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I pat myself on the back for intentionally skipping nine of the ten films mentioned under the Motion Picture Nominations list. Unfortunately, I couldn't be saved from all, as I sat through the entirety of The Family Stone which even Rachel McAdams was not powerful enough to salvage. SJP was easily the worst ingredient of that shitpizza of a movie.

I think I laughed hardest at the nom for The Producers. They must have been hard pressed for nominations that year, huh?

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http://gofugyourself.com/fug_the_fromage_the_client_list_080310-08-2010

I think the world might be a better place if we all had to face a Dashboard Angel of Judgement.

Isn't the Hollywood Foreign Press the group that will dole out nominations for a cold Hot Pocket and a pack of smokes? Maybe these nominees just know their brand.

Okay just because a movie's plot is laughable and the dialogue is a joke, it does not mean the movie was intended to be a Comedy or Musical. Yeah I'm looking at anyone who approved of "The Tourist" for nomination.

And by the way, why the frig are comedies and musicals lumped into the same category? Not all musicals have comedy within and quite frankly one can go many years without ever seeing one produced. So how come comedies have to shoulder them in their column? The musical has gone from a regular genre to a novelty one. Musicals in recent years have proven if they are made they all but get an automatic nomination simply because they are the only ones to be nominated. "Burlesque" gets nominated because...well...what else is there? And even if there were more, one still not explain why the two need be lumped in together.

That's like a category listed as "Best Western or Drama". Or "Best Horror or Animated" The two are not mutually connected. Either have a category for musicals only or just have them listed as a plain movie- neither drama nor comedy. Sci-Fis do not get their own category (and there are far more of those made every year) so why should this niche genre get a duplex with Comedy?

Burlesque!?!? Really? How in the fnck did that steaming turd get nominated? Do they pay any attention to the film at all, or do they just pay attention to the hype?

More personal validation for not paying any attention at all to movies or hype.

I was going to make a crack about it being impossible for there to be MOST laughable nominations, but some of those truly are astounding. Jessica fucking Alba? Seriously?!

Martin, Hairspray was a well-thought out adaptation of the Broadway show marred by horrific casting. By horrific casting, I mean John Travolta playing a special needs Midwestern housewife with multiple speech impediments.

I don't think Lane sleep-walked through the film. I think Stroman pushed him away from the meta-theatrical nuances of the Broadway production and pushed him towards a more film-friendly Golden Age musical comedy performance. If anyone was drifting through the film, it was Matthew Broderick, who seemed to think only showing signs of neurosis while having a panic attack on screen was the way to handle the transition to film. Those scenes were the bad kind of laughable. I accept that the film is very polarizing and I firmly stand on the "excellent" side of the argument.

The Producers was just so LIFELESS. It was just a terrible adaptation and I want to forget all about it.

Also, like someone up there mentioned: they nominated The Tourist because they want Jolie and Depp there to draw in viewers. Hopefully they'll both think it's too far below them to attend, but I wouldn't put it past the Jolie-Pitt hunger for fame.

Derrek I liked Kate & Leopold too, but Hugh Jackman has a wonderful narcotic effect on me. No judgement here.

I'll take it one step further. I OWN that movie. Got it for free, but I still picked it. And I own Someone Like You. On VHS.

I concur with Derrek and Hayden and Sara H-back off on Hugh-unless he was nominated for "Van Helsing", which sucked the mighty suck.

i think the dumbest nomination this year is " the kids
are alright ". it was a fine film but how in the world does
it fall in the musical/comedy category. where were the
funny parts? the bening-moore relationship is torn to shreds
and ruffalo winds up an unhappy basket case.

and just to prove these awards are worthless, " winter's bone "
doesn't get a nomination.

Jessica Alba - Dark Angel?!??!??!??!??!?!

Love Actually: Best Christmas movie ever. Fact.

Oh no!. Here's the annual major falling out between me and Mrs. Julien.
We agree on just about everything throughout the year and then every Decemeber someone mentions Love Actually. It's a pile of crap people. It's so awful I once chose a Lifetime "Men Are Evil" movie over it when I was down with the flu and would have watched anything to get my mind off of the aches in my body.
It used to be just downright terrible but now watching Liam Neeson play a widowed dad of a young kid in a supposed comedy, it's uncomfortable.

We are united in our lonely stance, Klingonfree.

How about the guy who goes to the frozen (and statistically obese) mid-west town of Milwaukee in December and it's full of thin blondes walking around in shorts and skimpy t-shirts?

Or the prime minister falling for a Chav?

Or the guy who works for the NGO living in a gorgeous house in a fabulous London neighborhood?

Or the fact that we're supposed to believe Laura Linney's character can't have a successful date because her brother calls her and she can't just explain to the guy that the brother is mentally ill?

Last year, TK accused those who don't like Love Actually of having a burnt kernel of popcorn for a heart. So take your burnt kernel and have it join mine over here in cynic's corner. We can stay warm by laughing at those who like this piece of idiocy.

1. (And not just trying to back-pedal to make PaddyDog love me again.) My favourite is The Muppet Christmas Carol, actually, followed by How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

2. Emma Thompson is sublime. She does more actressin' in 30 seconds and without words than most starlets do all Lifetime.

3. I think it is a pleasant meditation on the different kinds of love.

4. I'll give you the Neeson thing. That timeline is beyond wacky. I'll even give you that turning down Roderigo Santoro is an act of madness greater than anything Laura Linney's brother does.

5. I love burnt popcorn. I intentionally burn mine a little bit when making it (on the stove because I am old school). Then I sprinkle it with some of the Kernels Salt and Vinegar powder that I make the Canadians bring whenever they come to visit me.

6. And everyone should love it because it is heaven.