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.
Wash: Captain, didn't you know kissin' girls makes you sleepy? Mal: Well sometimes I just can't help myself.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 26, 2009 7:17:04 am PST #9679 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
erikaj - Jan 26, 2009 8:30:46 am PST #9680 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Maybe because Crash is so anvilly, you can be stoned and not miss the point? One of Worst Bests in quite some while...
Kathy A - Jan 26, 2009 10:10:32 am PST #9681 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
A very fun recap/review of The Princess Bride. The writer has serious Buttercup issues which I totally agree with.
Polter-Cow - Jan 26, 2009 10:33:46 am PST #9682 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Nah… it’s more along the lines of a poisoned cup of wine Vizzini has to avoid, which he profoundly does not after a long rambling speech that somehow references the Vietnam War (!)
OMG. I never thought about what that line meant. Ha!
Fun review, Kathy. I skimmed after a while, but, man, that is such a great movie.
Sean K - Jan 26, 2009 10:39:53 am PST #9683 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Um, I never imagined Vizinni's speach referencing Viet Nam directly. "A land war in Asia" could just as easily be referencing Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Moscow is technically in Asia. I think the recapper just doesn't have as firm a grasp on history and geography as he/she imagines.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2009 10:44:49 am PST #9684 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Um, I never imagined Vizinni's speach referencing Viet Nam directly. "A land war in Asia" could just as easily be referencing Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Moscow is technically in Asia.
See also, Hitler's invasion of Russia.
Jessica - Jan 26, 2009 10:46:37 am PST #9685 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Yeah, I always assumed that line referred to Russia.
Jessica - Jan 26, 2009 10:48:28 am PST #9686 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I couldn't make it through the recap. Neon text on black = instant headache.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2009 10:51:25 am PST #9687 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It had never occurred to me that it was anything other than Vietnam.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2009 10:52:09 am PST #9688 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Neon text on black = instant headache
Or exacerbation thereof.