Classified under:Oscars 2004,Rob Andrews
God, the Oscars can be so surreal. What's missing from the list? What's confusing?
No Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind as best picture.
No Best Actor for Jim Carey or Paul Giamatti.
Why is Jamie Foxx billed as best supporting actor for Collateral? He's clearly the lead of the film. I suppose it was a political move, so that he'd get an extra nomination. But still!
Oldboy isn't considered for best picture (which isn't that surprising, but still, I'd like to see a revenge film up there), as well as Wong Kar Wai's 2046.
Ghost In the Shell and Team America: World Police not being nominated for best animated film.
I am amused that the writer of Bats and Star Trek: Nemesis (John Logan) was nominated for best original screenplay, but after Akiva Goldsmith won, nothing shocks me.
I'm surprised that Collateral wasn't nominated for best cinematography. It was clearly the best usage of digital film I've seen yet. It managed to capture darkness incredibly well.
Hellboy wasn't nominated for best makeup? Huh. Very surprising.
I'm incredibly surprised that the Incredibles wasn't nominated for best score. Out of all the movies this year, it's the only one, next to Oldboy, whereI wanted to get a soundtrack right away. A great re-jigging of spy themes and superhero bombast.
No nods for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow? I admit that the movie was incredibly souless, but c'mon, the movie is gonna be considered to be a turning point in special effects in the next couple of years. The least it could get is an Oscar nod.
Who do I think should win for this year's Oscars?
Best supporting actress: Natalie Portman-CLOSER.
Best supporting actor:Clive Owen-CLOSER
Best actress: Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Best actor: Jamie Foxx - RAY (although I have a soft spot for Dicapprio peeing into a vaste line of milk bottles. Oscar gold, I tell you)
Best director: Martin Scorsese - THE AVIATOR
Best screenplay: Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Best adapted screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor - SIDEWAYS
Best animated feature: the Incredibles
Best Feature: the Aviator
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
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Team America is NOT ANIMATION!!!!!
Bitching aside...given the choices I'd personally go with:
Best supporting actress: Natalie Portman-CLOSER.
Best supporting actor:Clive Owen-CLOSER
Best actress: Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Best actor: Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
(haven't even seen it, but c'mon. Its Depp. And fuck them for seeing past the comedic stink of Jamie Foxx but not of Jim Carrey. Elitist bastards. I hope they die from diarrhea-ing their intestines out.)
Best director: Alexander Payne - SIDEWAYS
Best screenplay: Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Best adapted screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor - SIDEWAYS
Best animated feature: THE INCREDIBLES
Best Feature: SIDEWAYS
Given your strong recommendations I'll have to see the Aviator though Rob.
I'll say it again, the Academy considers puppeteering animantion. As well as films that have 70% animation in it. We might see Stewart Little Three nominated because of this rule. It's odd, but it's true.
I still think Eternal Sunshine, while a good movie, was overrated, so I'm not shocked it didn't get a nod. However Carey did a great job and should totally be up there for best actor. Actually, I'm mostly depressed at how few of these movies I've seen. My movie watching really fell off this fall-winter.
I thought that Eternal Sunshine was over rated too. Honestly, and this will probably cost me my indie cred, Kaufman leaves me cold, more often than not. It'll win for best screenplay.
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