tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.comments2011-01-26T10:45:12.575-05:00Dorothy Porkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787876102077401603noreply@blogger.comBlogger1677125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-85332232029914100352010-12-11T00:47:09.995-05:002010-12-11T00:47:09.995-05:00It was about this time that the most feared word in the jewelers vocabulary began to change the industry forever. That word was Internet. Suddenly there were competitors springing up who could supply diamonds and jewelry delivered to your door, often at prices lower than could support the high overhead of the jewelry store. 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And gosh, isn&#39;t it telling of how odd this year&#39;s race has been that it&#39;s driving formerly-obsessed people like me away? lol I honestly have no real passion this year and have other stuff going on in the real side of things that put the whole shebang into perspective. I hope there comes a day that another performance like Marion&#39;s absolutely blows me away -- now THAT was a great year.<br /><br />But yes, please check out the new digs. It&#39;s kinda of fun and less about who keeps winning what guild and what not. Hope to see you there soon.Dorothy Porkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787876102077401603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-34633142598943423352010-03-01T14:44:36.832-05:002010-03-01T14:44:36.832-05:00Oh that&#39;s a shame, was this year&#39;s race THAT bad? ;) I know how hard blogs can be to maintain, lol.<br /><br />I shall be checking you at the new site cause I became you&#39;re one of the reasons I became an Oscar obsessive - I always liked them and stayed up at 2 am in the morning to watch them many years, but I never actually CARED about them till Marion.John aka loomhttp://cinemusicmusings.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-75819471971058525822010-02-08T21:19:33.962-05:002010-02-08T21:19:33.962-05:00Happy trails, kids! And I&#39;ll be following that trail to Film Cheer!Pierre de Plumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431969460465592202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-64033772432637883852010-02-07T20:47:56.073-05:002010-02-07T20:47:56.073-05:00wow, looks like a brand new revamp.<br />will absolutely subscribe asap.<br /><br />congratulations on the new site. ^^siutou_amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01573414811758256835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-29533820497339610952010-02-07T18:02:25.493-05:002010-02-07T18:02:25.493-05:00Ah this is very sad news, although I certainly will be over to your new place pronto. ITG has brightened up the blogosphere for so long!Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-48460957324393916792010-02-04T21:07:42.011-05:002010-02-04T21:07:42.011-05:00I&#39;m going to be the insensitive one here and say that people are looking too much into it.<br /><br />It&#39;s like when gay people complain that in Battlestar Galactica one of the &#39;bad guys&#39; was gay. However, it wasn&#39;t the only bad character, as everyone had their flaws.<br /><br />To be honest, I didn&#39;t even remember David was a Jew. He was just an opportunistic asshole.<br /><br />In IB, all characters were iffy on the moral and ethical areas, so not really complaining there.<br /><br />And A Serious Man, I gotta admit... I didn&#39;t really get it, and my first comment was &quot;I think this movie is too Jewish for me to understand&quot;. It&#39;s like when you watch a Chinese movie with loads of traditions, you won&#39;t get the inside joke unless you&#39;re Chinese. I felt like that with A Serious Man.<br /><br />If people want to be pissy about things, why not wonder about that Karate Kid movie where Jackie Chan teaches Kung Fu... funny (or not so funny) thing is the Chinese kids will be the bad guys in that movie.<br /><br />Besides, isn&#39;t like all Hollywood like Jewish? xDsiutou_amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01573414811758256835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-26265385447837031612010-02-04T19:47:18.760-05:002010-02-04T19:47:18.760-05:00And now the Irish Catholic girl gets her turn...<br /><br />My beloved D, I think you two are dead on concerning INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS and AN EDUCATION. <br /><br />Craig&#39;s definitely right about A Serious Man. <br /><br />In what f&#39;ing world would a film about a young Jewish French woman and a band of Jewish American soldiers taking REVENGE on Hitler and his cronies even be talked about as anti semitic for two bloody seconds???<br /><br />As Craig pointed out, the Coens are Jewish. <br /><br />So obviously that doesn&#39;t apply. <br /><br />I just saw AN EDUCATION two nights ago for the third time. This actually shouldn&#39;t have happened, since I liked it well enough when I saw it initially last fall. But I didn&#39;t care much for the third act or the predictable resolution. <br /><br />Unlike my darling friend Craig (who felt strongly that the film didn&#39;t hold up on a second viewing) I actually enjoyed it more each time. Felt it was a deeper, richer experience. <br /><br />Never expected that. <br /><br />Doubt very much that it will end up making my Top 10. But AE has all ready genuinely surprised me in many respects. <br /><br />Yeah, Craig is definitely on to something. David was more of an outsider because of his religion. But that certainly made him far more attractive and glamorous to Jenny. <br /><br />When we&#39;re kids (especially), circumstances, people and environments that are different can be enormously compelling. <br /><br />And considering the way her father was spouting off initially, her parents were completely under David&#39;s spell within the first few seconds. They were utterly enthralled with him. <br /><br />It&#39;s not like Jewish = bad. <br /><br />It&#39;s more like he was a jackass that HAPPENED to be Jewish. David could have easily been an upper crust WASP. That is completely incidental. <br /><br />I haven&#39;t read Lynn Barber&#39;s memoir. But I assume the older lover that she had as a teenager (who nearly ruined her life) was Jewish in reality and not just a product of Nick Hornby&#39;s script. <br /><br />Portions of that article made me laugh. <br /><br />The awesome Sally Hawkins (who played David&#39;s wife - and who knows definitively if she was actually Jewish...?) was far from dowdy. <br /><br />Jenny (as played by Carey Mulligan)was merely cute. She wasn&#39;t exactly a sex bomb. <br /><br />I thought David&#39;s wife was a lot more attractive. Dowdy, my sweet ass. <br /><br />Also...<br /><br />With all due respect, I don&#39;t think that that woman had any business commenting on or writing about AN EDUCATION when she didn&#39;t see the entire film. How the hell is her opinion at all valid if she walked out in the middle of it? <br /><br />You would think with a first name like Irina (*chesire cat wink*) that she would have had some serious intelligence and class. <br /><br />So, yeah...<br /><br />I definitely feel all of this faux outrage has to do with someone attempting to stir something up. Or else they were facing a deadline. <br /><br />None of this nonsense hits the target in any way, shape or form. <br /><br />I&#39;m personally inclined to defend the Jewish community whenever possible. My mama apprenticed with tailors when she was very young. She knew a lot of Jewish people and she thought they were wonderful. <br /><br />I had such a crush on Richard Dreyfuss growing up that I always said that IF I ever got married (and that was a bloody big IF...) that I would only marry a smart mouthed blue eyed Jewish boy. <br /><br />Absolutely true. <br /><br />I&#39;d be highly amused (but definitely delighted) if it actually shook out that way.<br /><br />You never really know, do you? Life is filled with possibilities. <br /><br />You can never tell what&#39;s coming down the pike...Miranda Wildinghttp://cinematicpassions.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-68130228578172805132010-02-04T15:47:20.797-05:002010-02-04T15:47:20.797-05:00&quot;several characters (the father, the school mistress) make openly anti-Semitic comments.&quot;<br /><br />Yes! And who does that reflect poorly on? THOSE characters!<br /><br />As for A Serious Man. It comes out on DVD next Tuesday. Stick it in your Netflix queue chop chop! Also, let&#39;s not forget that the Coens ARE Jewish for starters. Whatever issues they have with the ability of the traditions of Judaism to solve the problems of a confusing modern world are no different than mine over the traditions of Catholicism in the same situation.<br /><br />If they find Judaism to be a little ineffectual, it&#39;s not antisemitism, it&#39;s their experience and their right.<br /><br />There is plenty of bigotry and evil in this world and people need to save their ammo for when it rears its head for real and stop bitching about every little thing in a movie. It&#39;s counterproductive to the cause against racism, sexism and homophobia.<br /><br />White Guy has Spoken!Craig Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-70357226580042653432010-02-04T14:45:25.533-05:002010-02-04T14:45:25.533-05:00<i>David&#39;s Jewishness in An Education is never used as evidence or the cause of his evilness. It simply makes him an outsider which further ups the stakes of the choices Jenny makes in the context of England in the 1960s. Makes her parents more fearful while making David more interesting in her eyes.</i><br /><br />This was my exact take on that character. Not only that, but several characters (the father, the school mistress) make openly anti-Semitic comments. In the father&#39;s case, even before David comes into the picture. These comments served to enforce David&#39;s otherness and how his community was perceived by some. How exactly this translates into the perpetuation of stereotypes, I don&#39;t understand. Was the guy an opportunistic scumbag? Yes, but that was not due to his religion/ethnicity/background. I never got that feeling from the film.<br /><br />I haven&#39;t seen &quot;A Serious Man,&quot; but I agree that &quot;IB&quot; needs to be crossed off the list -- I mean, come on.Dorothy Porkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787876102077401603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-69897121643065003582010-02-04T14:37:22.524-05:002010-02-04T14:37:22.524-05:00horseshit floating in hogwash.<br /><br />You can cross A Serious Man and Inglourious Basterds off the list right now.<br /><br />As for An Education...bah. Maybe I&#39;m insensitive because I&#39;m a white dude who hasn&#39;t lived a life beset with discrimination, but David&#39;s Jewishness in An Education is never used as evidence or the cause of his evilness. It simply makes him an outsider which further ups the stakes of the choices Jenny makes in the context of England in the 1960s. Makes her parents more fearful while making David more interesting in her eyes.<br /><br />Am I wrong here? Insensitive?<br /><br />If you&#39;re going to bitch about An Education, bitch about it taking an interesting setup and turning into a total melodramatic softball.Craig Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00924813294666616097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-62333615321319201052010-02-03T01:47:10.578-05:002010-02-03T01:47:10.578-05:00There were some surprises, but not anything really big. I suppose the biggest story is the lack of dominance by Avatar, which some had feared.<br /><br />Next, Maggie Gyllenhaal&#39;s nomination. Though I loved Diane Kruger&#39;s work in IB and Julianne Moore in A Single Man (accent or no accent), I have to say that Gyllenhaal did a fine job in Crazy Heart, and it helped make that film. Bridges may have helped her get her nomination, but she helped him round out his performance.<br /><br />I was also a bit surprised by the strong showing of animated films in general, and also the screenplay nod for In the Loop, which I hear is deserved.Pierre de Plumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431969460465592202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-49473732359829553562010-02-02T12:56:47.710-05:002010-02-02T12:56:47.710-05:00It does appear Dorothy, that THE HURT LOCKER is now the solid favorite for the two big prizes, though AVATAR is still a formidable alternate. Too bad Julianne Moore was left out, though the four eventual acting wins all seem obvious at this point. Yeah, a real bummer with BRIGHT STAR.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-61788867777687857022010-02-02T12:40:01.519-05:002010-02-02T12:40:01.519-05:00I got surprised by The Secret of Kells. I haven&#39;t seen it, so it gives me a reason to... but kind of disappointed in the no show of Mary and Max. LOL<br /><br />No, but really... Bullock (I like her, I do) is basically a lock win by now... but I swear, if Avatar wins Best Picture I&#39;ll stay away from award season next year...<br /><br />If Cameron wins instead of Bigelow, I dunno what I would do.<br /><br />Anyway, Sherlock Holmes surprised me in its 2 nods.siutou_amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01573414811758256835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-19932051687094078612010-02-01T21:37:38.222-05:002010-02-01T21:37:38.222-05:00That&#39;d be great. Let me know how to go about it. <br /><br />And yeah, this year was so &quot;meh&quot; in terms of offerings. It was definitely the wrong year to start up with this dumb 10 picture rule.Dorothy Porkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11787876102077401603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-74329494458297845162010-02-01T21:15:03.538-05:002010-02-01T21:15:03.538-05:00by the way,<br />coming best pic nods, you are free to write a small piece of some alternative choices, like we did last year.siutou_amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01573414811758256835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-14000981943473401342010-02-01T21:14:00.248-05:002010-02-01T21:14:00.248-05:00I think our predictions are very &quot;usual suspects&quot; LOL<br /><br />To be honest, I didn&#39;t enjoy The Hangover, but since it was received with positive reviews, won a GG and did well commercially, I gave it a spot.<br /><br />I really do prefer dark horses to win stuff because then I get to discover them... smaller films are the ones in need of awards publicity.siutou_amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01573414811758256835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-25771821514842668262010-02-01T17:18:32.072-05:002010-02-01T17:18:32.072-05:00I agree with Daniel in that it was a pretty disappointing year.<br /><br />I think it&#39;s funny that Mariah Carey made it for Worst Actress of the Decade just for Glitter. 10 years, and we can&#39;t let it go xD but Madonna is supposed to get two films, right? Die Another Day and Swept Away... hence that extra coma?<br /><br />I&#39;ve only seen GI Joe and Transformers - omg, is that bad?<br /><br />I vote Eddie Murphy for Worst Actor of the decade JUST because he got an Oscar nod this same decade and still he can&#39;t stop making shit movies.<br /><br />*sighs*<br /><br />why did Oscars decided to double up best pic noms in a weak movie year... unless we expect them to nominate foreign films as best pics.siutou_amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01573414811758256835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-81533704295617494782010-02-01T16:44:52.554-05:002010-02-01T16:44:52.554-05:00Jeez, that&#39;s just painful to read through. Think of all the millions spent producing and marketing those films, not to mention their box-office numbers. Yikes.<br /><br />I thought 2009 was a pretty disappointing movie year in general, so it was a little comforting when the Razzies founder apparently joked that there were enough mad movies this year to warrant an Oscar-like doubling of Worst Picture nominees. Certainly Knowing and 2012 would have to be included if that were the case. Personally I also hated Couples Retreat, The Box, The International, The Taking of Pelham 123, Friday the 13th, New York, I Love You, and if I&#39;m going to be brutally honest - The Blind Side and The Hangover...Daniel Getahunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-1048793694970227762010-01-31T22:57:19.627-05:002010-01-31T22:57:19.627-05:00I am not surprised Dorothy by this choice, as I feel she headed for an Oscar win. And in all probability THE HURT LOCKER will win Best Picture, with AVATAR as the only real contender. But this is a victory - finally - for the woman as director.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6398774400897497162.post-37615035228991030192010-01-31T18:13:57.552-05:002010-01-31T18:13:57.552-05:00i was excited too xD<br /><br />funny thing will be &#39;battle of the exes&#39; for best director xDsiutou_amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01573414811758256835noreply@blogger.com