Comments on: Could Benjamin Button Go 0-13 on Oscar Night? https://staging2.theplaylist.net/could-benjamin-button-go-0-13-on-oscar-20090127/ Sun, 08 Nov 2020 10:02:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: davidbenjamin https://staging2.theplaylist.net/could-benjamin-button-go-0-13-on-oscar-20090127/#comment-4029 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:56:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=8806#comment-4029 Any time a flick gets 13 nominations its going to be polarizing. If you feel we are spending too much time covering it at the expense of other stories, by all means let me know what we are missing.

]]> By: Jiminy Crickets https://staging2.theplaylist.net/could-benjamin-button-go-0-13-on-oscar-20090127/#comment-4003 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:10:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=8806#comment-4003 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was good, but not great. I found it cold and emotionally distant.

YAWN…

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button reminds me too much of Forest Gump. After all, they both loved a girl and worked on a boat.

YAWN…

Is there a manual that comes with these criticisms for Ben Button that no one told me about?

It’s time to get some new material.

]]> By: cirkusfolk https://staging2.theplaylist.net/could-benjamin-button-go-0-13-on-oscar-20090127/#comment-3995 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:17:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=8806#comment-3995 I was just thinking about this happening the other day, and must admit it’s not outside the realm of possibility. Two of my favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption and The Thin Red Line, were both nomed for 7 Oscars and didn’t win a single one, and those were GOOD movies!

On the flip side, Button is the 11th film in history to get at least 13 noms, and 7 out of the other 10 went on to win Best Picture. Two of those films were Shakespeare in Love and Chicago (God how did those films do so well?) and another was Forrest Gump himself.

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