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zephyr_42

Oscar Picks

Feb 20, 2007 20:24

I had some free time, and so, without much ado, I present:

( Simon's Oscar Picks 2007 )

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izzy_the_hutt February 21 2007, 18:18:59 UTC

Oh, one MORE teensy thing...Peter O'Toole. The man has been nominated for the best actor award 7 TIMES and never won. I think that might get political...plus he's supposed to be fantastic, though, again, haven't seen it.

zephyr_42 February 21 2007, 19:32:04 UTC

In response to all of your other posts...

Yes, I haven't seen all of them, so I can't judge everything equally. But I've seen a bunch of these, and it's just my opinions on the subject. I had some free time, and this was fun to write up.

Also, Peter O'Toole doesn't stand a chance. No one doesn't think Forest Whitaker will win. I haven't seen either movie, though, so we'll see on Sunday.

izzy_the_hutt February 22 2007, 04:11:48 UTC

Give the old man some CREDIT. The Oscars are a popularity contest, not about who's actually done the best. They'll throw him a bone!

zephyr_42 February 22 2007, 04:21:30 UTC

The Oscars award talent far more than any other big award show (Grammys, etc). Forest Whitaker won at the Golden Globes, and I'm 99% sure he'll win at the Oscars.

the_heap February 22 2007, 05:12:55 UTC

That doesn't mean that he'll win for sure. Joaquin Phoenix won the golden globes last year but Philip Seymour Hoffman won the oscar.

zephyr_42 February 22 2007, 05:41:05 UTC

The Golden Globes split all the awards into "Drama" and "Musical/Comedy" catagories. Hoffman DID win Best Actor, for a Drama. Phoenix won for Musical/Comedy.

This year, Forest Whitaker won for Drama, and Sacha Baron Cohen won for Musical/Comedy, and Cohen didn't even get a Oscar nomination. It's VERY unlikely that Whitaker will lose.

izzy_the_hutt February 22 2007, 23:11:21 UTC

Yeah, because someone's going to argue that Forest Whitaker's more talented than Peter O'Toole. Winning at the GG is a good bet, but the 'talent' factor....um, Whitaker was doing a super heavy role, and he's black. I'd use those reasons before claiming he's more talented than O'Toole.

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