Finding Nemo being considered for BEST PICTURE award!!!
07-31-03, 11:40 AM
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Finding Nemo being considered for BEST PICTURE award!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/...car-buzz_x.htm
Wow!! I figured it was a shoe-in for Best Animated award, but this is amazing.. Beauty and the Beast is still the only animated movie that was nominated for Best Picture, and with the new Best Animated award I almost figured it would stay that way. But, if Nemo is even being considered for Best Picture with the new Best Animated award in the game, that's some hurdle to jump!!
Wow!! I figured it was a shoe-in for Best Animated award, but this is amazing.. Beauty and the Beast is still the only animated movie that was nominated for Best Picture, and with the new Best Animated award I almost figured it would stay that way. But, if Nemo is even being considered for Best Picture with the new Best Animated award in the game, that's some hurdle to jump!!
07-31-03, 12:00 PM
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Man, I hope not...
That would take a slot that could be occupied by such gems as Charlie's Angels II, Bad Boys II or Tomb Raider II!
Freakin' Hollywood...
That would take a slot that could be occupied by such gems as Charlie's Angels II, Bad Boys II or Tomb Raider II!
Freakin' Hollywood...
07-31-03, 12:52 PM
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The article basically means squat. Which isn't to say the film won't be nominated, but people always talk about Oscar contenders at this point of the year, and probably 90% of them never even get nominated since most of the films come from the end of the year.
07-31-03, 01:07 PM
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Little cartoon about two crazy fish sticks looking for another fish winning the best picture? Are you nuts? I have a feeling people just like to watch crazy fishes, thus the high box office. Personally, I want my money back, even though I didn't pay for the tickets...
07-31-03, 01:22 PM
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why isn't Best Picture somewhat tied to movies that gross the most? I understand that some of the high grossing movies are not the most intellectual, but they seem to be very representative of what people want to see
07-31-03, 02:16 PM
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Originally posted by FuzzyBallz
Little cartoon about two crazy fish sticks looking for another fish winning the best picture? Are you nuts? I have a feeling people just like to watch crazy fishes, thus the high box office. Personally, I want my money back, even though I didn't pay for the tickets...
Little cartoon about two crazy fish sticks looking for another fish winning the best picture? Are you nuts? I have a feeling people just like to watch crazy fishes, thus the high box office. Personally, I want my money back, even though I didn't pay for the tickets...
That being said, I doubt it's going to get a best picture nomination.
07-31-03, 02:24 PM
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Originally posted by jbrotheim
why isn't Best Picture somewhat tied to movies that gross the most? I understand that some of the high grossing movies are not the most intellectual, but they seem to be very representative of what people want to see
why isn't Best Picture somewhat tied to movies that gross the most? I understand that some of the high grossing movies are not the most intellectual, but they seem to be very representative of what people want to see
j
07-31-03, 02:31 PM
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Originally posted by majorjoe23
Not to pick on you, but this is the kind of thinking that keeps movies like Hoop Dreams from winning Academy Awards. That was just a movie about two kids playing basketball. I think subject matter is too often weighted above quality.
That being said, I doubt it's going to get a best picture nomination.
Not to pick on you, but this is the kind of thinking that keeps movies like Hoop Dreams from winning Academy Awards. That was just a movie about two kids playing basketball. I think subject matter is too often weighted above quality.
That being said, I doubt it's going to get a best picture nomination.
I also agree with you that Finding Nemo probably won't get a best picture nom. It is much, much too early to be considering oscar contenders. I believe that last year something like 80% of the nominees in all categories were from movies released in the final 3 weeks of the year.
07-31-03, 02:32 PM
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Originally posted by jekbrown
prolly cause the majority of people always have been and always will be idiots. We dont need to see Godzilla nominated for best picture because it made a lot of $.
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prolly cause the majority of people always have been and always will be idiots. We dont need to see Godzilla nominated for best picture because it made a lot of $.
j
07-31-03, 02:44 PM
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sea biscuit is gonna trample that lil fish.
Need proof? See "Road To Perdition" (which got even better reviews, albeit slightly so).
Just because a serious dramatic movie that doesn't totally suck gets released during the moronic summer movie season doesn't mean it's got an automatic lock for Oscar glory.
Even SPR got upstaged, and that was the Ruling Lord God of Summer 1998.
Meanwhile, unless "Brother Bear" turns out to be the most magnificent piece of feature-length animation in the history of the world, "Nemo" has that animation Oscar in the bag.
07-31-03, 02:48 PM
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The majority of people go to the movies to be entertained for a couple of hours and get their minds off of other things. They want to laugh or be thrilled, not read into the symbolism of an obscure period piece
Originally posted by jekbrown
prolly cause the majority of people always have been and always will be idiots. We dont need to see Godzilla nominated for best picture because it made a lot of $.
j
prolly cause the majority of people always have been and always will be idiots. We dont need to see Godzilla nominated for best picture because it made a lot of $.
j
07-31-03, 03:21 PM
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Originally posted by jbrotheim
why isn't Best Picture somewhat tied to movies that gross the most? I understand that some of the high grossing movies are not the most intellectual, but they seem to be very representative of what people want to see
why isn't Best Picture somewhat tied to movies that gross the most? I understand that some of the high grossing movies are not the most intellectual, but they seem to be very representative of what people want to see
07-31-03, 03:23 PM
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good examples... didn't realize American Beauty was the highest grossing
Originally posted by lesterlong
Actually it is. Forrest Gump and American Beauty were both the highest grossing movies of their respective years and both won Best Picture. The Oscars are nothing more than a showcase for big budget Hollywood films.
Actually it is. Forrest Gump and American Beauty were both the highest grossing movies of their respective years and both won Best Picture. The Oscars are nothing more than a showcase for big budget Hollywood films.
07-31-03, 04:08 PM
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Originally posted by jbrotheim
good examples... didn't realize American Beauty was the highest grossing
good examples... didn't realize American Beauty was the highest grossing
Anyway, I recall Dreamworks pushing Shrek for Best Picture two years ago also.
07-31-03, 04:58 PM
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Star Wars: Episode I did a *lot* more than AB did. 
So did The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, Austin Powers, Toy Story 2, and a handful of other films.
There's no real correlation between BO and Oscar Glory, except when Harvey Weinstein forgets to scrub his gorilla ass.
So did The Sixth Sense, The Matrix, Austin Powers, Toy Story 2, and a handful of other films.There's no real correlation between BO and Oscar Glory, except when Harvey Weinstein forgets to scrub his gorilla ass.
07-31-03, 05:25 PM
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Potential Best Picture nominees, just a guess:
Cold Mountain
The Alamo
The Last Samurai
LOTR:ROTK
Cold Mountain
The Alamo
The Last Samurai
LOTR:ROTK