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  • Gladiator won. I was hoping for Traffic as Best Picture. Oh well....hopefully next year, Snatch wins.

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Gladiator won. I was hoping for Traffic as Best Picture. Oh well....hopefully next year, Snatch wins.

Your favorite band sucks, and you have terrible taste in movies.
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Gladiator won. I was hoping for Traffic as Best Picture. Oh well....hopefully next year, Snatch wins.

 #43158  by G-man Joe
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 2:33 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Gladiator won. I was hoping for Traffic as Best Picture. Oh well....hopefully next year, Snatch wins.</div>

 #43160  by Ishamael
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 2:37 pm
<div style='font: italic bold 14pt "Comic Sans MS", Modern; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>I still need to see Traffic...</div>

The Academy Awards were a travesty

 #43161  by Gentz
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 2:46 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Cell took Gladiator hands down in Visual Effects, and Russel Crowe was so not Best Actor. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for Best Picture, I suppose, and the same with Julia Roberts being Best Actress (because I didn't see Erin Brokovich)...I still don't like it though.</div>

 #43165  by Tortolia
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 3:55 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>I was happy they finished the telecast before midnight. And Steve Martin was quite amusing.</div>

 #43166  by Little Washu
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 4:03 pm
<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>The Cell didn't win best Visual Efffects because it wasn't nominated for it. Anyway, Hollow Man should've won it.</div>

 #43167  by Kupek
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 4:33 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I loved Snatch, but I don't think it's the type of movie that gets considered for best picture. Personally, I'm still bitter than Saving Private Ryan didn't win.</div>

 #43169  by Kupek
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 4:34 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Erin Brokovich is a very good movie, you might be surprised.</div>

 #43173  by Ishamael
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 4:45 pm
<div style='font: italic bold 14pt "Comic Sans MS", Modern; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>I think the Cell got nominated for make-up...</div>

 #43174  by Gentz
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 4:49 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Yes it was. Cell, Gladiator, Perfect Storm, and Hollow Man</div>

 #43175  by Gentz
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 4:49 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Yeah, it looked pretty good. That's why I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt</div>

 #43176  by Torgo
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 5:01 pm
<div style='font: 9pt Arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Anyone else catch Julia Roberts' laugh?</div>

 #43177  by Gentz
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 5:29 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Fell asleep halfway through her speech, woke up a couple hours later to see her leaving the stage : )</div>

 #43178  by Gilder
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 6:05 pm
<div style='font: 12pt Modern; text-align: left; '>Gladiator was the best, how could you NOT like that movie?</div>

 #43179  by Stephen_S
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 6:19 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Bet you $100 Snatch doesn't get a single nomination save for Best Editing.</div>

 #43180  by Gentz
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 6:50 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>I thought Gladiator was really good. I didn't see any of the competition though ('cept CTHD)</div>

 #43181  by Blotus
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 7:08 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Papyrus, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>I don't think Crowe deserved it for Gladiator. Maybe they're just making it up to him for The Insider and LA Confidential.</div>

 #43182  by Tessian
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 7:15 pm
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion, Modern; text-align: left; '>Gladiator was GREAT! W/O Crowe it wouldn't have been nearly as good</div>

 #43183  by Tessian
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 7:15 pm
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion, Modern; text-align: left; '>Sometimes I put in the DVD just to watch the opening battle :)</div>

 #43185  by Stephen_S
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 7:46 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Traffic's about twenty times better.</div>

 #43186  by Lee S.
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 7:48 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: justify; '>I agree. The visual effects in The Cell beat Gladiator any day of the week. Haven't seen much of the Best Picture nominees other than Gladiator or CTHD, so I'm not going to complain too much on that one.</div>

 #43188  by Gentz
 Mon Mar 26, 2001 8:05 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Oh please. Against Geoffrey Rush in Quills, Ed Harris in Pollock, or Tom Hanks in Castaway?</div>

 #43193  by New and Improved Zeus
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 12:00 am
<div style='font: 10pt "Arial bold", Modern; text-align: left; '>They have been a travesty for years</div>

 #43199  by Blotus
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 12:54 am
<div style='font: 10pt Papyrus, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>I didn't see any of those movies... but they must've all given "just good" performances if Crowe won for Gladiator.</div>

 #43200  by Crono
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 5:32 am
<div style='font: 12pt Arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Well, I hafta say, she did do an amazing job in Erin Brokovich. As for best actor, I didn't see two of the movies for it (Pollock or Castaway) so I'm not sure. They apparently didn't wanna just hand it to Tom Hanks, as he'd be setting a record that way.</div>

 #43201  by Crono
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 5:35 am
<div style='font: 12pt Arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Well hell, the "prize" they gave for shortest speech (lowend HDTV set) is hardly appealing to anyone with a Hollywood salary. They may as well have given away a two-week-old loaf of bread.</div>

 #43202  by S.Cody2
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 6:45 am
<div style='font: 10pt "Copperplate Gothic", Modern; text-align: left; '>She won because she's Julia Roberts, not because of her acting.</div>

 #43203  by S.Cody2
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 6:46 am
<div style='font: 10pt "Copperplate Gothic", Modern; text-align: left; '>The was barely any acting in Cast Away, it was a stupid nomination.</div>

 #43210  by Kupek
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 12:48 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Did you even see the movie?</div>

No comment.

 #43211  by S.Cody2
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 1:40 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "Copperplate Gothic", Modern; text-align: left; '>Of course not, but can you honestly say you've seen all the other nominees' work? Some of those clips were touching (the same thing happened with the SAG awards).

Basically Julia Roberts has never really been in an acting role of 'nomination caliber' (let's pretend that concept truly exists) and this is probably the only time she'd ever enter it (said it herself). And she's loved by all American moviegoers for some reason.

But no, I have not seen the movie. Don't tell me you've never made a conscious, half-cocked statement such as this before, either. :)</div>

 #43213  by Gentz
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 2:11 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>More than in Gladiator. Crowe had like 3 lines</div>

 #43214  by G-man Joe
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 2:15 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>I liked the movie, Erin Brokovich. But I didn't think it was Oscar calibre.</div>

I don't know exactly how the nomination system works in the Oscars, but...

 #43215  by Gentz
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 2:20 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Lots of webpages have info on nominees contrary to whether or not they actually were one of the final 4-5. I found pages with Castaway and Dinosaur and Chicken Run placed in the visual effects category. Your page means nothing.

Did you actually <i>watch</i> the awards ceremony, Slappy? Because, unless I'm <i>completely</I> insane, I distinctly remember them announcing Cell as one of the nominees and showing a little footage, and I distinctly remember myself jeering the screen when Gladiator beat it.</div>

 #43219  by Kupek
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 4:27 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Then you're not qualified at all to say why she got the award. I'm not all that fond of her and think she's basicaly know for her smile, but she was REALLY good in that movie. I was more impressed with it than I was Gladiator.</div>

 #43220  by Kupek
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 4:30 pm
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>You're saying it had no acting because he didn't interact much with other people, but that's not the case. I was very dissapointed with the movie, but Tom Hanks was incredible. Imagine trying to do everything he did.</div>

 #43222  by Gentz
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 5:50 pm
<div style='font: 9pt arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>Not everyone in the movie business is a millionaire</div>

 #43225  by G-man Joe
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 7:14 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "comic sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Well....this is Hollywood. I'll keep my hundred bucks, thank you.</div>

 #43229  by New and Improved Zeus
 Tue Mar 27, 2001 8:02 pm
<div style='font: 10pt "Arial bold", Modern; text-align: left; '>I'm not her biggest fan, but that movie was good. And she was darned good in it.</div>

 #43249  by S.Cody2
 Wed Mar 28, 2001 6:38 am
<div style='font: 10pt "Copperplate Gothic", Modern; text-align: left; '>I suppose it was Steven Soderbergh more than anything.</div>

Well no shit, man.

 #43250  by S.Cody2
 Wed Mar 28, 2001 6:39 am
<div style='font: 10pt "Copperplate Gothic", Modern; text-align: left; '>But have you yourself seen any of the other nominees?</div>

That's only one reason.

 #43251  by S.Cody2
 Wed Mar 28, 2001 6:48 am
<div style='font: 10pt "Copperplate Gothic", Modern; text-align: left; '>I have great respect for him and the fact that he actually went to a remote island and lost weight, but I was very unimpressed with some of the acting in the movie . Like at the end where he reunites Helen Hunt. That scene just seemed horribly forced to me. And the delivery of the package to that woman (before the weak ending) was certainly not his best work, to say the least.

And on top of that, almost every interaction with Wilson seemed like a continual gag to me, he didn't quite sell me on insanity, although it was funny (the last scene with 'him' was the emotional best, however).

Do you evaluate every movie you see using this process? Heh.</div>

Yes I did watch them and you're still wrong. 3 nominees and that's it. No Cell, ask someone else here. Even Ish said it was up for make-up. Because he doesn't recall seeing it in Visual effects AND...

 #43255  by Little Washu
 Wed Mar 28, 2001 11:15 am
<div style='font: 11pt Modern; text-align: left; '>how about the OFFICIAL Oscar website...

<a href="http://oscar.com/nominees/nominees_home ... car.com</a>

Once again, it wasn't nominated. So you're clearly insane. ;)</div>

 #43263  by SineSwiper
 Wed Mar 28, 2001 5:10 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>He talked more than that. Besides, there's more to acting than talking.</div>

 #43264  by SineSwiper
 Wed Mar 28, 2001 5:13 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>Argeed. It wasn't THAT good of a movie, and the acting was average. I'm still wondering why Titanic won anything those few years back. (At least last year's was pretty good.)</div>

 #43265  by SineSwiper
 Wed Mar 28, 2001 5:17 pm
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>Over what?</div>

 #43283  by Oracle
 Thu Mar 29, 2001 1:41 am
<div style='font: bold 12pt "Comic Sans MS", Modern; text-align: left; '>Uhhhh.....</div>

 #43302  by Kupek
 Fri Mar 30, 2001 1:25 am
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Shakespeare In Love.</div>

 #43309  by SineSwiper
 Fri Mar 30, 2001 2:42 am
<div style='font: 11pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", Modern; text-align: left; '>You're kidding?</div>

 #43315  by Kupek
 Fri Mar 30, 2001 9:56 am
<div style='font: 10pt Verdana, Tahoma, Modern; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Nope, Shakespeare in Love got best picture over Saving Private Ryan.</div>

 #43328  by Crono
 Fri Mar 30, 2001 6:19 pm
<div style='font: 12pt Arial, Modern; text-align: left; '>The HDTV's they give out go for $1700 retail. I know people on foodstamps who have one (no exaggeration).</div>
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