What is the secret to winning an Oscar?

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When you watch certain movies, you immediately see that they will win an Oscar. Not because they are especially good, but because they contain certain elements.

Do you have similar predictive abilities? Here is your time to shine.
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Have an actor that is not retarded play retarded (Rain Man).
Slow the movie down by at least 50% to show off the camera work (No Country For Old Men).
Make a movie about a sensitive/controversial subject (Schindler's List).
A sentimental film about a struggling father or mother? (The Pursuit of Happyness).
Tragic love story, and by tragic I mean that people die left and right (Titanic).
Other.

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raves +2 by SparkleyFlowers (NSFW) posted Oct 10, 2008 11:56PM GMT

Answered Other.

Big budget, hot chicks, violence, good acting.

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raves +2 [-] by SparkleyFlowers (NSFW) posted Oct 10, 2008 11:56PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 23:56:19

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Answered Other.
Big budget, hot chicks, violence, good acting.
raves +1 [-] by BloodMist posted Oct 10, 2008 07:29PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 19:29:20

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Answered Other.
Pay the academy off. :)
raves +1 [-] by thewrit posted Oct 10, 2008 07:12PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 19:12:09

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Answered Slow the movie down by at least 50% to show off the camera work (No Country For Old Men).
i always wanted a flamethrower, but this pneumatic weapon is so full of win.
raves +2 [-] by Tomus *Tominadium Vendor* posted Oct 10, 2008 04:49PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:49:09

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Answered Have an actor that is not retarded play retarded (Rain Man).
But as we learned in Tropic Thunder, "never go full retard!"
raves +1 [-] Korinthian replied to Tomus *Tominadium Vendor* Oct 10, 2008 04:51PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:51:04

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Damn, have you seen it?

I wonder if it's out in Sweden yet.
raves +1 [-] Tomus *Tominadium Vendor* replied to Korinthian Oct 10, 2008 04:52PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:52:58

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Yeah, and I thought it was rather comical.

It was fuc*#ng funny as f#%k!
raves +1 [-] Korinthian replied to Tomus *Tominadium Vendor* Oct 10, 2008 04:56PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:56:44

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*Bursts from anticipation*
raves +1 [-] by M&Ms posted Oct 10, 2008 04:47PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:47:32

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Answered Other.
Pick a great period piece and write a great script. Add great producers and designers, and LOAD the cast with British actors. The formula almost always works.
raves +1 [-] Korinthian replied to M&Ms Oct 10, 2008 04:50PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:50:07

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raves +1 [-] M&Ms replied to Korinthian Oct 10, 2008 04:58PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:58:05

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Thank you for uploading the pictures. I was going to add Max Van Sydow, but thought it might look as if I was buttering you up :) But most of my favourite actors are British--Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Judi Davis (Austalian, really), Roger Rees, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Ralph Fiennes, so many more...
raves +2 [-] by masonicatom posted Oct 10, 2008 04:12PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:12:05

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Answered Other.
Blood, amputated limbs, and hot women. Oh, and the whole hero thing.
raves +4 [-] Korinthian replied to masonicatom Oct 10, 2008 04:18PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:18:49

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raves +2 [-] masonicatom replied to Korinthian Oct 10, 2008 04:19PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:19:31

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Robbed.
raves [-] Korinthian replied to masonicatom Oct 10, 2008 04:22PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:22:01

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r'Amen.
raves +1 [-] BloodMist replied to masonicatom Oct 10, 2008 07:30PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 19:30:32

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Damned skippy.
raves +2 [-] Tomus *Tominadium Vendor* replied to Korinthian Oct 10, 2008 04:49PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:49:50

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Ah, the boomstick...classic.
raves +2 [-] by CitizenErased posted Oct 10, 2008 04:06PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:06:16

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Answered Have an actor that is not retarded play retarded (Rain Man).
I'd say that is the easiest way.
But you can't go full retard...

And No Country for Old Men is a GREAT film!
One of the few that actually deserves the Oscar it got.
raves +1 [-] Korinthian replied to CitizenErased Oct 10, 2008 04:07PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:07:48

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Gah, I disagree!

That movie was too slow, and all the wrong people died.
raves +1 [-] CitizenErased replied to Korinthian Oct 10, 2008 04:10PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:10:22

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I know it's a circular argument similar to a religious one...but...um.
That's the point!
The wrong people died because that's what happens in real life.
It wasn't a traditional Hollywood movie with an ending that makes you feel warm and fuzzy.

And i don't think it was too slow at all...It had great pacing.
It built up the tension and let you get to know all the severely flawed, but strangely interesting characters.
raves +1 [-] Korinthian replied to CitizenErased Oct 10, 2008 04:13PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:13:12

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The only interesting character was the murderer.

And I just so happen to like happy endings!
raves +1 [-] CitizenErased replied to Korinthian Oct 10, 2008 04:15PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:15:16

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Then what the firggin' Hell did you go see a Coen Brothers film for?
Stick to your Hollywood produced drivel!
You Philistine!

I'm, of course, joking...but I do think that films don't have to have a sense of closure at the end.
I think they do a better job of reflecting actual life if they don't.
raves +1 [-] Korinthian replied to CitizenErased Oct 10, 2008 04:19PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:19:21

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Hah! I downloaded it!

I live actual life, I don't need to see it on film too!
raves +1 [-] CitizenErased replied to Korinthian Oct 10, 2008 04:21PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:21:05

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Go see...download...same outcome.

Then, as I said, stick to your Hollywood produced drivel.
You Philistine.
raves +1 [-] Korinthian replied to CitizenErased Oct 10, 2008 04:22PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:22:52

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Wasn't No Country For Old Men made in Hollywood?
raves +1 [-] CitizenErased replied to Korinthian Oct 10, 2008 04:25PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:25:57

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Yup.
But it was more independent...Hollywood doesn't work the way it used to.

I'm really referring to the universal "genre" that is Hollywood movie...
"Hollywood" movies are made to deliberately appeal to people all over the world in order to make lots of money.
They do this by having generally predictable stories and characters and often sit nicely in a specific genre of film...like Horror or Comedy.
These film usually have a pretty well defined sense of closure at the end and it's often a "happy" ending of sorts if it's a "Hollywood" movie (depending on the genre).

So that's what I meant.
raves +1 [-] Korinthian replied to CitizenErased Oct 10, 2008 04:26PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:26:31

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Excuses!
raves +1 [-] CitizenErased replied to Korinthian Oct 10, 2008 04:28PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:28:52

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No...facts.
Go watch some mind-numbing crap!
I'll stick to my elitist movies and continue to look down on you, thank you very much!
raves +1 [-] Korinthian replied to CitizenErased Oct 10, 2008 04:29PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:29:37

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I'm gonna go watch Sound of Music again.
raves +1 [-] CitizenErased replied to Korinthian Oct 10, 2008 04:32PM GMTOctober 10, 2008 16:32:17

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Yeah, you'd better run!
Ya pansie!