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 Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread John Savage wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: The Human Factor is not the title. An Education tore up Sundance and the lead actress' work was compared to that of Page in Juno but actually great. its not? nope. Human Factor is just the name of the book.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread No, the film's title is actually Dying Clint's Last Big Oscar Shot
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread Dr. Lecter wrote: No, the film's title is actually Dying Clint's Last Big Oscar Shot odd, here was I thinking that clint was invencible, shame. _________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread haha, final nail in its' oscar chances, lol. sidenote, am I the only one who still really likes Crowe? _________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread I still more-or-less like the guy, he often does good work in bad movies, but his eye for projects has been really weak since Master & Commander. Actually, I take that back; it's always been pretty bad.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread I still more-or-less like the guy, he often does good work in bad movies, but his eye for projects has been really weak since Master & Commander. Actually, I take that back; it's always been pretty bad. Good Russell Crowe movies are the ever-less-frequent exception to the rule.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread State of Play has rebounded a bit with 76% on RT but the average is 6.4. It's 59 over at MC. Could end up rotten or barely fresh. Coupled with its release date, I'd say it's dead
Out Front
Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese) Leo and Marty's 4th film. 12% [ 23 ]
The Lovely Bones (Peter Jackson) Drama about heaven. 12% [ 22 ]
Nine (Rob Marshall) Adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. 12% [ 22 ]
The Human Factor aka Untitled Nelson Mandela Project (Clint Eastwood) Nelson Mandela drama. 11% [ 21 ]
Public Enemies (Michael Mann) John Dillinger vs the Feds. 9% [ 17 ]
Avatar (James Cameron) First Feature Film Since Titanic. 7% [ 14 ]
Tree of Life (Terence Malick) Brad Pitt drama set in the 1950s. 7% [ 14 ] Release Date Still Unsure
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Cheri (Stephen Frears) Drama set in 1920's Paris. 4% [ 8 ]
Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) WWII Drama 4% [ 8 ]
Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodovar) Penelope Cruz thriller. 3% [ 6 ]
The Informant (Steven Soderbergh) A Beautiful Mindish Thriller. 2% [ 5 ]
Amelia (Mira Nair) Life of Amelia Earhart. 2% [ 4 ]
A Serious Man (Coen Brothers) Comedy set in 1967. 1% [ 3 ]
The Fighter (Darren Aronofsky) First wrestling, now boxing. 1% [ 3 ]
Up (Peter Docter) Pixar's latest. 1% [ 3 ]
Little To No Love
Whatever Works (Woody Allen) Yearly effort. 0% [ 1 ]
How Do You Know? (James L Brooks) Comedy. 0% [ 0 ]
Out Of Contention
Away We Go (Sam Mendes) Comedy about relationships. 0% [ 0 ]
Taking Woodstock (Ang Lee) Comedy about 1969 music festival. 1% [ 3 ]
State of Play (Kevin Macdonald) Based on hit BBC mini-series. 0% [ 1 ]
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread I think whatever works may have a fair shot, and I'm thinking cheri looks like a good bet.
Shutter Island has less of a shot than Avatar IMHO, a horror flick getting BP seems harder than a Sci-Fi flick.
Eastwood's flick, Nine, Lovely Bones seem like no brainers right now.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread Shutter Island barely qualifies as horror, if at all. Plus, a film that barely qualified as horror (Silence Of The Lambs) has actually one. Avatar is HARD sci-fi.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread AnJon Lyrik Chigurh wrote: Shutter Island barely qualifies as horror, if at all. Plus, a film that barely qualified as horror (Silence Of The Lambs) has actually one. Avatar is HARD sci-fi. Is it? either way, we have yet to really see anything of either, so it's not really worth arguing over yet. _________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread The concept alone is heavy sci-fi. It's not Children Of Men or Clockwork Orange. Aliens and future technology requiring groundbreaking special effects?
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread A lot of people like to point to TDK as a reason why Avatar won't get in but Avatar has 1 thing TDK did not. A smoking hot release date.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread AnJon Lyrik Chigurh wrote: The concept alone is heavy sci-fi. It's not Children Of Men or Clockwork Orange. Aliens and future technology requiring groundbreaking special effects? focusing around a war tone epic love story. So it's gone with the wind + aliens.  _________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread King Kong, then.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread AnJon Lyrik Chigurh wrote: King Kong, then. gorilla loving a human is not the same as human and human besides, that shoulda won BP! ahah _________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread Shutter Island - horror? WTF?
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread Dr. Lecter wrote: Shutter Island - horror? WTF? I keep hearing Cape Fear in discussions about Shutter Island, which falls into the Silence of the Lambs Thriller/Horror category. But not strict horror.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread Blame the horror thing on the poster. It's looks like a cheap ass J-horror remake.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread Don't forget Funny People!
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread Though I've crossed it off the list, Taking Woodstock will be at Cannes. We'll get a definitive thumbs up or down on it.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread State of Play rebounded quite nicely with 83% Fresh on RT. But the average is still low (6.8) and MC is much weaker with 61.
I've also changed the poll to allow for revoting so you an adjust as more films are screened.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread Cheri
Nelson Mandela Project
The Lovely Bones
Nine
something else will come up
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread State of Play is 61 on MC. With the release date, it's out, out, out.
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Re: Well...the 2009 Contenders Discussion Thread AnJon Lyrik Chigurh wrote: something else will come up A high-profile December release 
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