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     Strawberry Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4348 Registered: 10-2001 |
Didn't knock Bush out...0 oscar nominations.. All it did was make Michael Moore richer..Libs ARE SO DUMB..  (CNSNews.com) - Michael Moore's Bush-bashing film "Fahrenheit 911" did not receive a single Academy Award nomination on Tuesday morning, when the list of contenders was read in Hollywood. However last May, about five months before the U.S. presidential election, Moore's film became the first documentary in decades to win the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. | ||
| Robert Livingston Citizen Username: Rob_livingston Post Number: 750 Registered: 7-2004 |
Yes, but Bush is up for a coveted Razzie. From Entertainment Weekly: Bushwhacked President Bush, Olsen Twins lead Razzie nominees. "Catwoman," "Alexander" will vie for worst movie by Michael Slezak Politics makes for strange bedfellows. And there was no better proof than the nominees for the 25th annual Razzie Awards, which lumped President George W. Bush, the Olsen Twins, a pair of Wayans Brothers, and Oscar winners Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry among the nominees for the year's worst film performances. Bush got a Razzie nod for Worst Actor, based on his screen time in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. He'll compete with Vin Diesel (The Chronicles of Riddick), Colin Farrell (Alexander), Ben Affleck (Jersey Girl and Surviving Christmas), and Ben Stiller, whose work was (dis)honored in a whopping five films — Along Came Polly, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Dodgeball, Envy, and Starsky & Hutch. Razzies founder John Wilson told the Associated Press that although the President appeared in a documentary, he earned his nomination — along with fellow Fahrenheit 9/11 subjects Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, and Britney Spears — not on account of Moore's editing. ''It's the raw footage of these people just making fools of themselves,'' he said. | ||
| Strawberry Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4349 Registered: 10-2001 |
not important.. Oscar's are important.. | ||
| common sense Citizen Username: Common_sense Post Number: 22 Registered: 12-2004 |
Are you sure boreberry ? little gold statues for the Hollywood elite ? What wil they say in Peoria when they find out . | ||
| Strawberry Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4350 Registered: 10-2001 |
yep pretty sure an Oscar is more important then a Razzie. holy ignorance. | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 1933 Registered: 5-2001  |
"All it did was make Michael Moore richer." Based on the number of times Republicans mention his name, I'd call that a pretty weak assertion. | ||
| Mark Fuhrman Citizen Username: Mfpark Post Number: 1190 Registered: 9-2001  |
Hey, Moore is very important to Cons. He gave them someone new to hate and foam at the mouth over since Clinton retired. All the pundits made lots of money savaging Moore. | ||
| Rastro Citizen Username: Rastro Post Number: 636 Registered: 5-2004  |
Straw, you seem surprised it didn't get a nomination. Over the past 20 years, less than half the Golden Palm winners were nominated for Oscars. The most notable being The Pianist, Pulp Fiction, The Piano, Secrets & Lies, Barton Fink, and The Mission. A couple of others were nominated once for minor categories (e.g.. writing, music, etc.) But overall, Golden palm winners are not big winners (or nominees) for Oscars. And I truly am surprised you would say Oscars are important. Liberty. Freedom. Democracy. Capitalism. Crushing all our enemies, real or imagined. Those are important things. Oscars? I can't even stand to hear who won, let alone watch the show. And yes, Michael Moore is a big fat slob who uses the documentary format to push his agenda and enrich himself. At least it wasn't my tax dollars that did it. | ||
| Strawberry Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4351 Registered: 10-2001 |
and rightfully so. He became the voice of the party. Imagine that! A film maker becoming the voice of a party..  Libs..."little idiots behaving stupidly" STRAWBERRY IS A REAL AMERICAN, PROUD OF HIS NATION. | ||
| mrosner Citizen Username: Mrosner Post Number: 1660 Registered: 4-2002 |
I remember when an actor became the voice of a party. Imagine that! An actor being the person the party chose to run for President. Oh wait, that worked out, so maybe your point just does not make sense. | ||
| notehead Supporter Username: Notehead Post Number: 1935 Registered: 5-2001 |
No. He didn't become the voice of the party at all. But this is something that Republicans absolutely looooove to say. I don't know why. I thought he made a decent film with some excellent points that I quite agree with, and it was funny as hell watching all the Bushies get all vitriolic and defensive after he gave them a nice smackdown, but voice of the party? No. I would say that Michael Moore, like myself, is A REAL AMERICAN, PROUD OF HIS NATION (but disgusted with the current administration). | ||
| Rastro Citizen Username: Rastro Post Number: 637 Registered: 5-2004 |
Besides, that's from CNS news. It's news for the sake of bashing, just like Moore. | ||
| Strawberry Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4352 Registered: 10-2001 |
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| Phenixrising Citizen Username: Phenixrising Post Number: 341 Registered: 9-2004 |
"Stating that he'd like to see someone like "SuperSize Me" or "Control Room" win Best Documentary, Michael Moore withdraws "Fahrenheit 9/11" from the category." Sorry to bust-up your little entertainment Straw=jerkyboy=nails=  Michael Moore's gamble to hold his hit film "Fahrenheit 9/11" out of the documentary category — to boost its best-picture prospects — backfired. The movie was shut out across the board. Moore won the documentary prize two years ago for "Bowling for Columbine." This film is more of a documentary. If he had left this in the Best Documentary category, he definately would have had a chance in winning. Bad mistake. | ||
| Strawberry Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4354 Registered: 10-2001 |
yeah sure..Moore didn't want the Oscar, just like he didn't want the top prize at Cannes. libs are dumb. | ||
| Phenixrising Citizen Username: Phenixrising Post Number: 342 Registered: 9-2004 |
Ahhh… Straw=jerkyboy=nails= Moore never withdrew his nomination from the Cannes award. But ol Moore is laughing all the way to the bank! And It's because of repugs as yourself, providing the FREE advertising by chastising! | ||
| Ignatius J Citizen Username: Ignatius_j Post Number: 373 Registered: 8-2003  |
I'm not surprised it wasn't nominated because it wasn't a great documentary. I found it interesting and fascinating and enlightening but by no means was it a great piece of film making. | ||
| Mustt_mustt Citizen Username: Mustt_mustt Post Number: 227 Registered: 8-2003 |
I agree with Ignatius. And I don't think Moore will disagree with us. | ||
| Strawberry Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4355 Registered: 10-2001 |
Film sucked, Moore sucks, libs suck | ||
| Nohero Citizen Username: Nohero Post Number: 4271 Registered: 10-1999  |
Michael Moore made two memorable appearances, at the last two Academy Awards. There was 2003, as he accepted his "Bowling for Columbine" Oscar: "We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fiction of duct tape or fiction of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. Thank you very much."Okay, so you don't like his style - but he wasn't entirely incorrect there, was he? His other appearance was at the start of the 2004 Academy Awards. Billy Crystal was the host, and the opening featured film clips where he was digitally added to scenes from notable movies of the year. For "The Return of the King", Billy Crystal was in the battle scene, climbing up the war "oliphaunt". All of a sudden there's Michael Moore (the real one, not the "Team America World Police" version) with a movie camera, shouting: "Stop this war. Shame on you hobbits, shame on you. This is a fictitious war. This war was not elected by the populace."I think he was stomped by the oliphaunt at that point. Anyway, Moore seems to be a guy who makes his point in outrageous ways, and he can poke fun at himself. |
