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| demonic |
Posted - 01/10/2007 : 23:40:11
Well they've crept up again, as they usually do, without much fanfare. Often seen as the way to judge how the Oscar voting is going to go (and sometimes spectacularly failing to do so). Anyway, there's some interesting things in the nominees....
Little Children - Best Film? Are they insane? Far too many nominations in general for this seriously underwhelming film.
Leo DiCaprio vs Leo DiCaprio for Best Actor - shame that he's up against Forest Whitaker, probably the single most deserving acting performance in years.
Ben Affleck in acting nomination shock! Could he even win it for just baffling everyone so much that he's on the list? (Course not, he's against Jack, Brad, Marky Mark and Eddie Murphy in comeback mode)
Clint vs Clint for Best Director.... hmmm.... Come on Marty!!!
Down with Mel, up with Guillermo for Best Foreign Language film.
As usual I'm not bothered particularly about any of the TV nominations, mainly because I rarely watch the TV, but it's worth noting the sheer mass of mainstream actors who are all making their careers on the small screen now. Scary.
You can check out the full nominees list here in handy ballot form.
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| turrell |
Posted - 01/14/2007 : 16:49:21
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Originally posted by silly
I mean, c'mon. Where's Eragon? Step Up? Poseidon for Christ's sake.
On their way to the bargain VHS bin at a store near you? |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 01/14/2007 : 06:43:50
If you want to post them here, great!! I'll compiled them in my post and we'll see who our favorites are, then compare them to the HFPA. |
| demonic |
Posted - 01/14/2007 : 02:42:13
Ok, I'd go with the following, (not necessarily in every case because I think they are the most deserving).
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Best Motion Picture Drama:
The Departed
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Helen Mirren � The Queen
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Forest Whitaker � The Last King Of Scotland
Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:
Dreamgirls
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Beyonc� Knowles � Dreamgirls
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:
Johnny Depp � Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Jennifer Hudson � Dreamgirls
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Jack Nicholson � The Departed
Best Animated Feature Film:
Happy Feet
Best Foreign Languge Film:
Volver (Spain)
Best Director - Motion Picture:
Martin Scorsese � The Departed
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:
Babel - Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Original Score - Motion Picture:
Babel - Composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
Best Original Song - Motion Picture:
"Listen" � Dreamgirls
Music & Lyrics By: Anne Preven, Scott Cutler, Beyonc� Knowles and Henry Krieger
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| GHcool |
Posted - 01/14/2007 : 00:20:08
Why don't we just show our choices here? ...
Best Motion Picture Drama:
The Departed (only because I haven't seen any of the others)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Pen�lope Cruz � Volver (was Volver a drama? I guess so, but it was equally a comedy)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Forest Whitaker � The Last King Of Scotland
Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:
Dreamgirls
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Beyonc� Knowles � Dreamgirls
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:
Sacha Cohen � Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (Its not really a performance by an actor in the classical sense, but what Sacha Cohen does is extremely difficult and he deserves recognition for it.)
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Jennifer Hudson � Dreamgirls
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Jack Nicholson � The Departed (its a shame that James McAvoy wasn't nominated for his role in The Last King of Scotland ... maybe for the Oscars ...)
Best Animated Feature Film:
I haven't seen any of the nominated films.
Best Foreign Languge Film:
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
Best Director - Motion Picture:
Martin Scorsese � The Departed (I was hoping Christopher Nolan would be recognized for the extremely complex movie The Prestige, but maybe next time ...)
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:
The Departed - Written by William Monahan (the only nominated film I've seen ... Last King of Scotland was snubbed again!)
Original Score - Motion Picture:
The Da Vinci Code - Composed by Hans Zimmer (I'm hoping the score for Pan's Labyrinth won't be snubbed at the Oscars). |
| silly |
Posted - 01/13/2007 : 19:52:04
I've been watching all the wrong movies. I've seen just a scant few of the ones in the big categories, although I did see Happyness (last weekend) and Little Miss Sunshine at the theater.
I mean, c'mon. Where's Eragon? Step Up? Poseidon for Christ's sake. |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 01/13/2007 : 10:09:07
I will post the nominees in each category. If you want, post here or pm me your choice of winners and I'll post the overall choices before the awards on the 19th.
Best Motion Picture Drama:
The Departed 4
Babel 0
Bobby 0
Little Children 0
The Queen 0
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Helen Mirren � The Queen 2
Pen�lope Cruz � Volver 2
Judi Dench � Notes On A Scandal 0
Maggie Gyllenhaal � Sherrybaby 0
Kate Winslet � Little Children 0
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama:
Forest Whitaker � The Last King Of Scotland 4
Leonardo DiCaprio � Blood Diamond 0
Leonardo DiCaprio � The Departed 0
Peter O'Toole � Venus 0
Will Smith � The Pursuit Of Happyness 0
Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:
Dreamgirls 3
Little Miss Sunshine 1
Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan 0
The Devil Wears Prada 0
Thank You For Smoking 0
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Beyonc� Knowles � Dreamgirls 2
Annette Bening � Running With Scissors 1
Meryl Streep � The Devil Wears Prada 1
Toni Collette � Little Miss Sunshine 0
Ren�e Zellweger � Miss Potter 0
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy:
Johnny Depp � Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2
Sacha Cohen � Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan 1
Will Ferrell � Stranger Than Fiction 1
Aaron Eckhart � Thank You For Smoking 0
Chiwetel Ejiofor � Kinky Boots 0
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Jennifer Hudson � Dreamgirls 4
Adriana Barraza � Babel 0
Cate Blanchett � Notes On A Scandal 0
Emily Blunt � The Devil Wears Prada 0
Rinko Kikuchi � Babel 0
Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Jack Nicholson � The Departed 3
Brad Pitt � Babel 1
Ben Affleck � Hollywoodland 0
Eddie Murphy � Dreamgirls 0
Mark Wahlberg � The Departed 0
Best Animated Feature Film:
Happy Feet 2
Cars 1
Monster House 0
Best Foreign Languge Film:
Letters From Iwo Jima (Japan, United States) 2
Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico) 1
Volver (Spain) 1
Apocalypto (United States) 0
The Lives Of Others (Germany) 0
Best Director - Motion Picture:
Martin Scorsese � The Departed 4
Clint Eastwood � Flags Of Our Fathers 0
Clint Eastwood � Letters From Iwo Jima 0
Stephen Frears � The Queen 0
Alejandro I��rritu � Babel 0
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:
Babel - Written by Guillermo Arriaga 3
The Departed - Written by William Monahan 1
Little Children - Written by Todd Field, Tom Perrotta 0
Notes On A Scandal - Written by Patrick Marber 0
The Queen - Written by Peter Morgan 0
Original Score - Motion Picture:
Babel - Composed by Gustavo Santaolalla 2
The Da Vinci Code - Composed by Hans Zimmer 1
The Painted Veil - Composed by Alexandre Desplat 0
The Fountain - Composed by Clint Mansell 0
Nomad - Composed by Carlo Siliotto 0
Best Original Song - Motion Picture:
"Listen" � Dreamgirls 3
Music & Lyrics By: Anne Preven, Scott Cutler, Beyonc� Knowles and Henry Krieger
"Never Gonna Break My Faith" � Bobby 0
Music & Lyrics By: Andrea Remanda, Bryan Adams and Eliot Kennedy
"A Father's Way" � The Pursuit Of Happyness 0
Music By: Seal and Christopher Bruce
Lyrics By: Seal
"The Song Of The Heart" � Happy Feet 0
Music & Lyrics By: Prince Rogers Nelson
"Try Not To Remember" � Home Of The Brave 0
Music & Lyrics By: Sheryl Crow
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| turrell |
Posted - 01/12/2007 : 17:12:14
I am rooting for Jennifer Hudson in Supporting Actress.
And I have to agree with you about Little Children - aside from Kate Winslet, it was hard to endure, and not in the way that Schindler's List was hard to endure because it was so tragic yet beautiful - but it seemed to go on and on and I didn't root for a single character as much as root against their bad choices. |
| demonic |
Posted - 01/12/2007 : 14:12:16
Not for a decade, no. Last GG nomination was for the Nutty Professor in 1997. Aside from his voice over work Eddie Murphy has been in a career slump for a very long time. Pluto Nash, Vampire in Brooklyn, I Spy, Daddy Day Care, The Haunted Mansion anyone? The last performance of his I can remember enjoying was in 1988. |
| Beanmimo |
Posted - 01/12/2007 : 11:20:45
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Originally posted by demonic
Eddie Murphy in comeback mode
What exactly is he coming back from, he never got this far before?? |
