20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.

[best12bars]

20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#1

Posted: 1/23/08 at 8:58pm

The rest of the awards be damned!

I really want this guy to win.
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"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[StickToPriest]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#2

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:03pm

I wanted him to win last year, when it was 19 and no wins, but he was nominated for APOCALYPTO so that made me ambivalent.

But I'm pulling for him this year.

But then, the coolness of his feat is kinda deflated once he wins. Like, once Susan Lucci won, it was...okay, now she isn't so special.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

[jacobtsf]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#2

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:04pm

I was JUST going to post this.

David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must take a stand There will always be a valley Always mountains one must scale There will always be perilous waters Which someone must sail -Into the Fire Scarlet Pimpernel

[CapnHook]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#3

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:07pm

With this publicity, the Academy is sure to vote for him. I'll be rooting for him, and I'm sure he'll take it this year.

However, I don't believe his work was superior to all of the others this year.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[jacobtsf]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#4

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:13pm

and I just noticed I forgot to post an actual response...

He has done so much wonderful work. Yes, Transformers is not his best (nor the best of the bunch) but, 20 nominations, come on. Imagine (if the oscars are televised) if he wins: As he stands up the voice over goes "This is Kevin O'Connell's 20th nomination in this category, and first win"

David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must take a stand There will always be a valley Always mountains one must scale There will always be perilous waters Which someone must sail -Into the Fire Scarlet Pimpernel

[StickToPriest]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#5

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:15pm

"With this publicity, the Academy is sure to vote for him. I'll be rooting for him, and I'm sure he'll take it this year."

He had the same publicity last year with his 19th nomination (I remember reading quite a few articles on him), but he still lost.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

[Liverpool]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#6

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:24pm

susan lucci has nothing on this bitch

[CapnHook]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#7

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:36pm

Yes, he did, but as mentioned previously...it was for APOCOLYPTO. There wasn't any way. No amount of sympathy could have gotten him that statue for the work on that film (I haven't seen the film, but I'm told it shouldn't have even been nominated). All the buzz was going for ANY other film.

This year, it's a possibility. TRANSFORMERS is the type of film that could get it for him.

"Imagine (if the oscars are televised) if he wins: As he stands up the voice over goes "This is Kevin O'Connell's 20th nomination in this category, and first win" "

Or you see Kathy Griffin announce at the press conference, "And the Oscar goes to Kevin O'Connell" and they cut immediately to commercial break.

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[Liverpool]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#8

Posted: 1/23/08 at 9:45pm

the kathy griffin comment was hillarious. she would TOTALLY do something like that.

[Mamie]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#9

Posted: 1/23/08 at 11:14pm

Can you imagine them giving a Lifetime Achievement Award to - a sound mixer? He probably deserves it with that much quality work behind him.

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[DG]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#10

Posted: 1/24/08 at 1:48am

What if they finally give him one, and there's no ceremony?

[Mister Matt]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#11

Posted: 1/24/08 at 10:25am

With this publicity, the Academy is sure to vote for him. I'll be rooting for him, and I'm sure he'll take it this year.

However, I don't believe his work was superior to all of the others this year.

Whether his work is superior this year or not is of little consequence. The more media attention he gets, the more likely he is to win. It worked for Scorcesi last year.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[best12bars]

re: 20 Oscar nominations and NO wins! I'm pulling for HIM this year.#12

Posted: 1/24/08 at 11:34am

I like the idea of a Lifetime Achievement Oscar for him soon, regardless of a win this year.

He certainly deserves it.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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