WutangFlu Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 no one started a topic, so i thought I would... Discuss! *roots for little miss sunshine*! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Best Actor Will Smith will win. Peter O'Toole deserves to win Best Supporting Actor Mark Wahlberg will win, and deserves too. Best Actress Kate Winslet will win Peneolpe Cruz deserves too. Supporting Actress Abigail Breslin will win. Cate Blanchett deserves too Best Director United 93 will win. The Departed deserves to win. Best Picture The Departed or Letters will win. The Departed deserves it. My opinion :) With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 I haven't watched an awards ceremony in years, but I think I might watch this time. When is it on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WutangFlu Posted February 25, 2007 Author Share Posted February 25, 2007 I haven't watched an awards ceremony in years, but I think I might watch this time. When is it on? http://www.oscar.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punk4ever Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Forrest Whitaker entirely deserved that :) I think he's overlooked as an actor, but the quality of his work speaks for itself. By The_Jeppoz :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assassin_696 Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Everyone raves about Helen Mirren's performance in The Queen, i'm thinking I should see it even though i'll probably find it boring. I'm sure she deserved it though. "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Kinda predicable really and rather boring for a 4 hour ceremony. The typical teary actress one of the few highlights of the night. 'Pan's Labyrinth' (El laberinto del fauno) clearly should have won 'Best foreign language film' :evil: rather than 'The Lives of Others' and I suppose 'Happy Feet' was the best of a bad bunch for 'Best animated feature film of the year' Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemathonical Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I'm glad Happy Feet won. I think it was the only Australian Oscar winner on the night. ^Sir Jem 05-The Bunny Drinking Blog?^ Click it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrington Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Oscars is a sham really... they mean next to nothing now. A meaningless nod from your supposed peers... lots of golden handshakes and judges who are so old, they wouldn't know a good movie if their lives depended on it. It's all politics man. LOL, sorry for the rant... just sick of undeserving films getting kudos while the pure talent and genious are ignored :boohoo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2PK Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 It was a pretty good night, had 14 good predictions (failed on short documantary, short animated, normal short, sound editing and best animated movie, I think Oh, best support. actor was wrong as well same as best foreign film and original screenplay). It was a great show, and when Marty could finaly pick up his Oscar we all got a little emotional. :P Beautiful moment, and glad that I have seen it live! Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 It was a pretty good night, had 14 good predictions (failed on short documantary, short animated, normal short, sound editing and best animated movie, I think Oh, best support. actor was wrong as well same as best foreign film and original screenplay). It was a great show, and when Marty could finaly pick up his Oscar we all got a little emotional. :P Beautiful moment, and glad that I have seen it live!Lol i fell asleep during it ^_^ Was on Sky Movies 1 over here, what channel was it on in NL? Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2PK Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Film 1. It's a special channel that you have to pay for. I don't have it, but my friend has got it, so he invited me and another friend. Was a great night, first we went out for some good dinner, then we saw Dreamgirls and after that a cab to bring us to Hollywood. But did you really fell asleep during the best Director part?!? Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1_man_army Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Oscars is a sham really... they mean next to nothing now. A meaningless nod from your supposed peers... lots of golden handshakes and judges who are so old, they wouldn't know a good movie if their lives depended on it. It's all politics man. LOL, sorry for the rant... just sick of undeserving films getting kudos while the pure talent and genious are ignored :boohoo: Im not argueing with you but Im interested to find out your definition of a good film (without using the word good). He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart,and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Sky Movies is a pay channel too but ive got it in my TV package ^_^ To be perfectly honest I fell asleep before it even started due to Fern Cottons dire interviewing of celebrities on the way in *yawn* Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrington Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Im not argueing with you but Im interested to find out your definition of a good film (without using the word good). Good question lol... difficult to say exactly, but I'll try and answer. I suppose it depends on the type of movie. But overall, I'd have to say that if I leave the cinema and i'm still thinking about the movie a few hours later, then I'd define that as an excellent movie. As an example, say Fight Club. Fight Club has only won two recognised awards, neither of which were an Oscar. Yet this movie had everything that you would want. Outstanding plot (very intricate and fiendishly clever) Originality (a rarity these days) Subtle special effects Appropriate sound track Despite this, it was only nominated for one Oscar and didn't win it. Instead, inferior movies like Almost Famous, Traffic and Gladiator won awards. In saying this... it's all a matter of opinion and I respect that others will have a different point of view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2PK Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Traffic isn't inferior to Fight Club. It's the other way around. :) But it's okay, you're only human. Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrington Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Traffic isn't inferior to Fight Club. It's the other way around. :) But it's okay, you're only human. LOL, like I said mate... matter of opinion. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Traffic isn't inferior to Fight Club. It's the other way around. :) But it's okay, you're only human. LOL, like I said mate... matter of opinion. ;) Aren't the Oscars just a 'matter of opinion'? :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Well I watched about the last two hours of it maybe, just kind of had it on in the background. I remember now why I never watch these things, 4 or 5 hours can be covered in just 5 minutes by looking on the internet the next day. It was nice to see Martin Scorsese get his Oscar though. I actually enjoyed watching the collages of movies they had throughout the night, just looking for the movies I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrington Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Aren't the Oscars just a 'matter of opinion'? :wink: Nope, putting the judges up in a 5 star hotel, spoiling them with lots of gifts and paying the media to print certain things and being friends with a certain person or owing a favour, doesn't really count as "Matter of opinion" I'm affraid. Bear in mind that an academy award essentially doubles your DVD/VHS sales. There's a lot at stake and a lot of money changes hands. Sorry, I just take whatever Oscars are nomiated with a large pinch of salt now. LOL, I apologise... I'm such a cynic ;) ;) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Aren't the Oscars just a 'matter of opinion'? :wink: Nope, putting the judges up in a 5 star hotel, spoiling them with lots of gifts and paying the media to print certain things and being friends with a certain person or owing a favour, doesn't really count as "Matter of opinion" I'm affraid. Bear in mind that an academy award essentially doubles your DVD/VHS sales. There's a lot at stake and a lot of money changes hands. Sorry, I just take whatever Oscars are nomiated with a large pinch of salt now. Sources? Anyone can point fingers and scream "consperciy!!" at the top of their lungs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrington Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Sources? Anyone can point fingers and scream "consperciy!!" at the top of their lungs. LOL, there's no smoke without fire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Sources? Anyone can point fingers and scream "consperciy!!" at the top of their lungs. LOL, there's no smoke without fire... Again, sources. Don't beat around the bush, just show me where you heard all of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrington Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I don't have any links offhand. Most of what I've read is in magazines and various news sites. Much of it is also common sense. If I find any links I'll be sure to post them... btw, I'm not being entirely serious, just an off the cuff remark tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faux Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 I didn't bother watching. I only watch the Oscars for the host and this year's wasn't worth it. :: Guess the Movie Contest Champion: pfilc23 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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