Submitted by Adam Pulchinski on February 24, 2008 - 11:44pm.
Diablo Cody received an Oscar statue for Best Original Screenplay. Joel and Ethan Coen received three statues including Best Director(s) and their film was named Best Picture of the year (something I happen to disagree with- not because it's a bad movie but I thought 'Juno' was better).
So it was a pretty nice surprise for me to see Ms. Cody pick up the award and I'm glad 'Juno' did well at the Independent Spirit Awards.
Despite my obvious dispute with the Best Picture of the year, I'm also pretty miffed about the Special Effects category. 'The Golden Compass' received the prize over 'Transformers'?!? Those robots had something like 10,000 moving CGI parts each and blended in seamlessly with the real life environments and characters. Yeesh.
Anywho, what'd you think? I'm reserving judgment of the rest for when I get to review the VHS (I had to work). Later all.
Submitted by Peter Griffin on February 28, 2008 - 12:19pm.
The only reason Transformers didn't win any awards is because it's a remake of a cartoon. Did Josie & The P.ussycats win any awards? Nope. Sure, Transformers was a good flick but those Oscar elitists would never own up to having seen much less liking something based on an 80s-era cartoon.
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The only reason Transformers
The only reason Transformers didn't win any awards is because it's a remake of a cartoon. Did Josie & The P.ussycats win any awards? Nope. Sure, Transformers was a good flick but those Oscar elitists would never own up to having seen much less liking something based on an 80s-era cartoon.
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