Morte on 26/2/2007 at 14:16
I know the Oscars is a useless masturbatory exercise by the american film industry, but how the fuck did Children of Men not get the nod for best cinematography? I loved Pan's Labyrinth as much as the next man, and it was pretty to look at, but the car chase and street battle in CoM were just insane. Bah. Worst travesty since the nautical awards.
Printer's Devil on 26/2/2007 at 14:22
Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer
I'd rather not have this devolve into an IA vs The Departed discussion, especially since they are both very different movies despite one being an adaptation of the other...I can't imagine any possibility of a sequel/prequel for The Departed just based on the way the movie was handled, everything about it was very final.
Well (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6317019.stm) someone is certainly busy imagining it. Anyhow, my suggestion was exactly that, not a challenge to debate the merits of Hollywood remakes.
Scots Taffer on 26/2/2007 at 14:27
Quote Posted by Morte
Bah. Worst travesty since the nautical awards.
It's all politics, Joel.
And sorry, Printers Devil, for the misinterpretation.
Aerothorn on 26/2/2007 at 18:12
I'm still boggled as to why anyone gets worked up over the Oscars.
Fafhrd on 27/2/2007 at 09:05
Quote Posted by scumble
So my question might be, how much do the Oscars
really matter beyond a cheesy celeb-fest ceremony? It undoubtely gives winning filmmakers, cast and crew a career boost, but does it have anything to do with good films getting made?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Obviously, Scorsese's win isn't really going to have too much of an effect on his creative freedom at this point in his career, but an Oscar always brings with it more name recognition and (for better or worse) more creative freedom.
Peter Jackson probably wouldn't have been able to make King Kong, or if he did, it wouldn't have been the film it was (whatever your opinion of that film is) if he hadn't gotten the Oscar for Return of the King.
Guillermo Navarro is going to be a really in-demand DP for the next few years and may even be able to leverage his Oscar into being a full on director.
Jennifer Hudson is going to have her pick of film roles, up until she picks something fucking atrocious and/or decides to throw her weight around set as being an oscar winning actress and turns a ton of producers off working with her.
Overall I think an Academy Award wins creative effect is most dependant on what point in the career of the recipient it happens.
N'Al on 27/2/2007 at 09:14
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
Jennifer Hudson is going to have her pick of film roles, up
until she picks something fucking atrocious and/or decides to throw her weight around set as being an oscar winning actress and turns a ton of producers off working with her.
Overall I think an Academy Award wins creative effect is most dependant on what point in the career of the recipient it happens.
s. Halle Berry, lol
