Posted on 02/25/2011 11:01:05 PM PST by L.A.Justice
BEST PICTURE
Nominees: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, The King's Speech, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter's Bone
Prediction: “The King’s Speech”
The bottom line: while Oscar voters appear to really like “The Social Network,” they LOVE “The King’s Speech.” In many ways, it’s a throwback to the Oscar film of yesterday – like “Casablanca,” “Around the World in 80 Days,” “Lawrence of Arabia,” “The Godfather” and “Out of Africa.” Grand art direction and costumes, beautiful cinematography and score, magnificent performances and an examination of history – “The King’s Speech” has it all.
Come Sunday night, it will have the Best Picture Oscar, as well.
BEST ACTOR
Prediction: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”
BEST ACTRESS
Prediction: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Prediction: Christian Bale, “The Fighter”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Prediction: Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”
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I don't think I would be interested in watching 127 HOURS and WINTER'S BONE...
I am interested in watching THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, and TOY STORY 3 on DVD...
I have to say that I liked TRUE GRIT more than NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MAN...
Bread and circus’s.. the world burns and this is what makes the top news...
Bread and circus’s.. the world burns and this is what makes the top news...
Oh brother. Why bother coming to this thread if you are not interested.
127 hours is incredible. James Franco does a great job. I was not particularly interested either, but some friends wanted to go and so I went and I was SOOOOOO glad that I did. The Social Network is really good....I wasn’t interested in seeing it either but glad that I went to the theater. The Kids are alright I saw on DVD....it was good but of course a liberal movie. I want to see the King’s Speech when I have the opportunity too. The Fighter is not interesting to me but probably will see it at some point. True Grit, Inception Winter’s Bone, Toy Story 3, I have no desire to see.
I thought The Kings Speech was predictable, boring, and lame.
On the other hand The Social Network was a brilliant movie and deserves the Oscar. The creepy founder of Facebook was a mixed OCD/Autistic genius with the ethics of a snake.
True Grit was also outstanding, far better than the Kings Speech.
Have seen TRUE GRIT, THE FIGHTER, INCEPTION, WINTER’S BONE, and BLACK SWAN. Of those I would vote for TRUE GRIT as Best Picture with THE FIGHTER a close second.
WINTER’S BONE was an essentially depressing story, but did have two great performances.
Have seen TRUE GRIT, THE FIGHTER, INCEPTION, WINTER’S BONE, and BLACK SWAN. Of those I would vote for TRUE GRIT as Best Picture with THE FIGHTER a close second.
WINTER’S BONE was an essentially depressing story, but did have two great performances.
I thought True Grit was good...very.
Bridges may have done it more justice than Duke....and I grew up loving Duke as a boy when he made movies several times a year.
A little bitty movie I really liked filmed in Ozarks Missouri was the Winter Bones.
gritty gritty but man that little girl has heart...the Jew from Deadwood (the series) sorta steals the movie too.
I usually eschew the artsy-fartsy films, but this time I have to say everything I have heard about “The King’s Speech” from my friends, the radio hosts I respect and even the critics (who I generally ignore) says this is a must-see movie.
Fortunately, I am trying to restart “take the wife for a date” night once a week, so this will be the next week’s “movie” part (the last one was TRON II 3D — fun but tedious).
wow...what a small budget flick with local talent
amazing...do not sell it short
but I know some folks only like Big Movies
and many kids only like blockbusters...not you...i have no idea
I also have for years thought for the means they have...many foreign films beat ours
it is very very difficult for me to sit through a flick today and not be irritated by white guilt, social engineering, lib comments, Christian bashing or gratuitous homosexuality...demeaning southerners or rural folks
you can almost count on it
neither Winter Bones or True Grit had any of that...have not seen Kings Speech
Inception seemed odd..the concept
Social Network...maybe when it comes on Dish.....don't know about TKAA
liked True Grit as well as anything since Departed.
very but irrelevant....think Schindler's List for starters
the heroine in Winter Bones was very redeeming to me...she was inspiring..brought tears to my old jaded eyes...a daughter her dead daddy shoulda been proud of
and like I said...the guy who played the Jew in Deadwood series was excellent..so good I couldn't tell it was him for 30 minutes
damn you make it sound like a chore..look at my homepage...if we don't get time together we get kid crazy
there are fringe benefits you know..;>)
I love when we go to a honky tonk when we have a late night sitter and that damned song JR said he liked once.."Save a Horse..."...man all the gals bar and table dance...life doesn't get better than that
ahem....quiet dinners are nice too
>>damn you make it sound like a chore..look at my homepage...if we don’t get time together we get kid crazy<<
OMG LOL — that did come out badly, didn’t it?
I meant I am rekindling the romance that we sort of misplaced. We don’t have kids so it is a little easier for us. We almost lost that loving feeling and it is a lot of fun getting it back.
The “chore” part is flying cross-country (5,000 miles, 20 hours) every week and then getting my sorry butt up from the couch when I am sort of still not in either time zone.
But when I stick that scissors-jack under my behind and actually get to moving, I am glad every time.
Guys, no matter what you are doing and no matter how tired you get, date your wife. It is rewarding in more ways than I can say.
TOY STORY 3 is the best threequel of all time. Makes me want to see all three over again.
All work and no play make a dry cod refudiator
The King's Speech deserves to win for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor. It's a rare movie in this day and age...
I’m proud to say I haven’t seen any of them. And have no idea who half the nominees are.
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