Re: Nazi sympathies soft-pedaled in The King's Speech?

> http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/1344-questions-of-truth-circle-oscar-favorites-ap

>> Zuckerberg has pointed holes in the film, claiming that it got his 
>> personality and motivation completely wrong. He has been with the same 
>> girlfriend since before starting Facebook.
>>
>> "It's pretty interesting to see what parts they got right and what 
>> parts they got wrong," Zuckerberg said on "60 Minutes."
>>
>> "They got every single T-shirt that they had the Mark Zuckerberg 
>> character wearing right. I think I actually own those T-shirts."

If memory serves, in one of the DVD audio commentaries, Jesse Eisenberg 
(the actor who plays Zuckerberg) claims that *one* of the T-shirts is 
actually his, but that, yes, the costume designers did make a point of 
ensuring that all the *other* T-shirts were actually worn by the real 
Zuckerberg at some point or other.

>> The best picture category includes two other real life tales: Danny 
>> Boyle's trapped mountain climber drama "127 Hours" and David O. 
>> Russell's boxing saga "The Fighter."

Hmmm, interesting.  I actually tend not to think of 127 Hours as a Best 
Picture contender, because it wasn't nominated for Best Director, and as 
we all know, the Academy recently expanded the Best Picture category from 
five nominees to ten -- so the Best Picture category basically consists of 
five "real" nominees and five "they don't have a chance" nominees.  And 
it's extremely rare for a film to win Best Picture if it hasn't at least 
been *nominated* for Best Director (it last happened 21 year ago).

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