[OT] I'm a sad, sorry excuse.

[Djeta Thernadier]

I can't say Halle Berry really does anything for me (looks or acting). Now, Nicole Kidman on the other hand...

Starman

Nicole Kidman is my favorite actress.

 

[Starman]

Nicole Kidman is my favorite actress.

She's not just an actress; she's a goddess.
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Starman

 

[Ranger REG]

Halle Berry is a good actress. She isn't a great actress mind you, and she's a sucky Storm (but I don't blame her, I blame the casting).

It can't be helped. The first and second movie focused on Wolverine character, with the second giving hint to the third movie's story (Jean Grey/Phoenix).

I also know that she have not made a definite promise to star in the third film, which Bryan Singer may not direct. She may be holding out for more dialogue for the Storm character or a really good script she can be involved in. In the meantime, she is getting better roles in the mainstream, as well as the role of the new Catwoman. Who knows? 20th-Century Fox could promise her an X-Men spinoff of her character.

 

[Assenpfeffer]

A Beautiful Mind = Shine with numbers. I wasn't very impressed by it at all. I didn't like Shakespere in Love either, but I knew right away that it'd be loved by critics because it was a costume drama starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Critics love their costume dramas.

Remember that "critics" and "the Academy" are not the same audience. More than once in recent memory critics have lavished praise upon a film and flagged it for certaion Oscar nominations, and when the awards happen the film comes up totally empty. The Truman Show might be the most obvious and recent example of this.

And while the Academy does indeed seem to like costume dramas, I don't think that in itself led to SiL (a pretty good and very entertaining movie) beating out SPR, which I though was clearly the better film. SPR was hard to take, while SiL was easily digestable for almost everyone.

I loathe Gwynneth Paltrow, by the way. Possibly the most overrated actress of her generation. Watch SiL (in which she's watchable), then watch Cate Blanchett's Elizabeth and tell me who was more deserving of an award.

On an aside, I can honestly say that you're probably only the third or fourth person I've talked to online who liked The English Patient. Most people I've talked to found it insufferably slow and boring. I guess it's definately not a film designed for mass appeal.

Hoo, boy, did I feel that way. The only movie to put me to sleep before the opening credits started rolling.

After forcing myself to stay awake and sit through it, though, it does have some good points. But it's not Best Picture material, in my opinion.

I know that Spider-Man will never be nominated for Best Picture; the Academy is notorious for ignoring sci-fi and fantasy films unless they completely revolutionize their respective genres, like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings.

Actually, Spider-Man won't be nominated for best picture beacuse it doesn't deserve to be. Yes, it's highly entertaining, and I loved it and bought it the day it came out on DVD. And it's one of the shining examples of its genre. But in no way was the film deserving of a best picture nod - it's a well-done movie, but not a great one from the cimematic perspective. (I could have seen Willem Dafoe get a Best Supporting actor nomination out of it, though.)

I tend to look at it this way: 25 years from now, movies like Chicago and A Beautiful Mind will be all but forgotten, but you can bet that The Fellowship and the Ring and The Two Towers will still have millions of fans worldwide. It's not like you ever hear about Chariots of Fire and Annie Hall anymore, but everybody in the world knows about Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars.

Annie Hall is a well-loved classic, a great movie that more than deserved the award at the time. 25 years later, in retrospect it's very clear that Star Wars is the more important and influential film. But Annie Hall in no way stole the prize from SW, and one can hardly fault the Academy for not forseeing the long-term influence of Star Wars.

In general terms, however, I wholeheartedly agree - the Oscar goes to the wrong film with distressing regularity. Not every time. But often enough to be annoying. Certainly some films which win Best Picture are forgotten, while others who are overlooked retain a faithful following for decades and have far-reaching influence.

 

[mooby]

Ranger REG

you should really use some spoiler tags, man. people who enjoy the movie, but haven't read the comics might get pissed at the hints youre dropping!

 

[Ranger REG]

It's not a definite hint. I personally dont' know if Famke Janssen ("Jean Grey") may sign up for the third X-Men film, now that Bryan Singer is no longer directly involved.