Just saw "I am sam" With Sean Penn

He so deserved the oscar for that movie.

I dont like movies like this because they make me so emotional i get too uncomfortable but i had to watch this one..

If you dont know what its about, Sean is a mentally handicapped guy fightin for the custody for his 7 year old daughter.

Very wierd movie but it does makes sense.

my favorite actor.

:evilgrin:

I was staring at the Matrix actress.

Though I thought Denzel did all right in Training Day, as well. Sean was better, though, because he had a tougher part to play.

The soundtracks great 2.

You're right, he deserved the oscar.

The soundtrack is incredible- all Beatles covers.

I'll fourth or fifth it- Sean Penn absolutely deserved the Oscar. I think Hollywood was overcompensating for all the criticism they had been getting about giving Oscars disproportionately to whites.

Don't get me wrong- Halle Berry, without question, deserved the Oscar for Monster's Ball. But Denzel- he was alright and it was an alright movie. Just not Oscar material.

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and they were compensating for not giving it to him earlier.

An Oscar, I mean. I think for Philadelphia.

Sean Penn IS one of the best actors of our time and he has zero.

He'll get one, I think. His problem is that he's not really part of the schmoozing and lobbying that goes on. I've not seen this film, so I can't comment on his performance.

The Academy has a history of "making things right", which I appreciate to a point. They screwed Whoopi for the Color Purple, she gets one for Ghost. They screwed Denzel for The Hurricane, he gets one for Training Day. They never gave Charlie Chaplin one, they give him a "special" one.

If they actually rewarded actors/movies based on the quality of the acting/directing, etc.?

It's more of this "The person who we think should win, wins." Or the person whose turn it is or whatever. We seem to have let go of the "Let the best man win" principle.

I had forgotten about The Hurricane. That was a really good movie, so maybe they were making up for that, too. :shrug:

sean did a good job on this movie..it`s a tear-jerker that`s for sure..

These are hard ass street kids too. Some wanted to watch it more than once.

Actors who play retarded or slow people shouldn't win awards. It's a really easy thing to imitate.

Plus the movie on a whole wasn't that great, not one of the best Sean Penn movies I've seen. And I like Sean Penn.

it is not so easy to convey the sense of confusion that they fight to overcome daily. The ones I have seen deserve some kind of medal for not giving up. Sean Penn is this country's greatest actor, and this was an excellent movie.

Not to mention the best soundtrack!!!!!!!!!!!!!

was Leonardo in Gilbert Grape. He was OUTSTANDING.

or Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Blade

and it was a one of a kind movie, but it didn't try to express what DD people have to go through - in a realistic way. Most live their lives with assistance from others, get frustrated, get happy, get confused - but they respond to love like you wouldn't believe. They can tell when someone truly cares about them.

SlingBlade was a good movie - better than good - but it didn't express as I Am Sam did, what people go through and how they react.

but he had a great screenplay and great actors around him. Even the momma (sorry, can't remember her real name, but know she's not around anymore) and the stage-left characters did a great job. A memorable movie.

I don't think she's dead but I haven't seen her on screen for some time.

The actors who do it well make it look easy. I think it would be extremely difficult to make it believable.

Do you guys remember the scene when Sam is speaking with two guidance counselors or social workers? He draws a parallel between what they are trying to tell him and Yoko Ono?

Something to the effect of:

Everybody always blames Yoko Ono for splitting up the Beatles, but in reality, John and Paul were were growing apart and they wanted to try new things. Annie says you can first hear it on the White Album. It wasn't Yoko's fault.

They give him blank stares, but I knew exactly what he meant. I first saw the movie with 2 pretty straight-laced friends. I said out loud, sympathizing with Sam, "Ohhhh. They aren't Beatles fans." :-(

My friends looked at me and laughed- I think one called me a hippie.
:hippie:

I got really touched.. i hate movies like these :(

but why put a title on a thread about DD people that begins with "dumb" unless your looking for a rise in blood pressure?

Okay...it's a average...to below average movie

:)

:D

maybe i'll check it out then... having an autistic brother, i was hesitant to watch it just because it hits close to home, but i'll have to check it out...

and unlike certain others on this thread, i think accurately portraying mentally handicapped people must be quite a feat... some of the best acting i've seen (dustin hoffman/rain man and leonardo/gibert grape) involved these characters...

recommend highly, michele pfieffer was great too. really choked me up. the girl who played the daughter was great too. laughed and cried.

cliche-ridden films I've ever seen. Typical man vs. the machine type of the thing. Of course the little girl was beautiful and a genius, and all the lawyers were just heartless. I could barely stand to finish it.

People never really get fucked over by child services.

:eyes:

and their attitudes not the plot itself.

the story dragged in feature length. Very drawn out.

The little girl is amazing though. Reminds me of a young Drew B.

(She was also in that alien/ufo miniseries and is in another upcoming film.)

You mean the miniseries "Taken". :shrug: She was really good in that (if that's the one you mean) :)