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re: 81st Academy Award Nominees
Posted on 1/22/09 at 11:30 am to BrockLanders
Posted on 1/22/09 at 11:30 am to BrockLanders
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In any case, I think they missed the boat not nominating "Gran Torino" for something...anything!
it wasn't nominated for anything (save golden globe best song) by any awards, not just the oscars. It wasn't even nominated by the members of this very board for a 'roscoe'..
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Posted on 1/22/09 at 11:42 am to iggle
Waltz With Bashir gets nom for foreign film, but no animated nomination?
Slumdog and Man on Wire making a showing. Nice.
Slumdog and Man on Wire making a showing. Nice.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 11:43 am to Stewie Griffin
Also, In Bruges only getting one nomination is a bit disappointing. It was better than Benjamin Button
Posted on 1/22/09 at 11:47 am to Stewie Griffin
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Waltz With Bashir gets nom for foreign film, but no animated nomination?
I think that's because it's foreign. I believe that's why foreign films have their own category, because they can't be nominated in other categories.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 11:50 am to iggle
Well wouldn't Slumdog be considered foreign? As well as Man on Wire...maybe not.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 12:00 pm to Stewie Griffin
Slumdog is English, which I guess is technically foreign but I believe the academy has a history of including English films if it's not officially part of the rules. Waltz with Bashir is Israeli, very much a foreign film.
Man on Wire is an English documentary, and is nominated for best documentary.
Man on Wire is an English documentary, and is nominated for best documentary.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 1:22 pm to iggle
All those nominations for Button but no Cate Blanchett? Very surprised about that.
Also Frost/Nixon really got some love. Don't know if it should have received that much although Frank Langella was fantastic.
Glad to see Slumdog get recognized. Too bad it will probably lose out to the Hollywood powerhouses.
Is there anymore of a lock than WALL-E in animation?
Also Frost/Nixon really got some love. Don't know if it should have received that much although Frank Langella was fantastic.
Glad to see Slumdog get recognized. Too bad it will probably lose out to the Hollywood powerhouses.
Is there anymore of a lock than WALL-E in animation?
Posted on 1/22/09 at 1:34 pm to alajones
Best supporting actor:
Yes!!!
Are the oscars starting to look at comedies a tad more now?
Seriously, how ironic would it be if he wins?
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Robert Downey Jr. TROPIC THUNDER
Yes!!!
Are the oscars starting to look at comedies a tad more now?
Seriously, how ironic would it be if he wins?
Posted on 1/22/09 at 1:44 pm to alajones
Do directors/production companies just kind of know when their movies will get a lot of Oscar recognition? Or do they get winks and nods from reviewers during prescreening? I'm just wondering because almost of of these movies were released in December. They do that for a reason.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 2:52 pm to alajones
I think a lot of movies, just the kind of dramas that they are, fit into the mold of what typically wins awards. They know that if they release it late in the year, it's right before the oscars and the buzz will still be high and fresh in the judges memories.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 3:05 pm to iggle
The Curious Case of how the f*** did this movie get 13 nominations?
Posted on 1/22/09 at 3:25 pm to tigersandjets
not that surprising actually..
I hope this doesn't start a long chain of unbearable puns on the title. Back when Indiana Jones came out, those puns were excruciating and it lasted for months.
I hope this doesn't start a long chain of unbearable puns on the title. Back when Indiana Jones came out, those puns were excruciating and it lasted for months.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 3:31 pm to tigersandjets
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The Curious Case of how the f*** did this movie get 13 nominations?
Easy. It was the only Hollywood studio film that was a viable contender after the pre-Oscar awards. Which means it is the Establishment Choice. Remember, there are a lot of old fossils in the Academy, and they don't want to give awards to movies not created by the major studios. Which is how Frost/Nixon got so many nods despite being a fairly pedestrain movie that like a hundred people saw.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 4:59 pm to Baloo
I haven't seen any of the Best Picture Nominees, maybe the first year for me for this to happen.
FWIW, I'm not really surprised about the Gran Torino shun.
FWIW, I'm not really surprised about the Gran Torino shun.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 8:18 pm to alajones
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Posted on 1/22/09 at 8:25 pm to Earl Candle
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I hate how movies are excluded for unfair reasons.
What movies/reasons are you referring to?
Posted on 1/22/09 at 8:32 pm to DallasTiger11
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All those nominations for Button but no Cate Blanchett?
I thought she was terrible, almost laughably so.
Posted on 1/22/09 at 9:03 pm to kizomich
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Posted on 1/22/09 at 9:08 pm to Earl Candle
Politics, man. It's all political 'n shite.Posted on 1/22/09 at 9:13 pm to kizomich
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