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- Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:02 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: New Rules - Bill Maher's Musings
- Replies: 8
- Views: 830
My philosophy is, in public arenas it is ok to suggest that you include all or none, but there have been cases where people have insisted that Christian signs, songs or messages should be banned from schools and other such places, but not any other religious symbols. Excuse me? Replace 'Christian' ...
- Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:33 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: WGA's 101 Greatest Scripts
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1011
- Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:46 am
- Forum: The 8th Decade
- Topic: New Rules
- Replies: 6
- Views: 782
I know the Academy needs to have rules, but sometimes they get so technical you wonder how human beings actually sit down and decide these things. Reza, will we get a lineup of scores that amazing any time soon? I had a hard time finding five scores for my awards this year. Besides, I think that ru...
- Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:54 am
- Forum: 2000 - 2007
- Topic: Brokeback Mountain
- Replies: 367
- Views: 43598
Criddic, it's something I like to call the Titanic Syndrome. People who see a film before hype builds will inevitably cherish it more than people who see it after the hype has climaxed or is even at its apex. It's a standard event with films that have intense buzz surrounding them. I think this phe...
- Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:01 pm
- Forum: The 8th Decade
- Topic: (UPDATED)Worst "best picture" winner of the decade - After 2005
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3860
Now that the Crash victory has died down (a little), I made my vote and picked Gladiator. Crash is trash, but at least it did ATTEMPT to deal with an important issue, however superficial and problematic its execution. A Beautiful Mind is a snooze, but I still think there's some fine acting in that ...
- Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:11 pm
- Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
- Topic: Best Picture Ratings
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2121
I mean, come on, no one really started outright hating Crash until it became a serious threat to Brokeback Mountain's win for Best Picture. No, no, no. I didn't like Crash the first time I saw it, which was opening weekend in LA. Maybe I didn't HATE it yet, but I never thought it was a good film at...
- Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:19 am
- Forum: Broadcast Media
- Topic: The American Idol Thread
- Replies: 288
- Views: 23276
- Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:27 am
- Forum: The 8th Decade
- Topic: 1998 Oscar Shouldabeens
- Replies: 60
- Views: 24152
For anyone who may be interested, I painstakingly went through each and every year and re-listed my picks in order of preference in all eight categoreis - best picture, actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress (the latter two categories beginning in 1929), best written drama and best wr...
- Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:28 am
- Forum: 2000 - 2007
- Topic: Ten Best Films of 2006
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4989
I don't think I even posted all the way through 2005, although by the end of the year, awards season sort of took over and . . . I'm hoping 2006 is a much better year than 2005, but this start ain't so great . . . **** ***1/2 Art School Confidential Friends With Money United 93 (it's probably more ...
- Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:08 am
- Forum: 2000 - 2007
- Topic: V for Vendetta
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1442
I guess I didn't really think that was all that deep below, nor was the film's treatment of it given anything more than a superficial cursory glance.OscarGuy wrote:On its surface, it's a film about the pursuit of revenge, love and freedom while deep below, there's an anti-Bush/religious zealot theme.
- Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:34 am
- Forum: General Off-Topic
- Topic: New York, New York
- Replies: 12
- Views: 843
Movielover, do you or any other New Yorkers on the board have any theater recommendations? I'll be visiting NY soon, and while I still have my sights on catching last season hold-overs like Doubt, The Light in the Piazza, and Spamalot, I'd definitely be interested to hear if there's anything (parti...
- Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:33 pm
- Forum: 2000 - 2007
- Topic: V for Vendetta
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1442
V for Vomitrocious might have been a better title, IMO. OscarGuy, was that the only scene where you felt beat over the head? Man, I felt the parallel editing over-emphasized major points about ten too many times. But perhaps the filmmakers felt desperate, because the plot is such gobbledygook I sti...
- Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:16 pm
- Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
- Topic: Ten Films That Give Oscar a Bad Name
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3248
- Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:25 pm
- Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
- Topic: Ten Films That Give Oscar a Bad Name
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3248
I've never understood the English Patient bashing either. I haven't seen the film in several years, but I remember enjoying it, and I've been meaning to catch up with it again now that I own the DVD. Specifically, I was impressed with the way Anthony Minghella adapted Ondaatje's novel, preserving i...
- Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:07 am
- Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
- Topic: Ten Films That Give Oscar a Bad Name
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3248
Wow, I never thought the Crash backlash would be so sudden and so overwhelming. It's nice to see that Oliver! doesn't make the list, but I have to wonder about the sudden hatred toward American Beauty. I know the film has its detractors (and has had them since 1999), but at the time of that film's ...