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QuoteI'm not a huge film critic.. I usually enjoy a movie or I don't. Its supposed to be entertainment right?
Anyway, all Brokeback Mountain did was push the envelope in its arena and create hype. This Texas girl did not buy Heath Ledger as a cowboy. I agree that it didn't deserve to win any Oscars. My favorite film of the year was Walk the Line.
And there it is. Most of us decide for ourselves what we like, without regard to awards. I bought Walk the Line on DVD last week, and sold it the next day to a friend for $10 because I thought it was boring and I knew I wouldn't watch it again. On the other hand I called "Crash" one of my favorite movies of the year here, in mid December, well before any of these awards were being handed out. What can I say, sometimes the critics get it right.
Blues,
Dave
"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
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Yeah, genre movies always have a tough time - but that's because most do totally suck, those that don't will never get enough wide exposure to make a dent on the movie going psyche.
No one is going to view a horror movie in serious contention because it fails on many of the levels that the Oscars pay attention to.
But I think I'm still pissed 8mm never won a damn thing.
TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.
No one is going to view a horror movie in serious contention because it fails on many of the levels that the Oscars pay attention to.
But I think I'm still pissed 8mm never won a damn thing.
TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.
See.. I thought Crash was a very good movie, but it was stressful and I didnt enjoy it so much. I got the same feeling with Traffic.
I'm guessing it isn't Cronenberg's Crash but something I missed.
TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.
TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.
But I think I'm still pissed 8mm never won a damn thing.
I felt like for everything it did right (turning its eye on the industry, money, class, power, etc) there were two things it did wrong. While Joaquim Phoenix was great I really did feel that Cage was miscast and that it went on to exploit the exploited. In the end though, I was impressed by what it set out to do. Those underground tape exchange scenes are still embedded in my brain.
Too much hero stuff and not enough Odyssey, ya know? Check out Paul Schrader's Hardcore 1979, which was obviously a major inspiration for 8MM. This film was a homage to Ford's The Searchers. Thematically, it still holds up and that ending....fugheddabouttit!
QuoteI'm guessing it isn't Cronenberg's Crash but something I missed.
Paul Haggis ain't no Cronenberg. Speaking of, this poster thought that Cronenberg's A History Of Violence was the best film of the year by FAR.
"My favorite film of the year was Walk the Line."
I with ya on that one, sista!!
Great acting, great story!
Bobbi
I with ya on that one, sista!!
Great acting, great story!
Bobbi
A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.
I don't know when the cut off was but for me it was "RENT".
Time and pressure will always show you who a person really is!
I dunno, I have to disagree, I thought Nic Cage was excellent - his disintegration and final turn was what carried the movie for me. I liked it's ambiguity in general, I'm really not sure it could have gotten much darker and still got a release - it was already on very thin ice dealing with it's subject matter.
The directors commentary on the DVD is pretty informative also.
TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.
The directors commentary on the DVD is pretty informative also.
TV's got them images, TV's got them all, nothing's shocking.
cocheese 0
What kind of homo would care ?
The directors commentary on the DVD is pretty informative also.
will definitely check it out since I only saw it at the theatre. address is coming via pm.
beowulf 1
Brokeback Mountain just isn't the type of movie I would go see. I don't care for love stories at all. I thought the best movie of 05 is Lord of War.
Steel 0
QuoteI don't know when the cut off was but for me it was "RENT".
"Rent" was awesome, I have been listening to the soundtrack at work on my headphones. It should have won an award. I don't know how much money it made as a movie but its been extremely succesful on Broadway and around the world.
Who do you think you are barging in on me and my guitar, Little girl hey, the door is that way, You better go you know the fire is out anyway, take your powder, take your candle, your sweet whisper I just can't handle, go take your hair in the moonlight, your brown eyes, good bye good night...
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If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.
Quoteand a comment I heard this morning......
"No Oscar! That means Jake Gyllenhall and Heath Ledger made out for no good reason!"
That's funny!
okalb 104
Quoteand a comment I heard this morning......
"No Oscar! That means Jake Gyllenhall and Heath Ledger made out for no good reason!"
Except for the couple of million they got paid for the movie. I would make out with peacefuljeffrey for a couple of million bucks
Time flies like an arrow....fruit flies like a banana
turtlespeed 226
QuoteWhich is....
Not the Best Picture
Not the Best Actor
Not Best Supporting Actor
Not the Best Supporting Actress
LOL
But evidently the sound track was good
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Best Picture?[Incredulous Smiley]
and with comments like "Risking your lives" and "Trying to repair injustices in the world" do you think that Hollywierd was trying to make a statement?
I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun
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