Marc B. Wrote:You're thinking of Apocalypto.
Marc B. Wrote:Although it should be nominated!
KRW Wrote:I agree, but I don't feel like I've watched enough movies this year to not be biased in my choice. I'll definatley use all my clout to help it get a nomination!I just bought and watched Serenity last week. I think it is a GREAT movie, but I think much of that is due to the context provided by the series. As a stand-alone movie (which is how it must be judged for an award, IMO), I don't know if it is good enough for an award. Maybe they'll come up with a new category: "Best Film by Joss Whedon based on a cancelled television series." :p
KRW
fpw Wrote:Anyone remember the uproar among the Hollywood elite about[SIZE=3]The Passion of the Christ? I can't recall that much naked hostility directed at any other film. They threw everything the had against it, including anti-Semitism. (Remember all the talk from the elite pundits -- Frank Rich in the lead -- about the tsunami of anti-Semitism it would kick off?)My "they" was not referring to anyone outside of this board.
I can't say a thing about the movie itself because I haven't seen it and can't imagine that I ever will, but if it caused a rise in anti-Semitism, I must have missed it.[/SIZE]
fpw Wrote:Anyone remember the uproar among the Hollywood elite about[SIZE=3]The Passion of the Christ? I can't recall that much naked hostility directed at any other film. They threw everything the had against it, including anti-Semitism. (Remember all the talk from the elite pundits -- Frank Rich in the lead -- about the tsunami of anti-Semitism it would kick off?)
I can't say a thing about the movie itself because I haven't seen it and can't imagine that I ever will, but if it caused a rise in anti-Semitism, I must have missed it.[/SIZE]
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:"Lord Jesus," he said to me. "That's our Precious Lord."
AsMoral Wrote:Maybe it was the dark theater, or maybe his vision was poor...but you did the right thing by not telling him you weren't Jesus.
jimbow8 Wrote:I submit that you would merely be hard-pressed to find cowboys back THEN who ADMITTED to it. To claim that NONE were gay is being, as you would say, "naive."
NewYorkjoe Wrote:I said "you would be hard-pressed." I did not say it would be impossible. May I suggest an online course from University of Phoenix called "Reading with Comprehension"?And I did not deny it. I merely indicated that if there were "gay cowboys" that they would be even less open about it than they are now, which might contribute to why you would be "hard-pressed" to find them.
Back then, men were more likely to deny what was termed "unnatural tendencies," and drink or womanize to sublimate them. That might not be a healthy course, but it made them more socially acceptable during that time period. Of course, this was before Fire Island, Greenwich Village, and Key West.
;-)
NewYorkjoe