Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 If Milk wins we riot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zetterberg is God 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 It' be easier for me to take if Rourke didn't win the Golden Globe. I figured that would have pretty much locked it up for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 See I don't think I'd put any of the Best Picture nominees this year in my personal top five of '08. Slumdog and maybe Milk would be in my top ten. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foleyfanforever88 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Good for Slumdog Millionaire. It was the only one of the nominees I saw, and I really enjoyed it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YourKock'sReallyGreat 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I heard an interview with Jeffrey Lyons the film critic. He stated that Slumdog was supposed to be direct to dvd. Does anybody have the story about this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 See I don't think I'd put any of the Best Picture nominees this year in my personal top five of '08. Slumdog and maybe Milk would be in my top ten. Â Milk, Slumdog and Button were in my top 10, but none were in my top 5. That said, Slumdog was fantastic and a deserving choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I heard an interview with Jeffrey Lyons the film critic. He stated that Slumdog was supposed to be direct to dvd. Does anybody have the story about this? Â Yes, that's true. The movie was supposed to be distributed by Warner Independent, but they were closed down, and the film was going to be sent to DVD just to get it off the books. But Fox Searchlight stepped in and acquired it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conspiracy_Victim 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 "The Reader" AKA "The movie we nominated since a comic book or a cartoon ain't winning Best Picture!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Niggardly King 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Is Mickey the first actor to nearly win every other award for one performance, just to lose the big one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Is Mickey the first actor to nearly win every other award for one performance, just to lose the big one? Â Penn won the SAG award, which was kind of foreshadowing that he might win Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobobrazil1984 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I wanted the Penn/Rourke race to be a swerve and go to Frank Langella. I thought he was great as Nixon. Alas... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anakin Flair 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I stopped caring about the Oscars years ago. I didn't even watch, I just followed the results on IMDB. It's all politics; talent is a distant second requirement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 And wow what a shitty cover of Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conspiracy_Victim 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I wanted the Penn/Rourke race to be a swerve and go to Frank Langella. I thought he was great as Nixon. Alas... Â Then have Jericho run out and taunt Rourke and nonsensically start shouting, "It was me Mickey! It was me ALL ALOOOOOOOOOOOONGGGGGG!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I wanted the Penn/Rourke race to be a swerve and go to Frank Langella. I thought he was great as Nixon. Alas... Â I haven't seen the movie...but did it have to be made? Despite strong performances (from what I hear) was that a story people were dying to hear again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I think we've had this thread but my top five (in no particular order) for you King Kamala fans out there; The Dark Knight, The Wrestler, Wall-E, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Bigger, Stronger, Faster *. Â I'm really behind on '08 movies. Still haven't seen two of The Best Picture nominees (Benjamin Button and The Reader), Gran Torino, The Visitor, Frozen River, Happy-Go-Lucky, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, In Bruges, Man On Wire and Revolutionary Road. Damn- not having a movie theater within a twenty minute drive sucks balls. I'm really slipping compared to the last two or three years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt Angle Mark 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Is Mickey the first actor to nearly win every other award for one performance, just to lose the big one?  Penn won the SAG award, which was kind of foreshadowing that he might win  Yep, Once I saw that Penn won that award I knew that Rourke was in trouble.   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Honestly, I don't care how iconoclastic this is to say on a wrestling board, but Sean Penn deserved that Oscar just as much as Rourke did. I was pulling for Rourke to win, but Penn was exceptional too and was a close second. If Brad Pitt had won I would have been pissed, but I can live with this, whatever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I wanted the Penn/Rourke race to be a swerve and go to Frank Langella. I thought he was great as Nixon. Alas... Â I haven't seen the movie...but did it have to be made? Despite strong performances (from what I hear) was that a story people were dying to hear again? Â If you're referring to Frost/Nixon, then yes. The complications and stakes behind the trio of interviews is a pretty interesting and unknown, story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobobrazil1984 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I wanted the Penn/Rourke race to be a swerve and go to Frank Langella. I thought he was great as Nixon. Alas... Â I haven't seen the movie...but did it have to be made? Despite strong performances (from what I hear) was that a story people were dying to hear again? Â I'm not really sure what you mean - no movies 'have to be made'. It was a great movie though. Unless people saw the play, which i hadn't even heard of until the movie came out, i'm not sure how they are hearing the story 'again'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
milliondollarchamp 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I cant wait to hear what the Westboro Baptist Church have to say about Sean Penn's win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Most of this didn't surprise me at all right down to Penn over Rourke. Once the "Mickey at WM" rumors started there was no way he was winning so in that regard he basically screwed himself. Even Penn tonight put him over as if to say "Sorry dude, I probably don't deserve this." Â The sad part of this is that some will say Rourke will have another day or that he's back. This was his day. He's more likely to drift into B movies again than he is to sustain a leading man career. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Yeah, are the Frost/Nixon interviews really all that well known among people under the age of 35? I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about U.S. history and I hadn't really about them all that much outside of reading reviews of the play and seeing the SNL spoof of them with Dan Aykroyd and Eric Idle on the Season 2 set. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 "I am Wolverine" Â The show went downhill from there. For reals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Ghost of bps21 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 This was like watching Rocky...only he gets knocked out in the second round. Â Fuck Sean Penn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBright7831 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Calm down guys. At least Heath Ledger won. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob_barron 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Yeah, are the Frost/Nixon interviews really all that well known among people under the age of 35? I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about U.S. history and I hadn't really about them all that much outside of reading reviews of the play and seeing the SNL spoof of them with Dan Aykroyd and Eric Idle on the Season 2 set. Â Yea, I didn't know anything about the Frost interviews until I heard about the play on Broadway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Yeah, geez did Sean Penn shit in your cereal? I know he's an asshole but yeesh. I wonder if there'd be the same reaction towards Richard Jenkins if he'd been the one to beat Rourke! Â Naw, it's not possible to hate on Richard Jenkins. The Academy totally snubbed him for his role as the very attractive in a way that I can't explain ATF agent tripping on acid in Flirting With Disaster! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Niggardly King 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 No, because Dick Jenkins is awesome... but Fuck Sean Penn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 I knew about the Frost/Nixon interviews because of a Political Science class I took where the teacher showed some of it. I kind of thought Nixon's "if the President does it it's not illegal" was like a pretty famous quote, though. I guess I'm wrong? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
