Posted on 01/25/2005 11:45:29 AM PST by Robert Drobot
It was a very memorable performance that has entered pop culture legend.
The Happy Days scene was done after the show had peaked, and was trying to hold out a little longer, IIRC.
Bump to that analysis!
While I could care less who Oscar nominates not having watched in 20 years, especially since what they think constituted a good picture is usually some liberal message shoved down the audiences throat, not a picture that stands up to time and is watched year after year like most of the original Oscar movies.
I do not think that people here would object so much if it was not such blatant hypocrisy this year. There was no other movie that even came close to being the type of ageless film, and art that Oscars are suppose to represent. If there was I think that most would understand that there is no way that Hollywood would pick "The Passion" over anything that came close.
The Passion was art (whether Christian or not) in a sea of boring, dull canned themes that have been done to death and from the pictures this article talks about, the only one that will stand the test of time for audiences.
Be honest, what other film this year was there that was shot so beautifully (or vividly depending on the view), or captured the audience the way this film did or will stand the test of time and will still have an audience 30 to 40 years from now. You can be an atheist and still see that there is no other picture this year that accomplished this.
There must be something wrong with me because I was completely bored by "Ran". And I watch a lot of foreign movies.
Not this year. From what I read it was a preselected group( of liberals of course) that were the "people" this year.
If you look at Best Picture winners from the last 20 years or so...most of them are pretty conservative.
GREAT idea. I will do the same.
One year in particular came up, I am not sure, but I think we were amazed that some movie Like the "Wizard of OZ"(I am not sure this was the movie or not) did not get an Oscar, and then people began throwing up all the timeless movies that year alone created. It was amazing.
I wish we had a list, because out of the winners of the Oscars they put up on the other thread, I had not seen or would never see again most of them. I love to go to the movies, but I want to be entertained not preached at, so I will go to the Sci-fi or action or fantasy film before the your a racist, your a homophobe, injustice movie or human interest movie any day.
Probably does not make me the best film critic but the ones I go to tend to make more money than the depressing ones. LOL! You might have noticed I left out Chick flicks, but when you are the only girl in a large family of boys there is rarely an opportunity and most have some liberal theme shoved in somewhere that just make me mad when I do go.
Where did you hear or read that?
Passion is already out on DVD. I rented it a few weeks ago.
Furthermore, studies show these ads have tremendous impact. The current mayor of my home town announced his his candidacy during the half-time of the super bowl. It took him from a unknown to defeating the incombant in the primary by almost 3 to 1 in only three months. He went on to destroy the other candidate in the general election. Cost him a ton of money, but he didn't have to spend any more.
I also found it on Amazon
The Oscars jumped the shark the year that Titanic won best picture, mainly for showing the movie actresses and Celine Dion all wearing that heart of the ocean necklace.
No I call 2001 daring, bold and innovative and I saw that picture when it came out as a kid. But that picture was also mainstream and not an Art House flick.
Remember what the late great Harry Cohn of Columbia said about movie critics, "They can tell you how to do it, but they can't F'ing doing it themselves"
Most critics look for something that is not there, Perfection, these people don't look for entertainment, which is what most people want out of a movie.
Yes, thanks. My post (and kellynla's prior to mine,) was that I was going to purchase the DVD of "The Passion" on the day of "The Oscars."
Voting my feelings about "The Oscars" with my pocketbook.
I loved that pic, and I am still holding out hope for a sequel, but I question if the lackluster Box Office it did will warrant it, it's a shame.
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