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[Neil]

The Dark Knight should have got it.

You really think so?  The Dark Knight wasn't devastatingly good or anything.  It was entertaining, but it's not going to be considered classic cinema in twenty years.

[FunkMonk]

Frost/Nixon was great.

Langella was superb as Nixon. Of course it helped he played him in the play and won a Tony Award.

[FunkMonk]

The Dark Knight should have got it.

You really think so?  The Dark Knight wasn't devastatingly good or anything.  It was entertaining, but it's not going to be considered classic cinema in twenty years.

It was the Empire Strikes Back of this new Batman continuity. Not Oscar worthy, but much better than anything else in its genre.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, there weren't any films involving chic diseases,

What about Milk?

Lead poisoning isn't a chic disease.

[Neil]

The Dark Knight should have got it.

You really think so?  The Dark Knight wasn't devastatingly good or anything.  It was entertaining, but it's not going to be considered classic cinema in twenty years.

It was the Empire Strikes Back of this new Batman continuity. Not Oscar worthy, but much better than anything else in its genre.

Batman was a better movie.  So was Watchmen.  Iron Man was about as good, as was The Incredible Hulk.

[The Nickname Who Was Thursday]

The Dark Knight should have got it.

You really think so?  The Dark Knight wasn't devastatingly good or anything.  It was entertaining, but it's not going to be considered classic cinema in twenty years.

It's a better film than the 20 year old classic Batman.

Also it's better than Slumdog and way better than Milk. Haven't seen some of the other contenders yet.

[The Nickname Who Was Thursday]

The Dark Knight should have got it.

You really think so?  The Dark Knight wasn't devastatingly good or anything.  It was entertaining, but it's not going to be considered classic cinema in twenty years.

It was the Empire Strikes Back of this new Batman continuity. Not Oscar worthy, but much better than anything else in its genre.

Define "Oscar-worthy." Empire was a better movie than the one that won that year(Ordinary People )

[FunkMonk]

The Dark Knight should have got it.

You really think so?  The Dark Knight wasn't devastatingly good or anything.  It was entertaining, but it's not going to be considered classic cinema in twenty years.

It was the Empire Strikes Back of this new Batman continuity. Not Oscar worthy, but much better than anything else in its genre.

Define "Oscar-worthy." Empire was a better movie than the one that won that year(Ordinary People )

Any movie "good enough" to be listed alongside Casablanca, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, etc. Of course I have a somewhat high standard... Different than the Academy's, for sure.

[The Nickname Who Was Thursday]

Any movie "good enough" to be listed alongside Casablanca, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, etc. Of course I have a somewhat high standard... Different than the Academy's, for sure.

There have been 80 years of Oscars, that standard is a bit high.

[CountDeMoney]

Any movie "good enough" to be listed alongside Casablanca, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, etc. Of course I have a somewhat high standard... Different than the Academy's, for sure.

There have been 80 years of Oscars, that standard is a bit high.

Fuck 'em.  The Golden Globes have better taste, more credibility, and aren't as handcuffed to political correctness.

Out of Africa over The Color Purple? Nigger, please.

[Neil]

Yeah, there weren't any films involving chic diseases,

What about Milk?

Lead poisoning isn't a chic disease.

Faggotry is.

[FunkMonk]

Any movie "good enough" to be listed alongside Casablanca, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, etc. Of course I have a somewhat high standard... Different than the Academy's, for sure.

There have been 80 years of Oscars, that standard is a bit high.

Yep. I have better taste than the Academy.

[Neil]

It's a better film than the 20 year old classic Batman.

Wrong.

[Savonarola]

It's a better film than the 20 year old classic Batman.

But nowhere near as good as 40 year old Adam West Batman.

[vinraith]

It's a better film than the 20 year old classic Batman.

I haven't seen it, but given Bale's total inability to play the part without making a hammy mess of it in Begins I sincerely doubt that.