Posted on 01/25/2005 11:45:29 AM PST by Robert Drobot
Gorky Park- with Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine) as the forensic artist.
1977- when "Star Wars" won no major awards.
Well it won the awards it deserved. Music, special effects... The acting and script were terrible.
.....Nobody turn theTV on, period,......
Funny you should mention that. Why turn it on ever? Last movie I watched in a movie theatre was Out of Africa. Seems I've missed little. Step out and watch the night sky, it beats anything on TV.
In my mind they jumped the shark when Annie Hall beat Star Wars as best picture.
But that's just me.
It got 3 nominations. People thought it wouldn't get any. It could very well be that there were 5 better films last year.
However, in my own personal humble opinion, I think the only airwaves that should carry them at all is Bulgarian TV. (my apologies to all the Bulgarians on FR.)
No, I don't think the Duke would have gotten up there to slug her.
Although, it has been alleged that he used to get drunk and drag his wife (I forget which one) around the house by her hair.
I disagree with the author that this year's movies were less than memorable. That's just wrong.
The Academy Awards jumped the shark years and years ago - the last one I saw was in the early 1980s and it was pretty bad even back then. It's just a dull trade show that they have suckered the American public into thinking is meaningful.
The only better marketing coup I can think of, off the top of my head, is how Madison Avenue has hypnotized many millions of Americans into being excited about commercials during the Super Bowl. "Oh, those commercials!" I never did understand that, nor have I been very impressed with Super Bowl commercials, either.
I prefer my World Series, what can I say? ;-)
When AMPAS formed in the late 1920s their primary purpose was to fight unions! Giving out awards was basically a fine print clause at the bottom of their charter. The awards gained more and more popularity over the years and TV in the 1950s just let it explode.
I cannot figure out how so many people thought Shrek 2 was funny. I thought it was a boring, animated Oprah whine-fest. The alternative-lifestyles crowd was the one praising this movie (and I wonder, what percentage of reviewers are alternate-lifestyle people) for it's heart-warming portrayal of a "non-traditional" relationship.
Blech. I just thought it was a waste of $3.95 in rental fees...
I didn't like it at all. Completely calculated lowest common denominator crap.
Yep.
What lure are you using?
. . . . . and meantime, down at the First Union Bank of Hollywood . . someone is laughing as they make another deposit . . . who is it? . . . . . Mel somebody or the other . . . hee hee . .
It was the only film I saw this year I had to keep myself from falling asleep in. I think it was a guy thing to like that film. Out of 5 men and boys I went to see it with most, not all, liked it. I was board stiff.
I was stuck watching "Catwoman" on the flight home from Mexico yesterday. *Rolleyes* I can't believe that movie wasn't nominated for something! First of all, Hale Berry is just so gorgeous to look at, and secondly, someone should've kicked Sharon Stone's @ss decades ago, LOL!
Seriously, I like seeing which movies win something, then I go read a few reviews and Netflix them, or borrow them from the library. I like an entertaining flick, but to me, it's just entertainment. Books are much more fun, IMHO. I can direct, produce, costume, compose the soundtrack and edit them all inside my own head, you know? :)
" He was playing a withdrawn mentally ill man!"
- Yup, you're right. A slack jawed Mongoloid on Prozac. Isn't that what I said?
Nope. A different two words. Sacheen Littlefeather.
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