What started as a horse race when Benjamin Button hit the IMDb Top 250 chart on the 27th has quickly developed into a neck-and-neck skirmish between Button and Slumdog. Nothing to hang your hat on, but just another indication of the widely dispersed passions people are feeling for their favorites this year. For comparison, this past February, the day before the Oscars,...
Monthly Archives: December 2008
The Gurus of Gold have posted a recent survey of people who make guesses about how the Oscars are going to turn out. Two films appear to be most highly thought of to win, Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire, while there is some debate about what’s next in line. The interesting thing is that The Dark Knight has jumped to the fifth slot, which shows that many more...
The Daily Beast, a once semi-promising rag, plumbs the depths for this non-story about Mickey Rourke supposedly dissing Sean Penn. Non-story because it is totally unreliable, posted merely in an attempt to negatively influence Oscar voters during the height of voting season, and even if true is one person’s opinion, not a public statement. This is the kind of stuff...
AD reader Vincent writes in the comments section: Isn’t it amazing how people can feel totally different about the same exact thing. I’ve read reviews about the performances being brilliant, some of the best of Winslet’s and DiCaprio’s careers. I’ve read some calling the film the best drama of the year. Then I read things on boards about...