The SAG that "corresponds" to BP is for best essemble. And as an essemble, I find TKS the best one out of the nominees. I thought it was fair. But as a BP it needs more than that, imo.
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The SAG that "corresponds" to BP is for best essemble. And as an essemble, I find TKS the best one out of the nominees. I thought it was fair. But as a BP it needs more than that, imo.
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Thanks for saying this. Finally more people who are not just kissing TSN and BS butts. I feel like those movies get far too much jizz, even though they were great.
Yes, but even with the best essemble, such amazing performances, does it deserve BP? I haven't heard anyone saying this but I liked 127 hours better than TKS, tbh. And Black Swan. And TSN. TKS is a great movie, but not the best imo. I just hope that if the oscar goes indeed to TKS, then best director doesn't. If they split those categories, I'd be satisfied. But as I was saying... at least there's a race! That excites me a lot 
I wonder if if there is a dark horse in the best picture category. If the academy voted for the social network and the kings speech, would it result in a tie or would there be a third movie coming from the depths to win?
I know it's been said in the past with the actors category "So and So is the Dark Horse of this category...the academy will vote for these 2 strong actors and this person will come out and win it". It never really happens, but do you think it's possible with this years best picture category?
am i even making sense? lol
I know it's been said in the past with the actors category "So and So is the Dark Horse of this category...the academy will vote for these 2 strong actors and this person will come out and win it". It never really happens, but do you think it's possible with this years best picture category?
am i even making sense? lol
But who would win? I think maybe BS...Exactly! I remember when I was on the record store, and THL was on and I keep staring (up) at it for quite some time. Such an experience!^Yeah the story was bad, I think most people agree on that. It was like a bad mash up of Pocahontas, Lord of the Rings and every epic movie cliche thrown in.
Visually it was stunning but The Hurt Locker was a better movie. I was at the edge of my seat the whole time, so much suspense in that one!
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Do you know what I would like. A tie.
Just to shake things up. Any category will do.
It's only happened twice and last time was 1968.
Just to shake things up. Any category will do.
It's only happened twice and last time was 1968.
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Would you like a tie for best picture or any category? It would be pretty funny if there was a tie for best picture.
I know there was a tie for best actress in 1968 between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand. What was the tie before that?
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For the sake of a better and more accurate comparison, I decided to watch Citizen Kane because it is so [loosely] associated with TSN hence many critics' mouths gurgle with praise just at the mention of the movie. For the life of me I wasn't interested in watching TSN at first but because of the plethora of positive reviews I felt like I just had to, and boy, was I surprised at how well it was received.
OK so I watched it twice, there's that. For a person who watches a movie only once a month it's quite a big deal for me. While I thought it was entertaining at best, I felt like throughout the movie, there were no real catharses, no real enlightenment as to why things happened like that, no suspense and no real emotional depth. though i liked the fast-paced dialogue pretty typical to nerd-guy movies. it's just like they presented how mark built his FB empire in the most boring way possible. you can't even feel the saverin's hate (isn't he supposed to hate the guy?) during the court proceedings and you can't feel the extent of how affected he and mark is by the latter's supposed betrayal. i also observed how they tended to gloss over saverin's shortcomings and portrayed him like a saintly friend or something, which makes sense because wasn't the real saverin a consultant for the movie or something? it was almost a documentary at best. just, meh.
Citizen Kane on the other hand, considering the time it was produced, became the platform of the plots of many a success story -- about the man who got everything but lost his soul. the revelation of that 'rosebud' word he said at his deathbed was for me an awesome climax to the movie and how his life was presented in general. suffice it to say nothing beats the classic.
and then there's talk about Avatar. While it may have made mark in movie history as the top grossing movie of our generation, i feel like in the future it will be just that -- a statistic. when there comes more movies that innovate and challenge cinema watching as we know it, Avatar will be buried under it because it lacked a real story. what happened to the first colored movie anyway, perhaps my mom remembers it but i sure as hell don't.
OK so I watched it twice, there's that. For a person who watches a movie only once a month it's quite a big deal for me. While I thought it was entertaining at best, I felt like throughout the movie, there were no real catharses, no real enlightenment as to why things happened like that, no suspense and no real emotional depth. though i liked the fast-paced dialogue pretty typical to nerd-guy movies. it's just like they presented how mark built his FB empire in the most boring way possible. you can't even feel the saverin's hate (isn't he supposed to hate the guy?) during the court proceedings and you can't feel the extent of how affected he and mark is by the latter's supposed betrayal. i also observed how they tended to gloss over saverin's shortcomings and portrayed him like a saintly friend or something, which makes sense because wasn't the real saverin a consultant for the movie or something? it was almost a documentary at best. just, meh.
Citizen Kane on the other hand, considering the time it was produced, became the platform of the plots of many a success story -- about the man who got everything but lost his soul. the revelation of that 'rosebud' word he said at his deathbed was for me an awesome climax to the movie and how his life was presented in general. suffice it to say nothing beats the classic.
and then there's talk about Avatar. While it may have made mark in movie history as the top grossing movie of our generation, i feel like in the future it will be just that -- a statistic. when there comes more movies that innovate and challenge cinema watching as we know it, Avatar will be buried under it because it lacked a real story. what happened to the first colored movie anyway, perhaps my mom remembers it but i sure as hell don't.
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I'm not sure about a tie for Best Pic. There are two many nominees but yes it would be funny or say if Toy Story 3 gets it cause nearly everyone loved it.
I wouldn't mind if there was a tie between Natalie and Annette. I can't decided who's better yet and I know it's suppose to be about ''this performance'' but this could be Annette's last shot and Natalie got plenty of time a head of her.
The other tie was Wallace Beery and Frederic March for Best Actor in 1932.
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With the size of the Academy now, I doubt there'll be a tie. 
Does anyone know the rules for a tie anyway? Does it literally have to be 2 candidates with the same number of votes, or is it no clear majority?
Does anyone know the rules for a tie anyway? Does it literally have to be 2 candidates with the same number of votes, or is it no clear majority?
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^ not totally sure about the rules when it comes to a tie but when it happened in 1968 Hepburn and Streisand had the same number of votes.
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Thanks.
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I read somewhere that there was a 400+ vote difference b/w Hepburn and Streisand. But regardless, I've seen both movies and I certainly wouldn't consider Streisand's performance award-worthy.
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Citizen Kane is usually cited by aspiring/established filmmakers as one of the movies that inspired them to want to make movies in the first place. I seriously doubt that TSN would have the same effect on any aspiring filmmakers of the future.
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I saw Winter´s Bone yesterday and was blown away by Jennifer Lawrence´s performance!
imo she should win the Oscar instead of Natalie Portman. Her work was more intriguing and captivating that Natalie´s. I thought the movie was extremely boring but I couldn´t stop watching because of Jennifer.
imo she should win the Oscar instead of Natalie Portman. Her work was more intriguing and captivating that Natalie´s. I thought the movie was extremely boring but I couldn´t stop watching because of Jennifer.
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I finally saw True Grit last night. I really enjoyed the performances of Hailee S and Jeff Bridges (he was hilarious!). I agree with whoever said that Hailee should've been nominated in the best actress category instead of best supporting actress, but I think that she stands a better chance of winning an Oscar as a supporting actress nominee. Up until yesterday, Melissa Leo was my choice to win the supporting actress Oscar. But now after having seen Hailee's performance, I'm not sure which of the two I prefer. I'd be happy to see either one of them win. 
^it was me. lol. both performances are good i think but i hope melissa wins. its unfair to compare a supporting role and a main actress role. hailee had more material to work with, but its only my opinion.
kokobon: jennifer lawrence was fantastic in winter's bone! i was so happy to see her nominated. i was captivated by her. i'm happy they acknoledged her even if its a small film.
kokobon: jennifer lawrence was fantastic in winter's bone! i was so happy to see her nominated. i was captivated by her. i'm happy they acknoledged her even if its a small film.
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WGA awards were just announced. Aaron Sorkin won Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network. And Chris Nolan won Best Original Screenplay for Inception.
Bear in mind The King's Speech, Winter's Bone, Another Year and Toy Story 3's scripts were all ineligible.
Bear in mind The King's Speech, Winter's Bone, Another Year and Toy Story 3's scripts were all ineligible.
