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Mr. Potter

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« on: 12-03-2003 19:00 »

This is the place to talk about this awards season. What movies do you want to take the gold come Oscar time? Which are your predictions? What's your opinion about the Academy and the other award organizations?
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« Reply #1 on: 12-03-2003 19:42 »

Return of the King and Finding Nemo will and should get something, respectively.
LAN.gnome

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« Reply #2 on: 12-03-2003 19:45 »

I'm hoping Comedy Central's "Commie Awards" will be funny and cool, as I expect them to be -- after all, the awesome Andy Richter is hosting, and that's a good sign.
Slurm Guy

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« Reply #3 on: 12-03-2003 22:36 »

I read in Newsweek that the reason The Fellowship Of The Ring and The Two Towers didn't win best picture is because they had already made tons of money. The Acadamy likes to root for the underdogs, which The Lord Of The Rings is not. But I think that's bullshit. Return Of The King should win best picture because Jackson deserves it. And because no third installment of a trilogy has won best picture, not even the awsome Godfather III. Well, anyways, The Lord Of The Rings has been waiting long enough and winning would be a good way for the trilogy to go out with.
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« Reply #4 on: 12-03-2003 22:52 »

 
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Originally posted by Slurm Guy:
And because no third installment of a trilogy has won best picture, not even the awsome Godfather III.

::reads::
::reads again::
::falls to knees and weeps::

Seriously. Godfather Part III is terrible.
Slurm Guy

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« Reply #5 on: 12-03-2003 22:54 »
« Last Edit on: 12-03-2003 22:54 »

I was being sarcastic. Yes, I was being sarcastic.
LAN.gnome

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« Reply #6 on: 12-03-2003 22:57 »

 
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Originally posted by Slurm Guy:
I was being sarcastic. Yes, I was being sarcastic.

I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear that.

Literal arse, aint I?  :D
Mr. Potter

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« Reply #7 on: 12-03-2003 23:01 »

The National Board of Review Top 10 was announced today:

1.Mystic River
2.The Last Samurai
3.The Station Agent
4.21 Grams
5.House of Sand and Fog
6.Lost in Translation
7.Cold Mountain
8.In America
9.Seabiscuit
10.Master and Commander 

Slurm Guy

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« Reply #8 on: 12-03-2003 23:04 »

Sons of bitches!
TheLastGreatDon

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« Reply #9 on: 12-03-2003 23:09 »
« Last Edit on: 12-04-2003 00:00 »

Bastards..... heartless.... cold bastards..... Jackson needs his goddamned award, The Godfather Part III blew ass; and finnaly I think that as far as awards go the most insignificant is the **Shudder** Source awards..... But Mystic River was quite impressive..... well what I saw of it before my family decided to up and leave..... after they were done seeing Kill Bill.... for I had already seen it..... anyways.....
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« Reply #10 on: 12-03-2003 23:54 »

"The the award for best animated short goes to . . . Return of the King?"

I'm still predicting a sweep for RotK.
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« Reply #11 on: 12-04-2003 00:49 »

 
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Originally posted by Slurm Guy:
Sons of bitches!

Well, since the movie hasn't come out yet, how could it be on the list? The critics haven't had a chance to review it.
Slurm Guy

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« Reply #12 on: 12-04-2003 06:40 »

 
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Originally posted by LAN.gnome:
 Well, since the movie hasn't come out yet, how could it be on the list? The critics haven't had a chance to review it.

Cold Mountain hasn't came out either. It doesn't come out until Christmas day.
Nefnar

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« Reply #13 on: 12-04-2003 09:27 »

Critics just abuse their powers saying they saw all of those movies on the list but I'm sure many of them just randomly chose a rank for them, just for what they have listened from other critics.
Anyway, I'm hoping that the RotK gets something honorable, I still have faith.

Mr. Potter

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« Reply #14 on: 12-04-2003 10:40 »

The members of the National Board of Review are not critics, in fact no one knows who they are. It is said that they are film experts and professors.
Neither The Fellowship of The Ring nor The Two Towers got into the top 10 this past two years.
Here you can see the rest of the winners
Jamesbondcja

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« Reply #15 on: 12-04-2003 12:00 »
« Last Edit on: 12-04-2003 12:00 »

Lets hope Mr Q. Tarentino dosent miss out on the award again.

And also good luck to X-2, Pirates and Finding Nemo. (As if, when was the last time a good film won the oscar.)
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« Reply #16 on: 12-04-2003 15:12 »

I hope "Goodbye, Lenin" will receive a nomination for the best foreign language movie. Other nominations: Matrix Reloaded (for SFX), The Missing, Finding Nemo, Mona Lisa Smile and of course LOTR 3.
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« Reply #17 on: 12-04-2003 19:55 »

"Return of the King" should be cleaning everything and blowing all competition aside.

Then again so should "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers" and look what happened. I'd love to be proven wrong, but...
LAN.gnome

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« Reply #18 on: 12-04-2003 22:02 »

 
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Originally posted by Mr. Potter:
The members of the National Board of Review are not critics, in fact no one knows who they are. It is said that they are film experts and professors.

The fact remains, whoever they are, they haven't seen ROTK yet, or Cold Mountain. How can they make a list including a movie they haven't seen?
Mr. Potter

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« Reply #19 on: 12-04-2003 22:48 »

We can hope that they have seen the advance screenings that have been taking place since last week.
Still, I doubt that all of the members have seen The Return of the King (probably, too mainstream for them)
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« Reply #20 on: 12-04-2003 23:45 »

My predictions for nominees (for Best Picture) are:
Mystic River
LotR: Return of the King
The Human Stain
Cold Mountain
Big Fish
The Last Samurai


If Human Stain, Cold Mountain or Last Samurai wins, I'll be very, very upset.  Nicole Kidman will probably win Best Actress for HS, simply because she plays a poor woman who sleeps with Anthony Hopkins.  I think Mystic River will win Best Picture, and Sean Penn will probably win Best Actor.  Personally, I think Bill Murray should win, but Lost in Translation might be too mainstream for the Academy.  I'd love for Sofia Coppola to get a Best Director nod, but Clint Eastwood will probably win.  Peter Jackson is the the most deserving, though.  I think it's fairly obvious that Finding Nemo will be Best Animated Film.  Millennium Actress should at least be nominated though.

And that's my Oscar rant for the day.  :)

(Down with sceener tape bans!  Give boutique films a chance!)
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« Reply #21 on: 12-05-2003 08:40 »

Wow, I just realised I haven't been to the cinema once this year! I'm off to see Finding Nemo.
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« Reply #22 on: 12-05-2003 15:39 »

in that national board list, I found this:

"Best Acting by an Ensemble: The Lord of the Rings:  The Return of the King"

Mr. Potter

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« Reply #23 on: 12-05-2003 15:50 »

Which is fairly important because it gives the possibility of some very good performances that can be Academy Award nominated, and I'll tell you, at least with a Best Supporting Actor nom and a Best Director win, we got Best Picture.
Slurm Guy

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« Reply #24 on: 12-05-2003 18:21 »

We need to start riots until ROTK gets the respsect it deserves from the Acadamy!
Mr. Potter

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« Reply #25 on: 12-06-2003 13:35 »

According to this:

Viggo Mortensen is no longer a candidate for any award.

That means, that in Lead Actor Elijah is ROTK's only hope and that is going to be difficult. The reviews for his performance have been very favorable but he's going to need more than that to get any sort of possibility.

In Supporting I think Sean Astin is going to get the nomination. McKellen already had his chance two years ago.

And the day when I see Miranda Otto nominated for an Oscar, I'll be a happy man.(Her performance has been getting nice comments, also)
TheLastGreatDon

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« Reply #26 on: 12-06-2003 19:54 »

 Rotk needs that respect but I don't think that The Last Samurai was all that impressive but it probobly does deserve a nomination... but a last one and it really shouldn't win. Mona Lisa Smile is going to be one of those "Chick Flicks" I take a date to and I hope it gets an award because I'll need a good excuse for why I went and saw it.
TheLastGreatDon

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« Reply #27 on: 12-06-2003 19:57 »
« Last Edit on: 12-06-2003 19:57 »

Ohh And did anyone else see AFI's tribute to Robert De`nero?... It was well deserved and rocked quite nicely. Sorry for the double post. Damn internet crash.
Slurm Guy

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« Reply #28 on: 12-06-2003 22:36 »
« Last Edit on: 12-06-2003 22:36 »

He's double posting! For the love of God, somebody stop him!
Mr. Potter

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« Reply #29 on: 12-06-2003 23:31 »

 
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(Down with sceener tape bans!  Give boutique films a chance!)

That reminds me that the screener ban was lifted by order of a judge. That's great news for independent films and distributors, and for everyone who tought this screener ban was ridiculuos.

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« Reply #30 on: 12-07-2003 02:16 »

 
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Originally posted by TheLastGreatDon:
Mona Lisa Smile is going to be one of those "Chick Flicks" I take a date to and I hope it gets an award because I'll need a good excuse for why I went and saw it.

Didn't you just give yourself a good excuse?

And there is nothing wrong with Kirstne Dunst, Julia Stiles, and Maggie KJBViabfbviBViksdbv all in the same movie.
SlaytanicMaggot
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« Reply #31 on: 12-13-2003 23:30 »

I can't wait for the Oscar nominees announcements, just to see if Bubba Ho-Tep is nominated in any category. No doubt "Elephant" will be, though.
Mr. Potter

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« Reply #32 on: 12-14-2003 00:07 »

 
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Originally posted by SlaytanicMaggot:
I can't wait for the Oscar nominees announcements, just to see if Bubba Ho-Tep is nominated in any category. No doubt "Elephant" will be, though.


I hope you are kidding.

SlaytanicMaggot
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« Reply #33 on: 12-14-2003 14:22 »

No, I wasn't. The movie got rave reviews by almost everyone, and besides, it is NOT a gore-fest. In fact, there's no gore whatsoever. 99.9% of the movie is slow and talky, mainly one huge monologue by old geezer Elvis in his rest home bed reflecting on his life. Besides, the Academy's made up of a bunch of old farts who are probably huge Elvis fans, and it's an independent film directed by the the dude who directed "Phantasm," AND it also has JFK as a character, so one more thing the old farts will lean towards, and finally, how can you not like a movie with the line "Mr. President, ask not what your rest home can do for you, but what you can do for your rest home"?
Mr. Potter

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« Reply #34 on: 12-14-2003 14:53 »
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It may be great,but look at the Academy award winners and nominees of the past 20 years and tell me if a movie lke that has a shot at a nom.   
Mr. Potter

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« Reply #35 on: 12-14-2003 18:50 »

The American Film Institute issued its Top Ten (in alphabetical order):
-American Splendor
- Finding Nemo
- The Human Stain
- In America
- The Last Samurai
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Lost in Translation
- Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
- Mystic River
- Monster
Slurm Guy

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« Reply #36 on: 12-17-2003 12:55 »

After seeing ROTK, I have to say that if it doesn't win best picture, I will personally make the Academy pay dearly for it. ROTK was by far the best movie of the year!
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« Reply #37 on: 12-17-2003 18:34 »

When did you see it, this morning?  It just came out here today.
Slurm Guy

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« Reply #38 on: 12-17-2003 18:53 »

I saw it when they started screening them at midnight.
Mr. Potter

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« Reply #39 on: 12-17-2003 19:10 »
« Last Edit on: 12-18-2003 00:00 »

Tomorrow the Golden Globe nominations are announced early on in the morning. The Globes are very important in determining which movies are most likely to get nommed by the Academy.

EDIT: Here are the nominations

Cold Mountain got 8 nominations!!  :mad: Damn Miramax

But it was great for Lost in Translation to get 5 noms.

Big Fish and Return of the King also scored some good noms (especially the latter)
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