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Academy Awards Nominations
The Academy Awards were announced today. There really was no surprises as it's pretty much the exact same as the Golden Globes. It is good to see A Mighty Wind nominated for Best Song, although Eugene Levy should've been nominated too.
And Seabiscuit got nominated for Best Picture, which makes no sense to me. ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Johnny Depp - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL Ben Kingsley - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Jude Law - COLD MOUNTAIN Bill Murray - LOST IN TRANSLATION Sean Penn - MYSTIC RIVER ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Alec Baldwin - THE COOLER Benicio Del Toro - 21 GRAMS Djimon Hounsou - IN AMERICA Tim Robbins - MYSTIC RIVER Ken Watanabe - THE LAST SAMURAI ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Keisha Castle-Hughes - WHALE RIDER Diane Keaton - SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE Samantha Morton - IN AMERICA Charlize Theron - MONSTER Naomi Watts - 21 GRAMS ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Shohreh Aghdashloo - HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG Patricia Clarkson - PIECES OF APRIL Marcia Gay Harden - MYSTIC RIVER Holly Hunter - THIRTEEN Renée Zellweger - COLD MOUNTAIN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM BROTHER BEAR FINDING NEMO THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE ART DIRECTION GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING THE LAST SAMURAI THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT CINEMATOGRAPHY CITY OF GOD COLD MOUNTAIN GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT COSTUME DESIGN GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING THE LAST SAMURAI THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT DIRECTING CITY OF GOD THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING LOST IN TRANSLATION MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD MYSTIC RIVER DOCUMENTARY FEATURE BALSEROS CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS THE FOG OF WAR MY ARCHITECT THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT ASYLUM CHERNOBYL HEART FERRY TALES FILM EDITING CITY OF GOD COLD MOUNTAIN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SEABISCUIT FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS EVIL THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI TWIN SISTERS ŽELARY MAKEUP THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL MUSIC (SCORE) BIG FISH COLD MOUNTAIN FINDING NEMO HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MUSIC (SONG) "Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND "Scarlet Tide" - COLD MOUNTAIN "The Triplets of Belleville" - THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE "You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN BEST PICTURE THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING LOST IN TRANSLATION MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD MYSTIC RIVER SEABISCUIT SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) BOUNDIN' DESTINO GONE NUTTY HARVIE KRUMPET NIBBLES SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket) MOST (The Bridge) SQUASH (A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion) TWO SOLDIERS SOUND THE LAST SAMURAI THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL SEABISCUIT SOUND EDITING FINDING NEMO MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL VISUAL EFFECTS THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) AMERICAN SPLENDOR CITY OF GOD THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING MYSTIC RIVER SEABISCUIT WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS DIRTY PRETTY THINGS FINDING NEMO IN AMERICA LOST IN TRANSLATION |
I'd say the Keisha Castle-Hughes nomination was a huge surprise.
Other than that I'm hoping for "Lost in Translation" all the way. |
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Gah, I can't wait to see Lost in Translation and 21 Grams. |
Where did "Boundin'" play in theaters?
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This year I seem to be only interested in
best actor, best picture, best director, best animated short film, best music song&score the other awards are not that interesting... I'm going to go crazy of joy, if Johnny Depp or Bill Murray wins the best actor Oscar, althoughi already know Sean Penn will get the award... Also the Best picture will go to Mystic River, and I'm still hoping they'll surpise me by saying that Lotr:RotK is the winner. best director goes to Peter Jackson, please let it go to him. I really want to see that Roy Disney's animated short film Destino http://www.oscars.com/nominees/nom_33046.html Propably best music won't go to Howard Shore beacuase he won already one with FotR, even though he's score is the best candidate, and I'd like Annie Lennox to win the best song award. |
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There's a little clip of it up now. I guess it was in some LA animation festival or something. I'd thought maybe it would be playing in front of Home on the Range when that opened, but that's not for a while... I thought?
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I'm hoping Roy Disney wins that Oscar though, so he can show up Eisner ;) |
Well, at least American Splendor got a Best Writing nomination, which it certainly deserved, even if it didn't get anything else.
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My take at who should leave with statuettes tomorrow night, if anybody cares:
Best movie - either Lost in Translation or Return of the King. Master and Commander is a captivating film, beautifully shot and with tremendous acting, but doesn’t have the touch of genius that couple have. I haven’t seen Mystic River, and any award for Seabiscuit would be a misunderstanding. Best Director - Peter Jackson. Actually, I seem to be in minority in thinking that Lord of the Rings finale was slightly weaker than the previous two installments, but Jackson's work was so far underrated by the Academy, so it would be a fair choice Best Actor - I will keep my fingers crossed for heart-breaking, silent performance by Bill Murray. Best Actress - if only voters fail to confuse good acting with gaining weight, I suggest Naomi Watts. Stupid as it is to judge a movie by its trailer (I won’t be able to watch it earlier than in two weeks time), I'm very positive about 21 grams, because: 1) Amores Perros rocked, 2) I love stories told not in chronological manner, 3) if Naomi is at least half as good as in Mulholland Drive, it's worth seeing for her. Best Supporting Actress - Zellweger in Cold Mountain, just quit nominating her!* Otherwise, Patricia Clarkson seems to be an outstanding actress who sort of appeared out of the blue. Best Original Screenplay - Sofia Coppola. Period. Best Adapted Screenplay - hmm, why not LOTR, especially seeing how miserable most of its opponents look? Surely it wasn't easy to extract a cohesive screenplay from the Tolkien's two thousand page epic (even though they shouldn't have excluded Saruman!). Best Cinematography - Master and Commander, Best Music - Danny Elfman rules, all the technicals - Return of the King. Other categories: I either don't care or know too little about the nominees (like in Foreign Language Films, out of which, sadly, I had heard only about one). Sorry for that, but I am a movie afficionado, and I wanted to share... *Just kidding. This time she really deserves the praise, but for the last two years, her nominations were rather far-fetched. |
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I gotta say, 21 grams totally blew me away! It was like some weird mix between Memento and Short Cuts (Altman's movie, if you recall it). Naomi was absolutely marvellous, and I'm totally hoping she will snag that one. And Bill Murray... wow... Who knew? Coppola is absolutely somebody that's going to be on my must see list from now on. Virgin Suicides was magnificent, as was Lost in Translation.
I totally hope that ROTK will win the Oscar, it would seem like a nice round-up for the incredibly artistic work and wear that those guys have put in. And the fact that so many actually liked it enough to come back to it. Even the most hardened critic, still wouldn't call any of the movies bad, and that alone is an achievement, methinks. |
Yeah, I think ROTK (and the entire trilogy, for that matter) proves that very popular movies don't necessarily mean that they're less substantial than other kinds of films.
And emma, I haven't yet had the pleasure of Lost in Translation, but you must see Girl with a Pearl Earring. If you like Scarlett Johanssen's candid performance in Translation, you'll like her more formal, restrained work in Earring. She is now on my list of favourite actresses. BTW, Earring is the only Oscar nominated movie I've seen. I'm been so damn behind living in the cornfields. :( |
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They really know how to make money with the Oscars.
I'm watching the show right now, and this non interesting red carpet bs that is going on right now is just perfect example of money making. Rich people showing off with expensive costumes and other stuff, and the program goes on for 5 minutes, then a commercial break, 5 minutes program, a commercial break etc. I really should've gone to sleep and wake up when the real deal goes on 40 minutes from now... :) |
First Oscar has been given.
Tim Robbins is the best actor in supportive role for Cold Mountain. Second one is for Art Direction suprise suprise ;) Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Oscar goes to Best Animated feature Finding Nemo Oscar for Costume designing again Lord of the Rings: Return of the King! Oscar for Best acctress in supportive role Renee Zellweger in Cold Mountain Oscar for Best live action short film Two Soldiers Oscar for best animated short film Harvie Krumpet though I had in mind that Destino should've won this... Visual Effects Oscar goes to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Weta rules the business! Honorary Oscar for the legendary Blake Edwards Make up Oscar goes to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Sound mixing Oscar also goes to Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Sound editing Oscar goes to Master&Commander Documentary Short Subject Oscar to Chernobyl Heart Best Documentary feature Oscar goes to The Fog of War Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Howard Shore for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King This I like, RotK's soundtrack was just totally superb Best Achievement in Editing Lord of The Rings: Return of the King! Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Into the West - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Just look at my sig, I'm happy for this Oscar! :) Best foreign language film Oscar goes to Les Invasions barbares - The Barbarian Invasions Best Achievement in Cinematography goes to Master&Commander Best Adapted Screenplay LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING Best Original Screenplay Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation This was kind of easy to predict... Best director goes to PETER JACKSON - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King!!! Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Charlize Theron - Monster Well, that was no big surprise... Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Sean Penn - Mystic River Well, I would've liked Murray or Depp more but Penn was the favourite to get the award. Best Picture goes to of course, clean sweep for LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING |
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