Nominees:
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
Winner:
Chicago
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Pianist
Winner:
Chicago
Story: Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) is a married chorus girl with hopes of being a headliner in Vaudeville. Velma Kelly (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is a former headliner. What do these two have in common? They both are murderesses. Roxie killed her lover when he walked out on her, and Velma killed her husband and sister, who were having an affair. Hilarity ensues. Chicago's newspapers love the nitty-gritty and Velma is at the top of the headlines. But then Roxie comes along and Velma is old news. They find themselves competing for not only the press' attention, but also the focus of their shared lawyer, the suave Billy Flynn (Richard Gere). Add to the mix a sob sister, Roxie's hapless husband Amos, and a warm prison matron who watches out for her girls (if there's something in it for her), and you have Chicago.Trivia: The director wanted Catherine Zeta-Jones to wear her natural long hair in the movie, but she insisted on the short bob. She explained to People magazine that she didn't want her hair to fall over her face and give people a reason to doubt that she did all the dancing herself.
So, tell me what you think? Did you like Chicago? Would you have picked another movie as Best Picture? Why?
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Chicago was pretty good. They did a nice job in adapting it to the silver screen from the stage with the "Musical in Roxie's Mind" concept to get the production numbers in instead of the cast just breaking out in song. John C. Reilly was in this movie.
Gangs Of New York - In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer. John C. Reilly was in this movie.
The Hours - The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives. John C. Reilly was in this movie. (I think we have a theme here See "Prolific" Trivia Question from two weeks ago.
The Pianist - (another Piano movie?) - A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II. John C. Reilly wasn't in this movie.
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers - Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring. Whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard. John C. Reilly wasn't in this movie. This is by far my choice for the Best Picture. The sweeping epic continues. I agree with Mick in that I think the Academy didn't want a three year Oscar sweep by LOTR so they waited until the story was finished to give the Oscar. It probably also didn't help that this is a true trilogy in that the stories depend entirely on what happened in the movie before. If you didn't see the Fellowship of the Ring last year, you would be totally lost in the Two Towers, as well as the Return of the King next year. This is not like the Star Wars tilogy, for instance, because although you do need to know some of the mythology of the series, you could get away with watching just one of the movies. Each one had a beginning and an end. LOTR is really a continuous story.
I only saw Chicago and LOTR. I would have to go with LOTR again even though I liked Chicago.
What a year. I hated Chicago, enough that I did not finish watching it. (hey, that's becoming a trend with me) I guess being able to rent a movie helps in the decision to "walk out" on it by just turning it off and deciding that it was really a waste of my time. Sorry, I have no clue what all the hype was about Chicago. I didn't get it.
The Hours. Once again, we all know my hostile opinion about Nicole Kidman and I can't believe she won the oscar for this. All she did was put on a fake nose, look all sad, and walk into a river to kill herself (fake nose goes floating away and hilarity ensues). But, the movie itself was very good with the three stories of three different women, in three different eras. I must mention that Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore were superb as the two other women and that's not because I like these two actresses. Oh, and John C. Reilly too.
Gangs of New York - too gory. The Pianist - too sad. Hey, I've seen all five of these movies. Woohoo.
LOTR was, of course, a very good movie again in this year, but my pick would have to be The Hours since I'll look past the fact that it was Nicole Kidmen playing the staring role. Ugh.
Here is a trend for you. Good looking actresses that ugly themselves up to prove they are not just a pretty face and worthy of the Oscar,think Halle Berry's trailer trash look in Monster's Ball, think Nicole Kidman's nose, think Charlize Theron in Monster, Think Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby. Those are the last four winners. Looks good for Felicity Huffman in Transamerica. she plays a pre-gender reassignment operation man who is about to become a woman who learns she has a son.
Wow, that's pretty amazing. But, the thing is, all those other actresses deserved the Oscar. Nicole Kidman isn't even in their league. At least in my opinion she isn't.
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