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Comment by Juan on February 9, 2011 at 9:33pm

Jim Carrey is hated by the Oscars

Comment by Dr. Detfink on February 8, 2011 at 10:20pm

I wanted neither Shakespeare nor Saving Private Ryan to win that year (can't go wrong with Nazis right?)..I really liked the Thin Red Line...maybe it cause I felt it made that point as we travel across Polynesian nations to engage the Japanese to blow each other up...we never learned from those nations that yes, man can live in peace.

There's no doubt Saving Private Ryan had that design of a patriarchal captain, etc...I liked Malik's Portrayal that half the unit including the heads didn't know what the hell they were doing. Yet, here we are.

I hear what you're saying Leon, I just stop thinking there are a number of times an actor didn't quite fit a character yet delivered an amazing performance but such will be the war between books and film. :)

Comment by Deadman47 on February 8, 2011 at 10:20pm

Personally, The Social Network was my favorite movie of last year.

Comment by Furankisan on February 8, 2011 at 9:14pm

Anyone notice Hanks cursing at Globes when Pacific lost to Latin film like when he was interviewed at Oscars after party about Ryan losing and being very sarcastic about it? sour loser. Also big mistakes at end of FMJ anyone notice? Sniper chick had AK47 in hand when she died which cannot snipe. A friend who serve in Army told me about that one. Lastly on Black Swan fans, other old Oscar movie on Dancing called "Turning Point" got 11 nods and didn't win one. That was a chick flick but did tell about the competition cut throat that the business is. Just saying. But on FMJ chk on DVD and let me know on sniper scene.

Comment by Chadwick Candle on February 8, 2011 at 8:40pm

I LOVE JON! HES LIKE A DRUNKER ANGRIER CO-HOST!

Comment by Aaron on February 8, 2011 at 7:34pm

I think it's hard to top an opening with Lee Emery yelling at his best, and an intensely realistic portrayal of D-Day.

Comment by Joobless on February 8, 2011 at 6:59pm

Bloody hell that was a close call for the Black Swan spoiler O.o Managed to close the tab down in time, thanks for the heads up.

 

Why is it that I have to wait until March for that movie to come out in theaters? I had to wait until October for Scott Pilgrim, why is the distribution broken?! :(

Comment by FearlessVampireKiller on February 8, 2011 at 6:32pm

Didn't "Con Air" come out the same year as Saving Private Ryan and Shakespeare in Love?

In that case, I call Bullshit on either of those films even being considered for the Oscar!

Comment by Leon on February 8, 2011 at 5:58pm

@James Wow,thanks. I'd forgotten all that from the 2nd half of FMJ...which was sort my point.

It and Private Ryan are both good movies, but their back ends are way overshadowed by their fronts.

 

And to echo Cyrus, if Saving Private Ryan had won Best Picture I would not have yelled "Bullshit!!"

Comment by James on February 8, 2011 at 5:49pm

@ Leon

 

It's been a while since I've seen Full Metal Jacket, but off the top of my head from the second part I remember: the shot of all those chalked corpses and a commander complaining to Joker about the peace symbol on his helmet (the 'Jungian' thing) and the climax when the sniper is revealed.

 

I don't disagree that the second half doesn't have as much momentum as the first half, but it's still significant. The ending shows how Joker has become the very thing Hartman set out to create, and thus he's lost all sense of innocence, humanity etc. and heads out into the strange world that is the landscape of war.

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