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Aw Hell... I suppose I should post about those lame as hell GOLDEN GLOBES!
Hey folks, Harry here with a rundown of the Golden Globes and my opinion on all the Film winners - HERCULES?!?!?! If you're out there, add your comments to the TV side of this when you get a chance...
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Drama: "The Hours."The Hollywood Foreign Press had their heads so far up their asses in giving the award to THE HOURS - which has not one classic moment, not one memorable hang with you all your days scene. THE HOURS is one of those films, like A BEAUTIFUL MIND that will disappear from the minds of all in 3 months time. You won't rent it, buy it or even discuss it, save for those discussions in history where you say, "What the fuck were they thinking?"
Director: Martin Scorsese, "Gangs of New York."WRONG! Scorsese's GANGS OF NEW YORK is a jumbled mess with visions of genius interrupted with vast mediocrity. You know, people talk about this being Scorsese's DREAM project, but like so many DREAM projects it really doesn't live. In fact, this is Scorsese's HOOK. Giving him the award out of honoring his career is the WRONG ROUTE TO GO! Hell give him a DeMille award if you want to honor his career. But give Director to Rob Marshall or Alexander Payne or Spike Jonze or Peter Jackson. All four have made films this year that tower over the muddled mess that was GANGS OF NEW YORK. The only deserving aspect of that film was Daniel Day Lewis - and I dare say - that given Lewis' career work to date, that had less to do with Scorsese and more to do with his own particular breed of mad genius.
Actor, Drama: Jack Nicholson, "About Schmidt."Jack is just the king of cool. I mean, did you see the way he was making his moves on Nicole Kidman up there? A master. I would actually LOVE for the two of them to get married and have children. If nothing else... just because if Beatty could wind up with Annette Bening, why can't Jack get Nicole? Ya know, it makes sense... It really does. Jack's performance in ABOUT SCHMIDT was the best male performance of 2002.
Actress, Drama: Nicole Kidman, "The Hours."My utter apathy for THE HOURS leaves me cold about this one. I just don't give two shakes about that film. I love Nicole though, but I would have picked just about any other actress and film before this one.
Musical or Comedy: "Chicago."Absolutely Just! Now, if only Bill Condon had won or Queen Latifah. Then the night would have been complete. Alas. This film really is just fantastic. Everything it wins is completely justified and wonderful!
Actor, Musical or Comedy: Richard Gere, "Chicago."A great year for Richard Gere. I mean, perhaps his best all around career year. Was very disappointed that I didn't get to hear about the Dali Lama or Tibet. I mean, he did thank just about everyone else in existence except that nurse at that hospital that everyone knows someone that knows her. Oh well, maybe at the Oscars.
Actress, Musical or Comedy: Renee Zellweger, "Chicago."Well, wasn't that 35 minute acceptance speech just the cutest little thing you ever did see? And I love how her accent is getting heavier and heavier - just adorable. Makes me blush just thinking about it.
Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper, "Adaptation."Cooper was great in ADAPTATION - and I love that the film was being honored, but I really wanted to see John C Reilly on the stage... However, seeing him left in the audience brought back haunting echoes of Mr Cellophane Man... Cast him as Ben Grimm please!
Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep, "Adaptation."Gosh, Meryl with an award... what a novel concept. Hehehe... This is a nice nod, though I'd of flipped if Kathy Bates had gotten the call.
Foreign Language Film: "Talk to Her," Spain.Watching Almodovar get the call was delightful... however as much as I love TALK TO HER, I would have prefered nods to CITY OF GOD or the real best foreign film of 2002 - SYMPATHY FOR MR VENGEANCE!!!
Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, "About Schmidt."This was the toughest category of the night, and I was really surprised and delighted to see Payne and Taylor get the call. I was really really really pulling for Donald and Charlie Kaufman to accept their award... rarely have I seen two screenwriters more breathlessly hone material so brilliantly.
Score: Elliot Goldenthal, "Frida."Eliot's music for FRIDA is absolutely lush and wonderful. I just find it sad that Shore wasn't even nominated - especially when his year was made up of not only TWO TOWERS, but PANIC ROOM and SPIDER... both of which were superior compositions. Of course, as much as I love the FRIDA score... John Williams' amazing jazzy Johnny Williams work for CATCH ME IF YOU CAN will be my most played score of 2002 I believe.
Original Song: U2, "The Hands That Built America" from "Gangs of New York."This is one of those AWARD courting songs - Personally - I feel that GOLLUM'S SONG is vastly superior in terms of serving the mood and feel of the film, and in terms of being atmospheric and adding to tone of the film... it is just the best song - however - since Madonna didn't win for that sewer she sang with Bond... I suppose I'm not too angsty about it.
I'd comment on the below - but I don't know if any are justified or highly criminal cuz I let Hercules The Strong watch all the television - if he wishes to comment, then I welcome his comments:
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I think I’m on record with regard to how completely lame and awful I think the Hollywood Foreign Press Society is. America, are you aware that these are the same folks who honored Pia Zadora for “Butterfly”? Can you name one person who votes for these idiotic awards? I think not. America only knows or cares that Jack Nicholson and Robin Williams will show up for the big Globes TV show.
I had already decided to just ignore all award shows this year, including the far more important Emmys, because it’s become increasingly obvious that I have no desire to publicize these problematic kudofests. I am not on the same page as these award people (save maybe the American critics and the AFI folks).
But my dear and very famous friend Harry Knowles, of whom we are all so fond, publicly pleads for comment. Go to him, he calls you, you can't refuse. So let Herc just sneak over here onto the movie side of AICN for a minute:
But my dear and very famous friend Harry Knowles, of whom we are all so fond, publicly pleads for comment. Go to him, he calls you, you can't refuse. So let Herc just sneak over here onto the movie side of AICN for a minute:
Drama Series: "The Shield," FX. “The Shield” is an exceedingly smart and entertaining enterprise, but my five nominees this year would have been “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “24,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Firefly,” and “The West Wing.” And “Buffy” would have won.
Actor, Drama: Michael Chiklis, "The Shield," FX. Chiklis’ character is of course the reason to watch “The Shield” but I would have gone with Keifer Sutherland in “24.” But Chiklis definitely makes the top five alongside Bradley Whitford (“The West Wing”), Neal McDonough(“Boomtown”), and James Gandolfini (“The Sopranos”).
Actress, Drama: Edie Falco, "The Sopranos," HBO. It should have gone to the amazing Sarah Michelle Gellar for “Buffy.” Runners-up: Jennifer Garner for “Alias,” Jolene Blalock for "Enterprise" and Sarah Clarke for “24.”
Musical or Comedy Series: "Curb Your Enthusiasm," HBO. I would have gone with “Gilmore Girls,” followed by “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” “South Park,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Undeclared” and “The Tick.”
Actor, Musical or Comedy Series: Tony Shalhoub, "Monk," USA. Tony Shalhoub equals hugely talented, but I would have gone with Trey Parker (Cartman on “South Park”), followed by Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Bernie Mac ("The Bernie Mac Show"), Patrick Warburton (“The Tick”) and Seth Rogan (“Undeclared”).
Actress, Musical or Comedy Series: Jennifer Aniston, "Friends," NBC. Aniston is a very funny young woman, but I would have given it to Lauren Graham (“Gilmore Girls”), with the runners-up including Aniston, then Lisa Kudrow (“Friedns”), then Monica Keena (“Undeclared”), then Liz Vassey (“The Tick”).
Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie Made for Television: Donald Sutherland, "Path to War," HBO. I didn’t see “Paths of War,” but it’s hard to believe Sutherland was better than James Marsters in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” My runners-up include Victor Garber and Bradley Cooper in “Alias,” Nicholas Brendon in “Buffy,” John Amos in “The West Wing,” or Alex Denisof in “Angel.”
Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie Made for Television: Kim Cattrall, "Sex and the City," HBO. That dried-out over-emoting “Porky’s” refugee wouldn’t make my top million. Far, far more deserving is Alyson Hannigan for “Buffy.” Runners up include Emma Caulfield for “Buffy,” Alexis Bledel for “Gilmore Girls,” and Mary Louise Parker and Stockard Channing for “West Wing.”
Miniseries or Movie Made for Television: "The Gathering Storm," HBO.
Actor, Miniseries or Movie Made for Television: Albert Finney, "The Gathering Storm," HBO.
Actress, Miniseries or Movie Made for Television: Uma Thurman, "Hysterical Blindness," HBO. Life is too short for TV movies, even those produced by HBO. But again, I’d first go with what the Emmy people like.
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the Martians should put us out of our misery.
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Jan 20, 2003 8:24:09 AM CST
Little Miss Rene Zelwegger is from my home town of Katy Tx., tha
by red raider
...and yes I agree. First posters suck ass!
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Keep that kind of communication internal, please. You unprofessional bastards! And Harry, you're the biggest dick for saying that stuff about Life is Beautiful-it's the only thing you've ever written that's angered and disappointed me in you as a person (which is pretty amazing).
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That particular bullet has been dodged many times lately, but I'd like to delve deeper into what, in Harry's opinion makes it such a medicore film? Globes...award shows seems to have some point on TV, when there's a coherent body of work appreciated/critisized. But with films, it always seems like lottery. But still, it seems to be unbeatable asset for the marketing departments...
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Why was Jack up for Drama? Even he said he thought it was a comedy.
Oh well, Jack was great. But so was Daniel Day Lewis. That was one of those categories that I still could not decide on.
Richard Gere was great in Chicago, but not Golden Globe worthy. He should have been up for supporting actor for Unfaithful. That was a better performance.
As much as I hate Nic Cage, he really should have won. He was AMAZING as the twins in Adaptation. Simply amazing.
Oh well, award shows suck anyway. Its all a bunch of anorexic bitches and drunk bastards sucking Harvey Weinstein's penis via long drawn out acceptance speeches.
Most touching aspect of every speech, thanking the agent. They always save the agent for last. Fuck mom, fuck dad, fuck your spose and fuck the kids. The agent is what its all about?!?! Please!
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Jan 20, 2003 8:32:53 AM CST
The FPA is as out of touch as Harry's list of top 2002 movies...
by elwen
I mean... The Hours? Just as insane as Harry's pick for best movie of 2002.
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Jan 20, 2003 8:35:09 AM CST
I do admit, I was a little bummed that Daniel Day-Lewis didn't w
by red raider
His performance impressed the hell out of me! Very powerful...he commanded every scene he was in. I tended to forget that DiCaprio & Diaz were even in the movie. His performance is reason alone to own the dvd when it comes out. I was happy to see Martin Scorcese win the best director globe, although (as usual) the oscars will most likely hose him once again! Harry, I respect your opinion, but I think you're being way too harsh on Gangs of New York. _____Now I need to get my arse to a showing of Chicago!
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Day Lewis' Performance was the finest piece of Acting from ANYONE in 2002...Nicholson does'nt desrve the acolades as he always plays himself even more than ever in About Schmidt...
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And the Award for "Worst Song Ever in a Feature Film of the Last Twenty Years" goes to....
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Jan 20, 2003 8:42:51 AM CST
I think they should make a sequel with Hulk Hogan as Godley
by maxwell's hammer
"Scorcese was deliberately trying to make you feel like you were in the middle of a Poison concert, brother!"
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Jan 20, 2003 8:48:00 AM CST
Don't agree with all of what u said Harry, but you're spot on ab
by barrelrider
...it truly was the emperor's new clothes! It IS a shame about DD-L not winning for Bill the Butcher, but after Kingsley lost out for his performance in Sexy Beast, I realised that these people quite often wouldn't know a great acting performance if it headbutted them....anyone who disagrees must be a motherwhoring guttercrawling son of an Irish nigger bitch, who has been involved in too much popery.
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Awards smords.
You can't really take them seriously. Although they are fun to watch.
I'm never really hurt if my fav films don't win or aren't even nominated.
It was cool to see Scorcese up on stage for something though. The man is so passionate about film...I wish his speech was longer.
I guess I HAVE to see Chicago and the Hours now.
I was kinda hoping Diane Lane would win for best actress. Hers was the first performance of last year(that scene on the train) where I was like ...WHOA...oscar. And that was what? Way back in January?
Daniel Day or Jack? Wow. Toss up. DD was bloody brilliant as Bill the Butcher...made you really sympathize for a cold blooded murderer. Yet it was Jack's very un-Jack like performance that got to me the most. But he didn't thank Undugu!
No one mentioned Gene Hackman's award for his career. He plays himself in every role...but the dude is awesome.
What did Uma win for? I turned on the TV as she was accepting her globe...as I stared at her globes...her perfect orbs of flesh...her...
um...can't wait for KILL BILL.
Awards mean shite...except if ya get one.
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You know, i couldn't give seven shits about a film with three women being affected by some boring shitty book. These films get made every year, and no one has the balls to say they're crap (except u harry....Thank u). LOTR was movie making at it's finest, The Pianist was powerful as hell, and although many will disagree, GONY was my fave film of the year (bar Rules of Attraction but who would ever nominate that film?). Daniel Day Lewis gave the single best perfromance by an actor in the last 10 years. His Bill the Butcher wil be remembered as Hannibal Lecter is today. He became the character. Ok, i haven't seen about schmidt but i can't see Jack being anything as special as DayLewis. Chicago was overrated. About a Boy (i'm british so i'm biased) or Adaptation were masterpieces, and in my mind adaptation's screenplay was the best this year. Richard gere was good, but not as great as Nick Cage or Hugh Grant and especially not Kieran Culkin. Renee Zelwegger is the biggest piece of trash the acting world has ever seen. she was a miscast wretch just as she spoiled our very own bridget jones. Julianne Moore deserved an award! I am perfectly happy with Scorcese winning, man he deserved it. But my biggest beef with the awards were U2 winning best song over Eminem. That song was powerful and was actually a song that contributed to the film, unlike U2's 'thing' that was the only downer in the whole film. U2 CAN BITE MY SHINY METAL ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and cos i live in britain, and i have to go to college 1. i couldn't see the awards as they don't show them here, and 2. i had to sleep cos i had college in the morning. God i hate awards.
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1) Renee Jellewegger is a junkie. Seriously, i saw her on a chat show and i swear to god she was on uppers!!! 2) Lay off The Hours cos Claire Danes is in it. 3)Daniel Day Lewis is an acting God, and has my full respect for 'retiring' and becoming a shoemaker. 4) E News hates LOTR so it's no surprise that it won jackshit!!!
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And didn't snap her in two? I just imagine hearing the sound of breaking bones.
Speaking of annorexia...Adrian Brody still looked like he was playing a holocaust survivor.
Face it, these awards shows are just venues to see and be seen. How does art win over other art? By its very nature its wrong. Film touches everyone in different ways anyway. No one is going to agree 100% with all the winners. So its no point in arguing. The films that I really like will always be special to me wether they win anything or not.
Still they are fun to watch....did anyone else find it odd to see Richard Gere(a buddhist) seem so happy to win such a material possession? Or for that matter U2, a band known for its peace and hunger causes...appear so caught up in the awards hoopla. Funny shite. Bono said "Fuckin Brilliant" on live tv. FUCK censors.
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...most awards shows for cinema are so way off the mark, it's ludicrous. One can only look back at the past several years and see where a superior film or performance got screwed out a much deserved award by a shittier performance. A great example of this is American Beauty. It was showered with both GG's and Oscars. IMO, best picture of 1999 was The Insider. Even though Visual Effects are considered less significant, the following is still considered an injustice. 1984: Indiana Jones/Temple of Doom wins best visual FX over 2010. That is truly fucked! 1995: Babe wins best visual FX over Apollo 13. Totally fucked up. Again, this is my opinion...others may diagree. How about some other examples of award show injustice?! I know you have some! _____Funniest moment in oscar history(for me, anyway): 1989: Daniel Day Lewis wins best actor over Tom Cruise. Tom had a look on his face like he was a shoe in for the award, and he look pale and clueless after losing to Lewis. My response: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAAA....!!!!! ____And yes, Laura Flynn Boyle looked terrible. When is hollywood going to finally wake the fuck up and realize that the "anemic white chick" look bad?! Give me women who look great with some meat on the bones, like Kate Winslet or that redhead from the t.v show Less Than Perfect!
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No Tuxedos allowed. The only beverages available are keg beer and slurpees. There's no podium, and the winners don't get to make speeches. Speeches are determined in talkback. The award is, of course, a nude bust of Harry. I'd rather watch those awards than the smarmy bullshit I saw last night. By the way is it me, or dod Scott Rudin out himself?
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I'm no LOTR geek. I never read any of the books and didn't know a Hobbit from a hole in the ground.
It is kinda scary and cool at the same time how a CG character such as Gollum pulled on my emotions as much as and more so than some of the live actors that were nominated this year.
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Forgive me if I'm wrong on this one....but i thought Donald Kaufmann was a FICTIONAL character. A CREATION of Charlie Kaufmann.
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Jan 20, 2003 10:07:40 AM CST
Red: how about 'How Green was my Valley' beating 'Citizen Kane'
by barrelrider
that's quite a classic one! Or 'Dances with Wolves' doing an Oscar sweep? Abominable!!
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For letting that F-Bomb from Bono slip through last night?
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...seems to have gained the weight back? She's a goddess again.
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It don't deserve a best picture award. I agree that if ROTK is equal or better than FOTR and TTT that it will win best picture and most importantly deserve best picture but TTT as a stand alone film is not worthy. FOTR was more than worthy but not TTT.
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Chicago sounds dominating.
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You mean Gere didn't thank the nurse that extracted the gerbil? Ingrate.
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... with the usual cries of "That film sucked ass big time" and "how come that slag won, as her tits sag." Big deal. I'm hardly going to a film just becasue it won some award and I really couldn't care less if some film got beaten. Afterall, like most of these things, it's all a matter of personal opinion. History usually filters the dross from the more worthy. We all know that some awards are "lucky," on the basis of being in the right film at the right time, so why get so worked up. It would be more entertaining to give these awards for films released 5 years ago. Any buzz would be dead and buried and the films could be rated on their actual worth and merit. Some hope.
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Jan 20, 2003 10:42:34 AM CST
Someone at NBC is more likely to get fired for scheduling the Go
by johnnytremaine
Seriously, what do you think the ratings for the GG's were. Probably, pretty low. It was up against the NFC and AFC Championship games leading to the Super Bowl. NBC could argue counter-programming, but I don't buy it for a minute.
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Jan 20, 2003 10:49:10 AM CST
It should have been Julianne Moore and Catherine Zeta Jones!
by mabinogi
Not Nicole and Renee. Julianne is definately going to get that much overdue Oscar. Renee on the other hand wasn't that great in Chicago, but Catherine Zeta Jones really made an impact and most criticts wanted more of her. She was the best dancer and singer by miles.
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Jan 20, 2003 10:51:07 AM CST
It should have been Julianne Moore and Catherine Zeta Jones!
by mabinogi
Not Nicole and Renee. Julianne is definately going to get that much overdue Oscar. Renee on the other hand wasn't that great in Chicago, but Catherine Zeta Jones really made an impact and most criticts wanted more of her. She was the best dancer and singer by miles.
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Jan 20, 2003 10:53:08 AM CST
The Golden Globes were yesterday...and I ALREADY forgot who won
by cinemajerk
The Raiders won something... Oh...that was the AFC championship.
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Jan 20, 2003 11:01:36 AM CST
"You really think that your civilization is better than ours? Y
by tall_boy
"He's got us there, dude" - Souoth Park - 509 - Osma Bin Laden Has Farty Pants
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Jan 20, 2003 11:15:58 AM CST
Elton John publicly dissed Madonna's song a couple of months ago
by charliepartanna
Did anyone notice that Elton John didn't read out the nominees for best song? They had the announcer do it instead. Good thing Madonna didn't win.
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I just don't see The Hours walking away with the Oscar for BP. I think Chicago is getting close to a mortal lock, which depresses me a little. Another movie that is far from memorable; for a movie that was meant to be a piece of supreme entertainment above all, I was not very entertained. The Academy seems to be making a concerted effort this year to lessen the Golden Globes' influence on their awards, and I think it just might work. I was glad Scorsese won, because the more deserving directors didn't have a hope, and it might as well go to a FILM director, after all. Day-Lewis was awesome, mind-blowing, but I can't say how I thought it compared to Jack's performance, haven't seen it. As for TTT... well, it doesn't have a hope. A couple of technical awards at the Oscars, and that's it. Everybody knows this. Of course, ROTK will finally get its just due, right? I wouldn't count on it. The finest film experiences of our time continue to be marginalized by a insular industry that is still sore from being so thoroughly one-upped. Sad but true...
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And here I thought all you lamers whould say "The best movie won, hurrah for the Hours!!!" Now I went to see it Saturday because of all the talk. Not a bad movie at all, but no where near a great movie either. I don't know if everyone thinks its deep... but its not. I just felt their was no substance at all. I am sorry but being an avid My So Called Life fan... movies now have to try a helluva lot harder for me to go "wow, thats deep" or "wow, that really made me think about life" or "what a depressing movie" I bring up My So Called Life not because of Clair Danes but because some of the themes reminded me of topics that My So Called Life handled MUCH better. It made me think of the OUR TOWN episode especially for some reason. Also the Buffy Musical when Spike sings "Life is not bliss, life is just this, its living" That came to mind too when watching it. Don't know why. Great performance by Nicole Kidman though, and Ed Harris. The others.. didn't really seem above average. My local paper said it was quite possibly one of the most depressing movies ever... Why? I didn't find it depressing at all. I found Julianne Moore's character to be a whiny immature homebreaker. I mean, perhaps its just me, but they did not really establish what her damn problem was. My girlfriend thinks its just that she wanted to life alone, she enjoyed being alone. I can see that too. She was the shy kid in school her husband says, then she ran off to Canada to be by herself. I mean... honestly, do they establish just what the hell is so bad about her life? Nice husband, nice kid, good life it seems. So she doesn't know how to bake a cake... READ A COOK BOOK. She kind of reminded me of a wanna be Nora from Ibsens book A DOLLS HOUSE. I mean did she have the same mental illness as Virginia? Because I understand the Virginias storyline, and Meryl Streeps characters, but not Moore's. Actually I did understand the storyline, just not the WHY part of it, the background of while she feels like that. Anyway I just hope it does not win best picture at the oscars like Beautiful Mind robbed FOTR. I loved Beautiful Mind, thought it was second best behind FOTR, so while it bothered me it wasn't that bad. But if Hours wins it over TTT, or any other movie nominated that would bring me great IRE. I still haven't seen Chicago yet, probably this weekend, wanted to see that since last month but haven't got around to it yet. Anyway, thats my tirade. Arguments? Bond1217@aol.com
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Chicago was entertaining and nothing more. So, yea, MAYBE it should win a Golden Globe or two since they have the "comedy or musical" category but for the life of me I cannot FATHOM why it would be thought of as a "best picture" candidate. It has no soul, no heart and does nothing more than entertain. This is a filmed play, not a great movie. Hollywood just likes to pat itself on the back so when famous people like Gere and Zellweiger prove to them, "yes we actors can sing and dance" then they just go crazy. If this had been cast with already established singers and dancers, no matter how good the performances, the raves wouldn't be resounding like they are. Chicago is good but distant.
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Comments like this are an embarrasment to this site (because he wasn't kidding). Do you actually watch these movies Harry? It seems that you are more concerned with a film's place in popular culture than the actual content of the film. You need to watch GANGS OF NEW YORK maybe 10 more times because you missed the point. -
at least Albert Finney won, as did Donald Sutherland. Good to see at least some real actors winning some awards.
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I understand WHAT you were trying to say...but your analogy was waaaaaaaay off.
Hook was bad. Gangs wasn't.
Scorcese directed an epic masterpiece with Gangs. Was it perfect? no...but it was undeniably good...and not just for DD's performance. Scorcese's direction is nothing short of spectacular. Speilbergs Hook on the other hand was a walk thru. He phoned that one in. You cannot compare the two.
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I'm not going to argue that U2's song ISN'T "added" to the film, or that it doesn't lift right out...but the exact same thing can be said about Gollum's Song. That was the worst thing about The Two Towers in my opinion, mainly because of those lyrics are just BAD. I mean like seventeen year old girl scribbling hearts and flowers all over her spiral notebook level of BAD. Seriously, that song reads no better than any other teenybopper who's just graduated from Hello Kitty to Linkin Park. The REAL best song of the year is either Eminem's "Lose Yourself," or NewOrder's "Here to Stay" from 24 Hour Party People. I agree that Madonna's was the worst song in the history of film, but honestly...if that Bjork wannabe song WASN'T in the Lord of the Rings, you wouldn't give a shit about it.
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I was a bit saddened that TTT did not win anything, but nor am I surprised. These films belong to the geeks, not those holier-than-thou entities that hand out awards. And let's face it - award shows are really good for people getting together and bitching up a storm about this and that, and not much else. Its fun, isn't it? And I can't believe that no one has mentioned Sharon Stone yet. Are you fucking kidding me? What the hell was that??
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Jan 20, 2003 12:05:52 PM CST
Didn't Sharon Stone's husbands foot get mauled by a kimodo Drago
by cinemajerk
I read this interview with Sharon Stone going ballistic on this zoo for being unsafe.
HELLO! Your husband is a moron for stepping into the cage in the first place...with BARE FEET no less!
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It sure LOOKED like she was mauled by some sort of beast right before she got there. But it isn't just that.... maybe she could have somehow pulled it off if she wasn't all strung out. I don't know if she got coked up beforehand, or what, but I'm sure Richard Gere wished she would just shut the hell up.
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Jan 20, 2003 12:14:44 PM CST
Proof that movie awards shows like Golden Globes mean nothing...
by johnnytremaine
The top 3 movies in America are:
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I guess you have to take the rough with the smooth - having his Foot mauled by a Kimodo Dragon provides a kind of karmic/cosmic balance to having his Trouser Snake mauled by Sharon's Beaver several times a week.
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And by the way - yes, I totally loved that the rock stars showed up and crashed the party by saying "Fucking brilliant!" on network television. Easy, Bono. Classic.
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Jan 20, 2003 12:21:15 PM CST
Edie Falco gave the best speech....and she couldn't even speak.
by cinemajerk
I thought she was the best. Funny and entertaining...qucik on her feet....and because she couldn't talk...she didn't read down a boring list of all the people she wanted to thank.
Very refreshing indeed.
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ANYONE talking awards shows or box office on this site sucks. Yesterday was awesome cause I saw Adaptation and 2 awesome football games. Then, to top it off, my girlfriend refused to let me watch the last hour of the Golden Globes because she knew I'd make fun of every second of the crapfest. She got no arguments from me. BRING ON THE HULK!!!!
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Jan 20, 2003 12:31:34 PM CST
Re: Proof that movie awards shows like Golden Globes mean nothin
by glawen
That list proves nothing of the sort. It just proves that the majority of American movie goers know FUCK ALL about decent films. If I recall corectly, when Just Married topped the US box office last week, it didn't achieve the same "feat" in Canada. It was a distant third, infact, behind Catch Me If You Can and The Two Towers. I'm not Canadian, but it does appear that they are more discerning in this case. I will wait to see what the rest of North America was watching over the weekend before I make any more judgements. On a related note, this is one of the times that it's good to live in Europe, when we know we have to wait months for shit like Just Married and Kangaroo Jack to disgrace our screens.
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Sometimes its just a fluke of timing when a bad movie is on top for a weekend. LOTR has been out for awhile...nothing much new was released...so dogs like just married, and a few other lame comedies make some money. Big Whoop. They will fall off quick enough.
Case in point:
I was in Taiwan for two weeks in October. When I got back, I read that that short time Madonna's movie Swept Away came out and DISSAPPEARED.
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Julianne Moore's problem, which I thought was fairly edident, is that she was a closet lesbian. Remember, she kisses her neighbor, then realizes what she's done and freaks out. All the women in that movie were struggling with issues of sexuality. Virgina Woolf, by the way, was also bisexual but she married a man for convention's sake. She and her husband were like best friends, but it was an oddly asexual relationship. And Meryl Streep's character had lived with Ed Harris's character when they were younger, before they both came out of the closet. The movie is about how real love defies conventions.
And whoever said Chicago was empty, shut up and just enjoy the movie. It's good, damnit. It's supposed to be light. It's not a fucking expose on women's prisons in the 30's. Geesh. Critics. -
Besides, as mentioned, Chicago, and The Hours made at least twice as much per screen than the wankfests that appeared at numbers 1 and 2. Even About Schmidt made the same per screen average. So, it's actually quite easy to see which films are the most popular as, where they are showing, they completely outsell the competition.
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Jan 20, 2003 12:47:47 PM CST
The Hours is about Lesbians?!! I'm DEFINATELY seeing it now!!!
by cinemajerk
And to think I didn't want to see it because I thought it was a chick flick...when all along it was a torrid steamy love triangle about three lesbians getting it on.
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Here we have some random rumblings or 'riddles in the dark...'
1. Best Actor...Drama...Where's Viggo Mortensen's nomination hmmm? Or Andy Serkis's? Hmmm? Anyways. I have seen neither *Chicago* or *About Schmidt.* But, from what I hear about the two, I think Schmidt...and consequently, Nicholson... was put in completely the wrong category. I wasn't the biggest fan of GONY, but Day-Lewis made it bearable with what I thought was a great performance...perhaps the greatest of the year? Mmm.
2. Best drama...I have, however, seen *The Hours.* I absolutely loved it, but, on the other hand, I am not sure it deserved what it got. ~COUGH LOTR was better COUGH~ Sorry, there's the Tolkien geek coming out in me. I was absolutely shocked when they announced its name...I won't be able to do a full judgement call on this one until I see Schmidt and "The Pianist." (Mmmm...Adrien Brody...~sigh~) About LOTR...I have long lost hope of my "baby" getting any awards whatsoever, so I wasn't disappointed...for now Peter and the rest must be content with the admiration of a gazillion rabid fans. I can tell you this though...GONY sure as hell didn't deserve it, and I'm glad it didn't get it. I'd rather *Godzilla Vs. The Megalon* win than that.
3. Best Actress...Drama...now this I am vehement about in agreeing with the foreign press. Harry, sorry, but I don't think anyone who saw her as Virginia Woolf could deny that it's the most powerful performance she's ever given. Nobody can hold a candle to that. Nobody. You know she's good when she beats out Streep, eh? If you need proof, just watch the opening scene. She can say more in a look than most actresses can say in a lifetime.
4. Best Song...Let's get one thing straight...I LOVE u2, but I don't think they had the best song. There were so many others that weren't even nominated...I hated "Gollum's Song" at first, but it really grew on me. (However, I must agree with someone who posted above in saying the singer is a Bjork wannabe.) Even in the category there were better compositions..."Lose Yourself," for one, and even the Paul Simon one. Oh well, I guess it was worth it to hear Bono say the f word and tick everyone off.
5. Best Director....I predicted it. But that doesn't mean I agree with it.
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who the hell is the Hollywood Foreign Press is anyway?
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Or you are proving you don't know much about the film industry - or at least nothing that happened before Scooby Doo The Movie. The parallel is that both movies were self professed 'labors of love' by their directors with huge budgets - and both failed fairly convincingly. His comment was totally apropriate.
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The Golden Globes got their start in 1943, when Hollywood foreign correspondents, their jobs made difficult by the war and their readers starving for pleasant diversions from the turmoil, formed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The organization pooled journalistic resources and that year organized the first Golden Globe Awards ceremony. Voting for the awards is done entirely by foreign correspondents.
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"Bullshit peace"? I hope you're trying to be funny. If not I hope some motherfucker drops a bomb on YOUR house. Okay, so you're AGAINST peace. You think the guy should be SHOT for believing in peace. On Martin Luther King Day. Thanks a lot, asshole. Maybe after we shoot Almodovar we should then shoot every beauty queen contestant and every child who wishes for world peace on their birthday, and every person in some country that wishes truck bombs would quit going off outside their house and military police would stop raping and killing the villagers. Too bad Jesus and Gandhi are already dead, maybe we could've gotten a few shots off on those peaceful motherfuckers too.
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What is this musical or comedy shit, anyway? It made sense when nobody ever made musicals, so it didn't get in the way. It was just a couple extra syllables. But when a studio actually makes a musical it's a novelty and they say, "Oh great! We can vote for a musical! I LOVE musicals! This is so FUN!" Look, I haven't seen that movie, I'm sure it's really good if you like that type of garbage. I know the guy who wrote it is very respected for his work on Candyman 2. But is it really fair for it to win out over ADAPTATION? (And should maybe both of them be in drama anyway? I'm not sure.) I really think if musical wasn't in the title it wouldn't have won.
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Jan 20, 2003 1:14:44 PM CST
Am i the ONLY one, or did you all laugh when they showed that Wi
by cinemajerk
For be it for me to laugh at the misfortunes of others(my previous posts laughing at Sharon's Stones hubby being mauled by a giant lizard aside)...
I did burst out laughing at that William Macy clip. LOL. His character Kinda reminded me of the "preperation H" character from the Conan Obrien Show.
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Nice objectivity
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Jan 20, 2003 1:17:55 PM CST
Hey, relax fellas, my comments above were tongue- in- cheek. Je
by johnnytremaine
during both football games, the networks played that Miller Lite commercial with the two busty hot chicks wrestling in water and tearing their clothes off. I saw the games at a sports bar, and when the commercial came on the place went nuts. That commercial deserves an award! Although, the hot waitresses serving buffalo wings and beer seemed horrified.
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On every account... Except I don't think Gangs' is a bad film. I can't say the same for the other films that were nominated ('Haven't seen them yet), but The Two Towers is at the least much better than Gangs'. And the directorial effort of Peter Jackson in these films towers over (no pun intended) everything in the film world by far at the moment. Scorcese is a great film maker, and he definately should have won something for the many masterpieces of his career. But don't give it to him when he certainly doesn't deserve it. 'Same thing happened to Ron Howard last year. I can only hope that it all comes back home to Jackson ten-fold next year with the completion of Rings. Talk about being owed. Anyways, cheers to all!
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Guys dig lesbians. We can't help it. That beer commercial taps into our primordial preference for two women rolling around in water, mud, jello or any liquid whatsoever.
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... is news that Halle Berry IS up to take Judd's role in Catwoman. Somewhat off topic, but there is a GG conection and it's hardly a hate-filled diatribe against awards. Yet.
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but it's still a very simpleton comparison. What I was saying is Harry shows a clear disregard for FILM CONTENT by making his stupid superficial comments. His response to a film is as bubblegum-headed as listening to an 'NSYNC song on the radio. -
They could have the Golden Globe for Best Picture - No Really The Best Picture No Kidding Honest Guvnor. We could also have the Golden Globe for Best of Three Picture, the Golden Globe for Most Obvious Oscar Performance, as well as Golden Globe for Most Cock Sucked to Get Role. There could be winners everywhere.
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I have a sneaky feeling that Peter Jackson will not be honored until next year. If ROTK is as great as the first two (which I'm sure there is no doubt) I think both the lame GG and the Oscars will give him all the awards. So, that's my opinion. *******************As for the rest, the show was lame and badly produced. Lara Flynn Boyle needs to be forced fed (and please, don't give me this bullshit that she's just thin). And by parading her around, Hollywood continues to say, hey it's not our problem (all while saying under their collective breathes, that she could be thinner). Do you think if Boyle gets any thinner, she'll be sucked into some alternate universe like the house in Poltergiest?
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Fun reading everyone's thoughts, here are mine:
Sharon Stone: What the hell was she thinking! She was shamelessly hogging the limelight, and making a total fool of herself. She made me hate her last night. (and I never thought I would say that after the leg crossing scene... you know the one I mean.)
Lara Flynn Tutu: What the hell was she thinking! She looked ridiculous, and I was embaressed looking at her. Plus her upper lip had obviously recently had a collagen explosion. Looked awful.
Looked good: Nicole Kidman.. Classic. Jennifer Connolly.. Beautiful. Beyonce Knowles.. Gorgeous.
Awards: Loved Jack, glad he won; Zellweger, she looked so cute, The Hours.. Boring, Chicago.. Great, Other than that it was all pretty non-memorable. -
Richard Gere won a deserving award, but this year's Julia Roberts-look-at-me award goes to Sharon Stone. Did she go up there are present as a normal person would? No. She went up there and announced names like a racetrack announcer, then kept being heard behind Richard's speech. And that dress of hers, not cool. It was louder than her voice. Notch out.
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That has to be the most twisted mail in quite some time, and you even threw in a Freudian reference to your mamma!
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Jan 20, 2003 1:47:13 PM CST
Harry, "though I'd of flipped if Kathy Bates had gotten the call
by sith witch
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See the subject line below. What happened to the 2002-Lara-Flynn-Who? wannabe stickthin figure, who won for "A Beautiful Mind." Maybe it's the marriage glow, or someone took Jennifer Connelly to Burger King or KFC once or twice, but the old super-super-hot Jennifer Connelly seems to have returned. Enjoy while we can. One bad comment from a studio head, PR agent, or publicist, and poor Jennifer may return to sick-looking-anorexiaville. Notch out.
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Jan 20, 2003 1:58:27 PM CST
Talk about Mr. Cellophane, Joan Rivers announced him as Jay C. R
by fatal discharge
...on the red carpet pre-show. He corrected her saying it's "John"; she goes "Whatever!". He looked pissed the rest of the interview. Of course she's a senile withered old hag so WHATEVER! Damn, almost all the women looked awesome except for Sharon Stone's goth hooker look (45 year olds shouldn't try to dress like they're 20), and Lara Flynn Boyle's ballerina getup (when she went on stage there was embarrassed and stunned silence from the audience). Fakest smiles of the night - a tie between Brad Pitt seething as his wife Jennifer Aniston thanked everyone but left him out and Catherine Zeta-Jones TRYING to look pleased for Renee Zellwegger's win. Why did all of Chicago's winners give unending 5-minute speeches..grrrrr! And Gere winning over Nic Cage...ahem. Moment that cracked me up that no-one seemed to notice...Buddhist Richard Gere going up to accept his award and the first thing he says is "JESUS!" Weirdest moment - Brendan Fraser standing right beside the Globes president as the old woman said her piece while he looked like he was feeling up her ass and she reached behind her as if to grab his hand away.
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Jan 20, 2003 2:02:38 PM CST
You liked Frida, but not the Hours? Go take some film courses ra
by 0007
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Jan 20, 2003 2:14:43 PM CST
I cannot BELIEVE Bono yelled "This is fucking brilliant!" uncens
by cooldan989
My mouth was so agape when he did that. I'm sure the NBC censors got quite a few angry phone calls that night. Guess more than just lyrics come out of Bono's mouth, huh? Anyway, most of the people and movies I was rooting for didn't win, but there weren't any outrageous choices. I guess it's Chicago vs. The Hours now, even though I was expecting Gangs of New York and was prepared to root for it at the Oscars. I know The Hours will now most likely win Best Picture the Oscars, and I made such a big case about why Chicago wouldn't win that honor, saying if Moulin Rouge couldn't win it, Chicago never will, and while that still might be true, I guess I'm rooting for Chicago now, even though it will never win. It was a straight-up musical, which was good, but bad because it was full of characters you could summarize in one word, and that made it fall very short of Moulin Rouge in my book. But hey, the movie was still fun, with original and entertaining songs and musical numbers, pretty good acting and great cinematography, and that's what matters in a straight-up musical. I agree that The Hours probably shouldn't have won Best Picture at the Globes, but I don't agree with his view of A Beautiful Mind. I talked about that movie a long time after I saw it. Other than that, the Globes were pretty good, and even if my favorites didn't win, at least deserving people did.
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Jan 20, 2003 2:15:42 PM CST
Great Buddha in heaven, Richard Gere really has NO EGO! What a
by neil macauley
Because giving a 10 minute long acceptance speech -- going ON AND ON about every single person in his life and who worked on the film -- actually taking numerous pauses to remember names, not thinking about the network time he's eating up and the not noticing the unbearably awkward silence -- ultimately all not because he was graciously giving them their due, but because as he reminded us, he was really great at the tap dancing routine (uh, I've seen the film, people, he's *passable* as a tap dancer. Anywhere near Savion Glover or ANY pro tapper you'll see on Broadway? Not even in the same country, not a chance in hell.). But seriously, people, if you know anything about Buddhism or Tibetan spiritualism or the Dalai Lama or all those teachings you know it's supposed to be about the loss of the ego. Service to the universal consciousness, expressing love out into the world and positive energy and karma and all that. So...taking up more time than any other award winner on the podium? Going on for a ridiculously long amount of time about yourself and people no one's heard of? Sounds insignificant, but not coming from someone who's supposed to be so enlightened, right? I mean, me, I'm not Joe Enlightenment, but I promise you I wouldn't even consider reading off a list of 50 people at such a big event; heck at a Kiwanis club awards show I wouldn't take up so much time. It would actually occur to me that the entire event was NOT about me and that others should also get their due. But hey, I'm not best buds with the Dalai Lama. (P.S. Not only was I completely bored by Chicago but after the screening I saw there was a panel featuring dickhead Gere in person -- and surprise surprise he must have mentioned his tap-dancing 'triumph' at least five times). Wake up people -- people who are truly spiritual don't gain success as movie stars, because to do that means to focus totally on yourself and your greatness for years and to be incredibly driven and competitive which means to disregard others. Sheesh. But why bother mentioning this, most of you believe all you hear come out of these stars' mouths. And you also believe that when an actress (Jennifer Aniston, for example) hears her name announced at the Golden Globes, and exactly a *half-second* later she's blubbery and teary-eyed, AS IF IT NEVER OCCURRED TO HER THAT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN, that she's having a truthful and spontaneous reaction. Idiots. (but gotta admit, the CUT TO Brad Pitt the moment Aniston finished her speech, which conspicuously left out Pitt, was the most awesome directorial call in live TV history).
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Thanks for the Hollywood Foreign Press clarification. I just wanted to know who actually gets to vote.
As for the character that William H. Macy plays in Door to Door, he is a real man with cerebral palsey who lives in Portland OR and makes his living as a door to door salesman. Laughing at the physically/mentally challenged? Come on. However, I do think its funny when Mr. Sharon Stone gets his foot bitten by a Komodo dragon. Going into a cage with a Komodo? Now, that's retarded! -
Jan 20, 2003 2:24:57 PM CST
Where's an intoxicated Jack Palance at an awards show when you n
by red raider
He certainly would've livened up what was truly a forgettable night of hollywood, high-dollar horseshit! Last night needed a streaker sprint across the stage, preferrably when someone hot was on stage, like Jennifer Connelly or Catherine Zeta-Jones! ____Hollywood is fucking bullshit! It's times like last night where I bet Peter Jackson thanks the maker he's not a part of "the system"!
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So...Richard Gere isn't allowed to seek Nirvana because he's a movie star? Or he isn't allowed to be a movie star because of what he believes? Give the guy a break. Like he said - he never wins anything, so let him have his moment, however LONG that moment might be. If you hate movie stars and award shows so much, then why were you watching the Golden Globes? Maybe you should stay away from these things, as it seems to upset your internal balance.
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Jesus Christ, was she or was she not the most perfect looking woman you've ever seen? Those hips, those boobs, that face. And she 5' 1"!
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the Jennifer Connelly thing.
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Jan 20, 2003 2:38:39 PM CST
Good thing Rene Zellweger wasn't in the bathroom this year when
by red raider
Anybody remember that from last year's Golden Globes?! All the interviews post GG's asked: "what happened?". Rene should've been honest and said: "You know, that $100.00 burrito I ate pre-show ran right through me, and I had to go to the shitter to take a dump. And wouldn't you fucking know it, they call me name just as I'm on my second roll of paper!"
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Yeah, she used to disappear if she turned to the side. It was good to see that Calista Flockhart still looks like a toothpick with navel fluff and it also seems that Renee Zellweger's stopped snacking at the All You Can Eat Anorexic Celebrity Buffet again. Furthermore, I haven't had such a good laugh, as I did at Laura Flynn-Boyle (and who didn't), for ages. Having said that, I just read that Britney Spears is up for a role in Die Hard IV, so life does throw these surprises.
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Did anyone else notice how Elton John practically raped Brendan Fraser with his very eyes? My God, I can't get over of that lust image. When Brendan went up to read an award, Elton John was practically salivating over him, I've never seen anyone have the hots for other guy so desperately!
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His portrayal of Data in Star Trek: Nemesis displayed extraordinary range and subtlety. The best android acting since Rutger Hauer
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I haven't seen "Adaptation" yet, so I can't say if he was really deserving.
However, he has been wonderful in some other films I enjoyed.
Particularly "Lone Star," "Matewan," and "October Sky".
Not to mention "American Beauty."
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Actually, the best android performace was by Ashton Kutcher in Just Married. I mean, his acting waw way more mechanical and staccato that Spiner's. Christ, it'll be an improvement if he actually telephones a performance in, though I'm hoping that the studios all go ex-directory.
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Jan 20, 2003 4:14:32 PM CST
Harry, you're wrong about "The Hours." And the curse of Chicago!
by a goonie
The three speeches tied to Chicago were among the worst I've ever seen. Gere looked like an absolute idiot up there. I love the movie, but man, if it cleans up at the Oscars, we're gonna be in for a boring night. As for "The Hours," I love the movie. It certainly isn't my pick for Picture of the Year (that goes to "Far From Heaven"), and it certainly isn't nearly as deserving as "The Two Towers" or "Full Frontal" or "Secretary" or "Chicago," but it is A GREAT FILM. It has astonishing performances, a great script, intelligent direction, and a brilliant score by Phillip Glass! I, for one, am very happy that "The Hours" one. Of the five nominees for Picture (Drama), it would be my second pick. That said, I'm also extremely happy that Nicole won for her incredible portrayal of Virginia Woolf. I was expecting Julianne Moore for "Far From Heaven," but Nicole was deserving of the award. Jack Nicholson was certainly less of a surprise, and more of a disappointment. I am not a huge fan of "About Schmitd." I liked the movie, but it has no heart. The script is frighteningly shallow. The second act is confused, and by the time we meet Randall's family, the movie can't stop childishly pointing and laughing at its characters. Jack Nicholson did a fine job playing a role similar to every other role he's played over the past decade. This award should go to DiCaprio for "Catch Me If You Can" or Adrien Brody for "The Pianist" or Al Pacino for "Insomnia" or Sam Rockwell for "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind." But whatever... and that brings me to the biggest piss-off of the night. Payne and Taylor won for Best Screenplay?!? For "About Schmitd?" Of the nominees, Schimtd would be my last choice. It's bad enough that the most deserving movie ("The Two Towers") didn't even get nominated, but then, how did "Far From Heaven" not win? What about "The Hours" and "Chicago?" "Adaptation" had serious flaws in its third act, but even it was more deserving than the winner. Fucking Hollywood Foreign Press. Other awards comments: we all knew "Chicago" was going to win Picture (Musical or Comedy), and most of you should know that it was the most deserving. Gere and Zellwegger earned their awards, though I really really really really wish that Maggie had won for "Secretary." Her's was the best performance of the year, bar-none. I can't believe Elmer Bernstein didn't win, and that Shore wasn't even nominated. But I am happy for both Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper, who both turned in great, complicated performances in "Adaptation." And as for television, I don't watch hardly any of the show's nominated. But the clip they showed from "The Simpsons" is the funniest thing to come out of Simpsons in quite some time. I'm glad they used that one. Other than that, "Buffy" wasn't even nominated for anything. Which is moronic.
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Jan 20, 2003 4:15:05 PM CST
Harry, you're wrong about "The Hours." And the curse of Chicago!
by a goonie
The three speeches tied to Chicago were among the worst I've ever seen. Gere looked like an absolute idiot up there. I love the movie, but man, if it cleans up at the Oscars, we're gonna be in for a boring night. As for "The Hours," I love the movie. It certainly isn't my pick for Picture of the Year (that goes to "Far From Heaven"), and it certainly isn't nearly as deserving as "The Two Towers" or "Full Frontal" or "Secretary" or "Chicago," but it is A GREAT FILM. It has astonishing performances, a great script, intelligent direction, and a brilliant score by Phillip Glass! I, for one, am very happy that "The Hours" one. Of the five nominees for Picture (Drama), it would be my second pick. That said, I'm also extremely happy that Nicole won for her incredible portrayal of Virginia Woolf. I was expecting Julianne Moore for "Far From Heaven," but Nicole was deserving of the award. Jack Nicholson was certainly less of a surprise, and more of a disappointment. I am not a huge fan of "About Schmitd." I liked the movie, but it has no heart. The script is frighteningly shallow. The second act is confused, and by the time we meet Randall's family, the movie can't stop childishly pointing and laughing at its characters. Jack Nicholson did a fine job playing a role similar to every other role he's played over the past decade. This award should go to DiCaprio for "Catch Me If You Can" or Adrien Brody for "The Pianist" or Al Pacino for "Insomnia" or Sam Rockwell for "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind." But whatever... and that brings me to the biggest piss-off of the night. Payne and Taylor won for Best Screenplay?!? For "About Schmitd?" Of the nominees, Schimtd would be my last choice. It's bad enough that the most deserving movie ("The Two Towers") didn't even get nominated, but then, how did "Far From Heaven" not win? What about "The Hours" and "Chicago?" "Adaptation" had serious flaws in its third act, but even it was more deserving than the winner. Fucking Hollywood Foreign Press. Other awards comments: we all knew "Chicago" was going to win Picture (Musical or Comedy), and most of you should know that it was the most deserving. Gere and Zellwegger earned their awards, though I really really really really wish that Maggie had won for "Secretary." Her's was the best performance of the year, bar-none. I can't believe Elmer Bernstein didn't win, and that Shore wasn't even nominated. But I am happy for both Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper, who both turned in great, complicated performances in "Adaptation." And as for television, I don't watch hardly any of the show's nominated. But the clip they showed from "The Simpsons" is the funniest thing to come out of Simpsons in quite some time. I'm glad they used that one. Other than that, "Buffy" wasn't even nominated for anything. Which is moronic.
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Jan 20, 2003 4:16:07 PM CST
Harry, you're wrong about "The Hours." And the curse of Chicago!
by a goonie
The three speeches tied to Chicago were among the worst I've ever seen. Gere looked like an absolute idiot up there. I love the movie, but man, if it cleans up at the Oscars, we're gonna be in for a boring night. As for "The Hours," I love the movie. It certainly isn't my pick for Picture of the Year (that goes to "Far From Heaven"), and it certainly isn't nearly as deserving as "The Two Towers" or "Full Frontal" or "Secretary" or "Chicago," but it is A GREAT FILM. It has astonishing performances, a great script, intelligent direction, and a brilliant score by Phillip Glass! I, for one, am very happy that "The Hours" one. Of the five nominees for Picture (Drama), it would be my second pick. That said, I'm also extremely happy that Nicole won for her incredible portrayal of Virginia Woolf. I was expecting Julianne Moore for "Far From Heaven," but Nicole was deserving of the award. Jack Nicholson was certainly less of a surprise, and more of a disappointment. I am not a huge fan of "About Schmitd." I liked the movie, but it has no heart. The script is frighteningly shallow. The second act is confused, and by the time we meet Randall's family, the movie can't stop childishly pointing and laughing at its characters. Jack Nicholson did a fine job playing a role similar to every other role he's played over the past decade. This award should go to DiCaprio for "Catch Me If You Can" or Adrien Brody for "The Pianist" or Al Pacino for "Insomnia" or Sam Rockwell for "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind." But whatever... and that brings me to the biggest piss-off of the night. Payne and Taylor won for Best Screenplay?!? For "About Schmitd?" Of the nominees, Schimtd would be my last choice. It's bad enough that the most deserving movie ("The Two Towers") didn't even get nominated, but then, how did "Far From Heaven" not win? What about "The Hours" and "Chicago?" "Adaptation" had serious flaws in its third act, but even it was more deserving than the winner. Fucking Hollywood Foreign Press. Other awards comments: we all knew "Chicago" was going to win Picture (Musical or Comedy), and most of you should know that it was the most deserving. Gere and Zellwegger earned their awards, though I really really really really wish that Maggie had won for "Secretary." Her's was the best performance of the year, bar-none. I can't believe Elmer Bernstein didn't win, and that Shore wasn't even nominated. But I am happy for both Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper, who both turned in great, complicated performances in "Adaptation." And as for television, I don't watch hardly any of the show's nominated. But the clip they showed from "The Simpsons" is the funniest thing to come out of Simpsons in quite some time. I'm glad they used that one. Other than that, "Buffy" wasn't even nominated for anything. Which is moronic.
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Jan 20, 2003 4:19:01 PM CST
Harry, you're wrong about "The Hours." And what about the curse
by a goonie
The three speeches tied to Chicago were among the worst I've ever seen. Gere looked like an absolute idiot up there. I love the movie, but man, if it cleans up at the Oscars, we're gonna be in for a boring night. As for "The Hours," I love the movie. It certainly isn't my pick for Picture of the Year (that goes to "Far From Heaven"), and it certainly isn't nearly as deserving as "The Two Towers" or "Full Frontal" or "Secretary" or "Chicago," but it is A GREAT FILM. It has astonishing performances, a great script, intelligent direction, and a brilliant score by Phillip Glass! I, for one, am very happy that "The Hours" one. Of the five nominees for Picture (Drama), it would be my second pick. That said, I'm also extremely happy that Nicole won for her incredible portrayal of Virginia Woolf. I was expecting Julianne Moore for "Far From Heaven," but Nicole was deserving of the award. Jack Nicholson was certainly less of a surprise, and more of a disappointment. I am not a huge fan of "About Schmitd." I liked the movie, but it has no heart. The script is frighteningly shallow. The second act is confused, and by the time we meet Randall's family, the movie can't stop childishly pointing and laughing at its characters. Jack Nicholson did a fine job playing a role similar to every other role he's played over the past decade. This award should go to DiCaprio for "Catch Me If You Can" or Adrien Brody for "The Pianist" or Al Pacino for "Insomnia" or Sam Rockwell for "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind." But whatever... and that brings me to the biggest piss-off of the night. Payne and Taylor won for Best Screenplay?!? For "About Schmitd?" Of the nominees, Schimtd would be my last choice. It's bad enough that the most deserving movie ("The Two Towers") didn't even get nominated, but then, how did "Far From Heaven" not win? What about "The Hours" and "Chicago?" "Adaptation" had serious flaws in its third act, but even it was more deserving than the winner. Fucking Hollywood Foreign Press. Other awards comments: we all knew "Chicago" was going to win Picture (Musical or Comedy), and most of you should know that it was the most deserving. Gere and Zellwegger earned their awards, though I really really really really wish that Maggie had won for "Secretary." Her's was the best performance of the year, bar-none. I can't believe Elmer Bernstein didn't win, and that Shore wasn't even nominated. But I am happy for both Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper, who both turned in great, complicated performances in "Adaptation." And as for television, I don't watch hardly any of the show's nominated. But the clip they showed from "The Simpsons" is the funniest thing to come out of Simpsons in quite some time. I'm glad they used that one. Other than that, "Buffy" wasn't even nominated for anything. Which is moronic.
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Jan 20, 2003 4:20:37 PM CST
Holy shit. Sorry about the numerous postings by me. My computer
by a goonie
Sorry again. Now I have four of my posts (all the same, mind you) taking up space. Ooops.
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Well, if you're going to say something relevant, then you can't say it often enough :-) However, it's a good job you left the caps lock off, else it would have been a real doozy.
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...or does he not know that Donald Kaufman doesn't really exist?
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Jan 20, 2003 4:42:19 PM CST
"Chicago" was good, but it didn't quite razzle-dazzle me.
by rollo tomassi
I enjoyed "Chicago", but am a little perplexed by all the praise being heaped upon it. This was a fairly typical made-for-TV musical, not a great cinematic experience (such as Baz Luhrman's visionary "Moulin Rouge!"). Rob Marshall's gimmicky directing choice of cutting back to the cabaret was probably a good POV choice, but he made a couple of major errors:
First of all, the "When You're Good to Mama" number was an utterly inept piece of direction. Why? Because in that sequence, when Marshall was introducing us to the central location in the film, the enitrely new world of the prison, we barely ever saw it. We kept seeing Queen Latfah on stage (an entertaining peformance, to be sure). This alone should keep Marshall out of the best director category.
The second is bigger, but more debatable: Marshall has said in numerous interviews that the musical numbers take place in Roxie's imagination. If that is that way you choose to interpet it, the whole thing comes crashing down. Why? Because of Amos' "Mr. Cellophane" number (one of the best in the film, by the way). How can Roxie's imagination show us Amos' innermost thoughts and feelings about the fact that she doesn't even seem to know he's there? Roxie is utterly unaware of Amos' feelings, so she cannot imagine that. Period. No possible argument against that can hold any water.
However, as I said, that point is debatable: the "razzle dazzle" showmanship POV is shared by nearly all of the characters of the film. One could easily intepret the POV as being Chicago's, not Roxie's. Seen this way, it is an interesting directing choice the works. However, other little mistakes such as the one I mentioned before clearly establish that Marshall's direction was GOOD, but not GREAT.
As for the performances, they were classic examples of PERFORMING vs. ACTING. Were Gere, Zellwegger and Zeta-Jones entertaining to watch? Absolutely. Gere, who I've always loathed, entertained me to a degree I never thought him capable of. Zeta-Jones, who has languished somewhat since her star making turn in "The Mask of Zorro" shows that maybe the element of physicality has been what's missing. But come on, was either of them truly acting? Nowhere was there any sense of reality, thought or feeling in those characters. It was musical theater performing, which is good, but is a far cry from acting. It's about looking good and having charisma, not about acting.
Zellwegger and Reilly did go a little deeper. However, Zellwegger's characterization was a little too over the top, a little too close to mugging for me. Again, good, but not great. I have no particular complaints with Reilly's performance, but again, it wasn't quite great.
In closing, I'm not saying "Chicago" wasn't good. Taken on it's terms, it was fun. Even a lot of fun. It easily makes my runners-up list for 2002. But when compared to films like "Minority Report", "Road to Perdition", "The Two Towers", "Catch Me If You Can", "Insomnia", "Solaris" and even "Spider-Man" that are not getting Golden Globe recognition, I find a little sad that people are so easily taken in by a little bit of "that old razzle dazzle." -
in Charlie Kaufman's mind. See the link here for Ebert's features.
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You mean these awards have been around for 60 fucking years?! They are so fucking lame that I watched High School Reunion instead! These shows in general are absolutely sickening : "Oh my God I REALLY didn't expect to win! It's an honor just to be nominated with all these great actors1" FUCK OFF! I want to donkey punch Nicole Kidman so bad it hurts!
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Jan 20, 2003 5:14:06 PM CST
THE 'CHICAGO' PRODUCER SLAPPED STUTTERING JOHN A FEW YEARS BACK
by notchjohnson
INTERESTING TRIVIA FOR HOWARD STERN BUFFS. Does the producer for 'Chicago,' Marty Richards the old man, does he look familiar? Well he should...he was the guy who b****slapped Stuttering John a few years back at a New York party. Remember when John was taunting the usher, and Marty Richards came out, pointed his finger real close to John's face, then SMACK!! John then wrestled with him, told him "YOU'RE A CRAZY OLD MAN, I HOPE YOU DIE TOMORROW." Even Bloated Attorney Dominic Barbara thought that John could file simple assault charges against Marty. Man, I never thought we'd see that guy again. (E channel, please rebroadcast that classic episode, one of Stuttering John's most memorable performances, right up there with getting smacked by A.J. Benza). Notch out.
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Full Frontal? Full Frontal? FULL FRONTAL????? One of the best of the year????? Even thought I may not agree with the rest of your points, you certainly present them saliently and are more than entitled to them. That is, until you get to your whopper of a notion that Full Frontal was somehow one of last year's best. Even Soderberg himself has acknowledged that Full Frontal was a half-assed goof, mildly entertaining but totally full of shit. No film could overcome a scene as embarrassingly cringe-inducing at Blair Underwood's backseat-of-the-limo beat poem tirade about black actors, or Catherine Keener's wretched job interviews. Full Frontal is an insanely smug insider Hollywood flick made entirely so the audience of wannabe actors, screenwriters and P.A.s (all of whom work in video stores and/or have out-of-state plates ) at the Laemmle's Sunset 5 theatre in West Hollywood can chuckle loud enough at the "insider biz speak" so that they can appear to be in the know to everyone else in the crowd. To his credit, Soderberg DOES seem aware of that fact, but that doesn't make the film any more interesting.
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Jan 20, 2003 6:28:20 PM CST
You all seem mystified as to how A Beautiful Mind beat FOTR at t
by togmeister
I'd take Russell Crowe, Ed Harris and Jenny Connelly acting their asses off in a drama over Sean Astin beating the shit out of some latex goblins with a cooking pan any day - 'I think oi'm gettin' the 'ang of this!' indeed!. And THIS is PJ's visionary genius????? I didn't think it was a bad movie in fairness, just an enormously overpraised one.
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...to us, but everything to those Hollywood types who crave them(second only to the Oscars). Most actors and others have contacts which give them X million more on a movie if they're nominated and X million more than that if they win. And if they don't get nominated, their agents or press people sometimes get fired.
Funnier still with the Golden Globes: the voters are what, about 70 "foreign press writers" who park cars and serve food at their real jobs...
And yet: thanks to the musical/comedy category which the Oscars don't have, people like Jim Carrey and Madonna can win these things and never see Oscar, so you get the better celebrity turnout at the Globes...
Except: this year, the musical ("Chicago") may actually have the best shot at the Oscar for Picutre.
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You even pointed out some flaws even I wasn't aware of. There are much better films this year that deserve Oscar gold that are being snubbed, like Punch Drunk Love, and to a certain extent Road to Perdition (even though I predicted it would be snubbed; it just falls way, way short of American Beauty), but with the two main nominees that the Golden Globes have determined, Chicago and The Hours, I guess I have no choice but to root for Chicago, even though I know it won't win, because if Moulin Rouge couldn't, Chicago never will. The Hours will most likely be taking home the Best Picture Oscar, but the fact that it's a downer movie tailor-made for women will probably keep me from seeing this and I'll just have to root for Chicago. Oh, the rotten choices this year...
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Still gotta catch the Hours...I'm sure it's better than Beautiful Mind, but seeing it win over Schmidt was dissapointing. I liked Chicago a whole lot too...but Adaptation winning would have been great. Jack was amazing last night, cool as ever-"I took a valium tonight." Chris Cooper winning made me increidbley happy, and Meryll Streep winning was great- she was trashed too which was funny to see. Alex Payne winning with Jim Taylor was a nice little surprise, though I was pulling for Charlie Kaufman and Donald- because it was the best screenplay of the year, and because I wanted to know exactly what he would have done if he had won. But I really think he could get the Oscar. Anyway, it was a weird night, nothing horrible won, but a little dissapointing anyway.
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That's Enrico Pulazzo!
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This non-sequitor brought to you by the letter "B" and the number "3.14159."..........."1.21 gigawatts? 1.21 gigawatts?!?"
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Used to be a whole lot more entertaining back in the days of TBS and West Coast time. Now it's over hyped, over produced, and boring. People had more fun back then. Now its like any of the other dozen awards shows. I couldn't sit through it. They need to bump the Oscars up two months and get rid of that other shit. And I pray that Joan Rivers chokes on her own teeth and her daughter falls into a sinkhole.
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and all others that seem to think Harry isn't allowed to express his excitement over LOTR on a regular basis. And so what if that clouds his vision a bit? I know this is a tired argument, but as long as people keep blasting the LOTR geeks for thier devotion (okay, obsession)it will have to be defended. These movies bring to life something that a lot of us have held close to thier hearts for a long time, and seeing it on screen can totally transport you and make you feel like a child again. That doesn't happen very often these days, does it? Not often enough, that is evident. And if you do not think these trilogies will go down in movie history, then you're either blind or just bitter for some reason or both. The work that Jackson and WETA have done is groundbreaking. I suppose you would have said the same thing about Star Wars back in the 70's, and I'd say they definitley made one great big god-almighty mark on the industry. Yes, there are other movies out there that deserve just as much attention, but I hate to see people pickin' on Harry because of his love for Jackson's vision of Tolkien's work. FRODO LIVES!!!
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I bet she is a terror in bed. (1) Laura Flyn Boyle should of been introduced by her Auschwitz number 187452. (2) Sharon Stone was stoned. (3) Larry David was the best part of the show. (4) Bono said "fucking". and imagine going into the bathroom there and Jack Nicolson is coming out of stall 4 after taking a huge shit - and is just stinking up the place to all holy hell.
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Does anybody else think that he grabbed her ass during her little speech? I swear she put her hand up behind her just as he put his behind her back. He was acting real weird (He and Jeff Goldbloom (sp?) had to be drunk). Oh well, just an observation. Out here.
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"You think someone at NBC got fired.......For letting that F-Bomb from Bono slip through last night"
TV is not radio. There is no seven-second delay to allow for edits. Bono was being a bad boy --albeit a middle-age, talent-less hack of a bad boy. No one could have caught that slip, although presumably every celebrity was asked to refrain from swearing beforehand. -
women will always be oppressed and consideed 'weaker' as long as they continue to be killed by the common dog...
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This isn't the first time he's dropped the F-Bomb on live TV. He did it in his acceptance of Best Alternative Album Grammy for Zooropa back in '94 I think. He said something like "We will continue to abuse our authority and fuck up the mainstream. Thank you very much." Gary Shandling was hosting and asked someone to remind Bono that they weren't on cable. Grammy have had a nice long delay ever since. The last time U2 was at the Grammys they were all drinking from water bottles filled with vodka, or so B said in interviews backstage. Anyway, as much as I like U2, this is not one of their best songs and Eminem really deserved it. Most of the stuff on the Million Dollar Hotel soundtrack was better Than "Hands that Built America."
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CRITIKAL
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now that was a great movie!
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I want to express my outrage and utter disdain to those fucks at E! Online! The awards hadn't even aired and the winners were already listed. That being the case, what the fuck is the point of even watching the show?
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Of course, if The Two Towers had won, Harry'd be crowing about how great the Golden Globes were and how smart the Hollywood Foreign Press was. Harry, you're more transparent than Claude Rains.
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Chicago?? I just don't get all this lame, bad singing, awful dancing crap. Renee Zellweger looked like beat down trailer trash. Catherine Zeta Jones and her crypt keeper husband just annoy me. She is just... not good in any way. Calista Flockhart looked hot as always. Uma was beautiful, Brad Pitt looked like he was on the third day of a long hangover, Sarah Jessica should have made it a 4-peat and Lara Flynn Boyle is awesome for not giving a fuck and dressing like a streetwalking sugarplum fairy. It was good to see Jude Law and Heath Ledger. Salma Hayek should have won for Frida with Diane Lane coming in a close second. Nicole Kidman again? And for that lifetime crap movie? Cool for Jack Nicholson. By the way, halle berry taking over Catwoman! I don't fucking think so!! Saggy tits and a bald head does not a sexy pussy make. Ashley Judd is a goddess and a spectacular actress. It better be her or nothing.
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God what a doushe bag! Harry you gotta be friggin kidding me?? You are still thrashing A Beautiful Mind?? What the matter Harry? Still angry at that movie that TOOK THE OSCARS from your beloved and CRAZY OVERRATED FOTR? HA HA HA! Man I really enhjoy that movie and most people do to Harry me boy. They will for years and whether you like it or not it is the Best Picture of 2001 (Academy and ACTUAL). Man I'll bet it must eat you up that ABF stole all of FOTR's glory. Which is rather ironic since you do most of the "Eating" usually. Seriously dude! Get over it!
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jennifer garner is an ugly, talentless bitch.
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A Beautiful Mind is not the Best Pic of 2001. Memento is! YOU ALL KNOW IT! ;)
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Chicago, a hit musical on broadway that was made into a movie where they pretty much just filmed the stage show (cut a couple of numbers out), and put it in theaters. Explain to me what is so amazing about that? Moulin Rouge had all original musical numbers and choreography...Chicago is not a big deal to me because I would expect it to perform well at the box office.
LOTR, a classic piece of fantasy literature known throughout the world. Then Peter Jackson takes it and films it, practically word for word. Yes, the acting is exceptional, but so was Richard Harris as Dumbledore and Maggie Smith as McGonagall in Harry Potter. Good actors aside, who didn't expect these films to be a guaranteed hit?! Sci-fi/Fantasy geeks around the world have waited for these films for years...it wouldn't have mattered who directed and starred (I'm talking as long as they're decent actors and crew) as long as it stuck to the original story.
I don't think awards should be given out to these films at all. I love Harry Potter, but I feel the same way about that, too. Where's the artistic merit? The same people that liked the musical Chicago on Broadway, and the LOTR books, are the ones who are making the films a success. I'm happy they are so happy, but it doesn't make the films classics in my mind. -
I goto see movies that I'll enjoy. Not because some critic says this or that about it. I mean, I mostly disagree with the critics. Ebert's the biggest tight ass critic I've seen. He never seems to enjoy a film. He's there to be analytical (sp?) & to disect everything about a film. I bet he even does it with an Adam Sandler film (not that I like Sandler at all anyway), but it just goes to show that these critics can't say anything on how they ENJOYED the movie. They try to make their jobs seem like something rivaling a NASA scientist! I don't need technical, anal criticism of a movie. Just tell me if it's a fun, scary, or an exciting film! Anyway, the only film that got nominated for any award last night, that I know of, was "THE TWO TOWERS". Hell, I barely watch any television anymore because all of my shows are gone. X-FILES is gone, DEEP SPACE NINE is long gone, BRIMSTONE was never given a chance, VH1 cancelled my favorite show on Cable TV....THE ROCK SHOW, and don't watch SMALLVILLE too consistently. Also, I haven't caught ONE episode of this season's "LAW & ORDER". Aside from those last two, all I watch is WWF/E RAW. On top of the Raiders game, the WWE had one of their BIGGEST Pay-Per-Views on the year (and an all-right one at that), the ROYAL RUMBLE which lasted nearly the entire length of the GLOBES show. Anyway, I've already seen "THE TWO TOWERS" three times (in about two weeks time), and call me odd, but I do care about some technical awards. Stuff like the visual effects, the sound editing, and so on. I was GREATLY happy when FOTR won for bets Visual Effects last year because they truly were the superior effects of the year (WETA truly is the one-stop effects/props/costume/BIG-ature house from now on). Anyway, the award shows are interesting, but mean very little to me unless some film I actually care about gets nominated (which isn't too often). You can view my favorite films of 2002 @ my homepage (http://www.michalak.org/homepage/). No explanations or anything. Just the names of what films I enjoyed the most out of the 365 days of the last year, divided into certain genres. All films I saw that were released last year are listed (which pale in comparison to the 100 or 200 films Harry & Mori see each year). Like I said, these aren't the critics choices or the industry faves. Just enjoyable films seen by me. -NJM
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Harry, CHARLIE KAUFMANN IS AN ONLY CHILD!
Donald Kaufmann was made up by Charlie's ingenious imagination so his character in Adaptation could play off 'his brother' who is clueless, a film hack and lucky with love.
I hope that if Charlie gets the Oscar then he will dedicate this award to his brother's memory. That would be gold! An unforgettable practice committed on the Academy that will live up to "You like me! You REALLY like me!!" (SIGH) -
Jan 21, 2003 2:45:20 AM CST
It seems that every year Harry dismisses a particular awe-inspir
by lenny nero
Last year it was GOSFORD PARK, which is to me to be a stellar work of filmmaking. Same with THE HOURS. They are both slow and character-driven, and that just doesn't seem to be what Harry likes. THE HOURS deserves the Best Drama award, b/c no matter how good TTT is, we know it won't win. Lay off the Brits, Harry.
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Jan 21, 2003 3:37:51 AM CST
A Beautiful Mind winning best picture is the same as..
by themanwithnoname
A Beautiful Mind winning best picture is on par with "How Green Was My Valley" beating Citizen Kane, "Going My Way" beating Double Indemnity" and "Around The World In 80 Days" beating "Giant" and "The Searchers" . O yeah and "Rocky" beating "Network" and "Taxi Driver" and "Ordinary People" beating "Raging Bull" come on people the oscars have always sucked.. but just sometimes they give it to the person who deserves it. its rare but it happens. The globes suck period.. the lobbying that goes on for the awards is a joke. Gifts, dinners, ass kissing. Really shameful.
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Jan 21, 2003 4:01:40 AM CST
Maybe if The Hours, Gangs of New York and Chicago had Hobbits i
by glawen
then Harry would be behind them 100%
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My heart goes to THE TWO TOWERS with undeniable passion and I am sure everyone including Harry has his right to bash any film, but THE HOURS was just simply divine! I have seen it twice and there is so much more in the film then what lies on the surface..I picked up on allot of cool things the 2nd time around! I thought the acting was Brilliant and Nicole definately deserves the Oscar for her portrayal of a Women on the Edge of Madness and Insanity! Meryl Streep was heartbreaking so was Julianne. The littel boy gave me the chills with his icy blue eyes, Ed Harris was awesome also! The Score reminded me of movies like THE PIANO and THE COOK THE THIEF, his WIFE and her lover, where it just hits the right notes to what is happening on the screen! The Hours was deep and moving! The Audience loved it and there was trememndous appluase aftewards! I hope it wins Best Picture, because we all now TWO TOWERS will nOT! ((( I love the TWO TOWERS!!! )))
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maybe we all dont agree on what the best and worst movies of the year are because we all have different opinions, not because some people are cool and smart and some are douchebags.
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I was dating a chick who was a dead ringer for Renee Zellweiger a few months back and the only reason I'm still not is because this particular chick was as thick as shit in the neck of a bottle. I remember the night we consumated our bored desires well...I slickened my middle finger in the act of coitus (is the 'Up yours' finger the ring finger? It should be, because that's where that digit was destined). Anyway, pumping away missionary style, I wet this finger and slid it furtively into her anus..."What are you doing?" the Renee doppelganger exclaimed in the throes of passion. I snickered intently and proceeded to insert my sly digit into her rectum. Suffice to say things didn't go well from there. The condom I was wearing had a really tight band which cut off circulation causing my penis to thrash about numbly, providing the requisite female orgasm but not much else. Whatever. Lost interest in telling the story. If Katie Holmes ever comes in here and reads postings, can you please email me. I want to form a romantic bond with you and shit. Fuck these Hollywood knobs, I'm better. Take a chance on me. And I'll stimulate your sphincter too. Fuck Hollywood.
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That is the most ludicrous FAN BOY casting I have ever heard in my life. Please stop it, before some retarded suit in hollywood thinks it is a good idea. LISTEN TO JOHN C. REILLY'S VOICE! If you think that is how Ben Grimm should sound, then you are definitely not the Fantastic Four fan you claim to be.
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So, I guess I missed William H. Macy playing a Hobbit. Ah well.
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Superman. Anyone watch this fucking show? I find it to be quite funny. Wouldn't Joe Millionaire make the perfect Superman?
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Ironic that you used all those Y's, idiot, because Y the hell would be so stupid as to repeat that letter 50 times when 5 would have made it clear that A Beautiful Mind was better. Now we have a ridiculously long TalkBack to read. It's pretty clear your head is WAYYYYY up your ass. Go learn some TalkBack etiquette, fucker.
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I meant all those A's. But the moral still applies. And the fact that you're an A-hole.
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Jan 21, 2003 12:34:03 PM CST
I knew what was going to happen when 'die another day' was nomin
by dragonfire
If they were so desperate to fill up that fifth best song slot why not give it to gollums song which actually deserved the nomination, but it's cool to see u2 get an award. I agree with Harry about 'the hours'. Not just because I'm a lord of the rings fan who wants two towers to win everything, but when people look at the list of best picture winners from the beginning to now, 'the hours' and 'a beautiful mind' are not going to be the films that people remember. The most memorable thing about a beautiful mind was Russel Crowe's performance and he didnt even win the oscar. Maybe if the oscar ceremony this year isnt rigged TTT will get the award, but I'm hoping this continual snubbing of LOTR is all because they're planning to give the award to Return of the king. Return of the king does seem the most likely to get best picture awards, seeing as its the last one and has the potential to be one of the greatest films ever made, but what if some film comes out next year that the award shows like more and they decide not to give the award to ROTK afterall. Then none of the three LOTR films would have won best picture. That would be a tragedy too terrible to imagine.
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...I took a Valium tonight...
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Well, he looks a lot better in that outfit than Lara Fynn-Boyle. He's also a more talented actor that she'll ever be an actress.
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As soon as I saw Jennifer Connolly narrating the intro to one of the nominated films during the Golden Globes, I knew folks here would be posting about her.
The normal-weight Jennifer is definitely back, and sexier than ever!
She lingered for many years in a non-marriage relationship, had a kid, and starved herself to near oblivion. It looks like her new marriage is doing wonders for her bodily self-image.
She's getting to be a mix between Jessica Rabbit and the chick from Night Of The Living Dead, with her black eyelids and sexy/sleepy gaze.
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...film snob. Let's look at this post--------"to all the TTT fans...it's an action movie, and it's reward was being nominated."--------What an incredibly ignorant, elitist statement. I love how some genres are automatically disqualified from receiving awards. I guess movies about really sad lesbians are more deserving of awards.--------"And anyone who thinks The Hours is a chick flick, well, you obviously have never been introduced to Sandra Bullock or Hugh Grant!"--------A good chick flick is still a chick flick.--------"The Hours is too deep to be a chick flick...I know, thinking is tough for people who cream over a too long battle sequence between fucking goblins and elves!"--------I truly pity you...well, no I don't, you arrogant twit. I am a thinking person, thank you very much, and I think the Helm's Deep battle was the most awe-inspiring battle set-piece I've ever seen.--------"The Hours was GREAT! And I am a guy, and I am not gay, SO THERE!"--------well, you can take your Sad, Sad Lesbians movie. I'll take TTT. We'll see which film is beloved for years to come and which is utterly forgotten.
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I am surprised we didn
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The Golden Globes are a joke, but at least they got one thing right. Curb Your Enthusiasm is the funniest shit on TV.
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M&M (aka Marshal the fuckwit)'s song from The 8th Mile contributed directly to the movie, which is a bonus. I saw The Two Towers once, but I don't remember Bjork singing, was this in the credits? I think U2's song was appropriate for Gangs of New York (haven't seen the movie, but I have the song on CD), but it is just as appropriate for any other US historical epic. I'm glad they won anyway, since Bono is the c00l3st. And then, since when has appropriateness been part of the rubric for best original song?
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Jesus. Is this all it takes to write for this site? OK - here are my nominees/winners. Mr. Show, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross. la la la... "Personally I would have given it to..." doesn't cut it you dumb fucks. The fact is YOU DON'T GET A VOTE - jsut watch the people's choice awards and deal with it. or get out your Buffy dolls and hand out Gol-Plated Cheetos? to them. Christ - why do I even bother reading this crap?
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