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by The Original BJ
Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:02 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: New Rules - Bill Maher's Musings
Replies: 8
Views: 773

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' ...
by The Original BJ
Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:33 pm
Forum: The People
Topic: WGA's 101 Greatest Scripts
Replies: 11
Views: 893

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by The Original BJ
Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:46 am
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: New Rules
Replies: 6
Views: 729

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...
by The Original BJ
Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:54 am
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Brokeback Mountain
Replies: 367
Views: 32418

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...
by The Original BJ
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: 3267

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 ...
by The Original BJ
Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:11 pm
Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
Topic: Best Picture Ratings
Replies: 20
Views: 1968

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...
by The Original BJ
Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:19 am
Forum: Broadcast Media
Topic: The American Idol Thread
Replies: 288
Views: 19035

Damien wrote:And I'm someone who loves everyone and everything.
LMAO.
by The Original BJ
Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:27 am
Forum: The 8th Decade
Topic: 1998 Oscar Shouldabeens
Replies: 60
Views: 19905

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...
by The Original BJ
Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:28 am
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: Ten Best Films of 2006
Replies: 13
Views: 4073

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 ...
by The Original BJ
Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:08 am
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: V for Vendetta
Replies: 15
Views: 1318

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.
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.
by The Original BJ
Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:34 am
Forum: General Off-Topic
Topic: New York, New York
Replies: 12
Views: 784

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...
by The Original BJ
Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:33 pm
Forum: 2000 - 2007
Topic: V for Vendetta
Replies: 15
Views: 1318

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...
by The Original BJ
Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:16 pm
Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
Topic: Ten Films That Give Oscar a Bad Name
Replies: 35
Views: 2918

It's interesting that, with the exception of Dennis Bee, nobody seems to remember one of the truly worst Best Pictures in the last decades: "Chariots of Fire". I actually just saw Chariots of Fire for the first time several days ago and I was absolutely shocked at what a dull, pedestrian,...
by The Original BJ
Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:25 pm
Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
Topic: Ten Films That Give Oscar a Bad Name
Replies: 35
Views: 2918

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...
by The Original BJ
Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:07 am
Forum: Other Oscar Discussions
Topic: Ten Films That Give Oscar a Bad Name
Replies: 35
Views: 2918

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 ...

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