Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
#25Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:18amBummed Nolan didn't get director....but I am thrilled Waiting For Superman didn't
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Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:36am
Very happy Kidman got in there. Michelle Williams should win this catagory, though (although we know she won't, sadly)
Leaving Mila Kunis out of the race is absolutely disgusting since she should have been the winner (Gossling, as well). Bonham-Carter was excellent in SPEECH but nowhere near as good as Kunis.
And I'm sorry, but while I thought WINTERS BONE was a good movie, I'll never get all this love it's getting. It was far from a "brilliant" film. It was a simple little movie about poor people with a good performance from a newcomer. It bored the hell out of most non movie loving folks I know and had it not been for me waiting to see something truly stunning since everyone's been losing their shlt over it, I don't know if I would have actually finished it.
#27Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:41am
I won't go on and on, as I have already voiced this in other threads, but I just can't take all the over hyping of Black Swan.
There, I'm done.
Thank you.
pli1018
Broadway Star Joined: 4/16/07
#28Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:43am
Most offended by the snubs of Mila Kunis for Supporting Actress, Christopher Nolan for Director, Ryan Gosling for Actor and Tangled for Best Animated Feature.
Love that Jacki Weaver and John Hawkes slipped in, though I also can't see all the love for Winter's Bone. It was a great film, but I felt both The Town and Blue Valentine were far superior.
#29Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 9:44amI am hoping that Nolan wins for best original screenplay cause that was the most original movie of the year.
#30Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 10:11am
No BLACK SWAN for costumes or makeup? Or Mila Kunis? I'm surprised that Mila Kunis or Barbara Hershey weren't nominated.
I'm going with Natalie to win over Annette. Natalie's was more showy and the Oscars love young actresses who get their careers to be even more prestigious once they win (Nicole Kidman, Resse Witherspoon).
And finally, am I the only one who thought Amy Adams was better than Melissa Leo? Maybe Amy will pull a Tilda Swinton.
#31Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 10:12am
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#32Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 10:18amI think Annette should win for the discovery and aftermath (otherwise known as bathroom and dinner table) scenes alone. I can't deny Portman was very impressive, but I can't get those scenes in "Kids" out of my head and it's been months since I've seen it.
#33Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 10:28am
Then I suggest you see BLUE VALENTINE to see what a real Oscar worthy performance looks like.
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#34Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 10:46amI plan to. My daughter's dying to see it.
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#35Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:00amCan anyone tell me what source the screenplay for Toy Story 3 was adapted from?
#36Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:02am
Personally did not think Garfield was this fantastic presence in The Social Network, still better than Mark Ruffalo, however.
Inception was an interesting movie, but original? Everyone from Tarkovsky to Tarsem have done their own thing with the state of dreams and subconscious. Nolan put his own spin on it, does not make it original. Still surprised he did not get a Director nomination, and considering the nominees in the Screenplay category they will probably throw a bone to him.
Can we just go one Academy Awards season without nominated a Randy Newman work for Best Original Song? Viva la "Black Sheep"!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jMruFHTwrY
Thrilled that the Best Documentary nominations despite its short-list seriously missing some great docs chose up with the better ones and not that terrible, sensational documentary Gibney did on Spitzer.
#37Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:03amJoe- It looks like they put it there because the story was written by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich while the screenplay was by Michael Arndt, so he adapted their story.
#38Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:04amJoe, remake/sequels automatically assume the position as adapted script. Kind of like The Departed was a remake of a Hong Kong crime-thriller Infernal Affairs and The Departed won an Oscar for adapting the story.
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#39Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:06amOne of the determining factors in the screenplay awards is being based on previously released material. Therefore, sequels fall into the 'adapted' category, because they are based on material already presented in their precursor.
beautywickedlover
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#40Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:25am“Tangled” deserved a nomination for Best Animated Picture! Also, Carrie Underwood’s song “There’s a Place for Us” in “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” deserved a nomination for Best Song.
#41Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:34am
I pick Jacki Weaver as the upset win of the night.
Oh hell, it's always the supporting actress.
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#42Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 11:36amRight you are doodle, it is always the supporting actress category!
#43Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 12:30pmI definitely think Garfield was snubbed. I thought he was better than Eisenberg.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#44Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 12:33pmThe likely winner for Documentary is "Exit Through the Lobby", which made it onto numerous critics' "10 Best" lists. It's actually entertaining, and not preachy.
#45Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 12:42pm
I suspect Black Swan didn't get costume just because they are ballet costumes and as such (esp for the "romantic" ballets of which Swan Lake is one of the TOP 4) not as much a challenge. The Von Rothbart costume was good but the big ole Black Swan number was mostly makeup and CGI. And 70% of the show was practice clothes. The gala clothes were pretty (anyone else but me wonder where Nina got that dress?)
I am cackling like a mad hen that "Barney's Version" only got Makeup!!!
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#46Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 12:51pm
"Can anyone tell me what source the screenplay for Toy Story 3 was adapted from?"
Joe, I'm guessing Toy Story 1 and 2.
I don't think Kunis deserved a nomination. Paul Giamatti did, however, and so did Ryan Gosling.
Thrilled for Jesse Eisenberg!
I loved Garfield, but I think I may have enjoyed Armie Hammer and Justin Timberlake's performances more. It's been a good year.
#47Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 12:59pm
sabrelady, GANDHI won the Best Costume Oscar for "101 ways to wear a sheet," as my grandmother would say.
Its competition that year were: SOPHIE'S CHOICE, LA TRAVIATA, TRON, and VICTOR/VICTORIA.
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#48Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 1:01pmDoes anyone think that Jeremy Renner might win Best Supporting Actor since he was practically the only person that was nominated as DIDN'T win for "The Hurt Locker"?
#49Drum roll please.... Oscar Nominations!
Posted: 1/25/11 at 1:05pmAdd me to the list of those disappointed that Mila Kunis did not get a nomination. Portman was stunning, but Kunis' performance haunted me for days after.
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