OT: Gods & Generals + The Acadamy Awards

Atrocities · #1 February 15th, 2004, 04:22 AM

Hey Gravy, I liked the movie for being a period peace and for the acting. I just found that I liked the acting better in Gods and Generals.

Really the only real reason a movie like Master and Commander would get an Acadamy Award nomination and win is because of the fact that Russel Crowe is such a big star now. That is it.

Gods and Generals will not recieve anything because it did not have a big named star. That is what really angers me.

Now if it had Russel Crowe in it, then it would have received several nominations.

The Academy is very biast.

gravey101 · #2 February 15th, 2004, 04:44 AM

yeh, I think that's probably a fair point. I haven't seen G&G yet. Hopefully soon.

Captain Kwok · #3 February 15th, 2004, 06:01 AM

I think the great majority of critics also did not like the Gods & Generals movie either Atrocities, it has a 8% rating at rottentomatoes.com (that's one of the lowest I've ever seen there!) - the best movie review site there is.

But that's okay, everyone can have their own opinion!

Atrocities · #4 February 15th, 2004, 06:21 AM

That is sad CK, very sad.

gregebowman · #5 February 16th, 2004, 11:32 PM

Still haven't seen G&G. Want to, but now after reading this thread, I just might wait for it to come on HBO before I buy the dvd. I need to get Gettysberg, but haven't bought it yet. And there's the collector's edition for Glory I want to buy also. I did watch Gettsyberg at the theatre, and I did look at my watch. It was a good movie, and we did have an intermission, but maybe they could have done a LOTR thing and made it into 2 movies. My butt sure was sore after sitting through that.

For some reason, when I was going through school, the civil war really wasn't taught. Sure, we studied what led up to it, and the Restoration, but as far as the actual 4 year period with all of the battles, I don't really remember anything from my history classes on this subject. It's not like it could have been a sensitive subject in Oklahoma; after all, we weren't even a state back then, and there was only some small scuffle that happened somewhere in the territory. I've learned more about the war since Gettsyberg came out than I ever did in school. And that's a shame. I wander when my son goes to school, how much they'll touch on the subject.

gregebowman · #6 February 16th, 2004, 11:36 PM

Oh, Atrocities, one reason why G&G may not have gotten any nominations is that it was released early in the year. Last March or April, IIRC. Generally speaking, the earlier a movie is released, the sooner it's forgotten by the nomination time. That's why most studios save what they think is their best shot for a Christmas showing. I know there are a lot of well-deserving movies that get passed over because of this, but it's the nature of the business.

Atrocities · #7 February 16th, 2004, 11:38 PM

Thanks Greg.

I still say the Acadamy is a joke.