Best Picture went to 'The King's Speech", best Director went to Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech", best Actor went to Colin Firth for "The King's Speech", best Actress went to Natalie Portman for "Black Swan". "Inception", and "The King's Speech" tied with 4 total wins.
Congratulations to all! In the little contest among the swing gang, Mark lead with the most correct picks, 5. Sean had 4, Christian and i had 3 and Logan with 2. It was good to see Kirk Douglas but it was an erie similarity to seeing Dick Clark ring in the new year in a grave robbing sort of way. My picks for highlights were Bob Hope and Randy Newman's acceptance speech.
M. Night Shyamalan just won worst Director Razzie for "The Last Air Bender". The critically epic flop won for other worst categories as well including worst screenplay and worst picture. Comment at the bottom whether you love or hate this.
Also join us March 7th for our second episode where "The Swing Gang" will start coverage of the slow weeks between the Oscars and the blockbuster season. We will spotlight the best and worst of sci-fi and comedy. With titles like 'Peep World' , 'Paul', and 'Apollo 18' on the horizon and the new 'Superman' ready to make or break the teetering franchise, there will be much to discuss.
Peep World
Apollo 18
Also in the next Podcast the merits of 3D will be dissected with the May 2010 Roger Ebert article as our guide. Is it another money making scheme to pad the pockets of a bankrupt Holly Wood? Or is it truly a new 'dimension' in film making?
So for the listener input portion of the show we ask; what's hot and what's not in the world of sci-fi and comedy? What do you think of 3D? And with all we know about the new Superman, from the new face of the hero to the man who would be Aragorn signing on, is going to be Kryptonite or sun light for the Man of Steel?
Naked Crusader's presents "The Swing Gang" Produced by Christian King and Sean Skidmore and hosted by Brandon Schoonmaker. This is the first in our on going film appreciation podcast that follows Brandon, Sean, Logan, Christian and Mark in a conversation style discussion of film related news and entertainment.
In "Leading Stories" some of the major Oscar nominations were compared including 'True Grit' and 'Black Swan'
Another regular segment was introduced called "Sucks Balls/Worth a Shot" The merits of new to be released films were debated where the gang each decided whether it would suck balls or be worth a shot. The segment covered mostly superhero films such as 'Thor', 'Captain America', and 'X-men: First Class'
There were other films discussed but the superhero films stood out. Most of the group agreed that the films were worth a shot but also in agreement was the notion that Hollywood is out of new ideas and rebooting old ideas is all they have left. Or sucking comic books dry.
The podcast was wrapped up with the last regular segment where everyone suggest something new to check out or something that they were specially attached to. Christian opened the floor with "Monster"
Brandon suggested "Gasland" an Oscar nominated documentary
Sean went with a blast from the past and reminded everyone of 'Dances With Wolves'
Check us out next week. "The Swing Gang" Plan to cover the notoriously weak weeks after Oscar with the comedies and sci-fi on the horizon, the merits and pitfalls of 3-D, and the new Superman.
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