And "Babel" for score? Bite me.

Gustavo = 2 Oscars

Morricone = 1 Oscar (and it's a pity one at that)

Remember in 1980 when "Fame" beat "The Elephant Man," "The Empire Strikes Back," "Tess," and "Altered States?"

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Originally posted by nuts_score:
Suddenly I just realized:

Gustavo = 2 Oscars

Morricone = 1 Oscar (and it's a pity one at that)

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Well Im really glad he got it but getting a Honorary Oscar after so much great scores hes done is like throwing him a bone.

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Well done Maestro anyway , your a class act.

Do you know these days? These days, when you think the world has gone completely bonkers, and you're the only one who's still miraculously survived inside a bubble?
Fortunately, these days are rare, but when they come, they hit you hard, and in this case, it's the equivalent of a monster truck ramming a 10x7 dildo into your a** at full speed. Peter, feel free to edit this last statement, but it had to be said.

Imagine that, I'm sitting there, still smiling after Jerry Seinfeld's great little bit, and then my grin gets ripped out of my face.
Ok, Brokeback Mountain, I can understand that (although I'll never be at peace with it) considering the popularity of the movie. And I took it as an unfortunate accident, that a composer who did and achieved so little (if anything) got rewarded just to add another Oscar to the DVD cover of the film.
But twice in a row? Where they actually serious about Santaolalla being better, more inventive, more sensitive, more skilfull than Geisha, Munich, Pan's Labyrinth and The Queen?
Give me a break, give me a f***ing break!

This can't be, this isn't right, and no sane person can possibly think otherwise. There's no heart in Santaolalla's scores, no inventiveness, no individual charme - his scores are there because they have to be there, nothing more, and god forbid they ever become less ("less" in this case would mean that it would actually hurt the film).
I have nothing against Santaolalla doing what he's doing, but I do have something against the gargantuan lack of taste that helps this epitome of musac and mediocrity promote itself as something great, or even worthwhile.
Listening to Pan's Labyrinth is interesting, listening to The Queen is interesting, listening to The Prestige is interesting, listening to Babel is boring, unengaging. That should be the first elimination point right there.

And the thunderous applause he got ... am I the only one? Am I the only one who thinks that his Double Win is like a middle finger to the face of every composer who knows his way around a symphonic orchestra? From Miklos Rosza to Santaolalla ... wow, would someone pinch me, please?

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At least we finally got a film that will stand the scrutiny of time to win for Best Picture . . . it's been a while since one of those came along.

Good to see William Monahan getting some tremednous reception. The guy is a wonderful storyteller and screen writer; very formal and knowledgeable.

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Blah blah blah... Letters From Iwo Jima blew that one outta' Boston in both categories. I like The Departed, but it sure as hell doesn't equal up to a Best Picture this year; yet another reason these Academy Awards stink! There's too much of a similarity to Infernal Affairs for me to wrap my head around all the award acclaim this film has received.

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Blah blah blah... Letters From Iwo Jima blew that one outta' Boston in both categories. I like The Departed, but it sure as hell doesn't equal up to a Best Picture this year; yet another reason these Academy Awards stink! There's too much of a similarity to Infernal Affairs for me to wrap my head around all the award acclaim this film has received.

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Here's the thing Sean, I agree with you on many fronts; in fact, I think Letters is Eastwood's best film since The Outlaw Josey Wales and it might have very-well earned Best Picture. Unfortunately, I'm hoping that the Academy is growing tired of these "tailor-made" Oscar films that Eastwood puts out so frequently. Flags of Our Fathers was an incongruent mess which, thankfully, Letters made up tremendously for. But seeing the Academy recognize a Genre film in a year filled with Oscar-bait (All the Kings Men anyone?) is such a welcome sign of relief. And I disagree with you on your Departed comment. Scorcese and Monahan made that film their own. Sure, there are comparable similarities in both films; that probably has something to do with the fact that The Departed is a loose remake of IA. But enough research and hard work went into Departed to make it a Genre classic; so fair is fair. The IA trilogy exists as its own; it's a wonderful example of hong Kong filmmaking, and I certainly think they're nothing to masturbate over (as other, IA-*******s might do). So, let them exist as their own films, and be happy that such a worthless Academy is finally ready to give Scorcese the recognition he's been denied. Now if only we had a time machine to go back and take away Hitchcock's Honorary Oscar and place one for something as brilliant as North by Northwest or Vertigo in it's due. Same for Kubrick and Altman.

Don't worry, Letters, just like The Departed - and unlike Crash and Million Dollar Baby - will be remembered for ages.

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I've seen some great Best Pictures. But, overall this one was an average Best Picture.

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But that's the thing, there hasn't been one of those since Unforgiven (but I'd certainly give American Beauty a second look). I say give The Departed its time. It'll hold up well.

nuts, The Departed is just as much "Oscar bait" as any other film: just look at the cast, and the director, for that matter. As for the Infernal Affairs remark: I agree that Departed is different enough to be it's own thing, but I still can't wrap my head around this film you like you can; I'm too set in my ways about this one, it's like if Peter Jackson's King Kong won for Best Picture, even though other very similar Kong films exist--that's just my fuzzy math lol.

But hell, what the frak do I know? My favourite films of the year were:

1. Letters From Iwo Jima
2. Superman Returns
3. Casino Royale
4. Rocky Balboa
5. D.O.A. LMAO!!!

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Oh, and I'm referring to those Oscar-bait movies that always involve AIDS-stricken, drug-addled people, which are usually biopics of mentally challenged individuals who overcome their problems and sometimes directed at the extreme Leftist stance in Hollywood.

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LMAO!!! Funniest thing I've seen all day!

I have not received my package, yet. Man, OK, now I'm excited! Didn't think you'd get around to it HAHA! Thanks!

NOW, I want them to make one of those movies like you mention above about James Horner, played by Russell Crowe, with this disease (linked below) which he must overcome and write the score for Vibes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horner's_syndrome