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An Idiot's Guide To The Oscar's Best Actor Award

January 28th, 2009 10:16am EST Post a comment

Sean Penn/Mickey Rourke

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Wed Jan 28 2009 10:32:52 By: Agent Smith (

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Tough call on Penn.
Hollywood loves gay roles, so he's got that going for him; but then some voters could be influenced by Penn's recent buddy-buddy relationship with Hugo Chavez.

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Wed Jan 28 2009 10:35:00 By: Agent Smith (

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Oh, and the Oscars are no different from the Globes, they're a sham too.
It's all for publicity to get people to go see the films that are still in the theater and buy the DVDs when they come out; as the DVDs of Oscar winners are usually out within a month after the awards. And they're also so people in the industry can just pat each other on the back.

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Wed Jan 28 2009 10:44:12 By: Mike Ryan (

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@Agent Smith: Yeah, but the Globes don't even try to hide how shady they are. At least the Oscar voters are actually a part of the film industry.

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Wed Jan 28 2009 11:51:19 By: rob who had a broken foot (

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i was done with the oscars when harvey weinstein bought the best picture oscar for shakespear in love and robbed saving private ryan. hope the dog lover wins.

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Wed Jan 28 2009 11:52:10 By: Billy Chapel (

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I think Rourke should win this award. Yes, the gay theme would lead one to think the story line is better than... say... a washed-up wrester. But that is exactly the beauty of Mickey's performance. Not anyone would have made this role into such a big film. You could put anyone in the lead role of Milk and they would be considered for this award (no offense to Penn, he is a great actor). Mickey made this movie what it is by transforming a (silly?) story about a wrestler into a heart-wrenching story.
and Mike, the Penn's Steelers comment gave me a laugh... I hope you didn't spend too much time working it into your article.

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Wed Jan 28 2009 12:01:58 By: Mike Ryan (

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@rob who had a broken foot: yeah, I'm still a bit bitter about that, too.
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@Billy Chapel: I agree, Rourke *should* win but, unfortunately, I don't think he will.

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Wed Jan 28 2009 12:54:08 By: Mike Ryan (

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@grimoneus: I loved him in "Frost/Nixon." Other than Rourke, my favorite preformance of the year.

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Wed Jan 28 2009 15:49:25 By: Phoenix 009 (

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HMMMMM.NICE COMPILATION MIKE...I WANT MICKEY TO WIN I DDNT LYK HIM B4 BUT I DNT THINK DATS GONNA HAPPEN,MAYB FRANK OR SEAN.

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Thu Jan 29 2009 00:32:36 By: Stewart172 (

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I haven't seen either performance but my money is on Rourke. Hollywood loves a comeback even more than a gay rights role. Also, I always enjoy seeing "Crash" get ripped. Average movie at best.

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Thu Jan 29 2009 10:30:05 By: Sinbad (

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Sorry guys...I liked Crash. Saw it on DVD when I was on vacation a couple months after it won. I really had no expectations, and haven't watched it since...but I did like it.

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Thu Jan 29 2009 17:07:34 By: Mike Ryan (

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Crash is a terrible, terrible movie.

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Thu Jan 29 2009 17:08:22 By: Blues_Lover (

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Traffic was great. Is Crash similar at all?

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Thu Jan 29 2009 22:01:07 By: Billy Chapel (

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Crash was a decent movie, but it was not an award-winning movie. Saving Ryan's Privates is a classic.

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Thu Jan 29 2009 22:13:01 By: Blues_Lover (

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:D You jumbled the words up :D

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Fri Jan 30 2009 18:06:27 By: Billy Chapel (

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Did I?

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Sat Jan 31 2009 14:25:52 By: Mike Ryan (

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@Blues Lover: "Traffic" was fine but a bit congested. "Crash," on the other hand, was quite jolting and hard to look away from, but in the end a tragic result.

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