Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Spike Lee's doc was wonderful. The problem I had with it was the four hour length. I found it very engrossing but it may be because I live in NO. A lot of really good stuff about the history of the black and mixed race community in New Orleans came late in the film, after a lot of people probably t...

I think the first Katrina films will be standard TV movies, and may be already in the can for February sweeps. The main characters will be: 1) a mid-level officer in the Army Corps Of Engineers who will warn his superiors at the beginning of the film that the levees in New Orleans will not hold up ...

Many of you have heard about the very sad and tragic story of the young New Orleans couple, Adriane Hall and Zackery Bowen, who died when Bowen murdered Hall and then killed himself. I know this is inappropriate, given that these two families are still in shock and mourning, but I have been thinkin...

I don't think Breslin is a supporting player in LMS. She is the film's central character. True, but Tatum O'Neal was the central character in Paper Moon and Patty McCormack was the central character in The Bad Seed. Seems like an unwritten rule with the Academy that juveniles who give Oscar worthy ...

I agree that WTC will not likely get any noms in major categories. Technically well done (anyone agree with me that it is a likely nominee in the art direction/set decoration category?) but none of the performances other than Maggie Gyllenhall's interested me. And, like Arkin in LMS, she was good, ...

I think only one member of the LMS cast will make the cut for an acting nom. Many people are rooting for Abigail Breslin (how can you not) but I predict Kinnear will be the one. His character was, IMO, the heart of the film and the drama of his career problems dovetailed nicely with the drama of Ab...

I thought Alan Arkin was funny in LMS and he did a good job but nothing special. I would not be surprised if he got a nostalgia nomination but I think that would happen only if he was at least a minor factor in some of the precursor awards. I just saw nothing special in his performance. I would hop...

I can't believe I keep forgetting Little Children. For some reason, the film never got written in. Every time I think about it, I'm not at a point where I can update anything...Grrr...Little Children should be in picture and director categories and tangentially thus in a writing category. Saw Littl...

Oscar Guy, I note that your only mention of "Little Children", as a nominee or an alternate, is Kate as a Lead Actress nominee. You have a bad feeling about this one? I hope not. I am leaving shortly for a screening of it at the 2006 New Orleans Film Festival (Obviously, the 2005 Fest did...

The Departed--*** 1/2 out of **** Saw it at a preview Monday night. Won two passes by answering a sports trivia question during a local radio talk show. Loved it. I think it has one of the strongest and most interesting story of any Scorcese film. I did not see Infernal Affairs but I enjoyed this s...

The 17th Amendment changed the US Constitution so it would take another amendment to remove it. That would call for an amendment to be introduced into Congress, the approval of 2/3 of both houses of Congress, and approval of the legislatures of 3/4 of the states. I find it hard to believe there wil...

I am going to have to hunt down a DVD of Johnny Got His Gun to rent. I read the novel in junior high school and saw it during my freshman year of college and both works affected me greatly. I haven't thought about it in years. I haven't noticed it on TV very often and have seen it only a few times....

I never heard Mel say anything positive about Kerry during the 2004 campaign, but I remember him saying a lot of negative things about Bush and the war. Mel, like a lot of conservatives, does not approve of Bush's running up of deficits and engaging in "nation building" overseas. And I am...

--Will When the Levees Broke be eligible for best documentary? It's got nothing but raves (though it is screening for HBO). That is an interesting question. It was an outstanding documentary (of course, it is hard for me to be objective) that I found as enjoyable and engrossing as any other documen...