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| -Wow! holy upset! ....Oscar spoiler alert...... |
pepperbear |
Mar-07-10 11:01 PM |
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I'm shocked, too. I bet James Cameron is really shocked! |
babylonsister |
Mar-07-10 11:02 PM |
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I'm glad. I was sick of seeing James Cameron's smirk. Something about him grates my nerves. |
SCRUBDASHRUB |
Mar-07-10 11:02 PM |
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Why? James Cameron has gone public with his desire to see Hurt Locker and Kathryn Bigelow win. |
4lbs |
Mar-08-10 05:43 PM |
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Is it considered to be an anti-war film? |
Grand Taurean |
Mar-07-10 11:03 PM |
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I saw it and I didn't think it was much of an anti-war film. Avatar was an anti-imperial war film |
Better Believe It |
Mar-07-10 11:04 PM |
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The Hurt Locker was given the award because the US |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:09 PM |
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With the speech given for visual effects (Avatar's last award) I think they knew too... |
cascadiance |
Mar-07-10 11:12 PM |
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And you know this how? |
Grand Taurean |
Mar-07-10 11:15 PM |
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I did that stuff for three years. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:22 PM |
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link |
zbdent |
Mar-08-10 05:31 AM |
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He rushed through the presentation because it was |
harkadog |
Mar-07-10 11:17 PM |
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Baloney. The academy could have pushed over the alloted time |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:23 PM |
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Get help |
alcibiades_mystery |
Mar-07-10 11:31 PM |
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I worked in the industry, slick. I live 25 miles from most of the |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:33 PM |
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And you still manage |
alcibiades_mystery |
Mar-07-10 11:37 PM |
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I'll know what insiders think by 7:00 tomorrow morning. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:38 PM |
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Yes, I'm sure they'll rush to your door |
alcibiades_mystery |
Mar-07-10 11:44 PM |
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No, I'll make some calls to people who already know now. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:46 PM |
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ROFL |
alcibiades_mystery |
Mar-07-10 11:49 PM |
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You'll know tomorrow no matter what I say. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:52 PM |
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Remember, keep the tinfoil shiny side out......n/t |
msanthrope |
Mar-07-10 11:51 PM |
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Fantastic! We love the 411 |
goclark |
Mar-08-10 08:37 AM |
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I live on the East Coast and I say hooray for Hollywood! |
CTyankee |
Mar-08-10 05:51 PM |
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That's how I feel about LA, it's my kinda town |
goclark |
Mar-08-10 09:33 PM |
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LOVE that story! |
CTyankee |
Mar-09-10 08:20 AM |
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You are right about DC, I feel the same way |
goclark |
Mar-09-10 03:58 PM |
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I moved to D.C. in the fall of '76. They had a brand new subway system at that time. |
CTyankee |
Mar-09-10 04:45 PM |
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You're full of it. nt |
Codeine |
Mar-07-10 11:38 PM |
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Says a poster named codeine? Yeah, right. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:39 PM |
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This from the fellow who says |
Codeine |
Mar-07-10 11:55 PM |
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Well, now that your leveraging with the board, I'm not interested |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:58 PM |
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You're not talking to anyone. |
Codeine |
Mar-08-10 12:02 AM |
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Mar-08-10 12:05 AM |
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Lol. Never taken a narcotic pain pill in my life. |
Codeine |
Mar-08-10 12:06 AM |
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lol |
tammywammy |
Mar-08-10 09:09 AM |
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codeine the name of a band. |
Tunkamerica |
Mar-08-10 12:58 AM |
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That is precisely the origin of my username. |
Codeine |
Mar-08-10 07:24 AM |
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Wow. 25 miles away from most of the big studios. |
cherokeeprogressive |
Mar-08-10 12:05 AM |
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Sure they would. Things are not as nice as you make them. The |
icee |
Mar-08-10 12:10 AM |
#121 |
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LOL! That means what? Did he rise from the grave and put in his $.02? |
cherokeeprogressive |
Mar-08-10 12:17 AM |
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Dude, you're an anonymous poster on a messageboard. |
Garbo 2004 |
Mar-08-10 02:07 AM |
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OMG... |
tallahasseedem |
Mar-08-10 08:44 AM |
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I Spent a Week In East Jesus One Night. |
Toasterlad |
Mar-09-10 03:43 PM |
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speaking as someone who works on the other side of television |
Tunkamerica |
Mar-08-10 12:55 AM |
#129 |
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So now you were in charge of producing the show. OK |
harkadog |
Mar-08-10 12:14 AM |
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Psych |
HughMoran |
Mar-08-10 06:41 PM |
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Smart politics. Break the Glass Ceiling so no one complains. |
Cetacea |
Mar-07-10 11:32 PM |
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Defense Dept didn't support the movie, pulled production assistance in 2007 but |
Garbo 2004 |
Mar-07-10 11:33 PM |
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Link |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:35 PM |
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LA Times: |
Garbo 2004 |
Mar-07-10 11:41 PM |
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Your link supports my allegations--not yours. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:44 PM |
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Fact : DOD pulled production assistance from the film as I said. |
Garbo 2004 |
Mar-07-10 11:59 PM |
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I'll know tomorrow. |
icee |
Mar-08-10 12:02 AM |
#112 |
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Sleep it off |
alcibiades_mystery |
Mar-08-10 12:19 AM |
#128 |
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Link |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:35 PM |
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. |
fishwax |
Mar-07-10 11:34 PM |
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BULLSHIT, Hanks rushed through the presentation because of Cabelvision |
WeDidIt |
Mar-08-10 07:29 AM |
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hahah |
rapturedbyrobots |
Mar-07-10 11:39 PM |
#76 |
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I heard that it was panned by conservatives because it was a film where |
zbdent |
Mar-08-10 05:37 AM |
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No surprise |
PatGund |
Mar-07-10 11:03 PM |
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ddin't the titanic win ? |
JI7 |
Mar-07-10 11:05 PM |
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Titanic was much close to the actual event than Braveheart, which won in 1996. |
Touchdown |
Mar-07-10 11:10 PM |
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Why should historical accuracy have anything to do with it? |
Orrex |
Mar-07-10 11:36 PM |
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Titanic wasn't really "Sci Fi" or "Fantasy"... |
cascadiance |
Mar-07-10 11:44 PM |
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The point is that SF/Fantasy doesn't get best pictures. |
Touchdown |
Mar-07-10 11:45 PM |
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One could also argue that Gladiator was a fantasy film with logic on Braveheart too... |
cascadiance |
Mar-07-10 11:48 PM |
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Got it! #2... Forrest Gump is a pure fantasy film. |
Touchdown |
Mar-07-10 11:50 PM |
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Even "A Clockwork Orange" could be argued as being a "sci fi" flick... |
cascadiance |
Mar-07-10 11:53 PM |
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"Future shock" is a sub-genre. |
Touchdown |
Mar-07-10 11:57 PM |
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Not really disagreeing with you at all... |
cascadiance |
Mar-08-10 12:12 AM |
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Well... |
Orrex |
Mar-07-10 11:49 PM |
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I wouldn't call it fantasy either (Braveheart) |
Touchdown |
Mar-07-10 11:52 PM |
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Oh, come on. |
Orrex |
Mar-07-10 11:56 PM |
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One of my favorite demotivational posters |
kaybea |
Mar-08-10 05:58 AM |
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nevermind, we agree further downthread... |
SidDithers |
Mar-08-10 06:48 AM |
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Return of The King for 2003. |
Touchdown |
Mar-07-10 11:07 PM |
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And there were many traditional Hollywood folks that objected to this win too... |
cascadiance |
Mar-07-10 11:26 PM |
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True. Although I remember Annie Hall, winner in 1977... |
Touchdown |
Mar-07-10 11:34 PM |
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Annie Hall is a better film than Star Wars by any reasonable measure |
Orrex |
Mar-07-10 11:47 PM |
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It really depends on what you are measuring... |
cascadiance |
Mar-08-10 12:04 AM |
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Star Wars? ET?? I'm sure there are more, though I |
babylonsister |
Mar-07-10 11:11 PM |
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None of those won best picture. |
Touchdown |
Mar-07-10 11:13 PM |
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Sure they do...if they're good... |
Onceuponalife |
Mar-08-10 12:19 AM |
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The Hurt Locker wasn't all that great... |
Phoonzang |
Mar-07-10 11:04 PM |
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+100000000000 |
MadBadger |
Mar-07-10 11:07 PM |
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Not only that, but the technicals were extremely bad. Read some |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:12 PM |
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Mainly Agree |
erpowers |
Mar-08-10 05:41 PM |
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The Hurt Locker is a powerful film. |
kentuck |
Mar-07-10 11:05 PM |
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WTF? |
Odin2005 |
Mar-07-10 11:05 PM |
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Avatar has now changed movie making history. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:13 PM |
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You're James Cameron, aren't you? |
Lyric |
Mar-07-10 11:46 PM |
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I don't like James Cameron. He is mean to actors. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:49 PM |
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It was Dances with Wolves in space. |
proteus_lives |
Mar-07-10 11:13 PM |
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You just watched government power in Hollywood. The Hurt |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:06 PM |
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Probably blow back against the popularity of Avatar. What better way |
Phoonzang |
Mar-07-10 11:08 PM |
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That, and to aggrandize the Iraq war. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:14 PM |
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what does how much money each grossed have to do with it? |
fishwax |
Mar-07-10 11:11 PM |
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A movie is not made for the judges. A movie is made for the |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:16 PM |
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So a movie's grosses determine its artistic quality? |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Mar-07-10 11:18 PM |
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Mar-07-10 11:20 PM |
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What the hell are you smoking? |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Mar-07-10 11:25 PM |
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Money in the movie equates to attendance, which is why movies |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:28 PM |
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attendance and box office receipts are not the only reasons movies are made |
fishwax |
Mar-07-10 11:31 PM |
#55 |
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The world is not as altruistic as you seem to think. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:34 PM |
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when did I say the world was altruistic? |
fishwax |
Mar-07-10 11:34 PM |
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If they are not made for money or attendance, what is the alternative.. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:36 PM |
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communication, personal obsession, argument |
fishwax |
Mar-07-10 11:40 PM |
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Oh, yeah, right. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:45 PM |
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lol |
fishwax |
Mar-07-10 11:47 PM |
#88 |
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Again, how does attendance equal quality? |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Mar-07-10 11:32 PM |
#56 |
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To each his own. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:37 PM |
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bullshit. bullshit and more bullshit. |
cali |
Mar-08-10 03:04 AM |
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not all movies are made to be blockbusters, either, and ticket sales don't always indicate quality |
fishwax |
Mar-07-10 11:30 PM |
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delete -- double post |
fishwax |
Mar-07-10 11:30 PM |
#52 |
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You clearly haven't seen the movie. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Mar-07-10 11:12 PM |
#26 |
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I've been in war. I know a little about bomb squads. I know that |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:18 PM |
#40 |
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So you're criticizing something you haven't seen. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Mar-07-10 11:22 PM |
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I won't see it either. And I know a bunch of vets who won't see it |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:24 PM |
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Then just remain ignorant. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Mar-07-10 11:26 PM |
#49 |
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Well, by that logic....... |
Torgo Johnson |
Mar-07-10 11:51 PM |
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That could be right. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:54 PM |
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Is James Cameron responsible for the deaths of 1,517 people? |
Torgo Johnson |
Mar-08-10 12:03 AM |
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Get as abstract as you want. Hurt Locker was a film glorifying |
icee |
Mar-08-10 12:08 AM |
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Wow, a new level of stupidity |
ButterflyBlood |
Mar-08-10 02:59 AM |
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is there some sort of prize on DU for being the 1000th poster to claim war with iran is "imminent" |
onenote |
Mar-08-10 06:31 AM |
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LOL... |
Rebubula |
Mar-08-10 06:46 AM |
#146 |
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bwah n/t |
tammywammy |
Mar-08-10 09:13 AM |
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That wasnt an upset really at all. |
MadBadger |
Mar-07-10 11:07 PM |
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I didn't. Avatar sucked. I was rooting for Up In The Air. |
NYC Liberal |
Mar-07-10 11:08 PM |
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Avatar and The Hurt Locker were the 2 front-runners. And Bigelow was a sure bet after the DGA win. |
Metric System |
Mar-07-10 11:08 PM |
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Avatar had won the Golden Globes though... |
cascadiance |
Mar-07-10 11:35 PM |
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I do believe that Avatar is Cameron's best film though (better than Titanic or Aliens) |
cascadiance |
Mar-07-10 11:09 PM |
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Good choice by the Academy |
Mudoria |
Mar-07-10 11:09 PM |
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The most horrible choice by the academy in its history. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:10 PM |
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I didn't think |
Mz Pip |
Mar-07-10 11:16 PM |
#35 |
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"Bicentennial Man" was robbed by "American Beauty". |
Grand Taurean |
Mar-07-10 11:18 PM |
#38 |
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I agree on Shakesspeare. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:26 PM |
#47 |
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Avatar is shit |
alcibiades_mystery |
Mar-07-10 11:17 PM |
#37 |
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Stick to gangster crap and pro-war crap. I go for the positive, not |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:30 PM |
#53 |
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Gahahah |
alcibiades_mystery |
Mar-07-10 11:38 PM |
#73 |
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Yep. Everything about your posting style screams "Positive!" |
Codeine |
Mar-07-10 11:57 PM |
#108 |
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LOL!!! nt |
CBR |
Mar-08-10 06:33 AM |
#145 |
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Avatar was a war movie. and it truly glorified war and violence |
cali |
Mar-08-10 03:09 AM |
#139 |
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Votes might have been spread too thin |
aikoaiko |
Mar-07-10 11:12 PM |
#24 |
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heh this group make Little Miss Sunshine nomination and I thought |
2Design |
Mar-07-10 11:13 PM |
#30 |
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+1 gig |
Cetacea |
Mar-07-10 11:33 PM |
#59 |
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All we know for sure is George Clooney looked unhappy the whole night. |
begin_within |
Mar-07-10 11:36 PM |
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No idea why..If I had his looks, his money and the nice arm-candy he was sporting.. |
truebrit71 |
Mar-08-10 08:40 AM |
#152 |
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Do you know why? |
Dr.Faust |
Mar-08-10 09:03 AM |
#156 |
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No idea |
begin_within |
Mar-08-10 10:08 AM |
#160 |
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It should have been Inglorious Basterds, IMO. |
girl gone mad |
Mar-07-10 11:41 PM |
#79 |
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Yeah, right. Everyone go see a movie where an unarmed man |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:48 PM |
#90 |
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It's just a movie. |
girl gone mad |
Mar-07-10 11:51 PM |
#97 |
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It was stupid. I agree with the supporting actor choice though. |
icee |
Mar-07-10 11:55 PM |
#104 |
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Interesting... |
Rebubula |
Mar-08-10 08:45 AM |
#154 |
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If Avatar had shown more brightly story-wise... |
TCJ70 |
Mar-07-10 11:50 PM |
#95 |
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I live in L.A., and follow the business closely |
Zomby Woof |
Mar-07-10 11:56 PM |
#105 |
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In your obvious attempt at learning you didn't seem to find the |
icee |
Mar-08-10 12:01 AM |
#111 |
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Every film brings out the technical error nerds. |
Codeine |
Mar-08-10 12:04 AM |
#116 |
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Bad fiction, geronimo. A blown leg here, a blown leg there and soon we're |
icee |
Mar-08-10 12:13 AM |
#123 |
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Dude. The Hurt Locker wasn't about defusing bombs. If you'd seen it, you'd know that. |
Xithras |
Mar-08-10 01:43 AM |
#133 |
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What does that have to do with the price of an abortion in Wasilla? |
Zomby Woof |
Mar-08-10 05:39 PM |
#163 |
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But do you are you live within 25 mi of the studios? |
Garbo 2004 |
Mar-08-10 12:17 AM |
#125 |
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20! |
Zomby Woof |
Mar-08-10 05:38 PM |
#162 |
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And yet, your dear friend Midlo still doesn't have a Mark Harmon autographed pic. |
Midlodemocrat |
Mar-08-10 06:36 PM |
#169 |
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LOL |
Zomby Woof |
Mar-08-10 09:49 PM |
#172 |
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Ant like? Gibbs? |
Midlodemocrat |
Mar-09-10 03:06 PM |
#176 |
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It was between Avatar and Hurt Locker |
Onceuponalife |
Mar-08-10 12:57 AM |
#130 |
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+1 on those speeches and Steve "plenty of jews to catch here" Martin nt |
flamingdem |
Mar-08-10 01:46 AM |
#134 |
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You know, part of me also wonders about the "glass ceiling" effect on voters... |
cascadiance |
Mar-08-10 02:42 AM |
#136 |
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i SO hope they regret |
pansypoo53219 |
Mar-08-10 01:26 AM |
#132 |
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As much as I loved Avatar |
AllenVanAllen |
Mar-08-10 06:03 AM |
#143 |
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I was hoping that Avatar would win as well. |
mmonk |
Mar-08-10 06:59 AM |
#148 |
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Not really, It also won about 20 other awards (BAFTA, Directors Guild, Golden Globe, NSFC, ASC etc) |
progressoid |
Mar-08-10 09:01 AM |
#155 |
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Avatar won the Golden Globes best picture and best director awards... |
cascadiance |
Mar-08-10 04:57 PM |
#161 |
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I think you're expressing parts of why Avatar did not take the Oscar... |
bridgit |
Mar-08-10 09:22 AM |
#159 |
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Both "The Hurt Locker" and Kathryn Bigelow were the favorites to win, so why is it an upset that |
4lbs |
Mar-08-10 05:44 PM |
#166 |
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Hurt Locker was the favorite going in |
bigwillq |
Mar-08-10 05:45 PM |
#167 |
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"How did David slay Goliath at Oscars?" |
Garbo 2004 |
Mar-09-10 12:09 AM |
#173 |
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Avatar was terrible |
ibegurpard |
Mar-09-10 12:47 AM |
#174 |
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