Oscar Nominations.

What do you think of the nomnations? What are your predictions?

NZ ones:

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE-Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider.

MAKEUP- ROTK
MUSIC (SCORE)- ROTK
MUSIC (SONG)-ROTK "Into The West"
BEST PICTURE-ROTK
ART DIRECTION-ROTK
COSTUME DESIGN-ROTK
DIRECTING-ROTK
SOUND-ROTK
VISUAL EFFECTS-ROTK
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)-ROTK
FILM EDITING-ROTK

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im no LOTR fan despite some scenes being filmed a few hundred metres from my house but....

((gets out the champagne)) THREE CHEERS FOR NZ FILMOGRAPHY........HIP HIP HORAY

Yeah & just heard on todays news how Australia wants to claim her cos she was born there. So what? Another Daniel Beddingfield, Russel Crowe type debate! Always wanting to steal cos they can't seem to create great actors in a flash. Way to go Miss Hugh-Castle. Excellent stuff.

THE LAST SAMURAI for costume also counts for nz as it is the same person who did LOTR

Wow..interesting facts. Hey, has anyone seen Welcome to the Jungle (I think thats the title) with The Rock from wrestling...man its a pretty wild, happening movie. Must see.

Wot, Russian Ark doesn't even get a Best Foreign Film nomination?!

Keisha for Whale Rider? Wow! That's a massive honour (...well, if we ignore that whole chicago debacle last year of course...). Go Keisha!

It's interesting that despite all the nominations over the past three years, Lord of the Rings has only had one Oscar nomination for acting.

Oh hush! It's won/been nominated for lots of Ensemble awards. You can't really pick one of the fellowship without choosing them all (Oh i'd choose them all, alright).

that's cos its got wizards and elves and shit saying mumbo jumbo like
"now is the time for the hour of men" in serious voices. its not difficult to act that way.

don't get me wrong, i LOVED r.o.t.k.
And i think Mr Jackson should get an award for Best Director.
but not best film.
cos, deep down, LOTR is a bit silly

// LOTR is a bit silly

ok, can you explain yourself a bit further than that?

Its only silly to these types of people.

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//Pastor Deacon Fred went on to note that although the violence in The Two Towers film is some of the best he's ever seen outside of the Holy Bible, that the hidden sexual agenda in the movie makes it unwatchable to anyone other than a qualified minister of God.

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PLEASE TELL ME THAT IS A PISS TAKE!

"And then maybe these sweaty little four-eyed plumpers would stop making up silly fantasy films and start churning out movies based on factual events from the Holy Bible."

Would true Christians sell "what would jesus do?" thongs, aka?

Or have this quiz: http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0501/diet.html which relates nicely to the bird flu topic?

I did think the quote I used, showed the true nature of the site.

did you look at the harry potter stuff....... wee picture of child hiding from his parents who had been taken over by the philospers stone?

// no imagination?

um, was that for me?
yes, there is imagination in LOTR. i never intimated that.

I can see it is not wise to be even a tiny little bit critical of LOTR.
in which case i will bow left, bow right, scrape scrape shuffle exit stage left

// ok, can you explain yourself a bit further than that?

okay:
if the idea of wizards and goblins and elves and mythic bloodline feuds and magic and Cate B with pointy ears is not just a teensy weensy tiny little bit silly, then you are taking LOTR way too seriously

Not accusing you of doing that, i was just explaining

I cheered, i laughed, i fucken loved evey moment. its a tour de force cinematic and technical achievement. a diversion. an amazing diversion.

with tights.

hope that clears things up.

hee hee!
"The Harry Potter book series is filled with fantastic images of hell, Catholicism, sissyism, and liberalism."..."The entire premise of each book rests in the anti-Christian notion that the sissified lifestyle is to be glorified and accepted by all. They make sissies out to be heroes, and encourage children to escape into their own private make-believe worlds."

landoverbaptist is one of the greatest piss-take sites ever. I'm particularly fond of Tampons: Satan's little cotton fingers.
www.landoverbaptist.org/news0999/cotton.html

It's sister site (Betty Bowers: America's Best Christian) also has some *great* child rearing tips from Laura Bush: "Raising Christian Young Ladies When You Only Have Twenty Minutes and Two Shot Glasses"
http://www.bettybowers.com/jenna.html

Pastors who were allowed to see the first film, The Fellowship of the Ring, remember that toward the end, one of the male hobbits (which is slang for "homo boy with a little bitty [insert unchristian word here] hanging between his legs") fell so much in love with the main character, Frodo (another male hobbit), that he committed the ultimate homosexual sacrifice by ruining his hairdo and nearly drowning himself to prove his loyalty. Although sodomy is now suggested in nearly every scene where the two creatures appear together, thankfully, the producers leave the disgusting homosexuality (which was so much a part of the novels) off camera. There are some scenes where the hobbits appear together in one sleeping bag and a lewd discussion about what sinful act led to both their palms and feet becoming so hairy, but that's about it. “By moving dozens of deviant sex scenes between those hairy little perverts off screen, the producers were able to achieve a PG13 rating," says Pastor Deacon Fred. "And make no mistake, my dear friends; here at Landover Baptist, PG means 'pretty gay.'"

- What the fuck?

Ah so its a piss-take? either that or I'm an "unsaved moron" according to these wackos

no imagination? sucks to be you.

// Keisha Castle-Hughes

That, my friends, is SO fucking awesome!
HOORAY!

I agree. Thing is, I reckon there's a fair chance she might just pull a Paquin and walk away with it.

If she wins, I've got good odds on the interview going:
X: "so - you won an Oscar - how do you feel?"
CH: "aw yeah...pretty stoked eh..."
X: "what do you reckon you'll do now then?"
CH: "aw, dunno...have a party..."

What I'd really like to see is her collecting the award and starting with "Kia ora, you fullas"

Did you see her on the Jay Leno show Heather? Absolutely classic.
(this is just a memory driven transcript)

JL: Thanks for coming in.
KCH: Awww, no worries.
JL: You didn't know who I was, did you?
KCH: Yeah, well, you shook my hand backstage and said 'Hi I'm Jay Leno' I was like 'Oh yeah'.
[I can just imagine Leno's face, a big American TV honcho with huge viewership doing the whole 'I'm gonna impress you under the guise of being friendly' and she basically acts as if she doesn't give a fuck]

JL: Oh, ha ha ha. Well, you're all the way from NEW ZEALAND(!?!?!?) and you're in a great movie called Whale Rider. Tell me, is there any particular sort of slang down there in NEW ZEALAND(!?!?!?)?
KCH: Umm, aww, nah, sort of, there's like 'shizzle mah nizzle' from Snoop Dogg.

*studio audience hilarity ensues*
JL: Oh Snoop Dogg, so he's a NEW ZEALAND (!?!?!?!) role model then? Good job Mr. Dogg!

Fuck I love our country.

Hah! Would've liked to see that...
She's totally my hero.

Ah, speaking of NZers, check out this photo of basketball player Dillon Boucher. Which Hollywood actor does he look heaps like in this photo? I'm interested to see if others think the same thing...

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Whoa, he really does...

owen wilson? jay mohr?

personally I think he could get away with being a shayne warne double in that pic.

Yeah, I was going with Owen Wilson. The weird thing is I can't find a photo of Owen that looks similar...

thats truly good that young Keisha got a nomination for best actress, and it is very good that ROTK got so many nominations. However i would have liked to see Niki Caro get a nomination for Best Director.