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BobA:
Oscars are awarded by parts of the film industry and the industry as a whole.  There is alot of they deserve it because they have paid their dues and gawd I am jealous.  I guess James Cameron will just have to settle for the money.  Entertainment and Oscars do not necessarily share the same goals.

patrickl:

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--- Quote from: patrickl on March 08, 2010, 06:04:22 am ---I'm glad Avatar only got the oscars they deserved (for the pretty pictures) so hopefully they learn that they still need to make a good movie even if the pictures look nice.


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Depends on how you measure success.  Oscars or profits.  Seems to me Avatar was made to entertain and rake in money, both of which it seemed to do pretty well at.  Oscars were icing.

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Yeah true.

Still, Titanic actually got "critical acclaim" with a ton of oscars even though it was a big heap of dung, apart from the effects.  I'm glad they didn't fall for that again.

DrumAnBass:

--- Quote from: danny_galaga on March 08, 2010, 04:51:13 am ---
Edit: just occurred to me that i've seen one of her movies before- Strange Days. An alternate reality set on new years eve, 1999. If you haven't seen it, you must. It's awesome and still holds up now.

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Hehe funny; I remember that movie because I was technically an extra in it... When needing to shoot the big New Years eve scenes with 1000s of extras, the producers had the brilliant idea of throwing a rave in downtown LA, and charging money for the tickets. So I think about 5,000 people paid $40 to see headliners Dee-Lite & Aphex Twin, along with a slew of DJs etc. Unfortunately the producers & the police tried to shut it down as soon as they got the shots they needed, and a near riot erupted.


Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on March 09, 2010, 09:42:23 am ---
Do kids these days even know what a tape is?


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I remember seeing Robo Cop in the theater and talking to my friends about the reality of movies on CDs.

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