Posts by Henry Anderson47

I guess I wouldn't want to get involved...

He was excellent. I honestly don't get why they didn't just have him tell jokes during those incredibly stupid breaks every fifteen minutes. We were all basically dying of boredom back then. You couldn't even nap, but you couldn't really focus either...
well, look, I won't go into all the details right now. 😁

I know I’m being totally subjective here, but I just don't really care for American movies. Most of them rarely hit the mark, though I guess there are exceptions.

I mean, I see plenty of good ideas floating around, but I just don't get how they fail to actually make it onto the screen. It's like they can't quite pull the execution together.

Maybe I'll make an exception and check out Witness, mostly because you guys piqued my interest. Usually, I just wait for stuff like that to show up on ABC.

nimblemarlin17 said:Are they really glorifying war??? I mean, Steven Spielberg made Saving Private Ryan specifically to show people why we should never go to war again.

I guess the same goes for Platoon. To me, the whole story is basically a struggle between the "bad" guy—who’s actually enjoying himself out there—and the "good" sergeant who's just trying to hold onto his humanity while he's stuck there, if that makes sense.

p.s. Have you even seen these movies?

😉

Really solid. I guess if it were just a little shorter, it would've been even better..

...anyway, Braveheart (though I’d pick Gladiator or Lord of the Rings for second place).

Hmm, looking back at what I just wrote... it makes it seem like I only care about those massive, expensive spectacles, but that’s really not true at all.
For instance, instead of Lord of the Rings, I think I’d go with Mystic River or Lost in Translation this year. And instead of Gladiator, maybe Traffic (I can't exactly remember all the movies from that year off the top of my head).

🤔

Richard Hernandez13 said:People usually assume the screenplay category is set aside for the "smarter," higher-brow movies compared to Best Picture.

I actually put in some work to dig up all the winners from the last decade. Just a heads-up: I left out any scripts (whether original or adapted) that were just riding the coattails of the Best Picture winner.

2004. Lost in Translation
2003. Hable con ella + The Pianist
2002. Gosford Park
2001. Almost Famous + Traffic
2000. The Cider House Rules
1999. Memoirs of a Geisha
1998. Good Will Hunting + L.A. Confidential
1997. Fargo + Sling Blade
1996. The Usual Suspects + Sense and Sensibility
1995. Pulp Fiction
1994. The Piano

To me, this looks 👍

Aside from 2000, 1999 counts too
...especially movies like Traffic, L.A. Confidential, and The Piano.

storytelj said:He was nominated alongside Elizabeth, The Thin Red Line, and La Vita, but Shakespeare in Love took it home.

Man, I don't know... how could Shakespeare in Love possibly be better than Saving Private Ryan? I guess I just don't see it.

Kevin Wood22 said:THE RETURN OF THE... HOST

I’M YOUR MASTER AND COMMANDER FOR THE NIGHT

THE OSCARS ARE BEING BROADCAST IN 56 LANGUAGES... AND THAT'S JUST IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA.

For the first time ever, they're doing a simulcast in Aramaic.

It's pretty much standard to tip the host, I guess.

Miss Theron, you really scared the Jesus out of Mel Gibson in that movie of yours.

Back when I was getting things started with the Oscars about 13 years ago, George W. Bush was President. The economy was a mess and we were just coming out of the war in Iraq. It's kind of scary, isn't it?

Johnny Depp—the sexiest man alive (I can't believe I actually said that).

Lord of the Rings: 11 nominations, one for every possible ending, maybe.

Lost in Translation: Governor Schwarzenegger's favorite movie.

Sofia Coppola shot her film in 27 days. It took Francis that long just to wake up Brando, I think.

...or else I'll find Seasbitscuit's head in my bed.

(Singing to a James Bond tune) Seabiscuit, he's a horse, a Kentucky horse that the Oscars might take, or he's just glue.

It feels good to be back after four years. The Academy was decent enough letting me come and go—sort of like the Texas National Guard, I suppose.

Robin Williams—the reason there's a five-second broadcast delay (Robin showing his left "boob").

A San Francisco wedding cake (Robin Williams & B. Crystal holding hands).

Kill Bill—Hillary Clinton's favorite movie.
21 Grams—Whitney Houston & Bobby Brown's favorite movie.
Confessions of a Dangerous Man—Donald Rumsfeld's favorite movie.

Jesus, did you transcribe this while the show was actually on??? 😂
You did a good job picking that up, I guess.

Adam Wright56 said:I can't quite recall right now, but I wonder if Robin Williams ever hosted the Oscars?

I don't think so,

Amelia is good, but I guess Lost in Translation is better.

David Edwards83 said:And that’s where we find ourselves, right in the middle of the movie.
That Japanese woman screaming at the beginning... I guess she's probably just a slut, maybe.

Honestly, she didn't really leave an impression on me at all. I mean, it was a funny scene, I guess, but that was about it. I pretty much forgot all about her after that.

I guess you're right. 👍

northernfalcon30 said:Maybe try watching it again in a few years.😛

Do you think my take on it would be worse or better?

I guess my impression usually stays pretty much the same, so I don't really go back to stuff like that unless I stumble upon it again by accident, like on some TV channel or something.

casualotter21 said:Look, I basically felt the same way. The movie was decent enough, but I don't think it's something I'll be rushing back to watch again.

Yeah, I'm on the same page there... I agree.

I felt a little bad for Whoopi, but I thought Billy was actually great! He hit the sweet spot, neither too much nor too little:

Here’s another funny one for you:

The producer of Return of the King mentioned once that he used to date Billy's cousin. Apparently, Billy had absolutely no clue, and when he found out, he just made these hilarious faces while asking if he was married to her now.🙂

Sure, and obviously Fast and Furious, but it ONLY works because of
the cars and Vin Diesel.

As a big-budget epic? Not really, I guess.

Aside from the top spot

Blade Runner

everything else feels a bit disorganized:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Aliens
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Contact
The Third Man

I guess there'd be plenty more to list too

restlessviper20 said:I guess that scene with the woman in the hotel room wasn't even that essential to the story. Maybe it was just there for show, honestly.

I just noticed this...

I think you might have missed the point here. She isn't some femme fatale; she’s just a singer performing in a hotel bar. She's probably a woman in her middle years, maybe feeling a bit lonely being in a foreign country, going through a midlife crisis, I guess. And honestly, she’s likely just still reeling from being so close to that famous actor.

I guess I would've gone for her too if I were in her shoes.

Jose Miller3 said:Jose Miller3 hasn't even hit her midlife crisis yet!!!!

🙂 🙂 🙂 👍

I mean, I haven't personally lived through exactly that, but I guess I've had something similar to what happens in Lost in Translation. That's probably why I love the movie so much. It just feels written so realistically.

Jose Miller3 said:The only one? Out of two hundred people? I mean, what were the others doing, just sitting there staring at their hands or something?

...anyway, the line is actually really witty and deserves exactly where you put it. 👍