HAS ANYBODY SAID IT YET? BOYCOTT THE OSCARS (Oscars Live Thread)

Everytime I think of Capote, I can't help thinking of the movie "Murder by Death."

One of my favorites!!
Famous lady detective, "I smell gas."
Her elderly nurse "I can't help it, I'm old!"

2,021 posted on 03/05/2006 9:31:02 PM PST by SuziQ

Your post is spot-on. The decent show people are either already dead or are about to go: Case in point are the recent losses of Shelly Winters, Don Knotts, Darrin McGavin, Lou Rawls and Anthony Franciosca.

2,022 posted on 03/05/2006 9:34:03 PM PST by T Lady (The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)

There were only 4 American actors in the main cast, out of close to a hundred I believe.

But Hollywood had very little to do with the production or the directing. It was associated with a British production company known as Saul Zaentz Company as well as Tolkien Enterprises. (located in Cambridge England)

2,023 posted on 03/05/2006 9:34:39 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (Pat Buchanan............A principled pessimist with a pessimistic principal)

Philip Seymour Hoffman just said, on the aftershow, that he really wanted to thank his girlfriend. Said it a couple of times, actually. I thought Hoffman was gay. He's played gay characters in both movies I ever saw him in...didn't seem to be a stretch, either.

2,024 posted on 03/05/2006 9:38:22 PM PST by Azzurri

To: RightWingAtheist

The first movie I ever saw Reese Witherspoon in was a really good one; A Far Off Place. She was the daughter of a couple who had some sort of farm in Africa, and she and the son of one of their friends who came to visit end up trekking across the Kalahari Desert. The young man was Ethan Embry who later played with her in Sweet Home Alabama.

2,025 posted on 03/05/2006 9:40:46 PM PST by SuziQ

I didn't watch... my daughter just gave me a full account --- she mentioned the same thing!

She also said Sandra Bullock and some of the others in full view when CRASH was announced, looked really happy and almost relieved that their industry dodged the bullet by rejecting Brokeback.

2,026 posted on 03/05/2006 9:41:14 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)

I too went to see Crash and expecting to be innundated with all the typical racial agendas. However, I think it is one of the best movies in some time. In one scene you have a racist cop, then a few scenes later , that same cop is risking his life to save a african american. It really worked on so many levels. I think you have to see it several times and really think about it, to really get it. Also, I love the movies that are not sequential (Pulp fiction, Kill Bill, Crash, Momento, etc). Crash is a really really good movie. And a superb cast. I thought several of them should have been nominated for individual awards (Don Cheatle, Terrence Howard).

After Crash, I liked Cinderella Man, and Walk the Line for 2005. Red Eye was a pretty good action flick. Hostel was pretty good for a scary/gore flick. Star Wars was a let down, even though it filled in some of the blanks. Munich bored me to tears and ended badly. Jarhead was horrible, even though I like Jake G (haven't seen brokeback mtn) Flightplan with Jodie was better than I expected. History of Violence was pretty good. 40 year virgin sucked. I really liked Lord of War with Nicholas Cage. Four Brothers was pretty good. Other suck movies of 2005 that I saw : Fantastic Four, Sky High, Stealth, War of the Worlds, The Island, Mr/Mrs Smith, Dukes, LOngest Yard, House of Wax, Kingdom of heaven . Danny the dog, was a dog of a movie. Batman Begins was pretty good for the 1st 2/3rds of the Movie. Herbie was decent.

For 2004, I liked Cellular and Collateral. Collateral is the best Tom Cruise movie in some time. He did a good acting job in Last Samuri, but I thought that movie was just OK. Jamie Fox should have gotten an oscar for Collateral also.

My kids are at the movie going age, so we see a lot each year as part of our family activities. So I probably see 30 or so new movies in theaters every year. The last 2 years, have been pretty bad overall for movies. And it is not just the movies pushing some kind of agenda. It's just that everyone is a rehash or a remake. Very few new ideas. So that is why we are getting remakes of almost every superhero movie, and 20 year old TV show. I saw Eight Below last weekend. Probably the best family movie I have seen in years. It tugged on my heart a lot more than March of the Penguins. We need some more feel good movies. We've seen them before, but a good story and acting can work again and again.

Hollywood doesn't look much better for 2006.

2,027 posted on 03/05/2006 9:42:14 PM PST by gswilder

Murder by Death wasn't too bad. I like how they spoof various detectives.

2,028 posted on 03/05/2006 9:43:52 PM PST by racing fan

Thanks for your input.

Let me guess: a line from BBM?

The premise is crap. "Beautifully done" crap is still crap.

2,029 posted on 03/05/2006 9:44:20 PM PST by JCEccles

I wasn't watching the thing. I've been reading this thread, and refreshing the page on IMBD; they have a page that updates with the Oscar winners. Best way to get the word on the winners without having to watch the crappy show.

2,030 posted on 03/05/2006 9:44:37 PM PST by SuziQ

To: Hildy; MinuteGal

Over here, Hildy.
I think Leni watched the entire show.

2,031 posted on 03/05/2006 9:46:04 PM PST by onyx (IF ONLY 10% of Muslims are radical, that's still 120 MILLION who want to kill us.)

Oliver North did his War Stories on FOX tonight. It was all about how Hollywood used to be when this country was in WW II.

He had all the old actors from that era, most of which, who served their country. Some of them who he interviewed were, Tony Curtis, Cliff Robertson, Eddie Albert and several sweet ladies. It brought tears to my eyes, to see all the old Stars who honored their countries as well as the strong moral messages they presented during that time.

It was particularly painful to see the honor and respect that Hollywood once had for this country. All the old actors were very sad, at what has become of a once great institution.

2,032 posted on 03/05/2006 9:46:06 PM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (Pat Buchanan............A principled pessimist with a pessimistic principal)

I'm glad someone else noticed that besides me, Utah Girl. I was beginning to think I was having a delusion!

Leni

2,033 posted on 03/05/2006 9:50:23 PM PST by MinuteGal (Sail the Bounding Main to the Balmy, Palmy Caribbean on FReeps Ahoy 4. Register Now!)

I like Tom Hanks, so I was watching to see if his hair was long from the Da Vinci Code movie.

Jack Nicholson looked like the cat who swallowed the canary.

2,034 posted on 03/05/2006 9:52:04 PM PST by Utah Girl

See my #1984 re: Hanks

Leni

2,035 posted on 03/05/2006 9:52:46 PM PST by MinuteGal (Sail the Bounding Main to the Balmy, Palmy Caribbean on FReeps Ahoy 4. Register Now!)

2,036 posted on 03/05/2006 9:55:16 PM PST by racing fan

2,037 posted on 03/05/2006 10:03:13 PM PST by racing fan

To: Bush gal in LA

No, just in her 90's!

2,038 posted on 03/05/2006 10:04:22 PM PST by One Sided Media (Go Bush!!)

To: wardaddy; Arizona Carolyn

She's a very lovely lady, for sure.
I'm so glad to know her daddy's a Republican.
But, I don't know HER politics.

Even Sela Ward is "tolerant" on gay issues.
But, she's a lovely woman who does many good things for my hometown.
I can overlook the fact that she wants to work.

BTW, I just bet that Carolyn meant red state manners. ;o)

2,039 posted on 03/05/2006 10:07:06 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (There ought to be one day-- just one-- when there is open season on senators. ~~ Will Rogers)

To: BunnySlippers

2,040 posted on 03/05/2006 10:10:10 PM PST by Christian4Bush (I'd much rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy.)

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