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On 1/10/2019 at 6:02 PM, HoustonFrog said:

Saving Private Ryan losing to Shakespeare in Love


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Shakespeare in Love not bad. 
 

On 1/10/2019 at 9:07 PM, Message Board User said:

Russell Crowe (Gladiator) over Tom Hanks (Castaway).  Crowe's expression never changes during the whole movie while Hanks is the only one on screen and he keeps our attention for the duration.

Since this thread got bumped, I noticed this comment and agree that Hanks did excellent work. Some years are packed with quality nominees in a category and Gladiator and its lead were a solid movie and actor that I enjoyed, but Cast Away was great from beginning to end. A story within a story, a man facing not a ruthless emperor but the most ruthless and capricious ruler of all of us--Nature, and the ending which is a beginning. Tom Hanks performed award winning acting in that role.

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TCM is in the heart of their 31 days of Oscars right now. Yesterday was something to behold, and if I didn't have an early start this morning, I could have binged for 10 hours straight. But man, when you look at these winners, the turd in the punch bowl is obvious.
5PM Driving Miss Daisy
7PM All the President's Men
9PM China Syndrome
11PM Network

On 1/24/2019 at 2:43 PM, Trey3216 said:

The fact that JFK isn't listed as a comedy still baffles me

I love JFK, even acknowledging that Oliver Stone is lucky if 35% of his script is factually accurate.  What is true about the movie, regardless of whether Oswald really acted alone, is that JFK's assassination was the beginning of the erosion of our country's trust in the government, and what the American people know and see about our government is very different than reality.  

Plus one of Kevin Bacon's best lines ever:  "You don't know shit 'cause you've never been fucked in the ass!"

Glenn Close never winning is pretty damn wild. 

Can I say Everything Everywhere All at Once yet?

49 minutes ago, WBT said:

Can I say Everything Everywhere All at Once yet?

You can but I would ask you what movie would you have put over it for BP and don't say Top Gun: Maverick because there's no way that would've even been close to winning. The other options were All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water (BRO!), The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tar, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking.

A personal one after rewatching Pulp Fiction this weekend, Samuel L Jackson losing Best Supporting to Martin Landau in Ed Wood. 

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16 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Samuel L Jackson losing Best Supporting to Martin Landau in Ed Wood

lifetime achievement sort of thing 

 

46 minutes ago, mdmost said:

The other options were All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water (BRO!), The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tar, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking.

I would have picked Banshees but would have been good with most of the other noms too.

59 minutes ago, mdmost said:

You can but I would ask you what movie would you have put over it for BP and don't say Top Gun: Maverick because there's no way that would've even been close to winning. The other options were All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water (BRO!), The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tar, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking.

Aftersun was the best movie of 2022

I'm convinced that if The Shawshank Redemption had been re-named The Rock, it would've swept the Oscars.

The Hurt Locker over Avatar was dumb. James Cameron made a cinematic masterpiece using 3D technology, and made the only movie ever worth seeing with those shitty glasses. The amount of effort that went into making that film was tremendous using 3D cameras and tons of motion capture. It made such an incredible viewing experience, and he absolutely deserved Best Director that year. 

Conan hosting this year is genius. Harks back to the Johnny Carson days. He is the elder statesman.

Did the Blind Side win anything?  If so it goes on this list.  Terrible movie.  Preachy Christian movie schlock.

Sandra Bullock won Best Actress over a bunch of people whose performances I didn't watch.

Carey Mulligan- An Education

Meryl Streep- Julie & Julia

Gabourey Sidibe -Precious

Helen Mirren- The Last Station

 

The King's Speech winning BP over The Social Network or Black Swan. 

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9 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Did the Blind Side win anything?  If so it goes on this list.  Terrible movie.  Preachy Christian movie schlock.

Good one. Besides the reductive racial stuff/white savior narrative, the football stuff was so fucking stupid. 

Michael Oher is a teenager in Tenn, but apparently has no concept of football. They teach him how by telling him to protect the QB like it’s his new white family. There is a scene where Sandra calls the HS head coach and he answers and talks to her on his cell in the middle of the game. Perfectly fine moment of silliness for a Hallmark movie, but I still can’t believe anyone ever took that shit seriously.  

Movie screamed lifetime achievement award for Bullock in an obvious down year in the category. 

6 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

TCM is in the heart of their 31 days of Oscars right now. Yesterday was something to behold, and if I didn't have an early start this morning, I could have binged for 10 hours straight. But man, when you look at these winners, the turd in the punch bowl is obvious.
5PM Driving Miss Daisy
7PM All the President's Men
9PM China Syndrome
11PM Network
 

 

 

5 hours ago, mdmost said:

You can but I would ask you what movie would you have put over it for BP and don't say Top Gun: Maverick because there's no way that would've even been close to winning. The other options were All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water (BRO!), The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tar, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking.

A personal one after rewatching Pulp Fiction this weekend, Samuel L Jackson losing Best Supporting to Martin Landau in Ed Wood. 

EEAAO fucking sucked. Banshees, Fablemans, Tar, AQOTWF all are significantly better movies.

3 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

The Hurt Locker over Avatar was dumb. James Cameron made a cinematic masterpiece using 3D technology, and made the only movie ever worth seeing with those shitty glasses. The amount of effort that went into making that film was tremendous using 3D cameras and tons of motion capture. It made such an incredible viewing experience, and he absolutely deserved Best Director that year. 

Too bad he didn’t care about writing an actual script or making a good movie.

1 hour ago, hobbes2702 said:

EEAAO fucking sucked. Banshees, Fablemans, Tar, AQOTWF all are significantly better movies.

Too bad he didn’t care about writing an actual script or making a good movie.

Best Adaptation?????

 

 

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Edited to say.....If you go to Animal Kingdom in FL, get on the Avatar ride.   It is freaking awesome  

Edited by Trey3216

Crash is the worst Best Picture winner ever by a large margin.

Emilia Perez = Crash Pt. 2.

6 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

The Hurt Locker over Avatar was dumb. James Cameron made a cinematic masterpiece using 3D technology, and made the only movie ever worth seeing with those shitty glasses. The amount of effort that went into making that film was tremendous using 3D cameras and tons of motion capture. It made such an incredible viewing experience, and he absolutely deserved Best Director that year. 

Pffft... 

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11 hours ago, Parliament said:

Did the Blind Side win anything?  If so it goes on this list.  Terrible movie.  Preachy Christian movie schlock.

How so? Because they prayed at the dinner table once?

I'm not defending the movie, but to claim it as "preachy Christian" anything seems to me like you are looking to be offended.

18 hours ago, MrX said:

Movie screamed lifetime achievement award for Bullock in an obvious down year in the category. 

Why the hell would Bullock merit a lifetime achievement award? She’s nowhere near the level of a Nicholson or Streep who deserves some sort of lifetime recognition.

I say this as a huge Bullock fan. I generally like her movies. And as a personal aside, I stood in line behind her at the Starbucks off 5th and Lamar in 2001, and, if consent wasn’t in the equation, I would have taken her as my wife then and there. She’s even more attractive in real life. And she smiled at me!

But as an actor she doesn’t have a ton of range. She was Southern Christian Sandra in The Blind Side. Gravity? Sandra in space. Speed? Bus Driver Sandra. 

Not sure why any Oscar voter would give her a nod based on a lifetime of work. I really do think it was just a down year and she won by default, not because she has this great Oscar-level body of work and just happened to lose several years to other nominated actresses. And maybe a few Oscar voters have also run into her at a Starbucks.

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4 hours ago, South Austin said:

Why the hell would Bullock merit a lifetime achievement award? She’s nowhere near the level of a Nicholson or Streep who deserves some sort of lifetime recognition.

I say this as a huge Bullock fan. I generally like her movies. And as a personal aside, I stood in line behind her at the Starbucks off 5th and Lamar in 2001, and, if consent wasn’t in the equation, I would have taken her as my wife then and there. She’s even more attractive in real life. And she smiled at me!

But as an actor she doesn’t have a ton of range. She was Southern Christian Sandra in The Blind Side. Gravity? Sandra in space. Speed? Bus Driver Sandra. 

Not sure why any Oscar voter would give her a nod based on a lifetime of work. I really do think it was just a down year and she won by default, not because she has this great Oscar-level body of work and just happened to lose several years to other nominated actresses. And maybe a few Oscar voters have also run into her at a Starbucks.

Agree.  Not trying to trash her but she is not HOF material.

On 2/24/2025 at 8:07 AM, MrX said:

Glenn Close never winning is pretty damn wild. 

I guess she did get ignored...

On 2/24/2025 at 7:57 AM, mdmost said:

You can but I would ask you what movie would you have put over it for BP and don't say Top Gun: Maverick because there's no way that would've even been close to winning. The other options were All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water (BRO!), The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tar, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking.

A personal one after rewatching Pulp Fiction this weekend, Samuel L Jackson losing Best Supporting to Martin Landau in Ed Wood. 

 

On 2/24/2025 at 8:15 AM, Incredulity said:

lifetime achievement sort of thing 

 

I was thinking that Landau should have won it for Rounders playing Damon's law professor/confidant.  But Ed Norton had the superior role.  They need a 3rd award for best bit part character actor.

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