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I'm really looking forward to the Oscar show this year, so many top performances, behind the scenes work, and motion pictures have been nominated. It's going to be exciting.
 
Whoot! I love awards season! :hyper:

I'm surprised by Dreamgirls being snubbed for best picture, considering Chicago had been nominated (and won). Little Miss Sunshine in its place? I'm okay with that. Dreamgirls wasn't that great as a whole picture (very enjoyable, but not best-picture-worthy perhaps), and LMS didn't make me laugh as much as I had heard it would, but there you go.

Very happy to see Ryan Gosling's nomination, and the United 93 director. He won't win, but he did an outstanding job with that movie.

Very meh on kids receiving acting nominations. If she wins, I'm going to be super pissed. Besides, even though she's cute and a perfectly fine little actress, I don't think her performance merited a nomination.
 
Am I the only one that doesn't get the Dreamgirls fuss? It was a good movie but I don't know why it should be oscar worthy even.

I do think Eddie Murphy gave a great performance, but I was looking at my watch during the film.
 
i'm going to incurr the possible ire of everyone and say that, while Helen Mirren was totally good and all, Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal" was better.

she eats Cate Blanchette for breakfast in that movie, and Ms. Blanchette is a very good actress.

go, Dame Judy, go!
 
I'd love to see Kate Winslet finally win something, but it ain't going to happen this year with that competition!
 
Borat was an adapted screenplay?

Children of Men didn't get nearly enough recognition.
 
I had the same question about Borat. Adapted from what? The Borat sketches on the Ali G show?
 
I need to get out and see these movies :grumpy:
Would prefer to see them from the comfort of my couch, but... oh well. Not happening if I want to see them before Oscar time. Although the year The Aviator was out, we got an academy DVD to watch :shifty: (overrated)
 
corianderstem said:
I had the same question about Borat. Adapted from what? The Borat sketches on the Ali G show?
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:up:

I liked seeing some Prestige noms, even though I think it should've been under Best Adapted works too.

Children of Men get fucked too, pure and simple.

Here's what I see happening:

Picture: Little Miss Sunshine / The Departed
Actor: Forest Whitaker
Actress: Helen Mirren
Supp. Actress: Jennifer Hudson / Abigail Breslin.
Supp. Actor: Eddie Murphy
Director: Martin Scorcese

I haven't seen Dreamgirls, but Little Miss Sunshine was definitely one of the best movies of the year, and deserves every bit of recognition it gets.

Abigail Breslin could beat out Hudson, just because of the lack of Dreamgirls love. Eddie Murphy is in a tough category, I'm basing off of the Golden Globe and other critical awards.

Scorcese will win this year, even if The Departed doesn't.

Oh, and is it creepy that the guy that played Kelly Leak from The Bad News Bears is playing a pedophile?

Answer: Yes.
 
OK, here we go. I've seen (I think) 43 movies this year, at my last tally...some thoughts on the nominations, from what I've seen:

SO GLAD that Dreamgirls got shut out from the major categories (can't wait to hear what Papa Knowles is going to have to say after Beyonce and the picture didn't get noms, after his bitching when they won their 3 Golden Globes). I thought it was just OK. I think Murphy and Hudson deserved their nominations (though, I don't think either of them would be my choice to win; that'd be Haley and probably one of the Babel ladies). I think the THREE Best Song nominations are kind of ridiculous (love how they're going to ride their "Most Nominated Film" bit, while almost half of them are in this category). The design nominations are also deserved.

Totally A-OK with the Best Actor and Actress nominees. I'm so thrilled Sacha Baron Cohen didn't sneak in there over Ryan Gosling (though, I haven't had a chance to see Half Nelson yet...waiting with baited breath for it to be released on DVD). I still need to see Venus, so I can't really compare fairly, but I really hope Whitaker wins and they don't give a "pity" award to O'Toole. Sure, he's gotten the shaft before, but overlooking a career-high performance (from a solid, underrated actor) is not the way to go here, folks!

Kind of glad to see Nicholson dropped from the Supporting Actor list. I sometimes feel he makes the cut just for "being Jack." Though, I would have preferred James McAvoy or Michael Sheen to have gotten in there over Wahlberg.

WHERE IS VOLVER?!?!?! Admittedly, I've only seen Volver and Pan's (which I'd imagine has this pretty much sewn up now), but I'll be catching Water on DVD, and The Lives of Others and Days of Glory are due out in limited release in a few weeks, so I'll be pretty much caught up by Oscar night. I thought Volver would be a shoe-in just because it was Almodovar (and it had strong buzz). This was more surprising to me than the Dreamgirls "snub."

WTF is up with Borat's Adapted Screenplay nomination? First of all, it's basically improvised. I know they must have conceived of general plans that they wanted to execute, etc, but I don't see how this could be nominated for Screenplay. As much as I LOVE Christopher Guest movies, that would be like nominated one of his here...And when they're dropping Thank You for Smoking and The Devil Wears Prada (which I didn't love, but was a VAST improvement on the novel)...GRRRR!!!!

Guess that's enough bitching for now.

A few positives before I go, though...

LOVE the love for Pan's Labyrinth! I hope they pick up some design nominations in addition to Foreign Film.

*fingers crossed* for a Cinematography win for Children of Men. Those jaw-dropping long takes were outrageous, and I'd love to see this pick something up on Oscar night. (Wish studios would shy away from the ridiculously late release dates; I think this suffered big-time because of this).

What a come-back for Jackie Earle Haley! I'd love to see him win, but it's probably rather unlikely (though he has won his fair share of critics' awards). Pretty ballsy to take on a role like that!

Even though I'm not as gaga over her performance as most, what a hell of a story Jennifer Hudson has! I was so livid when she got ousted from Idol, and boy, what a way to bounce back.

And one more big hooray for Little Miss Sunshine. Probably not the best film out there, but I love when a little film show up in a BIG way!
 
:applaud: Helen


:applaud: Kate


:applaud: Judi



Soooo happy for my fav Brit actresses - i've always wanted Kate to win one but it's got to be Helen this year :yes:



One day Kate :heart: :happy: :bow:
 
I didn't love Little Miss Sunshine like everyone else, so I'm a little put off by its Best Picture nomination. I guess it took Dreamgirls' place on the list, and I definitely wouldn't say Dreamgirls was better than LMS.

Eh, whatever. I'll only be cheesed off it it wins, which I doubt it will.

But yeah, I can't wait to hear Daddy Knowles get all het up about the nominations. Tee hee!
 
I actually like this year's nominations, Babel is one of the best movies ever made... seriously
 
My reactions:

I hope "The Departed" wins but I have a dreadful feeling that the Academy will pick the good but not great "Babel" instead. Oh well, at least it will be a more deserving winner than the frigging TV-movie-of-the-week "Million Dollar Baby".

I really hope Scorcese wins and I don't see it as a pity award because IMO "The Departed" was superb. Very happy to see Mark Wahlberg nominated for his turn. VERY happy that Rinko Kikuchi got a nomination; the Japanese section of "Babel" was easily the best thing about the film.

I'm not sure why exactly Meryl Streep is nominated for Best Actress when her role is basically supporting (not to say that I didn't adore her in "Devil Wears Prada"). But then the same bunch gave Judi Dench supporting gong for what amounts to a cameo, :huh:

Yay for "Water" getting a Best Foreign Film nod, but where the bleeding heck is "Volver"???

THREE songs from "Dreamgirls"? Overkill anyone?

As expected, "Casino Royale" gets no love from the Academy.
 
Personally I loved Little Miss Sunshine to bits. I'm not one to find movies funny and they never make me laugh (but for some reason tv shows do e.g. office, curb, a.d., house etc..) but there were moments in this movie were I was really laughing out loud and then the next scene it would be a bit of a downer. The movie was refreshing and honest, simple yet complex.
There are so many little awkward & humorous scenes that just kill me. Overall I think it's an excellent film about family that doesn't seem forced and rightfully deserves to be nominated.
:reject:
I'm not very impressed whatsoever with the list of nominees. The majority of those movies feel like they were only made to win awards. Children of Men was completely snubbed.
 
So happy (and a bit amazed, to be honest) over Little Miss Sunshine. I never thought I'd see the day Mark Wahlberg would be nominated for an Academy Award. An American Idol "reject", too, no less.

I just watch the show for the spectacle. I could really care less in the end who wins, because as past years have shown the best films usually don't get the recognition they deserve.
 
I love Little Miss Sunshine, but the only person I found irreplaceable (as in, no one else could've played the role as well) was Alan Arkin. Honestly he gave me more laughs than the little girl.

I haven't seen many of the other movies so my picks are really based on previous experiences watching the actors.
 
I could easily have put United 93 in the Best Picture race instead of Little Miss Sunshine. At least he was nominated for director.
 
How United 93 does not get a Best Picture nomination defies logic, to me.

Agreed on the earlier post that the best part of Babel was the part of the story taking place in Japan.

I think that if Scorcese wins, it's because of the film, and not life-time achievement. That film was highly praised by critics and most people I know that saw loved it. (I wish Gangs of New York got more love when people mention it...Daniel Day Lewis's performance alone makes it worth watching, and I think the first 90 minutes are fairly riveting, but that's just me).

Rooting for Children of Men to win for cinematography, some of the scenes were insanely gripping and all of the film was amazing to look at. Wonder how many people on the Academy even friggin saw it.

I don't even typically watch the Academy Awards, and I live in LA...but I think I'll watch this year, sonce I've seen just about every film that's nominated in a major category (No dreamgirls yet).
 
I love living on the west coast because the Oscars are the one thing we get to see live. We don't have to bow down to the mighty east coast and their bazillion viewers ... they have to stay up until after midnight if they want to watch the whole thing.

I love being able to go to bed at 10 after it's done. Bliss!

I hadn't really wanted to see Babel, but that and Letters From Iwo Jima are the two Best Picture nominees I haven't seen, so I might have to go see them before the awards.
 
I'm so excited to see Little Miss Sunshine be recognized. Like elevation2u, it takes a lot for me and my mom to laugh out loud at a movie, but we're were almost dying during some parts, especially the dance scene :lmao:

I haven't seen most of the others, but I've heard great things about most of them.
 
All of you in the states are really lucky to be able to see it at all, since here in Britain, they only showed it on some Sky channel after talking it off the BBC :mad: :madspit: It was on here for everyone to see for a few years before that, so god knows if we'll get it this year :|


Plus here it finishes at about 5 am :crack: :yawn:
 
I saw Babel and enjoyed it, but, do not think it was one of the best films of the year. Not at all....but, this is a highly subjective thing, of course, and I do know a lot of people who deemed the film oscar-worthy.

That might be the best thing about the Oscars...that it ends early out here.

:)
 
Babydoll said:




For the Best Picture.
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I didn't think it was Oscar Good, but still good.

If anything, Children of Men belongs in the Best Picture category.

Has anyone seen Letters from Iwo Jima? Or Peter O'Toole in Venus?

Because I think Clive Owen got shafted.

So did Snakes on a Plane :sad:
 
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