Little Miss Sunshine, What?!!!

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:17pm

I couldn't believe how it got any Award nomination.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:22pm

Some people really liked it, some didn't.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:24pm

"Some people really liked it, some didn't".

That has happened with every movie that has ever came out. I just wanted to know if anyone agrees with me.

[keen on kean]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:38pm

I thought it was okay but I don't understand the Academy's love for it - unless it is their customary acknowledgment that there is a body of independent, non-studio work out there that deserves notice. I did think the actors did about as much with the thin material as they possibly could have.

[Luscious]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:46pm

Alan Arkin's win for Supporting Actor is what really galls me.

Updated On: 3/3/07 at 02:46 PM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:52pm

loved it, loved the story, loved the characters....

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 2:58pm

I related to the son a lot, and that's why I liked it so much.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 3:52pm

OK but not great

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 3:56pm

I could hardly get through it.

I hate dramedies that are billed as comedy (ie: Murials Wedding)

Crap, she stole from her parents, one of them dies... how is that funny?

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 4:02pm

Liked it very much, glad it won awards.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 4:02pm

Definitely though Murphy was better than Arkin

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 4:03pm

Who stole from their parents?

I guess I missed something. I loved "Muriel's Wedding" though. Toni Collette was in both films BTW.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 4:10pm

She stole their life savings, and then the father died from a heart attack because of it...

Not funny at all.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 4:15pm

"She" means Toni Collette's character? I totally missed that!
The father that dies is Greg Kinnear's father I thought.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 4:16pm

Sorry, I just realized that Toni is in both films.....


She stole from her parents in Muriels....

[pab]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 4:23pm

I though it was a very good movie. Just ordered it from Amazon.

[StephenSondheimWHOO]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 5:22pm

Amazing movie, I thought it deserved to win Best Picture

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 6:18pm

I really liked the movie, too. Although, I do agree that Arkin should not have won that award. I have seen him play that kind of character many times before.

[fflagg]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 6:24pm

It is a sweet, unpretentious film. Much better than DREAMGIRLS.

I also recommend LETTERS FROM IWO JIWA; outstanding and sad film.

For a cloudy Saturday night, I advise MURDER BY DEATH with Maggie Smith's line "where's my Dicky?"

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 6:26pm

I wouldn't say it was better than "Dreamgirls" but I liked it a lot.

Whenever LETTERS FROM IWO JIWA comes on dvd, I am going to grab it from blockbuster.

Updated On: 3/3/07 at 06:26 PM

[roquat]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 8:02pm

It had a hysterical final scene and was very well acted. Otherwise, there wasn't a single scene whose outcome you couldn't predict.

[lovelyspotlight]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 8:06pm

I, along with spiderdj82, really liked Little Miss Sunshine...but don't really understand Arkin's win. I just watched it again last night and felt the same. I do adore Paul Dano, though. Quite a bit. And I think Abigail Breslin is adorable.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 8:06pm

Flags is out on DVD & is coming to PPV

Will put it on DVD & when Iwo Jima comes to PPV, will put it on same DVD. I do not think there is much in the way of extras on Flags DVD

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 8:13pm

You're going to put it on DVD when it comes on PPV? You must be a VIP, LOL.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 3/3/07 at 8:13pm

Christ Fflagg,

Do you ALWAYS have to slam Dreamgirls?