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Post by King Silva on Feb 28, 2011 1:53:35 GMT -5
Shawn Ryan (The Shield), tweeted: AMBER ALERT reported in LA. Little boy named Oscar taken from rightful owner David Fincher. Culprit believed to be foreigner. LMAO! I agree. I think I would have been a lot happier if Fincher won Best Director and TKS won Best Picture. I had no problem with The King's Speech but I did want The Social Network to win. But older voters decided to pick the safe option [if they were undecided] so it lost. Kinda sad but great movies always lose.
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Post by extreme on Feb 28, 2011 2:51:10 GMT -5
I've watched all the films nominated for best picture and while all the of them were absolute fantastic films, I have to say the King's Speech was the best for me. The scene of the actual speech is one of my favorite scenes in a film now.
I was a bit shocked to hear Tom Hooper winning best director as I believed Fincher was amazing and was a lock to win the category. It didn't turn out that way but I think Hooper did a great job.
I think it's more of a travesty that Christopher Nolan wasn't even given a directing nomination for Inception. The man practically defined directing by having total control of the making of a best picture nominated film. Absolute travesty.
Another thing I don't understand is why the film is shot down because of it being a film about British monarchs and royalty. Last time I checked, a British Monarch film hasn't won a best picture oscar for a long time (unless you count 'Shakespeare in Love' which was more than a decade ago). I can hardly see how it's oscar bait.
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Post by Noza on Feb 28, 2011 3:11:35 GMT -5
Although 'The King's Speech' was fantastic, The Social Network deserved Best Picture and Best Directer this year. That comment by the guy a few pages back about Facebook was absolutely nonsensical and packed to the rim with stupidity.
Michelle Williams and Haliee Stienfeld were robbed. Portman winning over Williams was tolerable, but Leo beating out Stienfeld is a disgrace. An absolute travesty. Moreso than 'The King's Speech' taking the Oscar over The Social Network.
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Post by extreme on Feb 28, 2011 3:16:55 GMT -5
Although 'The King's Speech' was fantastic, The Social Network deserved Best Picture and Best Directer this year. That comment by the guy a few pages back about Facebook was absolutely nonsensical and packed to the rim with stupidity. Michelle Williams and Haliee Stienfeld were robbed. Portman winning over Williams was tolerable, but Leo beating out Stienfeld is a disgrace. An absolute travesty. Moreso than 'The King's Speech' taking the Oscar over The Social Network. I agree about Haliee Stienfeld. She was awesome in True Grit. I was really pulling for her to win but Leo seemed like the winner from the get-go.
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Post by Byron F'N Saxton Fan on Feb 28, 2011 3:56:53 GMT -5
I didn't watch much of the Oscars, but I'm glad other people watched more.
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Post by King Silva on Feb 28, 2011 4:51:00 GMT -5
I didn't watch much of the Oscars, but I'm glad other people watched more. So is this the cue for every other person who thinks it is cool to post like that to come in here and do this? If so please don't even try it..
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Post by Byron F'N Saxton Fan on Feb 28, 2011 6:08:15 GMT -5
I didn't watch much of the Oscars, but I'm glad other people watched more. So is this the cue for every other person who thinks it is cool to post like that to come in here and do this? If so please don't even try it.. What cue? I'm saying, I watched the first 10-minutes of the Oscars, wasn't impressed, but judging by this Thread, others had a fun time watching more of it than I did.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2011 6:16:40 GMT -5
I had a feeling Portaman would win for Black Swan... but Im delighted it didnt win anything else.it truly didnt deserve to.
Im also shocked the Social Network didnt do better.
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Post by "The Visionary" Eldniw on Feb 28, 2011 9:42:09 GMT -5
I am still shocked that Trent Reznor won an Oscar! He and Atticus Ross won it for best original score or something like that, for their work on The Social Network score. That's excellent, haha!
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Post by J12 on Feb 28, 2011 9:47:19 GMT -5
I am still shocked that Trent Reznor won an Oscar! He and Atticus Ross won it for best original score or something like that, for their work on The Social Network score. That's excellent, haha! It was cool to see, and they certainly deserved it. The only other person that was comparable in that category was Hanz Zimmer, and while the score for Inception was absolutely fantastic, The Social Network's score was so original, incredibly emotional and unlike anything I've heard before in a movie.
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Post by captain master talbot on Feb 28, 2011 10:20:01 GMT -5
I now can say, the Academy Award winning film, The Wolfman.
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Post by Flava Dave on Feb 28, 2011 10:41:26 GMT -5
It's cool that people won awards I guess.
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Post by v/\v on Feb 28, 2011 10:57:28 GMT -5
So many other movies this year that were better than King's Speech, such a bummer that oscar bait movies like this about royalty always win. Exactly my thoughts, I've not seen the film nor do I have any desire to, nothing about it looks appealing, boring. Social Network & Inception are superb films. Shutter Island is also brilliant.
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Post by Edgeman05 on Feb 28, 2011 12:28:20 GMT -5
I now can say, the Academy Award winning film, The Wolfman. I was waiting for you to come in and say that. I went nuts when it won its Oscar!
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Post by extreme on Feb 28, 2011 13:11:38 GMT -5
So many other movies this year that were better than King's Speech, such a bummer that oscar bait movies like this about royalty always win. Exactly my thoughts, I've not seen the film nor do I have any desire to, nothing about it looks appealing, boring. Social Network & Inception are superb films. Shutter Island is also brilliant. How could you think a movie was worse than another movie without watching it?
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Post by Noza on Feb 28, 2011 13:26:56 GMT -5
I think the people complaining just havn't seen 'The King's Speech'. It is actually a VERY good film. I preferred The Social Network, but The King's Speech is a worthy winner.
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Post by v/\v on Feb 28, 2011 13:29:40 GMT -5
I can't. I didn't. Promos look boring. Should I see it because it won every top Oscar?....
I really do like to watch as much as I can but this has zero appeal to me. Is it a film that you can only get enjoyment or excitement out of by seeing it, I ask because you can't have seriously thought this film looks like a humdinger from seeing a promo.
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Post by extreme on Feb 28, 2011 14:32:53 GMT -5
I think there's this stigma about movies about historical monarchs among movie-goers because most of them tend to be boring and long--very dry when it comes to content.
I have to say though the King's Speech isn't like those movies at all. It isn't 100% seriousness the whole way through. There are definitely very light and humorous parts throughout the film especially scenes between King George VI and Lionel Logue.
You can kind of categorize it as a feel-good film since it's about an overcoming of hardship and disabilities. A stammering soon to be King at the start of WWII creating a friendship with an everyday man failed actor speech coach producing one of the most famous speeches in World History is definitely a story worthy of a film and I think the King's Speech nails it on the head.
It's definitely worth seeing it. You may not think it's the best movie of year, but it's far from bad. The performances from Colin Firth, Geoffery Rush, and Helena Bonham Carter are just phenomenal and really makes the movie as great as it is.
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Post by chumped on Feb 28, 2011 15:36:03 GMT -5
King's Speech was solid but extremely typical and unmemorable. The kind of movie that exists only while watching it, to me.
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Post by Noza on Feb 28, 2011 16:05:59 GMT -5
I really do like to watch as much as I can but this has zero appeal to me. Is it a film that you can only get enjoyment or excitement out of by seeing it, I ask because you can't have seriously thought this film looks like a humdinger from seeing a promo. Trust me, its not as "boring" as you may think it looks from the trailers. It is actually very funny and a fantastic feel-good movie. Actually, I did think it looked good from the trailers, but hey, thats just me.
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