The 82nd Academy Awards & STAR TREK

[Jeri]

^ CR, nice to see you.

Interesting article in Reuters Entertainment News this morning:

Oscar screenplay race lacking originality
By Steven Zeitchik – Tue Nov 3, 12:44 am ET

Salient excerpts:

"...Beyond that, the voters are going to have to look farther afield. Almost certainly vying for attention are the duo behind the "Star Trek" update, writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, who also count cinematic tour de force "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" among their 2009 credits, though the Academy could qualify it as adapted. (The writers branch will meet in the coming weeks to make rule determinations.)..."

and

"...This year could see the same. If movies such as "Star Trek" and "Hangover" are in the mix, the current vogue for big-budget remakes and low-budget broad comedies will be reflected. The Welleses and Wilders of today just might be Kurtzman and Orci."

 

[barnaclelapse]

Emmerich makes a good point, but he can still kiss my ass.

 

[Disillusioned]

I didn't rate The Dark Knight. I don't think it's as highly rated amongst the great unwashed as you might think. The critics loved it for sure.

Then you need to look at the box office numbers, because they were being talked about quite a bit while it was in theaters.

 

[Blue_Trek]

I didn't rate The Dark Knight. I don't think it's as highly rated amongst the great unwashed as you might think. The critics loved it for sure.

Then you need to look at the box office numbers, because they were being talked about quite a bit while it was in theaters.

http://boxofficemojo.com/oscar/chart/?yr=2008&p=.htm

Yeah all these movies combined made about what 60% worldwide of what the dark night did? Surely it was worth a nomination even for the fact that it took a serious run at dethroning Titanic from first place. I don't care if a movie is made and the critics love it, but if nobody actually wants to pay to see it, it shouldn't even make it to nomination.

Frost/Nixon $18.6 Million dollars, ppfff whatever

I propose a new rule to make nomination, you need to pull in minimum 40 million at the box office to qualify. That will knock out some of the crappy nominations.

 

[Deckerd]

People only went to see it because HL died. If he hadn't I reckon far fewer would have bothered.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

^ CR, nice to see you.

Thank you sweetie, it's good to be back!

 

[Disillusioned]

People only went to see it because HL died. If he hadn't I reckon far fewer would have bothered.

I went to go see it because I liked "Batman Begins" and I was interested in Nolan's take on the Joker. And the trailers looked absolutely awesome. The only effect Heath Ledger's death had on me was to make me sad he couldn't reprise his role in a sequel.

 

[MvRojo]

On a related note, it looks like Paramount has yet to schedule any academy or guild screenings of Star Trek, or any of its other films for that matter. Whereas Up has 13 screenings scheduled between LA, SF, NY, and London. Granted its early still (since a lot of the screenings are scheduled for Dec/Jan), but its kinda annoying.

 

[thumbtack]

I didn't rate The Dark Knight. I don't think it's as highly rated amongst the great unwashed as you might think. The critics loved it for sure.

Then you need to look at the box office numbers, because they were being talked about quite a bit while it was in theaters.

Box office results have nothing to do with quality.

 

[Disillusioned]

I didn't rate The Dark Knight. I don't think it's as highly rated amongst the great unwashed as you might think. The critics loved it for sure.

Then you need to look at the box office numbers, because they were being talked about quite a bit while it was in theaters.

Box office results have nothing to do with quality.

I agree completely, but I'm not the one who implied it wasn't highly rated amongst the "great unwashed masses" (condescending much?). If there is anything that box office numbers show, it's how popular it was amongst the "great unwashed masses."

 

[Jeri]

Geeze, most of them shower.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

...or bathe.

 

[Shazam!]

Or lick their own testicles.

The Dark Knight wasn't that good. It's the 3rd best Batman film.

 

[cooleddie74]

Or lick their own testicles.

The Dark Knight wasn't that good. It's the 3rd best Batman film.

MY list from best to worst:

BATMAN(1989)
THE DARK KNIGHT
BATMAN FOREVER
BATMAN BEGINS
BATMAN RETURNS
BATMAN(1966)
BATMAN & ROBIN

 

[Mach5]

BATMAN FOREVER
BATMAN BEGINS
BATMAN RETURNS
BATMAN(1966)
BATMAN & ROBIN

You prefer the crappy Joel Schumacher movie over Tim Burton's sequel?

 

[Disillusioned]

Or "Batman Begins" for that matter? Different strokes and all that, but "Batman Forever" was definitely a different type of movie that was practically cheery and happy compared to Tim Burton's "Batman" or "The Dark Knight."

 

[cooleddie74]

BATMAN FOREVER
BATMAN BEGINS
BATMAN RETURNS
BATMAN(1966)
BATMAN & ROBIN

You prefer the crappy Joel Schumacher movie over Tim Burton's sequel?

Sorry, but yeah. But not by MUCH. It's just a narrow/slight win for the Jim Carrey/Kilmer sequel because it debuted in 1995 when i was having some things happen in my life and i associate it in a positive way with those events. Its not a great sequel in most respects, its more of a like for Jim Carrey's Riddler and the connection the film has in my mind to positive personal happenings in 1995.

 

[cooleddie74]

Or "Batman Begins" for that matter? Different strokes and all that, but "Batman Forever" was definitely a different type of movie that was practically cheery and happy compared to Tim Burton's "Batman" or "The Dark Knight."

Refer to my reply above. It's not that it was a BETTER movie in some ways/per se. Just meant more to me in a personal context manner and I got a big kick out of Jim Carrey's Riddler.

 

[Mach5]

Sorry, but yeah. But not by MUCH. It's just a narrow/slight win for the Jim Carrey/Kilmer sequel because it debuted in 1995 when i was having some things happen in my life and i associate it in a positive way with those events. Its not a great sequel in most respects, its more of a like for Jim Carrey's Riddler and the connection the film has in my mind to positive personal happenings in 1995.

I can respect that. I personally LOVE "The Whole Nine Yards," nut so much for its quality (or lack thereof), but because I associate it with some really good things that happened in my life at the time.

 

[CommanderRaytas]

That applies to basically everyone who liked that film, I reckon.