Oscar Nominations

[philipswales]

What do we all think of the Oscar race this year? Pretty wide open, I reckon.

They'd just better give Marty his props this year. [img]mad.gif[/img]

[= KA$H =]

I agree Marty should get his props, however there has been quite a fuss made about it and I'm worried he will get one just for the sake of giving him one.

Which would be a shame because he SHOULD have won Oscars for his movies in the past - Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas.

[philipswales]

Yeah, but they've given Oscars for past bodies of work before.

Think Al Pacino. Scent of a Woman was a mediocre movie with a mediocre performance. But he was given the award to acknowledge his past performances, since he'd never received an Oscar before and everyone reckoned it was about time.

Same thing here. Scorsese's better days are behind him, but since he's America's greatest living film-maker it's about time he was honoured as such.

Please don't wait till he's 95 and shuffling around in his wheelchair before fobbing him off with an honorary Oscar.

[richardmorgan]

what a boring list this year

[philipswales]

That's cos most films are shit these days.

Maybe if they took their inspiration from the Seventies and stopped making films by committee, we'd have movies that are actually worth giving Oscars to.

[= KA$H =]

This is the list:

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx - RAY

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen - CLOSER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Bening - BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney - KINSEY
Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman - CLOSER


DIRECTING

THE AVIATOR
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS
VERA DRAKE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

BORN INTO BROTHELS
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL
SUPER SIZE ME
TUPAC: RESURRECTION
TWIST OF FAITH

BEST PICTURE

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS


WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

BEFORE SUNSET
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
SIDEWAYS

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

THE AVIATOR
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
HOTEL RWANDA
THE INCREDIBLES
VERA DRAKE

[= KA$H =]

I notice Jamie Foxx could win an Oscar for both Leading Actor and Supporting Actor.

Pardon my ignorance (I have never really followed the Oscars in depth), but has an actor/actress won both gongs before?

[philipswales]

I don't think it's ever been done before, no. Certainly not in recent memory.


What I want to know is - where the hell has Alan Alda been hiding all these years?