Depp Nominated for Best Actor, Sweeney Snubbed- Page 2

[emmadny]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:40pm

I'm very very happy for MENKEN and ENCHANTED.

I love Menken music

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:44pm

Just blood pressure medication, happily. Enchanted was a mess. I was dumbfounded by the favorable reviews for a film that was a total mess. I've never seen a better premise(and decades of Disney imagery to draw upon) so utterly wasted.

[emmadny]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 3:54pm

I loved ENCHANTED. Classic Disney stories with great music and incredible performance (Amy Adams)....
Much better than Shrek 3..........

[nealb1]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 4:07pm

Not really surprised that "Sweeney Todd" didn't get a Best Picture nomination. I thought for sure that "Hairspray" would have been nominated for at least costumes, art direction, musical scoring or cinematography.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 4:50pm

Ugh, I couldn't stand HAIRSPRAY, not only did I find it messy but the Disney-fied race issues made me roll my eyes a dozen times.
ENCHANTED was pure fun, it entertained me like no other film did this past year (though JUNO and SWEENEY came close). Amy Adams should have been nominated over Cate Blanchett in that mess of a movie they called ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE. Actually Adams, Helena Bonham Carter, Angelina Jolie, and Keira Knightley all should have been nominated before Blanchett.
I hope Amy Adams performs at the ceremony though. I love her voice.

[JulianHookbucks]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 5:09pm

I'm suprised that Sweeney didn't get nominated for Visual Effects? Why are there only three titles in this category? Are there only three spots? I mean... there were bits of the movie that looked terribly CGI'd... but it worked for the "old fashioned silent movie" view that Burton took for the film... Could it be the blood? That it was too much for the academy?

and how did they not get sound mixing? The score sounded absolutely beautiful!

I actually liked Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth... but... come on... how many Elizabeth movies can we have in a three year span? Helena was so... darkly macabre and subtle... Blanchett screamed her face off for most of that movie... so I think that some people just... didn't notice Carter as much as Blanchett.

I wish that they would open all of the nominated films that have closed at the theatres again so that we could see them again and get the best informed opinion possible...

[B3TA07]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 5:13pm

"Well do to the new rules"



Check your homonyms, dolt.

[BroadwayPer4mer03]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 6:17pm

Once again, the Academy nominates Depp with once again, very little chance of winning. So many snubs. Although, Sweeney was not one of them. It got what it deserved to be honest. However, it is a shame that Helena Bohnam Carter failed to receive a nod. Her work in Sweeney was both subtle, gutsy, and brilliant. She is easily one of the most underrated actresses in Hollywood. Even a bigger snub is no acting/directing nods for Atonement as well as Into the Wild (not suprised that it was shut out though), and Angelina Jolie being shut out for a wonderful performance in A Mighty Heart.

[BroadwayPer4mer03]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 6:17pm

oh and i agree allthatjazz, amy adams, angelina jolie, and several others all could and SHOULD have been nominated over Cate Blanchett. Also, while I love Laura Linney, I felt like there was more "fresh" unrecognized talent that should have been rewarded with a nod.
Updated On: 1/22/08 at 06:17 PM

[lovinlovett]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 8:54pm

How anyone can say that a movie getting 3 oscar nominations is "snubbing" is beyond me. Honestly, some of you can put a negative spin on just about anything.

I'm very proud of the film and especially of Johnny Depp. They did amazingly well in a year with tons of tough competition.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 9:27pm

I can't understand why your thread titles are so relentlessly negative about this film when your review was largely positive.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 9:54pm

What a dull, predictable year for Oscar noms...

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 9:55pm

Sweeney was definitely snubbed in the Makeup category. Make room for obviously-much-more-deserving and now Oscar-nominated (and Razzie-nominated) Norbit.

~Steven

[Brick]

Posted: 1/22/08 at 11:10pm

I'm so tired of people talking about snubs.

(And the increasing predictability of awards is making them increasingly less exciting.)

SWEENEY wasn't expected to be nommed. Can we take a moment and be thankful that it was so successfully adapted to film that Depp received a Golden Globe and an Oscar nod?

Congrats!

[masterthes]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 7:16am

Chances are though, Daniel Day Lewis is going to win anyway, but good for Depp getting nominated all the same

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 7:24am

"I was dumbfounded by the favorable reviews for a film that was a total mess."

Those were my feelings exactly about HAIRSPRAY.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 8:10am

I am very happy for Johnny, but I'm disappointed for the movie as a whole. It really is incredible.

Poor HAIRSPRAY... but yeah... I really wasn't expecting it to get any Oscar noms.

[emmadny]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:29am

I'm very happy for Bardem and Alberto Iglesias (SPAIN¡¡¡¡¡) and for Menken and his Enchanted song, great composer.
But I would like Amy Adams nomination.........

[Mood_Indigo]

Posted: 1/23/08 at 11:05am

Personally I thought Sweeney deserved the nomination a lot more than Juno. Which I think is very overrated.