Oscars Bitches

[markasstrick]

dicaprio's best movie is still basketball diaries by far

[Xavier]

dicaprio's best movie is still basketball diaries by far

wtf lol

[Lbelle]

why does every thread turn into a flame of some kind lol

[Epical]

God I wish I would've saved Judah's old sig.

[Xavier]

why does every thread turn into a flame of some kind lol

Because America was founded with love

Epical I wanna make an avatar like that, but of me wearing a ton of different wigs. Way too lazy but it'd own =(

[Epical]

Lol, do it. I must warn you though... should you do that, the forums might implode from impending overload of sexual content. Like Sono said, safety not guaranteed.

[archibaldcrane]

scorsese winning the best director is fine by me but

WTF @ departed winning best picture

seriously

an adaptation that basically changed or improved nothing from the original that was created only two years prior? huh?

gg oscar

Wow. You're super overprotective of a film (Infernal Affairs) that you clearly don't ...really know anything about. Two years prior? Infernal Affairs came out in 2002 - 5 years ago.

[Heian]

God I wish I would've saved Judah's old sig.

Ask and ye shall recieve.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...bgforum0uq.jpg

[GRT]

scorsese winning the best director is fine by me but

WTF @ departed winning best picture

seriously

an adaptation that basically changed or improved nothing from the original that was created only two years prior? huh?

gg oscar

Wow. You're super overprotective of a film (Infernal Affairs) that you clearly don't ...really know anything about. Two years prior? Infernal Affairs came out in 2002 - 5 years ago.

so five years ago, big difference, i guess it gives hollywood the right to steal the whole thing since it's not TWO years right?

and no, i'm not trying to be "protective" of the original, i'm pissed at hollywood for making crappy films and the BEST picture of a year is an exact duplicate of a foreign movie

and no, infernal affairs didn't get nominated or win a foreign best movie award... and an exact copy of it win a domastic best picture, what does that say about hollywood? crappier than all the foreign movies in a subcatagory of their annual major award show? hilarious indeed

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

I can understand the creative aspect of it not being very unique, but I did think it was a really good movie. I never saw the original so my perspective is different I guess.

it's good cuz the original was good... why? because the departed had the EXACT SAME CAMERA ANGLE in over 90% of the scenes as the original not mentioning other things they just copy and pasted into the "adaptation"

anyone who watched and liked the original should be greatly offended by the departed winning best picture

GREATLY OFFENDED!!!! lmao it's just a movie that you have passively watched. So the fuck what...

The departed was amazing, never saw infernal affairs but honestly what made the departed so awesome was both the plot AND the performances of all those great actors. I mean Marky Mark was great in this. Marky fucking Mark.

[GRT]

I can understand the creative aspect of it not being very unique, but I did think it was a really good movie. I never saw the original so my perspective is different I guess.

it's good cuz the original was good... why? because the departed had the EXACT SAME CAMERA ANGLE in over 90% of the scenes as the original not mentioning other things they just copy and pasted into the "adaptation"

anyone who watched and liked the original should be greatly offended by the departed winning best picture

GREATLY OFFENDED!!!! lmao it's just a movie that you have passively watched. So the fuck what...

The departed was amazing, never saw infernal affairs but honestly what made the departed so awesome was both the plot AND the performances of all those great actors. I mean Marky Mark was great in this. Marky fucking Mark.

um, it's a movie i pay money and 2 hours of my life to watch, why shouldn't i be offended if it's wasted of my time and money?

i mean come on, the GREAT MARTIN SCORSESE directed this, there has to be something in there that's better than some no name foreigner right? right?

[archibaldcrane]

It was a complete resetting, in a very specific place, that oozed it's microculture all over the movie. The performances were terrific, and clearly not "ripped off" from the original. I don't understand how you say that the camera angles were exactly the same, and then say you have no problem with Scorcese winning best director. You...do realize that directing camera is one of the things a director does right?

If anything be pissed about Scorcese winning best director since you claim -he- ripped off Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's camera angles. The movie was terrific.

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

um, it's a movie i pay money and 2 hours of my life to watch, why shouldn't i be offended if it's wasted of my time and money?

i mean come on, the GREAT MARTIN SCORSESE directed this, there has to be something in there that's better than some no name foreigner right? right?

The setting, the performances, the overall feel, jack motherfucking nicholson.

[GRT]

i have no problem with him winning because he deserves one for all the other movies he's done, NOT THIS ONE

[Lbelle]

and no, i'm not trying to be "protective" of the original, i'm pissed at hollywood for making crappy films and the BEST picture of a year is an exact duplicate of a foreign movie

You'd be the first person I've ever heard to call The Departed a crappy film. Ever. The Departed is an amazing movie from all aspects, and deserved to win just as much as any of the other films that were nominated. It's an adaptation from another film, so what? It's still its own film, with its own style, and it did a good job.

Movies are for entertainment, and that's what it did. It did a good job, and it won a well deserved award.

Should just drop this argument now, it'll just go in circles.

[archibaldcrane]

i have no problem with him winning because he deserves one for all the other movies he's done, NOT THIS ONE

So he's a ripoff artist, but still deserves an oscar. Just making sure I'm hearing you correctly.

[GRT]

The setting, the performances, the overall feel, jack motherfucking nicholson.

setting: ripped off

performance: nope, original had much better character performance that reflects the inner struggle of each person pretending to be someone else

overall feel: again nope, the story was tailored around asian police politics, feels pretty awkward in boston

jack: nice try, jack didn't really act, he was just himself

[GRT]

i have no problem with him winning because he deserves one for all the other movies he's done, NOT THIS ONE

So he's a ripoff artist, but still deserves an oscar. Just making sure I'm hearing you correctly.

Aw, I thought the producers were the ripoff artist, but if you feel he is too then you can damn him all you wish

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

Ok, GRT, feel free to find me a torrent to DL it or something so I can have an informed opinion.

[archibaldcrane]

it's good cuz the original was good... why? because the departed had the EXACT SAME CAMERA ANGLE in over 90% of the scenes as the original

That is you. Directors choose camera angles. If it's the "EXACT SAME CAMERA ANGLE in over 90% of the scenes as the original" as you claim, then Marty is ripping off the directors of IA. You say marty is a ripoff artist. Don't try to claim otherwise. Stick with it if you believe it, that's admirable - artists who ripoff other artists don't deserve respect.

Also, the producers paid to adapt IA. You can't just steal a source material, you pay for the rights, just like a book or play. That's why it's adapted, not original, like many, many other films. Would you complain if the dialogue in a book is the same as a movie? Most book-to-film adaptations are much closer to the source material than The Departed was to Infernal Affairs.