2005 Oscars — Page 2

Jamie Foxx will probably get the nomination for the same reason that Will Smith did for Ali. Both doing a gimmack and people praising it as acting. Of course I'm being a bit unfair to Foxx considering I haven't seen Ray yet. Who knows, he might actually deserve the hype.

I think Alfosno Cuaron should get an Oscar nod for Best Director, but I know he won't. That's the most off-beat choice I ever had I think because Harry Potter 3 isn't a movie that would get that sort of attention.

I think it's way too early to say people should *win* Oscars considering that it is still really early.

About Charlize Theron, she was actually tied for my second choice for Best Actress. I gave it to Naomi Watts, myself, for 21 Grams which is weird because I thought people overrated her in Muholland Drive (although I loved the movie).

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I actually liked Volume 2 a whole lot better than Volume 1, which was all flash an no substance. But the second needs the first, so if there's nominations happening they should be together.

i think moore's gonna be the victim of some backlash. the media came across to anyone even remotely conservative over the better part of the last year as the unpaid arm of the kerry campaign. i don't mean the corporations that own them, but rather (were ya waiting for it?) the faces that fill the tv screens every night and morning and weekend on the networks. i'm not saying they outright shilled for him, but subtle nuances such as an inflection here or there or a word here or there or a rolled eye belied any sense of objectivity.

thus, i think that regardless of whether it's true or not, they're going to re-double their efforts to appear unbaised. what's the quickest way to achieve that? start attacking liberal sacred cows and moore's a prime target. the fact that there will be those on the left who'll blame him for polarizing voters with f9/11 won't help. i envision him getting some really bad press over the next few months and if he puts f9/11 up for best picture only (dos it even still qualify for best documentary? i thought there was something about that earlier that for some reason it couldn't?) he's gonna be quite saddened at the result.

now don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that any of this is right, nor am i saying that the aforementioned liberal bias in the media is outrageous or over the top. i'm just saying that the perception is there and that's usually how the media tries to correct things. by swinging way back in the other direction so far that they miss the mark by a mile. plus they gotta be thinking, "s***, if those idiots can manage to get bush re-elected, what the f*** can't they do???"

just my 14.7645213 cents...

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I liked Kill Bill vol. 1 much better than vol. 2 because I think Quentin Taritino took his characters way too seriously in vol. 2, and by that time it was too late.
However, I didn't think Uma should have even been considered being nominated for Vol. 1, but I think she totally deserves consideration for vol. 2.

Funny how things like that work.

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von Trier?

Oh, okay. Mixing up movies. And hated people.

Updated On: 11/4/04 at 08:14 PM

I'm really surprised that nobody has mentioned Billy Crudup's top notch turn in Stage Beauty.

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My guess is no as well. The advance buzz in the UK has been extremely uninspiring as have the early reviews. Although they're apparently moving the release date up in the US after overwhelming positive test screenings. So we'll see.

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I adored Fenella in Bright Young Things. "We've never had a party in an asylum before, have we? Or have we?" Wonderful.

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Did anyone see The Clearing starring Robert Redford and Willem Defoe?
It came out in early June if I remember correctly, and it was a fantastic movie. I think it would make a marvelous Oscar candidate for picture and actors nominations, but I guess it camr out at the wrong time.

Anyone else see it?

I didn't see it, little fish, but friends who did agree with you completely.

do you think tehy're going to be lobbying for natalie portman to get best supporting for alfie?

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Yeah, I was in high school when the original came out, and never could buy Caine as the desireable hunk o'man the script said he was. (If my memory serves, Terrence Stamp actually played it on the stage -- who eerily enough, looked rather Jude Law like in youth.) But Caine, wonderful as he is, seems asexual to me, always needing a bath and a good mouthwash. I remember when Barbara Hershey boinked him in HANNAH AND HER SISTERS; I had to look away from the screen, as charming as he was. As for Alfie? Let's face it, the movie is all about the bed-ability of the lad. If the lad isn't irrisistable, which Jude is, the premise is male fantasy of a bizarre sort.

Off topic, but not: Anyone find Danny Huston an odd romantic match-up for Nicole Kidman in BIRTH? What a strange gent to see in bed with La Nic. He is borderline creepy.

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