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Why was 'Blame Canada' nominated for the oscar?


I felt it was one of the weaker songs in the movie. My only thought is that all the good songs contained too much swearing.

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What song would you nominate?


The rap version of Uncle *beep*

T & P can rap.

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he is God.

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I reckon IT'S EASY, M'KAY was the best song but the language was the killer for the oscar nomination.

I is very good at mathimaticals and engliz speakings.

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The montage of Viva la resistance' which collaborates Blame Canada in it to me feels like it should have been nominated.

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agreed

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I would have nominated Kyle's Mom's a Bitch. However, the use of the word "BITCH" is too frequent for the Academy. I didn't think it was used that much to be fair.

Dumb and Dumber - 4/10
Empire of the Sun - 8/10
The Break-Up - 3/10

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Plus that one wasn't an 'original song' and thus wouldn't have qualified for the award in the first place.

It was originally from the episode of the show 'Mr Hankey, the Christmas Poo'.

Personally, I think Blame Canada is one of the stronger songs in the film although if you ask me, all 5 of the nominations that year should have gone to the South Park movie.

Uncle *beep* What Would Brian Boitano Do?, It's Easy Mmm'kay, Blame Canada and finally: La Resistance (Medley) which should have won.

Really? Worst film you ever saw? Well, my next one will be better. Hello? Hello?

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Oh yeah, I'd forgotten that! Haven't seen that episode in a while.
Blame Canada is brilliant, it should have won. At least the Academy recognised a film that deserved a nomination for once, though!

Dumb and Dumber - 4/10
Empire of the Sun - 8/10
The Break-Up - 3/10

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My choices would be:

1. Viva La Resistance
2. Up There
3. What Would Brian Boitano Do?
4. It's Easy Mmmmmkay
5. Kyle's Mom's A Bitch

I also thought Blame Canada was kinda boring. But it was cool that Robin Williams sang it at the academy awards.

There is no good or evil, only different opinions

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It's hard to pick a stand-out from that wonderful set of songs. I guess, at a push, Mountain Town would be my favourite (discounting the La Resistance song, which borrowed heavily from the other songs in the movie).

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Great set of songs in this movie. Blame Canada is pretty good, but it's not even close to being the best. The two standouts for me are La Resistance and Brian Boitano.

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*beep* should've won

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I think "It's Easy, Mmm'kay" was the best song.

Other songs were derivative / parody:
Uncle Fluffer: Oklahoma (Theme) (but the "musical hands" deserve a special Oscar.)
Mountain Town: Oh, what a beautiful morning
La Resistance: Les Miserables Act 1 end medley
Up There: 80's pop / early 90's Disney
Kyle's Mama... from the series (not qualified)

Other songs were good, but "It's Easy" could have won, save for the profanity... I mean, it's chocked full of the trademark South park satire and social commentary... while Mr. Mackey's trying to get the kids not to use specific words, his little examples of how to use the substitute words are often mean-spirited... so it's OK to say mean and nasty things to someone, so long as you don't use a "bad word". "'kiss my buns', or 'you're a buns-hole'" Classic.

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I think "Mountain Town" was a much more direct descendant of the opening song "Belle" from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. It definitely owes something to "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning," but looking at the structure of the song you can see some pretty direct parallels to "Belle."

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I think the real question is why did Phil $%&*#@! collins win over top of South Park

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Disney trumped South Park.

It's that man again!!

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