The 81st Academy Awards

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Permalink Reply by Aaron M on February 24, 2009 at 6:26pm

I find it interesting how well Slumdog Millionaire did, seeing how it finished out 2008 at #39 gross at just over $100M... nearly 1/10 of what The Dark Knight took in.

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Permalink Reply by Justin and Amanda Claypool on February 25, 2009 at 11:19am

the thing you have to realize is that the academy's aren't about gross at all. do i think TDK deserved some more oscar loving? absolutely. at least for the director. but if the oscars were about gross then spider-man 3 should've gotten a nomination last year, and we all know that spider-man 3 wasn't oscar-worthy.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Allen on February 25, 2009 at 12:51pm

There are some Christian companies trying to get Christians into positions in Hollywood. ACT One, is one company I know of..

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Allen on February 25, 2009 at 2:01pm

did hear Hugh Jackman did a good job hosting... have to look it up online.. watch it..

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Permalink Reply by Tommy Bond on February 26, 2009 at 6:59am

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE IS THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE SEEN IN SOOOOO LONG....it has a great story line, great dialogue, it has a relevant social message on a real human travesty, moments of cathartic humor, and it shows the power of the human spirit to overcome such incredible odds. I am SO glad it won so many awards...Heath Ledger gets a g'donya too, even though it was a bit real (I don't know if he was "just" acting the whole time)....(Hi justin...it's been a long time...) :)

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Permalink Reply by Aaron M on February 26, 2009 at 9:21am

No, I realize it's not about gross, but in the past gross has been a half-decent indication, as well... and the criteria for selecting oscars, what are the criteria? I would think that the better a movie is, the more people that will go to see it... having said that I didn't actually like TDK, but a lot of people did.

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Permalink Reply by Justin and Amanda Claypool on February 26, 2009 at 2:06pm

hey tommy!

that's the beauty of his performance and why heath deserved the award. it was insanely good.

i tried to buy the song from slumdog but i had to buy the whole album here in australia. lame!

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Allen on February 27, 2009 at 7:57am

throw all these other comments I deleted for a later discussion on Hollywood, belongs in that one, not so much in this one.. , well, sounds like I need to watch that movie.. it sounds like a good one..

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Permalink Reply by Tommy Bond on February 28, 2009 at 9:35am

Lol...that's awesome (well...sort of I guess). I thought the music was awesome! Looks like things are going well! Good to hear from you brohan...

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Permalink Reply by Ryan & Adriel Booker on March 4, 2009 at 10:16pm

and how good was hathaway's number with jackman?! LOVED IT - the old-time hollywood charm with modern humor. GENIUS!

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