1138: Five Years Down

Keith · 03-08-2010, 04:54 PM

"God bless America. And the authors of this book."

www.KATG.com/book

HanSolo69 · 03-08-2010, 07:13 PM

I haven't seen The Hurt Locker so I feel I have a certain amount of insight that makes me qualified to vote 'no' on this poll.

jeffdrafttech · 03-09-2010, 12:08 AM

I'm only about ten mins into this show and it's funny as hell. Success is feeding Keith's funny.

Junkenstein · 03-09-2010, 03:54 AM

Poll Wise: the nominees were one worse than the other. "Hurt Locker" is a great movie. Giving the award to Avatar would've been pathetic (it's a toy for christ's sake, has no more substance than transformers), District 9 is a fun movie but doesnt deserve any award either. Tarantino will never win an oscar, he's not that type of director. And if he didnt win it with Pulp Fiction, he wont get it with Basterds.

Mo'nique was good in precious, but the movie is meh. Up in the air and A Serious Man are not only not oscar worthy but just shitty movies.

The Hurt Locker was the best choice.

ADD: That said, the Oscars are the dumbest, most meaningless prize ever. So good movies and the academy arent even in the same universe

PS: Keith, my love and respect for you has no limits but how could you find "Training day" boring, yet be entertained by a snoozefest like "The Sixth Sense" is beyond me.

gumby013 · 03-09-2010, 04:55 AM

It's all me and my social phobic neuroses. It doesn't make sense to me either. I like the idea of going out and having fun, but get too worked up about being around people I don't know for it to really ever happen...unless I am drunk.

Borknagar · 03-09-2010, 07:15 AM

the trailers for shutter island were misleading, but not entirely. i figured out the plot of the movie before i went and saw it. me knowing that LD was the crazy one didnt stop me from enjoying it, just made it not as surprising as i was hoping.

by no means was this one of scosese's best movies. but was still entertaining to watch. one of the better movies, imo, that ive seen lately. i go see about 10-15 movies per month.

BrianAlt · 03-09-2010, 07:31 AM

The whole, "is lox kosher?" thing came up about strawberries a couple of years ago...

Its official: Strawberries are kosher

So stupid!

zappbrannigan · 03-09-2010, 09:35 AM

Keith is the funniest guy on the planet and I have tremendous respect for him but I simply cannot agree with his movie reviews (most of the time... after all, I wrote in to agree with him on Wolverine).

I loved the Dark Knight the first time I saw it and I still love it. Is there dumb shit and unbelievable coincidences in the movie? Oh definitely..falling off a building and landing on a taxi and surviving? P-leeeease. It doesn't matter to me, I love the movie. TDK and Batman Begins really capture what I love about Batman and the comics even if there is some unbelievable stuff in the movies. I can certainly see why Keith doesn't like it and I don't think that he should love a movie just because I do. I thought Heath Ledger's performance was great and he deserved the Oscar whether it was given specifically because he died or not. Keith disagrees (I don't remember him shitting on the performance but I wouldn't be surprised if he has) but that's his opinion.

I haven't seen the Hurt Locker yet, but I want to! It looks good.

Junkenstein · 03-09-2010, 10:05 AM

I loved the Dark Knight too and his review didnt ruin it for me, not one bit. If someone likes a movie and it just takes Keith's opinion to spoil their enjoyement of it, then they either didnt really like it or they're so weak and scrotum-less than they just need ONE strong opinion to change their mind.

Keith is just very critical and outspoken, on everything. Yet he likes a lot of stuff that could be criticized . But i doubt that would change his mind, because he's a grown-up.

So if you like a movie and he doesnt, whatever. What's the deal with agreeing with each other on things? That sounds so boring.

On another note, i'm pretty sure i'll enjoy Shutter Island. Twist or no twist.

benjita · 03-09-2010, 10:07 AM

Five years down... It's now officially been four years since I started listening (back when 300 was such a big deal, and the backlog of episodes wasn't forbidding).

L'Chaim!

View Poll Results: Should The Hurt Locker have won Best Picture of the Year?
Out of the nominees, yes. It was great.	52	42.28%
No. Good gravy...	71	57.72%
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03-08-2010, 04:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Keith PARTY! SUPER PARTY! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NYC, baby! Posts: 13,543	1138: Five Years Down "God bless America. And the authors of this book." www.KATG.com/book Last edited by Keith; 03-09-2010 at 01:34 PM.
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03-08-2010, 07:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
HanSolo69 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 71	I haven't seen The Hurt Locker so I feel I have a certain amount of insight that makes me qualified to vote 'no' on this poll.
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03-09-2010, 12:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
jeffdrafttech Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 2,237	I'm only about ten mins into this show and it's funny as hell. Success is feeding Keith's funny.
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03-09-2010, 03:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Junkenstein Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Northern Italy (No Guidos Here) Posts: 6,784	Poll Wise: the nominees were one worse than the other. "Hurt Locker" is a great movie. Giving the award to Avatar would've been pathetic (it's a toy for christ's sake, has no more substance than transformers), District 9 is a fun movie but doesnt deserve any award either. Tarantino will never win an oscar, he's not that type of director. And if he didnt win it with Pulp Fiction, he wont get it with Basterds. Mo'nique was good in precious, but the movie is meh. Up in the air and A Serious Man are not only not oscar worthy but just shitty movies. The Hurt Locker was the best choice. ADD: That said, the Oscars are the dumbest, most meaningless prize ever. So good movies and the academy arent even in the same universe PS: Keith, my love and respect for you has no limits but how could you find "Training day" boring, yet be entertained by a snoozefest like "The Sixth Sense" is beyond me. Last edited by Junkenstein; 03-09-2010 at 04:10 AM.
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gumby013 Aspie...dur... Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 5,468	It's all me and my social phobic neuroses. It doesn't make sense to me either. I like the idea of going out and having fun, but get too worked up about being around people I don't know for it to really ever happen...unless I am drunk. Last edited by gumby013; 03-09-2010 at 05:47 AM.
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03-09-2010, 07:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
Borknagar Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 28	the trailers for shutter island were misleading, but not entirely. i figured out the plot of the movie before i went and saw it. me knowing that LD was the crazy one didnt stop me from enjoying it, just made it not as surprising as i was hoping. by no means was this one of scosese's best movies. but was still entertaining to watch. one of the better movies, imo, that ive seen lately. i go see about 10-15 movies per month.
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03-09-2010, 07:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
BrianAlt Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 4,690	The whole, "is lox kosher?" thing came up about strawberries a couple of years ago... Its official: Strawberries are kosher So stupid!
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03-09-2010, 09:35 AM	#8 (permalink)
zappbrannigan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 447	Keith is the funniest guy on the planet and I have tremendous respect for him but I simply cannot agree with his movie reviews (most of the time... after all, I wrote in to agree with him on Wolverine). I loved the Dark Knight the first time I saw it and I still love it. Is there dumb shit and unbelievable coincidences in the movie? Oh definitely..falling off a building and landing on a taxi and surviving? P-leeeease. It doesn't matter to me, I love the movie. TDK and Batman Begins really capture what I love about Batman and the comics even if there is some unbelievable stuff in the movies. I can certainly see why Keith doesn't like it and I don't think that he should love a movie just because I do. I thought Heath Ledger's performance was great and he deserved the Oscar whether it was given specifically because he died or not. Keith disagrees (I don't remember him shitting on the performance but I wouldn't be surprised if he has) but that's his opinion. I haven't seen the Hurt Locker yet, but I want to! It looks good.
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03-09-2010, 10:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
Junkenstein Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Northern Italy (No Guidos Here) Posts: 6,784	I loved the Dark Knight too and his review didnt ruin it for me, not one bit. If someone likes a movie and it just takes Keith's opinion to spoil their enjoyement of it, then they either didnt really like it or they're so weak and scrotum-less than they just need ONE strong opinion to change their mind. Keith is just very critical and outspoken, on everything. Yet he likes a lot of stuff that could be criticized . But i doubt that would change his mind, because he's a grown-up. So if you like a movie and he doesnt, whatever. What's the deal with agreeing with each other on things? That sounds so boring. On another note, i'm pretty sure i'll enjoy Shutter Island. Twist or no twist.
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03-09-2010, 10:07 AM	#10 (permalink)
benjita Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Michigan's Middle Finger Posts: 693	Five years down... It's now officially been four years since I started listening (back when 300 was such a big deal, and the backlog of episodes wasn't forbidding). L'Chaim!
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