AMERICA HAS SPOKEN! F/911 wins People's Choice Best Picture

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 4:35am

And had a very nice speech to go with it:

"Thank you! Thank you very much.

We live in a great country and we all love our country very much and I am so amazed that you did this — the people of America — that you voted for this film. I can't thank you enough.

I'm honored and gratified and I know that there are many people tonight — mothers and fathers across this country — with sons and daughters in Iraq. Our prayers are with them and I dedicate this award to them tonight.

I want to thank, most of all, the people out there who voted for this. I don't want you to give up. This country is still all of ours. Not just right or left, democrat or republican, it's all of our country.

I love making movies and I'll take this as an invitation to make more ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’s.


Thank you very much. Thank you very much."

Updated On: 1/10/05 at 04:35 AM

[magic8ball]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 5:28am

If only the People's Choice Awards were the election...

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 7:47am

they also chose the passion of the christ as the best movie drama...

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 7:48am

Really?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 7:55am

And Shrek2 as best comedy - making it a clean sweep for the fantasy genre.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 8:01am

give that man a ci-gar!

[Feodor Sverdlov]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 9:27am

What people????? In all the years that show has been on television, I have not known a single person who voted for one of the choices.

Updated On: 1/11/05 at 09:27 AM

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 10:11am

This makes perfect sense... A majority of America picks a BUSH-BASHING film as Best Picture...and lso elects Bush to the White House.

Yep that makes sense.

[mabel]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 11:36am

Did anyone else find it rather amusing that the Best Film nominees were Fahrenheit 9/11, Shrek 2, and Spider Man 2?!?! Gee, what an eclectic selection! Whatever, I think the People's Choice Awards (like pretty much all awards shows, I suppose) are pretty much a joke.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 3:01pm

I have to admit, DGrant, that THAT was hilarious!

I voted for the People's Choice Awards--anyone could have online.

Here's the thing: the group voting for the PCAs are not the same as the electorate. Some of that is based on age. Some of it is based on all of the usual voter turn out issues.

I think that if voting was required, Bush would have lost in a landslide.

But the fact of the matter is that only those who vote have a voice. (That is unless they are voting on a Diebold electronic voting machine )

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 9:16pm

It's hard to take an awards ceremony seriously that has categories for the People's Choice for Best Hair and Best Look.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 9:20pm

Yes, MM, belittle the fact that middle America voted for the Bush-hating film.

[kangaroo]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 9:38pm

Interesting pictures... I think they are pretty good picks, but I would choose Lost as the best new series.
I don't think that shrek 2 should have gotten comedy picture.

And I do not agree with Fahrenheit 9/11

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 9:49pm

jrb - I was not specifically belittling them for their Farenheit 9/11 choice, but they also voted for the Passion of the Christ, Joey, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler, and the Donkey from Shrek 2 (and anything else related to Shrek 2). They also agreed Jennifer Garner had the best hair and Kate Hudson had the best look.

[cturtle]

Posted: 1/10/05 at 10:31pm

i gave up on the people's choice awards YEARS AGO.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 1/11/05 at 4:16am

I know what you are saying, MM. It just doesn't belittle the impact that they actually voted for F/911 over Shrek 2--which was sweeping the awards.