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toddmichael

overlooked Oscars ...

Feb 28, 2008 19:52

All I have to say is that Julianne Moore should have won an Oscar for Magnolia. Granted she wasn't even nominated, but she should have been ( Read more... )

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bibliogoddess February 29 2008, 01:01:52 UTC

Forrest Gump.

toddmichael March 1 2008, 16:21:13 UTC

Well, if you mean it *didn't* deserve, I'm in agreement. Thought that movie was dumb.

bibliogoddess March 1 2008, 19:09:28 UTC

Yep, that was what I meant. (-: That year Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption were both nominees for Best Picture. Also, Tom Hanks beat out folks like Morgan Freeman (Shawshank) and Nigel Hawthorne (Madness of King George) for Best Leading Actor. There was a similar travesty in Best Director.

redheadedali February 29 2008, 01:26:21 UTC

I was scandalized when Naomi Watts wasn't nominated last year for The Painted Vail. She was so good in that.

Also, Jennifer Connelly shouldn't have won for A Beautiful Mind. I really think Marissa Tomei should have won Best Supporting Actress that year for In the Bedroom.

bibliogoddess March 1 2008, 19:09:56 UTC

Painted Veil was such a great film.

slinksgirl February 29 2008, 01:54:12 UTC

I am SO with you on the Magnolia thing.

toddmichael March 1 2008, 16:20:36 UTC

I love that scene in Magnolia with her in the drugstore yelling at the guy.

fauxmiddlechild February 29 2008, 08:17:51 UTC

I agree with you that Julianne Moore deserves an Oscar, though I much preferred her in Far From Heaven.

toddmichael March 1 2008, 16:19:32 UTC

I was dissapointed in that movie, but I need to rewatch it.

fauxmiddlechild March 1 2008, 18:20:20 UTC

Why disappointed? And I need to rewatch it too, it's been years. I just remember how beautiful it was, from the changing leaves to the clothes.

toddmichael March 2 2008, 02:16:03 UTC

Well, it was more about race relations than having a gay husband in the 50s (I thought the homosexual element would be more prominent though). I remember watching it on DVD I think -- I liked the director's commentary portion.

So, my only real dissapointment was that the homosexuality element wasn't that significant :)

Oddly enough I hated Magnolia the first time I saw it (in the theatre), but loved it after re-watching a few times.

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moose8556 February 29 2008, 13:43:35 UTC

His acceptance speech may have been memorable, but Cuba Goodiing Jr does not deserve to have an oscar on his mantle.

toddmichael March 1 2008, 16:20:08 UTC

Well, in fairness, his career since Jerry Macguire has been pretty much non-existant!

He has nice buns though.

moose8556 March 2 2008, 14:19:22 UTC

You make it seem like Gay Cruise was an utter piece of crap.

It has Horatio Sans.... how could it go wrong?
/sarcasm