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Yodas-evil-twin Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 1/15/08 5:48pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations - Date Edited: 1/15/08 5:52pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Yodas-evil-twin
	I'm all in favor axing Michael Clayton in exchange for American Gangster, Zodiac, or The Diving Bell and The Butterfly if its not eligible for best foreign language film. -----signature----- "Who watches the Watchmen?" "The JCC is pretty much Lord of the Flies without the healthy outdoorsy atmosphere." -soitscometothis
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Hammurabi Registered: Jan '07	Date Posted: 1/15/08 5:54pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations
	If any of those four get it, it'll be American Gangster. Bourne and Zodiac came out relatively early, and Zodiac has never had enough buzz or box office success. And I Am Legend simply lacks any critical praise that would elevate it above any other film. But Will Smith could still get a nom for Actor. I definitely think he's more likely than Gosling, even though Gosling is very talented. -----signature----- and i'll be holding all the tickets and you'll be owning all the fines
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/16/08 11:54am Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations - Date Edited: 1/16/08 12:17pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	BEST ACTRESS "The recent rush of critics' prizes has catapulted three women to the front of the Best Actress race. JULIE CHRISTIE, who won this competition 42 years ago for Darling, has racked up 13 awards so far for her sensitive portrayal of an Alzheimer's patient in Away From Her. Close behind is Juno's precocious ELLEN PAGE, who has nabbed nine early awards and will surely become one of the youngest nominees ever in this category. And MARION COTILLARD's remarkable transformation into singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose has earned her the four critics' prizes Christie and Page haven't hogged. That leaves six worthy actresses, all of whom have won or been nominated before, battling for two spots on the ballot. Keira Knightley exhibited new nuance as a 1930s ice queen in Atonement but lacks the screen time necessary to make a sufficient impression on voters. Likewise, Sweeney Todd's Helena Bonham Carter made for a wonderfully whimsical singing meat-pie maker, but her part was significantly cut down from Stephen Sondheim's musical in favor of Johnny Depp's title character. Cate Blanchett landed on the short lists of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the SAG Awards, and the Golden Globes for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, but the film's poor critical and commercial reception — not to mention her sure-thing Supporting Actress nomination for I'm Not There this year — means her feisty queen may not be re-crowned by the Academy. The biggest hit in the race is Enchanted, featuring the adorable Amy Adams in her first lead role, but voters may find the whole animated-princess thing too lightweight. In that case, two Academy favorites from smaller films may fill out the category: Eight years after winning Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted, ANGELINA JOLIE anchored A Mighty Heart with a performance so strong that it's likely to counteract the film's weak box office showing. And then there's LAURA LINNEY. She's been shut out of the pre-Oscar awards circle so far, but we're betting (and, okay, hoping) that once voters pop The Savages into their DVD players, they'll realize that although the twice-nominated actress has gone the brother-sister route before (in You Can Count on Me), she's never pulled off such an exquisite balance of acerbic wit and heartbreaking vulnerability. DAVE KARGER'S PICKS FOR BEST ACTRESS: Julie Christie, Away From Her Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart Laura Linney, The Savages Ellen Page, Juno" I don't see how you can leave off Knightley.
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KnightWriter Title: Administrator Emeritus Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 1/16/08 7:48pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Actress
	Christie was sublime in Away From Her. I need to see Juno, but Christie deserves strong consideration for the Oscar. It would be fascinating to see her win one so long after her first. -----signature----- Omar: "Can you fix this, Joe?" clock bangs on table Prop Joe: "What's the problem?" Omar: "Run out of time."
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/17/08 12:16pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Actress
	BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR "This year, the question ''Who will get a Best Supporting Actor nomination?'' ought to be replaced by ''Who are the four poor shlubs who'll have to compete against JAVIER BARDEM?'' Having racked up 18 critics' prizes to date, the No Country for Old Men villain is without a doubt the cattle-killer-thingy-wielding guy to beat. Not that there aren't other worthy scene-stealers to fill the rest of the slate. Two years after taking home the Best Actor prize for Capote, PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN was a walking firecracker as a short-fused CIA agent in Charlie Wilson's War. TOM WILKINSON, a past lead-actor nominee for In the Bedroom, was equally memorable as Michael Clayton's brilliant, disturbed corporate attorney. And although he doesn't even show up until almost the two-hour mark of Into the Wild, 82-year-old veteran HAL HOLBROOK should finally earn his first Oscar nomination for his heartrending turn as a retiree who befriends a doomed young traveler. But what about that last slot? John Travolta picked up a Globe nomination for his gender-bending work as Hairspray matriarch Edna Turnblad, but the performance may be too divisive to make the top five. A year after playing Little Miss Sunshine's mute big brother, Paul Dano ranted and raved impressively as There Will Be Blood's hellfire preacher, but his costar, Daniel Day-Lewis, seems to be the focal point for that film's buzz in the acting categories. Max von Sydow made the most of his limited screen time as the estranged father in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, but an extra scene or two would have helped. Ben Foster's vividly freaky turn as Russell Crowe's loyal henchman in 3:10 to Yuma has been overlooked by all the major pre-Oscar groups. Jason Bateman's turn as Juno's conflicted husband is perhaps too understated for the Academy. Rescue Dawn's POW Steve Zahn would have been a stronger contender if there had been any campaign at all for the film. Perhaps the last slot goes to Bardem's No Country opponent, the perfectly droll Tommy Lee Jones, who's had a stellar year. But CASEY AFFLECK, who's picked up SAG and Globe nods for his shifty killer in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, should score what's so far eluded his big brother, Ben: an Oscar nomination for acting. DAVE KARGER'S PICKS FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James... Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton" I think it'll be Javier.
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Spiderfan Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 1/17/08 12:19pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Supporting Actor - Date Edited: 1/17/08 12:20pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Spiderfan
	I will laugh endlessly if Casey beats his brother to an acting Oscar. -----signature----- "Yeah, well my god has a hammer." - Nick Fury You look like you could use a hug: http://boards.theforce.net/your_jedi_council_community/b10008/28325808/p1/?211 Pulsies4Mod '08
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Yodas-evil-twin Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 1/17/08 12:36pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Supporting Actor
	It's going to be Bardem. -----signature----- "Who watches the Watchmen?" "The JCC is pretty much Lord of the Flies without the healthy outdoorsy atmosphere." -soitscometothis
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dp4m Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 1/17/08 12:41pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Supporting Actor
	Yodas-evil-twin posted: It's going to be Bardem. -----signature----- "Looks like you're about to get pwned" - Eric Cartman "Awarding experience points for cleverly and creatively generating an enjoyable experience. How warped is that?" - Darths & Droids
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Reynar_Tedros Registered: Jul '06	Date Posted: 1/17/08 1:11pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Supporting Actor
	I agree, it will be Bardem. However, I don't agree that it should be. He put on an amazing performance in No Country, I don't doubt, but Casey Affleck was downright phenomenal in Jesse James. He was utterly hypnotizing from start to finish. -----signature----- Take your protein pills and put your helmet on.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/17/08 1:27pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Supporting Actor
	You may be right, but so few people had the opportunity to see it.
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dp4m Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 1/17/08 2:18pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Supporting Actor
	Reynar_Tedros posted: I agree, it will be Bardem. However, I don't agree that it should be. He put on an amazing performance in No Country, I don't doubt, but Casey Affleck was downright phenomenal in Jesse James. He was utterly hypnotizing from start to finish. Here's the thing, and this came from more than one person: I've heard that if people saw No Country for Old Men before seeing Love In the Time Of Cholera, they were having a hard time with the latter movie due to STILL imagining Bardem as Chigurh. THAT is really saying something, IMO. -----signature----- "Looks like you're about to get pwned" - Eric Cartman "Awarding experience points for cleverly and creatively generating an enjoyable experience. How warped is that?" - Darths & Droids
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Yodas-evil-twin Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 1/17/08 3:04pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Supporting Actor
	Reynar_Tedros posted: I agree, it will be Bardem. However, I don't agree that it should be. He put on an amazing performance in No Country, I don't doubt, but Casey Affleck was downright phenomenal in Jesse James. He was utterly hypnotizing from start to finish. I have to do disagree there. -----signature----- "Who watches the Watchmen?" "The JCC is pretty much Lord of the Flies without the healthy outdoorsy atmosphere." -soitscometothis
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/18/08 12:02pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Supporting Actor
	BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS "Just as with the lead-actress category, the supporting race features three sure things running laps around the rest of the pack. The critical favorite by far is AMY RYAN, whose fierce turn as Gone Baby Gone's trash-mouthed Boston mom has earned her 15 critics' awards to date. She's already a two-time Tony nominee; she'll be an Oscar one before the month is over. Three years after winning this prize for playing a showbiz legend (Katharine Hepburn) in The Aviator, CATE BLANCHETT will make the short list again for her astonishingly convincing take on another: Bob Dylan in I'm Not There. And after two decades of toiling in mostly avant-garde cinema, great Scot TILDA SWINTON finally broke through this year as a blazingly insecure corporate cog in Michael Clayton. Save her a seat at the Kodak (if the show happens, of course). Beyond that, it's anyone's guess. The dark horses include Atonement's Vanessa Redgrave, who managed to be devastating in less than seven minutes of screen time (though seven minutes might not be enough); Julia Roberts, who made an impression with that mascara trick in Charlie Wilson's War but wasn't given much else to do; Margot at the Wedding's neurotic little sis Jennifer Jason Leigh, who'll have a tough time overcoming the film's chilly reviews; Juno scene-stealer Allison Janney, whose character may not boast the requisite arc; and No Country for Old Men's Kelly Macdonald, who shed her Scottish lilt to play Josh Brolin's mystified Texan wife but will need a major No Country sweep to make the cut. Following five years of butt-kicking on Alias, Jennifer Garner knocked us out anew with her perfectly calibrated and surprising turn as Juno's wannabe mom. And the remarkably self-assured Saoirse Ronan showed poise and talent far beyond her 13 years as Atonement's jealous troublemaker Briony Tallis and has a Globe nomination to show for it. But we're going with the two ladies who were recognized by the SAG nominating committee: CATHERINE KEENER, a past nominee for Being John Malkovich and Capote, was immensely affecting as Into the Wild's melancholy hippie mother, while, at age 83, RUBY DEE channeled her vast experience to play Denzel Washington's wide-eyed yet domineering mother in American Gangster and stands to earn her first-ever Oscar nod. DAVE KARGER'S PICKS FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There Ruby Dee, American Gangster Catherine Keener, Into the Wild Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton" I'm betting on Swinton
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Reynar_Tedros Registered: Jul '06	Date Posted: 1/18/08 9:33pm Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Supporting Actress
	Ruby Dee? Are these people serious? She was nowhere near special in American Gangster. Michelle Monaghan should get a nom for Gone Baby Gone before that woman does. Which reminds me, where is Ed Harris? He was outstanding in Gone Baby Gone. I can understand if he doesn't get nominated due to the fierce competition he's facing, but it doesn't even seem like he's being considered, which is crazy. -----signature----- Take your protein pills and put your helmet on.
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Captain_Typho Registered: Jul '03	Date Posted: 1/20/08 7:41am Subject: RE: The Oscar Race: EW's Oscar Nominations: Best Supporting Actress
	Ok. every year I do this: here are my picks for my nominations. Keep in mind that I can only pick nominations for films I have seen, as it would be unfair to nominate something I haven't seen, and while I've seen a good share of oscar films, I haven't seen everything and in some categories, haven't seen enough to pick nominees. Here are my picks: Best Picture of the Year: Atonement No Country for Old Men Into the Wild Pirates of the Caribbean: at World's End There Will Be Blood Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen: No Country for Old Men Sean Penn: Into the Wild Joe Wright: Atonement Gore Verbinski: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Shekhar Kapur: Elizabeth: The Golden Age Best Actor in a Leading Role: Emile Hirsch: Into the Wild Viggo Mortensen: Eastern Promises Johnny Depp: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End James McAvoy: Atonement Hayden Christensen: Awake Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Javier Bardem: No Country for Old Men Hal Holbrook: Into the Wild Casey Affleck: The Assasination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Paul Dano: There Will Be Blood Geoffrey Rush: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Best Actress in a Leading Role: Keira Knightly: Atonement Ellen Page: Juno Cate Blanchett: Elizabeth: The Golden Age Nikki Blonsky: Hairspray Helena Bonham Carter: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Saoirse Ronan: Atonement Tilda Swinton: Michael Clayton Amy Ryan: Gone Baby Gone Cate Blanchett: I'm not There Lena Olin: Awake Best Original Screenplay: Joby Harold: Awake Diablo Cody: Juno Brad Bird: Ratatouille Tony Gilroy: Michael Clayton Steven Zaillian: American Gangster Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen: No Country for Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson: There Will Be Blood Sean Penn: Into the Wild Christopher Hampton: Atonement Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Best Animated Picture: Ratatouille Bee Movie The Simpsons Movie Best Cinematography: Eric Gautier: Into the Wild Remi Adefarasin: Elizabeth: The Golden Age Robert Elswit: There Will Be Blood Dariusz Wolsky: Pirates of the Caribbean: at World's End Roger Deakins: No Country for Old Men Best Film Editing: Jay Cassidy: Into the Wild Stephen E. Rivkin and Craig Wood: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Craig McKay: Awake Darren T. Holmes: Ratatouille Joel and Ethan Coen and Roderick Jaynes: No Country for Old Men Best Art Direction: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Elizabeth: the Golden Age Atonement No Country for Old Men Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Best Costume Design: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Elizabeth: The Golden Age Atonement Hairspray Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Best Makeup: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 300 Best Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean: at World's End Transformers Spiderman 3 Best Sound Editing: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Ratatouille Transformers Best Sound Mixing: No Country for Old Men Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Into the Wild Best Original Score: Dario Marianelli: Atonement Michael Giacchino: Ratatouille Hans Zimmer: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Howard Shore: Eastern Promises Johnny Greenwood: There Will Be Blood Best Original Song: Little Wonders: Meet the Robinsons Come So Far: Hairpsray Guarenteed: Into the Wild Before It's Too Late: Transformers Walk Hard: Walk Hard: Dewey Cox Story That's all folks. Some of you will probably be shocked with some of the choices but those are my picks based on the films I've seen this year. And yes, Pirates deserves to be nominated in every category I put it in. It is without a doubt one of the year's best pictures. -----signature----- This is my favorite smiley because it looks funny-------------> Are you fired up and ready to go? Barack Obama 08
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