They ain't grabbin' me.
So let me get this straight (no pun intended).
The media overhypes a movie as groundbreaking and courageous (when in reality it is hardly groundbreaking or courageous), and no one sees the movie....
So now they're banking on the American public wanting to see the movie because its going to be showcased on an awards show that no one will watch??
And they wonder why box office receipts are plummeting.
When the Oscars even consider a film or story such as Brokeback Mtn, echoed with Capote, they have successfully managed to insure a large segment of the viewing audience will never return to even tolerating the Oscars being reported, let alone shown on their television sets by simply switching to any other channel.
"Crash" was the only one of the nominated movies that I saw. It utterly sucked. It was incomprehensible.
"Cinderella Man" was an excellent movie, but got shut out of all the major nominations. I think it got nominated for supporting actor and makeup.
Although I never watch artsy-fartsy Leftist awards, "Brokeback" is the one reason I WOULDN'T WATCH the KY Jelly awards tonight if I normally did. I'm not "into" sexual deviancy and it’s perverts.
The oscars and hollywierd, what a waste.
The fags can pound sand.
Liberal thinking and planning is so stupid and predictable. I AM NOT tuning in to the Oscars tonight on account of all the gay crap. Will be checking out Free Republic tomorrow as someone will post the ratings for tonight and hope Hollywood loses their ass. (pun not intended)
Not that I ever have had an interest in watching this self adoring bit of puffery--but because of "brokeback", I'll be sure not to watch.
What is an oscar?
NEWS FLASH FOR HOLLYWEIRD!!!! BumpRump Mounting Movie Bank is in Default! Belly-Up! BROKE!
Or is it cowboys playing gays?
Why watch? Few of us who make up the mass audience have seen this year's Oscar movies. If we watched the "stars" go down the red carpet, most of us wouldn't know their names or what movies they had been in lately.
Take a pass on the show and the "winning" movies too.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
At least they didn't put Felicity Hoffman in this category. It's between Hoffman (Capote) and Ledger (Brokeback). I was thinking it would be a Brokeback sweep to give it the big push that it needs for DVD sales, but I think they'll share the wealth and give it to Hoffman. "Walk the Line" is being snubbed totally.
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
George Clooney's politics beats out Gyllenhaal's homosexuality.
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Felicity Huffman wins by default because "Walk the Line" is being snubbed. The rationale will be "Hello? It's Reese Witherspoon." (So they'll go with a Desperate Housewife). (sidenote: the movie probably would have been more interesting if the lead was a male actor.)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Didn't see any of them. (Actually, I haven't seen anything from any of the categories, so far, but you really don't need to to know how the voting will go. You only need to see them to know how they should go.) The women in Brokeback are an afterthought, but the actors won't win, so Michelle Williams will win. Rachel Weisz, however, will be the hottest one of the five there that night.
Best animated feature film of the year
I only saw "Corpse Bride" but I'm thinking "Howl's Moving Castle" wins. I don't know why, but I am. (I have to rent W&G.)
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in makeup
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Achievement in visual effects
I have come to believe that the technical folks actually value their craft more than their politics, so I won't hazard many guesses because I've seen few of the films involved. King Kong will probably be tossed one and Geisha, which had been an Oscar contender not long ago, will probably get the costumes. Makeup will go to Star Wars or Narnia (which had nice period costumes, too, but wasn't nominated).
Achievement in directing
Ang Lee, straight off his directing of "The Hulk" is a shoe-in. ("Straigh off", heh heh, I crack me up.)
Best documentary feature
“March of the Penguins” was such a wonderful little picture that it probably won't win. At least there isn't a Moore film in the category. I don't really know the other movies in the category, so no further info.
Best documentary short subject
Based on the title alone, the winner is “God Sleeps in Rwanda”.
Achievement in film editing
Brokeback isn't nominated, so they'll toss this one to Munich. Walk the Line will be snubbed.
Best foreign language film of the year
Italy usually does well in this category, so that's “Don’t Tell”, but don't count out “Tsotsi” from South Africa.
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Another “Brokeback Mountain” win
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
For once, I haven't been hearing the songs on the radio, so I know little about them individually. Gut-check tells me to go with the pair of Dolly Parton and Transamerica.
Best motion picture of the year
Duh. “Brokeback Mountain” will repeat from the Director category.
Best animated short film
No information. Not political.
Best live action short film
No information. Not political.
Adapted screenplay
“Brokeback Mountain”. Granted, there's a lot of PC crap to spread the manure around, which might allow for a surprise.
Original screenplay
"Good Night, and Good Luck.” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov is just about a lock. It'll be funny if Clooney loses out to Syriana, but they wouldn't do that to him.
And that's the way it'll be, Oscar Night 2006. z
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Clooney never looked better than when blood was running from his nose and mouth while playing the derelict drunk estranged from his family who was assisted in his death by the orderly hooking him up to an I.V. mainlining pure ethanol on his way to death's door.
A certain sort of peace descended upon his otherwise condescending face.
The lesson they took away from Passion of the Christ should not have been that controversy sells. (Insert illustrations: Fahrenheit 9/11 and Brokeback Mountain here.)
It should have been that Passion of the Christ was not controversial in places outside of Hollywood and leftist organizations...and therefore was successful.
Oh, and I haven't watched an Oscars ceremony since the late 80s. That was also about the time I quit wasting my money on them.