The Oscars thread. - Page 2

jcamaro · 03-08-2010, 05:52 PM

Adjusted Box Office

Avatar is #14 when previous movies are adjusted for inflation. Its cool to see that Star Wars is #2.

Steve Dallas · 03-08-2010, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 2000v6

Kind of weird that bullock though married to jesse james, sleeps with meryl streep. My gf was watching them and I overheard that being said

Speaking of Jesse James...

Back in the early 80's, my car was in the shop to get a new engine put into it (73 Dodge Charge SE). While in the shop, the 440magnum needed to have a power steering bracket made for it. My car got sent to Jesse James shop for that.

Unfortunately, the owner of the shop doing the engine work shot and killed a guy coming at him with an ice pick. Apparently he owed Jesse James some money, and couldn't pay him during the week he was held in jail.

Jesse James took my car stereo, wheels and tires and ran the new 440 magnum without oil, destroying the engine. A-hole.

When the owner of the shop was let out, on self-defense, he had to buy me new tires, a new car stereo and replace the 440 that was destroyed by Jesse James.

jcamaro · 03-08-2010, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

Speaking of Jesse James...

Back in the early 80's, my car was in the shop to get a new engine put into it (73 Dodge Charge SE). While in the shop, the 440magnum needed to have a power steering bracket made for it. My car got sent to Jesse James shop for that.

Unfortunately, the owner of the shop doing the engine work shot and killed a guy coming at him with an ice pick. Apparently he owed Jesse James some money, and couldn't pay him during the week he was held in jail.

Jesse James took my car stereo, wheels and tires and ran the new 440 magnum without oil, destroying the engine. A-hole.

When the owner of the shop was let out, on self-defense, he had to buy me new tires, a new car stereo and replace the 440 that was destroyed by Jesse James.

Steve Dallas · 03-08-2010, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jcamaro

Sorry, but someone did bring up his name. Being that I can't stand the crooked bastard, I had to say something. Jesse James has a small peener.

AZCamaroFan · 03-08-2010, 11:12 PM

jesse james did that in the early 80's? He's only 41.

masterofpuppets · 03-08-2010, 11:35 PM

I thought he was a bodyguard before he opened his first shop in the 90's? Him and Sandra live here and everything I've heard about them has been that they're pretty cool people.

As for the oscars, I was so happy Hurt Locker won. Avatar was technically great, but Hurt Locker is the best post-WW2 war drama I've seen in a LONG time.

chrisgalles · 03-08-2010, 11:53 PM

Avator or Pocahontas

Avatar visually was absolutely amazing but the story was weak....

Hurt Locker deserved best picture.

2000v6 · 03-09-2010, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by TwoEcho

Avatar was overhyped. It looked amazing, but the movie itself was uber-weak. The hurt locker was just incredible, and deserved every award it won last night. Overall the Oscars were good. Baldwin/Martin were funny. Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson looked like hell, but the tribute to Hughes was cool. I could've done without the 15 minutes of interpretive dance, though. And it kind of bothered me that people who won awards were given such a short time to deliver their thank yous, but Ben Stiller (as funny as his bit was) was on stage for 5 minutes before he even introduced a category.

Yeh but honestly, they really don't need more time. I mean it's kind of like "thank you to my family, thanks to the people I work with, and thank you to my fans without you this wouldn't happen", after a few people say the same thing, it becomes redundant

Zeus · 03-09-2010, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by azfan

Well first of all, it 's made the most money, but hasn't sold the most tickets of all time. I heard the l.a. times did a story a couple weeks ago showing it was actually #21 , at the time, adjusted for inflation. Hey those $16 IMAX tickets ad up huh!
Secondly it was fitting that hurt locker won, because they always give it , these days, to stuff nobody wants to see.
And just think if Cameron won best director. They didn't give Scorsese that till like a year ago, and Spielberg has only won once.
If Star Wars didn't win, i sure as hell didn't want avatar to win.

You think no one wants to see the Hurt Locker?

AZCamaroFan · 03-09-2010, 10:30 AM

1% of the country? It's made the least money of any Oscar Winner.
Just making a point. Do you remember what won last year? Or the year before? Or the year before that?

Zeus · 03-09-2010, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by azfan

1% of the country? It's made the least money of any Oscar Winner.
Just making a point. Do you remember what won last year? Or the year before? Or the year before that?

Oh your one of those, whoever spends the most money on advertising should get the Oscar people

Anyways the people who vote on the awards are directors, producers, writers, actors and other professionals who grade the movie out by more than just how many people the advertising convinced should go to the movie.

Let me guess.... Never Saw Hurt Locker huh?

AZCamaroFan · 03-09-2010, 11:03 AM

I'm not one of anything. And i don't think what made the most money should automatically be Best Picture. Every year at the Oscar's they put on a big show and try to invoke Old Hollywood, while at the same time there's a great divide between Art and Entertainment these days,that there didn't use to be.
You know what was shown on tv sunday? Saving Private Ryan. When was the last time Shakespeare in Love was shown on tv ? That's what won the Oscar that year. I'm not against the Hurt Locker. I'm saying there's a trend every year, more and more and more, that whatever wins is so artistic, that the general public doesn't hardly see it.

2001ragtop · 03-09-2010, 11:23 AM

I saw Hurt Locker by accident on Sunday. I thought I was seeing Crazy Heart. Hurt locker was great.

The person who wrote the screenplay for Hurt locker, very likely knew well in advance that if his movie was done right, it would win an avalanche of awards due to it's political nature.

jcamaro · 03-09-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by azfan

I'm not one of anything. And i don't think what made the most money should automatically be Best Picture. Every year at the Oscar's they put on a big show and try to invoke Old Hollywood, while at the same time there's a great divide between Art and Entertainment these days,that there didn't use to be.
You know what was shown on tv sunday? Saving Private Ryan. When was the last time Shakespeare in Love was shown on tv ? That's what won the Oscar that year. I'm not against the Hurt Locker. I'm saying there's a trend every year, more and more and more, that whatever wins is so artistic, that the general public doesn't hardly see it.

So you're against the general public? What if some of us don't want sophisticated movies and just wanted to see mind numbing explosions and blue people riding dinosaurs?

03-08-2010, 05:52 PM	#15
jcamaro Obsessed Much? Drives: 2015 Silver 1SS/RS M6 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 934	Adjusted Box Office Avatar is #14 when previous movies are adjusted for inflation. Its cool to see that Star Wars is #2. __________________ 2015 1SS RS M6

03-08-2010, 11:35 PM	#20
masterofpuppets Pulling your strings Drives: My girlfriend crazy with car talk Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 1,246	I thought he was a bodyguard before he opened his first shop in the 90's? Him and Sandra live here and everything I've heard about them has been that they're pretty cool people. As for the oscars, I was so happy Hurt Locker won. Avatar was technically great, but Hurt Locker is the best post-WW2 war drama I've seen in a LONG time. __________________

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03-08-2010, 11:12 PM	#19
AZCamaroFan Camaro6 2016-2018 Drives: sometimes Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 18,468	jesse james did that in the early 80's? He's only 41.

03-08-2010, 11:53 PM	#21
chrisgalles TEXAS FIGHT! Drives: Awesome Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Longview, Tx Posts: 1,226	Avator or Pocahontas Avatar visually was absolutely amazing but the story was weak.... Hurt Locker deserved best picture.

03-09-2010, 10:30 AM	#24
AZCamaroFan Camaro6 2016-2018 Drives: sometimes Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 18,468	1% of the country? It's made the least money of any Oscar Winner. Just making a point. Do you remember what won last year? Or the year before? Or the year before that?

03-09-2010, 11:03 AM	#26
AZCamaroFan Camaro6 2016-2018 Drives: sometimes Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix Posts: 18,468	I'm not one of anything. And i don't think what made the most money should automatically be Best Picture. Every year at the Oscar's they put on a big show and try to invoke Old Hollywood, while at the same time there's a great divide between Art and Entertainment these days,that there didn't use to be. You know what was shown on tv sunday? Saving Private Ryan. When was the last time Shakespeare in Love was shown on tv ? That's what won the Oscar that year. I'm not against the Hurt Locker. I'm saying there's a trend every year, more and more and more, that whatever wins is so artistic, that the general public doesn't hardly see it.

03-09-2010, 11:23 AM	#27
2001ragtop Drives: V8 american car Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 1,417	I saw Hurt Locker by accident on Sunday. I thought I was seeing Crazy Heart. Hurt locker was great. The person who wrote the screenplay for Hurt locker, very likely knew well in advance that if his movie was done right, it would win an avalanche of awards due to it's political nature.