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[color=#9900ff]lol kokoye, that's not up to me contrary to what everyone 'assumes' as usual [/color]

[color=#9900ff]Whiskers!  Thanks for reminding me of Blood Diamond  

@anonymous.
When i said he's a character actor, that means there are only certain roles he's able to play.  That may or may not have been his direction but it's what suits him.  I've seen his work and he's alright (that doesn't mean bad).  Better in Oz though.  If you haven't seen Oz, go watch it for his performance.  Prolly his best so far.[/color]

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[color=#9900ff]You want them independent, give them the incentive to be independent.[/color]

[color=#9900ff]They don't have the perfect anything.  They just happen to be good at alot of things and you have to be good at alot of things too to play with them.  But the biggest appeal is the intrepid spirit they have.  However i've said a dozen times or more, most are sheep in wolves clothing   [/color]

[color=#9900ff]Don't understand why. Not my style. [/color]

[color=#9900ff]Whats with you people?
This is like the 7th thread on this story [/color]

IbroSaunks:
can i share parents with u please? my mum compares me with my eldest brother all d time, and truth is, i don't even want to be as good as he was, hell i wanna f'ing live a little. i even dey try sef, ai cant kill myself jare!!

[color=#9900ff]lol. It may seem great but believe me they have their other issues. [/color]

[color=#9900ff]Goodbye [/color]

anonymous6:
I agree lol, I love fantasy movies like lord of the rings, harry potter, Dune and etc the stories are more interesting and less predictable. The reason why I don't really watch Black hollywood movies because it is about the same old story; slavery, the ghetto/thug life, segregation, IR jibber jabber, and etc that why I am not as interested in black hollywood movie's. As much as I am happy for Tyler perry, I am not a big fan of his movies or shows, their are only four movies I liked from him so far, and one of them I don't really seeing myself watching again. I only have one DVD from him, and I don't like his show Meet the Browns, it is cheesy and not my style.

I know Djimon Hounsou is underrated & he is a excellent actor; there is a another african actor I like his name is Adewale akinnouye-Agbaje, he is hot(he was on the show lost, appeared in the Mummy and movie bourne identity with Matt Damon)

[color=#9900ff]I've only seen one Medea and that was in passing. Some day i'll get to it but stop at 2. After that it gets a bit redundant to me.
I know the Nigerian actor. I cannot remember his name for i'm not good with names so i just call him Triple A . He's a character actor. He's alright. [/color]

[quote author=baby-boy link=topic=799645.msg9528757#msg9528757 date=1321001148]I could see where your coming from, but when Halle won it, it seems like it was a period when the Oscar in the women category in a leading role goes to whoever has paid their dues to the industry gets the Oscar, because  Paltrow, Hilary Swank, Julia Roberts, H Berry, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron etc they all won but only Hilary Swank and Charlize theron I could truely say they deserve it,  the rest it felt like an honourary award.[/quote][color=#9900ff]True.  I'm just saying she has yet to prove why she won that Oscar.  You cannot say the same for Swank.  Woman disappears for a while and comes back to win another one or to give a befitting performance.  Ok i don't like Kidman, so let me not start on her.  On Halle though, there is one movie i thought she did really well and i could catch a glimpse of why she won the oscar.  I don't remember the name of the movie but it was with Benicio Del Toro.  Jenifer Hudson has yet to come close to her oscar performance.  The Oscar curse! [/color]

[quote author=baby-boy link=topic=799645.msg9528757#msg9528757 date=1321001148]He is highly rated in Hollywood knowing that if he had won the Oscar for his role in Amistad, he was going to dedicate it to Steven Speilberg for giving him the chance (someone was saying black people dont get the chance)[/quote][color=#9900ff]Is he? Aside from Amistad, which role has brought him close to that kind of performance?  I think he has a career on stage if he so wishes to do so.  It's a good gig to stretch his acting chops.[/color]

[quote author=baby-boy link=topic=799645.msg9528757#msg9528757 date=1321001148]The reason why Europeans pick up these awards is because most of the movies are based on European written books/stories and Helen Mirren not only she acted like the Queen she even looks like the Queen. Charlize Theron is African in the Mens Category only Colin Firth, George Clooney and Daniel Day Lewis where Europeans and Australian  that won the oscar in the last 10 years[/quote][color=#9900ff]I wasn't even looking at Helen Mirren.  But no, i don't think it mostly has to do with the books/plays/stories the movie is based on.  I think its because they are more of method actors as you mentioned Daniel Day who is like the king of it.
You can tell from certain actors how good they are.  Some may have won Oscars may years ago like say Gary Oldman or Sir Anthony Hopkins, but their performances never really fall below par.  The movie might be wack like that Denzel and Gary Oldman movie but they didn't give less than a good performance.  And maybe that's why they still get to make good movies inbetween not so good ones.

I will add that on the TV side, blacks aren't doing too bad.  There's a joke that if you want to win and Emmy, just change your name to Alfre Woodard

baby boy,
you should visit the TV/Movie section sometime [/color]

[color=#9900ff]I smell a big fat stinking fish [/color]

[color=#9900ff]I understand.

I don't think the movies cater to just whites. That would either mean, they have too much happening to come up with such stories or that we the blacks are too structured and nothing but same ol same ol happens to us. OR that we have limited imagination and they are too far out. I'm ok with something like brown sugar (which i watched for Mos Def ) but how many variations of brown sugar or family road trip or whatever can i handle? They say the movies reflect what happens in our society. Fine. Thing is that movies most of the time are supposed to entertain and in some cases transport us away from our reality if only for 2 and a half hours. Do i want to watch everytime what is happening in my society when i'm already there? Or what happens to my neighbour's family? I could just go ask him instead of going to the movies to go see a variation of his life. Maybe it's why i like fantasy best. It's nothing like our lives for the most part.

Speaking of hot african dude lol, I think Djimon Hounsou is underrated. I watched this weird movie Tempest based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. A movie with Helen Mirren, Alan Cumming and Chris Cooper. Djimon was the best part of the movie. He always seemed like he had more than what he did in some of his movies, i just never got to see what it was until this movie. I hope he gets choice roles that extend his acting chops. [/color]

[color=#9900ff]To each his/her own.

Personally no.  I've said it time and time again, the more rotten the better [/color]

anonymous6:
They cater to the majority of Americans which is white Americans

[color=#9900ff]Sorry but this is not so.  Most current oscar winners and nominated ones are European or not from America and rightly so for they are the better actors.  Not saying that Americans don't win but in this age (continuous performance) only Jack Nicholson and probably Tom Hanks (Caprio has yet to win an oscar) have been able to keep up with the actors of the 40s in terms of nominations and wins.  I would have thought the influx of great non american actors would inspire american actors but that's not the case.  I'm not complaining though.  Granted the oscars lean towards certain movie roles and types. . .they throw in once a while a wild card like Denzel for training day or Sylvester Stallone for   However it cannot be denied that it's the top honor to receive in the movie industry.  Not even the BAFTAs hold the same weight as the Oscars.  It affects the sales of movies, the pull of audience and sometimes luring renowned directors and producers.  The Oscars are a bit tricky.  Sometimes the role you're sure will bring one the oscar doesn't but another role not as solid as the former would give one the oscar.  Case in point, Christian Bale's win for The fighter.  When he could have won for American Psycho or The Machinist.

There was a lot of noise when the superheroes movies starting coming out.  Of all of them, only Captain America has an American Actor.  Not even Superman is portrayed by an American.  And i'm glad.  I've always said not many american actors have the depth or range of european actors.  Maybe it has something to do with their training

When it comes to the black actors/actresses.  I even have less interest. For most of them are below mediocre.  Some seem to be on the right path and then all of a sudden fall down the drain.  I'm not a fan of actresses so i'm not even bowled over by Halle, frankly she has yet to prove to me why she won that oscar.  Denzel on the other hand is a consummate actor.  In any film whether blockbuster or never been heard, he has always maintained same intensity, same delivery.  Next to him Don Cheadle is my man.  Have loved him since he did a little TV movie in '96 called Rebound.  I'm still waiting for him to get his oscar and darn glad he hasn't gone down the drain. [/color]

[color=#9900ff]Billy Crystal will now host the Oscars for the 9th time.
He's my favorite anyway so i'm glad he'll be hosting.[/color]

chinedumo:
1. I am in shape. Round is a shape.

[color=#9900ff]Overcooked but that one ^^has always been my favorite.[/color]

[color=#9900ff]Well that clears up Tate's story ~ American Horror Story[/color]

[color=#9900ff]She has a bf. She loves you and you love her.
You want to marry her. She doesn't know who to chose.
Sorry but you get what you ask for. Seems to me this is the only kind of relationships most of ya'll have and seem to understand and yet cannot find head or tail of your situation. To build something solid. . .you make a solid foundation. But una like to build window first then later start to look where the foundation dey. Don't understand una friendships either [/color]

[color=#9900ff]I love QT.

Thanks for the updates Obinna.

Anticipating this hunger games of a movie [/color]

[color=#9900ff]Kai your own walaha no dey end walahi.[/color]

ortopazz:
@Iice, I seem to disagree wiv u that our music  dnt send signals 2 d mind or messeges if I may, if u listen to P.square'z I luv u, 2.baba ft Sway, go dwn there and a few more u wil lrn a lot.

[color=#9900ff]What are you blithering on about?
Where did i refer to 'our' music?
And if i'm to sound like you do. . .i'd rather not learn a lot.  [/color]

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[color=#9900ff]You and your hand - Pink
Na. . .don't really have break up songs. Don't have much feelings about break ups [/color]

[color=#9900ff]RIP [/color]

[color=#9900ff]Don't really care. When i see something different, i may have interest.[/color]

[color=#9900ff]Nope[/color]

[color=#9900ff]If i love him, yes. And its rare for me to love humans.[/color]

Domwiz4all:
wat? 50? Hmm d engine no go knock?

[color=#9900ff]Nope [/color]

aieromon:
I hardly drop comments here for you eediot,i will

On the other hand,i'll reserve my comments and drop some of your m0r0nic posts

You are the reason why a poster said "Women are useless and only good for reproduction''.Your five posts are enough and i suggest you get another moniker,ok.

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