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Curious George (2006) IMDB rating: 6.70 Plot: The man with the yellow hat named Ted Shackleford works at a natural history museum that’s fallen on hard times. The museum director’s son wants to turn it into a parking lot, but Ted offers to bring back a mysterious idol from Africa that’s guaranteed to pull in crowds. Unfortunately, the idol turns out to be three inches tall. But Ted accidentally brings back a lonely yet irrepressible monkey, soon dubbed George. They set off on a non-stop action, fun-filled journey through the wonders of the big city toward the warmth of true friendship.

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Which one of these Oscar winners for best actor in a leading role (Last 30 Years) didn't deserve it?
2008:
Sean Penn (Milk) VS Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) or Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

2007:
Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood) VS Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd), George Clooney (Michael Clayton) or Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valey of Elah.

2006:
Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scottland) VS. Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness) or Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond)

2005:
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) VS. Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain), Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line) or Terrance Howard (Hustle & Flow) or David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck)

2004:
Jamie Foxx (Ray) VS. Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda), Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator) or Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)

2003:
Sean Penn (Mystic River) VS Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean), Ben Kingsley (House of Sand and Fog), Jude Law (Cold Mountain) or Bill Murray (Lost in Translation)

2002:
Adrien Brody (The Pianist) VS. Jack Nicholson (About Schmith), Michael Caine (The Quiet American), Nicolas Cage (Adaptation) or Daniel Day Lewis (Gangs of New York)

2001:
Denzel Washington (Training Day) VS. Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind), Sean Penn (I am Sam) or Will Smith (Ali)

2000:
Russell Crowe (Gladiator) VS. Tom Hanks (Cast Away) or Ed Harris (Pollock)

1999:
Kevin Spacey (American Beauty) VS Denzel Washington (The Hurricane), Sean Penn (Sweet and Lowdown) or Russell Crowe (The Insider)

1998:
Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful) VS. Tom Hanks (Saving Private Ryan) or Edward Norton (American History X)

1997:
Jack Nicholson (AS Good As It Gets) VS. Dustin Hoffman (Wag The Dog) or Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting)

1996:
Geoffrey Rush (Shine) VS Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire) or Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient)

1995: Nicolas Cage (Leving Las Vegas), Anthony Hopkins (Nixon) or Sean Penn (Dead Man Walking)

1994:
Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) VS Morgan Freeman ( The Shawshank Redemption)

1993:
Tom Hanks (Philadelphia) VS Daniel Day Lewis (In the Name of the Father), Anthony Hopkins (The Remains of the Day) or Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List)

1992:
Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) VS Robert Downey Jr. (Chaplin), Denzel Washington (Malcom X) or Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven)

1991:
Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs), Robert DeNiro (Cape Fear) or Robin Williams (The Fisher King)

1990:
Jeremy Irons (The Reversal of Fortune) VS. Kevin Costner (Dances With Wolves), Robert DeNiro (Awakenings) or Gerard Depardieu (Cyrano de Bergerac)

1989:
Daniel Day Lewis (My Left Foot), Tom Cruise (Born the Fourt of July), Morgan Freeman (Driving Miss Daisy) or Robin Williams (Dead Poets Society)

1988:
Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) VS Gene Hackman (Mississippi Burning) or Tom Hanks (Big)

1987:
Michael Douglas (Wall Street) VS William Hurt (Brodcast News), Jack Nicholson (Ironweed) or Robin Williams (Good Morning Vietnam)

1986:
Paul Newman (The Color of Money) VS William Hurt (Children of a Lesser God)

1985:
William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman) VS Jack Nicholson (Prizzi’s Honor) or Jon Voight (Runawat Train)

1984:
F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus) VS. Jeff Brides (Starman) or Albert Finney (Amadeus)

1983:
Robert Duvall (TenderMercies) VS. Michael Caine (Educating Rita) or Albert Finney (The Dresser)

1982: Ben Kingsley (Gandhi) Vs. Dustin Hoffman (Tootsie)

1981:
Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond) VS. Warren Beatty (Reds) or Paul Newman (Absence of Malice)

1980:
Robert DeNiro (Raging Bull) VS. John Hurt (The Elephant Man) or Peter O’Toole (The Stunt Man)

1979:
Dustin Hoffman (Kramer VS. Kramer ), Jack Lemon (The Cina Syndrome) or Al Pacino (And… Justice for All)

1978:
Jon Voight (Coming Home) VS. Warren Beatty (Heven Can Wait) or Robert DeNiro (The Deer Hunter)

I’m OK with all of them but I have heard a lot of discussions because of these that is why I want to know your opinion. What do you think?

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of the ones I’ve seen, the ones I have a problem with even being nominated:

Johnny Depp for Finding Neverland–love him as an actor, but that movie wasn’t that great, and his performance, though good, was still one of his least impressive.

Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan–again, a good, solid performance, but not outstanding.

Russell Crowe’s performance in Gladiator wasn’t so much because it was difficult as it showed raw star power. His win was more about the difference between that role and his much more impressive turn in The Insider. There are a lot of these performances that are more about star power and charisma than they are about any real stretch as an actor (in particular Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman)

Kevin Costner for Dances With Wolves–great, epic movie. great direction (though a bit long). but just okay acting.

LilyRT | Nov 21, 2009

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Nearly all of them didn’t even deserve to be nominated by my definitions.
Awards are for Shakespeare-trained actors–with above-average voices, high intelligence and neutral accents. They’re the real professionals.
They’re the only ones who can adequately play officers, above sergeant rank,
successful professionals, and in the past and future in sci-fi or historical films.

Instead of rewarding professionals, people only good enough for folk-accent movies are constantly being allowed to play roles they scientifically can’t possible succeed in and even being handed awards for them.
Also, since actors get better with age, the way old wine does, actors over 45 most often act from within and younger actors just play themselves usually. So they are better.

From your list, for instance, in 1995, Sean Penn was miles above the other two; and in 1979 none of the three deserved to be nominated. With the ladies, the bias against professionalism is even clearer. Thank you for asking.
Robert David M | Nov 21, 2009

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Johnny Depp deserved it all.
The_deamon_barbers_apprentice | Nov 23, 2009

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Im Just going to answer for the past 10years:

2008-Micky Rouke deserved to Win Best Actor over Sean Penn
2007-Daniel Day-Lewis deserved to win Best actor
2006-IDK I didnt see all the actors in that category
2005-Phillip Seymour Hoffman deserved to win Best Actor
2004-Jamie Foxx deserved to win Best Actor
2003-Sean Penn deserved to win Best Actor
2002-Nicolas Cage deserved to Win Best Actor over Adrian Brody
2001-Russell Crowe deserved to win Best Actor over Denzel Washington
2000-Tom Hanks deserved to win Best Actor over Russell Crowe
1999-Kevin Spacy deserved to win Best Actor
1998-Edward Norton deserved to win Best Actor over Roberto Benigni

….IDK, Oscars are all politics and get it right about half the time….
max | Nov 23, 2009

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Everything I know is Johnny Depp will win one soon, he’s due long ago
Isadepp | Nov 24, 2009

Road to El Dorado, The (2000) IMDB rating: 6.40 Plot: In 1517, Spanish-wanted street swindlers Miguel and Tulio’s uncanny luck gets them a map to El Dorado and a stowaway passage, albeit in Cortez’s stocks destined for floggings and slavery on Cuba. They escape, thanks to the war horse Altivo; a storm brings them on a Mexican shore fitting the map, so they enter the city, where high priest Tzekel-Kan welcomes them as the prophesied gods, accidentally confirmed by a volcanic rumble. Only temple thief Chel sees trough their game, so she’s allowed into the scam to steal the golden treasure. They abolish human sacrifices and learn the high-priest rivals for power with the chief, so they play them against each-other. Meanwhile Cortez arrives and follows the tramps’ trail. When Tzekel-Kan tricks Tullio into reintroducing sacrifices, the river of blood tradition requires to start the jaguar age, Miguel braves him, making a dangerous enemy who uses black magic having realized they’re mortal. Now two major dangers attack the city and its ‘patron gods’.

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What is the story behind "The Road to El Dorado"?
I love the dreamworks/ppixar animated film "The Road to El Dorado". I was wondering if it is based off a true story. If so, what is the name of the story and where can I find it?

Thank you guys in advance,
Brandy

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Well, it is true that some scholars believe Tenochtitlan was El Dorado, it was actually one of the many "legends" the natives of the Americas used to distract the Conquistadors and lead them farther away from their own village.

Remember how the evil sorcerer meets his end? He leads Cortes to the old, destroyed entrance. Cortes believes he has lied and enslaves him.

In reality, a sacrificial villager would claim to have been to El Dorado before, and leads the armies of Spain far away from their home village. They played the Conquistadors for fools as long as they could before the spanish realized their guide’s true intentions and killed them.

They also told stories of bird men and a tribe with ears that hang down to their feet. And the spanish believed these tales as well.

If you want more info on the origin of the many different events in the story and how they relate to central american culture, email me at anicetusursus@yahoo.com

Arthursis | Sep 26, 2009

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Taco Shop.

Never seen the movie.
Mewtwo | Sep 26, 2009

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no it is not based on a true story. however THERE REALLY IS A PLACE "EL DORADO!" !!!! i learned about it in 8th grade and i even watched the film bc of history.. the story is based on aztecs and how they lived… el dorado is in mexico and it was called the city of gold. however just like how columbus took over america, this spain dude conquered the place… i forget what place it is now… but if u want watch apocalypto…wait!
ok so i just checked my old 8th grade notebook and i found this:

- the person who conquered "el dorado" - hernando cortez
- el dorado is ACTUALLY tenochtitlan
- montezuma II(the 2nd) was the king of tenochtitlan aka el dorado!!!!!

take note that in el dorado the place seems wonderful but the aztecs(the ppl living in el dorado) did conquer the neighboring towns…see the trailer/movie of apocalypto!! its very ghoury but its from a view/perspective of the neighboring towns and how the aztecs ruined their lives!!!(you can find it on youtube…!
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-d4woinx 9Y )
enjoy!
babygirlx3 | Sep 26, 2009

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It’s the story of Coronado, you can find plenty of information on him online with google searches. Search with his name, or under ‘conquistadore in America’.

As for the movie itself, no, there is no ‘true’ story about the two characters, the horse, or the people they met behind the waterfall, it was all extrapolation to do a story based only vaguely on the fact the natives had gold jewelry who lived in the mountainous areas.
Elaine M | Sep 26, 2009

Futurama: Bender’s Big Score (2007) IMDB rating: 8.10 Plot: Planet Express sees a hostile takeover and Bender falls into the hands of criminals where he is used to fulfill their schemes.

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What's your opinion on the new Futurama flick ^_^?
I liked it, but I kinda felt like it wasn’t the best =[ I think Bender's Big Score was the best of the three ^_^
I'm talking about Bender's game ^_^ I thought it was so-so. You should see the first one =]

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Pity it’s not as good as it could be, but like you said, Futurama’s worst is still better than almost everything else out there… often including even The Simpsons.

i have to say the all-round creepiness of the feature won me over. Less on the gags but more on the story was interesting. I prefer a better balance of both, but it was curious to see nonetheless, it was funny as usual.

Taboohunter | Nov 05, 2008

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u r right .good luck.
i love god as i love myself. | Nov 05, 2008

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Are you talking about the Beast with a (I forget the #) backs?

That one was really strange. I didn’t get to watch Bender’s big score. I know, sad.

What was the other one? I thought there were four too.
Shmoo | Nov 05, 2008

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I love all things Futurama, but I have not seen that one yet.
Thynight | Nov 05, 2008

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The Beast With A Billion Backs is my favorite of the three. Bender’s Big Score is my second favorite. Bender’s Game was alright but lacking in the witty humor that made the other two movies so good.
Team InuYasha | Nov 05, 2008

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Ilove the way you think!!
MissCherry 26 | Nov 05, 2008

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couldn’t agree more. Besides the same animator and creator of Shows like futurama have already did an episode in all their other shows like that in the past.
Mic the Cat | Nov 05, 2008