The best picture of 2005 was "Sin City"

IrishBloodEngHeart

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Sun Mar-05-06 01:06 AM
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The best picture of 2005 was "Sin City"

just watched it again. I forgot how original, creative, and interesting it was.

Its a shame it wasn't nominated.

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wiley

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Sun Mar-05-06 01:12 AM
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1. Good Movie but not better than Crash or Capote or Brokeback Mountain

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varkam

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Sun Mar-05-06 01:14 AM
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2. Amen to that

My money's on Crash.

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IrishBloodEngHeart

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Sun Mar-05-06 01:23 AM
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4. Crash was the best of the nominated movies

Edited on Sun Mar-05-06 01:24 AM by IrishBloodEngHeart

but was compromised by a sappy ending (the van release in chinatown)

Brokeback was a fine film, but overly long in the beginning, too in love with its cinematography, and overhyped because of its gay themes.

I'm a fan of Capote the writer, but he was a very annoying personality. I found the movie dull, and SPH impression of a very annoying man to be as irritating as the man himself.

Sin City was fresh, original, surprising, risk taking, and incredibly ballsy. Its the type of movie Hollywood should be rewarding with recognition.

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Norrin Radd

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Sun Mar-05-06 01:20 AM
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3. MirrorMask. Far more innovative and unique. And way ahead

of its time.

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JackDragna

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Sun Mar-05-06 01:50 AM
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5. Good Luck and Good Night

...was the best movie I saw. Then again, I'm a sap for anything kicking Tailgunner Joe in the ass.

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benny05

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Sun Mar-05-06 04:34 AM
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9. My favorite also along with Syrianna

Edited on Sun Mar-05-06 04:36 AM by benny05

see thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4839038&mesg_id=4839038

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Ignacio Upton

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Sun Mar-05-06 01:53 AM
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6. A good movie...

but so disturbing on so many levels, even if the violence is quasi-cartoonish.

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ReadTomPaine

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Sun Mar-05-06 01:58 AM
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7. Heh! And I just paraphrased Marv in another thread!

It was a lot of fun. A film easy to enjoy on many levels, and notable in how well it brings the printed, graphic novel sensibility to the big screen. In fact, it may very well be the first film I've seen that successfully does so, rather than simply translate characters and situations from that medium into a standard Hollywood format.

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Balbus

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Sun Mar-05-06 04:17 AM
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8. It would get my vote!

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wiley

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Sun Mar-05-06 05:34 PM
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10. I bought the DVD of Sin City a while ago.

But I'm waiting for the other DVDs to come out already. Have Crash already. There's about 20 films I can't wait to see. I still think that Heath Ledger will deservedly take the O for Brokeback, but I wouldn't object to anyone nominated getting it, especially Matt Dillon.

Capote was a truly great movie. Of course Philip Seymour Hoffman was incredibly annoying, as was Capote. It's really a movie about Capote's flaws and the quest for the "story". The guy was not exactly an ethical paradigm.

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Dukkha

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Sun Mar-05-06 05:41 PM
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11. I watched the extended version last night

This version is split up into 4 shorts that you watch separately as if they were the novels. I like the green screen version which is the full movie with no fx sped up to to play in 10 minutes.

I'm now seriously craving Robert Rodriguez's breakfast burritos.

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