The Oscars - Page 13

Snowflake · 02-27-2007, 08:25 AM

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I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this already, but iTunes has the short films on sale on their site. Both animated and live action. I think that's cool. I may buy The Danish Poet.

Oh, great! I'm going to the iTunes store tonight.

Gemini Cricket · 02-26-2007, 10:26 PM

Holy cow! Babette knows Kevin Costner!

Gemini Cricket · 02-26-2007, 10:31 PM

Oh, can I also add that while I love Helen Mirren, her "Ladies and Gentlemen I give you The Queen" moment was a little too uppity for me. It didn't play well with me for some reason.

Alex · 02-26-2007, 10:53 PM

My problem with it was that it didn't really make any sense.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-26-2007, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Oh, can I also add that while I love Helen Mirren, her "Ladies and Gentlemen I give you The Queen" moment was a little too uppity for me. It didn't play well with me for some reason.

Yeah, somehow I don't think that went quite the way she thought it did in her head.

Babette, don't know who the presenter is, but they gave the accountants/secret-until-envelope-opening-on-stage spiel over the closing credits.

innerSpaceman · 02-27-2007, 12:23 AM

Eh, I think her Queen Oscar thing was ok. A tad flat ... but, by God, it was her umpteenth acceptance speech for that role.

I think it was a nice way of saying that, despite all the previous accolades, the royalty level of Oscar still meant something to her.

I think she may have been fudging that a bit, but I appreciated the sentiment of trying to make the Oscar win something somehow more than her previous seven.

katiesue · 02-27-2007, 10:28 AM

I have a problem with actors portraying someone who's either still alive or I've seen actual film/tape of, for example JFK or Queen Elizabeth. If they're portraying an actual person, but someone I'm not familair with say Erin Brockavich or Henry VIII then it doesn't bother me as much because I don't have a reference point.

mousepod · 02-27-2007, 10:52 AM

Fuzzy is exactly my point. If one is going to argue that less "creation... detracts from overall greatness," then many of the Best Picture winners since 1959 (the arbitrary year we're talking about) have been based on stories created before the film. Not including the ones I mentioned above, you still have:

1962 - biopic (Lawrence of Arabia)
1963 - novel adaptation (Tom Jones)
1964 - stage musical (My Fair Lady)
1965 - stage musical (The Sound of Music)
1966 - stage play (A Man For All Seasons)
1967 - novel adaptation (In The Heat of the Night)
1969 - novel adaptation (Midnight Cowboy)
1970 - biopic (Patton)
1971 - non-fiction book (fictionalized) (The French Connection)
1972 - novel adaptation (The Godfather)
1973 - non-fiction book (fictionalized) (The Sting)
1975 - novel adaptation (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)

etc etc.

Not Afraid · 02-27-2007, 11:32 AM

I guess I don't care much if the story is a remake or the character has a place IRL. I just want a compelling story and quality acting - and great visuals.

mousepod · 02-27-2007, 11:34 AM

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I guess I don't care much if the story is a remake or the character has a place IRL. I just want a compelling story and quality acting - and great visuals.

Hear, hear.

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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Fuzzy is exactly my point. If one is going to argue that less "creation... detracts from overall greatness," then many of the Best Picture winners since 1959 (the arbitrary year we're talking about) have been based on stories created before the film. Not including the ones I mentioned above, you still have: 1962 - biopic (Lawrence of Arabia) 1963 - novel adaptation (Tom Jones) 1964 - stage musical (My Fair Lady) 1965 - stage musical (The Sound of Music) 1966 - stage play (A Man For All Seasons) 1967 - novel adaptation (In The Heat of the Night) 1969 - novel adaptation (Midnight Cowboy) 1970 - biopic (Patton) 1971 - non-fiction book (fictionalized) (The French Connection) 1972 - novel adaptation (The Godfather) 1973 - non-fiction book (fictionalized) (The Sting) 1975 - novel adaptation (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) etc etc. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I guess I don't care much if the story is a remake or the character has a place IRL. I just want a compelling story and quality acting - and great visuals.
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