Oh, BS! Some treacly disease-of-the-week movie beats out The Aviator? Gimme-a-break!
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Jaime Foxx's speech was great.
It says a lot about the Academy when you can accurately predict at least 7 out of the 8 major awards. I was hoping for at least one upset (such as Kate Winslet or Thomas Hayden Church). Ah well...
Oh, and Scorcese was robbed...yet again. Eastwood would've won any other year but last year for Mystic River, and this was just the Academy making amends. But Scorcese's got at least a good 10 years left, if he keeps his health.
Oh yeah, and can we give whoever thought we needed BeyonceX3 on our TV tonight deserves a Russell Crowe punch in the chin."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the Mooninite
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Well it isn't like The Aviator was Scorcese's best work. Perhaps he was deserving of Gangs of New York, but not this year. Glad MDB won though. Good flick.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Well it isn't like The Aviator was Scorcese's best work. Perhaps he was deserving of Gangs of New York, but not this year. Glad MDB won though. Good flick.
And more - it was better than Million Dollar Baby.
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Btw, Laura and I saw Sideways today and found it totally unworthy of its B. Picture nomination, especially in a year with The Incredibles, Fahrenheit 9/11, and even Passion of the Christ in it. Sorry, Sideways, but I declare you to be Unworthy. You're not even 1/4 the film that Election was.
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And more - it was better than Million Dollar Baby.
Perhaps this isn't the best argument, but IMDB ratings:
Million Dollar Baby - 8.4 (#103 in IMDB's top 250)
Aviator - 7.6 (not in the Top 250)
Rotten Tomatoes:
Million Dollar Baby - 92% Fresh (95% - Cream of the Crop, 8.6/10 - average rating)
Aviator - 89% Fresh (81% - Cream of the Crop, 7.5/10 - average rating)“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Oh, and speaking of Sideways:
Rotten Tomatoes:
96% Fresh (97% - Cream of the Crop, 8.7/10 - average rating)
IMDB:
8.1 (#188 in Top 250)
Sooo... Sideways seems to have more than a little of a claim to be where it was.
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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