And the Oscar goes to.. (Best Film)

[GePap]

Well, besides the war, the Oscars are also coming up (hey, perhaps we can call it the "Oscar's War"? (nah).

So, which picture do you think will win the award: this is different from which you think should win the award, or whether you think it should have even been nominated. Those are things to write in your posts.

So, the five contenders are:

The Hours: a Drama based on a novel about Several women contemplating thier lives and perhaps ending them (as far as I know, if this is inaccurtae, someone who saw it correct it: this is the only of the five I have not seen)

The Pianist: the story of a Jewish pianist's survival of the Holocaust living in Warsaw.

Chicago: A musical, based on a Bob Fosse 1970's production, about the corrutness of the media frenzy.

Gangs of New York: an epic about the battle between nativists and Irsh immigrants in NYC, along with the Draft riots of 1863.

LoTR: the Two Towers: Fantasy Epic based on Tolkien's world, the middle part of a three film cycle.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'm not going to vote because I've only seen LoTR: TTT, but I really want to see 'Gangs of New York' and 'The Pianist'. I'm even vaguely interested in 'Chicago'.

[Boris Godunov]

The Pianist should win, although I have doubts that it will. It is a wonderful movie.

LotR would be next on my list, but I haven't seen The Hours, so don't know.

[Static Universe]

Re: And the Oscar goes to.. (Best Film)

Originally posted by GePap

The Pianist: the story of a Jewish pianist's survival of the Holocaust living in Warsaw.

Anything Holocaust related seems like a sure fire winner every year at the Oscars. I wonder why that is?

[GePap]

What, people in Poly don't go out to watch movies?

[korn469]

i've seen lotr, but i haven't seen the rest of the oscar nominees, i'm more of an action flick type movie fan myself

[mactbone]

LotR has no chance at winning an award for two reasons - there is still a third one in the works (we can always give it to them then) and it has a fantasy setting which usually doesn't help.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Mac: and three... it wasn't that good . FotR was miles away a better flick.

[Dis]

wasn't The Pianist directed by that rapist?

Why the hell is France harbouring a criminal? It's not like we are giving him the death penalty.

[Dis]

in any case I have only seen two of them.

I had to vote for Gangs of New York because I believe that one will win.

[Imran Siddiqui]

wasn't The Pianist directed by that rapist?

Statutory rapist (with a 17 year old, IIRC). It is a bit better than regular rape.

[Static Universe]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

wasn't The Pianist directed by that rapist?

Statutory rapist (with a 17 year old, IIRC). It is a bit better than regular rape.

Actually, she was 13, and it was quite a serious charge that was reduced to statutory rape.

http://www.vachss.com/mission/roman_polanski.html

[Dis]

13

I would be more sympathetic if it was 17.

Supposedly he didn't know she was 13.

But that is inexcusable if you ask me.

I wonder why there were no organized boycotts of his movies.

[cinch]

I wonder why there were no organized boycotts of his movies.

A lot of people have rationalised it away, because, like you said, the girl supposedly "looked" legal. I, myself, have trouble believing that... But the situation is considering to be pretty murky by most, which may explain why he is so forgiven.

Now, Victor Salva, there's a guy whose movies should be boycotted...

But I digress.

As for the initial question:

I've only seen GANGS and LOTR... I thought GANGS was fantastic, so that'd probably be my vote. TWO TOWERS was good, but not great... FOTR was better, I agree with Imran on that.

[Static Universe]

Originally posted by Dissident
13

I would be more sympathetic if it was 17.

Supposedly he didn't know she was 13.

But that is inexcusable if you ask me.

I wonder why there were no organized boycotts of his movies.

And I guess he also didn't know Nastassja Kinski was 15 when he slept with her.