I was a big fan of Ricky Gervais too and I knew I would be. He's hilarious and was just saying what we were all thinking. I loved him and I think HFPA's claim about him never getting a nomination is ridiculous. But I enjoyed myself so that's what matters.
Christian Bale was one of the best bits about the show, I think, I love him and I'm glad he's getting more recognition and respect from Hollywood, he deserves it.
I wasn't necessarily surprised at Inception not getting anything but I was a little disappointed. I look forward to them winning technical awards at the Oscars but, as someone who's not a big fan of The Social Network, I don't think it should have swept the way it did and if not Inception, at least The King's Speech should have taken more awards over TSN. But that's just me. I have TSN's soundtrack and I do like it and I get that it's modern and different but for me, personally, that doesn't make it superior
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Well, it's not like they didn't know what to expect from Ricky Gervais. He basically pulled the same stuff last year. If you hired him after that, then I think you should just take it like a man
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That was my thing as well. HFPA knew what they were getting into. To stamp their feet and throw a fit is just immature and ridiculous. I mean, really.
That's how I feel about 127 Hours (and, to an extent, The Social Network). I am on top of the world that Colin Firth is getting the recognition he deserves (and if Christian Bale wasn't around this yea, I'd love for Geoffrey Rush to be winning too because he was fantastic but I love Bale too so I'm happy there). It's all a matter of preference and I thought The King's Speech was flawless and it still does resonate with me but you can't say the same for everyone.
You make a good point there. To be honest, I would have wanted Inception to win over TSN for score. I can understand The King's Speech not winning because, while it was pretty, it didn't enhance any scenes as you said. But I think Inception had an incredible score and deserved that win. Then again, they might also be looking at Zimmer having enough awards for now.
uggghhhh Slumdog Millionaire winning was like a slap in the
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And honestly, when you nominate stuff like The Tourist and Alice in Wonderland, you pretty much deserve all the crap you can get. lol
The King's Speech would've been like the obvious 90's Best Picture winner, cause for some reason that's what they were into back then. But I think in the 2000s, the only winner that fit the mold would be A Beautiful Mind and that movie gets so much shit (kind of deserves it though for winning BP in a year full of great movies. ugh 2001 was such a joke). I liked TKS, but I KNOW that if it won, it would get a lot of crap for it and I'd prefer if it didn't get that reputation as like this century's How Green Was My Valley (and that movie was actually good too). LOL.
Slumdog Millionaire was just one of those movies that I was like WTF ARE WE WATCHING THE SAME MOVIE. 2008 was one of the worst Oscar years ever. They just nominated so much crap and left out so many good things. 2009 at least had good winners in the end (other than Sandra).
I didn't even consider TKS getting crap for winning and I guess that is a silver lining. I guess, overall, I still would have liked to see it won but unlike with Slumdog, I'm not devastated and throwing things at my TV or anything so while I would have preferred it, it didn't ruin anything for my by any means which I'm glad of.
ugh 2008 was such a horrible year, I completely agree. I honestly didn't know why some films got nominated. I was literally dumbfounded. Like with the Comedy/Musical category this year, tbh. 2009 was better, much better, and I was overall much happier but as crap as 2008 was, it didn't make me as upset as I was when Tarantino didn't win Best Original Screenplay and I don't know I'll ever get over that.
(Also, LJ apparently doesn't like you. I'm getting notifications from most everyone but you, lol.)
lol, that's so weird. i think your notification came like an hour later for me (cause I saw your comment here waaayy before i got a notice). wtf. this is weird
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Christian Bale was one of the best bits about the show, I think, I love him and I'm glad he's getting more recognition and respect from Hollywood, he deserves it.
I wasn't necessarily surprised at Inception not getting anything but I was a little disappointed. I look forward to them winning technical awards at the Oscars but, as someone who's not a big fan of The Social Network, I don't think it should have swept the way it did and if not Inception, at least The King's Speech should have taken more awards over TSN. But that's just me. I have TSN's soundtrack and I do like it and I get that it's modern and different but for me, personally, that doesn't make it superior ( ... )
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That's how I feel about 127 Hours (and, to an extent, The Social Network). I am on top of the world that Colin Firth is getting the recognition he deserves (and if Christian Bale wasn't around this yea, I'd love for Geoffrey Rush to be winning too because he was fantastic but I love Bale too so I'm happy there). It's all a matter of preference and I thought The King's Speech was flawless and it still does resonate with me but you can't say the same for everyone.
You make a good point there. To be honest, I would have wanted Inception to win over TSN for score. I can understand The King's Speech not winning because, while it was pretty, it didn't enhance any scenes as you said. But I think Inception had an incredible score and deserved that win. Then again, they might also be looking at Zimmer having enough awards for now.
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The King's Speech would've been like the obvious 90's Best Picture winner, cause for some reason that's what they were into back then. But I think in the 2000s, the only winner that fit the mold would be A Beautiful Mind and that movie gets so much shit (kind of deserves it though for winning BP in a year full of great movies. ugh 2001 was such a joke). I liked TKS, but I KNOW that if it won, it would get a lot of crap for it and I'd prefer if it didn't get that reputation as like this century's How Green Was My Valley (and that movie was actually good too). LOL.
Slumdog Millionaire was just one of those movies that I was like WTF ARE WE WATCHING THE SAME MOVIE. 2008 was one of the worst Oscar years ever. They just nominated so much crap and left out so many good things. 2009 at least had good winners in the end (other than Sandra).
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I didn't even consider TKS getting crap for winning and I guess that is a silver lining. I guess, overall, I still would have liked to see it won but unlike with Slumdog, I'm not devastated and throwing things at my TV or anything so while I would have preferred it, it didn't ruin anything for my by any means which I'm glad of.
ugh 2008 was such a horrible year, I completely agree. I honestly didn't know why some films got nominated. I was literally dumbfounded. Like with the Comedy/Musical category this year, tbh. 2009 was better, much better, and I was overall much happier but as crap as 2008 was, it didn't make me as upset as I was when Tarantino didn't win Best Original Screenplay and I don't know I'll ever get over that.
(Also, LJ apparently doesn't like you. I'm getting notifications from most everyone but you, lol.)
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