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jokerboy: -- yeah i forgot about mike. every character in that movie was fully realized and compelling. i just loved that movie. timeless. do you think robert downy should've been nominated? i think his performance was way too stereotypical but it was funny.

Feb 22 - 10:12 PM

jack giroux

Yeah I mean I love Benjamin Button, its an excellent movie. Now do I think its a great perfect movie, no. I still feel like the third act was rushed, I would have loved seeing scenes of Benjamin living in India while he can't be there for his daughter. Hopefully we see Fincher's 3 hour cut to fix that. But yeah its really such a lovely movie, that I think is not just a great romance movie but a great movie about life and death. I think more people will love it somewhere down the line. Yeah I thought Downey was hilarious and that role could have come across as offensive but it didn't it came off as funny as hell, so yeah I think he earned his nomination.

Feb 22 - 10:17 PM

Drizzt Reznicek

gotcha.

Feb 22 - 10:19 PM

Max Grafe

I'm just forever embittered by the fact that everybody spontaneously orgasmed over the Slumdog score just because it's the first Bollywood score to really make it stateside.

Feb 22 - 10:15 PM

Andrew Mehegan

I think Benjamin Button was faithful enough to the source material.

(joke)

Feb 22 - 10:19 PM

Andrew Mehegan

and wow, for that dumb joke to work, it would have to be "was not faithful".

HAHA, I'm an idiot.

Feb 22 - 10:20 PM

script doctor

Overall I liked the approach they took to the telecast this year. Still up in the air about how they presented the best acting categories; it was cool to see past winners introducing the nominees, but it seemed a little too self-indulgent at times. I mean, it's not like they cured cancer.

I was rooting for Rourke, but after Tomei lost, I had a feeling that maybe he wasn't going to win either. Although I haven't seen Milk, I'm sure Penn was deserving, he's usually good in every role. Even still, it would have been cool to see a long shot win, like Jenkins. Glad to see Ledger getting a posthumus oscar. Even if he hadn't have died, I believe he would have still been nominated.

As for the haters who like to flame another's beliefs or lifestyle, I'm sure everyone realizes just how sad your life must be to carry around so much hate. It must be hard seeing successful people realizing their dreams, and being honoured for their accomplishments. The best you can do is sit in your basement and anonymously troll forums trying to extol your "wisdom" on others. And that's really sad.

Feb 22 - 10:26 PM

jack giroux

YES! I really hope people watch The Visitor now. Jenkins was great in it and its a really good movie... well going to go to bed now, you damn west coast folks are 3 hours back in the past, DAMN U PAST PEOPLE!

Feb 22 - 10:29 PM

Kenneth Linck

I'll second that, joker. The Visitor was a lot better than Benjamin Button (for instance), and either female role could've been a best supporting actress contender.

I do think that Ledger would've been nominated if he hadn't died. And while no one else would've done what he did with that role, I think tha tsome of the names that were bandied about earlier in the casting--like Paul Bettany, Johnny Depp, or even Crispin Glover--might've done good things with it that we can't even imagine...just as no one could've seen Ledger's Joker coming.

Feb 22 - 10:38 PM

michigan fan

actually homosexual activity is not against nature. Beetles, sheep, fruit bats, dolphins, orangutans and many others engage in homo sex. And as far as 95% being religious, that is not evidence of truth. Too often people do that, usually when they lack any convincing statements.

Feb 22 - 10:27 PM

Drizzt Reznicek

religion sucks why are you on this site. go harass a christiansciencemonitor or something. and yes its against nature because 2 gays cant reproduce.

Feb 22 - 10:30 PM

michigan fan

when you say against nature you don't even know what exactly you mean. that is what I mean by collapse of critical thinking. look what you said: against nature because they can't reproduce. That would mean that almost everything that exists in the universe is against nature because they cannot reproduce. You see, when you have an opinion about something, you should try to figure out why, which would require thinking.

Feb 22 - 10:35 PM

Drizzt Reznicek

religion sucks r: lol ok man but you didnt answer my first question.

Feb 22 - 10:37 PM

michigan fan

i was on for the movies but had to chime in

Feb 22 - 10:38 PM

Mr X

MICKEY ROURKE WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!!

Feb 22 - 10:44 PM

Sam Robb

Mickey Rourke got robbed... unacceptable.

Feb 22 - 10:51 PM

Drizzt Reznicek

i like all of there movies except that one with george clooney. theyre sweet at controlling whats going on. you never know whats coming up. (especially that part in fargo when you see the wood chipper)
-what in your opinion is the most overrated and underrated movie of all time?
me:
Overrated: Citizen Kane: (damn good but really best film ever? as a lot of people call it)
Underrated: 2001 a space odyssey: (not underrated by fans but i have not seen a better movie. maybe i'm crazy)

Feb 22 - 10:51 PM

Kenneth Linck

Kane only seems overrated (to me) if you forget that it was the first of its kind. All of its innovative camera work and editing was unprecedented at the time. I'd still call it the best; films would look different now if we hadn't had that then.

Feb 22 - 10:55 PM

Greg White

Rourke got completely and utterly robbed... Slumdog was definitely overrated... The only deserving award given out all night was to Heath Ledger, and I fear that if he had not died (RIP), he would not have received the award. Sean Penn was great in "Milk," but I am just sick of these movies winning awards because they are touchy-feely-inspirational flicks. Slumdog and Milk truly didn't deserve the awards they won; they won because of their subject matter, not because they were the most deserving. Way to go Academy, you screwed up again!

Feb 22 - 11:00 PM

Nate 2709

Presto got screwed, I'd have gotten 20/25 if not for that animated cube house bull****!

Feb 22 - 11:02 PM

Nate 2709

I'd have been more happy with a Milk or Frost/Nixon Best Picture win, but can't deny the appeal of Slumdog. I look forward to watch it on Blu-Ray next month!

Feb 22 - 11:04 PM

Drizzt Reznicek

did anyone here see rev road? i think dicapprio couldve held his own

Feb 22 - 11:08 PM

Matt Mason

Wow, I didnt expect the gay rights talk here so much, though it makes sense to a degree, Hollywood will swing towards it every time. Look at Brokeback Mountain, it was all hyped but where is it today? No body cares about it today, the Oscars are more fun for movie fans than the honor they truly should be. Rourke deserved that award, I think Penn even knew it.

Feb 22 - 11:10 PM

Drizzt Reznicek

yeah penn even acknowledged rourke in his speech. that might be rourkes last chance you know. o well.

Feb 22 - 11:16 PM

Solonik -

Seriously, wtf Rourke was robbed outright!

Feb 22 - 11:18 PM