Movies and TV 2009 Oscars - Page 28

keg in kc · 02-22-2009, 12:30 AM

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.

**Baby Lee** · 02-23-2009, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

You think it's fake?

It's still real to me DAMMIT!!!

underEJ · 02-23-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

Actually (and I'm a big fan of both IM and TDK), I thought the visual effects were pretty amazing in benjamin button. What they did with brad pitt's character was a pretty clear indication of just how far forward we've come in the few years since Gollum broke new ground.

Not that I wasn't rooting for the comic book movies to win. But it was pretty damned impressive.

I would have been fine with any winner in that category. While I think the Benjamin Button character was very very good, it did not eclipse davey jones from pirates, the current bar for human like CG. What it did do, however, was allow an otherwise untellable story to be convincingly told, and that deserves the Best VFX award.

Interestingly, the comic book movies nominated were enjoyable for their performances at least as much as the VFX, very unusual for summer movies, so that is a breakthrough, too.

**Baby Lee** · 02-23-2009, 06:24 PM

Ahh, memories

Jenson71 · 02-23-2009, 07:40 PM

Baby Lee, I will give you rep and all my casino money if you tell me where the music in the additional clip of Winslet as nun comes from at 2:22?

**Reaper16** · 02-23-2009, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jenson71

Baby Lee, I will give you rep and all my casino money if you tell me where the music in the additional clip of Winslet as nun comes from at 2:22?

Yee-haw! $479? Big Spender comin' through!

Jenson71 · 02-23-2009, 07:54 PM

It's the rep that counts. And the thought.

It sounds like it's from the Da Vinci Code or something. I like it.

stevieray · 02-23-2009, 08:01 PM

Maybe I missed it, but Sean Penn didn't thank his wife?

Ultra Peanut · 02-23-2009, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by keg in kc

I'm also a writer, who makes a living as a video editor, who majored in music in college, so I'm pretty comfortable with the discussion, too.

If I painted I'd have all my bases covered. rofl

Kill stevieray and eat his brain.

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Originally Posted by beach tribe

Look out! He's gonna fake slam your head into the table.

Are there still Grown men, who watch wrestling?. That cracks me up. It's the same regurgitated story line over, and over again.

Frazod · 02-23-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by stevieray

Maybe I missed it, but Sean Penn didn't thank his wife?

I guess he didn't want to offend the film's target audience.

Fairplay · 02-23-2009, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Comedy is another genre that has gotten screwed over the years.

The Marx brother and the 3 stooges should have won a lot of Oscars in that category.

stevieray · 02-23-2009, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

Kill stevieray and eat his brain.

That's right, Psarkosis, and the fastest way to a mans heart is by being a sarcastic bitch.

unothadeal · 02-23-2009, 08:31 PM

Is this the new Rasslin thread?

Ultra Peanut · 02-23-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by stevieray

That's right, Psarkosis, and the fastest way to a mans heart is by being a sarcastic bitch.

IT IS SIMPLE

THAT IS HOW YOU OBTAIN ADDITIONAL POWERS

stevieray · 02-23-2009, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

IT IS SIMPLE

THAT IS HOW YOU OBTAIN ADDITIONAL POWERS

RAW OR STEAMED IN A WOK?

Sam Hall · 02-23-2009, 09:13 PM

Did they do this in the era of silent movies

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