2009 Oscars

[keg in kc]

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.

[Ultra Peanut]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

If it hadn't turned into a wrestling thread, it would have turned into an "I hate actors who make political statements" thread or "Sean Penn only won because it was a gay film" thread. I think the wrestling angle inadvertantly nipped that in the bud.

And now here comes the reply that Hollywood is a bunch of commie homo lovers.

[burt]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

You're going to look back on this and laugh.

Well, maybe not. But trust me, this thread is hilarious.

I don't think so, unless you belong to the sub culture that enjoys "professional" wrestling. Are you and I going to be adversarial?

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

If it hadn't turned into a wrestling thread, it would have turned into an "I hate actors who make political statements" thread or "Sean Penn only won because it was a gay film" thread. I think the wrestling angle inadvertantly nipped that in the bud.

that was the commercial break of the thread...

[Ultra Peanut]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

Hollywood is a bunch of commie homo lovers.

Sean Penn approves this remark.

[burt]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

And now here comes the reply that Hollywood is a bunch of commie homo lovers.

and I wan't sure I found that so funny either.

[KC_Connection]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

People are so quick to call each other names over the net. Well I will not stoop to your knavish level, I will say however, that BOssman is an evil shit who should be buring in hell right now after what he did to Pepper and Al.

The video is great, but the comments are so much better.

[Ultra Peanut]

Originally Posted by T.B.A.

I don't think so, unless you belong to the sub culture that enjoys "professional" wrestling. Are you and I going to be adversarial?

lol no

['Hamas' Jenkins]

[Pioli Zombie]

Its a new day. The gay awards show is over. Did any men win?
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[Jerm]

Can't believe Rourke didn't win...absolutely jobbed.

What a joke.

[burt]

I have slept...and now I am wondering if I am mentally challenged. I actually got into an argument with "professional Wrestling" fans, with mental superiority issues.

I was thrashed with the equivalent of "pwned" arguments and video clips of....you guessed it, Pro Wrestling. Not to mention the incredibly intelligent argument of "You have never said that you haven't taken it up the ass by Manchester United, so you must have....GOOD NIGHT, I WIN."

A dog pile, if you wish, with probably less teeth out of the group than an Arkansas NASCAR fan.

Yeah, I must be mentally challenged.

[burt]

Originally Posted by Pioli Zombie

Its a new day. The gay awards show is over. Did any men win?
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Heath won for "The Joker....but then again, he is a dead man.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by Jerm

Can't believe Rourke didn't win...absolutely jobbed.

What a joke.

A joke? Have you seen the other performances? Look, if I had an Oscars vote, I would have voted Rourke for Best Actor BUT only barely ahead of Sean Penn and Frank Langella. Penn and Langella were crazy-good in Milk and Frost/Nixon, respectively. Richard Jenkins was also pretty damn stupendous in The Visitor; in a weaker year, his performance would have been good enough to win the statue.

Each of the non-Pitt nominees for Best Actor turned in performances worthy of the Oscar. Penn winning was most certainly not a joke.

[Reaper16]

Originally Posted by T.B.A.

I have slept...and now I am wondering if I am mentally challenged. I actually got into an argument with "professional Wrestling" fans, with mental superiority issues.

I was thrashed with the equivalent of "pwned" arguments and video clips of....you guessed it, Pro Wrestling. Not to mention the incredibly intelligent argument of "You have never said that you haven't taken it up the ass by Manchester United, so you must have....GOOD NIGHT, I WIN."

A dog pile, if you wish, with probably less teeth out of the group than an Arkansas NASCAR fan.

Yeah, I must be mentally challenged.

I'd say you are, because you're missing the point. We weren't attacking you with those clips and references, because (as you have said) you wouldn't understand them. What was being lost in translation was part of the humor.

For you, it must have been like people joking about you in a foreign language. There's no way that you could have participated. The idea was that you would give a futile attempt at communicating back to us, while we continue to talk over your head, the frustration and futility combining to make your reactions even funnier.

And you delivered very well.