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    3 Ways the Academy Needs To Fix the Foreign-Film Oscar
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    Image of HwoodHills HwoodHills
    02/23/09

    In reply to 3 Ways the Academy Needs To Fix the Foreign-Film Oscar
    Here's the problem with your post:


    1. It uses logic.


    The End.

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    Image of logicalnoise logicalnoise
    02/23/09

    In reply to 3 Ways the Academy Needs To Fix the Foreign-Film Oscar
    this years BS, sweden didn't submit "let the right one in" because no one on sweden commitee wanted a vampire flick to represent sweden. Springsteen got DQ'd because he put "the wrestler" on his new cd. along with 3 blatant death list snubs(George carlin, peter monaghan, and dolemite himself!) the academy seems like a cold heartless place to me.
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    Image of happymisanthrope happymisanthrope
    02/23/09

    @logicalnoise: "Let the right one in" didn't qualify because it wasn't released in Sweden until after September 30th. It is eligible for the Oscar next year though, whether or not Sweden would submit it is another question.
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    Image of Mark Ebner Mark Ebner
    02/23/09

    In reply to 3 Ways the Academy Needs To Fix the Foreign-Film Oscar
    Where was GOMORRAH?
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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    02/23/09

    @Mark Ebner: The bargain bin.
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    Image of HoneyBearKelly HoneyBearKelly
    02/23/09

    In reply to 3 Ways the Academy Needs To Fix the Foreign-Film Oscar
    Can somebody explain why Gamorrah wasn't nominated?
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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    02/23/09

    @HoneyBearKelly: It is unwatchable.
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    Image of DaeSu DaeSu
    02/23/09

    In reply to 3 Ways the Academy Needs To Fix the Foreign-Film Oscar
    OK, so prohibitive favorites "The Class" and "Waltz with Bashir" lost. Is it possible, just possible, that "Departures" is a better film??
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    02/23/09

    @DaeSu: Took the words out of my mouth. I can't say I've seen any of these foreign language nominees this year, but it's hardly unheard-of for the Oscar "favorites" to be inferior to the supposed also-rans. And occasionally, the Academy surprises by getting it right.


    That said, I say we disband the blue ribbon commission and instead set up a blue riband commission. That'll keep them occupied for a while!

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    Image of Hooplehead Hooplehead
    02/23/09

    @DaeSu: Departures may be better than The Class, which didn't look that amazing. But Departures would have to be the movie of the year to be better than Waltz With Bashir. WWB was gripping and powerful and amazing, and it deserved the damn award.
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    Image of Colander Colander
    02/23/09

    In reply to 3 Ways the Academy Needs To Fix the Foreign-Film Oscar
    I'm sure they'll start fixing some of the more bullshit aspects if it seems like people will start caring enough to actually watch the show.
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