Okay im not saying the reader was better then the wrestler,

but i saw it and thought it was really good

and it didnt deserve the harsh criticism it got and in my mind the best pic nomination wasnt that crazy of a nomination.

Yeah.....but all in all, it sucked!

True that, tyler

Eh, it was pretty crazy. Regardless it is what it is. Thought it was decent.

The Reader was the second best movie nominated for best picture behind slumdog millionaire. Kate Winslet was perfect in her role and the rest of the cast was able to work off of her perfection. The Reader was no fluke, it was the real deal.

For what my opinion is worth, I found it rather mediocre outside of Winslet's role, but it's pretty much a dead issue now.

Well, comparatively speaking it was a fluke when looking at the reviews. But that doesn't mean it's a bad film and it doesn't mean it can't be on anyone's top 5 list.

Any movie can be on anyone's top 5 or top 10 or top however list...my own top 10's on the Main Page certainly don't exclude movies that plenty of people would not agree with...such is the nature of film and preference.

Exactly. My point being you can still love the film but from an Academy perspective, it can still be a fluke in that way. For example, I have Frailty in my top 5 for 2001. If Frailty had been nominated for best picture at the Oscars, it would have been considered a fluke.

Fair enough.

eh, the reader was decent. nothing more. kate winslet was good but in no way deserved that oscar. i don't have this movie in my top 5 or 10 but that's just me. oh....and in no way was it better than the wrestler (best movie of 2008 right there my man).

kate winslet should have won the oscar for revolutionary road not the reader, and that movie should have been nominated for best pic as well and decaprio for best actor , the reader only got in because of the push of some powerful heads in the academy, and the weinstein's etc

The Reader got nominated because of the deaths of Anthony Minghella and Sidney Pollack, Academy-Award winning filmmakers and producers of the film.

The Academy nominated the producers of the film in the Best Picture category and decided to honor Minghella and Pollack one last time by nominating them in this category.

it's possible that was part of the reason, all im saying is revolutionary road was snubbed in the lead actor and actress categories

Revolutionary Road sucked...it was not snubbed in any way.

revolutionary road did not suck, and the acting was superb 100 times better then the reader was in every way, it was sheer politics why rev road did not get love, but nothing the academy does shocks me they get it wrong 50% of the time,

Didn't think the acting was special in RR except for Shannon who stole the show. I don't know, a lot just seemed a bit overkill with overacting which is very uncharacteristic of Winslett. She was definitely better in The Reader.

I disagree completely. In my opinion Leo and Winslet were both phenomenal in Rev Road particularly Winslet who I think won for the wrong movie. I love Brad Pitt and think he is an incredibly underrated actor but he stole Leo's nod for Actor he should have gotten his for Supp for Burn.

Haha I didn't think Pitt was special in Ben Button either so I can't argue that.

No...they got it right this time around.
RR sucked quite a bit...go watch Transformers 2 and be happy about it.

Leonardo DiCaprio deserved to be nominated for Revolutionary Road. What an astounding performance!

The Reader had excellent acting too though, David Kross and Lena Olin deserved nominations as Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress in my opinion.

I would have personally given Kate Winslet the Oscar for Revolutionary Road but she was also great in The Reader.

I'm glad someone (whoever you are Anonymous) agrees with me that Leo deserved the nom and he looked quite sexy in the movie...

I'd love to these those tight buns in front of me, i may not be able to control myself...
I'll make due with the jizz stained poster on my wall

Andrew, you're spot on again about Leo deserving a win, and much more.
His a$$hole is as tight as a school girl's i bet....

can we just comment on the films without the gay content or the homo phobe paranoia please thx

SSR5....what's wrong with these comments...
Dont we all fantasize about studs like Leo...

And the jizz stained poster comment....I've got the Titanic one with Leo and Kate of the boat, except i've put a cut out of my face over Kate's and a cut out of my pe.nis going into Leo's tight buns

I can definitely punch a few out that thought....
One can only dream...am i right SSR5??

suit yourself its just any sex talk strait or not can be kept out of a movie forum, there is other kinds of chat forums for that. my point was leo should have been nominated for rev road, and so should have kate, be will all know how the jews are in hollywood

I thought Leonardo DiCaprio was amazing in Revolutionary Road and its odd how he got almost no recognition what so ever. I suppose it was simply Kate's year.

He easily deserved it over Richard Jenkins and Brad Pitt (both of those performances were fine but Leo was much better).

*the sex comments need to come to an end, and the jew comment from the poster above was also unnecessary.*

i totally agree john, richard jenkins performance was very good, but brad pitt's was nothing to brag about, he was not even in half the movie physically, leo totally got snubbed 100%

Brad Pitt's role was nothing to brag about, but his c.o.c.k is a spectacle to behold.
And dont let me get started on his balls.

I know you know what i mean SSR5...haha
I know you love it.

So where you from SSR5?? Are you a giver or a receiver??
I'll go any way you want baby.

How big yours?? My hole can take it...well maybe 9 inches is my limit...anything after that i'll need some damn good lube.

If i leave a mess afterwards, i'll polish it clean....i've got a mighty tongue for that

Ok so this is the real JoshFi5, whoever the hell is using my log in name, knock it off, its not even slightly amusing. And to the rest of you my apologies for the vulgarity in whoever it is that is using the screen name I have been using for 4 years.

Oh come on JoshFi5, it's pretty obvious that this is you.
I bet you it's been you all along.

Hopefully we dont see you on the new forum