I'll pick Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, even if it's somewhat dated. (Though it could be remade with the young fiances being the same gender.)
I agree that the supporting cast makes Adam's Rib reasonably worthwhile. The annoying part is that Hepburn has a very valid point. Turn the genders around, and the D.A. would never have prosecuted. It could be argued that Hepburn's solution to the problem may or may not be correct. But nobody -- and Tracy least of all -- seems to recognize that there's even a legitimate issue. (And as a lawyer, I recognize that allowing spouses to represent opponents in litigation is an ethical nightmare. But I'm willing to suspend disbelief in the name of quality entertainment.)
I'm thinking MILK might pull it off, if only so Hollywood can send a big, gianormous FUCK YOU! to the rest of California (and the states/folks that helped) for passing Prop 8.
This would be the same Hollywood that bent over backwards to give Crash the Best Picture award over Brokeback Mountain, whereupon the former promptly vanished back into oblivion? I'm not pinning any hopes on a contest where the majority of votes are cast by old white guys.
I don't think Crash vanished into oblivion. I hear references to it fairly regularly, and it's a pretty popular film to show in schools. I asked why, since I found it pretty terrible, and the best answer I got is that it isn't at all subtle with its various points, so it can lead to a good discussion with just about any group of students.
I guess.
I liked Crash. the best part was Michael Pena's storyline.
I asked why, since I found it pretty terrible, and the best answer I got is that it isn't at all subtle with its various points
ION, it's an after-school special!
Lingering bitterness from the 2005 Oscars aside, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Doubt or Frost/Nixon take the honors. Both seem to be worthy contenders.
Did you all know "Crash" is a TV show on "Showtime?"
I was mad at the movie, so I am not watching the tv show, but I think Crash has been around for awhile.
Granted, I hear "I can't quit you" in various forms at least once a week...
I liked Crash. the best part was Michael Pena's storyline.
I loved
Crash.
Did you all know "Crash" is a TV show on "Showtime?"
Yeah. It's on Starz. I don't know how it's doing, though.
Lingering bitterness from the 2005 Oscars aside, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Doubt or Frost/Nixon take the honors. Both seem to be worthy contenders.Lingering bitterness from the 2005 Oscars aside, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Doubt or Frost/Nixon take the honors. Both seem to be worthy contenders.
Why not
Benjamin Button,
which got the most nominations? Or are you just saying they have a chance, not that you expect one of them to win?
I always get Hepburn/Tracy confused with that newspaper picture with, I think, Rosalind Russell, where they're covering the big murder trial.
His Girl Friday
maybe? The biggest thing I remember is the reporters talk the defendent's girlfriend (wife?) to attempt suicide in order to make the story bigger, and the heroine walks into the newsroom, gives them all a slow, disgusted look and sneers, "The *gentlemen* of the press."
