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DuffMan
01-22-2008, 11:53 AM
The nominations are out for the Oscars. Here are some of the nominations.
Best Picture: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood), Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (No Country For Old Men), Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton), Jason Reitman (Juno), Julian Schanabel
Best Actor: George Clooney (Michael Clayton), Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood), Johnny Depp (Sweeny Todd), Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah), Viggo Mortenson (Eastern Promises)
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth The Golden Age), Julie Christie (Away From Her), Marion Cotillard (Mome), Ellen Page (Juno), Laura Linney (The Savages)
cindyluvsbrady
01-22-2008, 12:12 PM
As usual,very few things I like are nominated:rolleyes:
PaulFolk
01-22-2008, 03:51 PM
This is, like, the 10th straight year where I haven't seen any of the Best Picture nominees.
DuffMan
01-22-2008, 03:57 PM
This is, like, the 10th straight year where I haven't seen any of the Best Picture nominees.
Well that can't be true, because I remember you made a few posts in the thread I created about the Hobbit. You mentioned the Lord of The Rings movies. All 3 of those have been out in the past 10 years and all three were best picture nominations (so that's at least 3 in the past 10 years!) with Return of The King winning, although if you ask me I think Fellowship of The Ring was the best of the bunch.
As for this years Oscars the Best Actor category really has me interested. I really like Daniel Day-Lewis and I think Viggo Mortenson is very deserving as well. So I am hoping one of those two can win the category.
square634
01-22-2008, 04:02 PM
Ellen Page definitely deserves to win best actress for Juno. I'd never really heard of her, but her performance in that movie was just outstanding.
NewMarketSean
01-22-2008, 04:11 PM
Ellen Page definitely deserves to win best actress for Juno. I'd never really heard of her, but her performance in that movie was just outstanding.
It's between her and Christie, and with the popularity surrounding Juno right now, I bet Page will win.
I personally believe There Will Be Blood will/should win. It was the year's best movie, tied with Zodiac.
As for Once, another one of the year's best movies, which was a non-conventional musical, it only got 1 song nominated, yet 3 frickin' songs from Enchanted are nominated.
A bunch of crap.
And as rumored, the score for There Will Be Blood was not nominated because some lame technicality, but it was by far the year's greatest film score and one of the greatest in film history.
tennOsfan
01-22-2008, 05:17 PM
I thought I'd seen a lot of great movies this year, but only Michael Clayton and No Country For Old Men made it on the Best Picture list. I was really satisfied with Michael Clayton as a film. It's top-notch. I thought No Country for Old Men probably eclipsed it b/c it was just some awesome storytelling. It's ending didn't leave me all that enamored, however.
I can't vouch for his competition, but Johnny Depp gave an Oscar-worthy performance in Sweeney Todd. He usually does.
I was surprised In the Wild received no love. I don't think it should have won Best Picture or Best Director, but perhaps a nomination for one was in order.
NewMarketSean
01-22-2008, 05:39 PM
I thought I'd seen a lot of great movies this year, but only Michael Clayton and No Country For Old Men made it on the Best Picture list. I was really satisfied with Michael Clayton as a film. It's top-notch. I thought No Country for Old Men probably eclipsed it b/c it was just some awesome storytelling. It's ending didn't leave me all that enamored, however.
I can't vouch for his competition, but Johnny Depp gave an Oscar-worthy performance in Sweeney Todd. He usually does.
I was surprised In the Wild received no love. I don't think it should have won Best Picture or Best Director, but perhaps a nomination for one was in order.
Into the Wild > Juno
PaulFolk
01-22-2008, 08:58 PM
Well that can't be true, because I remember you made a few posts in the thread I created about the Hobbit. You mentioned the Lord of The Rings movies. All 3 of those have been out in the past 10 years and all three were best picture nominations (so that's at least 3 in the past 10 years!) with Return of The King winning, although if you ask me I think Fellowship of The Ring was the best of the bunch.
Oh yeah! I forgot those were nominated. All right, I've probably seen about 5-10% of the Best Picture nominees of the last decade. Usually my taste in movies is on a different stratosphere than those of the Academy voters.
rolliefingers
01-22-2008, 09:45 PM
Not having seen all the nominated movies, I'd go with NCFOM as best picture, Lewis as best actor, Cotillard as best actress, and Bardem as supporting actor. Haven't seen any of the supporting actresses.
The Wedge
01-22-2008, 09:47 PM
It's between her and Christie, and with the popularity surrounding Juno right now, I bet Page will win.
Since I'm surprised she got the nom at all, I'm thinking it was a "iron was hot" kind of nom and she might consider herself glad to be nominated. I'd be kind of shocked if Page won in this field, but stranger things have happened.
rolliefingers
01-22-2008, 09:49 PM
I'd be kind of shocked if Page won in this field, but stranger things have happened.
I would, too. I think the Academy will deem her too young to win. I haven't seen Juno, but Cotillard was unbelievable in La Vie En Rose. Almost as good as Lewis in Blood.
Picture: No Country For Old Men
Director: Coen brothers
Actor: Johnny Depp
Actress: Julie Christie
Objectivity
01-23-2008, 02:03 PM
I would, too. I think the Academy will deem her too young to win. I haven't seen Juno, but Cotillard was unbelievable in La Vie En Rose. Almost as good as Lewis in Blood.
I think, from what I've read, that Marion Cotillard is the lock of the Awards. I can't see Blanchett winning for a part she already won for, in a movie that wasn't as good. Page was good, but she's a teen-ish person playing a teen. How much of that was acting and how much of it was her being herself?
The other two? Has Cristie won before? If not, it could be her.
In truth though, it's hard to judge until you've seen the movies. I remember when Adrian Brody won for The Pianist. Everyone called it an upset, but if you saw that performance you couldn't imagine anyone else winning. Of course, I also think The Pianist should have received best picture and Chicago best director (flipping how it actually went).
Dan-O®
01-25-2008, 11:31 AM
I think, from what I've read, that Marion Cotillard is the lock of the Awards. I can't see Blanchett winning for a part she already won for, in a movie that wasn't as good. Page was good, but she's a teen-ish person playing a teen. How much of that was acting and how much of it was her being herself?
The other two? Has Cristie won before? If not, it could be her.
In truth though, it's hard to judge until you've seen the movies. I remember when Adrian Brody won for The Pianist. Everyone called it an upset, but if you saw that performance you couldn't imagine anyone else winning. Of course, I also think The Pianist should have received best picture and Chicago best director (flipping how it actually went).
Blanchett did not win the Oscar for Elizabeth, she famously lost out to Gwyneth Paltrow that year. In fact, she's never won the Best Actress Oscar. Not that Blanchett deserves to win this year, because she doesn't. For the record, her only win was for playing Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator in a Supporting performance.
I just saw La Vie en Rose last night and Cotillard's performance is fantastic. Didn't love the movie but the performance is Oscar-worthy.
Laura Linney is always deserving it seems but the movie she's nominated for this time around doesn't seem to have enough buzz around it (The Savages) to carry her through.
I loved Ellen Page, I think that movie depended entirely on the believability of that character and she sold me.
As for Julie Christie, I am pretty sure she's going to be the one to take it home and place it alongside the Oscar she won 42 years ago for Darling. However, I feel the Academy screwed up immensely by nominating Christie but NOT her co-star Gordon Pinsent, who I thought gave the best performance in that movie (Away from Her) and in most ways gave the more difficult performance.
I'd be happy with any of the five winning since they were all good performances. If I had to rank them I'd probably go:
1. Cotillard
2. Page
3. Linney
4. Christie
5. Blanchett
NewMarketSean
01-25-2008, 11:33 AM
Picture: No Country For Old Men
Director: Coen brothers
Actor: Johnny Depp
Actress: Julie Christie
I wouldn't be surprised to see Depp win because he's Hollywood's darling, and I haven't seen Sweeny Todd, but it'll be hard for anyone to beat out DDL in TWBB. I think that was one of the best all-time performances, ever.
DuffMan
01-25-2008, 11:47 AM
I wouldn't be surprised to see Depp win because he's Hollywood's darling, and I haven't seen Sweeny Todd, but it'll be hard for anyone to beat out DDL in TWBB. I think that was one of the best all-time performances, ever.
What's great about DDL is you get that kind of amazing performance with all of his movies. I still think he should've won Best Actor when was Bill the Butcher in Gangs of New York.
I definitely think he is the favorite going into the Oscars.
My order of who I would like to see win best actor goes like this. 1.DDL
2. Viggo Mortenson 3. Tommy Lee Jones 4. Depp 5. Clooney
Baltimoron
01-25-2008, 01:43 PM
I wouldn't be surprised to see Depp win because he's Hollywood's darling, and I haven't seen Sweeny Todd, but it'll be hard for anyone to beat out DDL in TWBB. I think that was one of the best all-time performances, ever.
You should see it.
The academy loves them some remakes of broadway musicals.
That said, its perhaps the greatest musical ever, and Depp is rather amazing, but DDL's role offers more room IMO, and thus he can and does more with it.
IMO Depp has kinda been shafted by the academy because of his oddball roles, although perhaps some say they tried to make up for it with a nomination for Pirates.
They are both silly good, but in there own ways, which is why the Oscars are kinda meh.
I think Todd gets one award for art direction.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Depp win because he's Hollywood's darling, and I haven't seen Sweeny Todd, but it'll be hard for anyone to beat out DDL in TWBB. I think that was one of the best all-time performances, ever.
I saw Sweeney Todd, but not There Will Be Blood yet. I think it'll be between those 2, but I'm going with the upset.
Well the Oscars are tonight. I tried to catch up with as many movies as possible, but I still haven't seen them all.
My top 10 movies of 2007:
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Eastern Promises
3. Sweeney Todd
4. Gone Baby Gone
5. 3:10 To Yuma
6. Michael Clayton
7. Once
8. SuperBad
9. Rescue Dawn
10. Knocked Up
I still want/need to see There Will Be Blood, Atonement, Into the Wild, American Gangster, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Assassination of Jesse James, and I'm Not There, among others.
DuffMan
02-24-2008, 01:59 PM
I'm glad that they settled the strike so they could have a real show. I think Jon Stewart is great and I'm looking forward to him hosting again.
CrimsonTribe
02-24-2008, 02:46 PM
Not having seen all the nominated movies, I'd go with NCFOM as best picture, Lewis as best actor, Cotillard as best actress, and Bardem as supporting actor. Haven't seen any of the supporting actresses.
I'm going w/ There Will Be Blood for Best Picture, DDL for Best Actor, the Coens for Best Director(s), and Casey Affleck for Best Supporting. No idea on the actresses b/c I've only seen Page.
CrimsonTribe
02-24-2008, 02:51 PM
Well the Oscars are tonight. I tried to catch up with as many movies as possible, but I still haven't seen them all.
My top 10 movies of 2007:
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Eastern Promises
3. Sweeney Todd
4. Gone Baby Gone
5. 3:10 To Yuma
6. Michael Clayton
7. Once
8. SuperBad
9. Rescue Dawn
10. Knocked Up
I still want/need to see There Will Be Blood, Atonement, Into the Wild, American Gangster, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Assassination of Jesse James, and I'm Not There, among others.
Mine goes something like this (all of them are awesome though and the order may not be 100% correct):
1. There Will Be Blood
2. The Assassination of Jesse James
3. Juno
4. No Country for Old Men
5. Gone Baby Gone
6. Lars and the Real Girl
7. Knocked Up
8. Eastern Promises
9. Once
10. Superbad
I didn't see Michael Clayton, American Gangster, Atonement, Into the Wild, Sweeney Todd, and a few others.
cindyluvsbrady
02-24-2008, 03:38 PM
I loved Gone Baby Gone!
bryanman8
02-24-2008, 04:38 PM
Why are the Oscar-nominated movies always so obscure and many relatively unknown?
Why doesn't a movie like Tank mentioned like Superbad or Knocked Up get nominated ever? People loved those and many thought they were easily the funniest of the year.
I guess there's a much-higher intellectual standard for these movies?
Mackus
02-24-2008, 06:28 PM
Why are the Oscar-nominated movies always so obscure and many relatively unknown?
Why doesn't a movie like Tank mentioned like Superbad or Knocked Up get nominated ever? People loved those and many thought they were easily the funniest of the year.
I guess there's a much-higher intellectual standard for these movies?Movies that are mostly drug and sex jokes aren't really great examples of amazing writing, acting, and direction. I loved every second of both of those movies, but I wouldn't argue that they are masterfully put together works. Both have their weaknesses and plot holes and what not, but we all love them because they have likable characters and are hysterical.
I think the main reason movies like these are nominated is because of the term "best movie" and not "favorite movie". Sometimes those terms can coincide, but its not all that often.
For example my favorite movie of all time is The Blues Brothers, but you won't hear me arguing it should've won the best picture Oscar in 1980 (although I would argue it deserved some consideration for the music).
Also, I don't think "obscure and unknown" is quite the same as "unseen by the masses", which is probably what you mean. Just because there are millions of people who'd rather go see Jumper than Into the Wild doesn't make it a better movie.
Movies that are mostly drug and sex jokes aren't really great examples of amazing writing, acting, and direction. I loved every second of both of those movies, but I wouldn't argue that they are masterfully put together works. Both have their weaknesses and plot holes and what not, but we all love them because they have likable characters and are hysterical.
I think the main reason movies like these are nominated is because of the term "best movie" and not "favorite movie". Sometimes those terms can coincide, but its not all that often.
For example my favorite movie of all time is The Blues Brothers, but you won't hear me arguing it should've won the best picture Oscar in 1980 (although I would argue it deserved some consideration for the music).
Also, I don't think "obscure and unknown" is quite the same as "unseen by the masses", which is probably what you mean. Just because there are millions of people who'd rather go see Jumper than Into the Wild doesn't make it a better movie.
Good post.
I think since I started paying attention to the Academy Awards I've been opened up to alot of really good movies that I probably never would've watched. I like to take the best of both worlds.
Mackus
02-24-2008, 10:04 PM
I think since I started paying attention to the Academy Awards I've been opened up to alot of really good movies that I probably never would've watched. I like to take the best of both worlds.Yeah, the amount of nominated movies I've seen at theaters is very low. I'm usually lucky if I saw any of them in the theaters. But I'll go out of my way to try and see them on video either before or after the Oscar's.
DuffMan
02-25-2008, 08:16 AM
So my biggest complaint of the night was Transformers losing to Golden Compass for best visuals! All I can say is WTF!?!
cindyluvsbrady
02-25-2008, 08:47 AM
The ONLY thing I liked was the song that won.The show made me mad!:mad:
Objectivity
02-25-2008, 10:12 AM
I think, from what I've read, that Marion Cotillard is the lock of the Awards.
Hey, I got one right. :D :D :D
I thought it was one of the better award shows in years. It's funny that it took a writer's strike to force them to think about how to make the Oscars better rather than the bloated crap that it's been in recent years.
With less time to overthink the jokes, they seemed funnier and fresher and the montages weren't a bad thing.
A few other general thoughts
1) I thought it odd that the first song in years that required a Debbie Allen "Bad Choreography to the extreme" dance routine didn't get it. That Happy Working song screamed for people in rat costumes on point. ;)
2) I know most people think the score is boring, but couldn't we have had 30 seconds of each score, just the highlight.
3) I thought it was a bit tacky to have soldiers in Iraq do the best short documentary nominees and then seconds later do the long documentaries where several of the films were anti-military. Traditionally, the same presenter does both awards. That Tom Hanks did the second half means that the producers realized it was inappropriate, but didn't care. (No connection to anything, but the subject of the winner of the best short doc is from where I live)
4) It may be sad, but I like the "In Memory" montage every year. Especially since so many of those people are often forgotten. Freddy Fields was an incredible cinamatographer and as much as I hate the movie, A Christmas Story means a lot to a lot of people and the director deserved recognition.
Mu'ayyidSaafir
02-25-2008, 06:39 PM
4) It may be sad, but I like the "In Memory" montage every year. Especially since so many of those people are often forgotten. Freddy Fields was an incredible cinamatographer and as much as I hate the movie, A Christmas Story means a lot to a lot of people and the director deserved recognition.
I always like that part as well. But am I crazy, or did they shaft Brad Renfro? I'm pretty sure he died before Heath Ledger did, so he was within the timeframe. To be honest, I think his death was even sadder than Ledger's, because he never quite got to the point where you could call him a "movie star."
Objectivity
02-25-2008, 10:44 PM
I always like that part as well. But am I crazy, or did they shaft Brad Renfro? I'm pretty sure he died before Heath Ledger did, so he was within the timeframe. To be honest, I think his death was even sadder than Ledger's, because he never quite got to the point where you could call him a "movie star."
They did. One reason I've heard is that he wasn't an Academy member. Much better than the quote on Perez Hilton, something along the line of "We just randomly pick them, there's no meaning there."
I thought it was a good show. I'm glad No Country For Old Men won, it deserved it IMO.