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."
Starz! Thanks. Yeah, I get neither channel.
That is His Girl Friday! Fantastic movie. As is Desk Set.
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 think the above comment was because the plot revolves around Prop 6, and not simply because it is gay-themed. I, for one, found it particularly depressing because of that.
The Oscar blitz continues. I saw
The Wrestler
this weekend. Way gorier than I realized going in. Great performance by O'Rourke though.
As for Hepburn/Tracy, I do like
Adam's Rib,
but for some reason they just don't work for me in general. That may be because I have issues with them as a couple in real life.
Love
His Girl Friday!
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'm skeptical of Benjamin Button's chances for a Best Picture win despite all the noms.
Maybe because Crash is so anvilly, you can be stoned and not miss the point? One of Worst Bests in quite some while...
A very fun recap/review of The Princess Bride. The writer has serious Buttercup issues which I totally agree with.
