In this video from Hollywood.tv Mickey Rourke threatens some person who wrote gossip about him with a gay slur. I don't think that will go over well with academy voters. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tfmtBZI_ZA
It was wrong of him to use the word that he did, but I don't think this will effect his chances b/c people will argue he was defending someone.
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agreed Mickey Rourke is going to dig himself in a ditch personally and may may may get a nomination, but no way is he winning. The tabloids are a sure way to get you name out of contention.
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I think he'll definitely be a nominee this year, expect him to dominate the critics' awards with Michael Fassbender in "Hunger", but never thought he had the best chance of winning due to his spotty career and even spottier personal life. This will just be the nail in the coffin.
Even if "Frost/Nixon" film is good rather than great I expect theatre titan Frank Langella to take best actor. Even Sean Penn seemed a more likely winner than Mickey Rourke and that was pre-gaffe.
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Really, you people here are being ridiculous. No one with the academy is going to care about this. Remember a majority of academy members are male, over 70, and homophobic. This is the same group that wouldn't give Brokeback Mountain a Best Picture Oscar.
Originally posted by Stinger: Really, you people here are being ridiculous. No one with the academy is going to care about this. Remember a majority of academy members are male, over 70, and homophobic. This is the same group that wouldn't give Brokeback Mountain a Best Picture Oscar.
Mickey Rourke will lose because he is in a small film shot hand-held on digital video. Still, the homophobic comments don't help his case.
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I don't think he will win, I think this is a tough category to predict this year. Like many have pointed out the person we think is the front runner is Frank Langella but he has never been nominated for this award, but can he be denied?
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Originally posted by doul15: In this video from Hollywood.tv Mickey Rourke threatens some person who wrote gossip about him with a gay slur. I don't think that will go over well with academy voters. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tfmtBZI_ZA
Please, they will probably give it to him now, with regards to how they treated Brokeback Mountain two years ago.
Originally posted by doul15: In this video from Hollywood.tv Mickey Rourke threatens some person who wrote gossip about him with a gay slur. I don't think that will go over well with academy voters. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tfmtBZI_ZA
Please, they will probably give it to him now, with regards to how they treated Brokeback Mountain two years ago.
Ya mean, he's gonna win three Oscars like Brokeback?
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Originally posted by doul15: In this video from Hollywood.tv Mickey Rourke threatens some person who wrote gossip about him with a gay slur. I don't think that will go over well with academy voters. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tfmtBZI_ZA
Please, they will probably give it to him now, with regards to how they treated Brokeback Mountain two years ago.
I've said it once, and I'll say it again: Munich was actually the Best Picture of that year. So, in agreement, those darn guys still gave it to the wrong film.
And yeah, I think Rourke was going to get a nomination -- and still is -- but he won't win. With Langella, Penn, Eastwood, Jenkins, and Fassbender all lining up to take the cake, his nomination will be a tip of the hat towards a very solid performance; though I discussed it, I never saw Rourke winning.
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This didn't ruin Mickey's Oscar chances. He will be nominated, but I don't consider him a favorite to win. I think the Best Actor Oscar will go to Sean Penn ("Milk").
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Originally posted by doul15: In this video from Hollywood.tv Mickey Rourke threatens some person who wrote gossip about him with a gay slur. I don't think that will go over well with academy voters. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tfmtBZI_ZA
Please, they will probably give it to him now, with regards to how they treated Brokeback Mountain two years ago.
I've said it once, and I'll say it again: Munich was actually the Best Picture of that year. So, in agreement, those darn guys still gave it to the wrong film.
And yeah, I think Rourke was going to get a nomination -- and still is -- but he won't win. With Langella, Penn, Eastwood, Jenkins, and Fassbender all lining up to take the cake, his nomination will be a tip of the hat towards a very solid performance; though I discussed it, I never saw Rourke winning.
I do agree Dr., Munich was underappreciated and it was a better movie than Brokeback and Crash. The themes of homosexuality and racism proved to be more fodder to industry chit-chat than a terrorist event of 1972.
One factor not in Munich's favour, imo, is that it was done before, and several times. Sword of Gideon, the television version (which didnt have the same moral ambiguity but was none the less pretty good) 21 Hours at Munich, as well as documentaries etc; plus, a lot of us were alive and cognizant in 1972 ( ) and those events have been condemned and mourned many times. Also, it didnt help that Spielberg was at the helm, with this stoopid mind-set some voters have to 'spread the wealth'. I think, Eric Bana and the rest of that cast were terrific.
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Originally posted by Dr. McPhearson: I've said it once, and I'll say it again: Munich was actually the Best Picture of that year. So, in agreement, those darn guys still gave it to the wrong film.
Munich is not even one of Spielberg's best, and the acting is so-so.
Originally posted by Dr. McPhearson: I've said it once, and I'll say it again: Munich was actually the Best Picture of that year. So, in agreement, those darn guys still gave it to the wrong film.
Munich is not even one of Spielberg's best, and the acting is so-so.
No way it was going to win Best Picture.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
I thought "Brokeback Mountain" was the best of ths nominees but "Munich" is quite a film on a technical level and was high on my top list that year... even if the script was just "so so". It is quite a visceral and visual experience.
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Originally posted by Dr. McPhearson: I've said it once, and I'll say it again: Munich was actually the Best Picture of that year. So, in agreement, those darn guys still gave it to the wrong film.
Munich is not even one of Spielberg's best, and the acting is so-so.
No way it was going to win Best Picture.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
I thought "Brokeback Mountain" was the best of ths nominees but "Munich" is quite a film on a technical level and was high on my top list that year... even if the script was just "so so". It is quite a visceral and visual experience.
OK, I just like yanking the Doc's chain.
I'll admit even mid-range Spielberg is of course better than most films, but it wasn't better than Brokeback Mountain.
Munich left me curiously uninvolved, albeit NOT bored, of course.
But even if the Academy had tried to avoid disrespecting Brokeback Mountain by awarding Best Picture to a better picture, Munich is not the one.
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I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Munich was not perfect, but technically it was sound. The scene with the exploding bed-bomb (if you haven't seen it, that probably just sounded really weird) was intensely set up.
Mostly when I said it was the Best Picture, I meant out of the five nominees. Brokeback to me was beautifully shot, but after seeing it, I was not nearly as touched as I thought I would be. In fact, I think maybe the huge hype behind it might have made some people's expectations too high. That DOES happen from time to time.
However, I do remember many people were predicting Capote which, while centered around a gay man, did not revolve around an actual love story. One article even claimed that the Academy would got with Hoffman's performance AND film, to acknowledge the homosexual factor slightly. Personally, while well made, I wasn't Capote's biggest fan.
If you want to know the truth, I still am surprised Walk the Line was passed over, what with the Academy's recent love for biopics.
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Originally posted by Dr. McPhearson: I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Munich was not perfect, but technically it was sound. The scene with the exploding bed-bomb (if you haven't seen it, that probably just sounded really weird) was intensely set up.
Mostly when I said it was the Best Picture, I meant out of the five nominees. Brokeback to me was beautifully shot, but after seeing it, I was not nearly as touched as I thought I would be. In fact, I think maybe the huge hype behind it might have made some people's expectations too high. That DOES happen from time to time.
However, I do remember many people were predicting Capote which, while centered around a gay man, did not revolve around an actual love story. One article even claimed that the Academy would got with Hoffman's performance AND film, to acknowledge the homosexual factor slightly. Personally, while well made, I wasn't Capote's biggest fan.
If you want to know the truth, I still am surprised Walk the Line was passed over, what with the Academy's recent love for biopics.
Though well acted by Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix "Walk the Line" was so obvious in its structure and filled with such corny, phony dialogue that I am glad it got skipped over for the big nominations.
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) and those events have been condemned and mourned many times.
