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JustAnotherGen

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29. Redmayne earned it!

Mon Feb 23, 2015, 05:05 AM

Feb 2015

Keaton is a favorite of mine and I thought Birdman was amazing - but Redmayne blew me away - while I hated his movie overall.

I'm waiting for Sniper to come on demand. It's not political for me - I just can't sit through War movies in a theater. And I think Eastwood is a stellar creator - but I've never seen Bradley Cooper not thinking while acting. He's well trained but doesn't have that ease that many of his ignored peers have. Think Giovanni Ribisi - he never gives you the impression he's acting. You can't see him hitting the marks or the blocking.

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Sniper was snubbed. nt [View all] kelliekat44 Feb 2015 OP

Limbaugh is going to have a cow again.lol SummerSnow Feb 2015 #1

He shouldhave 2naSalit Feb 2015 #12

lol Bobbie Jo Feb 2015 #14

I was very glad to see that. liberalhistorian Feb 2015 #2

Clap Clap Clap dissentient Feb 2015 #3

Somehow I think I'll still be able to sleep tonite. n/t Smarmie Doofus Feb 2015 #4

It wasn't really predicted to win anything anyway. bigwillq Feb 2015 #5

Exactly Snow Leopard Feb 2015 #26

It won one award the whole night yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #6

Now that's a travesty. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2015 #37

Selma won best song MrScorpio Feb 2015 #51

Thanks. I completely forgot and did watch the whole night. yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #60

Good. (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2015 #7

Nothing under death and destruction category... Historic NY Feb 2015 #8

Except at the box office. former9thward Feb 2015 #9

Well that is true. yeoman6987 Feb 2015 #27

Eastwood should learn to stick to the truth. Dawson Leery Feb 2015 #10

Truth in movies? marshall Feb 2015 #34

They were afraid Eastwood would get up on stage and spend 15 minutes Rex Feb 2015 #11

Hey go easy on Neil Patrick Harris! NuclearDem Feb 2015 #13

I've already begged people to forgive him for being in Starship Troopers! Rex Feb 2015 #16

?? That movie was brilliant satire. He needs no forgiveness for being in it. nt tblue37 Feb 2015 #30

I loved that movie. trumad Feb 2015 #33

DAMN. joshcryer Feb 2015 #17

Disney knows how to make a fantasy flick Omaha Steve Feb 2015 #15

Yes, it was snubbed in favor of truth. I have a newfound respect for the Oscars. I expected it to sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #18

Why was Imitation Game snubbed? onenote Feb 2015 #40

Imitation Game got an Oscar for Adapted Screen Play and the acceptance speech from sabrina 1 Feb 2015 #57

Totally agree about Graham Moore's acceptance speech onenote Feb 2015 #58

Moore's speech was magnificent. Smarmie Doofus Feb 2015 #61

So was Foxcatcher Renew Deal Feb 2015 #19

..."even" Cumberbatch....? Wot? nt truebluegreen Feb 2015 #38

A lot of people get googley eyed over him Renew Deal Feb 2015 #41

Yep. truebluegreen Feb 2015 #47

i rather prefer "elementary" unblock Feb 2015 #55

Tastes differ: the reasons you pick "Elementary" truebluegreen Feb 2015 #68

HAHAHA blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #20

Did anyone in this thread actually see American Sniper? ARMYofONE Feb 2015 #21

No, but I saw Theory of Everything and Birdman. xmas74 Feb 2015 #23

Redmayne earned it! JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #29

Agree. ananda Feb 2015 #53

We do have very well trained actors JustAnotherGen Feb 2015 #63

Redmayne was outstanding. xmas74 Feb 2015 #59

I saw all 8 best picture nominated films Beaverhausen Feb 2015 #24

Though I have not seen... ReRe Feb 2015 #31

Maybe next year there will be a special category for sick fascist propaganda mwrguy Feb 2015 #22

Good. I'm glad to see Mexican directors doing well in Hollywood LittleBlue Feb 2015 #25

the RW did it MFM008 Feb 2015 #28

Not completely; it took the Sound Editing trophy jmowreader Feb 2015 #32

and that was ALL it won. ONE fricken trophy. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2015 #35

Academy Award Winning Picture American Sniper Renew Deal Feb 2015 #43

right wing loons ar hasing a sadz. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #36

The RWNJS will be unhappy Gothmog Feb 2015 #39

Good madokie Feb 2015 #42

Hey, remember when The Hurt Locker beat out Avatar and every Sci-Fi geek on the planet alcibiades_mystery Feb 2015 #44

was a much better picture than Hurt Locker... JCMach1 Feb 2015 #62

Hurt Locker definitely had a short shelf life. onenote Feb 2015 #64

I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised. Paladin Feb 2015 #45

War porn? Clearly you didn't see it Beaverhausen Feb 2015 #46

You're entitled to your opinion of it, I'm entitled to mine. Paladin Feb 2015 #50

How can you be surprised about a subject you know so little about onenote Feb 2015 #49

The relative I lost in 1980 didn't make millions off a book and movie about his PTSD. Paladin Feb 2015 #52

It would have win if nichomachus Feb 2015 #48

I am not sorry to hear that... Phentex Feb 2015 #54

All I have to say is: muntrv Feb 2015 #56

He doesn't care glasshouses Feb 2015 #65

Conservative heads explode en masse. Oneironaut Feb 2015 #66

Rush isn't going to like that napkinz Feb 2015 #67

Can't wait for Chris Matthews and Hardball get the news Rowdyboy Feb 2015 #69