Oscar Thread

[forego]

Yeah, I agree DS, its unfair to ask the voters to compare live action to CGI.

[DonGuido]

I'm not the hugest Tarantino fan either but Inglourios Basterds and Pulp Fiction are masterpieces. The rest of his stuff is, well, too Tarantino.

I agree (not 105%) but kind of. We seem to throw the word "Masterpiece" around rather easily here, but I would agree that if not that, both films will stand the test of time for being bold, brash, memorable, irreverent if not mythical and at least masterful!!!

[forego]

Don, I think we're having an issue with semantics here. The dictionary (and most people I know) attribute masterpiece to "a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art." While you seem to be defining masterpiece as something different, something grander. I have a hard time believing KB will ever direct anything better than THL so imho, its her masterpiece. I also think it'll go on to become the definitive Iraq War film so in that regard, it should also be a masterpiece.

But as far as the upper echelon of films, its tough to say. But for a second, let me use your criteria for masterpiece and say only the greatest of films can be considered masterpieces. Using your standard I agree, there are not many masterpieces. In the past decade, imho there was maybe one. I think There Will Be Blood was the best film of the past decade, brilliant, it'll be studied years from now, it is a masterpiece. Mulholland Drive was close to being a masterpiece but not quite. But really, that decade only produced one truly great film, TWBB.... I'd go on and give my opinions of previous decades but I don't have the time,lol.

[DanceSmartly]

I agree (not 105%) but kind of. We seem to throw the word "Masterpiece" around rather easily here, but I would agree that if not that, both films will stand the test of time for being bold, brash, memorable, irreverent if not mythical and at least masterful!!!

Well, maybe not masterpieces, but they are certainly time tested and memorable.

[NJ Stinks]

Don, I think we're having an issue with semantics here. The dictionary (and most people I know) attribute masterpiece to "a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art." While you seem to be defining masterpiece as something different, something grander. I have a hard time believing KB will ever direct anything better than THL so imho, its her masterpiece. I also think it'll go on to become the definitive Iraq War film so in that regard, it should also be a masterpiece.

But as far as the upper echelon of films, its tough to say. But for a second, let me use your criteria for masterpiece and say only the greatest of films can be considered masterpieces. Using your standard I agree, there are not many masterpieces. In the past decade, imho there was maybe one. I think There Will Be Blood was the best film of the past decade, brilliant, it'll be studied years from now, it is a masterpiece. Mulholland Drive was close to being a masterpiece but not quite. But really, that decade only produced one truly great film, TWBB.... I'd go on and give my opinions of previous decades but I don't have the time,lol.

Intersting post!  I look forward to DonGuido's response. 

[Funny Cide]

Yes it's been two days, but I'm very happy for Sandra. The other nominees in that catagory in all likelyhood will be back, where as she might not be, plus she was the only one who recongized the other nominees in her catagory. I can't wait to get TBS' BlueRay (unfortanlly that's where all of the futures are, including an interview with Michael Oher and that's very rare as he really doesn't like the spotlight, one on one with John Lee Hancock and Michael Lewis (the author of TBS), as well as Sandra and the real Leigh Ann Touey).