Oscar elites vs. Gorilla Nation

NPR's Kim Masters and Pete Hammond talk about the unbridgable gulf between the savorers of Oscar-nominated films and performances (not to mention worshippers of 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days) and those enjoyed by Gorilla Nation.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 23, 2008 at 10:57 AM

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JD Author Profile Page says ...

"Only one of the Best Picture nominees — Juno — did well at the box office. The rest are limping along."

That's a flat-out lie. People like Kim Masters simply don't know how to analyze data. Worldwide, Clayton has mad $83 million on a budget of $25 million, No Country has made $93 million on a budget of about $20 million, There Will Be Blood has made $37 million on a budget of $25 million, and Atonement has made $114 million on a budget of $30 million. Sure Transformers and Spider-Man 3 made a lot more money, but they also cost over $200 million to make and a hell of a lot more to market. Overall, I think you'd have to be insane to see these two types of movies at opposite sides of the success-failure spectrum.

Posted by JD Author Profile Page at February 23, 2008 11:17 AM

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Walter Sobchak Author Profile Page says ...

Taking bets....

Over/under on how many times a week Jeffrey got beat up in high school.

"...but you're not as clever as me! I'll bet you've never even savored the delicate nuances of Truffaut, or the humble musings of -" BAM!

Posted by Walter Sobchak Author Profile Page at February 23, 2008 11:17 AM

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D.Z. Author Profile Page says ...

The Razzie results just got posted. http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/reuters/20080223/1632.html

Posted by D.Z. Author Profile Page at February 23, 2008 1:56 PM

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Balthazar Author Profile Page says ...

If Lohan and Murphy ever made a movie together, would the world stop revolving and subsquently blow into a billion pieces?

Posted by Balthazar Author Profile Page at February 23, 2008 3:06 PM

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actionman Author Profile Page says ...

Was Lohan there to collect her awards?

Posted by actionman Author Profile Page at February 23, 2008 8:08 PM

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K. Bowen Author Profile Page says ...

This year's nominees has already surpassed the box office for 2006 and 2005 nominees, and Juno and There Will Be Blood are still in the theaters. Every one of these films has done OK business, at least.

Posted by K. Bowen Author Profile Page at February 24, 2008 2:33 AM

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