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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Shuckins on March 05, 2006, 04:31:34 PM
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Nominated for best picture are:
Capote
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Good Night and Good Luck
Munich
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Also heard that "Paradise Now" was under consideration for an Oscar, but couldn't find any verification of that in the short time I had for preparing this post.
Seems to be a common theme or two in these films: either openly gay characters or a seemingly sypathetic look at suicide bombers.
Is Hollywood trying to send a message?
Anyway...what are your predictions about which films will win the Oscar for best picture?
Regards, Shuckins
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I shall summarize the plots of the five movies nominated for best picture below:
— "Brokeback Mountain" (gay)
— "Capote" (death penalty with bonus gay lead)
— "Crash" (racism)
— "Good Night, and Good Luck" (McCarthyism)
— "Munich" (Jew athletes at Munich had it coming)
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Usually stealing a direct quote from another author is a bad thing....
and it still is.
BB Mountain is the favorite to win. I've heard that Crash may be the worst movie ever nominated for the Oscar. Haven't seen any of the nominees this year.
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Funny, I had absolutely no interest in seeing any of those films. The oscars is another oportunity for entertainers to pat themselves on the back. Freaking waste AFAIAC.
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Originally posted by Maverick
Funny, I had absolutely no interest in seeing any of those films. The oscars is another oportunity for entertainers to pat themselves on the back. Freaking waste AFAIAC.
My thoughts exactly. However I have to hand it to hollywood, it appears they're actually putting out more family films (G or PG movies) than they have in the past.
On that note, our local "Large, mega-complex theater" at the Auburn Supermall only shows Bareback Mountain, has only one showing of the film each night, after 10pm :aok
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Good Night and Good Luck is the only one of the nominated films I have any interest in.
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I've only heard of one of those movies, and that's only because of threads on this BBS and guys at work complaining about it. I haven't watched any of them and have no desire to do so.
Next year's Oscar winner better be "Snakes on a Plane"
J_A_B
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Apparently, from what I have read about these films, none of them have been box-office successes. Brokeback grossed a mere 75 million, which means between 7 and 10 million viewers bought tickets to see it. Hardly a lucrative film...at least by modern standards.
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Apparently, Joe Sixpack lacks the culture and refinement to appreciate fine art and actually spends his money seeing movies that are entertaining (and probably not gay).
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Finally, now that the superbowl is over we've found something even less interesting than sports to discuss.
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Been watching the show on and off while doing other stuff, and it is horrendously boring.
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Originally posted by rpm
Good Night and Good Luck is the only one of the nominated films I have any interest in.
The only one I saw. It was one of the best movies I've seen in ages.
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Originally posted by SOB
Finally, now that the superbowl is over we've found something even less interesting than sports to discuss.
You got that right
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ROFL!
Just had a thought... lets have a O'Club version...
Best Dramatic Thread
Best Comedic Thread
Best Photo Thread
Best Political Thread
Best Abortion Thread
Sub catagories for each.. best strawman, best redneck comeback, best indignant liberal wail, etc, etc, etc..
Henh.
Nevermind.
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A few bright spots so far...
George Clooney - Best Supporting Actor - Syriana (always liked him)
Robert Altman - Honorary Oscar (Got to talk with him several times at legnth during the filming of Dr. T and the Women. He's a very cool guy... and what was he doing drinking tequila after a heart transplant?)
Reese Witherspoon - Best Leading Actress (I'd hit it.)
Wallace and Gromit and the Attack of the Were-rabbit - Best Animated Film (Cracking good cheese, Gromit!)
Jon Stewart is doing a good job as well.
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I believe Tom Hanks revealed more than he intended to when he remarked that all the films nominated by the Academy (category of Best Director) had been chosen for their "social significance."
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Social significance = significance in social engineering.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Usually stealing a direct quote from another author is a bad thing....
and it still is.
I proxy post here for Ann Coulter. It saves double clicking to a link and reading the whole article. Doh....
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Man.... I wouldn't even rent any of those films except possibly munich and then only if there was nothing else to rent.
lazs
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After a montage of "message movies" Stewart came back on and quipped "And of course none of those issues ever happened again".
"It's Tough out there for a Pimp" ??? You gotta be kidding me.
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so stewart is telling us that it is our duty to see these boring and agendized films?
lazs
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actually, once yah realize he's a liberal twit that has no more paitence for dumb democrats than he does for dumb republicans (he's an equal opportunity lampoonist) you can relax and laugh at the guy.
Notice, I said 'at'.
That being said, I missed the show.. CaddyShack was on last night.
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i actually kind of liked crash. thats just me though.
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Originally posted by Mustaine
i actually kind of liked crash. thats just me though.
I saw it too and thought that Thandi Newton is a hottie. The movie was well directed and it really didn't go too far out of the realm of reality to give it's message.
Basically I came out of the movie with this:
"yes racism happens, here's a good example of how it starts and the effects of it. Ultimatly the human spirit will prevail."
Just me though.
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LOL Stewart killed me when he was like, "3-6 Mafia one, Scorcesse none."
:lol