Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I think we sadly all saw this coming a little bit, and it's disgusting and sad but it's all been mishandled with the film so far... It's hard to see the bright side of this placement, apparently we are the only ones who realize Affleck was clearly the lead and deserved to be awarded accordingly, th...

In line at the theater/Marshall McLuhan- Annie Hall Much of Best in Show (Fred Willard's insane)- and along those lines, Jason Bateman in Dodgeball "I took something" destroying of the copier- Office Space Marge's interview with the hookers- Fargo Vince Vaughn's explanation why he doesn't...

Uri, you make a very good point, one that I came to make and realized you had beaten me to the punch, as I was reading your post I was thinking of the examples I wanted to add and you continued to name them. My jerk reaction to this as I'm sure it is for all is well what can we do to change this in...

Liking what Sabin said, and due to an internal struggle with We Own the Night, I'm already instituting his 1/4 star rating **** 1. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik) ***1/2 2. Gone Baby Gone (Ben Affleck) 3. Ratatouille (Brad Bird) ***1/4 4. We Own the Night...

I’m increasingly getting a good feeling that the Academy will not only recognize Affleck’s incredible performance, but place him in the correct category, too; If you're gonna hang in there I'm right with ya buddy, I'll keep my hopes up till January I wish I had your increasingly good feeling, my in...

dylanfan23 wrote:just missed - Assasination of Jesse James... & Eastern Promises.

Missed in the theater or them from your top 10 list dylanfan?

BEST PICTURE The Departed Letters from Iwo Jima The Lives of Others Marie Antoinette The Queen* BEST DIRECTOR Sofia Coppola- Marie Antoinette* Alphonso Cuaron- Children of Men Clint Eastwood- Letters from Iwo Jima Stephen Frears- The Queen Guillermo del Toro- Pan's Labyrinth BEST ACTOR Matt Damon- ...

Parents named me Charles Ryan with the intention of my proper name being Ryan (most would say Ryan Charles more logical), friends seem to call me Chuck or Charlie all the time and think they are clever as hell. I also get the name Duce a lot, due to my last name. I grew up outside of Dayton, OH and...

I've just been getting into the Wire on HBO recently, they seem to be playing the prior 4 seasons to I guess prepare for the fifth and final season, which certainly is not as imminent as it had been....but this show is borderline excellent, the acting is perfect, and its protrayal of the war on dru...

Laziness or carelessness with editing or spending the time to make accurate a film's continuity just really bothers me and makes me resent how such things could happen.... most recent example that just really pisses me off and you ask yourself how could this happen? The Departed- scene in the porno...

Sabin and Eric, I don't get the love for Munich . Like at all, but to each his own I guess. A.I. is clearly the best and to me -- together with Catch Me If You Can and most of War of the Worlds -- these three films are so superior to everything else Speilberg has done, that they might as well have ...

I thought him quite good as hopeless in Happiness and as 'cool' uncool in Almost Famous, and I respect his range, he was solid in Capote and all, I just found the whole experience so underwhelming and his victory in a year where just among the nominees for Best Actor he would rank 4th in my opinion...