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| TitanPa |
Posted - 01/25/2011 : 14:47:27
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/01/25/oscars-nominations-2011/
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| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 03/21/2011 : 08:35:36
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Originally posted by TitanPa
So did the Oscars choose to leave out Corey Haim of the Memoriam or did they just forget?????
I think it was deliberately omitted. I guess the concept of self-destruction is a new concept for Hollywood. Nevertheless, Corey Haim was a notable child actor who had a whole passel of fans out there and it was bad form for his death to be omitted. They HONORED Heath Ledger, whose death was far too similar. Guess it's who you blow. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 03/01/2011 : 08:13:47
I've got to say it: Hurray for Natalie Portman and the short documentary Strangers No More. Israel is finally on the Oscar map! |
| GHcool |
Posted - 03/01/2011 : 06:05:57
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Originally posted by benj clews
Gawd- the hosts were pretty bad this year. Stilted deliveries with awkward silences and James Franco's constantly smug face for the entirety of it (does he have no other expressions?). Heck, stroke-victim Kirk Douglas got more laughs in his few minutes on stage than the pair of them in 3 hours.
Hopefully they'll go back to using some actual funny entertainers next year 
My favorite part was when Franco derided all the "nerds" who won the scientific and technical awards. What a douche. |
| Larry |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 15:26:07
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Originally posted by benj clews
Gawd- the hosts were pretty bad this year. Stilted deliveries with awkward silences and James Franco's constantly smug face for the entirety of it (does he have no other expressions?). Heck, stroke-victim Kirk Douglas got more laughs in his few minutes on stage than the pair of them in 3 hours.
Hopefully they'll go back to using some actual funny entertainers next year
I liked her, both as a host and in the skits. But I agree, his I'm-really-too-good-for-this-but-I'll-do-it-anyway smirk annoyed me after awhile. So, let's just prop up Kirk Douglas and let him do it next year. |
| benj clews |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 13:29:01
Gawd- the hosts were pretty bad this year. Stilted deliveries with awkward silences and James Franco's constantly smug face for the entirety of it (does he have no other expressions?). Heck, stroke-victim Kirk Douglas got more laughs in his few minutes on stage than the pair of them in 3 hours.
Hopefully they'll go back to using some actual funny entertainers next year |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 08:16:01
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Originally posted by Se�n
quote:
Originally posted by GHcool
Consolations to Cracovian for Inception's double sound design win. Those academy member sure don't know nothin', huh?
Sorry, what's that - I can't hear you.
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| Sean |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 08:03:23
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Originally posted by GHcool
Consolations to Cracovian for Inception's double sound design win. Those academy member sure don't know nothin', huh?
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| GHcool |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 07:39:58
Consolations to Cracovian for Inception's double sound design win. Those academy member sure don't know nothin', huh? |
| TitanPa |
Posted - 02/28/2011 : 04:58:06
So did the Oscars choose to leave out Corey Haim of the Memoriam or did they just forget????? |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 02/26/2011 : 17:47:34
Well, here are my predictions. Since I am in the position that I must wait for the films to come to satellite, I haven't marked what I've seen vs. not. I did indicate in a very very few instances my personal choice for the winner, if I think someone else will win. (You hear me Christian Bale!!??)
Want to win Think will win
Best motion picture of the year
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
Achievement in directing
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O Russell (The Fighter)
Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Adapted screenplay
127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt (screenplay); John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (story)
True Grit - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Original screenplay
Another Year - Mike Leigh
The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (screenplay); Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (story)
Inception - Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech - David Seidler
Best animated feature film of the year
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
Best foreign language film of the year
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In a Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) (Algeria)
Art direction
Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Stuart Craig (production design), Stephenie McMillan (set decoration)
Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas (production design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (set decoration)
The King's Speech - Eve Stewart (production design), Judy Farr (set decoration)
True Grit - Jess Gonchor (production design), Nancy Haigh (set decoration)
Achievement in cinematography
Matthew Libatique (Black Swan)
Wally Pfister (Inception)
Danny Cohen (The King's Speech)
Jeff Cronenweth (The Social Network)
Roger Deakins (True Grit)
Achievement in costume design
Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland)
Antonella Cannarozzi (I Am Love)
Jenny Beavan (The King's Speech)
Sandy Powell (The Tempest)
Mary Zophres (True Grit)
Best documentary feature
Exit through the Gift Shop (Banksy and Jaimie D'CruzGasland (Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic)
Inside Job (Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)
Restrepo (Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger)
Waste Land (Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley)
Best documentary short subject
Killing in the Name (Nominees to be determined)
Poster Girl (Nominees to be determined)
Strangers No More (Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)
Sun Come Up (Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger)
The Warriors of Qiugang (Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon)
Achievement in film editing
Andrew Weisblum (Black Swan)
Pamela Martin (The Fighter)
Tariq Anwar (The King's Speech)
Jon Harris (127 Hours)
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter (The Social Network)
Achievement in makeup
Adrien Morot (Barney's Version)
Edouard F Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng (The Way Back)
Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (The Wolfman)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score)
John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon)
Hans Zimmer (Inception)
Alexandre Desplat (The King's Speech)
AR Rahman (127 Hours)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original song)
Coming Home (from Country Strong, music and lyrics by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey)
I See the Light (from Tangled, music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater)
If I Rise (from 127 Hours, music by AR Rahman, lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong)
We Belong Together (from Toy Story 3, music and lyrics by Randy Newman)
Best animated short film
Day & Night (Teddy Newton)
The Gruffalo (Jakob Schuh and Max Lang)
Let's Pollute (Geefwee Boedoe)
The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann)
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) (Bastien Dubois)
Best live action short film
[The Confession (Tanel Toom)
The Crush (Michael Creagh)
God of Love (Luke Matheny)
Na Wewe (Ivan Goldschmidt)
Wish 143 (Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite)
Achievement in sound editing
Inception (Richard King)
Toy Story 3 (Tom Myers and Michael Silvers)
Tron: Legacy (Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague)
True Grit (Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey)
Unstoppable (Mark P Stoeckinger)
Achievement in sound mixing
Inception (Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo and Ed Novick)
The King's Speech (Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley)
Salt (Jeffrey J Haboush, Greg P Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin)
The Social Network (Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten)
True Grit (Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F Kurland)
Achievement in visual effects
Alice in Wonderland (Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi)
Hereafter (Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell)
Inception (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb)
Iron Man 2 (Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick)
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| GHcool |
Posted - 02/24/2011 : 18:31:00
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Originally posted by Se�n
Movie makers are entitled to assume that cinema operators have a basic level of knowledge and are capable of delivering the product that the customer is paying for. An analogy: if a waiter in a restaurant recommends a chardonnay with your green Thai curry and it tastes disgusting (it would) then you don't blame the winemaker, it's entirely the fault of the dining establishment who should know better. I'm glad winemakers don't make all their wine as a 'one wine suits all' product tailored for the most retarded restaurant operators.
Great point! |
| Sean |
Posted - 02/24/2011 : 03:46:19
If someone can't operate the sound system in a cinema then they shouldn't be working there. It isn't rocket science, and as far as I know is no more complicated than your average home surround-sound 5.1 or 7.1 system.
Some small cheap cinemas only have stereo sound; if they don't know what they're doing (or are tightfisted) they may be simply chopping the other channels out altogether insted of correctly downmixing. This could have a major adverse effect on the experience depending on how the soundtrack is channel-separated.
Movie makers are entitled to assume that cinema operators have a basic level of knowledge and are capable of delivering the product that the customer is paying for. An analogy: if a waiter in a restaurant recommends a chardonnay with your green Thai curry and it tastes disgusting (it would) then you don't blame the winemaker, it's entirely the fault of the dining establishment who should know better. I'm glad winemakers don't make all their wine as a 'one wine suits all' product tailored for the most retarded restaurant operators. |
| demonic |
Posted - 02/24/2011 : 02:05:13
And that doesn't change my point that there was almost certainly no problem with the sound in Inception, just the way you heard it projected. |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 02/24/2011 : 00:51:00
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Originally posted by demonic
So... make your film less sophisticated and less impressive to make it better in less sophisticated cinemas? 
I know where you're coming from as I had the same issue with other big budget films (although not Inception, which seemed crystal clear to me) - but I'm saying the issue isn't the film. Logically - of course it's not. If it were then every reviewer and every audience member would say... the sound was dreadful. It's an isolated thing, so the issue is in the projection, not the film.
Going by that logic, if some students can cope with a difficult textbook, then it is irrelevant if others, even most, cannot. Also going by that logic, a film is also fine if it only functions properly in one cinema in the world.
I certainly hope that Inception doesn't win any sound award on Sunday. |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 02/24/2011 : 00:46:34
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Originally posted by GHcool
quote:
Originally posted by Cracovian
The film-makers should make films based on how sophisticated thousands of lowly paid cinema workers can realistically be, either by making things simple enough that they cannot be misapplied or by providing clear instructions as to what to do.
No they shouldn't. Filmmakers should make films based on the prevailing technology. It is up to the cinemas to keep up.
Well, you're free to think that, but I certainly won't be doing so. |
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