Oscar musings
Just at first glance, I don't see any huge surprises on the Oscar nominations. I just hope there's a show. Just a few thoughts:
It's a huge relief that Hal Holbrook was nominated for Into The Wild, since he blatantly deserves it. That's the one I was waiting for. Unfortunately, it's kind of like finally getting your show on the air but having it scheduled against American Idol. Bardem is a shoo-in, even though I didn't think his performance was any better.
I'm not quite as enthused about The Bourne Ultimatum as I was at first, but didn't it deserve a little more than Editing, Sound, and Sound Editing? Maybe Best Director?
They should have added Best Original Score to There Will Be Blood's tally.
Lust, Caution should have been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but we all know the Academy only vacations in Europe. Nice to see them throw in a film from Kazakhstan; maybe they're trying to make up for the whole Borat thing.
I'm not putting any money on Norbit for Best Makeup.
If Daniel Day-Lewis wins, he totally has to say this.
It's a huge relief that Hal Holbrook was nominated for Into The Wild, since he blatantly deserves it. That's the one I was waiting for. Unfortunately, it's kind of like finally getting your show on the air but having it scheduled against American Idol. Bardem is a shoo-in, even though I didn't think his performance was any better.
I'm not quite as enthused about The Bourne Ultimatum as I was at first, but didn't it deserve a little more than Editing, Sound, and Sound Editing? Maybe Best Director?
They should have added Best Original Score to There Will Be Blood's tally.
Lust, Caution should have been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but we all know the Academy only vacations in Europe. Nice to see them throw in a film from Kazakhstan; maybe they're trying to make up for the whole Borat thing.
I'm not putting any money on Norbit for Best Makeup.
If Daniel Day-Lewis wins, he totally has to say this.
Labels: Oscars
posted by Steve at
7:05 AM
2 Comments:
I think Lust, Caution was withdrawn as Taiwan's entry because not enough of the overall talent came from Taiwan. It was a film of "greater China" (plus France, Mexico, etc.) so it wasn't eligible for best Foreign Film. They are allowed to put it in for other categories next year, I believe.
Although, on a different issue, how many NC-17 movies have ever been up for Oscars?
Ah, yes, ran into a little problem. That's too bad.
http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/4715/
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