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HALLELUJAH!!
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Was there any doubt LOTR would win Best Picture? After 10 other awards, seemed pretty logical. Now it's tied with Titanic and Ben Hur for most Oscars ever.
Bill Murray looked truly hurt when Jean Penn won Best Actor. I think he thought the Academy was going to give him a long overdue nod. Also Johnny Depp looked pretty disappointed. Charlize was the obvious choice for Best Actress, takes a lot of guts to make yourself look that bad on screen when you're actually beautiful.
I was hoping Johnny Depp would win. I thought he was really great (Sean should've won for I Am Sam last time). Lost in Translation was a bizarre movie, can't imagine why it won best original screenplay and had so many nominations. I'm happy for Sophia, it's just the movie really was kinda aimless, although it was entertaining a bit. The one thing I liked about it was the platonic nature of Bill's relationship with the young girl. Very rare nowadays.
I think quite often the Academy has to pass on an obvious choice for Hollywood-politics reasons, then gets stuck the next year having to make up for it by giving the award posthumously so to speak for a less than ideal performance, thus creating yet another problem with overlooking the right choice for that year. The Awards are neat and all, but I wonder if it's worth hurting so many each and every year.
It's fun to win; it hurts to lose; it's devastating when you aren't even noticed.
Well that was interesting my server could not connect here for 2 1/2 hours so I was not able to ask Thomas about his remark earlier??!! just reading it now...I guess I'm tired or naieve 'cause it's going over my head!
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Well, the votes have been counted, the winners announced, and nearly everyone in the world KNOWS!! But, I thought I'd post this, anyway, just to have it:
Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Actor: Sean Penn, Mystic River.
Actress: Charlize Theron, Monster.
Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins, Mystic River.
Supporting Actress: Renee Zellweger, Cold Mountain. Director: Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Foreign Film: The Barbarian Invasions, Canada. Adapted Screenplay: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Original Screenplay: Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation.
Animated Feature: Finding Nemo. Art Direction: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Cinematography: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Sound Mixing: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Sound Editing: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Original Score: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Howard Shore. Original Song: Into the West from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox. Costume: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Documentary Feature: The Fog of War.
Documentary (short subject): Chernobyl Heart. Film Editing: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King. Makeup: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Animated Short Film: Harvie Krumpet.
Live Action Short Film: Two Soldiers. Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Oscar winners previously announced this year:
Honorary Academy Award: Blake Edwards.
Gordon E. Sawyer Award (technical achievement): Peter D. Parks.
Academy Award of Merit (technical achievement): Digidesign.
Academy Award of Merit (technical achievement): Bill Tondreau
RINGS O RULE !!
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Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
The night is falling
You have come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore .
Children are a message that we send
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This is like reading the play-by-play of a ballgame, DarkJedi and jewels, with commentary from the peanut gallery interspersec. Very funny!
I think is someone wanted to say something really controversial, they should have asked if we'd see Mel Gibson up there next year...
Regards,
GA
__________________ Antwaan Randal El is no name for a football player! It's a name for a Star Wars Character!! Can't you just hear Obi Wan saing "A young Jedi named Antwaan Randal El, who was a pupil of mine..."
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Originally Posted by Gunstar Aries
This is like reading the play-by-play of a ballgame, DarkJedi and jewels, with commentary from the peanut gallery interspersec. Very funny!
I think is someone wanted to say something really controversial, they should have asked if we'd see Mel Gibson up there next year...
Regards,
GA
Hey GA,
Who are you calling 'peanut gallery'?
I'll have you know that I'm not just your "run of the mill" nut, I happen to be a (ahem, *clears throat) ...cashew!
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Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
The night is falling
You have come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore .
Children are a message that we send
to a time that we will never see.
I have to admit... I'm anti-depp. He is kinda anti-american. he moved to Europe cause he hates america so much.
Hmm, didn't know that. Well, I really don't think a person's religious or political views should ever affect how we reward them for their acting talent. I thought it was a really cold blow to skip Russel Crowe last year just because of a remark he made. (I noticed they even put him in the front row, pretty cold). The Awards are supposed to be for talent alone, aren't they? There are many athletes and singers of whom we might question their personal lives, but we do them honor for the efforts they make nonetheless.
Well, like I said, the Oscars have always had a Hollywood-politics bent to them. Occasionally those who really deserve them get honored. To this day I shake my head when I think Annie Hall beat Star Wars.
I really think there should be an award for comedy, and that they should reinstate the award for best child actor/actress. Comedy enriches our lives every bit as much as drama. And children shouldn't have to go up against 35 year old stars. Both Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland were given child awards. The little kid in Sixth Sense really deserved one.
