Movies

[Nate The Great]

The Academy Awards are the equivalent of the Grammies. So if you think Britney Spears and Matchbox 20 are worth of great musical achievement awards, then I'm sure you would think LOTR was actually the best movie of the year. OK . . . that might be a bit harsh, but the Academy Awards mean NOTHING. They are a popularity contest. Everything is political there.

Mystic River was the best film I saw this year. LOTR was probably my favorite. There is a difference between "best" and "favorite". This goes back to the music discussions I have with everybody around here. I'm tired of explaining . . .

[Destroyer Of Orden]

Mystic River was fantastic, and so was the Butterfly Effect

[Nate The Great]

The Butterfly Effect? Are you gay or just retarded? How can you put Mystic River and The Butterfly Effect in the same sentence?

[MadeInNewJersey]

Originally Posted by npearce

The Academy Awards are the equivalent of the Grammies. So if you think Britney Spears and Matchbox 20 are worth of great musical achievement awards, then I'm sure you would think LOTR was actually the best movie of the year. OK . . . that might be a bit harsh, but the Academy Awards mean NOTHING. They are a popularity contest. Everything is political there.

Mystic River was the best film I saw this year. LOTR was probably my favorite. There is a difference between "best" and "favorite". This goes back to the music discussions I have with everybody around here. I'm tired of explaining . . .

I'm not sure if this rant is aimed at me Nate, but I said about 10 posts north of here that I could care effin' less about the Academy Awards. My declaration of LOTR (the entire 10+ hours) as the greatest movie EVER has nothing to do with it winning lots of awards. NOTHING.

[NAD is still special.]

Hey Gugs, do you think LOTR is the greatest movie ever? I'm not quite clear yet...

[MadeInNewJersey]

What gave you that idea?

[NAD is still special.]

I dunno man, we on a psychic plane in here?

[JayKeeley]

Originally Posted by npearce

The Butterfly Effect? Are you gay or just retarded? How can you put Mystic River and The Butterfly Effect in the same sentence?

That question might require a poll. You've been punked mofo!

LOTR is tough to beat - not only is it a great movie, but is there a better story? You can't really beat a solid adaptation of Tolkien. Yes, there are purists out there who will complain about little changes here or there (shit, even I think Liv Tyler was all wrong), but it's still a remarkable piece of film making. Everyone should remember that all three segments were filmed back to back too, so even though they were released separately, they were all filmed in one 9 month succession sans CGI. I think the oscars were well deserved, although I've not seen the other flicks.

Actually, I did see Thirteen, Seabuscuit, and Whale Rider and all of them were above average to good. The wife loved them much more than me anyway.

[Nate The Great]

Hey Markgugs: I wasn't talking to you. I basically scanned throught the posts and saw a bunch of talk about the Academy Awards. I was just talking to anybody that would listen. Thanks for listening.

LOTR is by far my favorite movie ever (all three combined). However, I still recognize that Mystic River was a better movie than Return of the King for 2003. Return of the King was just a continuation of something that started in 2001. I have no problem with LOTR being considered a better movie than everything else ever made(all three movies together, I mean).

[jimbobhickville]

Ok, first of all, a minor clarification. Life is Beautiful didn't win Best Picture; it won Best Actor (which was ludicrous, but that's a different point).

I need to see Mystic River still.

Lord of the Rings is the best trilogy ever made. Nothing is even remotely close (including Star Wars and Indiana Jones). The only thing that might top it is if they finally make the other 2 Unbreakable movies, but I doubt it'll outdo LotR.

[J.]

OK, sorry about Life is Beautiful then. I just remeber some gangly spaghetti man jumping on the chairs after winning a major award.

The two Unbreakable movies would rule all, but American audiences would rather Shyamalan make easily digestable dross like 6th Sense. Here's to hoping.