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Poll
Question: vote your choice Best Actress last year
Option 1: Rebecca Hall, in Vicky Christina Barcelona votes: 8
Option 2: Angelina Jolie, in Changeling votes: 5
Option 3: Kirsten Scott-Thomas, in I've Loved You So Long votes: 4
Option 4: Kate Winslet, in The Reader votes: 5
Option 5: Michelle Williams, in Wendy & Lucy votes: 1
Title: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Habsburg on July 07, 2009, 07:45:21 PM
 :w00t: :contract:

We need a few more polls (and Poles.)  :frog:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Eddie Teach on July 07, 2009, 07:47:43 PM
Quote from: Habsburg on July 07, 2009, 07:45:21 PM
:w00t: :contract:

We need a few more polls (and Poles.)  :frog:

More people like Martinus, Sahib and Jools? :blink:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on July 07, 2009, 07:50:24 PM
Never heard of those movies.  Megan Fox it is.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Admiral Yi on July 07, 2009, 07:51:40 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 07, 2009, 07:50:24 PM
Never heard of those movies.  Megan Fox it is.
:lol:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Neil on July 07, 2009, 08:25:39 PM
Null vote.  Women can't act as well as men, and I think it's cruel to give them awards, as their achievements are laughable.  Kind of like the Special Olympics.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: DisturbedPervert on July 07, 2009, 09:59:22 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 07, 2009, 07:50:24 PM
Never heard of those movies.  Megan Fox it is.

:yes:

Only one I've seen was The Reader, which I thought was awful.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Capetan Mihali on July 07, 2009, 10:53:53 PM
My vote is for Scott-Thomas.   :frog:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Monoriu on July 07, 2009, 11:20:41 PM
Pics?
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on July 07, 2009, 11:24:21 PM
All great turns. Voted Rebecca Hall :wub:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 12:18:24 AM
Only seen Vicky Christina Barcelona so voted for Rebecca Hall (although I would have given the prize to Penelope Cruz instead). Great movie, btw. :D
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on July 08, 2009, 12:34:07 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 07, 2009, 07:50:24 PM
Never heard of those movies.  Megan Fox it is.

This.

Sorry Habs.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Syt on July 08, 2009, 12:59:49 AM
Have heard of those movies but not seen any of them, because no one I know wanted to see them, too.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Sheilbh on July 08, 2009, 04:07:08 AM
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Always.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: viper37 on July 08, 2009, 08:12:06 AM
Quote from: Habsburg on July 07, 2009, 07:45:21 PM
:w00t: :contract:

We need a few more polls (and Poles.)  :frog:
I haven't seen a single movie on your list...
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 09:54:58 AM
Kate Winslet.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 09:55:51 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 07, 2009, 07:50:24 PM
Never heard of those movies. 

Get out more.  Hell even I have seen some of these movies.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 09:58:50 AM
Quote from: Syt on July 08, 2009, 12:59:49 AM
Have heard of those movies but not seen any of them, because no one I know wanted to see them, too.
Ditto
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 10:11:00 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 09:58:50 AM
Quote from: Syt on July 08, 2009, 12:59:49 AM
Have heard of those movies but not seen any of them, because no one I know wanted to see them, too.
Ditto

Take that Syt!! :P
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Ed Anger on July 08, 2009, 10:12:43 AM
Only one I saw was the Reader. There wasn't enough killin' in it.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: saskganesh on July 08, 2009, 10:20:37 AM
I haven't seen any. So I voted for Lara Croft. Megan Fox is promising but still needs more tattoos.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 10:32:32 AM
Anyway I'm surprised Mme Streep wasn't mentioned for her role in "Doubt".  :mad:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 10:33:53 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 08, 2009, 10:12:43 AM
Only one I saw was the Reader. There wasn't enough killin' in it.

I'm waiting for a critically acclaimed, ethically ambiguous movie about a male concentration camp guard bonking a 15 y.o. girl and see if there is an Oscar in it. :P
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 10:35:02 AM
Quote from: Syt on July 08, 2009, 12:59:49 AM
Have heard of those movies but not seen any of them, because no one I know wanted to see them, too.

What's wrong with going to movies alone? More than half of the movies I see in cinemas is alone.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Valmy on July 08, 2009, 10:35:53 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 10:35:02 AM
What's wrong with going to movies alone? More than half of the movies I see in cinemas is alone.

I went to Attack of the Clones alone and the movie was so horrible I decided I could never see a movie alone again.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Siege on July 08, 2009, 10:40:53 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 07, 2009, 07:50:24 PM
Never heard of those movies.  Megan Fox it is.

I agree. Never heard of those movies except for The Reader, which I was told it was anti-semitic.

Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Neil on July 08, 2009, 10:46:33 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 09:55:51 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 07, 2009, 07:50:24 PM
Never heard of those movies. 

Get out more.  Hell even I have seen some of these movies.
After a few years, you get tired of watching obvious Oscar-bait movies.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 10:48:39 AM
Quote from: Neil on July 08, 2009, 10:46:33 AM
After a few years, you get tired of watching obvious Oscar-bait movies.

Did you enjoy Transformers?
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Neil on July 08, 2009, 10:51:09 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 10:48:39 AM
Quote from: Neil on July 08, 2009, 10:46:33 AM
After a few years, you get tired of watching obvious Oscar-bait movies.

Did you enjoy Transformers?
The original movie?  Hell yeah, even though they killed Optimus Prime, Megatron, Skywarp and Thundercracker.  It was an excellent piece of filmmaking.

The one from a couple years back?  I dunno.  I didn't hate it, but it wasn't magical for me either.

The recent sequel?  Haven't seen it.

Why do you ask?
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 10:53:40 AM
Quote from: Neil on July 08, 2009, 10:51:09 AM
Why do you ask?

Just trying to assess what you might consider good quality since you dont agree with the standards set by Oscar.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 10:58:24 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 10:53:40 AM
Quote from: Neil on July 08, 2009, 10:51:09 AM
Why do you ask?

Just trying to assess what you might consider good quality since you dont agree with the standards set by Oscar.

Whether a movie is good or bad has little to do with whether I'll enjoy watching it. A lot of the movies I've enjoyed have been objectively bad.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Syt on July 08, 2009, 11:48:33 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 10:11:00 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 09:58:50 AM
Quote from: Syt on July 08, 2009, 12:59:49 AM
Have heard of those movies but not seen any of them, because no one I know wanted to see them, too.
Ditto

Take that Syt!! :P

:unsure:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Sheilbh on July 08, 2009, 11:49:26 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 10:32:32 AM
Anyway I'm surprised Mme Streep wasn't mentioned for her role in "Doubt".  :mad:
Dreadful film.  Oscar baiting middle brow artiness :bleeding:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 11:51:03 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 10:58:24 AM
Whether a movie is good or bad has little to do with whether I'll enjoy watching it. A lot of the movies I've enjoyed have been objectively bad.

I would have guessed that.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 11:52:34 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 11:51:03 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 10:58:24 AM
Whether a movie is good or bad has little to do with whether I'll enjoy watching it. A lot of the movies I've enjoyed have been objectively bad.

I would have guessed that.
I just saying you shouldn't act like "did you enjoy the movie" and "was the movie good" are the same question, they're not.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 11:57:15 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 11:52:34 AM
I just saying you shouldn't act like "did you enjoy the movie" and "was the movie good" are the same question, they're not.

Again, I would have guessed you would give that kind of answer.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Neil on July 08, 2009, 12:19:00 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 10:53:40 AM
Quote from: Neil on July 08, 2009, 10:51:09 AM
Why do you ask?

Just trying to assess what you might consider good quality since you dont agree with the standards set by Oscar.
It just seems that these days that they've figured out the formula for winning.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 12:22:46 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 08, 2009, 12:19:00 PM
It just seems that these days that they've figured out the formula for winning.
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I agree.  Its a lot like Wine.  If you like wines that dont conform to the consensus taste you have to look a bit harder to find what you like.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 12:54:04 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 08, 2009, 11:49:26 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 10:32:32 AM
Anyway I'm surprised Mme Streep wasn't mentioned for her role in "Doubt".  :mad:
Dreadful film.  Oscar baiting middle brow artiness :bleeding:
You are dead to me.  :mad:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: MadImmortalMan on July 08, 2009, 03:05:27 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 08, 2009, 12:19:00 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 08, 2009, 10:53:40 AM
Quote from: Neil on July 08, 2009, 10:51:09 AM
Why do you ask?

Just trying to assess what you might consider good quality since you dont agree with the standards set by Oscar.
It just seems that these days that they've figured out the formula for winning.

And Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep are trying to collect as many as possible on that formula. Either of those two women being in a film is an automatic veto for me personally. They're good at what they do, but my personal distaste for them has reached the point where I'm not willing to give them a couple hours of my time anymore.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: garbon on July 08, 2009, 03:11:39 PM
I've only seen The Reader and Changeling. I suppose Kate acted well but then the male lead was quite wooden in his role so anyone would have come out looking good.  Angelina was good in her role but without having seen the others, I'd be quite hesitant to say her performance was best.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 03:49:08 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 08, 2009, 03:11:39 PM
I've only seen The Reader and Changeling. I suppose Kate acted well but then the male lead was quite wooden in his role so anyone would have come out looking good.  Angelina was good in her role but without having seen the others, I'd be quite hesitant to say her performance was best.
That isn't the internet way!
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: garbon on July 08, 2009, 04:23:24 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 03:49:08 PM
That isn't the internet way!

If I voted Angelina, I'd be rightfully told that I did so simply because I have a crush on her. :(
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Habsburg on July 08, 2009, 04:27:11 PM
Quote from: Siege on July 08, 2009, 10:40:53 AM

I agree. Never heard of those movies except for The Reader, which I was told it was anti-semitic.

Dude no.  And don't listen to whomever told you that ever again.
The Reader deals with many things, however the primary theme is collective German guilt for the Holocaust.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Habsburg on July 08, 2009, 04:28:13 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 08, 2009, 11:49:26 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 10:32:32 AM
Anyway I'm surprised Mme Streep wasn't mentioned for her role in "Doubt".  :mad:
Dreadful film.  Oscar baiting middle brow artiness :bleeding:


Which is why she, nor anyone from Doubt (save the awesome Viola Davis) received HABSY nominations.  Thank you.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: garbon on July 08, 2009, 04:28:58 PM
Quote from: Habsburg on July 08, 2009, 04:27:11 PM
The Reader deals with many things, however the primary theme is collective German guilt for the Holocaust.

The primary theme is the plausibility of being so embarrassed that one is illiterate that one decides to jail Jews and then take the fall for ordering them to be killed.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Habsburg on July 08, 2009, 04:32:34 PM
Quote from: garbon on July 08, 2009, 03:11:39 PM
I've only seen The Reader and Changeling. I suppose Kate acted well but then the male lead was quite wooden in his role so anyone would have come out looking good.  Angelina was good in her role but without having seen the others, I'd be quite hesitant to say her performance was best.

You realize Michael (Fiennes) is a damaged, emotionally unavailable (wooden) man by the 1970s?

Fiennes is brilliant as adult Michael, and I ball like baby at the films' end.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on July 08, 2009, 05:17:56 PM
You'd think a movie with Germans in it would have more bloodhsed.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 08, 2009, 10:12:43 AM
Only one I saw was the Reader. There wasn't enough killin' in it.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: garbon on July 08, 2009, 05:29:45 PM
Quote from: Habsburg on July 08, 2009, 04:32:34 PM
You realize Michael (Fiennes) is a damaged, emotionally unavailable (wooden) man by the 1970s?

Fiennes is brilliant as adult Michael, and I ball like baby at the films' end.
He doesn't come off realistically damaged nor was he provided a good backstory for being damaged (oh noes! I could have saved a woman from prison that I once loved but I can't reveal her secret that she can't read! Besides as an SS guard she must have done something bad.)

I yawned and wondered why I wasted my time.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Ed Anger on July 08, 2009, 05:31:52 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 08, 2009, 05:17:56 PM
You'd think a movie with Germans in it would have more bloodhsed.

the movie needed more panzers.

Also: Top posting?  :lol:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Darth Wagtaros on July 08, 2009, 05:36:02 PM
IE8 I guess.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 08, 2009, 05:31:52 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 08, 2009, 05:17:56 PM
You'd think a movie with Germans in it would have more bloodhsed.

the movie needed more panzers.

Also: Top posting?  :lol:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Habsburg on July 08, 2009, 08:23:15 PM
 :rolleyes:

I was deeply moved by the performances of Lena Olin, Ralph Fiennes, and Kate Winslet bitchz.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: katmai on July 08, 2009, 09:26:49 PM
Rebecca Hall :mmm:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: sbr on July 08, 2009, 09:53:16 PM
I haven't seen any of these movies but after a very careful and scientific google.images research session I have to go with Rebecca Hall as well.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Habsburg on July 08, 2009, 10:07:33 PM
Quote from: katmai on July 08, 2009, 09:26:49 PM
Rebecca Hall :mmm:

It helps the cause that she delivered a great performance.  :D
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Ed Anger on July 09, 2009, 07:08:55 AM
Quote from: Habsburg on July 08, 2009, 08:23:15 PM
:rolleyes:

I was deeply moved by the performances of Lena Olin, Ralph Fiennes, and Kate Winslet bitchz.

I was deeply asleep.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Sheilbh on July 09, 2009, 07:13:15 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 10:35:02 AM
Quote from: Syt on July 08, 2009, 12:59:49 AM
Have heard of those movies but not seen any of them, because no one I know wanted to see them, too.

What's wrong with going to movies alone? More than half of the movies I see in cinemas is alone.
I agree.  I really dislike the pressure to have an opinion immediately when I go with people.  I like the walk home from the cinema because it let's me think the film through.  I went to see 'The Wrestler' with people and thought it was good, I went back when I was alone and left convinced that it was the only very good film I'd seen that had been released that year.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: garbon on July 09, 2009, 10:41:58 AM
Quote from: Habsburg on July 08, 2009, 08:23:15 PM
:rolleyes:

I was deeply moved by the performances of Lena Olin, Ralph Fiennes, and Kate Winslet bitchz.

I'm sorry for you? :console:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Strix on July 09, 2009, 10:48:37 AM
Kate Winslet!

Sadly, I have no time for movies anymore, so I haven't seen any of the aforementioned films. However, Winslet keeps getting better looking as she gets older, and her acting is usually superb, so I went with her.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: saskganesh on July 09, 2009, 11:36:18 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 08, 2009, 10:58:24 AM


Whether a movie is good or bad has little to do with whether I'll enjoy watching it. A lot of the movies I've enjoyed have been objectively bad.

I agree. :cheers:
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Razgovory on July 09, 2009, 11:57:33 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 12:54:04 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on July 08, 2009, 11:49:26 AM
Quote from: Martinus on July 08, 2009, 10:32:32 AM
Anyway I'm surprised Mme Streep wasn't mentioned for her role in "Doubt".  :mad:
Dreadful film.  Oscar baiting middle brow artiness :bleeding:
You are dead to me.  :mad:

Well that is essentially you.
Title: Re: Best Actress, 2008 - HABSY nominees
Post by: Siege on July 12, 2009, 05:13:34 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 08, 2009, 05:31:52 PM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 08, 2009, 05:17:56 PM
You'd think a movie with Germans in it would have more bloodhsed.

the movie needed more panzers.

Also: Top posting?  :lol:

What's that thing coming out of the mouth of your avatar?