It's almost Thanksgiving and what do we know? - Practically nothing

[OscarGuy]

Dame Helen Mirren, of course.

[Steph2]

It will also be the second year in a row that I'd like to bang a woman over 60. That doesn't happen often.

Bravo! Good for you. Who was the lucky girl last year?

[Akash]

In a few years, you'll stop caring about gender.

If this board hasn't already done that to Sabin, nothing will.

[Sabin]

I think it's just that you're so desperate you don't care about age any more. In a few years, you'll stop caring about gender. In a decade, it'll be species.

I think age is such a personal quality (I mean, the chance of remaining young in spite of the years) that Sabin is right in his comment. Naturally, people do care about age anytime, anywhere.

Thank you, Greg. That was sweet and thoughtful.

I'm certainly not an ageist by any means. All I'm saying is that usually women over 60 are not high on my list of people I'd like to film myself in the act with, but I would gladly buy two miniDV tapes if Julie Christie has a weekend open.

[Hustler]

It will also be the second year in a row that I'd like to bang a woman over 60. That doesn't happen often.

I think it's just that you're so desperate you don't care about age any more. In a few years, you'll stop caring about gender. In a decade, it'll be species.

I think age is such a personal quality (I mean, the chance of remaining young in spite of the years) that Sabin is right in his comment. Naturally, people do care about age anytime, anywhere.

[Greg]

It will also be the second year in a row that I'd like to bang a woman over 60. That doesn't happen often.

I think it's just that you're so desperate you don't care about age any more. In a few years, you'll stop caring about gender. In a decade, it'll be species. :p



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[Steph2]

Curiouser and curiouser...

[Akash]

It will also be the second year in a row that I'd like to bang a woman over 60. That doesn't happen often.

Now that's just crude.

[Sabin]

It will also be the second year in a row that I'd like to bang a woman over 60. That doesn't happen often.

[Hustler]

If Julie Christie wins it will be the second year in a row that a lead actress over 60 gets an Oscar.

[OscarGuy]

If Julie Christie wins this year, she will break Helen Hayes' record of length between wins.

Hayes won 1931 and 1970, 39 years
Christie won in 1965 and if she wins 2007, that's 42 years

[Reza]

I’d gladly “smoke” on James Marsden’s “pipe”. Anytime. Any place.

I'd swallow.

I don't know how or when you and I started agreeing on so many things, but here's another one.

Why bother going to gay porn sites when we get it right here on this Board?

Funny and enjoyable.

[Akash]

I’d gladly “smoke” on James Marsden’s “pipe”. Anytime. Any place.

I'd swallow.

I don't know how or when you and I started agreeing on so many things, but here's another one.

[Damien]

Sasha Stone at Awards daily has an interesting perspective on the EW article. I just to copy it, but it wouldn't work.

Here it is:

EW's Mark Harris Goes After the Blogs
By Sasha Stone

It happens every year but especially this year because the Oscar blog thing has reached a fever pitch (we all remember what it was like when there were one, two or three of us out there but the times they have a changed and if my instincts serve me properly, they are about to change back, meaning, bloggers will be jumping ship like rats because no one will want the stink of being an Oscar blogger anymore). Mark Harris of EW gives a summary of how to predict the Oscars like an amateur. "Think globally, trust no one and see the movies." But I thought the No Country naysayers would be especially giddy at this part:


Don't trust any handicapper who's beating a drum too loudly. In the last few years, bloggers have blurred the line between Oscar prediction and advocacy — something that has had no discernible effect on the nominations, but has lowered their batting average. Nine out of 10 bad calls are made because you love or hate a movie so intensely you're blind to reason. Everybody relishes making an out-on-a-limb guess that pays off, but try to keep one foot on planet Earth: If you're the only one talking up Billy Bob Thornton for Mr. Woodcock, it's not because everybody else is an idiot.

Keep Internet noise in perspective. Remember that Oscar voters don't follow every who's-up/who's-down microtwitch; they're busy seeing (or making) movies. And bear in mind that some of those bloggers tend to get chest-thumpy about a certain type of (usually male, usually violent) film: This year, a lot of bluster is already massing around No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood. They're contenders, but rhetoric doesn't equal votes.

Oh, I think he means like last year when The Departed won Best Picture? I seem to recall being the only one chest-thumpy about that movie and what do you know, it paid off. He's right, though, it doesn't always pay off. Listen, it's all a roll of the dice, people. Even when all of the "pundits" line up behind one movie, as they did with Dreamgirls or Brokeback or whatever, that movie can still not resonate with "them." The trick is always figuring out what they'll respond to - and sorry, Mr. Harris, they often like male and violent -- do I need to make a list of them? Please don't make me. I always think of the majority as John Ford types - they see themselves as very male and they like pretty naked women and they like strong male performances where the hero triumphs. And if he doesn't triumph, as least he's got the poontang thing sewn up. If you know the Oscar race pretty well and have been watching it for almost a decade, you have a pretty good idea of what they're going to respond to. I would not make the mistake of lumping No Country in with There Will Be Blood, however. Two completely different movies.

The sidebar of the page has a picture of No Country with the headline about the film getting enough votes to match the hype - but funnily enough, the film I've gotten much more hype about is Atonement. That one is already the frontrunner, according to almost every predictions chart available.


The "trust no one" thing is something I myself always remind people to do - and I agree with that. But your own instinct should not necessarily be a reflection of your own personal taste. This is largely a preferential vote for 5,000 some odd people. What are going to be the majority's first and second choice? Third choice maybe? Forget four and five. As the race gets closer, a clearer picture will emerge of how it is going to go. There are still some big question marks because a few movies haven't yet opened.

[Big Magilla]

Sasha Stone at Awards daily has an interesting perspective on the EW article. I just to copy it, but it wouldn't work.