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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #250 on: February 02, 2010, 12:38:58 PM »
I dont get why that Tomei thing is always used as "the blunder" given the academys history in basically every category. I thought she was a lot of fun in that movie. Unlike, say, Whoopi Goldberg who won the same award for what I felt was a downright annoying performance in Ghost. ugh.

I havent seen Precious (dont really care to either...), but I thought both the supporting roles in Up in the Air were superb. Im fine with the category this year.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #251 on: February 02, 2010, 12:40:17 PM »
Monique was a cartoon in that movie. I dont get the love for her performance at all.
I think the writing is cartoonish for sure but I think Mo'Nique, to some degree, makes it work. But I definitely see what you're saying, I had mixed feelings about the film in general.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #252 on: February 02, 2010, 12:40:49 PM »
Huh, didn't even know Up in the Air was an adaptation.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #253 on: February 02, 2010, 12:42:09 PM »
Huh, didn't even know Up in the Air was an adaptation.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #254 on: February 02, 2010, 12:43:09 PM »
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs should have been there over an empirically bad film like Princess and the Frog, but Up will win anyway and that's all that matters. Though the nominations are good for something: they help to highlight certain films, like Secret of Kells that dropped under the radar. I really want to see that movie now.

Could we avoid stuff like this, has no place in the discussion and only invalidates your opinion and makes you look foolish.

lol. Everyone takes these things so seriously. Do you really think I meant a statement like that? I'm just pulling a FLY for fun. Princess and the Frog is still pretty bad though.

I don't find it funny as that type of talk, especially from FLY, is the main thing that I can't stand about these boards right now. If I can't stand it when he does it what makes you think I want it inserted in the middle of a genuine discussion?

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #255 on: February 02, 2010, 12:48:13 PM »
Yeah, all the hyperbole is really getting on my nerves too. So is bashing other Posters, by the way.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #256 on: February 02, 2010, 12:48:58 PM »
I dont get why that Tomei thing is always used as "the blunder" given the academys history in basically every category. I thought she was a lot of fun in that movie.
I think it's partly because of the highfalutin nature of the field that year. She beat Judy Davis, Joan Plowright, Vanessa Redgrave, and Miranda Richardson. The 'classy' vote got split and Tomei came up the middle. I of course think it's a blunder because Judy Davis is a genius.  
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #257 on: February 02, 2010, 12:49:56 PM »
Yeah, all the hyperbole is really getting on my nerves too. So is bashing other Posters, by the way.

It's an awards show. It's all about the hyperbole. That is the whole fun of it. :D

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #258 on: February 02, 2010, 12:51:13 PM »
Huh, didn't even know Up in the Air was an adaptation.
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Up in the Air could have used a new agey orthodontist.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #259 on: February 02, 2010, 12:54:54 PM »
This is a funny thread. Dunno if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
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