Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

[Desdichado]

Nope. Not for Apollo 13.

Yes it was. You said nominated three times in a row. He was nominated three years in a row for the movies I mentioned. He only won the first two though. Justifiably so. His performance in Apollo 13 was competent but nothing really extraordinary. That performance would have been for Castaway when the Oscar was instead given to a somnabulist Russell Crowe for Gladiator.

 

[Sirius_Black]

Yes it was. You said nominated three times in a row. He was nominated three years in a row for the movies I mentioned. He only won the first two though. Justifiably so. His performance in Apollo 13 was competent but nothing really extraordinary. That performance would have been for Castaway when the Oscar was instead given to a somnabulist Russell Crowe for Gladiator.

Okay, one last time. Tom Hanks was not nominated for an Oscar for Apollo 13. You can believe it, but it did not happen.

Academy Awards for 1996

 

[Silver Moon]

Easy: Tom Hanks for Philadelphia, then Forest Gump then Apollo 13.

Yeah, I thought he got a nomination for Apollo 13 too, just not the Oscar. Having posting that now without first looking it up, I now will - and get back to you with the answers.

Later Edit: Looked it up. Nope, Hanks was not nominated for Apollo 13. As noted before, William Hurt did get three consecutive Best Actor nominations in 1986-88.

There were three other actors with three consecutive nominations and two actors who had four consecutive nominations (one with all 4 for Best, the other with 3 Best and 1 Best Supporting). Any guesses?

 

[Storminator]

<SNIP>

As O'Brian once said, "Forrester [who wrote the Hornblower books] wrote great battles; I write everything else."

<SNIP>

That's interesting. I always thought Forrester's choices of which battles to highlight was a huge part of the story. In Beat to Quarters, there's a page and a half on clearing a fouled anchor.

At the end of Ship of the Line, there's the massive, climactic battle in the French port... also a page and a half.

PS

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

That performance would have been for Castaway when the Oscar was instead given to a somnabulist Russell Crowe for Gladiator.

Throws down keyboard…


ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?


Sorry had to do that...

 

[Endur]

Gladiator is a much better movie if you watch the director's cut.

A lot of the politics is cut out of the theatre version.

Including the reason why Russell Crow asked, "Are you not entertained?"

The cut version of Gladiator is not as good of a movie as Spartacus or Braveheart. But the uncut version is just as good as those two in my opinion.

Yes it was. You said nominated three times in a row. He was nominated three years in a row for the movies I mentioned. He only won the first two though. Justifiably so. His performance in Apollo 13 was competent but nothing really extraordinary. That performance would have been for Castaway when the Oscar was instead given to a somnabulist Russell Crowe for Gladiator.

 

[Berandor]

Gladiator is a much better movie if you watch the director's cut.

A lot of the politics is cut out of the theatre version.

Including the reason why Russell Crow asked, "Are you not entertained?"

The cut version of Gladiator is not as good of a movie as Spartacus or Braveheart. But the uncut version is just as good as those two in my opinion.

You're right. The director's cut is way better. It's still a Braveheart knock-off imo, but I can enjoy it now.

And Crowe's Oscar will always be an Oscar for Insider, only labeled inaccurately, to me.

 

[KidCthulhu]

I'm looking forward to this too. I'm such a fan of the historical era. But I've got to say I prefer Forester to O'Brien. The very thing you mention, Wombat, that O'Brien does everything else, is what I don't like about the books. There are sequences in them I love. The escape across Spain with Jack in a bear suit? Brilliant. The character work between the two men is just great stuff. The stuff at sea? Very nice. But the moment they get on land the books drag to a grinding halt. O'Brien starts writing social commentary like a very poor Jane Austin rip-off. And he's doing it through the mirror of his own time, which is extremely jarring. Yes, all authors do this, but O'Brien doesn't do it well. I feel preached to, and it's very heavy handed.

Still, can't wait for the movie. Billy Boyd is in it to, as Bonden the coxswain. Real ship battles, mmmmmm.

For anyone who enjoys this kind of stuff, the series that A&E did a few years ago of Hornblower stories is very good. Not entirely accurate to the books, but still very well done.

 

[Pielorinho]

My wife is practically drooling over the idea of this movie. It doesn't look particularly good to me, though: I'm worried it's going to be too, too something that I don't like in my storytelling. Too straightforward? Too inspirational? Too bombastic? Insufficiently sly?

I'm not sure, but the previews for it have really turned me off. We shall see.

Daniel

 

[reapersaurus]

geez, Daniel - talk about reaching for reasons not to like a movie.
Do you set yourself up like that for every movie you see?
Chances are, the film will disappoint you in one of those general areas...