I'm happy to see that Juno got several nods, although I'll be surprised if the movie wins anything, given the drama line up. Of course, the big question is whether the show will go on...
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I have not seen many of the contenders. I saw a trailer for There Will Be Blood and it gave me a giggle-fit. I know the Academy loves Daniel Day Lewis, though.
If No Country For Old Men doesn't win best sound effects editing, hands down, there is no justice in teh world.
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quote:Originally posted by Olivet: I saw a trailer for There Will Be Blood and it gave me a giggle-fit.
That's the reason why I haven't seen it yet. The part of the trailer where Daniel Day Lewis is slapping Paul Dano, who then shrieks like an old woman. Posts: 6689 | Registered: Jan 2005
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Wow....I haven't seen most of these. Granted, I've been out of the country for almost 7 months, but still. I'm very disappointed with myself
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Transformers should not get Visual Effects. I was pretty mad that the transformations were simply blurred morphs and not something that could in theory be built. Unless I'm wrong about that.
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quote:Originally posted by Olivet: I saw a trailer for There Will Be Blood and it gave me a giggle-fit.
That's the reason why I haven't seen it yet. The part of the trailer where Daniel Day Lewis is slapping Paul Dano, who then shrieks like an old woman.
I couldn't make up my mind whether it was supposed to be a serious drama, or the 'Oscar Drama' equivalent of Shoot 'Em Up (which was an unwinking parody of the gun-play/action genre, in case somebody didn't know). I'd have been more interested in the latter.
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Enchanted has 3 noms for best song. When was the last time a single movie got so many nominations in a single category?
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I've only seen Atonement of the films nominated for best picture, and while it was a good film it wasn't a great one, so if it wins that means it must have been a bad movie year.
I'm surprised the Romanian 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days is not nominated for best foreign film. Well, I haven't actually seen it so I don't know if it is actually good, but all the critics here have said it's the best film of the year. Plus it won at Cannes.
I sincerely hope Persepolis wins best animated feature. And that Cate Blanchett won't win best actress for Elisabeth.
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I hope No Country For Old Men wins Best Picture, but I really don't care. That movie needs no validation.
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I really hope that Cate Blanchett wins for I'm Not There though. I think that would be amazing. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I've seen some clips, and they're incredible. Plus, she's been getting Oscar buzz for that roll since it came out.
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It saddens me that Norbit got an nomination. I work at Blockbuster at home, and every time someone rents it, I just look at them and say, "Really?"
Actually, I don't do that, but I wish I did. There are so many movies that I wish I could do that for. But I feel like we'd lose a lot of our business.
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I was kinda just going along with Ratatouille until the scene when the critic takes a bite of the titular dish, for some reason right then I wanted to cry.
But I'm rooting for Surf's Up in the animated category. It's rare that I watch a movie and immediately want to watch it again.
I think Charlize Theron was nominated for an Oscar and a Razzie in the same year, for North Country and Aeon Flux.
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Personal picks (keeping in mind I haven't seen all of these):
Best Actor: Viggo Mortenson (Eastern Promises)
Supporting Actor: Can't say, haven't seen enough of these, but Hoffman was good in Charlie Wilson's War.
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (Golden Age)
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
Animated Feature: Haven't seen Persepolis, but I loved Ratatouille.
Art Direction: Atonement, but I guess I'd be okay with Sweeney Todd.
Cinematography: Atonement
Costume Design: I'd love to say Atonement since I loved it so much, but I can't imagine anyone other than Elizabeth Golden Age wins. The costumes are just stunning.
Directing: Hard to say, I haven't seen enough of them.
Documentary feature: I want to see Taxi to the Dark Side, but it isn't out around here yet. Sicko shouldn't win. It raises the issues, that was good stuf, but you have to back it up with facts at that point. So no opinion yet.
Skip a few until we get down to Makeup, where I'd say Pirates actually, but I don't think nominating Norbit was out of bounds. I don't think it should win, but, it should be on there.
Score: 3:10 to Yuma had good music, but Atonement had an amazing score. It blew me away.
Song: That's How You Know from Enchanted. Loved it. Didn't see Once, and I thought August Rush had a lot of good music (I got the soundtrack and I love it), I think Enchanted really nailed it.
Best Picture: Atonement
Short Film Animated: Only saw Peter and the Wolf thanks to Puffy Treat, but it was good.
Visual Effects: Meh. All three were extremely graphics heavy, it's hard to choose, but I think Transformers might take it in the end. Though personally I lean towards Pirates. Other than the bears, which were beautifully animated (mostly Iorek and Iofur), not much else was impressive.
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One question... is Atonement supposed to be subtitled, or are you just supposed to smile and nod through the French parts and read the body language?
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You're s'poseta sleep through Atonement, especially the English parts. Then be so embarrassed at missing everything that you'll tell your friends that it's must-see high art.
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All these movies are downers! The happiest one is about unplanned, romanticized, teenage pregnancy. Fun!
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quote:Originally posted by Juxtapose: No nomination for Paprika.
Paprika was submitted for the 2006 Oscars. It didn't make it past the submission stage to actual nomination.
That was the year the Academy decided creepy, unconvincing CGI mo cap penguins were preferrable to all else.
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I've seen 4 of the movies nominated, but 2 of them were in the special effects and/or sound editing categories. Several of the ones higher up I'm interested in seeing but was leaning more toward Netflix when they come out on DVD.
quote:Originally posted by sylvrdragon: One question... is Atonement supposed to be subtitled, or are you just supposed to smile and nod through the French parts and read the body language?
Just learn French. It's not that hard. Posts: 2705 | Registered: Sep 2006
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quote:Originally posted by aspectre: You're s'poseta sleep through Atonement, especially the English parts. Then be so embarrassed at missing everything that you'll tell your friends that it's must-see high art.
High art, not necessarily, though some of it was certainly impressive on that scale. It was just a really, really good movie. I'm extremely glad that I saw it, and I think it was probably the best movie that I saw last year. The acting was good, the music matched the film perfectly (I loved the typewriter), some of the shots in the movie were just awe inspiring, and the whole thing left me emotionally drained at the end. Either you didn't actually see it aspectre, or it was never your thing to begin with, but it wasn't bad.
And also, there's maybe three, four minutes of French in the movie, and it's subtitled.
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quote:Originally posted by Evie3217: I really hope that Cate Blanchett wins for I'm Not There though. I think that would be amazing. I haven't seen the movie yet, but I've seen some clips, and they're incredible. Plus, she's been getting Oscar buzz for that roll since it came out.
I just got back from seeing this. About 35% of it went right over my head (honestly, I can't remember the last time I felt so intellectually inferior), and yet I thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact, now that I've had some time to process it all I'd like to go see it again as soon as possible.
Blanchett really was amazing. She deserves to win for this, I think.
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So sue me, I really think Amy Adams should have been nominated for her performance in Enchanted. She took a deceptively difficult role and pulled it off beautifully. Heck, two of her scenes transcended the film, making it briefly brilliant instead of just fun. Posts: 6689 | Registered: Jan 2005
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It'd be really cool if Blanchett won two trophies for the two separate movies, but I seriously doubt the Academy would allow that.
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quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: So sue me, I really think Amy Adams should have been nominated for her performance in Enchanted. She took a deceptively difficult role and pulled it off beautifully. Heck, two of her scenes transcended the film, making it briefly brilliant instead of just fun.
I agree 100%, and not just because I have a mad crush on Amy Adams.
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quote:Originally posted by Juxtapose: No nomination for Paprika.
Paprika was submitted for the 2006 Oscars. It didn't make it past the submission stage to actual nomination.
That was the year the Academy decided creepy, unconvincing CGI mo cap penguins were preferrable to all else.
See, for some reason, I thought that submitted movies (with the exception of foreign film category) had to have an LA theatrical release. It never occurred to me that it would have been submitted in a previous year.
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quote:Originally posted by Juxtapose: See, for some reason, I thought that submitted movies (with the exception of foreign film category) had to have an LA theatrical release. It never occurred to me that it would have been submitted in a previous year.
Heck, it only hit the local art house theater in my area for three days in May of 2007 before it vanished. Posts: 6689 | Registered: Jan 2005
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What's weird, where I live Paprika hit the DVD shelves before it hit the theaters.
About Atonement, I thought it was a film that had a great premise, and as others have said it was very professionally made. However, I do also think it could have gone to much more interesting places with the premise. The whole sequence in France, while containing that cool (seemingly) unbroken camera shot, was unnecessary in a film that was should have been more about the little girl. Her torment was the interesting bit, not McAvoy's saintly traipsing through war.
In the end, it was a good film, but not a great one. I'm okay for it excelling in the technical awards but will be disappointed if it wins Best Picture. (Though since I haven't seen the other best picture nominees that can be taken with a grain of salt, I don't know if they're actually any better...)
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OK, I see that 3:10 to Yuma only gets in on the music and sound awards.
I don't think it should win necessarily, but to get shut out so completely is a bunch of freakin' crap.
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I think Ben Foster should've gotten a nom for best supporting actor in 3:10. And it should've gotten a couple other nods. It was a great movie.
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My main take so far: this year's a stylish one. Most of the dresses I've seen so far tonight are gorgeous.
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