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Gibson taking Oscar high road for 'The Passion'
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| November 19, 2004
| Steve Gorman
Posted on 11/21/2004 6:16:48 AM PST by NYer
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To: Bombardier
F-9-11 cannot be nominated for best picture. It is supposedly a documentary. Can't win.
To: Bombardier
"Considering that Mikey Mooreon's piece of garbage is likely to be nominated for Best Picture, I think we all know where Hollyweird stands on a good movie ever winning an award for anything."
The Oscars continue to lose all meaning.
They are no more awarded for artistic merit as they should be, butawarded to carry out a Bush-hating , anti-American agenda.
If a piece of pig's swirl like Micheal Moore's piece of Goebbels propaganda is getting nominated for Best Picture, that about sums up how really useless the Oscars have become.
One thing is certain, I will NOT be watching these stupid Oscars this year.
Life is too short to waste watching a bunch of nasty, vicious, hate-filled loony left Hollywood crazies spew out their normal hate-America hate.
Screw them.
To: The Louiswu
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The Best Pictures winners tend to be conservative. Look at a list of them. 'American Beauty' was an exception.
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posted on
11/21/2004 7:56:15 AM PST
by
Borges
To: sartorius
Seeing the actual "Pieta" in Italy was equally an astounding experience.
Mel Gibson accurately captured the soul-searing sadness and transcendent beauty of Mary and the Christ as he was taken down from the Cross.
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posted on
11/21/2004 8:34:45 AM PST
by
Liz
To: NYer
The Passion of The Christ DVD is available in some stores for $15.00.
I'm getting it for everybody I know, for Christmas.
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posted on
11/21/2004 8:36:32 AM PST
by
Liz
To: NYer
The R-rated film also benefited from media scrutiny after some Jewish leaders expressed concern that the movie could incite anti-Semitism. Somehow I missed reports of all those pogroms and the violence that this movie was supposed to engender. Actually, the only anti-religious hatred and intolerance I've been hearing lately are shrill anti-Christian screeds from liberals after the recent election.
To: Askel5
I really need to compile a reading list from your FR posts over the years. Great stuff.
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posted on
11/21/2004 10:30:18 AM PST
by
ELS
To: Liz
I think it might be good as a classic Holy Week devotional act to look at the movie -- a visual recreation of the Via Dolorosa to remind us of what Our Lord went through.
To: ELS
It's been salted pretty heavily by those I encounter here, ELS.
Which reminds me ... I lost my Notepad doc in which I was listing books. Cornelis, do you remember what your last recommendation to me was?
It's in my self-search somewhere but probably a month or so ago.
If you remember ... I'd like to have it again.
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posted on
11/21/2004 10:42:41 AM PST
by
Askel5
(† Cooperatio voluntaria ad suicidium est legi morali contraria. †)
To: ELS; cornelis
Sorry ... it was Cornelis whose book rec I lost.
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posted on
11/21/2004 10:43:30 AM PST
by
Askel5
(† Cooperatio voluntaria ad suicidium est legi morali contraria. †)
To: NYer
No bias in this report, nope, none.
Whether Gibson gets the Oscar or not, he won!
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posted on
11/21/2004 10:47:55 AM PST
by
mombonn
( ¡Viva Bush/Cheney! Dukakis and Kerry are the matching bookends of the Bush era.)
To: Liz
I'm getting it for everybody I know, for Christmas. What a beautiful gift! You may want to also consider adding the accompanying book:
It's available through Amazon.com for only 16.49 and well worth every penny!
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posted on
11/21/2004 11:09:26 AM PST
by
NYer
("Blessed be He who by His love has given life to all." - final prayer of St. Charbel)
To: NYer
Gibson and his Icon Productions partner Bruce Davey have vowed not to spend a cent on television, radio or print ads hawking "Passion" for Academy Award consideration
Jesus Christ never needed a marketing campaign and never will. (smiles sweetly)
To: NYer
$16.49 for the book on Amazon?
I paid full price at B&N for my copy of the book.
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posted on
11/21/2004 12:15:49 PM PST
by
Liz
To: Northern Yankee
"This film should be judged on its artistic merit, not on who spends more money for advertising. That's really what the academy was meant to be and to celebrate," Davey said in a statement issued through Icon's publicist, Alan Nierob. That's exactly right, and by taking this approach, Mel is putting the academy in a tough place. Since he isn't spending money on advertising to promote his film, he's compelling them to judge the Passion on its artistic merit as he pointed out. If the Passion doesn't win, it will only reaffirm that winning awards are politically motivated or are those whose investors spend lots of money on pre-Oscar publicity.
To: The Louiswu; NYer
<< Read as, "no clear favorites as yet having emerged "
.... which pile of Hollyweird swill should win [But] the best film made (The Passion) will be completely ignored. >>
And the worst in decades, Mountain-Mikey 'Humungous' Moore's Farenhate 911, will win.
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posted on
11/21/2004 1:23:07 PM PST
by
Brian Allen
(I am, thank God, a 2X-blessed hyphenated American: An AMERICAN-American - AND a Dollar-a-Day FReeper)
To: sartorius
The "Pieta" as the camera pans outwards slowly. Man, I still get a lump in my throat every time I see this.Indeed. The powers of redemption at work.
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posted on
11/21/2004 1:23:57 PM PST
by
vox_freedom
(Fear no evil)
To: Liz
$16.49 for the book on Amazon? I paid full price at B&N for my copy of the book. Actually, you can purchase a used copy (oftentimes still in its shrinkwrap), for as little as $3.30 on Amazon.com. And .... if you spend $25, shipping is free :-).
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posted on
11/21/2004 1:46:51 PM PST
by
NYer
("Blessed be He who by His love has given life to all." - final prayer of St. Charbel)
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To: sartorius
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The PASSION's collapsing White Shroud...
JOHN DEBNEY's triumphant drums banging away...
The Christ's punctured hands...
as He rises up and up...
...really did it for me.
.
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posted on
11/21/2004 4:27:26 PM PST
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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