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Today, I am very proud to be a Texan.

Still, the win for No Country for Old Men is a bit bittersweet for me because I had the opportunity to work as a production assistant on it and turned it down because I didn't want to stay in Marfa for an extended period of time. Today, I am kicking myself.
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Sonic Youth wrote:LOL! Okay, Mr. Monday Morning Quarterback. And what was your long-term prediction last year? That "The Lives of Others" was gonna go the way of "Dangerous Moves" and "The Assault"? It's only been a year, and its esteem has very evidently been growing by leaps and bounds.
To be fair to Damien, he has never seen that movie, so of course all the things he said about it can't be properly judged.
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Damien wrote:This seems like an In The Heat Of The Night/French Connection kind of win. The type of movie no one in decades ahead will have a whole a lot of negativity towards, but one which few people will have any interest in watching or discussing.

LOL! Okay, Mr. Monday Morning Quarterback. And what was your long-term prediction last year? That "The Lives of Others" was gonna go the way of "Dangerous Moves" and "The Assault"? It's only been a year, and its esteem has very evidently been growing by leaps and bounds.

Two can play at this. It seems more to me like an "Unforgiven" kind of win, a heady choice that is initially more respected and admired than loved by the general audience but over time will come to be appreciated as one of the great achievements in American cinema. :p



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Damien wrote:
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Damien wrote:This seems like an In The Heat Of The Night/French Connection kind of win. The type of movie no one in decades ahead will have a whole a lot of negativity towards, but one which few people will have any interest in watching or discussing.

Aren't most Oscar winning movies like that?

I watch The Sting again at least once a year. :D
Well, you're certainly offering a new perspective here...
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A deserved win, but still should have went to There Will Be Blood. Who's turn is it in the elimination game?
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Damien wrote:This seems like an In The Heat Of The Night/French Connection kind of win. The type of movie no one in decades ahead will have a whole a lot of negativity towards, but one which few people will have any interest in watching or discussing.

Aren't most Oscar winning movies like that?
I watch The Sting again at least once a year. :D
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Damien wrote:This seems like an In The Heat Of The Night/French Connection kind of win. The type of movie no one in decades ahead will have a whole a lot of negativity towards, but one which few people will have any interest in watching or discussing.
Aren't most Oscar winning movies like that?
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Rudin may have meant that, while in production stage, he didn't expect the film to win any Oscars.
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This seems like an In The Heat Of The Night/French Connection kind of win. The type of movie no one in decades ahead will have a whole a lot of negativity towards, but one which few people will have any interest in watching or discussing.
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Damien wrote:That was ridiculous that Rudin said it was a surprise.

Scott Rudin is known in show business circles as the most horrible person alive --a Harry Cohn for our times. Mean, vindictive, crazed. His boyfriend is adjudged to be wither a saint or the wimpiest most docile bottom of all time.
Hey, not all bottoms are wimpy or docile. For all we know, the bf could be a wimpy, docile top.
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That was ridiculous that Rudin said it was a surprise.

Scott Rudin is known in show business circles as the most horrible person alive --a Harry Cohn for our times. Mean, vindictive, crazed. His boyfriend is adjudged to be wither a saint or the wimpiest most docile bottom of all time.
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Oh, I´m so glad for that recognition! The Coens are coherent and talented filmakers who deserved that win.
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Penelope wrote:
Okri wrote:Scott Rudin's a liar, though.

What did he lie about?

I loved that he thanked his boyfriend and called him "honey."
Didn't he say he was completely surprised? I thought he said that.
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I've seen all 80, smartass.
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OscarGuy wrote:There you have it. Not even one of the 50 best pictures ever to win.
Hmm, I didn't know you'd actually seen 50 of them.
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