Posted on 02/22/2009 4:06:23 PM PST by lewisglad
me too although I’ve lost a lot of respect for diane lane I had no idea she has been married to josh brolin for four years
And the usual posters of past oscars threads are gone at fr
Did the pharmacist cause him to overdose?
There are already tons of indepenedent filmmakers. The idea of Hollywood as some monolithic entity ceased being true in the 1960s.
I don't know about that, but Judy Garland is one of the greatest entertainers in this country's history. She did it all and she did it all spectacularly.
I do not want whatever it is you're smoking.
Branson makes movies? Who knew.
Competition is still legal in the US.
Good idea. There can be an alternative.
I can’t believe the Mongolian film industry is actually producing better movies than Hollywood.
Man on Wire was a docu about the guy that walked a tightrope between the tops of the two World Trade Center Towers back in 1973, I think it was. I saw a bit about it on CBS Sunday Morning today. He was in his early 20’s and it was about his preparations for the stunt. The guy was the Frenchman who just balanced the Oscar on his chin.
he was a great talent and that is how i choose to remember him
Stick around, the party's just starting and in a minute we're doing our Susan Sarandon/Tim Robbins tribute.
One of my favorites on You Tube is this live Command Performance for our troops from 1943, Judy Garland introduced by Bob Hope to sing Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8hABGhMiPk
LOL!
I agree (about taking cinema seriously), but something happened in the 70s or early 80s and cinema, not only here but abroad as well has faded. Or not really, interesting films continued to be made, oftentimes in Third World countries, it’s just that interest in them has faded from what it was in the 50s and 60s. I don’t know what it was, television or outdoor activities like running, yeah running, what else?!
Save it for Palladin. I thought the guy was a good actor.
ditto
I don’t even rent them. Once in a while I’ll catch one on cable but usually I watch a few seconds and am put off. Especially by violence. Like I NEED false adrenalin coursing through my blood. I can get the real thin on my bikes and boat.
Every once in a while one will grab me, like Children of Men. But then I probably saw something there completely antithetical to the writer’s intent.
EFF You Holly weird. Eat dirt and die.
I was speaking hypothetically.
Look at Rush Limbaugh’s success. Why is it, he has a hundred million dollar contract?
Simple. He is offering something, which people are starved for. He’s not PC. He’s not a leftwing maroon.
Hollywood has become, the very archtype of leftwing maroonity. And a (lot) of people would flock to real competition.
A cinematic equivalent of Rush Limbaugh.
The studio iteration, of Fox News Channel.
I’m surprized it hasn’t already happened.
The market would be massive. Someone will make a fortune, offering a real alternative.
TE probably doesn’t like it that AMERICANS invent cutting edge technology for movies. AMERICANS create the best animation and special effects.
Maybe he/she’d be happier if this was an Iranian art.
Palladin?
That’s the guy that started the Ledger rants. I was responding to him and you didn’t follow the train of thought of the comments.
Maybe so, but “greatest” is highly subjective, and I for one don’t subscribe to it when it comes to Judy Garland or, say, Sammy Davis, Jr. In fact, I think that words like “greatest” and “amazing” should be used with great care, unless one is a teenager.
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