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I hope Mark Wahlber wins... did you guys see his long hair? What a joke. That guys like exactly the same in all of his movies...

Kinda like when they gave Matt Damon (another clone) glasses in The Talented Mr Ripley...

The Departed was hugely disapointing... It doesnt even come off like a gangster movie..

Geez, the Oscars sure have gone to hell in the last 10 years or so.


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the oscars have been a joke for far longer than ten years.

titanic was only ten years ago, what a joke of a "best picture".


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Yeah, what a joke... it only made 1.8Billion dollars and was a good movie.. other than that, it was crap.


you should be complaining about movies like Shakespeare in Love.


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yes, let us measure artistic accomplishment with money. no, it was not a good movie. it was melodramatic and mediocre.

at least shakespeare in love was clever.


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I knew that was coming... No, let us measure it with the fact that making 1.8B means everybody on the planet probably went to go see it... Im sure it must have sucked.

It even made more than popcorn flicks....


Some movies dont have to be 'clever' or 'artsy' to win.. That doesnt automatically make them great movies.


Obviously, thinking Shakespeare in Love should even have been nomimated, Im not surprise you would think Titanic shouldnt have won. Im not Titanic's #1 fan or anything, but it was a huge production, with a feel good romantic love story, that EVERYBODY went to go see and Im sure the majority liked.. Maybe it wasnt as witty as Pulp Fiction or as Epic as Dances with Wolves.. but it deserved to win.. I mean if Shakespeare could win, why not... lol

Thats why the Academy has gone so downhill, they nominate what they think should win, instead of giving it to what should actually win.

Sometime you dont have to be a film critic to know whats good and whats not.


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dances with wolves was another academy debacle. it beat out both awakenings and goodfellas, two movies that richly deserve to grind dances into the dirt.

do you realize how stupid your second to last sentence was? i mean, i don't usually act so much like AC, but damn

going back, i would like to point out the phenomenal differences between marky mark in boogie nights and marky mark in the departed. and he played both brilliantly. so much so in the departed that he actually STOLE SCENES from alec baldwin and the like.


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I was using Dances with Wolves just an example of a period piece, not so much stating how good it was.. I personally too would not have given it pest picture..


Actually my last statement was not stupid, you just didnt understand it... lemme see if I could explain it better..

They'll give the award to what they think should have it, but not what deserves it... Meaning, they dont decide on whats better, but whats a better choice... i.e. popularity contest.

Like it would be rare to see an action or a comedy win best picture, usually because they dont fit the traditional 'best picture' style. Or they'll let it turn into a popularity contest and who ever would make the most headlines takes it. Pure garbage.



and about Marky Mark... lol The only difference in his performances EVER is maybe the style in which he combs his hair and even that usually doesnt change.... = a joke. IMO


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have you even seen boogie nights?


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Re: 2007 Oscar Nominations Announced

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Best Picture:

"Babel,"
"The Departed,"
"Letters From Iwo Jima,"
"Little Miss Sunshine,"
"The Queen."

Actor:

Leonardo DiCaprio, "Blood Diamond";
Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson";
Peter O'Toole, "Venus";
Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness";
Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland."

Actress:

Penelope Cruz, "Volver";
Judi Dench, "Notes on a Scandal";
Helen Mirren, "The Queen";
Meryl Streep, "The Devil Wears Prada";
Kate Winslet, "Little Children."


Supporting Actor:

Alan Arkin, "Little Miss Sunshine";
Jackie Earle Haley, "Little Children";
Djimon Hounsou, "Blood Diamond";
Eddie Murphy, "Dreamgirls";
Mark Wahlberg, "The Departed."


Supporting Actress:

Adriana Barraza, "Babel";
Cate Blanchett, "Notes on a Scandal";
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine";
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls";
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel."


Directing:

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel";
Martin Scorsese, "The Departed";
Clint Eastwood, "Letters From Iwo Jima";
Stephen Frears, "The Queen";
Paul Greengrass, "United 93."



Foreign Language Film:

"After the Wedding," Denmark;
"Days of Glory (Indigenes)," Algeria;
"The Lives of Others," Germany;
"Pan's Labyrinth," Mexico;
"Water," Canada.


Adapted Screenplay:

Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, "Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan";

Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, "Children of Men";

William Monahan, "The Departed";

Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, "Little Children";
Patrick Marber, "Notes on a Scandal."



Original Screenplay:

Guillermo Arriaga, "Babel";
Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, "Letters From Iwo Jima";
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine";
Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth";
Peter Morgan, "The Queen."


Animated Feature Film:

"Cars,"
"Happy Feet,"
"Monster House."


Art Direction:

"Dreamgirls,"
"The Good Shepherd,"
"Pan's Labyrinth,"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,"
"The Prestige."



Cinematography:

"The Black Dahlia,"
"Children of Men,"
"The Illusionist,"
"Pan's Labyrinth,"
"The Prestige."



Sound Mixing:

"Apocalypto,"
"Blood Diamond,"
"Dreamgirls,"
"Flags of Our Fathers,"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."



Sound Editing:

"Apocalypto,"
"Blood Diamond,"
"Flags of Our Fathers,"
"Letters From Iwo Jima,"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."


Original Score:

"Babel," Gustavo Santaolalla;
"The Good German," Thomas Newman;
"Notes on a Scandal," Philip Glass;
"Pan's Labyrinth," Javier Navarrete;
"The Queen," Alexandre Desplat.



Original Song:

"I Need to Wake Up" from "An Inconvenient Truth," Melissa Etheridge;
"Listen" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven;
"Love You I Do" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett;
"Our Town" from "Cars," Randy Newman;
"Patience" from "Dreamgirls," Henry Krieger and Willie Reale.



Costume:

"Curse of the Golden Flower,"
"The Devil Wears Prada,"
"Dreamgirls,"
"Marie Antoinette,"
"The Queen."




Documentary Feature:

"Deliver Us From Evil,"
"An Inconvenient Truth,"
" Iraq in Fragments,"
"Jesus Camp,"
"My Country, My Country."



Documentary (short subject):

"The Blood of Yingzhou District,"
"Recycled Life,"
"Rehearsing a Dream,"
"Two Hands."


Film Editing:

"Babel,"
"Blood Diamond,"
"Children of Men,"
"The Departed,"
"United 93."



Makeup:

"Apocalypto,"
"Click,"
"Pan's Labyrinth."



Animated Short Film:

"The Danish Poet,"
"Lifted,"
"The Little Matchgirl,"
"Maestro,"
"No Time for Nuts."


Live Action Short Film:

"Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea),"
"Eramos Pocos (One Too Many),"
"Helmer & Son,"
"The Saviour,"
" West Bank Story."


Visual Effects:

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,"
"Poseidon,"
"Superman Returns."


Eddie/Jennifer/Martin/Helen will win.


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have you even seen boogie nights?


Yeah..

I mean, Im not gonna rag on anybody's preferences here.. we all have our opinions.

I really try to be as objective as I can and I just dont see how he has a career. Even if he gave great performances here and there, for the most part I dont think he's great actor... Take boogie nights... he plays a pornstar. Obviously thats way different from what most actors do. All of a sudden its like 'ooh, look he's playing a pornstar, how non normal' and all of sudden its a great performance ... But really if you see his acting, it was nothing special.

He's very limited and he seems the same in all his roles. I see him in a movie and I see Mark Wahlberg, not who he's playing...

I dunno, thats just me.

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The Departed, bitches.

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The Departed, bitches.


thumb up

Indeed. Been saying so for quite a while.

Marty PwNz teh suck1!

Favorite moment was Scorsesse, Coppola, Speilberg, and Lucas showing those shmucks who really created modern hollywood.


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Wow. That was the first time I've actually enjoyed watching an Oscars ceremony in a very long time...

Ellen was actually kinda funny, the 'Comedian at the Oscars' number was gold, Jerry Seinfeld is hilarious, Al Gore is a god, and Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg giving Scorsese Best Director was one of the coolest things I've seen in my life!

Aside from Inconvenient Truth winning Best Song (seriously, WTF?), and the creepy-as-hell shadow-people, a really great night.


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Originally posted by sithsaber408
thumb up

Indeed. Been saying so for quite a while.

Marty PwNz teh suck1!

Favorite moment was Scorsesse, Coppola, Speilberg, and Lucas showing those shmucks who really created modern hollywood.


Not Lucas, and Coppola, like Lucas, hasn't had a certifiable hit since 1983.

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If you don't think that George Lucas is (at least in part) responsible for modern hollywood, along with Francis, Steven, and Marty or that he hasn't had a certafiable hit since '83..... then there isn't much hope for you. stick out tongue


Coppola needs no new hits.

He has Godfather.

Introduced Duvall, Caan, DeNiro, and Pacino.

'Nuff said.


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Aside from Inconvenient Truth winning Best Song (seriously, WTF?), and the creepy-as-hell shadow-people, a really great night.
well what did you want?

I completely lost my Oscar pool, too erm


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If you don't think that George Lucas is (at least in part) responsible for modern hollywood, along with Francis, Steven, and Marty or that he hasn't had a certafiable hit since '83..... then there isn't much hope for you. stick out tongue


Coppola needs no new hits.

He has Godfather.

Introduced Duvall, Caan, DeNiro, and Pacino.

'Nuff said.


..but one movie isn't reinventing the wheel. You have to be consistant. George Lucas did a lot for Sci Fi and summer blockbusters, for whatever that's worth.

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..but one movie isn't reinventing the wheel. You have to be consistant. George Lucas did a lot for Sci Fi and summer blockbusters, for whatever that's worth.


erm

George Lucas singlehandedly changed cinema.

From motion-controlled cameras, to the merchandising of toys and memrobillia, to adding a symphonic score to modern films, to his pioneering of digital effects, to founding and selling Pixar, to creating the THX standard of sound and picture quality, to inventing the Edit Droid which lets filmakers edit their films in a non-linear way, to creating ILM.. the premier special effects company in movie-making, and by creating a whole new TYPE of film: space fantasy.

Not to mention that he has all six of his SW films in the top 25 of all time, and 3 are in the top ten.


I'm sure that I don't really need to sing Spielberg's praises and I don't need to sing Coppola's either.

He made Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, and The Godfather part II.

He crafted fine movies, with some of the premier film and stage actors of his day, and like Lucas he had a nack for picking young actors who became extremely famous.


And now Martin Scorsese with his fine body of work thus far, including the classics Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and the modern cinema achievements The Aviator and this years The Departed has joined his buddies in winning an Oscar.

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Not to mention that he has all six of his SW films in the top 25 of all time, and 3 are in the top ten.
Point of information: Being in the highest-grossing movies of all time does not make them some of the best movies of all time. After all, Titanic is #1 erm

And I certainly don't see Dr. Strangelove on that list, yet I'd say that it's easily one of the best of all time (not that I'm biased)


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JENNIFER HUDSON for Best supporting actress
I was seriously going to cry if she didn't get it.

and wow I can't believe Eddie didn't get the oscar
but I'm really happy Alan Arkin won
I loved him in LIttle Miss Sunshine
I'm quite upset that that movie didn't win best picture
but oh well
and Forest Whitaker deserved for Best Actor
I wanted Meryl Streep or Kate Winslet to win for best actress
but I'm sure Helen Mirran was great
plus how many oscars does Meryl Streep have anyways?


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