Academy Awards Thread - Page 7

Cirdan · 03-25-2002, 01:24 AM

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Originally posted by jerseydevil
I was also just thinking about the Titanic question - and I can't remember what it was even up against. I think it was a really bad year - and if Titanic was up against some of the films this year - it would never have won.

It beat "Good Will Hunting" and "As Good As It Gets".

Must have been a movie year and not a film year.

OK, I was happy when the boat sank.

Gerbil · 03-25-2002, 01:25 AM

Yeah but Whoopi just now was really funny

She was poking fun at the stupid people, and everyone carried on laughing assuming she meant everyone but them

She's one cheeky lass for sure!

PS Forgot I'd seen HP - must have really liked it

bropous · 03-25-2002, 01:25 AM

Well, LotR got the royal shaft, pretty much like I figured. then ,Whooppy Goldberg with her racist jokes about caucasians.

Reminded me of why it had been twenty years since I had sat through an Academy Awards show. Only two more years to go, then it will be forty years til I see it again, when someone produces a film of "The Silmarillion".

UP the academy. And ron howard can go take a short walk off a long pier.

Gerbil · 03-25-2002, 01:26 AM

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Originally posted by bropous
Whooppy Goldberg with her racist jokes about caucasians.

Yeah but they DIDN'T NOTICE which I thought was acetastic

olsonm · 03-25-2002, 01:26 AM

I think FoTR got the awards it had the best chance to win, in a political sense.

**crickhollow** · 03-25-2002, 01:28 AM

Maybe they figure that if Ronald Reagan could make in politics...

NOT that I'm knocking Reagan, or anything. I happen to think that he was the best president America saw in the 20th ce--I'm sorry, we were talking about soapbox speeches?

jerseydevil · 03-25-2002, 01:28 AM

I agree - I don't think FOTR deserved the other awards.

bropous · 03-25-2002, 01:29 AM

Good. Russell Crowe beat for Best Actor.

Gerbil · 03-25-2002, 01:29 AM

YAY Russell Crowe DIDN'T WIN best actor

Good on ya Denzel - you da man!

OK two more awards to quickly wrap up and we are done.
Bed time! Nope, no point now it'll nearly be time to get up when it's over

jerseydevil · 03-25-2002, 01:31 AM

My most hated actor is Richard Gere - he got booed off the stage in NY after 9/11 when he said we should give "peace a chance". Yeah right - he should get his a$$ to Afganistan and talk to the Al Queda personally - then I'd never have to see his face again.

Gerbil · 03-25-2002, 01:31 AM

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Originally posted by crickhollow
I'm sorry, we were talking about soapbox speeches?

Bah it's all that history study you do - thinking it gives you an intelligent, informed and relevant opinion on things to do with history

I prefer the 'make up an opinion and stick to it' - it's worked for me so far

FrodoFriend · 03-25-2002, 01:32 AM

Why don't you like Russel Crowe? He's a good actor. Just 'cause he doesn't suck up to the audience everyone hates him.

That Oscar should've been his.

Gerbil · 03-25-2002, 01:32 AM

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Originally posted by jerseydevil
Yeah right - he should get his a$$ to Afganistan and talk to the Al Queda personally - then I'd never have to see his face again.

Speaking of which my brother has just returned from his duty in Afghanistan and thankfully he's OK and no-one from his regiment got hurt. Life is OK again

He's even taken some pics there with the tiger I gave him to keep him safe!

**crickhollow** · 03-25-2002, 01:32 AM

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Originally posted by bropous
Well, LotR got the royal shaft, pretty much like I figured. then ,Whooppy Goldberg with her racist jokes about caucasians.

Reminded me of why it had been twenty years since I had sat through an Academy Awards show. Only two more years to go, then it will be forty years til I see it again, when someone produces a film of "The Silmarillion".

UP the academy. And ron howard can go take a short walk off a long pier.

Wow, it's been about the same amount of years for both of us, bropous, I've never sat through one

Gerbil: I forgot I saw Harry Potter too, and I really DID like it! I think I just forgot that it was nominated for anything. It was definately one of those, "you had to read the book" movies

Gerbil · 03-25-2002, 01:33 AM

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Originally posted by FrodoFriend
Why don't you like Russel Crowe? He's a good actor. Just 'cause he doesn't suck up to the audience everyone hates him.

Nope it's not that I dislike him (Gladiators rocks!) just someone more deserving won it

jerseydevil · 03-25-2002, 01:33 AM

I hadn't seen Trainiing Day. I wanted Russell Crowe to win - even though he's another actor I can't stand really. I thought he did a really good job in A Beautiful Mind.

Gerbil · 03-25-2002, 01:34 AM

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Originally posted by crickhollow
Gerbil: I forgot I saw Harry Potter too, and I really DID like it! I think I just forgot that it was nominated for anything. It was definately one of those, "you had to read the book" movies

Uh-oh best not start on that one, I don't want to get banned again

bropous · 03-25-2002, 01:35 AM

Now that the Affirmative Action Oscars are out of the way......well at least the boozer from down under and the stick from canberra didn't win......

FrodoFriend · 03-25-2002, 01:35 AM

No dissing on Harry Potter. It deserved some more nominations. Same with Memento.

I haven't seen either Beautiful Mind or Training Day, so I can't really judge. But Russel's cool.

olsonm · 03-25-2002, 01:36 AM

If Moulin Rouge wins best pic will bropous explode?

03-25-2002, 01:25 AM	#122
Gerbil Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 797	Yeah but Whoopi just now was really funny She was poking fun at the stupid people, and everyone carried on laughing assuming she meant everyone but them She's one cheeky lass for sure! PS Forgot I'd seen HP - must have really liked it __________________ Gerbil gerbil@theburrow.co.uk

03-25-2002, 01:25 AM	#123
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Lord of the Reams Well, LotR got the royal shaft, pretty much like I figured. then ,Whooppy Goldberg with her racist jokes about caucasians. Reminded me of why it had been twenty years since I had sat through an Academy Awards show. Only two more years to go, then it will be forty years til I see it again, when someone produces a film of "The Silmarillion". UP the academy. And ron howard can go take a short walk off a long pier. __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

03-25-2002, 01:26 AM	#125
olsonm Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: minneapolis MN Posts: 920	I think FoTR got the awards it had the best chance to win, in a political sense. __________________ Gandalf lives...oh and Frodo too. Haldir Lives!!!

03-25-2002, 01:28 AM	#126
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Maybe they figure that if Ronald Reagan could make in politics... NOT that I'm knocking Reagan, or anything. I happen to think that he was the best president America saw in the 20th ce--I'm sorry, we were talking about soapbox speeches? __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-25-2002, 01:28 AM	#127
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	I agree - I don't think FOTR deserved the other awards. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

03-25-2002, 01:29 AM	#128
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Good. Russell Crowe beat for Best Actor. __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

03-25-2002, 01:29 AM	#129
Gerbil Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: London, UK Posts: 797	YAY Russell Crowe DIDN'T WIN best actor Good on ya Denzel - you da man! OK two more awards to quickly wrap up and we are done. Bed time! Nope, no point now it'll nearly be time to get up when it's over __________________ Gerbil gerbil@theburrow.co.uk

03-25-2002, 01:31 AM	#130
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	My most hated actor is Richard Gere - he got booed off the stage in NY after 9/11 when he said we should give "peace a chance". Yeah right - he should get his a$$ to Afganistan and talk to the Al Queda personally - then I'd never have to see his face again. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

03-25-2002, 01:32 AM	#132
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	Why don't you like Russel Crowe? He's a good actor. Just 'cause he doesn't suck up to the audience everyone hates him. That Oscar should've been his. __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

03-25-2002, 01:33 AM	#136
jerseydevil I am Freddie/UNDERCOVER/ Founder of The Great Continent of Entmoot Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Plainsboro, NJ Posts: 9,431	I hadn't seen Trainiing Day. I wanted Russell Crowe to win - even though he's another actor I can't stand really. I thought he did a really good job in A Beautiful Mind. __________________ Come back! Come back! To Mordor we will take you! "The only thing better than a great plan is implementing a great plan" - JerseyDevil "If everyone agreed with me all the time, everything would be just fine"- JerseyDevil AboutNewJersey.com New Jersey MessageBoard Another Tolkien Forum Memorial to the Twin Towers New Jersey Map Fellowship of the Messageboard Legend of the Jersey Devil Support New Jersey's Liberty Tower Peacefire.org AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

03-25-2002, 01:35 AM	#138
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Now that the Affirmative Action Oscars are out of the way......well at least the boozer from down under and the stick from canberra didn't win...... __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

03-25-2002, 01:35 AM	#139
FrodoFriend Halfwitted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Eryn Vorn Posts: 1,659	No dissing on Harry Potter. It deserved some more nominations. Same with Memento. I haven't seen either Beautiful Mind or Training Day, so I can't really judge. But Russel's cool. __________________ Fingolfin lives! ... in my finger! The Crossroads of Arda - Warning. Halfwit content. Not appropriate for people with IQ of over 18. The Fellowship of the Message Board Nyáréonié - The Tale of Tears

03-25-2002, 01:36 AM	#140
olsonm Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: minneapolis MN Posts: 920	If Moulin Rouge wins best pic will bropous explode? __________________ Gandalf lives...oh and Frodo too. Haldir Lives!!!

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