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TV Show: The Oscars: 81st annual Academy Awards
Member Since: 4/23/2007
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Originally posted by Red
So, the show's done, the awards have been handed out, and...I'm still very glad that I didn't watch, mostly because of Mickey Rourke not winning Best Actor. This will be the last realistic chance Rourke has, and it was the performance of a lifetime for him. I would have been yelling my head off if I had watched it live. *sigh*
Actually, I'm more pissed off about people brushing Wall-E's love story aside in this thread than anything. "Robots?! IN LOVE?! PSHAW!" Give me a ****ing break. They had more chemistry than any film couple I've seen in a long, long time. Honestly, I came this close to crying during a certain scene with the two, and, damnit, I DON'T CRY WATCHING FILMS.
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Oh, so because you cry, it means it is great. Oh, and Rourke's performance is amazing, but so were the other actor's performances, except Pitt's.
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Member Since: 5/13/2007
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The winners were a bit too predictable, except for Penn's win, which was actually quite a let-down.
I haven't seen Vicky Christina Barcelona yet, but Amy Adams was terrific in Doubt, and she was much better than Taraji Henson and Viola Davis, who had good, but unremarkable roles.
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Member Since: 9/26/2001
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Originally posted by Dancefloor
Oh, so because you cry, it means it is great.
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Um, yes, that does mean that it's great, because it's provoking an emotion out of me that I don't emote very often, if at all. I'm not somebody who cries at a lot of films. Actually, I don't think any singular film has ever made me cry. Wall-E, I think, came closest, because its love story (and the film itself) is just so beautiful.
Seriously, if you don't understand what I'm trying to say, then you might need to take a step back and actually THINK about this for more than a few seconds.
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Member Since: 9/29/2008
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I thought that Slumdog Millionaire was a good movie but don't think it deserved to take home ALL those awards... I wish they would spread the awards out more. I would've only given Slumdog best Cinematography and Direction...
Check this out for Everything Oscars.... pictures from the Red Carpet, Backstage, Interviews etc
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Member Since: 9/17/2006
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Beyonce LIPSYNCHED her performance it was OBVIOUS, and that little musical number was random and very boring. She hogged up the entire stage, and was a bit too over the top. The Academy must LOVE her. I remember laughing a few years ago when they made her sing every single nominated song. what a JOKE haha
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Member Since: 7/28/2007
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I AGREE WITH:
Heath Ledger
Penelope Cruz
But I would have prefered ANNE HATHAWAY and Brad Pitt as BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESS
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Member Since: 2/22/2008
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Originally posted by beysusfan
and once again, all the show was about the one and only Beyoncé like Hugh said, he s such a stan, i love it!!!!
hate her all you want she is not goin anywhere but the top!!!!!!
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That's what i call obsession
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Member Since: 8/19/2006
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Nothing against A.R. Rahman, but I really think Peter Gabriel deserved that Oscar (Original Song)... Plus the nominee performance was dreadful. I don't mind John Legend, but he's NOT Peter Gabriel, though having seen what the Academy people planned to do with them I don't blame Gabriel for pulling out of it.
Last year they could do all 3 of the nominated songs from "Enchanted" (and find 2 more people to perform them since Amy Adams couldn't do all 3) but now that there are that exact same number of nominees this year they don't even allow them to perform in full??? Stupid.
Oh yeah, and whoever had the idea for the In Memoriam section should be fired on the spot. I didn't mind Queen Latifah singing, but the camera panning and zooming in and out didn't allow for anyone to see who was being honored!!!
There were good bits to the ceremony, though, especially that nice touch of having 5 previous winners of a category talk to the nominees. Some of their reactions were pretty poignant. The overall list of winners was also good.
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Member Since: 2/22/2008
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Im going to see Slumdog on Monday
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Member Since: 2/13/2009
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No surpise Slumdog won (which meant i've gotten the Best Picture right 9 straight years)
Rourke was robbed,
I still think Christoper Nolan should have been nominated and won for best director for making The Dark Knight a movie that even non-superhero fans like me like.
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Member Since: 12/14/2006
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does anyone even know what 99% of the movies nominated are or was i the only one?
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Member Since: 9/19/2008
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^ Were so 3008. Ur so 2000 and late.
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Member Since: 12/14/2006
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haha, your funny. but really thought were those movies in the theaters? the only ones i heard of were wall e, slumdog, button and batman
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Member Since: 9/19/2008
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Check Reader and Milk. I think they are still there. Reader is awesome!!!
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Member Since: 5/1/2007
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I downloaded most of them since the nominations were announced
I had seen Iron Man, Wall E, The Dark Knight, Kung Fu Panda, Bolt and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
The thing is.. the studios usually release Oscar-worthy films by the end of the year so they start getting momentum by the time of the Academy Awards. They heavily promote them so Academy members will vote for them. That's why, some people say, "The Reader" got so many nominations, cause Harvey Weinstein promoted it to death.
I think there should be a way for having good movies released all over the year and not just keep the good ones till the end of it. I mean, Sherlock Holmes was already pushed back to the end of 2009 just for the sake of the awards season. All year long we have to deal with mostly sucky movies, and it shouldn't be that way.
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Member Since: 6/23/2005
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Originally posted by ρз∂гσ
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt should've won.
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in the name of god, no.
theyre both overrated.
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Member Since: 2/1/2008
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Originally posted by toxnick
in the name of god, no.
theyre both overrated.
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That's not the category.
Angelina was great in Changeling and Brad Pitt proved that his acting is not only based in his looks. Overrated as a couple I would say yes
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Member Since: 5/1/2007
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Brad Pitt was SO overrated with his role in Button.
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Member Since: 4/23/2007
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Originally posted by Raguabros
Brad Pitt was SO overrated with his role in Button.
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He deserved the nomination, but was the weakest one out of 5!
OMG, Sherlock Holmes is gonna be Oscar-worthy?! I really hope Rachel McAdams get a nomination for her role. I'm sure she'll be great as always.
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I wish Angelina, Meryl and Kate could have all won. lmao I love them all.
Angelina did very well with her role.
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