Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Big Magilla wrote:

cam wrote:How come I always get the old or dead characters!!?

I have been thinking of doing one of these with 1950s movie stars.

Comes with the territory when you're the oldest kid on the block. At least Livia wasn;t snuffed out, died of natural causes, didn't she? :O

Well that's a blessing, anyway.

I don't recall any of us mentioning George Clooney in the NBR predictions. And there has been, so far, little mention of his winning by anyone. His political stance and his charitable works could have worked in his favour, although I thought his Oscar "covered" that with Syriana. He was m...

Damien wrote:

atomicage wrote:it's the most impressive Hollywood musical to be seen since Luhrrmann's "Moulin Rouge"

That's all you need to know about this guy's taste.

LOL, Damein. What a dreadful film!

anonymous wrote:The Departed had also it's fair of gore.

That's what I said : we had that last year.

Akash wrote:Cam and atomicage -- Braveheart won Best Picture and Best Director.

Ah, but look at how [Braveheart[/] has been vilified by all and sundry. I don't think we can put them in the same category: One is Sondheim and one is Mel Gibson.

I don't know if the NBR have ever given a tie: but I would think that if they ever did, it would be for Christie and Cotillard this year. Maybe it will happen at the Oscars. There weren't better performances from actresses than this, and have not been, in my memory , for a long time. No American pe...

I still stand by my opinion. This thing is going to be a disaster, but the general public will eat it up. The worst part of it all is that people will think they "know" the musical because they sit through this dreck. Yes, sadly, I will agree. Someone in the featurette that anonymous quot...

Just saw and extended trailer for this film. I sure hope that Laura Linney is in the top five. She is one fine actress, long overdue for a win. She works so well with Hoffman in this ( basically) two-hander: they really work off one another. Can hardly wait to see it in the cinema.( Be prepared for...

Okri wrote:This was fun.

The UAADB Family as Works of Fiction

cam – Larry’s Party, by Carol Shields

Good shot, Okri. I really enjoyed that Larry's Party. Although, I am not quite dead yet! I do have stuff pushed away in pockets though, and I adore lamb!