Oscar Nominations — Page 4

It is indeed who directed Ali. And yes, he is overrated. One more person tells me how great Heat is and I swear to God....

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I liked parts of 'The Insider,' mainly the stuff with Crowe and Pacino. There were still all sorts of weird shots of birds and sunsets that didn't have any point, other than Mann insisting on reminding us that he's not a very good director.

I agree about the birds and such. It was very unnecessary. I loved Crowe's performance, however. As for "Collateral", his direction for that was much more focused.

I'm a fan of the screenplay as well. Much better than it had any right to be. This was a cliched plotline, but I'm glad that Mr. Beattie did some fascinating things with it. Take, for example, the first scene with Pinkett Smith and Foxx. Very good dialogue.

I was talking to my roommate before I saw 'Collateral' and he said 'it's just going to be Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx debating philosophy for eighty-five minutes before they have a shoot-out for the last ten.'

He was slightly off, of course. I think the last shoot-outs were a good fifteen minutes, maybe twenty.

What was scary about the climax, though? Seriously. I didn't find it remotely unsettling. Had he succeeded and put a bullet between Pinkett Smith's and then Foxx's eyes, maybe it would have been. But there was never any danger of that now, was there? The only thing I liked was the ruthless way it dispatched with Mark Ruffalo.

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I can't really describe WHY it was scary. Maybe it was because a majority of the scene took place in a dark, quiet room. Maybe it was because Annie could very well have been caught by Vincent. Maybe I scare easily. Who knows? All I can tell you is that I thought it was very intense, dark, and well-constructed.

I like Halle Berry, and though I have seen her in some amazing movies, Monster's Ball was definetely NOT one of them. Then what happens? She wins an Oscar and makes too many bad choices.

Halle Berry's talents were overlooked before the porn film she won the Oscar for.
Jungle Fever - where she plays a crackhead.
Why Do Fools Fall in Love - playing Zora from The Platters.
And the other film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge was well recognized when she one the Golden Globe.

My opinion on her winning. It's political. It was 2002, and time for a black person to win, because, truthfully, why didn't Angela Bassett win for "What's Love Got to Do with It?" or Whoopie Goldberg for "The Color Purple", or even Alfre Woodard for the many leading roles that she has played?
It's a political thing, and Hollywood, that year, decided to be politically correct.
My question is, when will the next black person win? Not for another twenty years< I bet.
But, IMO, Don Cheadle, and Sophie Okeneda (sp) deserve to win this year, for pulling off some AMAZING and CHALLENGING work.

The only challenging thing with Berry was that she had to make it look believable that she really wanted Billy Bob, and, well, that was definately a challenge.

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Well, Whoopi won for Ghost, but in the supporting category. Halle's was the first win in the leading category and in my opinion, the least deserved in years.

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You have to remember that 2001 (2002 Oscars) didn't have a huge favorite for Best Actress. It was between Sissy, Nicole, and Halle. Sissy was the critical darling, and both Nicole and Halle had big vocal supporters. I believe it was close between those 3, and Halle barely pulled off a win.

As for the other performances, and I think having a big favorite for the award or someone with just as big if not bigger reason to win got in their way.

There was no way Angela Basset was going to win over Holly Hunter in the Piano. She was both a critical and popular favorite. Whoopi Goldberg's nominated turn in The Color Purple was excellent but she faced big competition from Meryl Streep for Out of Africa and the unawarded verteran Geraldine Page. Whoopie being a rookie during that time had no chance against Page who had been nominated numerous times and never won.

Then in 1972, we had two great performances from an African-American women. Diana Ross in "Lady Sings the Blues" and Cicely Tyson in "Sounder." From what I saw, Ross had a huge support and Tyson won a lot of critic circle awards. However, they were up against Liza Minelli...who not only was a second generation Hollywood royalty, but arguably gave the best performance of her career in Cabaret.

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I agree that they should have included Lynn Thigpenn and Nell Carter in their obituary, but I don't think you should hold your contempt towards the bunch of white people that you never heard of.

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God, I hated The Piano.

I still haven't forgiven Harvey Kitel for that damned movie.

I wonder if Kate Winslett will cry this year when she doesn't win like she did for Titanic. She's such a hack *ducks*

And as for DiCrapio, he has finally given us a performance that is worthy of the one he gave us in Gilbert Grape.

I agree that What's-his-name should not win for impersonating Ray Charles.

Well, she didn't actually cry, but she certainly teared-up.

Then she got fat.