2009(81st Oscars)Prediction Threads

adidasss · 02-25-2009, 05:25 AM

I thought Revolutionary road was a watchable but mediocre and forgettable melodrama. Plus both Winslet and DiCaprio couldn't hold a candle to Michael Shannon who stole every scene he was in.

boo boo · 02-25-2009, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

I thought Revolutionary road was a watchable but mediocre and forgettable melodrama. Plus both Winslet and DiCaprio couldn't hold a candle to Michael Shannon who stole every scene he was in.

I haven't seen it but I know you're wrong. Sam Mendes ftw.

adidasss · 02-25-2009, 12:18 PM

I've only seen American beauty which was ten times the film RR is, but I figure that was more down to Alan Ball than Mendes. (It's Sam btw).

boo boo · 02-25-2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

I've only seen American beauty which was ten times the film RR is, but I figure that was more down to Alan Ball than Mendes. (It's Sam btw).

Oh really? Because that wasn't a typo btw, I totally thought his name was Same.

Mendes did an excellent job with Road to Perdition too.

mannny · 02-25-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

I thought Revolutionary road was a watchable but mediocre and forgettable melodrama. Plus both Winslet and DiCaprio couldn't hold a candle to Michael Shannon who stole every scene he was in.

I understand where you're coming from with the melodrama and Michael Shannon was amazing. I'm probably just biased because I'm a Richard Yates fan and the movie was surprisingly true to the novel. But still, Leo deifnetly deserved a nomination. The only bad part of that film was the score, it was painfully repetitive, and felt like music from the title screen to a DVD being played over and over.

boo boo · 02-25-2009, 05:47 PM

Boo to Thomas Newman haters.

02-25-2009, 05:25 AM	#51 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I thought Revolutionary road was a watchable but mediocre and forgettable melodrama. Plus both Winslet and DiCaprio couldn't hold a candle to Michael Shannon who stole every scene he was in. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

02-25-2009, 12:18 PM	#53 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	I've only seen American beauty which was ten times the film RR is, but I figure that was more down to Alan Ball than Mendes. (It's Sam btw). __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm