actress, but I agree with Sabin: while she does fine work in Notes on a Scandal, I think a ...

I have to agree with Magilla on Penélope Cruz. I view her revelatory work in Volver as the beginning of what could be a new period for her career, in which she moves from media starlet to serious actress. (Then again, I said the same thing about Halle Berry and that fizzled pretty quickly, but I se...

VanHelsing wrote:"Everything's fair in this world."

Well, let's not go THAT far. It's JUST the Oscars.