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Today is the biggest day in Hollywood...the Academy Awards! Finally, after what seemed like a bad year, we'll get to see what films are honored the most by the Academy. Below are what I think will win, not necessarily what I want to win:
Picture: A Beautiful Mind Director: Ron Howard Actor: Russell Crowe Actress: Halle Berry Supporting Actor: Ben Kingsley Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly
In addition, I know "Lord of the Rings" will win VFX and most of the other technical awards, although Moulin Rouge has to get something like art direction. Also, Shrek will undoubtedly win the new "Best Animated Film" category.
[ March 24, 2002, 09:02: Message edited by: Veers ]
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Oops. Sorry about that parentheses thing, I was going to do that but then took it out. BTW, by "historical liberties," you mean all those rumors about John Nash? You believe those? People hear something in the media and believe it... Besides, by the time all that stuff was spread around, the Academy had already voted on the winners. Sorry.
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Oh, yes, historical accuracy has always been the primary criteria for the Academy judges. Yes, indeed. Absolutely. Yes. 100%.
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In the name of doing something different, I'm going to rule out winners. Oscar night needs some more good ol' fashioned negativity.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Russell Crowe Sean Penn Will Smith Denzel Washington Tom Wilkinson
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jim Broadbent Ethan Hawke Ben Kingsley Ian McKellen Jon Voight
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Halle Berry Judi Dench Nicole Kidman Sissy Spacek Ren�e Zellweger
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jennifer Connelly Helen Mirren Maggie Smith Marisa Tomei Kate Winslet
ART DIRECTION AM�LIE GOSFORD PARK HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING MOULIN ROUGE
CINEMATOGRAPHY AM�LIE BLACK HAWK DOWN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE MOULIN ROUGE
COSTUME DESIGN THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE GOSFORD PARK HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING MOULIN ROUGE
DIRECTING A BEAUTIFUL MIND BLACK HAWK DOWN GOSFORD PARK THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING MULHOLLAND DRIVE (wide open)
FILM EDITING A BEAUTIFUL MIND BLACK HAWK DOWN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING MEMENTO MOULIN ROUGE
MUSIC (SCORE) A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE A BEAUTIFUL MIND HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING MONSTERS, INC.
VISUAL EFFECTS A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING PEARL HARBOR
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS MONSTERS, INC. SHREK
BEST PICTURE A BEAUTIFUL MIND GOSFORD PARK IN THE BEDROOM THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING MOULIN ROUGE (wide open)
-------------------- "I was surprised by the matter-of-factness of Kafka's narration, and the subtle humor present as a result." (Sizer 2005)
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Well that was a nice show but I'm so glad it's over since I have to be at the Hollywood and Vine area later in the morining. Clean up better be done by 8am or else I'm going to loose a client.
-------------------- "It speaks to some basic human needs: that there is a tomorrow, it's not all going to be over with a big splash and a bomb, that the human race is improving, that we have things to be proud of as humans." -Gene Roddenberry about Star Trek
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I wonder. . . people went off Crowe quickly, partly because of his BAFTAs bigheadedness, and partly for beating someone up. But ir eminds me of the way Gerard Depardieu was nobbled for Best Actor for Cyrano de Bergerac. Back then a Best Actor not even speaking English was unthinkable, so a press campaign started up which mis-translated an interview he did in which he talked about his wild youth. "I once saw someone raped" became "I once raped someone" and boom, no Oscar.
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I didn't like A Beautiful Mind very much at all. It wasn't a bad film, it just wasn't engaging. And unsetlling.
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
PHASE I:
: I am John Nash. I am an intelligent man. I am at the Important University of the United States. I have discovered MATH! Now I am the smart MATH teacher!
: I am your student who can yell at sweaty men. I am no stranger to sweaty men, as I am TV's whore, Jennifer Connelly. You may remember me from such films as Naked Whore I, II & XVII, and that movie where I got dildo fucked. I am class now, though. Oscar for me.
(General Audience): This movie is a Romance! Between a whore and a very smart man who seems to have discovered MATH! He is very buff as well. Double Whammy, with no remainder! That was a math joke!
(Star Trek Fan): This John Nash could be the namesake of the USS Nash, NCC-2010-B, Sydney-Class Transport Variant! He must do something extraordinary, in addition to discovering MATH!
PHASE II:
: I am now working for the government! Ed Harris is the Jason Bourne of this movie, and I am the master MATHEMATICAL spy!
: I am still a whore. But a whore for you, John Nash, thirty years my senior! I was eaten out by Nick Nolte in Muholland Falls!
: I am the CIA Mastermind behind the covert Mathematics division! It is covert! But our rational numbers are not!
(General Audience): This movie is now a spy thriller! The Day of the Math-al, if you will! I hope John Nash thwarts the Al Qaeda Ten Network! (The Base Ten Network, HAHAHAHA!)
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(Star Trek Fan): Updating entry in shiplist! USS Nash, Sydney-Class transport. Named for Mathematical Mastermind and CIA agent, John Nash.
PHASE III:
: I am not a CIA agent. I am just crazy. With schizophrenia. But I am still a math genius! But everything you have just seen is a fantasy.
: I am still a whore. I was being eaten out by an unspecified male while Joaquin Phoenix watches in Inventing the Abbots. My panties were off. Also, it is becoming difficult to enjoy sex with John Nash. Where is my Oscar?
(General Audience): This movie is now a drama, and we have spent 2 hours watching things that are irrelevant. Like a dream sequence. And Jennifer Connelly hasn't been naked yet! No nudity, OR no emotional connection with the characters! This is real though. So it makes == excellence. Because the Motion Picture industry is not founded on its fiction, but it's pseudo-reality movies, as we all know. Give Connelly an Oscar if she removes her panties!
(Star Trek fan): He was crazy? That's it? That's not enough to name a ship after? I'm crazy, and I'm a loser. He at least had a fun disease, the one where you're never lonely. Oh how I wish I had some imaginary friends. Right Clement?
: I am Opie. Just as Fonzie had lots of cool, this movie has the same amount of crazy. Thank you for the Oscar. And let us all remember the man who discovered MATH, John 'Crazyass' Nash.
: I am the real discoveror of MATH! I also am related to the Heaven's Gate Cult Guy.
: I am Marshal Applewhite. I have discovered SECRET ALIEN MATH!
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: I am John Nash. I am an intelligent man. I am at the Important University of the United States. I have discovered MATH! Now I am the smart MATH teacher!
: I am your student who can yell at sweaty men. I am no stranger to sweaty men, as I am TV's whore, Jennifer Connelly. You may remember me from such films as Naked Whore I, II & XVII, and that movie where I got dildo fucked. I am class now, though. Oscar for me.
(General Audience): This movie is a Romance! Between a whore and a very smart man who seems to have discovered MATH! He is very buff as well. Double Whammy, with no remainder! That was a math joke!
(Star Trek Fan): This John Nash could be the namesake of the USS Nash, NCC-2010-B, Sydney-Class Transport Variant! He must do something extraordinary, in addition to discovering MATH!
: I am the CIA Mastermind behind the covert Mathematics division! It is covert! But our rational numbers are not!
: I am Opie. Just as Fonzie had lots of cool, this movie has the same amount of crazy. Thank you for the Oscar. And let us all remember the man who discovered MATH, John 'Crazyass' Nash.
: I am the real discoveror of MATH! I also am related to the Heaven's Gate Cult Guy.
: I am Marshal Applewhite. I have discovered SECRET ALIEN MATH!
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