Braininabox - what was that thread where we all had the big broohaha. I do believe most of the noise was between us .

haha Im trying to find it...that had to have been close to a year ago maybe?

Probably sometime more in May of last year...I was sustaining the whole USC vs Chapman thing until April.

That was a fun thread...

hm...I can't find it. It probably got shut down because it was a little too argumentative? Haha...we could always start it back up again? :P

Oh, I'm sure we certainly could.

Though, there seemed to be more heated debate back in the day...That may be a good or bad thing.

Woah, this thread got big. I thought Nervous Larry had snuck back on to the boards again for a second.

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Originally posted by braininabox:
Anyone think the Cinematography Oscar should be up for debate? (the other nominees were The Assassination of Jesse James, Atonement, No Country, and Le Scaphandre et le papillon)

That was definitely a tough one. But I think Elswit deserved it in the end. There Will Be Blood did not just have beautiful images to look at. They were just so visceral and intensely emotional at times.

Also, I was extremely happy to see Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard get the award for best song with Falling Slowly. It was really pretty touching to see them accept the award. Also a cass act by Steart to let Irglova come back out after getting cut off by the music.

Deakins deserved Best Cinematography, probably for Jesse James if you ask me.

Absolutely agreed on Irglova and Hansard - that's the best song made for a film in a while. And what the programers did to Irglova was disgusting - I'm glad somebody realized it was a huge mistake.

I think this year was very strong all around for cinematography. But, in the end, Deakins put up two amazing films that I don't think anyone surpassed.

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Where's Kyle Johnson when you need him?

Taxi Driver is a good movie but no where as good or influential (To me) as Scorsese's first works Whos that Knocking at my Door & Mean Streets.

I havnt even finished my film yet but those two films have affected MY LIFE, wheras Taxi Driver was a much more "movie movie" cause it didnt inspire me to go out and kill pimps, wheras "Whose that..?" inspired me to find a girlfriend.

If you get a chance, I recommend watching the short animated film that won (its all on youtube) here the first part:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P1SzWa3g0Nw

its very unique and impressive in just about every facet. One of the most original and interesting animations I have seen in a while.
hard to describe, but its great, especially cartoon if you want to be refreshed from typical cartoons.

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Originally posted by Cinematical:
Absolutely agreed on Irglova and Hansard - that's the best song made for a film in a while. And what the programers did to Irglova was disgusting - I'm glad somebody realized it was a huge mistake.

I think this year was very strong all around for cinematography. But, in the end, Deakins put up two amazing films that I don't think anyone surpassed.

I'm glad they won but I wish "When your mind's made up" had been nominated instead, that's my fav from the movie.

I actually haven't seen Once, just heard some of the music. Two of my friends say the film is amazing.

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Originally posted by Cinematical:
I actually haven't seen Once, just heard some of the music. Two of my friends say the film is amazing.

Well its probably going to get a bunch of attention now...I'm pretty interested in seeing it now. I really like musicals. Maybe I should try to make one...

Atonement should have recieved more, I felt it was overlooked.

Once and La Vie En Rose were both great. Julie Christie was really good in Away from Her, which should have gotten more nominations somewhere. But I could see Marion Cotillard winning, she was great in it. There's no way Once could have lost for best song.

Once really is great. I just don't really see how you could dislike the film and have a soul at the same time...

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Originally posted by KtoI:

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Originally posted by Cinematical:
Absolutely agreed on Irglova and Hansard - that's the best song made for a film in a while. And what the programers did to Irglova was disgusting - I'm glad somebody realized it was a huge mistake.

I think this year was very strong all around for cinematography. But, in the end, Deakins put up two amazing films that I don't think anyone surpassed.

I'm glad they won but I wish "When your mind's made up" had been nominated instead, that's my fav from the movie.

Yeah I think I would agree that "When your mind's made up" is better as a song. But the scene in which they play "Falling Slowly" is utterly amazing which is probably what got it the nomination.

Darnit, now I REALLY have to see the film.

Wow, I'm just not on the ball like I used to be in good ol' days where I would have been on top of this post like two pages ago.

I go on for a bit here, so unless you care to hear my complaints about the Coen brothers, you may wish to skip ahead.

***POSSIBLE SPOILERS***

[Coen brothers rant]
So, I've admittedly never been a big fan of the brothers. I've seen most of their filmography and never gushed over any of them like most would say that I should. I do, however, recognize that there definitely is talent and style there. Though, I finally watched their breakthrough Blood Simple recently and was severely underwhelmed. Before falling asleep halfway through, I couldn't help but be bored by a movie that was so clearly of it's time (something most other Coen movies lack.) Everything from the pacing to the lighting to the acting felt so mid-80's I was surprised that this was the one that launched their careers. Then it made me think about (watch) Raising Arizona (one I actually quite like,) and about how stylish it was. But then I remembered having read Bruce Campbell's If Chins Could Kill and recalling the fact that Raimi had shown off Evil Dead to one or both of the Coen's during its editing. I couldn't help but notice the blatant stealing of direction from a then new and creative director. Even if I didn't enjoy them as much as everyone else, subsequent Coen movies at least felt stylish and original. No Country for Old Men, did not, however. Nothing about that movie made me feel the Coens did anything special to deserve their Oscars. Everything, from the idea of evil prevailing to the portrayals of the characters, all credit, should go to Cormac McCarthy and the actors and others. So, for me, not getting a cathartic, happy ending in an otherwise bland (especially for the Coens) movie is really just kind of ****ty. All the good of that film built up to the biggest blue-balls of a Best Picture that I have ever seen.
[/Coen brothers rant]

As for There Will Be Blood...

I was very aggravated to see the movie take a turn for the worse and show it's evil head too (I like my evil no-bones-about-it style.) Actually, the movie worsened the moment they started the whole "rich guy gets scammed" plot which is, personally, a quick sympathy killer. However, the direction did not worsen from that point, just the story. Now, despite my misgivings about the movie, Paul Anderson really took his Punch Drunk Love direction to the next level with There Will Be Blood. His long, silent shots and odd music created a far superiorly immersive atmosphere than No Country for Old Men's banal directing did. I felt more at home in Anderson's last century California (played by west Texas) than I did in the Coen's contemporary west Texas (well, starring as itself.) As the viewer of both of the films, I'm certainly not going to fault myself for that mistake.

As for Daniel Day-Lewis, he did do a great job, but I couldn't help but see how easily his performance was to parody while watching it (I actually imagined Ben Stiller, who hasn't mocked him since Last of the Mohicans, rather than Bill Hader.) I believe that Clooney, however, played a role so against his type, and did it well, it earned an Oscar.

To steal from Daniel Day-Lewis: "Well, I'm finished."

elliott...

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