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Posts: 1721 (12/26/08 11:21 AM) I don't get |
I never once thought of Forrest Gump while I was watching Benjamin Button. I was completely enthralled by it, thought Brad Pitt was perfect, and wasn't
bored for a second.
I thought Milk and Slumdog were also fantastic. |
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Posts: 6762 (12/26/08 11:44 AM) Registered user |
There was an emotional disconnect for me with TCCOBB. We saw it in a packed theater, and I didn't hear anyone else sniffling during it either. I think one
of the problems was that I found the Cate Blanchett character so unlikable that I really didn't care about the love story. Some of the plot devices seemed
heavy handed and manipulative. Brad Pitt was likable, I thought. No one can accuse him of overacting, that's for sure. I can see this getting some noms in
the major categories, but no wins, except maybe in cinematography and makeup. One thing it did do was to make me want to read the story.
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Posts: 64 (12/26/08 11:59 AM) |
VentDeMilo wrote:You need to stop resorting to blaming everything on the "homophobicants", Crash WAS better than Brokeback and many would agree. Milk is not that good, ive seen several movies that are better but not even getting Oscar buzz. The acting in Milk is hampered by Diego Luna, for that reason alone it should not get best pic. |
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Posts: 4000 (12/26/08 12:57 PM) Registered user |
I wish I could get excited about Doubt but I really loathe Meryl Streep. Ugh. I've read several reviews of Ben Button and most are good. I am not convinced
however. I'll probably see it but just to see what the fuss is about. I like the actors in it but the story just sounds lame to me. I saw Valkyrie
yesterday and it was suspenseful even knowing the outcome. I give it a B. Not Oscar worthy though.
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Posts: 103 (12/26/08 2:53 PM) Registered user |
I don't necessarily think Brokeback should've won best picture (okay well maybe but it wasn't a great year for movies anyways), but Crash was
terrible. Everything about it was ham-handed. The characters were all simple and not well-developed, which is sort of excused by the format of the movie
except the interwoven storylines just made the whole thing feel like an afterschool special with bigger name actors and higher production values. I guess it
has the "edgy" thing going for it because it took on race issues but I thought it totally failed at making an emotional impact because it was trying
too damn hard. The dialogue wasn't great, the cinematography was nothing special, and at this point most of the movie has fallen out of my head because
none of its characters and storylines had enough depth to stick in my mind.
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Posts: 145 (12/26/08 3:19 PM) Registered user |
AmaiLover wrote:Brad Pitt is not locked. It's a three horse race between Penn, Langella, and Rourke, with Eastwood, DiCaprio, and Jenkins much more likely to make a splash than the blandness that is Brad Pitt. |
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Posts: 2296 (12/26/08 5:17 PM) Dept of Redundant Threads Dept |
TrafficJam wrote:WRONG AGAIN.....MAJORITY PEOPLE KNEW BROKEBACK WAS UPSET BY CRASH...CRASH WAS CRAP...ONLY WON BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY MOVIE THAT COULD STOP BROKEBACK FROM WINNING.... |
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Posts: 417 (12/26/08 5:18 PM) |
midnightproblay wrote: I would say that pitt is a lock just because that film is big time oscar bait. He might get left off is eastwood sneaks in, but I dont see it. |
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Posts: 2125 (12/26/08 5:48 PM) Registered User |
So over the past week, I've seen Doubt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Slumdog Millionaire. And I plan on trying to see the rest of the buzz
movies by the time the Oscars air. It's a little difficult though, as I have to travel about 60 minutes to see most of these movies. Anyway, of the three, I loved all of them. But if I had to order them...
SM>D>CCoBB Ironically though, I think CCoBB was one of the most epic movies I've seen in a long time that was uniquely American. Much in the venue of Forrest Gump, which I did think of during the movie. But I agree with one of the above posters that some of the elements were heavy handed. The hummingbird, the glossing over his final years, the black woman as powerfully maternal, etc...But Brad Pitt was VERY likable and unbelievably level throughout the film. I think Doubt has the hands down best performance of the year with...*drumroll*... Amy Adams. I've studied the play quite a bit before even knowing they were in production with the movie, and the one thing I was looking for was how she did. Because essentially, the story is told through her eyes. And I felt it showed, heavily. She's the most round character of the play (MS's character has that small change at the end, but other than that, steady.) But Amy Adams had to play a huge spectrum and I loved it. None of the acting in SM was outstanding where I thought immediately (wow, amazing.) but the story was amazing, and I felt so great leaving that movie. It was a feel good movie with a bite. Though, I'm not very fond of that director's (headache inducing) tendency to tilt the camera for...unique-ness' sake? Oh, oh...speaking of Richard Jenkins...I saw the Visitor this week as well, and...I was kinda meh on it. I had trouble building up a lot of sympathy. Uh...he wasn't a citizen? We have rules, he knew them? *Shrug* But his performance was good...but still, I didn't see anything that special with it. It was so underplayed that I never had that aHA moment. Oh...and, well I mean...I've seen Wall-E and recently the Dark Knight and both are great. I tried the entire movie to see Heath Ledger and only did one time (during the scene where he's being questioned by Batman in the police station) so...props. But I kept thinking throughout this movie...how ridiculously clever does this villain have to be to think this far head on everything. When did he have time to plan X, X, X, and then on top of everything, Oh yeah, if this guy reveals the identity, I blow up the hospital. Not Best Picture worthy, but a great movie nonetheless. |
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Posts: 4004 (12/26/08 6:14 PM) Registered user |
Great post!
On that last part though...........it's BATMAN..........it's a cartoon. I don't think you should be trying to take it so literal. If you go in to a movie about a man that flies around in a cape, then you have to give the storyline some leeway, OK? On The Visitor, again, too literal. The movie wasn't so much about the law and who is on which side of it as much as it is about the characters and their handling of the situation. The son's perspective wasn't even the main one...it was the Jenkins' character that had an awakening. Compare his life at the beginning and at the end. He came alive. On your point, I had some sympathy for the son because his situation was fucked mainly because of his mother's actions...it was HER fault. She's the one to blame. |
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Posts: 717 (12/26/08 6:16 PM) |
I never once thought of Forrest Gump while I was watching Benjamin Button. Well, I only mention it because aside from the similarities in the films themselves, the screenplays were both written by the same person (Eric Roth). |
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Posts: 4006 (12/26/08 6:21 PM) Registered user |
Casey333 wrote: Most of the reviews I read are mentioning it too. That's it's very similar.....a unique character has an epic life adventure is what they are saying. I think it's worth mentioning even if they weren't written by the same person. |
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Posts: 66 (12/27/08 4:06 AM) |
VentDeMilo wrote:
Brokeback was not that good, it was one of the best movie dealing with a gay theme, but not the best movie of the year, it just got Hollywood buzz. |
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Posts: 1184 (12/27/08 9:00 AM) Registered user |
I still don't understand why Crash won Best Picture. Sandra Bullock ruined the movie for me.
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Posts: 9987 (12/27/08 9:45 AM) The Real American Psycho |
I still don't understand why people are still arguing about it vs. Brokeback. Like these awards really mean something other than a bunch of pompous
assholes. I can't even remember who win/loses from year to year anymore because it's all so political and rarely based on who SHOULD win actually
winning. Hell, most of the people picking winners early in this thread that hadn't even seen any of the movies yet are about as accurate as who will
actually win, which leads me to believe half the voters don't even watch the movies either, they just pick whoever is getting the most buzz.
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Posts: 741 (12/27/08 10:01 AM) Registered user |
Great post, Reggie.
I loathe going to a movie theatre and sitting amongst the filth that pigs leave behind and people talking on their cell phones, crinkling their candy wrappers too loudly, slurping their sodas too loudly and texting on their phones . . . haven't been to a movie theatre in at least four years. However, I REALLY have been wanting to see Slumdog Millionaire as soon as I heard about it and the more I hear, the more I want to see it. It won't be coming out on DVD until February next year and I don't think I can wait that long. Damnit, I may have to subject myself to the hell that is sitting in a local movie theatre in the next couple of weeks. 
Curious Case looks entertaining, but nothing about it makes me want to see it in a theatre. I'll wait until the DVD. Likewise Doubt. Seen the play and I am looking forward to seeing the movie version, especially hearing the favorable reviews of the supporting cast & especially Amy Adams. I am really intrigued to see her performance. Will wait for DVD. I really enjoyed The Station Agent, so I am looking forward to seeing The Visitor. Seeing mixed reviews, so I will enjoy it a lot more in the comfort of my own home without any distractions. Also really looking forward to seeing Valkyrie. I'm a history buff & enjoy war movies and anything that has some historical truth to it. I never stopped liking Cruise. Don't care if he jumped on a couch & don't care what anybody's religion or beliefs are (as long your beliefs don't involve killing people of other beliefs). Will wait for DVD. I really loathe Sean Penn. Sean & Nic Cage are two actors that will actually turn me off of a movie & make me purposely not watch it, because I cannot stomach watching them. However, I really am looking forward to seeing Milk as it is based on a real person and a real person that I am really interested learning more about. Never saw Wall-E & never wanted to. 2 weeks ago I watched The Dark Knight & I thought it lived up to the hype, especially the performance by Heath. I think his performance is definitely worthy of an Oscar nom. Only thing I didn't like was the casting of Maggie Gyllenhall. Poor girl was beaten with an ugly stick when she was born. 2 weeks ago I also watched Iron Man & was shocked by how much I enjoyed it. Great adaptation from a comic book. I've always been a RDJr fan, especially after his amazing performance in Chaplin, and was always rooting for him to get his life together & kick that nasty drug habit. Downey can do it all: drama, comedy, singing. I see an Oscar in the future for him down the line. And he's aging really well, too. He's a fine looking man. (Oh and he was freaking hilarious in Tropic Thunder, which I watched last week & thought I'd hate, because I am not a Stiller fan, but RDJr & Cruise stole the movie and made it enjoyable). Crash v Brokeback. It was obvious Crash was going to win, unfortunately, because racial issues trump gay issues in most people's eyes. It's really unfortunate that people don't realize that the people who are dealing with the most adversity & struggle for equal rights in today's society are gay people NOT people of different races. Sorry for such a long post. |
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Posts: 3319 (12/27/08 3:50 PM) Registered User |
At least 2 members of the Academy said they were not voting for Brokeback Mountain because it was a gay love story
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Posts: 9992 (12/27/08 4:46 PM) The Real American Psycho |
I just find it so hypocritical that they wouldn't vote for Brokeback, yet Tom Hanks won for Philadelphia and Midnight Cowboy won best picture.
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Posts: 7473 (12/27/08 4:53 PM) |
I hope Taraji wins the Supp. Actress award. I fucking love her! She needs to be in more movies ASAP!
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Posts: 2127 (12/27/08 4:57 PM) Registered User |
At least 2 members of the Academy said they were not voting for Brokeback Mountain because it was a gay love story I just find it so hypocritical that they wouldn't vote for Brokeback, yet Tom Hanks won for Philadelphia and Midnight Cowboy won best picture.Different voters? A different subtext? A different time? All potential reasons. Or...Tom Hanks + MC weren't up against movies that were better than they were? I hope Taraji wins the Supp. Actress award. I fucking love her! She needs to be in more movies ASAP!She was very likable in the role, but there is no way she should even be nominated. Her role was the most caricaturist of the entire film. Maternal black woman stereotype #2. You could have interchanged a number of actresses in that role and had just as good, if not better, support. She did nothing with the role to pull herself up from the others. Personally, if Amy Adams doesn't win (or at least Kate Winslet for the Reader) it'll be a travesty. But, given your reverse racism, I'm sure you'll be aghast at that option. |
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