Your impressions about the Oscars!!
03-24-03 | 10:22 AM
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God bless Michael Moore for biting the hand that feeds him. Funny how the same people who gave him the award booed him for the same opinions they had previously given a standing ovation. How dare an artist live the principles that their art preaches! 
I was unhappy with the GONY shutout, but Brody and Polanski were very deserving as well. I think Scorsese was hurt by the Miramax publicity machine - did anyone read the recent Time interview? He seemed so self-effacing and embarrased by the hooplah.
All in all, a good Oscar night. Although I'm not the hugest Chicago fan, it was still a much better choice than many recent years. The Academy exhibited very good taste all-around in a very strong year. I also got a kick out of seeing the Spellbound filmmakers onstage - I got the chance to meet and talk to them a little after a screening at the Williamstown Film Festival last year, and when they were on-camera I pointed like a goof and yelled "I know them! I know them!"
Also, Borgnine and Martin? HOTT.
I was unhappy with the GONY shutout, but Brody and Polanski were very deserving as well. I think Scorsese was hurt by the Miramax publicity machine - did anyone read the recent Time interview? He seemed so self-effacing and embarrased by the hooplah.
All in all, a good Oscar night. Although I'm not the hugest Chicago fan, it was still a much better choice than many recent years. The Academy exhibited very good taste all-around in a very strong year. I also got a kick out of seeing the Spellbound filmmakers onstage - I got the chance to meet and talk to them a little after a screening at the Williamstown Film Festival last year, and when they were on-camera I pointed like a goof and yelled "I know them! I know them!"
Also, Borgnine and Martin? HOTT.
03-24-03 | 10:35 AM
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Originally posted by DonnachaOne
SA was released by Buena Vista in America. So, yes, they did take that, gladly...
SA was released by Buena Vista in America. So, yes, they did take that, gladly...
03-24-03 | 10:40 AM
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I wish the Oscars could just be about the awards, man. I could care less about the video montages, the jokes, the Best Song performances, the pre-show, the self-congratulatory pats on the back (like the stage full of Oscar winners -- WTF?)... all of that junk is just padding, in a show that already runs so long that they have to cut short the friggin' awards themselves.
And while I am in fine mid-morning, third cup of coffee rant form, what the heck was the deal with the Best Makeup Oscar nominees? Frida and The Time Machine???
Whaaa??? (Eye rub) I said, whaaaaa?
So now we have a new award for the Best Unibrow? And someone out there in Hollywood really thought that an albino Jeremy Irons was some kind of unique makeup challenge? Heck, even a clown can put on white greasepaint.
Not that I really care who wins Best Makeup... but did these people even see Lord of the Rings? In fact, I can come up with 10 films from 2002 that should have been nominated before either of these films:
Road to Perdition
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Gangs of New York
Chicago
The Hours
The Pianist
Solaris
Far From Heaven
About Schmidt
Adaptation
That's just off the top of my head (more or less), so I am sure that there are many more I have not even considered.
But maybe it's just me. Grumble, grumble. Need more coffee.
And while I am in fine mid-morning, third cup of coffee rant form, what the heck was the deal with the Best Makeup Oscar nominees? Frida and The Time Machine???
Whaaa??? (Eye rub) I said, whaaaaa?
So now we have a new award for the Best Unibrow? And someone out there in Hollywood really thought that an albino Jeremy Irons was some kind of unique makeup challenge? Heck, even a clown can put on white greasepaint.
Not that I really care who wins Best Makeup... but did these people even see Lord of the Rings? In fact, I can come up with 10 films from 2002 that should have been nominated before either of these films:
Road to Perdition
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Gangs of New York
Chicago
The Hours
The Pianist
Solaris
Far From Heaven
About Schmidt
Adaptation
That's just off the top of my head (more or less), so I am sure that there are many more I have not even considered.
But maybe it's just me. Grumble, grumble. Need more coffee.
03-24-03 | 11:17 AM
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Anyone notice that U2 changed part of the lyrics to their song?
The line in the song goes: "There's a cloud on the New York skyline."
During the Oscars, Bono sang "There's a cloud on the desert skyline."
A rather sly jab at the war. Very subtle.
The line in the song goes: "There's a cloud on the New York skyline."
During the Oscars, Bono sang "There's a cloud on the desert skyline."
A rather sly jab at the war. Very subtle.
03-24-03 | 11:28 AM
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Originally posted by sherm42
Anyone notice that U2 changed part of the lyrics to their song?
The line in the song goes: "There's a cloud on the New York skyline."
During the Oscars, Bono sang "There's a cloud on the desert skyline."
A rather sly jab at the war. Very subtle.
Anyone notice that U2 changed part of the lyrics to their song?
The line in the song goes: "There's a cloud on the New York skyline."
During the Oscars, Bono sang "There's a cloud on the desert skyline."
A rather sly jab at the war. Very subtle.
03-24-03 | 11:44 AM
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Originally posted by ncmojo
And while I am in fine mid-morning, third cup of coffee rant form, what the heck was the deal with the Best Makeup Oscar nominees? Frida and The Time Machine???
Whaaa??? (Eye rub) I said, whaaaaa?
So now we have a new award for the Best Unibrow? And someone out there in Hollywood really thought that an albino Jeremy Irons was some kind of unique makeup challenge? Heck, even a clown can put on white greasepaint.
And while I am in fine mid-morning, third cup of coffee rant form, what the heck was the deal with the Best Makeup Oscar nominees? Frida and The Time Machine???
Whaaa??? (Eye rub) I said, whaaaaa?
So now we have a new award for the Best Unibrow? And someone out there in Hollywood really thought that an albino Jeremy Irons was some kind of unique makeup challenge? Heck, even a clown can put on white greasepaint.
The Santa Clause 2!
Actually, I think the original was nominated for the award...but with only two nominees you have to blame the studio for not even campaigning. C'mon, look at that makeup!
03-24-03 | 12:02 PM
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Originally posted by ncmojo
Not that I really care who wins Best Makeup... but did these people even see Lord of the Rings? In fact, I can come up with 10 films from 2002 that should have been nominated before either of these films:
The Hours
Not that I really care who wins Best Makeup... but did these people even see Lord of the Rings? In fact, I can come up with 10 films from 2002 that should have been nominated before either of these films:
The Hours
03-24-03 | 01:45 PM
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Originally posted by RaZorBlade
I've heard that Kidman's nose in The Hours was computer generated (I've never confirmed that, though). If so, it would be a bit of a debate about whether computer-generated makeup is still makeup. That might have something to do with why it wasn't nominated...
I've heard that Kidman's nose in The Hours was computer generated (I've never confirmed that, though). If so, it would be a bit of a debate about whether computer-generated makeup is still makeup. That might have something to do with why it wasn't nominated...
03-24-03 | 02:31 PM
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Originally posted by CCGoldRush
I heard that it was both--prosthetic AND computer generated. What that means, I don't know. That's a lot of trouble for a nose.
I heard that it was both--prosthetic AND computer generated. What that means, I don't know. That's a lot of trouble for a nose.
03-24-03 | 03:06 PM
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I wonder if Michael Moore and others protest the treatment of Iraqi people under Saddams regime. I wonder if him and Susan Sarandon led protests when Saddams gased 6,000 of his own people in the late 80's. It looks like Moore is fighting his own battle as a liberal against conservatives. I'm not sure he really even cares about the death caused by the other side. He comes across as very uneducated, though I was quite amused by his rant. I think everyone knew that he would say something like that. Very predictable. Adrian Brody was very sincere on the other hand. He seemed to genuinely care about what's going on. He gained a lot of respect around the country for his thoughtful words. I'll bet that it helps his career too. Now everyone knows how much of a jackass Michael Moore is.
03-24-03 | 03:59 PM
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Originally posted by Dudikoff
I wonder if Michael Moore and others protest the treatment of Iraqi people under Saddams regime. I wonder if him and Susan Sarandon led protests when Saddams gased 6,000 of his own people in the late 80's... He comes across as very uneducated....
I wonder if Michael Moore and others protest the treatment of Iraqi people under Saddams regime. I wonder if him and Susan Sarandon led protests when Saddams gased 6,000 of his own people in the late 80's... He comes across as very uneducated....
03-24-03 | 04:13 PM
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Probably wanted to get rid of it for time. Thats why also they cut people off with the orchestra. When American beauty won, I think it went to like 2 or 3 in the morning eastern standard time.
03-24-03 | 04:56 PM
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Originally posted by Rypro PG-13
Probably wanted to get rid of it for time. Thats why also they cut people off with the orchestra. When American beauty won, I think it went to like 2 or 3 in the morning eastern standard time.
Probably wanted to get rid of it for time. Thats why also they cut people off with the orchestra. When American beauty won, I think it went to like 2 or 3 in the morning eastern standard time.
03-24-03 | 05:08 PM
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... but did these people even see Lord of the Rings?
... but did these people even see Lord of the Rings?
03-24-03 | 05:14 PM
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75th Academy Awards Hypocrisy at its finest
Only in America can a man be booed for saying "We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president", but a man who has raped a 13/14 year old be applauded and can't legally enter the country without being arrested
My estimation of Americans slipped another notch last night
Only in America can a man be booed for saying "We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president", but a man who has raped a 13/14 year old be applauded and can't legally enter the country without being arrested
My estimation of Americans slipped another notch last night
03-24-03 | 05:18 PM
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Originally posted by Dudikoff
I wonder if him and Susan Sarandon led protests when Saddams gased 6,000 of his own people in the late 80's.
I wonder if him and Susan Sarandon led protests when Saddams gased 6,000 of his own people in the late 80's.
And for the LAST time...the Kurds are not, in any way shape, or form, "Saddam's people".
03-24-03 | 05:21 PM
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Originally posted by Jason
Sedition: Straight from the 1798 Act:
That if any persons shall unlawfully combine or conspire together, with intent to oppose any measure or measures of the government of the United States, which are or shall be directed by proper authority, or to impede the operation of any law of the United States, or to intimidate or prevent any person holding a place or office in or under the government of the United States, from undertaking, performing or executing his trust or duty; and if any person or persons, with intent as aforesaid, shall counsel, advise or attempt to procure any insurrection, riot. unlawful assembly, or combination, whether such conspiracy, threatening, counsel, advice, or attempt shall have the proposed effect or not, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction, before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment during a term not less than six months nor exceeding five years; and further, at the discretion of the court may be holden to find sureties for his good behaviour in such sum, and for such time, as the said court may direct.
Sedition: Straight from the 1798 Act:
That if any persons shall unlawfully combine or conspire together, with intent to oppose any measure or measures of the government of the United States, which are or shall be directed by proper authority, or to impede the operation of any law of the United States, or to intimidate or prevent any person holding a place or office in or under the government of the United States, from undertaking, performing or executing his trust or duty; and if any person or persons, with intent as aforesaid, shall counsel, advise or attempt to procure any insurrection, riot. unlawful assembly, or combination, whether such conspiracy, threatening, counsel, advice, or attempt shall have the proposed effect or not, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction, before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment during a term not less than six months nor exceeding five years; and further, at the discretion of the court may be holden to find sureties for his good behaviour in such sum, and for such time, as the said court may direct.
Sweet! Got any tidbits from the Nuremburg Laws for us?
Testify, brother!
03-24-03 | 05:31 PM
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Originally posted by Gattman
75th Academy Awards Hypocrisy at its finest
Only in America can a man be booed for saying "We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president", but a man who has raped a 13/14 year old be applauded and can't legally enter the country without being arrested
My estimation of Americans slipped another notch last night
75th Academy Awards Hypocrisy at its finest
Only in America can a man be booed for saying "We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president", but a man who has raped a 13/14 year old be applauded and can't legally enter the country without being arrested
My estimation of Americans slipped another notch last night