Comments on: Oscar Snubs 2008: ‘Wild,’ Gangster, Jolie, Eddie Vedder Denied https://staging2.theplaylist.net/oscar-snubs-2008-wild-gangster-jolie-20080122/ Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:01:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: rodrigoperez https://staging2.theplaylist.net/oscar-snubs-2008-wild-gangster-jolie-20080122/#comment-689 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:22:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=11468#comment-689 All I ask is that you read before you post. See our thoughts about “Wild.” They are basically the same as yours.

]]> By: Red7Eric https://staging2.theplaylist.net/oscar-snubs-2008-wild-gangster-jolie-20080122/#comment-684 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:51:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=11468#comment-684 Personally, I couldn’t stand Into the Wild — if Penn’s aim was to get me to sympathize with his spoiled, petulant lead character, it didn’t work. I appreciate the fact that Emile Hirsch starved himself to play those final scenes, but I don’t want to give him an award for it.

On the other hand, I loved Sweeney Todd. I’m rooting for Depp for the win and was upset that it was shut out of both the Best Picture and Best Director categories. But — diff’rent strokes and all that …

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