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Maybe I should see it first before I bitch, but what the fuck is with everyone's hardon over this Dreamgirls flick?

I haven't seen the movie, but I have saw the play and it is a fantastic story, very good music, etc.

Caught the "live" announcement of the nominations this morning. Salma Hayek was a presenter, and crap, does she look terrible with her new straight-cropped hairdo. I'd still bang her, though.

Salma also marked out and squeeled when Penelope Cruz was announced. Is there a connection? I'm completely oblivious, so feel free to enlighten me.

I think the "animated feature" category needs to die. Only three nominees are the only 3 animated films that were released this year. None of the 3 screamed "Oscar".

As usual, I haven't seen any of these movies...but I look forward to seeing them on cable in 2008!

Only three animated movies released last year? What about Over the Hedge, Barnyard, Hoodwinked, A Scanner Darkly, Open Season, Ice Age 2, The Ant Bully, Curious George, The Wild, and Flushed Away? Also, I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

I'm surprised Curious George wasn't nominated.

And Stragand, there's rumor of a lesbian love relationship between Selma Hayek and Penelope Cruz.

And I agree, everyone's blowing their load on Dreamgirls. It's the "Chicago" of this year.

I'm honestly stunned "The Fountain" didn't get a single nomination

Hey now!



For some reason, I thought "A Scanner Darkly" was in limited release in late 2005. Even with those films Rowe cited, I still think the category needs to die.

A Scanner Darkly didn't come out until 2006. At least by July.

I fucking hate the Oscar's, although I'm glad Pan's Labyrinth is getting some nods.

I have a DVD of it that I HAVE to get around to watching. It looks unreal.

I think the animation category is relevant, now more than ever, because a lot of studios are putting a lot of work into animated films. In the past it would've been the annual Disney "classic" and a bunch of hack work from other studios getting in. I'm surprised that Monster House got nominated, as I felt that Flushed Away and A Scanner Darkly would be more likely choices, especially since Wallace and Gromit won (last year?) and Waking Life was nominated.

Sorry to post again, but I have a few more thoughts.

I'm surprised that the only nominated actor from The Departed is Mark Wahlberg. While he was deserving of it, I thought that if Dicaprio were to be nominated, it would've been for The Departed and not for Blood Diamond. Also, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson were both strong, with Nicholson being a usual Oscar favorite.

I'm pleased that Little Miss Sunshine got some strong nominations.

I'm ASTOUNDED that Dreamgirls didn't get a best picture nod. It had the most buzz going into the awards season.

I hope Happy Feet wins the Best Animated Feature award.

I'm stunned Hugh Jackman didn't get a nod for The Fountain, as it was the best performance I've seen all year.

I'm stoked Little Miss Sunshine is getting some love, though it won't win.

I'm also surprised that Flushed Away didn't get nominated. I'd say Over the Hedge too, but it was too focused at kids

While Over The Hedge was great and all, it more closely followed the kids formula that has been done to death by Dreamworks, Fox, and Disney these past few years. I'm not too surprised that it didn't get nominated, partly because there was so much competition this year.

I didn't see Cars, was it really that good?

I liked OTH better than cars. In fact, I really liked Over the Hedge. The award probably goes to Happy Feet for being weird.

I'm biased against the Animation category because all of the big-screen movies in the past decade have had celebrity voice-over work. Just seems cheap to go with "celebrities" while legitimate voiceover professionals get snubbed.

I don't bother with award shows anymore. They're all rigged and the movies that win are always artsy pieces of crap that requires several shots of whiskey just to sit through.

And I'm still miffed that Al Pacino got dicked in terms of "wins" despite putting on amazing performances in every role he's been nominated for. SoaW was just a pitty win because everyone knew he deserved one long before that.

The Oscars are the only movie award show I care about. It actually has a proud legacy (for the most part, there are exceptions, before anyone reminds me of Citizen Kane or Saving Private Ryan). That, and actors really do make a big deal out of it, so that alone gives it meaning.

Titanic. I rest my case.

3 hours of boring shit, a stupid plot despite the Titanic itself has an interesting history (really, did we need two made up characters to sell TITANIC!?), and mediocre acting. Then it wins every award possible except the lead actor roles.

The Oscars are just as lame and self-indulgant as the rest. I don't se why anyone would care about that crap. If I like a movie, that's plenty. The snobs giving each other their snobby awards doesn't validate that at all.

Well, as usual I watched the entire show. It wasn't the best Oscar telecast I've seen, but it had it's moments.

Anyone else watch?

I watched some here and there, and the only two things that made me really happy were Clint Eastwood NOT GIVING A FUCK and Marty finally getting one. "Sorry bout 1976, 1980, 1990, and possibly 2002. Take this."

It was better than some of the snoozefest Oscars of years past. The jokes were actually humorous. But they still need to cut down on the time, man. It ended PAST midnight. Start it earlier, for crap sake.

Only televise the 4 awards people care about.

I'm a bit of a nerd in that I care about most of the awards.

Also, I really want to see that short, West Bank Story, which took the Best Live Action Short film award.

Nerd. You probably watched the 6 hour pre-show on E!, too.

I'm a movie nerd too, so most of the awards I want to see have to do with technical shit.

Although I was very happy to see Forest Whitaker get recognized for a EXCELLENT performance. It was also refreshing to see an actor humbled to the point he was during his speech.

My fantasy acceptance speech...

Someone ranting for several minutes, ignores the cue to rap things up, then tell everyone to fuck themselves and shove the award up their asses.

Forest Whitaker rocks many socks.

The Al Gore gag was pretty funny.

You want someone to pull a Shane Douglas at the Oscars?

Works for me. If I ever got into motion pictures and won an award, I'd do it, while wearing a blue fluffy tuxedo.

If you ever got into motion pictures you would be nowhere near the Oscars.

I could be a producer...

It could happen. (fantasizes about all the movies I'd make)

And no, Chokeslam Mountain isn't one of them!

Please tell me that's a Kane/Brokeback Mountain joke.

Ding!

I love this place. Let's never fight again.

There's a movie poster floating here somewhere.

Greatest joke-image ever.