No kidding!
Get a grip, itsinthebag!
Let me help you with some pictorial therapy
Posted on 01/31/2006 5:52:22 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
The cowboy love story "Brokeback Mountain" led the Academy Awards field Tuesday with eight nominations, among them best picture and honors for actor Heath Ledger and director Ang Lee.
Also nominated for best picture were the Truman Capote story "Capote"; the ensemble drama "Crash"; the Edward R. Murrow chronicle "Good Night, and Good Luck"; and the assassination thriller "Munich."
The Johnny Cash biography, "Walk the Line," considered a likely best picture nominee, was shut out, though Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon earned acting nominations for the film.
George Clooney picked up two nominations, as supporting actor for his role as a steadfast CIA undercover agent in "Syriana" and best director for his Edward R. Murrow tale "Good Night, and Good Luck."
Along with best-actor contender Ledger, and directing nominee Lee, "Brokeback Mountain" scored nominations for Michelle Williams as supporting actress, Jake Gyllenhaal as supporting actor and Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana for their screenplay adaptation of Annie Proulx's short story.
I hope you can get past that because that's one of the things, they want ... to destroy our heroes.
Clint Eastwood as Oscar presenter:
And the award goes to:
(He opens the envelope)
I could just spit!
{The envelope is open)
Brokeback Mountain! You go gurl!
How many people, including my 80 yr old aunt, wanted to see Brokeback, thinking it was a regular love story?
How about a REAL cowboy movie - someone above suggested John Wayne?
I haven't watched any of them.
I prefer to stay away from the big screen except for special effects shows that I want to see very large.
None of them fit that or got my attention.
Utterly predictable...from the moment they even hinted that this movie was going to be made.
Crowe was outstanding, but Hollywood is punishing him again.
Get real!!! Welcome to Earth. Everyone said the same thing about the Golden Globes and it was the highest Globes in years. Remember not everyone in the U.S. follows freepers. Most people are not as "up" on things like we are. Why do you think the movie made over 50 million? That is where we get it wrong. We assume people won't go to see trash movies but that is not true. When brokeback first came out, we all thought that it would not even make it's 14 million back in production costs. We do get it wrong every now and then sorry to say. Who would have thought Wedding Crashers would be in the top 5 movies of 2005.
No kidding!
Get a grip, itsinthebag!
Let me help you with some pictorial therapy
I walked out of Constant Gardner. It was a snooze fest. I have not watched a more boring movie in years.
My girlfriend did!
she was thinking of going until I told her it was a homo proproganda movie
Really?????? Better than Cinderella Man, which wasn't even nominated.
Crash was good.. very interesting the way it was done.. and I loved Batman.
Exactly!
This is the FIRST time in my life I'll NOT be watching.
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Of course "Walk the Line" was shut out. You have a story about religious heterosexuals who regret their hedonistic acts and strive to have purpose beyond themselves. It's ANTI-HOLLYWOOD.
I'm so sick of homosexuals SHOVING their lifestyle down people's throat. Telling you a movie that is crap is art only makes it worse for them. As Paula Cole sang, "Where have all the cowboys gone?" They're too busy buttf%%*NG each other! That's where they've gone!
Constant Gardener, worst movie, I don't know why I went to that.
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