tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post5067799382326814773..comments2024-03-13T06:02:45.251-05:00Comments on Cinema Romantico: Camille Paglia Is My New Hero (Or: Give Kate Winslet Back Her Oscar!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-17881288151896343612011-03-11T08:04:28.363-06:002011-03-11T08:04:28.363-06:00Thank you! I appreciate your support! You are so i...Thank you! I appreciate your support! You are so invited to the protest!Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-25784175434507564652011-03-10T16:47:39.279-06:002011-03-10T16:47:39.279-06:00Kate Winslet is great! And I love TITANIC too. I t...Kate Winslet is great! And I love TITANIC too. I think that most men get too caught up in the romance and, for want of a better word, don't want to look like a sissy.<br /><br />Its bloody good and, damn, right, Winslet should get that Oscar back! bloody Helen Hunt.simoncolumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027922399726786918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-87763469299254773432011-03-09T20:13:15.551-06:002011-03-09T20:13:15.551-06:00Daryl: Please protest on Wilshire Blvd. We want yo...Daryl: Please protest on Wilshire Blvd. We want you nowhere near us.<br /><br />Edward: My apologies. I probably could have explained that. It's just if I realize I have a chance to rant about Kate Winslet my emotions will always get the best of me.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-83552834528224125022011-03-09T18:14:39.002-06:002011-03-09T18:14:39.002-06:00Just to clarify, those weren't my choices alon...Just to clarify, those weren't my choices alone. I conducted a survey of the worst (and the best) and that's how they added up and it was only for the best actress category. We did separate surveys in different years and times for the best and worst best pictures and the best and worst best actors, so you needn't have worried about Marisa Tomei. We never did a survey on the supporting actress winners. I do believe that Hunt did not deserve it because her performance was lacking, if only for that come-and-go accent she tried to use alone. Winslet, Helena Bonham Carter, Judi Dench and Julie Christie all gave better performances that year.Edward Copelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463676135131274426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-22859992715070615862011-03-09T17:13:34.357-06:002011-03-09T17:13:34.357-06:00Billy Zane was the burning sun that lit up your pr...Billy Zane was the burning sun that lit up your precious Kate and made her shine. I'll be protesting THAT Oscar slip-up, thank you.Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267139164984151634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-845552598547569862011-03-09T14:11:47.535-06:002011-03-09T14:11:47.535-06:00Yeah, Helen Hunt never really seemed to capitalize...Yeah, Helen Hunt never really seemed to capitalize - or even really attempt to capitalize - on the momentum of that Oscar.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-54842915581648349172011-03-09T13:54:42.408-06:002011-03-09T13:54:42.408-06:00Well the general attitude was so apathetic that I ...Well the general attitude was so apathetic that I didn't even know Helen Hunt had an Oscar until I read your piece LOLCastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317266954630009383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-49519816043785303872011-03-09T12:41:41.315-06:002011-03-09T12:41:41.315-06:00You know, I have to admit I've never actually ...You know, I have to admit I've never actually seen "Wings of the Dove." But I had been thinking about how I'd never seen it ever since I saw and loved "The Heiress" so much. So I'm putting it in my Netflix queue right now. Thanks for reminding me.<br /><br />Although as great as I'm sure Helena is, I know I'll still be on Kate's side. I'm kinda biased. I mean.....it's Rose.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-18748798031777738852011-03-09T11:44:41.003-06:002011-03-09T11:44:41.003-06:00But, Nicholas, to be frank...you know that that Os...But, Nicholas, to be frank...you know that that Oscar is really Helena Bonham Carter.<br /><br />(But in the Helen/Kate saga my vote goes to Kate obviously. Come on? Is that even a fair competition?)Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-55816350566304430362011-03-09T10:38:47.259-06:002011-03-09T10:38:47.259-06:00If you come anywhere near our protest with your pr...If you come anywhere near our protest with your pro-Hunt propaganda, Camille and I will pelt you with rotten fruit. Fair warning.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-4879279989162610262011-03-09T10:06:07.283-06:002011-03-09T10:06:07.283-06:00As much as I want to march in the streets and thro...As much as I want to march in the streets and throw rocks at the houses of the Academy members, I'm afraid I have to sit this one out. I'm in the minority that think Hunt deserved it. That movie was a nearly unbearable Jack Nicholson mugging showcase, but it stayed slightly afloat thanks to the performances by Hunt and an incredible Greg Kinnear (in one of his first roles that showed he could actually act and not just host late, late, <i>late</i> night talk shows).<br /><br />Put your Rose-colored glasses aside for just a moment (see what I did there?), and really step back and look at <i>Titanic</i>. That was Winslet at about 60% of what she's capable of. Yes, she was good, but she was not great. I know this because I've seen her be great in like 20 other movies. Hunt, on the other hand, has been great exactly once. She deserves to keep her award. Besides, film history has already settled firmly on Kate's side anyway.Wretched Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691397733214664019noreply@blogger.com