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If Heath get a posthumous Oscar, would that redeem the Academy?
Kerry:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on July 19, 2008, 10:54:35 am ---
No. Too late.
Heath should have gotten it for Ennis and BBM should have gotten the Best Picture award period.
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Me too. Too late. :'(
Gabreya:
It's been too late for a long time for them anyway.
Let's face it. The Academy Awards are a BIG JOKE today. Nobody REALLY doesn't take it seriously all that much anymore.
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: loneleeb3 on July 28, 2008, 09:18:06 am ---Remind me not to piss you off!! ;D
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You can say that twice and mean it, Rich! Our Barb's a lively litle gal. :)
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: optom3 on July 28, 2008, 11:03:34 pm ---Heath once spoke of feeling like a commodity, eg a bottle of coke, being branded etc for mass consumption,despite the fact it was disgusting.It was the main reason he deliberately moved away from the Hollywood pretty boy roles and started after AKT to look for considerably more demanding and less obvious roles.
He could have taken the easy route with his looks, but chose diversification instead. I really hope at that level he does not get nominated for an Oscar. It would be the final insult and betrayal, for him to be treated as a commodity, after his demise, when it was his desire to escape as far as possible from that, which led to his greates role as Ennis.Which the Academy were to cowardly to recognise.
Personally, I hope they all choke on their collective bile !!
Bitter me? No whatever gave you that idea?
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Totally agree with all you've said.
I was just reading an article in which Michael Caine was quoted as saying that if Heath were still alive, this performance would have sent him into the stratosphere. And I actually said out loud, "He would have hated that."
It still really hurts whenever I catch myself thinking of him in the past tense. Damn reality.
Gabreya:
I know. Reality and death is a BITCH. Heath truelly were one of the good ones. And he will be NEVER forgotten. Never. :(
Oh, guess what. Today, I went back to see the TDK for the second time. My own mother said that he deserves an Oscar, too! SHOCKING. Not really. But, yes. Heath delivers as usual. And this time, I actually paid close attention to the Joker's perspective. He actually did prove a point.
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