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by dws1982
Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:00 pm
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: [NE] Nomination Elim Game ('79- OSCARGUY)
Replies: 4571
Views: 155238

Mychael Danna's score may be fantastic. I wouldn't know, as I haven't watched the film, although other than Regeneration , I'm not generally a big fan of his scores. But Nixon 's score sure as hell deserved its nomination more than Sense and Sensibility (why is it still there, and why was Il Postin...
by dws1982
Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:38 pm
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: [NE] Nomination Elim Game ('79- OSCARGUY)
Replies: 4571
Views: 155238

For Best Dramatic Score, I'll replace John Williams ('Nixon') with Mychael Danna ('Exotica'). Dammit... Nixon is an excellent score. Maybe not as good as Williams's nominated score the following year (for Sleepers ), but it definitely deserves a re-listen. If I remember, I'll stage a rescue when my...
by dws1982
Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:33 pm
Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
Topic: Tom O'Neil is still an idiot
Replies: 22
Views: 1609

Damien wrote:It was like watching a mentally-challenged person acting up in public.
HA!
by dws1982
Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:02 pm
Forum: The Damien Bona Memorial Oscar History Thread
Topic: Tom O'Neil is still an idiot
Replies: 22
Views: 1609

That site comes up as an error message. Is this--which is idiotic, even for him--what you were linking to?
by dws1982
Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:58 am
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: The American Idol 2008 Thread
Replies: 303
Views: 10993

I mean, Taylor Hicks much? Daughtry and that "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" chick (her name completely escapes me at the moment) are far more popular. Chris Daughtry and Elliott Yamin were the real winners that season, and probably the two most successful contestants who didn't reach the fi...
by dws1982
Wed Apr 16, 2008 12:59 am
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: [NE] Nomination Elim Game ('79- OSCARGUY)
Replies: 4571
Views: 155238

I considered picking Heat or Nixon for the BP slot instead of Bridges ; glad to see that I picked Bridges , since it's generated a lot of discussion. Cinemanolis: However i was disapointed that it replaced 'Sense and Sensibility' and not any other of that year's nominees. Sense and Sensibility and ...
by dws1982
Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:33 pm
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: [NE] Nomination Elim Game ('79- OSCARGUY)
Replies: 4571
Views: 155238

Is there even any way to know which of these reviews linked on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes were even written in 1995? And what percentage of the reviews published at the time are even posted on those sites?
by dws1982
Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:06 pm
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: [NE] Nomination Elim Game ('79- OSCARGUY)
Replies: 4571
Views: 155238

The Bridges of Madison County is a lovely film, taking a so-so book and really finding a depth and beauty to it. From the excerpts I've read, so-so is a generous description. The movie is beautiful, though--probably second only to Unforgiven as far as my favorite Eastwood films are concerned, so mu...
by dws1982
Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:06 pm
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: [NE] Nomination Elim Game ('79- OSCARGUY)
Replies: 4571
Views: 155238

In Best Picture, I'll replace Sense and Sensibility with The Bridges of Madison County , the chick-flick--which is very much an Eastwood film--that probably would've gotten several more nominations had it been released late in the year, rather than in summer. In Best Film Editing, I'm going to repl...
by dws1982
Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:25 pm
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: [PO] Penelope's Elimination Game
Replies: 2023
Views: 106993

I've got a lot going on that's been keeping me off the board lately.

And I don't have a lot of time now, but I'm giving this to Rachel Roberts for This Sporting Life.

Whomever's up next, take Best Actor, 1947.
by dws1982
Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:27 pm
Forum: The People
Topic: RIP Charlton Heston
Replies: 14
Views: 1025

He was probably my first favorite actor, the first whose films I would watch because he was in them. (This was when I was seven or eight.) This meant seeing some bad movies, like The Far Horizons --with Donna Reed(!) as Sacajawea--some interesting failures like The Buccaneer (Anthony Quinn's sole d...
by dws1982
Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:59 pm
Forum: The People
Topic: Ben Stein Is a Jerk
Replies: 2
Views: 230

The big bang theory does not disprove the existence of God. It can be interpreted as the way He did it. Agree. Tracy: "You believe that Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel and that Cain slew Abel and went out into the world and begat the rest of the human race from which all of us are des...
by dws1982
Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:45 am
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: [NE] Nomination Elim Game ('79- OSCARGUY)
Replies: 4571
Views: 155238

I know it's my turn, but I don't think I haven any real changes to make. I haven't seen enough from 1934 to go very far playing this year.

So I'm just going to pass the baton to the next person.




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by dws1982
Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:41 pm
Forum: Other Film Discussions
Topic: [PO] Penelope's Elimination Game
Replies: 2023
Views: 106993

Test
by dws1982
Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:19 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: The 2007 IRA Awards
Replies: 58
Views: 9965

Five.

And then at least two, maybe three more haven't been mentioned yet.

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