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But was awesome. And I must say, "Paper Planes" is quite the odd kind of song in that its included in Pineapple Express and this movie, weird. It's not actually in Pineapple Express, is it? I think that it was just used in the trailer.

What's funny is that Citizen Kane, widely considered to be the best film ever made, didn't do shit at the Oscars. It won like one award that it was nominated for, and it didn't take Best Picture.

Eh, maybe my sports analogy was a bit off. It was hypothetical though - I was saying that if people wanted the Oscars to be (at least partially) based on popularity then they'd have no problem with sports awards being like that, too. And it is still a little true if you think about the All Star teams...every year in the NFL and MLB there are a good number of players who aren't recognized for their excellent performance because someone like Ken Griffey Jr. is much more well-known and popular.

It didn't win because it was Slumdog though. It won because it was a great piece of cinema. You're coming across as a bitter Iron Man/Dark Knight fan and you have to realize that box office results doesn't not equal Oscar. It never has and it never will. That said, only The Dark Knight should deserve any remote mention with the Oscars. I loved Iron Man, I did but it wasn't exactly chocked full of amazing performances. Downey Jr. was awesome in it but was it a better display of acting than Sean Penn or Mickey Rourke did in their specific roles? One can argue, but most would argue not. There's a difference between an Oscar movie and a big Summer action movie. The studios know this and they release their movies accordingly. And I bet you if it's the same nominees for Best Supporting Actor if Ledger was alive, he'd still win it because he was just too good in that role not to be recognized. Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman and Christian Bale were all good in their roles but not on the level Ledger was at as The Joker. If you want to see high-grossing popcorn movies win awards, watch the MTV Movie Awards. The Oscars is different and whining about it because your favorite movie didn't win only makes you sound like a bitter fan who can't recognize reality. And at the end of the critically acclaimed gets you Oscars. One would think that would be fairly obvious by now. I'm not at all a bitter comic book movie fan, but honestly I don't see how Iron Man or TDK weren't better movies from a production standpoint than Slumdog. Was the acting better in Slumdog? Absolutely it was, Downey was serviceable but he wasn't best actor quality and I'm not arguing that. I'm arguing that these movies, Slumdog and Button, didn't deserve to win the cinematic awards. Again both the production awards that I previously mentioned going to Benjamin Button were jokes and the sound mixing award not going to Wall-E was also a joke. My problem with the Oscars in particular is that I see the entire show as being out of touch with the public. If the MTV awards is the award show that best represents the people then so be it, but I certainly don't believe the Oscars does. As far as my original statement about playing a gay or a nazi/jew winning you an Oscar, I didn't say that, Entourage did, but it holds up to be pretty true. *EDIT* Roc you are right, my roommates and I all marked pretty big for Ben Kingsley. Actually we almost unanimously agreed that sans Adrian Brody, that whole lineup was pretty freaking bad ass. Why didn't Slumdog deserve what you call the "cinematic" awards? Are you saying that Iron Man had better cinematography or editing? From a technical standpoint, Slumdog was an incredible film. It's what made it more than just a feel-good love story. You don't even seem to realize what the Oscars are about. The Oscars are about recognizing film as an artistic medium, not about rewarding films that have already made millions (or a billion) dollars. And the bit about playing a Nazi or a Jew winning awards - of course people win awards for playing characters like that. Why? Because most of the people playing those characters aren't Nazis or Jews or Gay or anything like that. It's a lot more challenging for them to make a believable character with an emotional performance than it is for someone like Seth Rogen to play a stoner. And please, the Oscars aren't about pleasing the public. If they were there would be no point in having the awards. Are you going to give sports awards to the player who sells the most jerseys or tickets too?

I'm not necessarily calling anyone out as being a fanboy on here, but it's true...a lot of people just want their favorites to win, they don't care about how good the other actors/films are.

I hate the Oscars. I used to hate them for the typical reasons - I didn't care for any of the films nominated, and my favorites never seemed to be in the running for anything. But now I've grown to hate them for the opposite reasons - I hate having to listen to countless people complain about what I used to hate - their favorite movies not winning. I've come to understand film on a much better level than I did in the past, and that has definitely broadened my horizons and increased my appreciation for films like Slumdog Millionaire. I would've probably just called it an average film not too long ago, but the technical aspects that I now appreciate (cinematography, etc.) make it a great film. Oh, and Rourke didn't win. Great. Now all the wrestling fanboys can complain.

It's a fairly good idea. It's always going to be difficult to get a true rating because even if you have criteria like that, there will be people who recognize stuff like good cinematography and editing and those who just look for stuff that's cool in the "rate the movie" category, for example. That's a VERY broad category, especially since there's more to a movie than soundtrack, characters, and storyline.

First of all, do that many people really think that it's funny to give movies that they obviously haven't seen a 1/10? Quit being bitter than this movie is going to receive awards that the Dark Knight and the Wrestler won't. I saw the movie about a month ago and loved it. The story was told in an interesting way, and the film was very visually stunning. The great cinematography and direction bumped this up from being a good story to an excellent film.

Battle for Middle-Earth is good, so is the sequel and the expansion.

A lot of the Zelda games have some awe-inspiring moments. I think that going beneath the waves and finding Hyrule frozen in time in Wind Waker is my favorite moment.

1. Babe Ruth 2. Hank Aaron 3. Barry Sanders 4. Jerry Rice 5. Ty Cobb

Good news. Hopefully Stallone ties up the character with one final film. A lot of people forget about First Blood, and they only remember the parody of sorts that Rambo has become. I'd like to see the character really get some time before ending the series on a (bloody) high note.

Spoiler: Click here to viewThere are a lot of clues and speculation that she's Daniel's mother. The chalkboard is familiar, the physics, etc. Either that or she's Judi Dench's character from Chronicles of Riddick... Spoiler: Click here to viewI have been assuming that she is Daniel's mother. Spoiler: Click here to viewI too assumed that, but do we actually know anything of her other than that she appeared in Flashes Before Your Eyes (I think it was called) Spoiler: Click here to viewThe woman is also in a picture in the monastery that Desmond was in for a while. Her name is Ms. Hawking, but beyond that, nothing is really known about her. A lot of people are predicting that she'll be Daniel's mother, but I'm not so sure. I mean, Daniel told Desmond that he had to go to Oxford to find her, and she had to have been close to Los Angeles in order for Ben to speak with her at the end of the episode.

I was interested in this for a while, as I'm a big LOTR fan, but the demo left me feeling very disappointed. It doesn't really capture the films or the books really well. The battles aren't nearly as epic or grand as they should be, and come on...orc mages? They could've thrown some other class in there besides the "mage," which is completely unrealistic for Tolkien's universe (even PJ didn't do stuff like that).

1. Iron Man 2. Captain America (Rodgers) 3. Deadpool 4. Spider-Man 5. Wolverine 6. Thor 7. Magneto 8. Gambit 9. The Incredible Hulk 10. Green Goblin

1. Michael Jordan 2. Babe Ruth 3. Barry Sanders 4. Muhammad Ali 5. Wayne Gretzky

Wow, I expected to open this topic to find it full of people bitching about how The Dark Knight/The Wrestler/Iron Man/Whatever didn't earn more nominations, and I'm glad that I didn't find too much of it. It always bugs me when the fanboys complain, they're often way too blind to even recognize the merits of other movies, let alone appreciate them.

Hm....cool. He's not a great actor by any means, but he should be competent. Bebop is one of the very few (and I mean few) anime that I've ever enjoyed, and I think that it could make a really good film.

Golden Sun Golden Sun: The Lost Age Advance Wars 1 and/or Adavance Wars 2 Pokemon Emerald

Anyone else think that this will pick up where the "bonus mission" at the end of the last one took off? I think it'd be awesome if the game started with you jumping out of the plane.

I wouldn't mind that, at least as a way to test the waters for a playoff system. I think that we'll end up with a playoff someday, but I'm actually a really big fan of all of the bowl games. It gives me a chance to see a lot of good teams play that I wouldn't get to see otherwise.

Sure it does, because I don't see how that's fun. When it becomes more about winning and less about actually playing the game, you've got a problem.

Yeah, a lot of the Bond films have great openings. Casino Royale's is probably my favorite. I thought of a few more films with good openings... Citizen Kane The Dark Knight Goodfellas Raiders of the Lost Ark The Graduate

I agree with Apocalypse Now. I really like the opening to the Godfather, too.

Yes, Craig has already turned the role down. And does anyone else think that it's sad that Triple H is the only other name mentioned other than Daniel Craig? The two are on entirely different levels when it comes to acting ability.