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1) Edward Norton got robbed out of 2 Oscars IMO. His performance in American History X was absolutely amazing, as was his performance in Primal Fear (especially considering that was his debut film). T______T!
2) Daniel Day-Lewis got robbed in Gangs of New York. His portrayal of the Butcher is one of the best/most complete performances of a character I've ever seen... in my opinion, Adrien Brody got it because voters were sympathetic to the whole Holocaust deal rather than his performance being truly amazing.
3) Johnny Depp and George Clooney should NOT have gotten nominations for Sweeny Todd and Michael Clayton, respectively... seriously wtf was that?
4) I didn't realize Dustin Hoffman had gotten so many awards / nominations.
That's it for now, and yes I realize these are all academy award related... I was just looking up shit right now about it.
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Korea (South)17174 Posts
random: just watched the movie Felon
sick good
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Austin10831 Posts
On August 25 2008 16:59 Xeris wrote:
1) Edward Norton got robbed out of 2 Oscars IMO. His performance in American History X was absolutely amazing, as was his performance in Primal Fear (especially considering that was his debut film). T______T!
2) Daniel Day-Lewis got robbed in Gangs of New York. His portrayal of the Butcher is one of the best/most complete performances of a character I've ever seen... in my opinion, Adrien Brody got it because voters were sympathetic to the whole Holocaust deal rather than his performance being truly amazing.
3) Johnny Depp and George Clooney should NOT have gotten nominations for Sweeny Todd and Michael Clayton, respectively... seriously wtf was that?
4) I didn't realize Dustin Hoffman had gotten so many awards / nominations.
That's it for now, and yes I realize these are all academy award related... I was just looking up shit right now about it.
1) Both great performances unquestionably. The case for Primal Fear is probably better than for American History X. Roberto Benigni was really amazing in Life is Beautiful. I think for supporting, it could've gone to Norton, Gooding Jr. (winner), or William H. Macy for Fargo.
2) Again, tough call. Day-Lewis was great, but he's always great. You must have missed the second half of The Pianist if you don't think Brody was absolutely amazing.
3) I agree but it doesn't matter. No one was beating Day-Lewis for TWWB. Brando himself could've risen from the grave, made a Godfather IV, and would still have lost.
4) Dustin Hoffman rocks. Check out Midnight Cowboy, Straw Dogs, Papillon and Kramer vs. Kramer if you haven't seen them already. (Assuming you've seen stuff like The Graduate, Marathon Man, All The President's Men, Rain Man)
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random movie remark:
I just watched The Dark Knight yesterday.. a bit late, but it was crazy good ^^ though a bit long
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just watched shaolin soccer - great movie
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i think hellboy2 > darknight
the plot is a bit childish but the movie as a whole is awesome
the music, characters, cut scenes, dialogue,.. all fit the movie so much that i can't think of any alternatives
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On August 25 2008 17:04 Rekrul wrote:
random: just watched the movie Felon
sick good
yeah i watched that on some random movie streaming website, was really good, especially considering i had never even heard of it/saw advertisements about it beforehand
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On August 25 2008 20:15 drug_vict1m wrote:
just watched shaolin soccer - great movie
shaolin soccer was awesome~!
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I dont know. If you mean overrated as in "OMG DARK KNIGHT #1 MOVIE ALL TIME" - then yes, it is overrated. But if you want to say something like "best superhero movie" or, a REALLY good movie, it is not overrated. It's great, but not one of the greatest all-time. If you take out the Joker, it's just an average movie, his performance is what put it over the top.
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On August 25 2008 20:24 Elvin_vn wrote:
i think hellboy2 > darknight
the plot is a bit childish but the movie as a whole is awesome
the music, characters, cut scenes, dialogue,.. all fit the movie so much that i can't think of any alternatives
No offense, but hellboy 2 was the shittiest movie I have ever seen that I left before watching the end. (Unless the end after the princess stabs herself was so EPIC to be able to compensate for the rest of the movie.)
1. The plot was based on a 3 minute Clip with Hellboy and his Father @ the start of the movie.
2. The characters were UGLY. True, hellboy needs the ugly ruffian look, but the 2x Elven twins could have been much better. (View LOTR for example)
3. Elf sister saves the day by stabbing herself in the heart. (this causes main antagonist to die because they have a connection.) She could have fucking done this @ the start and avoided this whole filler of a movie. True, perhaps Elf Sister and Ear/Aqua Man had a semi-'thing' going on, but if that was the only reason she sacrificed herself for them, it certainly eliminates the whole " I must save the world" theme she had going.
4. A good movie has good character development. This movie had none. It certainly tried to, with the unborn baby of Fire-Girl + Hellboy, Hellboy Ego vs Metallic Robot of Gas Ego, but the pathetic attempts ultimately led no where.
5. What was good about this movie? The storyline and fighting scenes itself were worse than "Power Rangers" and Power Rangers even had some nice twists like Tommy the Green Ranger goes Evil.
Lastly, if the only name I can remember after watching this movie is "hellboy", then this movie did a crap job of holding my attention.
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