Movie time. And the winner is...

monkeyboy · Post by **monkeyboy** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:02 pm

How many of the nominated movies have you seen, and who do you think should win?

You can answer before the awards or give an explanation why another should have won after.

Also, are you going to watch the Academy Awards?

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:36 am

monkeyboy wrote:How many of the nominated movies have you seen, and who do you think should win?

I wasn't able to see any of the movies that got nominated. I think it's the first year that's ever happened to me.

monkeyboy wrote:Also, are you going to watch the Academy Awards?

To be honest I wasn't much into watching the Awards this year. I just didn't much get into the nominated movies this year (in the various award categories). I liked "Walked the Line", but that was about it unfortunately. It's the luck of the draw I guess that it turned out that way.

Ronin · Post by **Ronin** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:39 am

I'm into my films, but I'm not really into all the awards...do you have a page with all the nominations on? I have a feeling this year I'll be like Keropi as well, as I just haven't got round to going to the cinema at all recently.

Keropi · Post by **Keropi** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:15 am

Here is the televised awards list I believe:

http://www.oscars.org/78academyawards/nomswins.html

Well I guess out of the major awards I liked Cinderella Man and Pride & Prejudice also, but that's about it. I've seen suprisingly few of the nominated award category movies this year.

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:26 am

I don't really watch that many movies each year and the ones that I watch
generally aren't the ones up for awards. It doesn't really matter to me if
the movies or shows I watch win awards..just that I enjoy them, so I don't
watch any of the awards show.

Dustie · Post by **Dustie** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:03 am

I watched the awards. For the most part they were predictable.
(if you paid any attention to the precursor awards)

I was floored by Crash winning over Brokeback Mountain for best picture.

Those were the only two best picture nominees that I had a chance to see, and there was just no comparison. Brokeback should have won.

(IMHO)

To me; A great movie, besides entertaining.. should get some emotional reaction out of a person.. or make them think about it/ want to discuss it with others. I watched Crash and was like ok.. yeah, so what's the big deal?! I didn't think about it much afterwards. Brokeback Mountain made me cry at the end.. and has been a discussion piece for me and several coworkers for awhile now.

I'm not saying Crash wasn't good. It kept my attention, but I just didn't feel for any of the characters. A lot of it seemed forced. Maybe because they tried to cram too many storylines together, I don't know.. it just made no emotional impact.

Now having not seen the other three movies, I can't say that Brokeback was the best of the nominees. But still.. Constant Gardener and Hustle and Flow, which weren't even nominated.. were more emotionally involving than Crash.. sheesh.

Sorry, that was longer than intended.

monkeyboy · Post by **monkeyboy** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:51 pm

Dustie wrote:

I was floored by Crash winning over Brokeback Mountain for best picture.

So was I! I haven't seen Crash, but its good to see Hollywood having a surprise for a change.

I was happy to see Memoirs of a Geisha win some awards.

To me, George Clooney was very impressive with his awards speech too!

Now I need to see The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation * won Best Animated Short Film.

Time to add some other things to my Netflix list other than anime that is.

Dustie · Post by **Dustie** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:08 pm

monkeyboy wrote:
I was happy to see Memoirs of a Geisha win some awards.

To me, George Clooney was very impressive with his awards speech too!

I haven't seen Memoirs yet, it appears to be visually stunning.. so the wins didn't suprise me, though I was pleased for it.

George Clooney did make a wonderful speech. (a nice change from.. I'd like to thank "insert name") Though I was rooting for another actor.

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:00 pm

I tend to avoid movies with a (Academy Award) hype until the whole thing dies down.
So I'll see whatever won what category in about 3 to 6 months.

blueheaven · Post by **blueheaven** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:37 pm

While I thought Crash was the right choice for Best Picture, I was surprised it beat out Brokeback Mountain. With all the hype, I thought the voters would be swayed. Crash, to me, had a more poignant message and better performances. It was a film about race relations in modern America, and it was very well done without being overly emotional. Brokeback, to me, relied too much on emotion and not enough on evoking real thought. The only nominee I did not see was Munich.

While George Clooney was the right call, I would have liked to have seen Don Cheadle get a nomination for Crash.

For the sheer amount of work he invested in the role, I was pulling for Joaquin Phoenix as best actor. While Hoffman had Capote dead on, it was not much of a departure for him.

Murderball should have won best doc. That film held my interest much longer than March of the Tuxedos.

Blackmegabyte · Post by **Blackmegabyte** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:30 pm

Somewhat predicatable--- I was ecstatic that Hustle and Flow won Best Song--- i didnt think their performance of it onstage did the version I heard in the film justice---- but I enjoyed the movie. "Socrsese 0, Three 6 mafia 1"--- ouch that was a little below the belt.

One interesting thing about Terrance Howards nomination--- something I read from another movie critic which struck me at the 11 th hour, despite the fact I knew Hoffman was going to win....

Johnny Cash, Truman Capote--- real people---- Enis Del Mar, a chracter from a short story. These people have already been "created" so to speak, so the actors that protrayed them already had something to go on.

Howard's character is not like them--- he made the character from scratch, based on how he felt this person would be (a good script helped)--- he scored his nomination without just doing an impression of someone. Somehow I felt his role deserved an oscar, despite Hoffman's really truly amazing performance, just my two cents.

I completely misjudged some of the technical categories--- didnt give Geisha enough credit. Terrance Malicks movies usually pick up Best Cinematography but i thought Brokeback was going to win.

Crash----------- on the one hand i know it didnt deserve it......... I mean LOOK at this years winners, they're more diverse than any previous Oscar awards I can recall------- Picture, Director, Actors & Actresses were all won by different films. Either no one film was really great, or there was a lot of indecision. You have to go back to 1956 to find a time when the top 4 categories didnt have at least two going to the same film. This means either Hollywood is producing more movies that contain really great diverse elements, so its harder for people to choose one that "stands above the rest" or, what I fear..... they arent producing movies that have all the right elements to make a classic, something truly memorable.

Geish and King Kong scoring 3 or 4 each, but only technical awards...

My Oscar prediction accuracy this year--- 70%. on the other hand I am happy that Haggis, a Canadian, scored..... oh well, I hope his script for the new James Bond movie is cool, he won the screenplay award too.

George Clooney---- awesome cool!
Jon Stewart---- seemed a bit nervous but did get some great laughs.
I'm rambling so Illl stop.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:32 pm

That George is some hero.

Blackmegabyte · Post by **Blackmegabyte** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:35 pm

Cloud wrote:That George is some hero.

Yes---- he is.

In_Gabriel_We_Trust · Post by **In_Gabriel_We_Trust** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:13 am

Blackmegabyte wrote:
Cloud wrote:That George is some hero.
Yes---- he is.

I heard he was curious.

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