I liked Ben Stiller in Starsky and Hutch.
Me too! I think he did precisely what the movie required of him, which is his job, really.
I can't defend Chronicles Of Riddick as a good movie, although I enjoyed it. But Vin wasn't bad in it.
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§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 7:18:10 am PST #8442 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Jan 25, 2005 7:19:26 am PST #8443 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But Vin wasn't bad in it.
He was pretty much what made it watchable. But the Razzies have always been more about taking cheap shots than actual criticism.
Is she actually, you know, any good in the movie?
Yes, she's amazing.
bon bon - Jan 25, 2005 7:22:27 am PST #8444 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I haven't seen Starsky. But it was irritating as hell to see Stiller pop up in Anchorman a week after the dreadful Dodgeball.
Dana - Jan 25, 2005 7:23:10 am PST #8445 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I laughed and laughed at Dodgeball. I'm not proud of it, but I laughed. Although generally not at Stiller.
Lyra Jane - Jan 25, 2005 7:23:15 am PST #8446 of 10001
Up with the sun
But the Razzies have always been more about taking cheap shots than actual criticism.
That bugs me about them, Jessica. It's not like they ever nominate anything that's a sacred cow, or that even requires them to see and evaluate movies on heir own -- it's just "here are the movies Jay Leno has been joking about for eight months!"
Yawn.
she's amazing.
In that case, and if Bening's film is weak, I might change my prediction to either her or Staunton. But really it seems like a tough category to call, especially since I've only seen Winslet's performance.
Sean K - Jan 25, 2005 7:25:25 am PST #8447 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
There are a lot of Oscars that boil down to "Oops, you did great work last year (or even years ago), so here's the statue retroactively."
As ecstatic as I was over all the Oscars dumped on Return of the King, I also feel like giving them all the statues they were nominated for was more a reward for the effort of the whole project, rather than awards for the merits of RotK itself.
Sue - Jan 25, 2005 7:25:38 am PST #8448 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I'm also wondering if Swank might win again. On the one hand, I think she's too young to deserve a second Oscar, and I can't believe the voters wouldn't feel the same, especially since she didn't do much interesting work between "Boys Don't Cry" and now. On the other, her part is the type most likely to win an Oscar (overcoming obstacles, no glamorous makeup, etc.)
I think that might be the main thing against her, because the Academy voters do seem to think that way sometimes. But I wouldn't be surprised if she won.
Has Laura Linney ever won?
Calli - Jan 25, 2005 7:26:51 am PST #8449 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
more a reward for the effort of the whole project, rather than awards for the merits of RotK itself.
Perhaps. But I think that the LotR movies were something of a special case. In a sense it's one really, really, really long movie subdivided for the sake of people's butts.
Jessica - Jan 25, 2005 7:26:57 am PST #8450 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
As ecstatic as I was over all the Oscars dumped on Return of the King, I also feel like giving them all the statues they were nominated for was more a reward for the effort of the whole project, rather than awards for the merits of RotK itself.
Absolutely. (I mean, I was glad to see the trilogy win, but I thought RotK was by far the weakest film of the three.)
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 7:27:21 am PST #8451 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I also feel like giving them all the statues they were nominated for was more a reward for the effort of the whole project, rather than awards for the merits of RotK itself.
It saved them having to give PJ awards in more than one year. And although it's not the point of the Oscars, LotR was very much a cumulative work, released in instalments. So I'm good with it.