2009 Oscars
 

Starting this on the main board since it's a once-a-year dealio...

Just returned home from the annual AMC marathon, and here's my thoughts, in no particular order:

As was the case last year, the best picture I was was the last picture I saw. In '08 that was No Country for Old Men. This year it was Frost/Nixen.

I thought this was a particularly weak year, none of these films struck me as 'great', and I think most if not all of the movies up for the award last year were better. My order would be: 1. Frost/Nixon, 2. The Reader, 3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 4. Milk, 5. Slumdog Millionaire. None of the films were bad, by any stretch, but I don't see myself going out of my way to see any of them again. I thought The Dark Knight was as good as any of them. I haven't seen The Wrestler, but my guess it I'll believe it was snubbed.

Best actor from the films I saw was Frank Langella as Nixon. Penn was good as Milk, but Langella was on another plateau. Brad Pitt was also very good.

I have no idea why Josh Brolin got a best supporting nod. James Franco was the supporting meat of that movie. No pun intended.

Kate Winslet was the only Best Actress nominee I saw, and she was extremely good. That film surprised me: I'd heard people complain about its best picture nomination, but I thought it was very good.

That's all I got for now.

How the hell can you put The Reader above curious case of benjamin button and slum dog millionaire.

revolutionary road was even better then that stale piece of shit.

I miss AMCs... I loved doing that nominations day.

the dark knight should win everything, the rest are for gays and woman

Some are upset that the film appears to making a case that the day-to-day 'heavy lifting' of the Holocaust was foisted by a few on a workforce of desperate poor illiterates who weren't aware of or couldn't process of the gravity of their tasks, giving short shrift to the vast contingent of committed and fully cognizant anti-semites who were doing this work on behalf of the German govt.

In my opinion:

1. Slumdog
2. Ben Button
3. Frost/Nixon

I never got to see Milk or The Reader, but I can't imagine The Reader being more worthy than The Dark Knight, Wall-E AND The Wrestler. I saw The Wrestler the other night and I have no idea how it didn't get more nominations.

i'm going to a movie before the oscars, can't decide which

this my ranking at the moment:

1. Milk
2. Wrestler
3. Slumdog Millionaire

I've been eager to see Penn ever since the first promo and it has a great cast, but the Wrestler is calling me too...

I really wanted to see Milk but there aren't many theaters that are playing it. I'd highly recommend seeing The Wrestler if you're in the mood for gritty violence and Slumdog Millionaire if you want something more uplifting (although Slumdog has its share of violence, too). I loved both.

Penelope Cruz just won an Oscar...:spock:

She can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.

This would be a great omen for Kate Winslet. God, I would love to punish her.

I think only deniro and pacino should win the oscar. Even if they didn't have a movie out that year.
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Fixed...:louder::stupid::bong::Elvis:PBJPBJ:homer:

Have they done the memorial bit yet?

What no South Park? ...

I especially love it when winners feel it neccessary to push their political opinions on the rest of the world.

I hate when these awards always give the award to the person who either just died or their family was killed or they had their face blown off or something.

In my day if your house burned down you got nothing and we liked it!!!
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Well, Goldie Hawn was there.

jennifer aniston looks like shit


still a great bod though

Wall E should have been nominated for Best Picture.

One of these fragments is correct.

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sank you.

I see:o):o):o):o):o):o):o)'s...

Sank Yoo must be his wife.

Sank you...

What are you?

Freak.

Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto


WTF?

Thankyou jesuuuuuuuuuuuus

Maybe hes a STYX fan?

unless they started sucking to the conservative teet then you would be doing a one-man wave

FBI...
CIA...
Aliens...
Never know we all look alike...:Scanlon:Raiderfan

Sarah Jessica Parker looks like a witch.

has those boobies hung up there like some kind of buffet though :clap:

Classic buterface.

ROFL

Yea, ive never thought she was hot. Even back in Footloose days.

Que the "Get your a** off the stage music!"

Flippity floppity floo
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SJP was channeling something...


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This show should win the Oscar for the 2009 Who gives a shit award

Did that last winner just fart during his speech?
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Montage....NO wonder this show lasts 4 freakin hours.

The curious case of why is everybody on this show gay?
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Why are you watching it?

Rainbows...

Natalie Portman is smokin' hot PBJ

Joaquin Stiller.



Natalie Portman is impossibly gorgeous.

I see your cinema takes are about as insightful as your football takes.

I'm not anymore. Couldn't take all the estrogen.
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So if we ramp up the "estrogen" at Chiefsplanet, will you leave here?

Dark Knight is getting screwed..not surprising though.

What idiot told Biel to wear a curtain?

Benjamin Button I could swap with The Reader and have no issues. I didn't like Slumdog Millionaire at all.

yep .... dress was some sort of cross between a Geisha robe and a table cloth.

she's still gorgeous though :)

No it's not suprising.

How ironic is it that I start the oscar thread, and am not watching it. I'm interested in the results, but not the presentation.

The Curious Case of why do you still post on this board?

I'm just staying around until Ledger wins. God, this is torture.

It is all your fault dammit! :cuss:

:D

You expecting him to pop up and say "surprise"?

Necro Butcher got mentioned on the Oscars.

Best Oscars since Triple Six won.

OK, that was wrong.

If you ever wondered why Perry Cox hates Hugh Jackman...

Why is Wolverine wearing a tuxedo and dancing around?

It's a bunch of people who can sing, and Hugh Jackman!

The musical is back?

YOU JUST KILLED IT AGAIN.

next year lets drop the stupid performances and get this show down to about an hour...

I think he's there tonight. He's got his own special box.

Oh look, it's Cuba Gooding, Jr. Shame he died after winning that Oscar. Who knows how great his career could have been?

oh snap


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i thought Joel Grey was dead ...... :spock:

Just got caught up in the Rat Race :(

Joel Grey will never die.

Did you watch them in the fork and screen? I saw them in fork and screen and had a blast. 1. Benjamin Button 2. the reader 3. Milk 4. Frost/Nixon 5. Slumdog. I don't get the love for slumdog. It was ok, but not even in this years top 5.

What do you mean, "you people"?

Didn't they discover his corpse in the Snow, Dogs?

why is Christopher Walken's hair always so completely ****ed up?

Like LL Cool J, he couldn't live without his radio.

heath ledger ........... hamas can 'get the **** out' now

Another memorable performance from Christian Bale

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elizabeth from the view is heath ledgers sister?????