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LAN.gnome
Urban Legend
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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.
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LAN.gnome
Urban Legend
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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?
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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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
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Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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"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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Nefnar
Professor
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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.
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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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
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Teral
Helpy McHelphelp
DOOP Secretary
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"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...
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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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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BumbleBeeTheta
Starship Captain
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My predictions for nominees (for Best Picture) are: Mystic River LotR: Return of the King The Human Stain Cold Mountain Big Fish The Last SamuraiIf 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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SlaytanicMaggot
Professor
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in that national board list, I found this:
"Best Acting by an Ensemble: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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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.
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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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)
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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Originally posted by (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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Nixorbo
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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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.
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SlaytanicMaggot
Professor
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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.
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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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.
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SlaytanicMaggot
Professor
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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"?
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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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
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BethDogg
Crustacean
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When did you see it, this morning? It just came out here today.
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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« Reply #39 on: 12-17-2003 19:10 »
« Last Edit on: 12-18-2003 00:00 »
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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 nominationsCold Mountain got 8 nominations!! 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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