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She probably was, and it's not the acting side of her I hate, it's the human side. A friend of mine was an extra on a movie she did years ago, Jane Austin or whatever it was. She said that she was the biggest drama queen and was so stuck up all the time. She didn't talk to anyone, even people who said hello, and gave out constantly. According to what she told me, everyone hated her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
I'd get tired of people saying hello and wanting my attention all the time as well. Probably just had a bad day or something, who knows really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocket EdgeShe probably was, and it's not the acting side of her I hate, it's the human side. A friend of mine was an extra on a movie she did years ago, Jane Austin or whatever it was. She said that she was the biggest drama queen and was so stuck up all the time. She didn't talk to anyone, even people who said hello, and gave out constantly. According to what she told me, everyone hated her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
Anyway, I haven't really had the chance to see that many of the Oscar nominated movies since I'm traveling and all, but as far as I can see it looks pretty good. Did expect Benjamin Button to get a lot of noms, but that many was a bit of a surprise. Just sucks that I won't be home to see the show itself!
Yeah, I wasn't discounting it as a good film, I'm just saying that when there's as wide a consensus that two films are masterpieces as there was with TDK and Wall-E, and both of them don't get Best Picture nominations, that just proves that the Academy is pretty much irrelevant these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
Here's a really great compilation of nearly 300 Top 10 lists from critics for 2008: MCN Awards Watch: The Awards Scoreboard
Wall.E is #1 with 162 mentions and Dark Knight is #2 with 134 mentions. Actually, the top 5 films on that list is what the Oscar nomination list SHOULD look like. Dark Knight, Wall.E, Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, and The Wrestler were all tremendous films. Far better than The Reader which is waaay down on the list at #32.
Yes, the Oscars have strayed further and further away from mainstream tastes. And that's dumb and narrowminded of them. They seriously need to stop awarding films that they think have the appearance of being artsy fartsy "high art" cinema. But then again, mainstream audiences need to get up off their ass and try actually watching some of the smaller budget and non-blockbuster films. It's kinda sad to me that more people have watched Mall Cop than Milk.
There should be a happy medium between the two extremes.
A lot of mainstream cinema is crap, there's no question about it, but there's by far more innovation in Wall-E than there is in, say, The Reader. Or for that matter, a good number of the films that have won Best Picture throughout the years.
That said, I also agree that audiences need to branch out more. Actually half the reason I'm so irked by those two films' exclusion is because both of them are in many ways so atypical of mainstream cinema. Wall-E was highly cinematically literate yet managed to break a tremendous amount of new ground, and any film that can keep audiences rapt through thirty minutes of practically no dialogue is an achievement for that alone. The Dark Knight, meanwhile, didn't really bother to present audiences with easy answers to anything; the whole movie was steeped in ethical shades of grey. Any film that expands the tastes of the mainstream as much as those two did deserves recognition, and the fact that the Academy isn't giving it annoys me to no end.
She's not being nominated for being an outstanding human being though and this isn't awards given out to the most stand-up people you will ever meet. It's an award for being a good actor and Hathaway is a good actor. Besides, the other actresses being nominated for the Best Support Actress Award weren't or aren't that great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocket EdgeShe probably was, and it's not the acting side of her I hate, it's the human side. A friend of mine was an extra on a movie she did years ago, Jane Austin or whatever it was. She said that she was the biggest drama queen and was so stuck up all the time. She didn't talk to anyone, even people who said hello, and gave out constantly. According to what she told me, everyone hated her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
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Originally Posted by Miriel
These two quotes sum up my thoughts nicely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big D
So does everyone, but do be like that in extremes throughout the duration of filming is a bit much.Quote:
Originally Posted by BreineI'd get tired of people saying hello and wanting my attention all the time as well. Probably just had a bad day or something, who knows really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocket EdgeShe probably was, and it's not the acting side of her I hate, it's the human side. A friend of mine was an extra on a movie she did years ago, Jane Austin or whatever it was. She said that she was the biggest drama queen and was so stuck up all the time. She didn't talk to anyone, even people who said hello, and gave out constantly. According to what she told me, everyone hated her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
I'll leave that to the Academy. I just rather she didn't win 'cos I don't like her.Quote:
Originally Posted by BunnyShe's not being nominated for being an outstanding human being though and this isn't awards given out to the most stand-up people you will ever meet. It's an award for being a good actor and Hathaway is a good actor. Besides, the other actresses being nominated for the Best Support Actress Award weren't or aren't that great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocket EdgeShe probably was, and it's not the acting side of her I hate, it's the human side. A friend of mine was an extra on a movie she did years ago, Jane Austin or whatever it was. She said that she was the biggest drama queen and was so stuck up all the time. She didn't talk to anyone, even people who said hello, and gave out constantly. According to what she told me, everyone hated her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
Dark Knight is based on a comic book and Wall-E is an animated film so my guess that's why they didn't get nominated for best picture even though they were the best two films of the year in my irrelevant opinion.
What's just as bad as giving Dark Knight a bunch of accolades because of Legder's death is saying that any it does get is because of Ledger's death. It was a great film and I would have said he deserves an award for acting regardless of what happened to him.
'READER' & WEEP, BATMAN - New York Post
Link is relevant.
I don't really care about any of the nominations. I only saw Benjamin Button and it was pretty good, but obviously Oscar-bait. And my 2 top films of the year (WALL-E and The Dark Knight) got snubbed.
It wasn't a great year for films anyway.
Nor have I or Milk which sounds just terrible! I don't really think that The Dark Knight or Tropic Thunder will win anything. The Oscars is full of boujie people so they don't really like fun films and that's also why Iron Man wasn't nominated for anything either.I like the serious life changing movies too, but I also give respect to the fun thoughtful section movies and comedies. I wouldn't be surprised though if Heath wins an award. I won't bother watching the awards though because it's always boring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirobaito
The snub of the Dark Knight and Wall-E in favor of less rated crap reminds me of a few years ago when critics gushed over Casino Royale(94% or something crazy) but instead nominated Babel which got something like 66%-ish at RT. Granted Casino Royale probably didn't deserve to be nominated but Babel sure as hell shouldn't have even been considered. If that last spot is a token spot at least give it to a movie everyone liked and considers to be great.
I rarely watch the academy awards and this year is so "typical" of them that I will not even bother. I hope the ratings blow.
While I like that films like "The Queen", "Milk" and "Frost/Nixon" are nominated(they are all damn good movies), I hate how the academy practically turns a blind eye to anything outside of reality. There have been exceptions such as the Lord of the Rings all getting nominated but it seems like you have to make the best movie ever outside of reality to even be considered.
I strongly disagree with the concept of giving anything but films awards in these ceremonies. It's just a bunch of famous people patting each other on the back then snorting lines of coke at Elton John's house in the 24 hours afterwards.
What the hell! I only just noticed this. Why wasn't Friedberg and Seltzer's periodic commentary Meet the Spartans included? I thought the strong themes that ran throughout really spoke to me as a cinema-goer. It just shouts out to you "This is how we live now!" Not many people know this because the media tried to cover it up, but famous singer Britney Spears shaved all her hair off. MtS was not afraid to speak out about this issue, and that's the kind of gritty situation what I want to see in my dramas. MtS delivered.
smurf the Academy. smurf everything.
Paul, that's not even from this year.