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marc26 · #1 06-03-2006, 09:13

well, im a movie nut, love eery type of movie.

right now, doing one of my favorite things, sitting in my office on sunday afternoon alone, looking at charts, love being in the office alone

anyways have the TV on to the oscars. i think this year has some real intelligent movies. Syrianna, Costant Gaderner, Brokeback Mountain, Crash

rachael weisz just won for supporting actress. i love her, exotic looking and really intelligent.

also, jessica alba looks devine!

IRISH JONNY · #2 06-03-2006, 14:31

Bit Of A Suprise Crash Getting The Best Film.........
I Watched It And It Was A Good Movie But Not A Great One.........
Ij

Petter · #3 06-03-2006, 15:09

Yea
It seems to me that most of the movies have more
political message or a direction this time.
I am looking forward to the George Clooney movie.

Jaws · #4 06-03-2006, 22:16

Love movies but hate the Oscars ! More entertaining watching paint dry !

marc26 · #5 06-03-2006, 22:44

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Originally Posted by Jaws

Love movies but hate the Oscars ! More entertaining watching paint dry !

i actually thought this years oscars were great. john stewart was a perfect host.
not one movie dominated.
the actors didnt use it as a political platform, as they usually do

marc26 · #6 06-03-2006, 22:47

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Originally Posted by IRISH JONNY

Bit Of A Suprise Crash Getting The Best Film.........
I Watched It And It Was A Good Movie But Not A Great One.........
Ij

i thought crash was a great movie, how it tied all these racial stories together

i think brokeback mountain was overrated. take away the gay storyline, and its just a good cinematography(spelling) film

i think george clooney one more on his own personality, but i think he did deserve it. he was great in syrianna.

as you can see, movie nerdness is one of my many talents

Crustasian · #7 06-03-2006, 23:02

Yet another episode of the Hollywood fraternity back slapping each other and having a big moan about the world as they see it through their safe viewfinders.

Let them stick out of politics - after all they have never had a real job.

marc26 · #8 07-03-2006, 00:10

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Originally Posted by Crustasian

Yet another episode of the Hollywood fraternity back slapping each other and having a big moan about the world as they see it through their safe viewfinders.

Let them stick out of politics - after all they have never had a real job.

i agree with you, they are the biggest liberals. but george clooney had a poignant acceptance speech where he said hollywood was giving an academy award to a black person in 1939 when black people still ahd to sit in the back of the theatre and that they were on the forefront in the AIDS movement, which of course youd expect from a vast gay community but they do have some good points

stevem · #9 07-03-2006, 03:00

Cant really gave crap about all the bullshit. Its easy to avoid when its on during the evening, but the next morning like now, its impossible to avoid as its all the morning radio shows talk about.

nelsonone · #10 07-03-2006, 04:19

Well i thought that Capote was a great film..............brilliantly acted by Phillip Seymour Hoffman...............and for once the Academy backslappers got it pretty right.............but I would have voted for Capote over Crash any day as best film

marc26 · #11 07-03-2006, 04:20

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Originally Posted by nelsonone

Well i thought that Capote was a great film..............brilliantly acted by Phillip Seymour Hoffman...............and for once the Academy backslappers got it pretty right.............but I would have voted for Capote over Crash any day as best film

i liked crash, but can see arguments for capote.
i do think the academy really got most of the votes right this year.

Allybabba22 · #12 07-03-2006, 18:33

Well I loved Crash and thought it deserved to win, Capote was good but overall Crash was the better film IMO... Its the one I will remember longer anyway....

Actually started a thread about that film a long while back.....

http://www.phuket-info.com/forums/bo...243-crash.html

IRISH JONNY · #13 07-03-2006, 19:21

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Originally Posted by Allybabba22

Well I loved Crash and thought it deserved to win, Capote was good but overall Crash was the better film IMO... Its the one I will remember longer anyway....

Actually started a thread about that film a long while back.....

http://www.phuket-info.com/forums/bo...243-crash.html

MAYBE NEXT YEAR THEY WILL GET YOU TO HOST THE SHOW............
IJ

pablo · #14 08-03-2006, 02:24

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Originally Posted by stevem

Cant really gave crap about all the bullshit. Its easy to avoid when its on during the evening, but the next morning like now, its impossible to avoid as its all the morning radio shows talk about.

I agree!

I know of no other "field of endeavor", in which, the participants spend so very much time, energy, and money... patting themselves on the back!

What??? Oscars, golden globe's, etc, etc...

All through the year. Just wait a month or two...there'll ba another "awards show", on!

Pablo

LivinLOS · #15 08-03-2006, 11:53

But there are reasons..

Awards generate more after buzz for video sales and repeatscreenings.. They are a way of ranking and rating actors directors cinemtographers in a public opinion poll way which effects thier earning power and bums on seats draw..

Basically being in the media bizz makes sense to have high media exposure events to keep the buzz going..

I would happily watch it if it was on at a convienient time and had nothing else doing.. I personally like to pay attention to director of photography and score awards etc that are not the limelight awards.. I pretty much always feel that after the director the DoP is the most important person on set, yet you so rarely hear who they are..

marc26 · #16 09-03-2006, 00:20

would happily watch it if it was on at a convienient time and had nothing else doing.. I personally like to pay attention to director of photography and score awards etc that are not the limelight awards.. I pretty much always feel that after the director the DoP is the most important person on set, yet you so rarely hear who they

that was my argument against ang lee for best director. brokeback mountain, if you take away the gay factor, was really a superb photgraphic movies, great ranging views. so i think the DOP deserved an award more than ang lee for directing

nelsonone · #17 09-03-2006, 05:33

Well guys I think that the relationship between the Director and DOP is THE critical relationship of most "Arthouse" films................

if you look at directors histories you will find that most of them stick with the same DOP once they have achieved the kind of style they are looking for..........no good having the best DOP in the world if the director doesn't agree that his style suits the movie.....and it is my opinion that directors influence DOPs geatly and in many cases develop the DOP into "his style"...............

I am still of the opinion that the director is the most important "man" on the movie but a great DOP can bring real magic to a film if allowed

If you check out the early Ang Lee movies M26 I think you might agree with me that Photograhy and Art direction are his most important "stars".............

Anyone see his film "Ride with the Devil"..........a western starring Skeet Ulrich...........great film and a great reference point for this topic

IRISH JONNY · #18 09-03-2006, 14:29

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Originally Posted by nelsonone

Anyone see his film "Ride with the Devil"..........a western starring Skeet Ulrich...........great film and a great reference point for this topic

HEY....NELSONONE.....I THOUGHT IT WAS A LOAD OF BOLLOX........GIVE ME THE OLD WESTERNS ANY DAY....IMO THERE HASNT BEEN A GOOD WESTEREN MADE IN THE LAST 10 -15 YEARS.....
I SUPPOSE IF EVERY ONE WAS THE SAME.... .IT WOULD BE A BORING WORLD....IJ

LivinLOS · #19 09-03-2006, 14:54

Unforgiven wasnt bad.. Dances with Wolves was superb cinemetography..

Still Sergio Leones the good the bad and the ugly or Once apon a time in the west are faves of mine.. How the west was won is another great..

Petter · #20 09-03-2006, 15:08

Unforgiven with Clint was great and Magnificent Seven with Michael Biehn wasent bad either.

Some of the old ones like High Noon with Gary Cooper is still fun to watch.

The TV serie The Lazarus Man was ok to

nelsonone · #21 10-03-2006, 03:22

"Unforgiven" is my all time favourite Western...........and then Pekinpah's "The Wild Bunch" followed by "The Good the Bad and the Ugly".............

And I just love Leone's use of Morricone's musical scores for his westerns.....to me they are the stars of his shows........

I do really like the Artistic Direction + Cinematograpy in Ang Lee's "Ride with the Devil"............it's a beautiful film to look at but I don't think that it is aiming for classic western status........more like an nuanced enhancement of the genre.............(shit I could cop crap for that statement...........55555)