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Departments => Movies and TV => Topic started by: Fellfrosch on January 31, 2006, 02:29:04 PM
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http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2006/oscars
No real surprises in the nominees this year, though it's interesting that the 5 Best Pictures line up with the five Best Directors--that doesn't happen often.
Also of note is the dreamy George Clooney, who racked up four nominations--only two other people have ever had four nominations in a single year (Warren Beatty and Orson Welles), so that's pretty cool.
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More importantly, all the shiny CG animated films got snubbed for best Animated Film. Course, I completely agree with having Corpse Bride, Howl's Moving Castle, and Wallace and Gromit duking it out.
I can't believe Hitchhiker's Guide's "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish" got snubbed for best song.
I hope best Documentary goes to "March of the Penguins," but there is a good chance that it will be backstabbed by "Murderball."
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Eh, this year's Oscars looks bland and boring with all of the main categories a one horse race.
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Cinderella Man only got two nods. *grumble*
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Posted by: Make Love the Spriggan Way Posted on: Today at 12:38pm
Eh, this year's Oscars looks bland and boring with all of the main categories a one horse race.
I agree, of course, I haven't been terrible impressed by the movies released last year. I should also say that it seems that who actually wins an oscar in a particular category sometimes depends on who people want to win for political or social reasons and not which movie actual has the best song, score, director, custom, ect.. I get a little tired of the political/social engineering that hollywood tries to do and the oscars is when it is most apparent. Or I'm just bitter that "So long and Thanks for All the Fish" wasn't even nominated.
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I'm crushed that Batman Begins didn't get nominated for sound editing.
Poor Peter Jackson. No big kudos for King Kong.
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Batman Begins did get a Razzie Nod. Katie Holmes for Worst Supporting Actress.
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she wasnt that bad.
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I apprecdiate her much more in the role looking back on it now on DVD. She wasn't bad, she was just up against Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Liam Neeson--anyone would look bad.
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I think Katie Holme isn't up to par with the rest of her competition for the Razzie. I don't think being miscasted is enough of a reason. Her competition gave truly aweful performances.
I also hope that Tom Cruise sweeps all the categories he's been nominated for in the Golden Rasberries.
http://www.razzies.com/
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Some of Katie Holmes's attention has to do with activities outside the movie studio. People are basing their opinions of her acting on her strange behavior with Mr. Cruise. It doesn't seem fair, but there it is. I thought she was fine in Batman Begins.
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What do you know, I don't care about Katie Holmes. But did Fell really call George Clooney "dreamy"? Ew.
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I'm surprised that Bewitched got so many Razzie nominations. It wasn't good, but it wasn't awful.
Besides -- where was Stealth?
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My opinion of the Razzies fades every year, because they seem more focused on celebrity than on any actual quality of the movies involved. Of course, you could say that about the Oscars as well, so maybe it's a subtle commentary.
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On similar lines, Tom Cruise's Razzie nomination is also unjustified.
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Some of Katie Holmes's attention has to do with activities outside the movie studio.
Yeah, I'll say. I didn't enjoy her in Batman Begins, though. I agree w/ Fell that part of it is who else she's playing against. However, I've realized it was more her -character- I don't care for, though her acting isn't so great. The character just annoyed me, esp. w/ her lame excuse for dumping Bruce. I mean, come on, what girl in her right mind would dump Batman?? I think the Scarecrow's fright powder scrambled her brains somehow.
Anyhow, I'm also mildly surprised that Christian Hayden was nom. for a razzie. Cmopared with the other prequel, he was more in control in this movie I think than other actors were in the many movies of 2005. *shrug* In fact, Ep. 3 is the only one of the prequels that I'd actually watch again--though not just because of Hayden.
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This guy sums up my feelings quite nicely, actually: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/comments/?entryid=287567
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I mean, come on, what girl in her right mind would dump Batman??
Well, let's see here, what happens to everybody who gets close to Bruce. *SPOILERS* Batgirl gets paralyzed, the first Robin dies, the next Robin becomes a messed-up vigilante, and the last Robin becomes the Joker.
Essentially, being the Bat's buddy means your life would be better if you hung out with anyone else.
There is a reason why the JLA only kept him on as a part-timer.
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Okay, I meant -besides- the whole routine peril thing. I mean, I'd rather take my chances than miss out on one-on-one time with Batman.
By the by, if Holmes' character had dumped him for another reason--like he forgot their anniversary or started dating his hot receptionist--then I'd have more sympathy for her. ;)
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Well, let's see here, what happens to everybody who gets close to Bruce. *SPOILERS* Batgirl gets paralyzed, the first Robin dies, the next Robin becomes a messed-up vigilante, and the last Robin becomes the Joker.
Essentially, being the Bat's buddy means your life would be better if you hung out with anyone else.
There is a reason why the JLA only kept him on as a part-timer.
Because I'm the comic nerd, I have to pick nits. Dick Grayson/Nightwing was the first Robin. It was the second Robin who was killed.
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Because I'm the comic nerd, I have to pick nits. Dick Grayson/Nightwing was the first Robin. It was the second Robin who was killed.
My faux pa. :-[