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="Edgy DC":3541ykkx]We're assigning the "All Purpose" appellation to some pretty narrow-purposed threads these days.[/quote:3541ykkx]
Well, we could have separate threads for the nominations, the red carpet, the awards show, etc. Or we could have one thread for all Oscar-related conversation.
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MFS62
Jan 22 2009 08:21 AM
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I guess those punks feel lucky.
Clint's movie didn't get any nominations.
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Frayed Knot
Jan 22 2009 08:23 AM
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I think 'Button' is destined to become one of those flicks that the critics fawn over while the public remains lukewarm at best.
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themetfairy
Jan 22 2009 10:01 AM
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Haven't seen The Reader or Frost/Nixon. |
The Reader is good but not great. Winslet's performance was magnificent, but it was more of a supporting role than a leading one (it's the performance for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe).
BTW, there's going to be a lot of hand-wringing over Revolutionary Road being all but shut out. Don't fall for it - the film was heavy-handed, bombastic and full of itself (and not nearly as good as its trailer).
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themetfairy
Jan 22 2009 10:03 AM
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| ="MFS62"]I guess those punks feel lucky.
Clint's movie didn't get any nominations.
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Actually, Changeling is one of Clint's films, and it garnered a Best Actress nomination for Angelina Jolie and a couple of nominations in other categories.
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sharpie
Jan 22 2009 10:25 AM
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Revolutionary Road is a really great book, one that I have no interest in seeing a movie made of.
I also read The Reader which was a pretty good book. Again, if I've read the book in general I don't want to see the movie so I'll pass on that.
I saw the Frost/Nixon intereviews when they happened. I can't get all that interested in seeing the movie.
I was disappointed that Sally Hawkins from Happy-Go-Lucky wasn't nominated. She was so great. I think that movie has stuck with me more than any other this year. I will, however, give props to Ann Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married - the wedding toast scene might be the best scene of the year.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 22 2009 10:32 AM
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Why am I doing all the work in the film review forum? Get going, you non-opinion-sharing cranepooling moviegoers.
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themetfairy
Jan 22 2009 10:58 AM
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I was disappointed that Sally Hawkins from Happy-Go-Lucky wasn't nominated. She was so great. I think that movie has stuck with me more than any other this year. I will, however, give props to Ann Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married - the wedding toast scene might be the best scene of the year. |
Agreed and agreed. Although I need to see both Melissa Leo and Angelina Jolie's performances in that category. But I'm hoping that Anne Hathaway wins - she was incredible (and very against type) in Rachel Getting Married.
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themetfairy
Jan 22 2009 11:00 AM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":76sfmz8e]Why am I doing all the work in the film review forum? Get going, you non-opinion-sharing cranepooling moviegoers.[/quote:76sfmz8e]
Maybe because that thread tends to all be polls, and polls sometime feel like too much work to set up.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jan 22 2009 11:18 AM
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They (whoever they are) have to have improved the poll functionality by now, no? Is there a better module for that at this time?
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batmagadanleadoff
Jan 22 2009 01:00 PM
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| ="Frayed Knot"]I think 'Button' is destined to become one of those flicks that the critics fawn over while the public remains lukewarm at best. |
All I know about Benjamin Button --the movie-- is what I read in two unenthusiastic reviews (Roger Ebert and The New Yorker magazine).
Based on those reviews, I'm surprised that the movie was nominated for Best Picture.
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themetfairy
Jan 22 2009 08:32 PM
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The Visitor is available On Demand, and D-Dad and I watched it tonight.
Richard Jenkins put in a solid performance, but he's not going to be in the running for the trophy next month.
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themetfairy
Feb 22 2009 07:12 AM
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Tonight's the big night. Here are my picks -
Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz. If Kate Winslet's performance in The Reader was nominated in this category (as it should have been - it was truly a supporting role) then she'd be a lock. But without Winslet, I think that Cruz is the winner by default.
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger. Even if he hadn't died, his take on The Joker was an incredible performance.
Best Actress - Anne Hathaway. I know that the smart money is supposed to be on Kate Winslet. But as I said above, her role in The Reader was a supporting performance. Anne Hathaway truly acted in Rachel Getting Married, going against type and making a difficult character empathizable. She should win, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for her that she will.
Best Actor - Sean Penn. This is a difficult category this year. Frank Langella is almost forgotten for his already Tony Award winning performance in Frost/Nixon, and Mickey Rourke is incredible in The Wrestler. But Penn surpasses them both. He transformed himself against type and was superlative as Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in the United States.
Best Director - Gus Van Sant. Even though I'm picking Slumdog Millionaire as Best Picture (see below), I'm giving Van Sant this category because I believe that Milk was a better directed film overall.
Best Film - Slumdog Millionaire. The juggernaut for this film is well earned. It's original, gritty, interesting and compelling. It shows a slice of life that is alien to most of us, but it brings us in with the familiar strains of game show music. This isn't a perfect film, but it's the best of the batch.
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Frayed Knot
Feb 22 2009 02:10 PM
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Predicting who should win is a waste of time and seeing the movies involved just makes it tougher.
Who WILL win on the other hand is based on a whole 'nother set of criteria.
I rarely see any of the pictures yet am never wrong on these (except when I am):
- Picture: Slumdog. Indie-fave, not a lot of great competition, and Indian is the new Hispanic
- Director: whoever did Slumdog
- Actor: Rourke is the fave but in some ways just being nominated will be seen as enough so I'm going with the insider Penn
- Supporting actor: Ledger's the biggest lock since Reagan's re-election
- Actress: Winslet, based mostly on the too many nominations not to win theory
- supporting Actress: Always the biggest wild-card category. Cruz is the likely winner with an Amy Adams wild-card
Other awards: No one cares
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metirish
Feb 22 2009 02:33 PM
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Rourke won something called"The Spirit Award" last night and by all accounts gave a long rambling speech where he implored Hollywood to give his friend Eric Roberts another chance, kissed his director on the lips and dedicated his win to Loki his recently departed dog.
Could be cringe inducing if he wins.
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themetfairy
Feb 22 2009 05:06 PM
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The Slumdog Millionaire kids were interviewed on the Red Carpet a little while ago. OMG - they were too adorable!
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Kong76
Feb 22 2009 05:41 PM
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I think the last time I watched the Academy Awards was in the late 70's.
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MFS62
Feb 22 2009 05:48 PM
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Before our friends moved away, we used to go to their house every year to watch the Oscars. It was a dress-up (black tie) party with Champagne, etc.
Don't do much for Oscar night any more.
MMYF watches more of it than I do.
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themetfairy
Feb 22 2009 06:10 PM
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We used to host an Oscar party back in our NYC days. It was the perfect excuse for a party, and one could hang out and socialize and only pay attention to the television when they were actually handing out an award.
Tonight we're watching, but since I'm dieting we're not going all out on the food or drink.
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themetfairy
Feb 22 2009 06:45 PM
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This format of former Oscar winners announcing each nominee is tiresome.
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metirish
Feb 22 2009 06:52 PM
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="themetfairy":2j07de9e]This format of former Oscar winners announcing each nominee is tiresome.[/quote:2j07de9e]
God , is this going to be the carry on all night?....tiresome is right.
Hugh Jackman so far is very likable.
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themetfairy
Feb 22 2009 07:02 PM
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I've seen Jackman host the Tony Awards - he's good in this kind of milieu.
I'm happy that Milk won original screenplay - IMHO it was the best in this category.
Slumdog Millionaire wins its first Oscar in the adapted screenplay category, which was a category with a lot of strong contenders.
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seawolf17
Feb 22 2009 07:30 PM
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="themetfairy":l59v4muu]This format of former Oscar winners announcing each nominee is tiresome.[/quote:l59v4muu]
Well, you knew they weren't going to do that for every award.
This has been really well done tonight. The sets, the staging, the whole production.
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themetfairy
Feb 22 2009 07:33 PM
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="seawolf17":25isp1d2]="themetfairy":25isp1d2]This format of former Oscar winners announcing each nominee is tiresome.[/quote:25isp1d2]
Well, you knew they weren't going to do that for every award.
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I didn't. I feared it was going to be an ongoing thing.
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metirish
Feb 22 2009 07:37 PM
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Ben Stiller was hilarious.....I like the format this year.
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themetfairy
Feb 22 2009 07:41 PM
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Stiller was good.
That format with each nominee being announced by a past winner might resume when we get to the other acting awards. If the show is running late, that is going to be frustrating at the end of the night.
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metirish
Feb 22 2009 08:13 PM
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Heath Ledger wins , his Mom, Dad and sister accepted and they were wonderful.
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Fman99
Feb 22 2009 08:15 PM
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I have not seen any of the films. So I don't care.
I will read about it tomorrow, largely to be able to answer Oscar questions that might come up in bar trivia games or something.
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themetfairy
Feb 22 2009 08:17 PM
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You gotta love Philippe Petit balancing his Oscar statue on his face :)
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themetfairy
Feb 22 2009 08:55 PM
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It's a Slumdog juggernaut so far.
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metirish
Feb 23 2009 04:36 AM
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The only major Oscars I saw presented were supporting actors and I went to bed at 11PM....
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themetfairy
Feb 23 2009 05:18 AM
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The show ended before midnight, which is pretty good for the Oscars.
It was a Slumdog night - Best Director and Best Picture.
I still wish Anne Hathaway won Best Actress. I'm glad for Sean Penn, though - he was amazing in Milk.
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Frayed Knot
Feb 23 2009 12:43 PM
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- Picture: Slumdog. Indie-fave, not a lot of great competition, and Indian is the new Hispanic
- Director: whoever did Slumdog
- Actor: Rourke is the fave but in some ways just being nominated will be seen as enough so I'm going with the insider Penn
- Supporting actor: Ledger's the biggest lock since Reagan's re-election
- Actress: Winslet, based mostly on the too many nominations not to win theory
- supporting Actress: Always the biggest wild-card category. Cruz is the likely winner with an Amy Adams wild-card |
Clean sweep - so let this be a lesson to y'all: never, ever see any of the flicks or have any emotional attachment to who wins and loses. It only screws up your judgement.
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themetfairy
Feb 23 2009 01:23 PM
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It's not like I missed by all that much....
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Feb 23 2009 07:16 PM
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="themetfairy":26fu8xr7]The show ended before midnight, which is pretty good for the Oscars.
It was a Slumdog night - Best Director and Best Picture.
I still wish Anne Hathaway won Best Actress. I'm glad for Sean Penn, though - he was amazing in Milk.[/quote:26fu8xr7]
Agreed on Hathaway... though I'm not sure I'll ever see "Reader" to be sure.
Penn, though? Solid. But Rourke had a MUCH tougher role (not just emotionally, but physically, too-- I'm pretty sure that Penn didn't have any stapling involved in his preparation for the role).
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themetfairy
Feb 23 2009 07:40 PM
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I'll agree that Rourke went through a more physical experience in The Wrestler. But Penn truly transformed himself in Milk - it's hard to believe that he's the same person who was so convincing as a serial killer in Dead Man Walking.
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