Posted on 03/05/2006 8:49:15 PM PST by paudio
Original Score: "Brokeback Mountain," Gustavo Santaolalla.
But, of course...
Better put some ice on that!
Semen and feces did not win.
A (c)RAP song beat Dolly Parton.
George Clooney looks like a human raccoon.
John Stewart is less funny than Will Farrell. (Farrell is not funny at all).
The only people that care about the Oscars are the people that are in the Oscars.
We probably could, but if we posted it here we'd be suspended, if not banned.
Yeah. I'm not even a fan of rap music, but I love this movie. It was stripped down, simple, and every character just howled off the screen. I've heard that this was the year of George Clooney, but in my mind it was Terrence Howard's.
Please tell your neighbor he did a great job.
I bought the DVD the day it came out for sale.
If you like ironies, it's loaded.
Morgan Freeman can be a leftie, but he's also taken some very, very sane positions that make me applaud him. And he's a fantastic actor.
See thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1541176/posts
Penguins was dissapointment...over rated.
No, it wasn't. It was a "portrait" of a white Democrat city councilman (excuse me: "councilperson") who runs all around the place insisting he's "sensitive" and a detective (who happens to be black) who is persuaded that he should suppress evidence that would exonerate a white cop facing prison because he is thought of as being "racist" (the message clearly delivered in the movie being that because he is "racist," he probably deserves to be in prison for that alone), among other similar plot lines.
Didn't watch the Oscars, but I'm not surprised to read that this piece of politically correct agitprop took the top honors...
Well, the light-in-the-boots crowd needed something to make them forget they were essentially watching gay porn...cue up the music! (BTW, I wonder if it goes "bo-chicki-bow-wow")
"just doesn't have the same pazazz."
"Sheepboy Love Story" doesn't have the pazazz but it sure is more descriptive. :-)
Joaquin Phoenix was absolutely phenomenal in Walk the Line. It's a shame he didn't win Best Actor, but that wasn't surprising.
About the saddle. Will someone tell them the horn goes towards the front of the horse.
Crash doesn't even rise to the level of 'agitprop'. It is tepid, predictable, and safe.
Perfect Oscar material.
He doesn't need to know much. The writer does. It's Lee's job to put the film together and make it "feel" I guess would be the best word.
Honestly, I wasn't too impressed by any of the Best Picture nominees.
Tell you what, we'll use the Karl Rove "Thought Control-minator" to agree on one and it can be our little secret! But don't tell anyone on FR we're having this conversation!
I haven't seen the movie (Brokeback), but what little bit I did see at tonight's Oscars was embarrassing, seeing two gay "cowboys" (yeah, right) talk about their "love" was a little bit like smelling someone's dirty laundry, it certainly wasn't Oscar-worthy, because it more on the order of a big embarrassment.
Brokeback is not a commercial failure. People that want do argue with the message of the film need to stop saying that, it makes them look like fools.
It cost 14 million to make, and has already made upwards of 70 million, and that's just in domestic, pre-DVD dollars.
Argue with the social message of the movie all you want, but don't make an ass out of yourself doing it.
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