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Topic: THE FUCKING BOURNE ULTIMATUM? REALLY? (Read 44345 times)
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angry.bob
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WHAT THE FUCK? WAS THIS SOME SORT OF TRICKSY JOKE? BETTER THAN THERE WILL BE BLOOD OR NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN?
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« Last Edit: February 24, 2008, 07:12:11 PM by angry.bob »
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Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
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Samwise
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Is this in regards to one of those bullshit awards ceremonies that I try hard to ignore because they're bullshit?
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stray
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What? Did it win Best Picture or something? Lol. I didn't watch the awards --- I'd be surprised if it was even nominated for anything...
I didn't think it was that good -- though I liked the series as a whole, and accept it at least on that level.
As far as action movies go though, there were better last year.
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caladein
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Best Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing ( source). I don't know how you guys got Best Picture out of any of those three awards. That said, I  the Bourne movies. |
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stray
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I just haven't kept track of the Academy Awards. Didn't know what it was nominated for. I figured if Bob was pissed though, then the Award must have been significant.
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angry.bob
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Ah, I see what they did there. They had the jerkoff speech about how only XX movies have ever won Best Picture followed by the jerkoff film montage tribute to all the movies that won Best Picture with a clip from each one, then then went immediately to giving out the Best Film Editing award. I must have missed hearing that. It wasn't even nominated for best picture, thank god. Still though, it's a fucking travesty it even won the editing award.
Someone needs to make a movie starring Garry Oldman, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Tim Curry. and maybe Raph Fienes.
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« Last Edit: February 24, 2008, 07:48:02 PM by angry.bob »
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Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muß man schweigen.
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Samwise
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Bourne won an award for its headache-inducing editing? Lol wut?
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caladein
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To bring some slight closure, No Country actually did win Best Picture.
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Samwise
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Apparently even a broken clock is right twice a day.
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schild
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I'm pretty happy with the Oscar results.
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Chenghiz
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Bourne won an award for its headache-inducing editing? Lol wut?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it wasn't it the camerawork that was headache-inducing, not the editing? |
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Bourne won an award for its headache-inducing editing? Lol wut?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it wasn't it the camerawork that was headache-inducing, not the editing? yes. The editors deserved an award fro making an understandable film out of the mess that epileptic 90 year old with the 150 pound hand cam filmed. |
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Sky
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Fiancee wanted to watch this tripe. I told her I'd go do my taxes because it would be more entertaining than watching a bunch of industry people jacking each other off about their mostly shitty films. Awards shows are so vapid and irrelevant, it's hard for me to believe people actually watch them. Grammies? Kanye please.
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I watched for Jon Stewart and hot chicks in evening gowns. Plenty of both, so I was entertained.
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I think one awesome movie per year is asking too much of the movie industry.
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Watching this show never even crosses my mind. Of course, I never see any of the films until they're on DVD, anyway. However, even if I saw all the films, watching this show would never even cross my mind.  |
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Ookii
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What's with all the hate? This year was pretty spot on, in fact it was a great year for movies in general.
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Sky
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Signe
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Well, I have some of those movies on my queue and have actually seen a couple. I'll be ready to comment on who deserved what about this time next year. I generally don't enjoy award shows, though. I enjoy watching everyone fight about them here, though, so don't stop or anything.
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Viin
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No Country for Old Men wasn't that great. It mostly about killing people just because.
Juno was way better, and I didn't even see the other ones up for nomination.
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Juno is such a load of suckage that is should be grateful to even be mentioned in the same sentence as No Country for Old Men.
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lamaros
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When was the last time the best picture actually went to a really good film. I'm going to have to find some sort of list...
Hmm, 74. That's a while. I guess I won't worrying too much about who wins it this year then.
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Viin
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Juno is such a load of suckage that is should be grateful to even be mentioned in the same sentence as No Country for Old Men.
What the hell kinda meaningful message did you get from No Country for Old Men? Don't live in Texas? |
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schild
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Who said it was about a message?
The dialogue in Juno was overrated trash.
But then, I think the same about that other movie with all the yellow.
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Viin
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They already have a category for best actor/actress, cinematography, and special effects - what's left? :P
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Evil Elvis
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No Country for Old Men wasn't that great. It mostly about killing people just because.
Juno was way better, and I didn't even see the other ones up for nomination.
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Tebonas
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Yay, we won an Oscar.
For a movie only seen by around 70000 people, which proves it must be art.
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Abagadro
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Yay, we won an Oscar.
For a movie only seen by around 70000 people, which proves it must be art.
If you are referring to No Country For Old Men, those 70k people must have each paid 1500 bucks to see it. If you are referring to something else, I have no idea what point you are trying to make. Few people seeing it make it no less or more art than more people seeing it. |
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Rasix
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I think he's Austrian. They won the foreign film category.
First Oscars in a while where I wasn't really disappointed with any of the major picks. "There Will Be Blood" was amazing and rightfully won best cinematography, but I can see it losing to No Country in the other major categories. It could have also won, and I'd have been fine with that. At least Daniel Day Lewis didn't get hosed again.
Juno as best picture. Eh, it was good and I enjoyed it... but no. If anything they should have made room by dropping a non-contender for Rattatoie, which was kind of sadly relegated to the best animated picture category (I don't think it was better than TWBB or No Country, but it was a damn fine movie, animated or not).
<--- Winner.
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Tebonas
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I'm talking about "The Counterfeiters" (The foreign movie Oscar).
The movie was criminally ignored up to today, it could only be seen in some special cinemas. Now its the best film ever and everybody knew it. The hypocrisy of our media kills me right now.
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When was the last time the best picture actually went to a really good film. I'm going to have to find some sort of list...
Hmm, 74. That's a while. I guess I won't worrying too much about who wins it this year then.
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stu
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How about The Silence of the Lambs (1991)?
edit: waitaminute... Unforgiven, Schindler's List, American Beauty, and The Departed are all great flicks. And I rate No Country up there with The Godfather Part II.
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« Last Edit: February 26, 2008, 08:06:51 AM by stu »
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Dear Diary,
Jackpot!
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Going backwards through the best pictures, here are the ones I've seen and liked:
2003 - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - I liked Fellowship better, but this was an homage to the three of them and we all know it.
2000 - Gladiator - I liked it a lot. Did it deserve Best Picture? I saw Crouching Tiger and Traffic as well that year. I can't say either one of them were better in terms of my enjoyment.
1995 - Bravehart - I simply loved this movie when I was in high school, and I still love it today. Our mascot was the Fighting Scots, so we watched it a lot.
1994 - Forest Gump - It's a well-told work that spans decades in a very approachable manner with a lot of subtle humor. Still, Shawshank got SCREWED.
1991 - Silence of the Lambs - It's a great movie and I still like watching it. Some would argue JFK was better, but I don't fall in that camp at all.
You get into the 80's and they all kinda suck. Nothing in that decade stands out. I kind of want to remember that decade as the time art forgot about.
The 70's were much better. Patton, The Godfather I and II, and The Deer Hunter. Jaws got screwed I think.
The only one in the 60's I've seen is Lawrence of Arabia, and LORDY is it long and boring in parts.
Beyond that Casablanca and Gone with the Wind remain in the earlier stuff I've seen and liked.
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Nebu
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1999 - American Beauty
1996 - The English Patient
1994 - Forrest Gump
1991 - Silence of the Lambs
1986 - Platoon
There are a few good films on that list. This was an exceptionally weak year.
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