Its Oscar night tomorrow and though is not going to be red carpet due to security for the war, the awards are going to be great anyway.
here are the nominees in the principal categories:

Best motion picture of the year
CHICAGO (Miramax)
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)
THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST (Focus Features)
Nicolas Cage in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Michael Caine in THE QUIET AMERICAN (Miramax and Intermedia)
Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
Jack Nicholson in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Ed Harris in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox)
John C. Reilly in CHICAGO (Miramax)
Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax)
Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
Diane Lane in UNFAITHFUL (20th Century Fox)
Julianne Moore in FAT FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features)
Renée Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Kathy Bates in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)
Julianne Moore in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)
Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax)
Meryl Streep in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best animated feature film of the year
ICE AGE
LILO & STITCH
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON
SPIRITED AWAY
TREASURE PLANET

Best Director
CHICAGO (Miramax) Rob Marshall
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese
THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Stephen Daldry
THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Roman Polanski
TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Pedro Almodóvar

Best documentary feature
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
DAUGHTER FROM DANANG
PRISONER OF PARADISE
SPELLBOUND
WINGED MIGRATION

Best foreign language film of the year
EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO- Mexico
HERO- People's Republic of China
THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST-Finland
NOWHERE IN AFRICA-Germany
ZUS & ZO -The Netherlands

Original song
Burn It Blue from FRIDA (Miramax)
Music by Elliot Goldenthal
Lyric by Julie Taymor
Father and Daughter from THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies)
Music and Lyric by Paul Simon
The Hands That Built America from GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)
Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
I Move On from CHICAGO (Miramax)
Music by John Kander
Lyric by Fred Ebb
Lose Yourself from 8 MILE (Universal)
Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
Lyric by Eminem

Best animated short film
THE CATHEDRAL
THE CHUBBCHUBBS!
DAS RAD
MIKE'S NEW CAR
MT. HEAD

Adapted screenplay
ABOUT A BOY (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz
ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
CHICAGO (Miramax) Screenplay by Bill Condon
THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Screenplay by David Hare
THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

Original screenplay
FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Written by Todd Haynes
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan
Story by Jay Cocks
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (IFC/Gold Circle Films) Written by Nia Vardalos
TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Pedro Almodóvar
Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (IFC Films) Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

and my favourites after seeing LotR, GoNY, Chicago, About Schmidt, The Pianist, 8 mile & Catch me if oyu can are:

Movie: Gangs of New York
Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Actress: Renee Zellweger
Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper
Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones
Director: Martin Scorcese
Song: Eminem - Lose Yourself
Animated Short: Mike's New car (from Monsters Inc DVD)
Animated Film: Ace Age

btw: I still think that The Two Towers is the best movie but its just not this year for Peter Jackson & co.:(
btw2: GoNY is really a great movie and Scorcese would be a very well deserved winner :rockman:

Here are my choices:

Best motion picture of the year
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best animated feature film of the year
ICE AGE

Best Director
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE

Best foreign language film of the year
ZUS & ZO -The Netherlands

Original song
Lose Yourself from 8 MILE (Universal)
Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
Lyric by Eminem

Best animated short film
DONT KNOW

Adapted screenplay
ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman

Original screenplay
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan
Story by Jay Cocks

Gangs of New York and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers will win most of the awards

Best motion picture of the year
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best animated feature film of the year
ICE AGE

Best Director
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature
no idea :S

Best foreign language film of the year
no idea :S

Original song
Lose Yourself from 8 MILE (Universal) - there's no way eminems gonna lose that

Best animated short film
no idea

Adapted screenplay
CHICAGO (Miramax) Screenplay by Bill Condon

Original screenplay
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

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Best motion picture of the year
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)


Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Renée Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Best animated feature film of the year
LILO & STITCH


Best Director
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese

Best documentary feature
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE

Best foreign language film of the year
EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO- Mexico


Original song
Lose Yourself from 8 MILE (Universal)


Best animated short film
MIKE'S NEW CAR


Adapted screenplay
ABOUT A BOY (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz

Original screenplay
Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (IFC Films) Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón

The Pianist is a great film.


I hope Michael Moore gets the documentary award.

Bowling for Columbine is what I'm hoping for too.

oh my god! did you heard Michaels Moore speech? he went totally againt the war and Bush and he got some people cheering and others booing. So good.

Also the guy that presented the song of "Frida" said anti-war comments and I cant wait to hear Susan Sarandon, she's so agains the war that she's definitely gonna say something :rockman:

Holy ****... did anyone else see Michael Moore's acceptance speech? He's not winning another Oscar again that's for sure. :D (:/)

Good on him. And why won't he get another Oscar? Cos he is honest?

Great speech, a lot of people were quit and were staring, a lot were booing to.

I'll post an MP3 for the people who didn't hear it.

Originally posted by rhizome17
Good on him. And why won't he get another Oscar? Cos he is honest?

Because he used the Oscars to promote his views on a controversial topic. The people who organize the Academy Awards wont like that. :nape:

Well I am sure that he made his mind up that the suffering of war is more important than stroking ones ego with a gold statuette. Which is pretty obvious when you think about it.

F*CK!!!!!! :kader:

I was taking a shower while he got it :(

what was the people's reaction? where can i get a transcript/Mp3 :S

yeah, I'm in total favor of Michael.

btw: Adrien Brodi win Best Actor for the Pianist with a great speech too

and

EMINEM WON THE OSCAR!!!!! :rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

I think the speech given just a little later by Adrien Brody was 1000 times better......that was beautiful, a real piece of class that captured how I feel about all this.......Michael Moore was kind of venting .......bringing in more hate to the world aint gonna fix nothing

Originally posted by K-Man
F*CK!!!!!! :kader:

I was taking a shower while he got it :(

what was the people's reaction? where can i get a transcript/Mp3 :S

yeah, I want to hear it again. Hopefully Vagegast will get an MP3 of it

Originally posted by KingPaulV
I think the speech given just a little later by Adrien Brody was 1000 times better......that was beautiful, a real piece of class that captured how I feel about all this.......Michael Moore was kind of venting .......bringing in more hate to the world aint gonna fix nothing

I didnt' hear Michael Moore's speech, but I tuned in once I read about it. I saw Adrien Brody win and I agree that the speech basically sums out how I feel about the situation, too.

Originally posted by KingPaulV
I think the speech given just a little later by Adrien Brody was 1000 times better......that was beautiful, a real piece of class that captured how I feel about all this.......Michael Moore was kind of venting .......bringing in more hate to the world aint gonna fix nothing

Exactly what I think... Moore was right to express his opinion but he could have done it with a little more tact. Brody's speech was excellent, probably the best Oscar speech I've ever heard. I love how he told the guys to stop playing the music cause he wasn't done yet.

yeah, Brody's one was supreme and touching (and what a nose he has btw :p )

BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
Michael Moore and Michael Donovan

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Whoa. On behalf of our producers Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I'd like to thank the Academy for this. I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to — they're here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction. We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. Thank you very much.

How the **** did Eminem win an Oscar?

Im on the website I dont see Brody's speech

In some way KingPaul you are correct, but you are for this way and thus against what he says so you will always be critical I read his speech and havent seen it, but I cannot judge it until i see it.

Originally posted by K-Man
And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.

LOL! I didn't even catch that part. Maybe cause it was drowned out by the boooing from the audience. That quote is a classic though. :D

yeah I didnt hear that part either :confused:

and

Nicole won Best Actress!!!! :rockman:

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
How the **** did Eminem win an Oscar?

All the other songs where ****.

Oh, ok, lesser of the ****ty i guess.

I'll post the MP3 tomorrow (about 4pm eastern time). I dont have a ftp-server free available right now.

I also have an 9mb divx file of the speech, that will take longer.

great Vagegast! :rockman:

and U2's song was the favourite song to win but I'm really happy that Eminem won. Too bad he wasnt there

Chicago better not win Best Picture... I know the Academy likes sweeps but... that's coz they're retarded. :crazyboy:

Adrien Brody
THE PIANIST

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
I bet they didn't tell you that was in the gift bag. Oh my god. Thank you. Thank you, really. Oh my goodness. It doesn't come out in slow motion, but it doesn't really ring a bell. The name — I didn't know my name. This Adrien? Okay. I haven't really written a speech because every time I wrote a speech for the past one of these things I didn't win. But, you know, there comes a time in life when everything seems to make sense and this is not one of those times. What I do know though is that I've never felt this much love and encouragement from my peers and from people I admire and from complete strangers. And it means a great deal to me. And if it weren't for the insomnia and the sudden panic attacks, this has been an amazing, amazing journey. I have to thank — they're already flashing time's up. I have to thank my mother and father, most importantly, for all the creativity and encouragement and they've been just real strength. They've given me a great deal of strength. What can I say? This film would not be possible without the blue print provided by Wladyslaw Szpilman. This is a tribute to his survival. I'd like to thank Roman Polanski for the role of a lifetime. And for those of you who have seen the film and have sat through the credits, you know there are too many people to thank individually. I would not be there without all their efforts. And I thank them. And everyone worked extremely hard to make this film. And I have to thank Focus Features for getting us out there. To my longtime friend, manager, agent, consigliare Joanne Colonna everybody at the firm, PMK/HBH. And you know, wait one second. One second, please one second. Cut it out, cut it out. I get one shot at this. I'm sorry. I didn't say more than five names, I don't think, but. This is, you know, it fills me with great joy, but I am also filled with a lot of sadness tonight because I am accepting an award at such a strange time. And you know my experiences of making this film made me very aware of the sadness and the dehumanization of people at times of war. And the repercussions of war. And whatever you believe in, if it's God or Allah, may he watch over you and let's pray for a peaceful and swift resolution. Thank you. And I have a friend from Queens who's a soldier in Kuwait right now, Tommy Zarabinski, and I hope you and your boys make it back real soon. God bless you guys. I love you. Thank you very much.

Pedro Almodovar won for Original Screenplay! :rockman:

he didnt talk too much about the war though :(

Originally posted by Run DMB
Chicago better not win Best Picture... I know the Academy likes sweeps but... that's coz they're retarded. :crazyboy:

now that the Pianist won the screenplay and Bridy won for best Actor I'm seriouslu thinking about The Pianist and Polanski winning

Polanski just won for Best Director. I'm betting it will be the Pianist for Best Picture now too. :rockman:

I hope so :rockman: :rockman:

It's Chicago. ****. The Academy has disappointed me once again. How could The Pianist win all those awards... screenplay, actor, director... and not be the best picture???

Steve Martin is so not funny :|

People laugh at his jokes, but I don't see why :confused: :rolleyes:

Originally posted by K-Man
Steve Martin is so not funny :|

People laugh at his jokes, but I don't see why :confused: :rolleyes:

Usually he's really funny... but tonight... well he hasn't said anything that had me rolling on the floor laughing. A few of his jokes were pretty good, most were mediocre.

I like his movies, but today he was just corny.

Some good at the beginning but this joke:

"When I found out that Richard Gere wasn't nominated, I said: 'Welcome to my world'"

There were some nice once though.

I liked Kirk Douglas

Zul-Aid I am not for the war......I am for my country.......but I cant stand Bush I did not vote for him and I think his brother fixed the election, but this thing......this war, it really hit home for me today, I saw the pictures of those soldiers killed and captured for the first time on the web address Rhizome posted and I remembered my brother in Law, and about another 5 close friends I have there....two of them with forward units.....and yesterday some 15 marines died, God knows how many more people are gonna die on this.........all the strategy is out the window, so is all the criticism.....like Andrien Brody said......now I'm just praying for a "swift resolution of the conflict".....I mean you know now war is real.......at least for me

Kirk Douglas was awesome. Too bad Chicago won though. :( But I didn't expect The Pianist to win all those awards either so that's good. :)

Kirk Douglas rocked!

and yes, after Polaski winning I hoped The Pianist win cause I really liked Brody today.

I havent seen the movie but I surely watch it tomorrow

i have it sitting on a CD since like a month or two, but havent watched it yet :$

I have it too since friday :p

How was Martin's monologue? I read it was pretty funny. Any one have it on mp3? Email me please pradyut2386@hotmail.com
--Pradyut

Originally posted by pradyut
How was Martin's monologue? I read it was pretty funny. Any one have it on mp3? Email me please pradyut2386@hotmail.com
--Pradyut

It was... meh. :| I've heard better, I've heard worse. But I've only heard better from him so it was a bit of a disappointment.

he made too many jokes about the actors that were there and thn they showed their faces and they didnt get the jokes so it was weird.

I didnt get the JLo joke :confused:

Originally posted by KingPaulV
Zul-Aid I am not for the war......I am for my country.......but I cant stand Bush I did not vote for him and I think his brother fixed the election, but this thing......this war, it really hit home for me today, I saw the pictures of those soldiers killed and captured for the first time on the web address Rhizome posted and I remembered my brother in Law, and about another 5 close friends I have there....two of them with forward units.....and yesterday some 15 marines died, God knows how many more people are gonna die on this.........all the strategy is out the window, so is all the criticism.....like Andrien Brody said......now I'm just praying for a "swift resolution of the conflict".....I mean you know now war is real.......at least for me

Yeah its just what I read about your posts it would seem that your for the war - which again you would be overly critical of Moore, fans of him like myself are also too.

The person who can give a good opinion on him would be someone who doesnt know him, his views, political standpoint, and know nothing of the war.

I have read good and bad on Michael Moore (I have agreed with people who give him ****) but he is always agressive thats how he got where he is - A person who makes a point without feeling might as well say nothing.

Yes, incredibly aggresive, for example: the start of his documentary was very anti-White (so what if I do watch Oprah ;)) talking about how white people killed a whole race (the indians) because they were afraid of them and how the whites lived off the black (slaves) for decades. very interesting and he has a good point.

edit: @ pradyut: i'll post the mp3 in about 2.5 hours, i'm at school now.

Trouble finding a good server except Lycos...don't worry ;)

http://www.arash.friendsfreak.nl.nu/michaelmoore_speech.mp3 it's the michael moore speech. in hope i'll get the divx version up soon.

Originally posted by Vagegast
Yes, incredibly aggresive, for example: the start of his documentary was very anti-White (so what if I do watch Oprah ;)) talking about how white people killed a whole race (the indians) because they were afraid of them and how the whites lived off the black (slaves) for decades. very interesting and he has a good point.

I know your new here but I have been a huge fan of Michael's since the first run of the Awful truth and TV Nation (synidicated shows) and have B4C about 6 times (2 only paid for) as talking about his speech but since I finally got to see it last nite (Australian time), it was what I expected fairly from him an aggressive speech.

If you look above my sig a link to his site sits which it has since I first came here

I highly recommend "Stupid White Men" the book a classic read and watch "Roger and Me" his beginning.

Also Steve Martin said "Now Michael's teamster friends are now helping him into his limo" it wasnt teamsters it was security and Michael was kicked out of the rest of the event.

New? Aight, rookie ;) I ain't disrespecting you or anything.

But have you seen the documentary or not?

I've read Stupid White Men but not Roger and me. I will soon hopefully.

Was he really kicked out?

got the monologue vagegast? thx
--pradyut

yeah. great work.
Try uploading the DivX file if you can :)


I just finished watching The Pianist 20 minutes ago and I have to say that I'm amazed.
I was hoping for Daniel Day-Lewis to in Best Actor but after seeing Brody tonight I must say that he's genious here. Amazing work. You feel all his pain thru the movie. All the fear and the hunger. Unbelievable and great for him that won.
An excellent choice by the Academy :rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

Originally posted by Vagegast
New? Aight, rookie ;) I ain't disrespecting you or anything.

But have you seen the documentary or not?

I've read Stupid White Men but not Roger and me. I will soon hopefully.

Was he really kicked out?

YES and YES
I have seen 'n' read all of his work as I have said

Personally I would recommend Awful Truth/TV Nation episodes on Kazaa really top ****

His letters after September 11th which span the first week are also good

I also have two audioclips
1) A speech @ Ralph Naders election rally in New York around Nov 2000: claiming Bush being elected would be a horrific event (sort of chilling when he says it)
2) At a book launch for SWM - also every good last for about an hour each and this one is after Afghanistan war and a prelude to Iraq but I have had it for more than a year so its a bit dated.

If anyone want any of these I'll post them on Kazaa on request: noodles_murdoc@hotmail.com just email me or messenger it over to you whatever is easiest.

ROGER and ME is very hard to find because its like 10 or more years old.

Originally posted by zul-aid
ROGER and ME is very hard to find because its like 10 or more years old.

I have it on video, as I used exerpts from it when I was tutoring labour relations. Plus I used some stuff from The Awful Truth when tutoring on sexuality, one of his episodes had a fantastic segment on Gay rights in the US, where he takes this bus load of queens to parade on the streets of ultra-conservative towns.

What cracked me up was that one of these conservative towns was called - CUMMING. lol!

@ pradyut: here's the link again http://www.arash.friendsfreak.nl.nu/michaelmoore_speech.mp3.

@ Hakeem: I'm working on the Divx-file. Hopefully yp by tomorrow. No guarantees..

@ zul-adi: I added you to MSN, I'd appreciate you putting those files on KaZaA.

I've started my journey (looking for "ROGER and ME"). Any tips, anyone?

@ pradyut: here's the link again http://www.arash.friendsfreak.nl.nu/michaelmoore_speech.mp3.

@ Hakeem: I'm working on the Divx-file. Hopefully yp by tomorrow. No guarantees..

@ zul-adi: I added you to MSN, I'd appreciate you putting those files on KaZaA.

I've started my journey (looking for "ROGER and ME"). Any tips, anyone? I'm browsing his website too.

Another Moore-convert, heh? :p

wow I'm old, I saw Roger & Me in the theater, as well as the follow-up (pets or dinner, or some such, they had this lady in Flint who was skinning her pet rabbit) which was on PBS (Public Broadcasting Service, kind of a learning channel). I thought both were superb. But IMHO he's gotten a little too big-headed with success.

heh, I am not that old :p I recall the thing with the pet rabbit though.

If looking fpr a copy, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301691687/102-0745631-2007333?vi=glance have them.

http://fcplcat.co.fairfax.va.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/iLN1SO77IC/176980045/9

I will get them next time I go to the library (Y)

I'll start saving to get Roger & Me. :)

I'll check my school library for SWM, hoping no one sees me :p

Hey vagegast, I mean the Steve Martin speech at the beginning not the Michael Moore speech.:confused:
--Pradyut

Nope. I don't have it personally, I'll see if I can find it somewhere else. That speech was weak though...

11 Awards ! (tied with Titanic and Ben Hur :( )


f*ck em


:f***: :f***: :f***:



well at least Sean Penn won the award for best actor

yeah, I'm watching the Oscars now and LOTR is getting all the awards

that was so annoying. they won every frickin award. i hate lord of the rings, especially those damn hobbits. what a bunch of losers, did you see them standing together? they're like 3 feet tall in real life.

yeah :kader: and they are all friendly and hobbity :f***:


and i hate that director as well ... fed up of seeing him over and over

haha, the director was funny tho
He looked like a drunk bum :funny:

meh, New Zealand success, I ain't complaining :D

Originally posted by Lennon
haha, the director was funny tho
He looked like a drunk bum :funny:

I bet he and Michael Moore hang out. They look like brothers.

11 awards... not bad, but that's because they were screwed the last 2 years. Thank goodness something finally caught up with Titanic. Wasnt' Heston in Ben Hur?

i hate the lord of the rings i went to watch the 1st 1 at the movies and fell asleep 30 minutes into it worst movie ever made

When I went to the movies to see the first LOTR I hated it too. In fact, I didn't even bother to go watch the second movie.
But before the third movie arrived in theaters my friends rented the first two movies and I became interested in them. Sounds weird, but those rentals got me into the movie again and I enjoyed watching the third one on the movies.

Am I the only one shocked that Gigli or Cat In The Hat weren't nominated for any awards??

Lord of the Rings sucks. It proves that the Oscars are now worthless.

Titanic? Lord of the Rings? C’mon what credibility does it have left?
It launches some people's career but that is about it..

This is ****ed up!! :f***:

**** lord of the rings, its bunch of ****!! :f***:

http://www.askasia.org/image/drawing/i000151.gif

Shame Kiesha Castle-Hughes missed out, although she was never gonna get one anyway :p

Whats the name of that LOTR song that won the award? Something to the west?

Haha try beating that one Australia.

At the end of the day, the movies are meant to be watched as one film, so thats why it is getting all the awards now.

Good on ya Peter Jackson, keeping it real by not bending to the studio's demands and doing things your own way.

Never been much of a fan of awards shows, but Peter deserves all this for beign such an ordinary bloke.

Suck all the eggs ya like fellas. :)

its on tonight here in aust

Originally posted by Larry
http://www.askasia.org/image/drawing/i000151.gif


(H) :rockman: :mrpimp:

lord of the rings sucks arse.. :(

Originally posted by rhizome17
Haha try beating that one Australia.
At the end of the day, the movies are meant to be watched as one film, so thats why it is getting all the awards now.
Good on ya Peter Jackson, keeping it real by not bending to the studio's demands and doing things your own way.
Never been much of a fan of awards shows, but Peter deserves all this for beign such an ordinary bloke.
Suck all the eggs ya like fellas. :)


yep. I agree. this a movie made with lots and lots of money from a studio, but it was made peter jackson's way.

and come on, I dont understand the LotR haters, just try to name a movie that was better. all time even.

all the work and effort put into these movies is incredible. just check the DVDs and you'll see it. they made castles, boats, 200 different armors, 200 difefrent swords. thats huge it deserves to be aknowledged with an oscar.

and yes, it's a 10 hour movie so its ok that they lost the last 2 years and won everything now (more that 11 if you count the 15 technical awards they won last week).

:Bow: :Bow: :Bow: :Bow: Peter Jackson and Weta

Originally posted by AhmedK
Whats the name of that LOTR song that won the award? Something to the west?

Into the west

Originally posted by ::Jason::
lord of the rings sucks arse.. :(
Eh, you suck arse.

Too true Brian(H)

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
Into the west

I actually didnt like how she performed tonight at the oscars but I have the song in my pc and its great. :rockman:

Lord of the Rings deserved every oscar they won and I'm glad they got it.

Lotr IMO deserved every thing that it won, at the Oscars and the Tech Awards, some of you guys who didn't like the series probably havn't read the books, also the Theatre releases have been edited into an acceptable time frame for the movie goers, the Extended Dvd versions fill in a lot of gaps that was missing from the Theatre Versions and are far more enjoyable, Titanic is a great film in it's own right as is the old and dusty Ben Hur, but when taking Lotr into context and after watching the series a few times you then start to realise the enormity and scope of this movie.

The camera work, the sets, models, lighting, costumes, armors and weapons, and the outdoor settings far surpass anything to date, the massive City of Minas Tirith was done to an amazing detail, when you closely watch that high cam fly bye over that City, you notice that from the top level to the lower street levels, that city is truly Dynamic, with war machines, troops and equipment all moving along in real time.

The Journey thro' the Mines of Moria in the Fellowship of The Ring, that ended with Gandalf's battle with Balrog the Fire Demon, is a movie sequence that will be long remembered.

Aragorn's confrontation with the Armies of the Dead was another fantastic piece of Movie sequence.

But apart from all that and many, many more fantastic scenes in that series, the series would have failed if Gollum wasn't as realistic a charactor as was presented in those movies, the Mo Cap and real time animation of that Gollum creature was a joy to behold, thanks to a great special effects crew and Andy Sarkiss who brought Gollum to life. In fact can any of you guys point out a movie where you ever have seen anything like that.

Not Shrek please, that movie was a 100% 3d animated family feature film that stood out in it's own right. --- rant over -- :)

eh, i like the lord of the rings. :S

good for them. (H)

Originally posted by Andrew
Too true Brian(H)
since when did you like LOTR:rolleyes:

i don't like the movie, but i'm not mad or surprised because it was so obvious. from the beginning it was made to win lots of awards...


Originally posted by Hakeem

and come on, I dont understand the LotR haters, just try to name a movie that was better. all time even.


:|

i know it's a matter of opinion, but since you've asked, here are some: citizen kane, la dolce vita , apocalypse now, the godfather, orphée (cocteau's version), the great dictator, alphaville (godard), shichinin no samurai (kurosawa), casablanca, the third man, paths of glory, to kill a mockingbird, vertigo, blade runner, a clockwork orange, belle de jour...

only since 1990: pulp fiction, reservoir dogs, goodfellas, fargo, the silence of the lambs, being john malkovich, the usual suspects, the piano...

last year: dogville, mystic river, lost in translation...

it's really a matter of opinion, since i don't like lord of the rings. but i acknowledge its technical qualities.

Even if you hate LOTR, you really have to admire, the commitment, passion and will of everyone that worked on the film and you have to admit that they do deserve the accolades

they were (very well) paid for having these "commitment, passion and will". i kind of respect their "commitment, passion and will" but "admire" them... i wouldnt say that. also, i respect their "commitment, passion and will" as well as i do "the commitment, passion and will" of the people who have worked on the other movies... so, nothing special.

with so much money involved, it would be a shame if they couldnt make an award-winner movie.

and i dont have to admit anything.

Anyone watched it. I couldn't really sleep last night so I had a quick look at it, seemed pretty funny and not as uptight as usual. Billy Crystal's opening gig was awesome and dead funny, making fun of some of the stars that were in attendance:p

LOTR was obviously the big winner, winning 11 out of a possible 11 awards at the show.


Best picture
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


Best director
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King



Best actor
Sean Penn - Mystic River


Best actress
Charlize Theron - Monster


Best supporting actor
Tim Robbins - Mystic River


Best supporting actress
Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain



Best foreign language film
The Barbarian Invasions (Canada)


Best animated feature film
Finding Nemo


Best adapted screenplay
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


Best original screenplay
Lost in Translation


Best music (score)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


Best music (song)
Into the West - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King



Best documentary feature
The Fog of War


Best documentary short subject
Chernobyl Heart


Best visual effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King



Best cinematography
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World


Best art direction
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


Best animated short film
Harvie Krumpet


Best short film
Two Soldiers



Best costume design
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


Best make-up
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King



Best sound
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


Sound editing
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World


Film Editing
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King


Lifetime Achievement Award
Blake Edwards

Not a fan of the lord of the rings and I think it was pritty obvious it was going to be a white wash. It does kinda suck and its like the Oscars are becoming a joke because they seemed to be domintated by one film each year these days.

LOTR... Geez... Saw that pop up a lot :p

LOTR won in every category it was nominated in.:p (H)

who cares:kader::rolleyes:

Originally posted by emmer
they were (very well) paid for having these "commitment, passion and will". i kind of respect their "commitment, passion and will" but "admire" them... i wouldnt say that. also, i respect their "commitment, passion and will" as well as i do "the commitment, passion and will" of the people who have worked on the other movies... so, nothing special.

with so much money involved, it would be a shame if they couldnt make an award-winner movie.

and i dont have to admit anything.

I don't think they went into these movies knowing it was going to be so big. And I don't think they all got "well" paid from the start. Who are most of the actors or actresses? I bet they got many bonuses if merch sold well, or if the movies did well.

I do think they had the passion to do these movies. If you ever watch the bonuses on the DVD's you can see it. Like when they do certain things in the movie that are in the book, and if you didn't read the book you wouldn't have any idea.. That takes alot of work and time. Plus I think most of them were fans anyway before hand.

And even with all of the money, they could have screwed this trilogy up very badly. When was the last time you saw 3 movies of the same subject, and had each movie get better?

Something Star Wars can't say... Well, the last Indiana Jones was better than the 2nd.

Either way, thumbs up for everyone. None of those actors and actresses will ever be looked at the same again. They are forever from Middle Earth and their careers are probably over. :o

Oscar is always about big budget movie which earns lots of $$$. It has never been about the cinematic art itself. I remember how pathetic it was some years ago when a gay movie like Titanic can win the freakin` award.

Screw the Oscar. Cannes and Berlin Film Festival rocks !!!!!

Yeah I watched it, I hate when one film takes everything....

Finding Nemo should have got something :P

Originally posted by emmer
i know it's a matter of opinion, but since you've asked, here are some: citizen kane, la dolce vita , apocalypse now, the godfather, orphée (cocteau's version), the great dictator, alphaville (godard), shichinin no samurai (kurosawa), casablanca, the third man, paths of glory, to kill a mockingbird, vertigo, blade runner, a clockwork orange, belle de jour...

only since 1990: pulp fiction, reservoir dogs, goodfellas, fargo, the silence of the lambs, being john malkovich, the usual suspects, the piano...

last year: dogville, mystic river, lost in translation...

it's really a matter of opinion, since i don't like lord of the rings. but i acknowledge its technical qualities.

those are all excellent and some are huge too. but just a few have the acting portion, story portion and epic portion of film that LotR has.

Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects, Being John Malkovick, Lost in Translation, Mystic River, and lots of those are acting and storywise amazing movies, but those movies were filmed in a city or small sets. for LotR they built castles. more that one. and thats why they got all the technical awards plus the visual effects awards. hope you know what I mean.

still, everybody has different opinnions so there's no problem with people not liking a movie. I did :)

Originally posted by Hans
Oscar is always about big budget movie which earns lots of $$$. It has never been about the cinematic art itself. I remember how pathetic it was some years ago when a gay movie like Titanic can win the freakin` award.

Screw the Oscar. Cannes and Berlin Film Festival rocks !!!!!

its not like that. Titanic did win. but the other movies that year cant compare with it. (btw, I cant beleive that titanic made all that money, same for LotR and nobody here liked it :p)

and anyway, Epic movies usually win because they have more effort and work put into them. the movies are not all about the acting.

and though they ussually win, it doesnt happens always.
one of the best movies all time is Star Wars, which was revolutionary for the 70s, and Lucas lost the OScar to Woody Allen's Annie Hall. a movie probably filmed in Woody's appartment in NY. :p

Originally posted by Elder
I don't think they went into these movies knowing it was going to be so big. And I don't think they all got "well" paid from the start. Who are most of the actors or actresses? I bet they got many bonuses if merch sold well, or if the movies did well.

I do think they had the passion to do these movies. If you ever watch the bonuses on the DVD's you can see it. Like when they do certain things in the movie that are in the book, and if you didn't read the book you wouldn't have any idea.. That takes alot of work and time. Plus I think most of them were fans anyway before hand.

And even with all of the money, they could have screwed this trilogy up very badly. When was the last time you saw 3 movies of the same subject, and had each movie get better?



100 % correct.

I know for certain that Peter Jackson negotiated a deal where his payment for the films would come primarily from a portion of the box office returns, so the amount he ended up with was dependent on people going to see the film.

Also, with the film being shot in NZ, costs were further kept down, since when the filming began our dollar was around US 40cents (although it is up to US 70cents now).

Furthermore, alot of the construction and battle scenes were undertaken by the NZ Army, who obviously don't have much else to do outside of Afghanistan and East Timor, plus hordes of volunteers were used in the battles as well. I doubt very few people could have made such an epic film on the budget provided.

Lastly, I would be the first to agree that Mystic River and Lost in Translation (I haven't seen the others nominated) are better films than the third LotR movie - my taste anyway. But the other films were not up against the third film, they were up against the entire trilogy.

All the work and the Thousands of people and hours that went into LotR, they deserved it, fully.

didnt see the first two films, but i liked the third, except for the last 30 minutes that wasnt needed, i swear the two hobbits were close to kissing on numerous occassions

Originally posted by ogsimon
didnt see the first two films, but i liked the third, except for the last 30 minutes that wasnt needed, i swear the two hobbits were close to kissing on numerous occassions

I had this "are the hobbits gay" talk earlier today. I could sweat Merry and Pippen were horny for each other, and Sam had a serious boner for Frodo.

But, still good movies. And how could you miss the first 2 and just see the last?

the lord of the rings movies are the best ever made in my opinion:rockman:

Lord of the Rings owns :rockman:

I actually like LOTR series it's not the best thing I've ever seen but it is good much much much better than Titanic (piece of **** ahhhhhhhhhh **** dick balls). Anyway who cares about who won Billy Crystal was awesome, man that was the funniest Oscar nigth in a long time, I'm still trying to recover from the one where they had Woopy Goldberg hosting :rolleyes:

Originally posted by rhizome17
Lastly, I would be the first to agree that Mystic River and Lost in Translation (I haven't seen the others nominated) are better films than the third LotR movie - my taste anyway. But the other films were not up against the third film, they were up against the entire trilogy.

I dont think those 2 movies were better than RotK alone. ok, those 2 are extremely well acted. awesome stories and both with great directors. but I still think that RotK is in their league even though it doesnt have the powerfull acting performances.
Seabiscuit is a great film too, I though it was too childish to be noinated for best picture. I would've preffer to get City of God nominated though I havent seen it, but I bet its a better adult movie.
Master and Commander for kinda boring. too much sea and the performances werent that good.


Originally posted by rhizome17
But the other films were not up against the third film, they were up against the entire trilogy.

this is true. but its not their fault. its the acadamy's for overlooking FotR and TTT and wait till now.

Originally posted by schmeichel01
Yeah I watched it, I hate when one film takes everything....

Finding Nemo should have got something :P

Finding Nemo got best animated feature.

"There are officially no more people in New Zealand to thank."
:funny::rofl:

Billy Crystal after LOTR won their 8th or 9th oscar can't remember.

GO LOTR!
Fully deserved.
And the person who plays Merry is a Manchester boy and is a proud supporter of man utd!

Originally posted by Hakeem
I dont think those 2 movies were better than RotK alone. ok, those 2 are extremely well acted. awesome stories and both with great directors. but I still think that RotK is in their league even though it doesnt have the powerfull acting performances.


Yeah, just my preference for movies is the smaller, dialogue-oriented character explorations. But I think that PJ deserved the Oscar when the entire trilogy is taken into account. Take LotR out of the equation and I reckon Mystic River would have taken the Best Picture award, and other categories would have been more random.

Originally posted by Elder
I had this "are the hobbits gay" talk earlier today. I could sweat Merry and Pippen were horny for each other, and Sam had a serious boner for Frodo.

But, still good movies. And how could you miss the first 2 and just see the last?

dunno didnt think it would be my kind of film. i wasnt actually plannin t o go see it but there was nothin else on

i so agree!!!

and this girl at my school said that frodo should have won best actor and sam best secondary actor :|

I WANTED TO SMACK HER!!!

Originally posted by rhizome17
Yeah, just my preference for movies is the smaller, dialogue-oriented character explorations. But I think that PJ deserved the Oscar when the entire trilogy is taken into account. Take LotR out of the equation and I reckon Mystic River would have taken the Best Picture award, and other categories would have been more random.

Didn't they give out the awards for "best actor" or "best actress" to Mystic River? If so, that is how they worked it this year. They gave credit to the individual actors for their roles in the movie, but as a whole LOTR deserved it.

Yeah, I Penn got best actor and Theron got actress for Monster.

Basically LotR was the only film that was going to win this year for best pic, after 2 nominations previously but no gongs.

I haven't seen Monster, but thought Johansson was pretty good in Lost in Translation.

yeah. Johanson was great there. but the fault was made by Focus Features as they should've preseneted her as a supporing actress instead of first actress. that way, she would've been nominated and maybe won over Renee.
I havent seen Cold Mountain but after all the problems it had (like getting 11 nominations to the GG and then justa few in all the other awards, and no best pic at the oscars), Im betting is not that great.

Matrix didn't even get a nomination :o :p

lord of the rings is one of my favorite books. also one of my favorite movies. 11 awards is an understatement, they were ripped for the past 2 movies. They deserved more.

Originally posted by kickin_kyle
Lord of the Rings owns :rockman:

Thats an understatement

Originally posted by emmer
citizen kane That is such a bad movie, I actually just watched it twice and I don't get what so great about it it's not a great movie IMO.

IMO among the graetes movies: Godfather 1 & 2, Brazil, LOTR(all), Memento, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Clockwork Orange, Shawshank Redemptation, American History X, .................

http://www.manutd.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=54113&itype=466&icategoryid=119 :read:

I din't think it was a bad movie

but they put a lot of work into it (like 7 years) :o

so i am not going to complain

Originally posted by emmer
i don't like the movie, but i'm not mad or surprised because it was so obvious. from the beginning it was made to win lots of awards...




:|

i know it's a matter of opinion, but since you've asked, here are some: citizen kane, la dolce vita , apocalypse now, the godfather, orphée (cocteau's version), the great dictator, alphaville (godard), shichinin no samurai (kurosawa), casablanca, the third man, paths of glory, to kill a mockingbird, vertigo, blade runner, a clockwork orange, belle de jour...

only since 1990: pulp fiction, reservoir dogs, goodfellas, fargo, the silence of the lambs, being john malkovich, the usual suspects, the piano...

last year: dogville, mystic river, lost in translation...

it's really a matter of opinion, since i don't like lord of the rings. but i acknowledge its technical qualities.




hahha OWNED.

OMFG, there are people who don't like Lords of the Ring as well. I tought i was the only one. Thank god I am not alone.


The first movie was advertize so much, telling me is a sure oscar and golden globe award , blah, blah, blah, blah. That I decided not to see it for that sole reason.

I'll tell you what....the oscars work......i am going to buy the 3 LOTR movies on DVD....and i have an odd urger to watch The Pianist again.

btw, Where were the guys who played Aragorn, Legolas, Suaron and Gimli when everyone got on stage to get the award?

LOTR (movie) sucks... **** that ****.

But there's one good news... There won't be anymore LOTR movies :hump: :hump:

Originally posted by MastaLFC
LOTR (movie) sucks... **** that ****.

But there's one good news... There won't be anymore LOTR movies :hump: :hump:


YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!:rockman: (H)


FINALLY!!!!! I DON'T know wtf is the big deal over this ****en movies!!!!! :rolleyes:



I FEEL THE RELIEF!!!! NO MORE LOTR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:rockman:

for al those "lotr haters" read the book and try to adapt it into a movie, LOTR deserved every award they won:rockman:

feck em

dumb movie with its 9 different endings :rolleyes:

Originally posted by AhmedK
btw, Where were the guys who played Aragorn, Legolas, Suaron and Gimli when everyone got on stage to get the award?


No... just the director and his posse

gawdamn it's just a movie people.. you're not gonna like all movies that are out there.

it's just a matter of preference. personally, i like the LOTR cuz i read the books when i was like in junior high and it was pretty cool to see it all come to life instead of just imagining it in yer head. :confused: yeah...

Originally posted by Elder
I don't think they went into these movies knowing it was going to be so big. And I don't think they all got "well" paid from the start. Who are most of the actors or actresses? I bet they got many bonuses if merch sold well, or if the movies did well.

I do think they had the passion to do these movies. If you ever watch the bonuses on the DVD's you can see it. Like when they do certain things in the movie that are in the book, and if you didn't read the book you wouldn't have any idea.. That takes alot of work and time. Plus I think most of them were fans anyway before hand.

And even with all of the money, they could have screwed this trilogy up very badly. When was the last time you saw 3 movies of the same subject, and had each movie get better?

Something Star Wars can't say... Well, the last Indiana Jones was better than the 2nd.

Either way, thumbs up for everyone. None of those actors and actresses will ever be looked at the same again. They are forever from Middle Earth and their careers are probably over. :o

sorry, i couldn't express myself clearly. i wrote that ("well paid") regarding the main producers and directors. but i still believe the people who have worked on these films were well paid compared with so many "off-hollywood" films out there.

and just clarifying, i didn't say they had no passion doing the film.

I think that's poor. Like I didn't hate LOTR enough already. he might be a true fan tho, you can never know..

Watchin LOTR would seriously put me to sleep , i couldnt sit through half of it let alone the whole ******* movie

I think Steve Smith was robbed, for his work in the remake of Silence of the Lambs.


/got nothin'

here are the real oscars
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/3521957.stm

Best Picture:
Jonny Wilkinson's drop goal sailing over the Australian posts.

Best Original Screenplay:
Australia v England.

Best Actor:
Gary Neville, for the spectacular way he went to ground against Manchester City in the Cup.

Best Actress:
Robbie Savage - managed to convince everyone he was a girl and gets to keep the award after winning it three years in a row. Expect to see him in There's Something About Roberta next year.

Worst Actor:
Lawrence Dallaglio, despite giving it 110% in his shocking burger advert. Also nominated: Steve Redgrave.

Best Supporting Actor:
Best Mate - who did a marvellous job of supporting jockey Jim Culloty.

Best Supporting Actress:
Lennox Lewis' mum for persuading him to give up boxing.

Worst Supporting Actress:
Shane Warne's mum and her dodgy diet pills.

Short Film:
Jamie Hayter's 2min 20 secs hat-trick for Bournemouth against Wrexham.


Surely you can afford a decent haircut now, John?

Return Of The King Award:
John Daly after winning his first title for nine years at the Buick International.

Slimfast Now You See Me, Now You Don't Award:
Shane Warne.

Biggest Star In A Foreign Film:
David Beckham.

I'm A Captain, Get Me Out Of Here Award:
Steve Waugh.

Original Soundtrack:
Charlton ghetto-blaster in the visitors' dressing room at Tottenham. Also nominated: Tottenham ghetto-blaster in the visitors' dressing room at Charlton.

Frank Spencer Award:
Birmingham's David Dunn for attempting a piece of show-boating that left him on his backside.

Best Use Of An Alice Band In A Supporting Role:
Paul Hunter. Also nominated Ronnie O'Sullivan, David Beckham.

David Seaman Dodgy Barnet Award:
John Daly. Also nominated Hernan Crespo, Roger Federer.


The weighting is finally over

Biggest Achiever:
Andy Fordham, who lifted the world darts crown for the first time after weighing in at 30 stone. Also nominated John Daly.

Oops Butter-Fingers Award:
Ian Walker. Also nominated: Mark Schwarzer.

Horror Double Bill:
Portsmouth v Wolves - Wolves v Portsmouth. Two Premiership meetings, two 0-0 draws.

Best Original Screenplay: The Rio Ferdinand drugs saga

From Crespo is God
Have your say on 606

Best Make-Up:
All the big girls who participated in the Super Bowl wearing heavy black eye-liner.

The Liam Gallagher Old Enough To Know Better Award:
George Foreman, who is planning a ring return at 55.

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Roy Keane, whose red card against Porto was the 11th of his career - equalling the number of awards collected by Return of the King.

Best Actor:
Gary Neville, for the spectacular way he went to ground against Manchester City in the Cup.

THAT was classic. :rockman: :rockman: :rockman:

lol,
and Seb you wouldn't sleep if you understood what was going on (H)

LOTR... You either love it or you hate it.

Loved the part where Crystal was trying to read the celebrity's expressions...especially the one with Julie Andrews

The intro was awesome! Best thing ever. You can really tell the Oscars have been taking a look at the MTV Movie Awards

heh, i bet Pete Rose shot the TV when Crystal made fun of him

Who's Pete Rose?

Pete Rose is a drunken has been

Originally posted by PhiLLer
Who's Pete Rose?

I remember him getting tombstoned at WrestleMania 14. :mrpimp:

riiiiiight Bobby.

"NO, NO, NOT PETE ROSE!!"

:D

Originally posted by Ljungberg08
"NO, NO, NOT PETE ROSE!!"

:D

I personally would've given him a.. Jerry Lawler piledriver, that would've broke his neck.

Or I would've gone Ty Cobb style on Pete Rose's arse. (H)

Originally posted by captain-beckham
riiiiiight Bobby.

http://www.soccergaming.tv/attachment.php?s=&postid=1130246

Nicole Kidman shud've been nominated. :kader:

LOTR rules :)

i saw the oscars, everytime lotr was nominated they got it.
after seeing it hell ya i am moving to new zealand.:rockman:

I'm glad they got all those Oscars. It may or may not be the best movie ever, but definitely it is the greatest cinematographic achievement of all time, and only for that it already deserved all the Oscars it could get!

I rate a movie like I rate any other piece of art out there: those who leave a greater mark on me, those who can effectively transmit a message, those who change my life are certainly the best ones. And LOTR did that.

It wasn't love at first sight. In fact, I was a hater like some of you are now. I skipped the first 2 movies and only watched the first episode's DVD like 6 months ago. I only watched an hour before falling asleep. But something told me to give it another try, and it somehow clicked. I watched the second episode 2 weeks later and went to the movies to see the Grande Final.
I still think about the movie every week... Can't wait for the DVD to come out! :)
[Also, check my sig below.]

About these year's nominees, City Of God is also one of the best movies I've ever seen, and it's a shame you guys can't speake portuguese, bcs you'll probably miss half of the fun. Still, it's definitely more original than anything Hollywood put out in the past couple of years. [PEGA A GALINHA, CARALHO! (H)]
Rent it! :)

I agree with that. I have almost the same rating system.
I admit that Mystic River is an awesome preformance driven movie. but after seing it I didnt feel anything. it didnt affect me at all. I fact, I can name another movie of child abuse and the story about adults, "Sleepers" with brad pitt, robert deniro, and lots of actors and that movie is great and it had more effect in me than mystic river.

also Lost in Translation is great, but I have to say that Sofia Coppola's first movie, The Virgin Suicides is a much better movie, and smaller too. you guys should see it.

City of God I havent seen but I have it on dvd and I'll see it soon. Ive read that its really powerfull when talking about children violence and those movies tend to be great.

Watching Lord of the Rings in the movies was one of my best experiences ever (only losing to the Silverchair on 15 may 2003, i still have the ticket, and probably going to lose when i have sex for the first time:crazyboy: ). Well deserved, there is no such better epic movie, fiction movie, whatever.

They've put a lot of effort on to it, and you like it or not, they won it all. It must be a record, i dont think any movie that won the best movie award, still won 100% of the Oscars they were nominated for, which such a high number of awards won, i mean, getting 11 nominations and winning all of the 11, it's just too classy.:mrpimp:

only 2 movies besides LotR have won all the oscars they were nominated for. and both those movies had and won 9. LotR:RotK had and won 11.

I cant remember the movies, I think Lawrence of Arabia was one of them but Im not sure.

I agree, i have seen the movie twice and loved it both times. It might seem boring for people that have not read a book, but if you read a book, you will truly appreciate all the hardwork Peter has put into that movie. Besides it was the most awaited movie of 2003, beating Matrix and i believed they made the biggest income in 2003. It was somewhere around 2.5 billion. I think only Star Wars Trilogies made more and Gone with the wind. And it's still going.

nah, RotK is second in alltime behind Titanic which made 1.8 billions.

RotK just passed the 1 billion mark a few weeks ago.

I'm not that of a lotr fan but the last won had a lot of action, that was my favorite, even tho i didnt c da oders. The actor hoo duz frodo is scary lookin.kind of like this guy :jacko:

Random Alert.

Originally posted by rhizome17
Haha try beating that one Australia.

well they were our camera guys, peter jackson's now australian, all the armour/weapons were made in australia by australians................... the actors were american/british

not too much to do with newzealand apart from the landscape :S :crazyboy:

LOTR is the best movie i ever seen, they deserved to win all that...

Same here. I feel sad now, that it's over. It was a great adventure movie. What interesting adventures are there now? Star Wars Episode 3? Coming outin 1 year. Pirates of the Carribean 2? COming out in 1 year and a half. Spiderman is not an adventure anyways. So all i have left is wait till June for Harry Potter 3:kader: .

i miss lord of the rings already. Luckily there are still more games yet to be released, and they are going to make the hobbit movie.

Pirates of the caribean was so damn good, though
Jack Sparrow is gay. :crazyboy:

Originally posted by Mauricio
Pirates of the caribean was so damn good, though
Jack Sparrow is gay. :crazyboy:
He is not gay, he is ******* hilarious.
Without him, the movie probably would have been average. Johnny Depp, worked hard for sure.

yeah i know he had a SUPERB job but he was kinda gay you must accept that