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Ledayed Acretion Mepartdent:
Befade wrote:
Can I come?
Tetro has been totally overlooked.........and it's my favorite film of the year.
So I understand, from colleauges and your and Lorne's enconiums -- it sadly played when The Year From The Planet Hell was at its most Hellish. Re: the proposed double-bill screening, will certainly inqure of the Baroque Violinist, although given that his insane schedule -- concertizing, freelance coaching and pick-up gigs, regular professorial duties and rabid cinemaphilia -- makes my beleaguered itinerary languid by comparison, anybody's guess exactly when.
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How long has the Directors Guild been giving awards?
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The Hurt Locker is a great exploration of men at war (in some respects, it reminded me a of the excellent BBC mini-series Occupation). However, I had one or two problems with some technical details that made it difficult for me to totally settle into the film.
Bomb disposal squads do a difficult job that requires a special type of courage. I suspect that few other combat roles require its soldiers to calmly and repeatedly put themselves in such danger. Their’s might not be a glamorous role (if I can use that term in this context) but the bravery required is manifest. As such, I was disappointed that Karen Bigelow felt the need to turn the EOD squad into action heroes, regularly taking on insurgents single-handedly. I felt it an unnecessary Hollywoodisation. Though trained soldiers, an EOD squad are specialists who will usually go abouttheir work under the protection of more regular combat troops. In one, for me, particularly unconvincing scene, the squad, who had no business being out and about on their own, took on and defeated a number of snipers despite being deserted by a number of battle hardened contractors.
This quibble aside, I would not begrudge this film or its director the Oscar. |
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I may have mentioned this before, but in '79, BBCTV produced an excellent series called Danger UXB, with Anthony Andrews ("Brideshead Revisited") as a young, hastily trained unexploded bomb - "UXB" - officer during the London blitz.
IMO, it surpassed the Oscar-worthy Hurt Locker for that specialized tension, because it gave you much more tech info on the design of these nasty things, and it took more time to detail the several disposal events. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:45 am |
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The 82nd Academy Awards nominees:
Best Picture
* “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
* “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
* “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
* “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
* “The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
* “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
* “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
* “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
* “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
* Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
* George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
* Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
* Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
* Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”
Actor in a Supporting Role
* Matt Damon in “Invictus”
* Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
* Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
* Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
* Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
Actress in a Leading Role
* Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
* Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
* Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
* Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
* Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”
Actress in a Supporting Role
* Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
* Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
* Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
* Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
* Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Animated Feature Film
* “Coraline” Henry Selick
* “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
* “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
* “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
* “Up” Pete Docter
Art Direction
* “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
* “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
* “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
* “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
* “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
Cinematography
* “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
* “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
* “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
* “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
* “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger
Costume Design
* “Bright Star” Janet Patterson
* “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
* “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
* “Nine” Colleen Atwood
* “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell
Directing
* “Avatar” James Cameron
* “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
* “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
* “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman
Documentary (Feature)
* “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
* “The Cove” Nominees to be determined
* “Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
* “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
* “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa
Documentary (Short Subject)
* “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
* “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
* “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
* “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
* “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Film Editing
* “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
* “District 9” Julian Clarke
* “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
* “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz
Foreign Language Film
* “Ajami” Israel
* “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
* “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
* “Un Prophète” France
* “The White Ribbon” Germany
Makeup
* “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
* “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
* “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Music (Original Score)
* “Avatar” James Horner
* “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
* “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
* “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
* “Up” Michael Giacchino
Music (Original Song)
* “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
* “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
* “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Short Film (Animated)
* “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
* “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
* “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
* “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
* “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park
Short Film (Live Action)
* “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
* “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
* “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
* “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
* “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Sound Editing
* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
* “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
* “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
* “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
* “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
Sound Mixing
* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
* “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
* “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
* “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
* “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
Visual Effects
* “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
* “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
* “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
* “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
* “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
* “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
* “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Writing (Original Screenplay)
* “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
* “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
* “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
* “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
L.A. Times: The Envelope: Big morning for 'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker'
Avatar and Hurt Locker tied with most nods (9 each); La Bigelow only the 4th womyn director nom, Mr. Daniels only the 2nd African American director nom, Up only the second fully animated film to get a best pic nod and one of but a handful of films to get double-nods (best picture/for-lang or animated feature).
SASSY duties mandate noting that Mrs. Gummer is now officially the acting nomination champeen:
LAT: The Gold Derby: Meryl Streep sets new record with 16th Oscar nomination |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:24 am |
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Thanks Inla.
I continue to scratch me head over the attention given to Avatar. Certainly entertaining and great to watch, and I dug the 3-D glasses, but really now... Best Picture? It's a fuckin' kid's story. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:35 am |
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lshap wrote: Thanks Inla.
I continue to scratch me head over the attention given to Avatar. Certainly entertaining and great to watch, and I dug the 3-D glasses, but really now... Best Picture? It's a fuckin' kid's story.
Totally disagree. It's a great film. |
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| This is one of the very few times that I don't have any big disagreement about the Academy's nominations. Mind you it is probably the year I have seen far fewer of the films up for nomination. That's why I really can't participate in the Blanche voting. I'm not happy with that, but that's the way it is. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:24 am |
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For the second half of Avatar, the story is on auto-pilot. Cliches fly around and crash into each other.
I couldn't believe that it actually comes down to the usual championship wrestling formula of hero v. villain, one-on-one, with stunning reversals ... complete with ultra-dumb quips exchanged. Almost the worst of pop culture, where the extreme investment of money meant that they tried to appeal to as broad an audience as possible while making everything as familiar as possible, seemingly afraid that taking chances and creativity would hurt financial returns.
I'm surprised that Mary & Max was left off.
Glad to see Matter of Loaf and Death in the short ani mix.
Surprised Men & Goats & Staring was rebuffed, and The Informant was shut out.
And I haven't seen Where the Wild Things Are, but figured it would get some sort of nomination.
I'm planning to skip Invictus (heard some cornball lines from Freeman while in a Dvd shop), Julie & Julia, and Nine. Are any of these essential? |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:33 am |
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| The only serious disagreement I have is that Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man) was left off the Best Actor list. He gives one of the best performances of the year. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:23 am |
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Considering the plethora of acclaimed, accomplished, just-off-the-radar actors -- Nicky Cage, Ben Foster, Matt Damon in Informant!, Viggo! in The Road, to name but four -- amid the mix in 2009, Michael Stuhlbarg was never more than a long shot for an Oscar nod, at best, though he did give an excellent performance.
Am rather wistful over the Where the Wild Things Are shut-out, the (500) Days of Summer script snub, the inevitable absences of Alec Baldwin/Anthony Mackie/Jeff Bridges (for Goats) supporting nods, Julianne Moore/Samantha Morton, Single Man and Julie & Julia adapted screenplays, Ann Roth's J&J costumes, Sin Nombre and The Bridges of Agnes. Pleasantly surprised at the Messenger screenplay nod, though. Biggest Buzz/reax amid the press corps this morning: The Blind Side's Best Picture and Maggie G's Crazy Heart supporting nods. Also In the Loop for screenplay, though it got fewer gasps/cheers in the room.
On Avatar, have previously commented, and will still my tongue, except to note am more aligned with the Lorne/gromit POV than with Mr. Dolores, tee-hee.
Besides, the Golden Raspberry nominations are also out:
WORST PICTURE OF 2009
"All About Steve"
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"
"Land of the Lost"
"Old Dogs""
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" (a.k.a. "Trannies, Too")
WORST ACTOR OF 2009
All Three Jonas Brothers, "Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience"
Will Ferrell, "Land of the Lost"
Steve Martin, "Pink Panther 2"
Eddie Murphy, "Imagine That"
John Travolta, "Old Dogs"
WORST ACTRESS Of 2009
Beyonce, "Obsessed"
Sandra Bullock, "All About Steve"
Myley Cyrus, "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
Megan Fox, "Jennifer’s Body" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Sarah Jessica Parker, "Did You Hear About the Morgans?"
WORST SCREEN COUPLE OF 2009
Any Two (or More) Jonas Brothers, "The Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert Experience"
Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper, "All About Steve"
Will Ferrell and any co-star, Creature or "Comic Riff," "Land of the Lost"
Shia Lebouf & Either Megan Fox or Any Transformer, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
Kristin Stewart and either Robert Pattinson or Taylor Lautner, "Twilight Saga: New Moon"
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF 2009
Candice Bergen, "Bride Wars"
Ali Larter, "Obsessed"
Sienna Miller, "G.I. Joe"
Kelly Preston,"Old Dogs"
Julie White (as Mom), "Trannies, Too"
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR OF 2009
Billy Ray Cyrus, "Hannah Montana: The Movie"
Hugh Hefner (as himself), "Miss March"
Robert Pattinson, "Twilight Saga: New Moon"
Jorma Taccone (as Cha-Ka), "Land of the Lost"
Marlon Wayans, "G.I. Joe"
WORST REMAKE, RIP-OFF OR SEQUEL (COMBINED CATEGORY FOR 2009)
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"
"Land of the Lost"
"Pink Panther 2" (A Rip-Off of a Sequel to a Remake)
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
"Twilight Saga: New Moon"
WORST DIRECTOR OF 2009
Michael Bay, "Trannies, Too"
Walt Becker, "Old Dogs"
Brad Silberling, "Land of the Lost"
Stephen Sommers, "G.I. Joe"
Phil Traill, "All About Steve"
WORST SCREENPLAY OF 2009
"All About Steve," screenplay by Kim Barker
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," screenplay by Stuart Beattie and David Elliot & Paul Lovett, based on Hasbro's G.I. Joe Characters.
"Land of the Lost," written by Chris Henchy & Dennis McNicholas, based on Sid & Marty Krofft's TV series
"Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen," written By Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman, based on Hasbro’s Transformers Action Figures
"Twilight Saga: New Moon," screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer
WORST PICTURE OF THE DECADE (3 SPECIAL 30TH RAZZIE-VERSARY AWARDZ)
"Battlefield Earth" (2000) -- Nominated for 10 Razzies, "winner" of 8 (including Worst Drama of Our First 25 Years)
"Freddy Got Fingered" (2001) -- Nominated for nine Razzies, "winner" of five
"Gigli" (2003) -- Nominated for 10 Razzies, winner of seven (including Worst Comedy of Our First 25 Years)
"I Know Who Killed Me" (2007) -- Nominated for nine Razzies, "winner" of eight
"Swept Away" (2002) -- Nominated for nine Razzies, "winner" of five
WORST ACTOR OF THE DECADE
Ben Affleck -- (Nominated for nine "achievements,"winner" of two Razzies) "Daredevil," "Gigli," "Jersey Girl," "Paycheck," "Pearl Harbor," "Surviving Christmas"
Eddie Murphy -- (Nominated for 12 "achievements," "winner" of three Razzies) "Adventures of Pluto Nash," "I Spy," "Imagine That," "Meet Dave," "Norbit," "Showtime"
Mike Myers -- (Nominated for four "achievements," "winner" of two Razzies), "Cat in the Hat," "The Love Guru"
Rob Schneider -- (Nominated for six "achievements," "winner" of one Razzie) "The Animal," "Benchwarmers," "Deuce Bigalo: European Gigolo," "Grandma's Boy," "The Hot Chick," "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry," "Little Man," "Little Nicky"
John Travolta -- (Nominated for six "achievements," "winner" of the Razzies) "Battlefield Earth," "Domestic Disturbance," "Lucky Numbers," "Old Dogs," "Swordfish"
WORST ACTRESS OF THE DECADE
Mariah Carey – (The Single Biggest Individual Vote Getter of the Decade: 70+% Of ALL Votes For Worst Actress Of 2001), "Glitter"
Paris Hilton (Nominated for five "Achievements," "Winner" of four Razzies) "The Hottie & The Nottie," "House of Whacks," "Repo: The Genetic Opera"
Lindsay Lohan -- (Nominated for five "achievements," "winner" of three Razzies) "Herbie Fully Loaded," "I Know Who Killed Me," "Just My Luck"
Jennifer Lopez -- (Nominated for nine "achievements," "winner" of two Razzies) "Angel Eyes," "Enough," "Gigli," "Jersey Girl," "Maid in Manhattan," "Monster-in-Law," "The Wedding Planner"
Madonna -- (Nominated for six "achievements," "winner" of four Razzies) "Die Another Day," "The Next Best Thing," "Swept Away"
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:32 am |
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| The only real surprises for me in the major categories are "In the Loop" for adapted screenplay, Maggie Gyllenhaal for supporting actress and the absence of Anthony Mackie for supporting actor. I was surprised not to see District 9 and Where the Wild Things Are absent in some of the techical categories where I was expecting them. such as costume design for Where the Wild Things Are. |
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| I'm disappointed but not surprised Goodbye Solo and Moon didn't pick up any nominations. I was hoping Anvil! The Story of Anvil might pick up a documentary nod. |
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billyweeds wrote: The only serious disagreement I have is that Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man) was left off the Best Actor list. He gives one of the best performances of the year.
I addressed this in Hated Films. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:14 pm |
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| I agree with all the Razzies except for G I Joe. Shouldn't even be close to getting on the list. Did I see a different movie? |
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| I am hugely disappointed that Anvil need not get a nom for best documentary. Bad, bad, bad. |
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