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Post Number: 4607
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 01:49 am: | 
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quote:Dana: I think Theron is often capable of being quite good and that Berry is much more limited as an actress.
I never got around to posting my 'Pearls Before Swine' nominees this year, but one of my most iridescent picks was Matthew Libatique's crack cinematography in service of Halle Berry's trough-wallow Gothika. In that swine-with-the-shine, she managed the triple ignominity of not only being bad and boring, but realizing neither. This year's Elizabeth Berkeley.
BTW, how's that for further muddying the waters on this board by posting an AFFA-centric comment? Have we made this board a complete catch-all yet?
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Dana Knowles (Dana)
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Post Number: 412
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 02:26 am: |
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That's an insult to Elizabeth Berkeley!!!
quote:Carlo: Have you had a chance to read my comments on La Theron?
Yes... I read your whole review (me not lazy!), and you're completely, utterly on target (nice review all-around!!). I'd rate the movie itself lower, if only because I never, ever got past being acutely aware that I was watching a movie (and not in the good sense of that awareness)... for which all blame rests on Theron's performance, just as you detailed. Especially that weird thing she keeps doing with her mouth... as if she's obsessively aware of the fake teeth and can't quit reflexively moving her lips down over them. Sort of like the way your tongue will keep wandering over to a tooth that's bothering you, even though you'd just as soon forget about the damned tooth. Maybe this was the real Aileen's favorite weird facial gesture, but it's distracting as hell when blown up and projected onto a 25' tall screen. Yuck. |
Alfie (Alfie)
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Post Number: 471
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 11:02 am: |
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So is all this talk leading up to a new AFFA category for "worst best forgotten distractingly conspicuous performance in an otherwise inconsequential movie"? Think also Nicholas Cage in Matchstick Men, Cuba Gooding Jr. in Radio. We could call it the Girl/Boy with a Pearls Before Swine Earring award... or not.
WMD's could be hidden on Mars.
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James (James)
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Post Number: 126
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 12:13 pm: |
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Dana
Actually, I was at first thinking "Was that Charlize?"; however, the more I think about the film the more I start feeling that Charlize was rather superficial in her performance. I felt that she tried to make Aileen a little too human, I mean wasn't this movie supposed to be about a "Monster"? I also begin to see that everytime you could tell Charlize was just itching to get out of the fake teeth and all that grease on her. I also was starting to not buy that whole relationship between Aileen and Shelby just seemed to desperate. I don't get this whole "it is one of the best performances of all time" thing I kinda scratch my head ah well.
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Glenda Glamazon (Alison_aboutfilm)
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Post Number: 3369
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 06:53 pm: |
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Further hammering down the nail on his Best Director Oscar, Peter Jackson won the DGA award last night.
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Glenda Glamazon (Alison_aboutfilm)
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Post Number: 3385
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 05:45 pm: |
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However, he didn't win the BAFTA. I've just watched the BAFTAs for the first time, and I wish every awards show could be hosted by Stephen Fry. It was refreshing to see so many winners who didn't match the same old same old we've seen so far this year.
Bill Murray managed to give the best acceptance speech, and he wasn't even there! He has great upset potential for the Oscars, I think. Scarlett Johansson won for Lost in Translation (and not for Girl with a Pearl Earring, for which she was also nominated). RotK won almost everything it was nominated for except Music and Director (which was a bit of a surprise, considering they did win Best Adapted Screenplay). Bill Nighy won Best Supporting Actor for Love, Actually, which I know will delight everyone here. I had hoped Emma Thompson would match that, but Renee Zellweger won Best Supporting Actress. Another surprise was Best Original Screenplay, which went to The Station Agent. The writer said the film hasn't even come out yet in Britain, but I guess the British Academy didn't outlaw screeners.
You can find a full story here.
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Post Number: 871
Registered: 02-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 07:21 pm: |
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Great to see Peter Weir win the BAFTA Best Director. If only AMPAS voters could (as they did last year) reward a veteran director and Oscar "bridesmaid" for a late-career triumph. I believe this is Weir's fourth nomination--but hoping for an Oscar victory for him (let alone the film itself--even if it is better than the other Weir films that have been nominated, and IMO better than anything this year) is probably too much to hope for. |
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Post Number: 4665
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 07:35 pm: |
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The Academy partially derailed a publicity-driven 'you-GOTTA-give-it-ALL-to-US' campaign last year...could happen again. Against Master And Commander though is its iffy boxoffice performance, at least domestically*.
* With Overseas however, it's finally broken even and is currently sitting at #18 for the year. So you never know...I, for one, would be thrilled by that upset.
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Glenda Glamazon (Alison_aboutfilm)
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Post Number: 3386
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 08:27 pm: |
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I think it's possible that the Brits also bestowed a lot of awards on M&C because of the "For England, for Home" angle.
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fishstick (Fishstick)
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Post Number: 1030
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 16, 2004 - 10:30 am: |
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Renee Zellweger shouldn`t lose a single gram, she looks fantastic and she knew it (that`s why she wore no jewlery and didn`t need any, her radiant healthy look is her biggest asset). OTOH, Naomi Watts is one gorgeous bag of bones. What happened? I can`t believe she`s dieting for King Kong, that would be wrong cause a) movie`s set in 30s when women weren`t boneracks and b) big monekeys don`t get horney over skeletons.
Holly Hunter didn`t bother to hide how unhappy she was with Renee`s win while Jude was totally unhappy with Murray`s (since Jude supported Penn in public I guess we should buy that explanation rather than "I should`ve won").
Sean Astin got 2 middle fingers up!
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AdamL (Adaml)
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Post Number: 947
Registered: 08-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 08:00 am: |
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I echo Glenda's comments on the BAFTAs. Stephen Fry was hilarious again and the wins for Murray, Johansson and Nighy were satisfying. Murray's speach was hilarious, I hope he is able to speak, in person, at the Oscars. |
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Post Number: 3399
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 10:50 am: |
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I am feeling more and more like Bill Murray could win the Oscar. We'll see what happens tonight at the SAG awards. I think if Murray wins there, he'll take the Oscar. Speaking of the SAGs, Carlo, did you vote on those this year? You gonna tell us for whom you voted?
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AboutFilm host (Carlo)
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Post Number: 4468
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 05:09 pm: |
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I could tell you who I voted for, but I don't remember. I imagine you could probably guess more easily than I can. I'll see if I can reconstruct it.
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fishstick (Fishstick)
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Post Number: 1036
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 10:11 pm: |
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Hats off to SAG for Johnny upset! other than that all awards were awfully predictable.
Sean Astin got 2 middle fingers up!
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Post Number: 4471
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 04:22 am: |
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Did my eyes deceive me, or did Sean Astin get bodily pushed away from the microphone by John Rhys-Davies during the SAG awards tonight? He had hijacked the microphone and was in the middle of an extremely pompous speech about runaway production that he felt justified in giving because his mother or somebody was a former President of SAG. And somebody else had already made the same remarks much better (Tim Robbins). Boy, did Astin look like an ass. What a hilarious moment!
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Post Number: 4684
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 04:25 am: |
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SAG
Actor: Johnny Depp
Actress: Charlize Theron
Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins
Supporting Actress: Renée Zellweger
Ensemble: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Seul Enfant de Belleville
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Post Number: 4685
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 04:28 am: |
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WGA
Original Screenplay: Lost in Translation
Adapted Screenplay: American Splendor
Seul Enfant de Belleville
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Post Number: 4686
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 04:30 am: |
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Well...that happened.
Seul Enfant de Belleville
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fishstick (Fishstick)
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Post Number: 1037
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 07:11 am: |
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LOTR fanboys are furious over Ass-tin incident just check out LOTR forums, sparks are flying! And, yep, JRD pushed him away fom the mike big time.
Sean Astin got 2 middle fingers up!
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Alennifer Mackonnelly (Mackey3000)
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Post Number: 337
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 10:18 am: |
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I love Johnny Depp, but I couldn't be more unhappy with the fact that he won the SAG. Only thing that needed to happen to make the best actor race even more blurry...s**t! I'm not sure if I'm even watching this year's telecast. why? All the categories but actor are locks, and the people who are winning those categories aren't the ones I'm rooting for, and now Depp seems to have ammo to pull off a likely upset win over Sean. I think it's an abomination that a standard-setting actor like Penn doesn't have an Oscar, and it will be even more disgusting if he doesn't win it in a year like this, where he delivered two of three best male performances of 2003 (and his second performance, the one for which he didn't get nominated, WAS EVEN BETTER!). It even killed me more because he actually bothered showing up...man, I felt so bad for him. I don't care how much bitching he's getting from his mom and Eastwood to show up at the Oscars, I'm really hoping he says "F**k it!" and bails on the whole stupid thing. Because, from what I hear, he's planning this whole family BS with him, Robin, and his mom sitting in the front row on Oscar night, and now that Depp has so much ammo and has such good chances to pull an upset win, the whole celebration is too premature. To be honest, I would rather he won and didn't show up that if he brought his whole damn family and then lost to Depp. I think he could still win, but since it certainly is far from a lock, and every other stupid f**king category was sealed last night, I ain't holding my breath and am actually predicting he will lose in order not to be dissapointed on Sunday (that is, again, if I even DECIDE to watch the stupid thing). Sean losing the best actor race (especially for a year like 2003) could very likely be the last straw for me as far as the Oscars are concerned. However, I will say that I think Depp's win hurts Murray's chances more than Sean's, though I find that to be small comfort. It helps Depp's chances more than hurt the chances of either of them...lol.
And oh yes, before I leave, Astin's a pompous spoiled jerkoff who thinks being the son of some stupid icon makes him an authority in Hollywood. Sofia Coppola could teach him a few things about how to carry himself. Everytime I see his stupid ass in any of these LOTR things you can always tell how much the schmuck looooooves to talk. I'm so happy the LOTR fanatics are angry at him. You think they'll be burning all their Sam memorabilia? Hahaha!
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AdamL (Adaml)
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| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 11:37 am: |
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quote:Only thing that needed to happen to make the best actor race even more blurry...s**t!
Surely that's a good thing. What is the point in watching if you know who's gonna win?
quote:I'm really hoping he says "F**k it!" and bails on the whole stupid thing.
So you suggest he should only show up if he knows he is going to win? That wouldn't make him look very good would it?
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Alennifer Mackonnelly (Mackey3000)
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Post Number: 338
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 12:15 pm: |
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Adam, believe it or not, normally I WOULD agree with you on BOTH counts, but it's different in the case of Sean Penn. Sean has never gived a rat's ass about the Oscars, and he originally wasn't even going to show up. But Penn's family and Eastwood have been bitching and moaning to him about it, not to mention all his many legions of internet fans who want to hear a speech from him, until they finally got him to give in and go. Every moron in hollywood is going to make a big stupid deal about the fact that he showed up, and he's with his whole family and yadayadayada, and I think it would suck and would be a waste of time if after all the hoopla he shows up there just to lose to great but not as great actors like Murray and Depp. Also, personally I think it will be a slap in the face to one of the greatest actors that has ever lived if he loses, and to have to see him put on one of those obligatory fake smiles if Murray or Depp win would just add insult to injury. Honestly, if I do decide to watch the Oscars and Sean loses, it will make the whole show a dissapointment that wasn't worth watching. Hell, even if he wins the show will probably still be a pain in the ass, but at least it will have his deserved victory. Nobody who deserves to win in the other categories ("Translation" for Picture, Coppola for Director, Naomi for actress, Benicio for supp. actor, and Harden for supp. actress) has a fireman's chance of winning, so the SOLE deserving winner of the night would be Sean. If he DOESN'T win, this ceremony would tie the beyond dreadful 2002 ceremony (for 2001 movies) where not even a SINGLE winner deserved the Oscar he/she received.
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Post Number: 4472
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 01:54 pm: |
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Well, if fanboys are upset over Astin getting his butt kicked on stage, they have clearly lost all connection with reality. But we knew that already. He so deserved it, acting like he had been given the podium to make a keynote speech--and he hadn't even been given it! He made Bernard Hill wrap up early, even though Hill was the designated speaker for the group.
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Liberty Rose (Lesley828)
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Post Number: 56
Registered: 06-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 04:20 pm: |
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Well, traditionally, at least one of the SAG winners would lose at the Oscars, and I think it would be Johnny Depp this year.
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Dana Knowles (Dana)
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Post Number: 433
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 08:39 pm: |
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quote:Sean has never gived a rat's ass about the Oscars, and he originally wasn't even going to show up. But Penn's family and Eastwood have been bitching and moaning to him about it, not to mention all his many legions of internet fans who want to hear a speech from him, until they finally got him to give in and go. Every moron in hollywood is going to make a big stupid deal about the fact that he showed up, and he's with his whole family and yadayadayada, and I think it would suck and would be a waste of time if after all the hoopla he shows up there just to lose to great but not as great actors like Murray and Depp. Also, personally I think it will be a slap in the face to one of the greatest actors that has ever lived if he loses, and to have to see him put on one of those obligatory fake smiles if Murray or Depp win would just add insult to injury.
So, what you're saying is that Penn deserves to win automatically because he holds these awards in contempt, but has been bullied into compromising his integrity by people who want to see him win an award he doesn't care about winning? That's just plain crazy talk! It's like you give him extra credit for saying the Oscars are a bullshit award, then you want him to win the bullshit award because he "deserves" it. Either it's valuable or it's not. You can't have it both ways, and neither can Penn. He's been a no-show to every other ceremony where he's been nominated, but I don't see you arguing that they ought to simply quit wasting nominations on a guy who thinks they're full of shit to have awards in the first place. Either they matter or they don't, so if Penn himself thinks they don't matter, then why should he care whether he wins or not? He should either enjoy having an invite to the party and make the most of the evening regardless of who wins, or decline the invite and stay home. Honestly, there's something freaky about feeling as if Penn alone is entitled to be informed in advance that he's won just so he can be spared the embarrassment of losing if he doesn't win. What about the "losers" in all the other categories? If they have to sit there and put on a fake smile when they don't win, why should Penn be exempt? After all, if he's half the actor you presume him to be, one fake smile lasting the two seconds he's on screen as a "loser" ought to be a cakewalk.
It sounds as if what you want is for Penn to receive a Lifetime Achievement award, which I'm sure he someday will. With those, you "win automatically", and you don't have to worry about putting on fake smiles. The others have winners and non-winners, and I think we can all agree that the show would be a drag and a half if they published a list of winners and then invited them up to speak one by one. Heck, it's the faux competition that makes it fun and entertaining in the first place. And even in years (like this one) where it seems as if everybody you expect to win will win for sure, there's usually at least one wacky, outta-left-field upset that pops up to spoil the fun of the folks who'd already cleared a place on the mantle before they walked the red carpet. (Like last night... where the Movies part of the show was totally boring until the last two wins - Depp and the LotR Ensemble - precisely BECAUSE those were the only surprises.)
That having been said, the odds are still overwhelmingly good for Penn, so I'm delighted by the fact that he's now stuck with enough suspense that he'll have to decide whether to "lower" himself and show up even though he may be going home empty handed. For me, personally, I think he'd show a lot more class by not giving a crap about winning or losing, but showing up anyway to enjoy the win if it's his, or congratulate the other actor if it's not. The Oscars are a show, a party, and an honor... in exactly that order. If he's too contemptuous of the show and party aspects to appreciate the honor, then he should stay home and let them hand his Oscar to a starlet in a gown, because there's zero he could say in "thanks" that wouldn't be just as much of a fake performance as that smile he'd muster if he went there and lost on live TV.
P.S. Not everybody thinks Penn deserves to win for Mystic River, and his fellow nominees also have family, friends, and fans rooting for them... none of whom is convinced that justice dictates a win for Penn. Should they all just stay home and concede the award to him? |
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| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 09:31 pm: |
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I think Penn's a great actor and maybe even deserves to win, but his self-righteousness might turn off a lot of Oscar voters. Robert Altman likely had a strong shot at Best Director 2 years ago but made some questionable remarks about 9/11. These things shouldn't be a factor in the voting, but they probably are anyway.
Also, I fail to see how a SAG win translates into an Oscar lock. There are hundreds of SAG members who aren't AMPAS members and therefore don't vote for the Oscars. Even a Golden Globe plus a SAG win doesn't translate to a sure thing (I think the GGs are even more about celebrity worship than the Academy Awards--for example, Tom Cruise has several GGs but zero Oscars). Zellweger is probably a lock, but I think Keaton still has a shot at edging out Theron for Best Actress. Who knows...
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Alennifer Mackonnelly (Mackey3000)
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Post Number: 339
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 23, 2004 - 10:40 pm: |
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Dana, you can call me crazy if you want but I stand by my original post. I have never (EVER) liked surprises just due to the fact that they are surprises. I liked them if I feel the surprise winner deserves the award (e.g. Steven Soderbergh in the 2001 ceremony). But if someone who I feel deserves the award is a lock, then I certainly hope there are no surprises or upsets in that category.
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fishstick (Fishstick)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 07:58 am: |
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"where the Movies part of the show was totally boring until the last two wins - Depp and the LotR Ensemble - precisely BECAUSE those were the only surprises."
LOTR ensemble was a surprise? ha, ha, ha! Seriously, you are, like, in the business and couldn`t see it coming from miles away? Hello, this isn`t the Clint`s year, or anyone else`s, this is LOTR year and don`t be surprised if the movie wins 10-11 oscars out of 11 nominations because that`s how the system works - first they deny you everything and than start giving you everything. American Splendor winning WGA couldn`t have been better for LOTR, it means that Adapted Script favorite MR doesn`t have support everyone though it had so expect ROTK win Adapted Script (although it`s the movie`s weakest link along with acting for which, thankfully, it isn`t nominated and this is from a fan!). Best Song is a lock too because they`ve made sure everyone knows "it is a tribute to a bright teenage director who died of cancer" and you know how much the Academy loves to award misplaced sentimentality.
So the Clint can enlist Penn to support his movie as much as wants things aren`t going for MR. At all. I`m just stunned he hasn`t realized it yet. Every time he loses to LOTR he looks like he sucked on a lemon, by now everyone would get over it. What`s he still hoping for? Miracle? Won`t happen. I don`t like Penn at all and I couldn`t be happier for Depp upset but I feel sorry for Penn for he`s a butt of jokes now, just because he was doing the Clint a favor.
MR`s toast, I won`t be surprised if the only "surprise" of the night is MR winning just Best Supporting Actor cause its second strongest categories (Actor and Script) are shakey at the moment.
I`m so happy that after 3 years of "big family" bullsh*tting LOTR actors are turning on each other and PJ. First Christopher Lee dropped the friendly tune as soon as his scene was cut out. Second, Orlando Bloom had a go at Ian McKellen over McKellen`s gay joke which had Bloom fuming:"I`m not gay! He should speak for himself!". Third, in the middle of New Line`s "ROTK is actor`s movie, not effects extravahanza" Viggo Mortensen issues this statement:" Acting wasn`t Oscar-worthy and the movie is much more focused on effects than on acting unlike FOTR which had the right balance." Ouch. Finally, Sean Astin takes the stage over his co-stars to make political statement which, ironically, slams runaway filmaking. Double ouch.
Sean Astin got 2 middle fingers up!
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AboutFilm host (Carlo)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 10:18 am: |
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quote:Sean Astin takes the stage over his co-stars to make political statement which, ironically, slams runaway filmaking. Double ouch.
Yes, thanks for pointing this out. The idea of one of the stars of Lord of the Rings making a plea for productions to stay in the United States is beyond ridiculous. It takes cojones, and a guy more in love with himself than truly concerned about the issue he's raising.
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fishstick (Fishstick)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 04:18 pm: |
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Asstin`s egomania has no limit (except when Renee Zellweger is around). The latest developement in SAGgate is that he wanted to thank his fans for supporting him over best Supporting Actor nom but JRD pushed him away so his "thanks fans" didn`t make it into his speech. Now he`s blaming JRD. Of course, he forgot that it was he who wasted his speech on fans-unrelated, ALOTR-unreleated things before getting to the point if there was ever one. How dare he?
Last year at the Oscar red crpet he was in the middle of a highly patriotic speech when Renee arrived and he stopped with the patriobabble and went:"It`s Renee! lets see Renee!" and Melissa Rivers was like:"But finish what yuou have to say first" and he was like:"No, no, lets see Renee!" It was the first and the last time I ever saw him let someone else take the spotlight.
Sean Astin got 2 middle fingers up!
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AboutFilm host (Carlo)
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| | Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 - 10:10 pm: |
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Well, clearly the man is a vain idiot. He doesn't have that much to be vain about, IMO.
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Glenda Glamazon (Alison_aboutfilm)
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Post Number: 3408
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, February 28, 2004 - 11:27 pm: |
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Is anyone watching the Independent Spirit Awards? I tuned in late, and this thing is cracked! (I don't think I've ever watched them before.) To present the nominated films for Best Picture, they are having the presenters do some bizarre karaoke with words to popular songs changed to suit the film. Michael McKean and Erika Christensen sang about Lost in Translation to the tune of "I Am 16 (Going on 17)" from The Sound of Music, and Juliette Lewis did her best Joan Jett (which was actually pretty good) to "Bad Case of Loving You" to depict Raising Victor Vargas.
As for the awards, I've seen Monster take Best First Feature and Sofia Coppola take Best Director.
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James (James)
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| | Posted on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 12:25 am: |
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Yes honestly those are my favorite award shows Glenda; however, to me this year just seemed like a total copout as far as the winners of the awards this year. I mean almost everyone of those acting categories was anti-climatic excluding Shoreh winning (yay!) I thought Patricia Clarkson might win.
Every category that had the bigger film seemed to have won all the awards, it is kinda sad normally this is the show that seems to like to reward risk-taking choices seem to just vote for the safe route.
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Glenda Glamazon (Alison_aboutfilm)
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| | Posted on Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 12:34 pm: |
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I don't think they were necessarily "bigger" films. Just because Murray and Theron won, doesn't mean their films are big, it just means they both have a good shot to take home Oscars tonight. Monster and LiT are both definitely independent films (unlike the Dreamworks product House of Sand and Fog, despite how much Shoreh might have deserved her award).
Independent Spirit Award Winners
Best Film--Lost in Translation
Best Director--Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Best Actress--Charlize Theron, Monster
Best Actor--Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Best Supporting Actor--Djimon Hounsou, In America
Best Supporting Actress--Shoreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog
Best Debut Performance--Nikki Reed, Thirteen
Best Screenplay--Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Best First Screenplay--Thomas McCarthy, The Station Agent
Best Film Under $500,000--The Station Agent
Best Foreign Film--Whale Rider
Best Documentary--Fog of War
Best Cinematography--Declan Quinn, In America
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