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The Oscar Nominations Are In!!!

I don't think I've seen a single one of those movies. by rev_skarekroe	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:02:48 AM
I mean, where the hell is "Snakes on a Plane"?
Snakes on a train:FIRST by Snikkar124	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:04:37 AM
I love it!!!
Viva El Gordo by CuervoJones	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:05:28 AM
A por ellos, Guillermo
What Great Nominations! by BigTuna	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:06:39 AM
Usually, everyone craps on who the Academy nominated or didn't, but this is the best list of nominees I can ever remember. Great job!
Crap as Usual by greenhorn1	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:06:58 AM
It's a fucking travesty that the fountain didn't get nominated for best original score at the very least. (should have been for best picture, actor and director as well but it was a given it would be snubbed there).
Are they accurate this time Harry? by Ricky Henderson	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:07:01 AM
heh
CHILDREN OF MEN by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:07:58 AM
at last children of men gets recognised for something! it was my favourite film of last year easily and glad it got some nominations but should of got atleast best director nod over stephen frears!! MArky MArk got nominated for being himself amusing too.
DEL TORO BITCHES! by THE KNIGHT	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:08:25 AM
Whooo hooo! I loved Pans....
Prediction by c4andmore	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:08:28 AM
Iwo Jima for best pic (Eastwood) Departed for best director (Scorsese) best of both worlds
"Original" screenplay by rentfan	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:08:38 AM
I have a question. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA was based on the general's letters. So how can that be original screen play if it was based on something?
Would love to see peter o by Langerlad	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:09:08 AM
Would love to see peter o toole win for best actor...Martin scorsese better not be over looked this time round
Infernal Affairs didn´t get an Oscar nomination by CuervoJones	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:09:27 AM
damn you, Academy
How the fuck is Borat adpated? by Grando	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:09:47 AM
Well? Oh, and yay for Little Miss Sunshine and United 93!
Casino royale and BORAT by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:11:50 AM
snubbing bastards too. casino royale was the best bond film in a longlong time and borat is the funniest as well.so fuck the academy with its babel bullshit. oh yeah and brad pitt did not get nominated did he, fuck him too. plus was salma hayek drunk? hope so.
grando by Holodigm	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:12:31 AM
borat is a character who has appeared in previously published/released material. it's based on the show. and no jack nomination?
borat adapted! by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:13:29 AM
i think thats because the character and similar situations appeared in the ali g show in the UK therefore not an originalcharacter as it is based on that TV show.i think?!?!
HOW LONG TILL by THE KNIGHT	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:13:50 AM
The Paul Greengrass lovers come storming in.... Another year, another Scorsese/Eastwood battle... Anyone smell an upset?
Babel by Rodolfo	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:14:21 AM
Adriana Barraza, now that's a fuckin'good performance!
Children of Men... by Avert Therapy	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:16:21 AM
I find it hard to believe that the first nomination for this film didn't go for sound, throughout the film the sound production was superb. Good round of nominations in all, Winslet's been nominated 5 times now, maybe that role on extras will finally pay off...
CONGRATS DEL TORO by THE KNIGHT	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:16:50 AM
Pans is definitely a great film... great imagination you have there....
SCORSESE VS EASTWOOD by MIYAGISAN	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:17:27 AM
The best Oscar showdown in years, and neither are going to win it.
HArry and his CHILDREN OF MEN by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:17:41 AM
not as bad as it sounds i promise. but i missed harrys review on this film and wondering if you thought there was a slight miscarriage of justice for this film not receiving more nominations in the MAIN catergories.
All fairly predictable by echobase	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:17:46 AM
It'll be a British Year I think...
RYAN GOSLING by THE KNIGHT	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:17:49 AM
I did not see that one coming....
Snakes on the OscarTrain!!! by Snikkar124	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:18:25 AM
Helen Mirren,Peter O`Toole,Martin Scorcesse,Alan Arkin will all Win one i think.Im sure the best pictiure will go to The Queen.Also Pirates will get the one for Visual FX.Im glad to see that x3 got nothing for makeup.I think Apocolypto will get that one.I think pirates 2 should have gotten a nod for costume design,but that one will go to the devil:) The rest is up in the air.I really hope Borat wins for adapted screenplay!!Cate Blanchet for support.Can`t wait to not watch the show.I`ll read about it the next day:) Can`t belive Snakes on a train has no nod!!! Will get it for the sequel !!SNAKES ON A TRAIN!!!!!!!!!
No Volver? by scratcher	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:19:05 AM
I haven't seen the nominees for foreign film, but it's crazy that Volver didn't make the list. It's nice the Cruz got a nomination, but the film was better than her performance. It's also great that Wahlberg got a nomination - he's underrated. And is there a more obvious winner this year than POTC for visual FX? They may as well hand that out today.
Six for PAN'S, and Greengrass for Best Director! by Nordling	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:19:11 AM
Cool. Although I think Scorsese should get it, if for nothing else because the man's paid his dues for damn sure.
SNOOP DOGG'S HOOD OF HORROR WAS ROBBED! by Vern	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:19:36 AM
I gotta say, I don't get the love for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. I actually saw that at an early screening with the directors present and everything, and I didn't bother to review it because there was nothing much to say. The entire review should be "cute." I mean come on America. It's a better than average indie comedy. I love Alan Arkin and the little girl was good too but all this is pretty ridiculous. As ten thousand people will have typed above and below me by the time I hit post comment, it is fuckin horse shit to nominate that movie for best picture and not CHILDREN OF MEN, among other things. Also, we've been getting spoiled with the Academy being with it enough to nominate Johnny Depp for the first PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and a few other surprising but deserved ones in the last couple years, so I was thinking they might be cool enough to nominate Sascha Baron Cohen for actor and Alfonso Cuaron for director. But I guess not. The adapted vs. original category is always weird too. Why does LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA count as original, even though it's adapted, while BORAT counts as adapted, even though it's original? I got no idea what the script for that one would've looked like but I'm glad it gets acknowledged for something. It will be remember longer than most of these movies. Biggest outrage: you fuckers gotta nominate three god damn fake Motown songs from that musical but don't have the courtesy to give one fucking slot to Prince? Don't you guys love those cartoon songs? Come on freakos. We coulda seen PRmotherfuckinINCE on stage during the Oscars, instead we get to see various winners from game shows and the Mickey Mouse Club or wherever the fuck those prefabricated test tube singers that the kids listen to come from. Thanks alot, assholes. Mark Wahlberg: I think he's getting credit for the writing and not his performance, because he had all the funny lines. But he is a good actor so good job. Will Smith: I predicted his nomination when I saw the test screening like half a year ago, but I was too chickenshit to put it in writing in case I'd look like an idiot. Clint: thank the Lord those knuckleheads nominated the right one. LETTERS FROM IWO truly is great but I was worried they would get confused and pick FLAGS. Also, good to see PAN'S LABYRINTH getting so many nominations, even if it is just a retroactive "thank you for BLADE II" career award.
Mistakes A Plenty by bobinnova	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:19:50 AM
Once again the Academy completely hoses up the nominations. "Letters from Iwo Jima" (completely in Japanese) as Best Film and leaving out "United 93"? The press has already harped on "Dreamgirls" also being left out. Sasha Cohen was a good enough best actor for the Golden Globes but not good enough for the Academy? Wahlberg and DiCaprio were nothing without Jack Nicholson in "The Departed". Just give the Oscar to Scorsese and Forrest Whitaker, and all will be right in the world.
Really love the noms - especially Gosling by eppdude	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:20:15 AM
That was an amazing performance in such a little film. So glad the Academy was paying attention.
where's The Fountain for music or visuals? by evilmasterfoo	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:20:31 AM
Sure the film might have been a little lacking, but the music and effects were amazing!
SALMA HAYEK GOTTA EAT! by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:20:43 AM
i love that crazy drunk emotional wreck of a woman cheering for her lesbian fuck buddy( penelope cruz not judi dench)getting nominated.god bless you salma and all your crazy days of vitamin pill taking.chin up girl chin up
By the way Harry by Vern	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:20:54 AM
why do you stay up all night? Did you know you could just get up early instead? Try it out next year. You don't even have to get up as early as I do because of the time zones they got out there. hope this helps bud thanks.
also love that Dreamgirls got the shut out. by eppdude	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:21:10 AM
Really, all the films nominated for best picture WERE better films. Still really would have loved to have seen Children of Men nominated more.
re:Snakes on the OscarTrain by MIYAGISAN	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:22:09 AM
Snakes on a Planes Trains and Automobiles, starring Steve Martin. Well it's got to be better than him doing Clouseau
BORAT for screenplay? Why? They should have... by eppdude	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:22:12 AM
given that nom to THank you For Smoking.
The Fountain by nEo4EvEr	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:23:46 AM
The Fountain got robbed...should have gotten a oscar for there score or visual effects..Your telling me POSEIDON had better effects?
no, bobinnova. You're wrong about Jack Nicholson by eppdude	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:24:56 AM
He was good, but really overly hammy. And I dont believe Wahlberg shared one scene with him. So i dont understand your comment about him being "nothing" without Jack. I was really impressed the Academy ignored Jack, who really was good in the movie, but these other actors were great.
marky mark and jack torrance! by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:27:18 AM
wrong eppdude they did share a scene on the pier in the second act with martin sheen present and correct where they talk about those missile chips to chinese and shit.
Bobinnova by Vern	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:27:52 AM
You're saying LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA doesn't deserve a nomination because it's in Japanese? What's that about buddy. I think maybe you got a problem with the Japanese language. I'd like you to say that to the Japanese language's face.
Could this be Scorcese's year? by Sheriff_Hoyt	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:28:10 AM
I actually didn't get to see The Departed in the theater (I'll be getting the DVD the day it comes out though) but I've heard from just about everyone that it's fantastic. My all-time favorite movie is Goodfellas, so I hope Marty finally gets his Oscar since he should already have at least four or five of 'em by now... I can't believe Borat was nominated?! I thought the flick was absolutely hilarious, but I would have never seen that coming. I've been a big fan of Da Ali G show for a couple years now so good for them.
i stand corrected. by eppdude	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:29:51 AM
Wahlberg was shit in that scene because of Jack. And shit in the whole movie for that matter BECAUSE of that scene. yes, fucking Academy.
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:30:25 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:30:25 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:30:25 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:30:27 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:30:27 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:30:28 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:30:28 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:30:29 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:30:29 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:30:30 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
whoops by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:31:34 AM
sorry
If the Academy had any balls (which they don't) by Itchy	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:31:56 AM
Borat would've garnered a Best Picture and a Best Actor nod. Instead ? Same old crap. And Apocolypto shouldve been there in Best Picture and Best Director, but unfortunately Hollywood Oscar Voters are prejudiced against Anti-Semites. I pray - PRAY - that The Departed gets Best Picture and Best Director, but I don't see either happening as it didn't even have enough steam to get perennial swingin-dick Jack Nicholson an acting nod.
was daniel craig overlooked and eva green? by Vern	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:32:57 AM
i mean they did great the scene on the train with them deconstructing each other was greatand oscar worthy i thought, amazing chemistry instead we get an 8 year old in a sub standard indie flick.whatever
the usual by AllieJamison	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:33:42 AM
Harry shouldn't exaggerate. It's great for Pan's Labyrinth, yeah...but what about all the other achievements (fountain, Children Of Men...) getting robbed? It just has been a wonderful year which led to some films accidentally getting some of the academy love they deserved. No need for undeserved praise. I will watch as usual and wait for these little moments of film celebration and instead get these little miss sunshine crashy episodes...argh.
its the new GOTTA EAT subject caption by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:34:38 AM
cheers vern appreciated
Vern by HEADGEEK	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:36:57 AM
Actually - I didn't want to wake up Yoko with an alarm - and I usually goto bed around 4am each night/morning. So staying up a few extra hours isn't a big deal!
Little Miss B.S. by anymajordude74	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:37:20 AM
There are innumerable films this year better than this barely average indie comedy. Children Of Men, Old Joy, A Prairie Home Companion even Blood Diamond was better and it wasn't that good. Oh well, as long as it doesn't win.
.. by AllieJamison	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:37:32 AM
thus..good thing that harry actually confined his ecstasy to the nominations.
L. M. Sunshine is this year's Sideways by scratcher	Jan 23rd, 2007 08:44:11 AM
Okay, it wasn't THAT overrated, but it sticks with you for about 5 minutes.
Vicenzo by Vern	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:01:50 AM
I know that, but it's not adapted really, so they are not really honoring a writer for adapting in that case. (among other things.) I guess I shouldn't have thrown that in, obviously I understand that technicality, but can anybody explain LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA? Last year it was SYRIANA in the original category even though it's based on a book. It seems like there was another recent example, but maybe I'm imagining it. I guess none if this is as bad as STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL getting nominated as a documentary.
Uh... did my post just disappear? by theoneofblood	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:03:32 AM
Or is the talkback acting all dimensional-portal like again? Anyway, my point is that Children of Men should have at least been also nominated for Directing, Visual Effects, Production Design, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.
No United 93 for best picture! by erichaislar	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:04:31 AM
Bullshit no matter what your option on this film is. Its still best picture quality.
dude, my post disappeared by Vern	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:04:51 AM
this is an outrage, this is censorship, I demand justice, etc.
Letters from Iwo Jima by HEADGEEK	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:05:52 AM
Couldn't be nominated for Foreign Language film - because according to the retarded Academy rules - a film has to be designated as coming from a country. Thus - Pan's Labyrinth was nominated by Mexico. Although - it was shot in Spain. Each country can nominate 1 film. Yeah, I know. It SUCKS. But this is how it goes some times.
I just got off the phone with Scorcese 10 minutes ago by The Funketeer	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:05:58 AM
He lost all power to speak Spanish and started shouted excitedly in English so happy for all his friends. How cool am I?
CLICK??????????????????????????? ??????????????????????? by supermarch	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:06:09 AM
CLICK??? Oscars = officially and without question a total joke.
actually by HEADGEEK	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:07:19 AM
we're having server freak outs due to increased traffic - as a result - stuff can be lost - I lost an update to the nominees I tried a while back
I'm afraid... by maxwell's hammer	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:08:36 AM
...that "Little Miss Sunshine" is going to end up being that movie that everyone loved when it came out, but everyone decides will be fun to abuse now that a few months have gone by. And I know not everyone loved LMS, but it was good, and yes, I would have liked to have seen "Children of Men" nominated, but oh well. LMS was a good movie. I loved it when i saw it during its original release, and I loved it when I watched it the other day with some friends. Kudos to Abigail and Arkin and everyone else who worked on what I think was a great little movie.
I could not care less by Mister Man	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:09:29 AM
And to have Salma screeching about Mexicans taking over the Oscars - whatever. "Little Miss Sunburn" ain't Best Pic material. And anybody who "sits up all night" waiting for the announcement is, well, creepy. This year isn't any different - glaring omissions, jaw-dropping inclusions.
THE KNIGHT GOTTA EAT! by THE KNIGHT	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:12:30 AM
I'm starving...
GDT FOR EVERYTHING by DOGSOUP	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:13:18 AM
Seriously Pan's Labyrinth deserves everything it's nominated for. Wow, Oscar night is really about the triumph of 3 friends isn't it? Too bad Alfonso Curon couldn't get a bigger slice of that pie...
Take It Easy People by bobinnova	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:13:42 AM
My comments were not to be taken as racist or against the Japanese people. The Japanese are are people with a proud and honorable tradition and I would not discredit them in anyway. I am simply saying that in my opinion, however right or wrong that it is, that I thought United 93 deserved to be nominated for Best Picture and that Letters from Iwo Jima deserved to be in the Foreign Picture category. If we're going with foreign language films should be nominated for Best Picture, then why not nominate Pan's Labyrinth for Best Picture? As the Academy is limited to 5 nominees, what nominated film would you replace it with?
Please no whining by Fount of Useless Info	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:14:53 AM
Look, I know everyone on this site loves Children of Men and feel that it's so important and timely because it deals with immigration, but it got nominated where it should have been nominated. In fact, I think it even got one more nod than it should have. It looked great, and it was filmed wonderfully, but any screenplay that takes that source material and turns it into a glorified action film and has Michael Caine reduced to a stoned old man asking people to pull his finger does not deserve a nomination.
Really excellent nominations... by DanielKurland	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:17:02 AM
So happy to see Little Children and Little Miss Sunshine love, but it would have been awesome if Carell got a nomination. Pleased as hell to see Wahlberg's nomination, and wonderful to see Black Dahliaup for cinematography, what else would you expect from De Palma. A very good list, and although I'd love to see DiCaprio win, that is a really tough best actor list.
Rip-off by Right Bastard	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:17:58 AM
Who said Best Animated Feature had to be a kid's film? Why no SCANNER DARKLY? The oscars are so damn pointless.
That;s exactly what I's saying Fount by theoneofblood	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:18:34 AM
We can agree that CoM looked really fucking great and so should have been nominated for production design and visual effects. (I've never seen stuff done so seamlessly). As for the sound, come on that bomb blast? The shrill piecing whine of shellshock blending into a hight-pitched violin note? That shit deserves some nomination motherfucker.
Hmm, that last comment made me look drunk by theoneofblood	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:20:07 AM
I assure you I am not.
Little Miss Sunsine - The Griswalds with no Jokes by MontyPigeon	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:23:34 AM
Overrated alert.
Little MS was nominated in an attempt to be hip. by Knobules	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:23:41 AM
Thats pathetic. Ooh look at us, we are in touch with the Indie scene. Puke. LSM was a decent movie, but best picture? What a bunch of dorks. Where is Children of Men?
CHILDREN OF MEN... by Napolean Solo	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:26:34 AM
BEST PICTURE = NO; BEST DIRECTOR = NO; BEST ACTOR (CLIVE OWEN) = NO. An utter sham. I agree with Vern, but as DIE HARD Prince fan, I couldn't agree more with the Academy. That Happy Feet song is trash, and if that's the circumstance in which we get to see him perform at the awards, I'd take a raincheck homie.
Little Miss Sunshine Blows Goats by Dr. Sid Schaefer	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:26:55 AM
Sorry - but talk about contrived! Hey - let's get a bunch of wacky characters together and put them on a road trip! Then we'll all stand up and make asses out of ourselves onstage to show our support for the loser main character! Gee - I haven't seen that before... except in "About a Boy," which was a thousand times better!!! Sheesh!
Pan's Labyrinth by beelkay	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:26:59 AM
I saw this movie yesterday, and I'm still not sure what I think of it. It was gruesome and creepy and sad and in some ways too realistic to be a fairy tale, but also fantastical and beautiful and interesting. It definitely wasn't what I was expecting.
Scanner Darkly by scratcher	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:32:36 AM
The academy doesn't just pick from the films eligible, the studios have to submit them. I don't believe that Waking Life was submitted (but Jimmy Neutron was), and this is probably the case here as well. Waking Life was more deserving than SD. It was a very disappointing year for animated features - can anyone really get excited about either of those 3 films? I enjoyed Monster House (thanks Capone!), but Oscar-worthy? Not a chance.
Little Miss Sunshine by beelkay	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:33:04 AM
Yeah, I saw this movie last summer, and it was pretty good, but overall I don't think it deserves the praise it's been getting. The actors did good jobs, and there were some very affecting moments, like when the boy found out he couldn't go to space camp or whatever, but it definitely congealed into a "cute Sundance movie."
LMS over CoM!?!?!? by movieman742	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:33:54 AM
I don't understand that at all. I mean, yeah LMS was good but CoM was one of the best movies I've ever seen. CoM better win in the Art Direction though, I'm really suprised it wasn't nominated for more, technical awards. Personally, I though Clive Owen gave an oscar nominated performance. Definetly not the best of the year, but for sure in the top 5. And Dicaprio in Blood Diamond was good but I thought he was by far better in The Departed. It will be a great night if CoM sweeps and The Departed gets the major ones.
shame for Children of Men by Kizeesh	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:36:59 AM
It really deserved better. That said it is a great bunch of nominations, (Little Miss Sunshine aside) I'm overall fairly pleased.
Cars by beelkay	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:37:02 AM
I agree, scratcher...While I think Cars was the strongest of the bunch, and one of the better movies of the year, it was one of Pixar's weaker films. Still, compared to just about anybody else's stuff, Pixar is still the tops.
No Adam Beach by chuck finley	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:37:42 AM
Holy Crap. Beach should have totally gotten some recognition for Flags of our fathers. Eh... At least Wahlberg and Gosling got noms.
Was Lady Vengeance last year? by Right Bastard	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:37:57 AM
Because that was the best damn movie I saw in '06 (though I think it was released in Asia in '05).
Alfonso by Saluki	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:38:08 AM
Would have KILLED to see him nominated, even if Scorsese is taking it home with him this year.
I just got off the phone with Clint! by brolly	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:39:32 AM
Yer apparently he's thrilled with the new toaster I got him for Christmas and is having a great breakfast this morning! Way to go Clint!
LMS is great and I loved it by emu47	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:41:26 AM
Sometimes, people perplex me. I really loved LMS a lot; I'm happy to see it get nominated. Also loved Pan's Labyrinth, really loved Children of Men, and am head over heels in love with The Departed ... so I guess I'm happy this year. I still think that screenplay nom for Children of Men is a joke, though ... primarily because it's all about the great direction in that film. Give John Carpenter that same script and you get a steaming pile of feces. Cuaron worked that material like no one else before him would've thought to, and the result is breathtaking. And Wahlberg, though great, is the wrong call from that film. Jack would be too. The true stars were DiCaprio and, even better, Matt Damon, who was entirely overlooked but was so damned good in The Departed. But whatever; overall, I'm crazy pleased by these nominations.
Throw a Brick at them by Lerkst	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:42:00 AM
It's been building to this for the last few years....the Oscars are becoming obsolete. The show doesn't reflect anything relevant within the industry or Film fans. The media has killed the oscars; look at last year. Crash wins best picture--but in ten years if you ask who won, someone will say Brokeback Mountain. Nobody gives a shit about a TV-movie with racial expletives. This year, it's just deepfried quickfix protein shake realitytv nominations. Nothing new, or daring. Where's the real films of the year? Casino Royale, Rocky Balboa, Brick, The Prestige, hell, even the Descent? These are the movies that are best picture--I don't see me talking about Forrest Whitaker or with someone here in a few years; but we WILL remember Daniel Craig's beyond Oscar portrayal of Bond. Stallone's best film of his career--and hopefully watch him become the next Eastwood, Hugh Jackman finally burying Wolvie, the best cop shootout in very long time (if I have to tell you what it's from, you have no right to even BE here)-So do yourself a favour--skip the Oscars. Watch something you think is a winner, that wiped the floor with the competition in YOUR mind. Better yet, on the night of the Oscars, show that movie to someone who HASNT seen it. Create a memory that won't fade, like the Oscars will.
Nice nom for Wahlberg, though. by Dr. Sid Schaefer	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:42:32 AM
I thought he stole The Departed.
I recognised cars by BendersShinyAss	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:43:47 AM
maybe pirates, but that film was trash. Sometimes i think the visual effects are all it's about and they forget about story and editing
I didn't think a Dreamgirls snub was possible by CherryValance	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:44:21 AM
I think I went blind when they said "Letters From Iwo Jima" or whatever Salma said. Who knows with that girl. And she was crying to boot. My problem was not that Letters was nominated but that in alphabetical order Dreamgirls had been passed by. That and Leo's nomination for that stupid ass movie. I haven't been this shocked in a long time and I have a very low opinion of the Academy to start. So the fact that they can still shock me like this is impressive.
Del TORO,Felicidades!Cuaron you should have gotten more by pipergates	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:44:42 AM
Too much Sunshine,Blood Diamond,not enough Children of Men,Fountain,Casino Royale! And Apocalypto is cool but hacky.
For my money by Ralije	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:46:38 AM
For my money Little Miss Sunshine and Children of Men were the two best films of the year. Both were hyped beyond belief before I saw them and both were better than the hype lead me to believe. I do hope Letters From Iwo Jima wins, though, just because Clint is awesome and Marty is a little bitch. The Departed was enjoyable and fun but it wasn't great. It was about par with Casino Royale or Slither were for me this year. All were enjoyable popcorn movies that had some memorable moments but none of them were great. Plus I think fans of Marty are the same people that like Battleship Galaxy. They confuse drama with characters that look sternly at each other and scream a lot. They also think Marty or Battleship Galaxy represent something close to how people actually act in the real world. Not that they'd know for sure since none of them has ever actually lived a life of their own to find out, though. I would have liked to have seen Borat nominated for best actor. He seriously acted his ass off there. I also think Leo did a better job in The Departed than he did in Blood Diamond, although he was good in both. Doubly so because without Leo the Departed would have just been a black comedy with Mark Wahlberg being funny and Jack Nicholson overacting and being silly. Yeah, I wanted more love for Children of Men. It was fantastic. It had a great story, great theme, great acting (although Clive Owen seemed to play another incarnation of Clive Owen in it), a good score, wonderful camera work and a ton else to like. If not best movie of the year than easily best director of the year. But again that might also have to go to Eastwood because Letters From Iwo Jima is really quite that good. Not bad picks but I'd like to have seen more love for CoM and less for The Departed and Marty.
I can't belive COM wasn't nominated for Best Director by Lovecraftfan	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:47:00 AM
I mean seriously did the Academy people even watch the film.
Snakes on a train!! Just got of the phone with... by Snikkar124	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:48:15 AM
Sam Jackson.He totally lost his ability to curse,he`s so mad.Now he can`t wait to do SNAKES ON A TRAIN!!!!He also said he was gonna send Steve Martin to hell for his Pink Panther movie.Sellers rocks!!!
The Joke That Is The Oscars by moviemecca	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:50:23 AM
People...friends...various hangers-on...The Oscars are a bad joke. Always have been. I take Dustin Hoffman's position (before he pussied out and embraced the bullshit): Let's say all five of the noms are really, really deserved. Who's to say who is the best? It's unfair, misleading, and a total popularity contest that has no bearing on the lives of us regular people. I used to enjoy watching the Oscars, until I reached an age and realized how fucking sad the whole display is; a four hour plea for attention from the whole world. "Look at me!Look at me!!!!" That said, I think we should shit-can the whole awards thing (why do these people need awards anyway? They don't make enough money, they have to have awards to compensate?)and maybe focus on making better movies. Of course, I could be wrong...but I'm not.
emu47 by CherryValance	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:51:42 AM
were you not reminded of National Lampoon's Vacation and About a Boy when watching LMS? That's why I can't take it seriously.
Lerkst by Saluki	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:53:10 AM
Your choices are good, but so are the nominations. Give them a shot, you might be surprised this year.
Huge Mistake in Original Screenplay by Mr. Winston	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:54:25 AM
PAN'S LABYRINTH as one of the best WRITTEN movies of the year? You've got to be fucking kidding me. Hey, that movie deserves every single one of the nominations it got otherwise, but c'mon now Academy...the writing was by far the weakest element of that film. I smell a Sofia Coppola-style "We're Sorry for Not Giving You the Best Director Oscar" apology at work in this one. What a shame. And here we go with the bullshit again - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE is becoming this year's CRASH, and the reflexive, fake animosity is coming in so fast it's gone to plaid. You douches are so predictable I could set my watch to you. I can't wait until TRANSFORMERS sucks and your whole life goes blank.
Forrest Whitaker by Ralije	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:55:00 AM
I'm glad Forrest Whitaker was nominated. He was great in the Last King of Scotland. He was also fantastic on the Shield this season and I'm rooting for him to win because of those two.
How about Jackie Earle Haley? by skimn	Jan 23rd, 2007 09:56:36 AM
I read a heart wrenching feature about him in Entertainment Weekly a coulple months ago as Little Children was coming out. Talk about a comeback...hopefully it will lead to more roles...
Little Miss Sunshine vastly overrated by jimmy_009	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:01:57 AM
This will be one of those that two years from now people will be scratching their heads at.
THE FOUNTAIN GOT ABSOLUTELY ROBBED. IT'S A CRIME!!! by Proman1984	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:02:09 AM
Yes, as happy as I mam to see Steven Spielberg, Philip Glass and Del Toro get nominated, I am also equally saddend that they snabbed The Fountain. I mean how do you ignore Clint Mansell's amazing score??? Tell me?
alan arkin rules by reckni	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:03:03 AM
So stoked he got nominated, really made LMS great. Recently revisted two great movies of his, Catch 22 and The In-Laws, both of which I highly recommend. I'm definitely going to see Iwo Jima today.
not enough PRESTIGE by pipergates	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:03:14 AM
Bale and Jackman deserve recognition and Nolan too. The Fountain,how could they overlook it?
Agreed Proman1984 by jimmy_009	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:03:28 AM
The effects were fantastic, much better than anything on the Effects list, and done without computers! Also cinematography.
re: cherryvalance and little miss sunshine by emu47	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:04:22 AM
BEWARE SPOILERS BELOW I see where you're going comparing LMS to Vacation and About a Boy, but really ... I think the comparisons are all surface value. Yes, About a Boy and LMS both end with crazy performances in front of a crowd -- and I usually hate scenes like these. But the key difference is that LMS has a point to what it's doing and stays grounded in a real(ish) world. It does not end with the audience rising to its feet in applause; rather, everyone ends up horrified. Which is great. About a Boy ends with a scene that is the height of cheese; LMS manages to escape that by some really dangerous high-wire manuevering. I think the comparison to the Griswolds' is stronger, but even if it is Griswold-ish it's a good variation on the Griswold mold. It is not, for example, R-fucking-V. There is also important and fun stuff that happens in the VW bus. The thing that weirds me out the most, though, is that LMS is a movie about people becoming better by LOSING. Isn't that kind of, I don't know, antithetical to going home with an Oscar? I think I'd feel very, very weird if my little movie about the beneficial powers of losing all the world's "beauty contests" became a little Hollywood darling on the red carpet. Just weirds me out, is all.
Whitaker should have been nom.for best supporting actor by BigTuna	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:08:05 AM
It wasn't a lead performance.
and yes, Thank You for Smoking was robbed by emu47	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:08:30 AM
Absolutely agree with that one. I loved it, and it's been getting the shaft all year.
true,the effects of The Fountain are the best by pipergates	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:09:46 AM
what a bunch of cacaheads,they nominate Pirates and ignores this masterpiece?
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE??? WTF??? by sevadro	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:10:10 AM
Did I.Q.'s suddenly drop while I was away? The Oscars have no credibility. Shit has been going downhill since they gave Halle Berry an award for best fuck.
Wouldn't it be ironic by mr jones	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:10:44 AM
If Scorcese won for the one completely unoriginal movie he made. From those Director noms, I say Greengrass because at least he went original, (Cuaron would have been cool tho). I see Scorcese getting Best Film as a sop, but no director, (prolly Clint again, because I guess he bought a bigger mantelpiece or something). Oh, and Vern, nice comments. Missed funny Vern....
Transformers is going to own next year by BendersShinyAss	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:10:58 AM
I'm kidding, but not when I say I'm FUCKING EXCITED about that film!!
thank you for smoking by pipergates	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:14:25 AM
was perfect,cacaheads
Now I don't have stay up all night 2 watch! by Prague23	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:14:34 AM
Thank GOD! I've got a reason Vern, I live in the Czech Republic. I hope Babel and Pan clean up, Scorsese gets something, and Borat walks away empty handed. What was funny about Borat on Da Ali G Show was the unscripted nature of his material. Scripting a film totally ruined it for me. It's NOT FUNNY IF THE VICTEM OF A JOKE IS IN ON IT!!! That whole nude scene in the business conference was scripted, you know. Much of everything was. Those who should win won't because they've done it once or twice before and the big names that win at the box office will. Who cares when so much (I think we all agree so far) was overlooked. My final word: Go Al Gore! May YOU finally win for being the best man!
frankly, I'd rather see the Queen gone than LMS by emu47	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:15:20 AM
I mean, did any of you see it? It was good, but BOTH LMS and COM were better. In my mind, anyway.
Harry, You did not steal this list from a Laptop?!!! by DarfurOnTheRocks	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:16:27 AM
Just Kidding! But some of the expected names are missing! Nicholson for Departed? I think that Dreamgirls got a tad too much love! And lastly, where is the nomination for Beerfest?!!!!
I can't believe people are whining about the nominees by BigTuna	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:16:59 AM
This is the best year I can ever remember for nominations. Dreamgirls left out for best pic and director. Gosseling for Half Nelson. Barraza for Babel. Jackie Earl Haley for best supporting. Terrific year for the Oscars considering what usually happends.
mr. jones...:completely unoriginal" by skimn	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:17:54 AM
..ever see a little movie called "Cape Fear"..?
Pan by CTU Mole	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:18:24 AM
The Departed was a very competent Scorsese gangster movie and the all star cast was very competent in doing what they always do but it was hardly groundbreaking. He'll win Best Director though, not for this but for his body of work in general, which is why the whole thing is bullshiat.
BigTuna: my quibbles aside, I couldn't agree more by emu47	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:18:53 AM
I mean, despite this strange backlash against LMS, I still think there are no dogs on that list, other than Click.
No offense to Jackie Earle Haley. by Bubba Gillman	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:19:24 AM
But Gordon Jump in that very special episode of Diff'rent Strokes remains the high water mark in pedophile performances.
I know I just blew all credibility with last post, but. by moviemecca	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:20:02 AM
If any film deserved to be nominated for Best Picture this last year, it was UNITED 93. I have been going to the picture show for 30-plus years now, and I have never had such an intense experience. People in the audience, intelligent people who knew how things really ended, were standing up at the end and yelling at the screen "Get them! Kill them!". Don't get me wrong, LMS was a cute flick that I've already forgotten, but UNITED 93 stays in the back of my mind forever. THAT is what a fucking Best Picture should do.
What year did these films come out? by JacksParasites	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:20:12 AM
Cause I've been to the theater many times and haven't seen most of them? I'd love to see how well Helen Merrin would act behind a Guy Fawkes mask.
Obviously by Ralije	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:26:18 AM
Obviously the marketers are in control of the Oscars. I remember hearing everyone on the streets, poor and rich people alike, talking about The Queen and the Last King of Scotland. Also, Marty is incredibly popular with people outside of losers that post on message boards. /sarcasmoff
Worst Original Song by Spandau Belly	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:26:32 AM
Goes to Casino Royale!
Hey, call me crazy, anchorite, but I think the Oscars by emu47	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:27:06 AM
are finally finding a new voice. They've been going less and less with the big tent pole movies and more with indies that no one has seen. As evidenced by many people asking, "What movies are those?" w/r/t the nominated films. I think the Oscars are getting increasingly MORE relevant, and the real hack job is the Golden Globes.
best direction by Spandau Belly	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:27:50 AM
Science of Sleep, hands diggity down!
CHILDREN OF MEN by QuinnTheEskimo	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:27:59 AM
The fact that Cuaron doesn't get a director nod is terrible.
QuinnTheEskimo, I couldn't agree more: by emu47	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:30:01 AM
I think Children of Men is the best directed film of the year, hands down.
We now live in a world where... by sleepy holloway	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:32:06 AM
man has walked on the moon and Eddie Frickin'Murphy is oscar nominated. Sheesh! BTW, just wanted to mention I also slept with a chick last night. Small World.
Stick It overlooked? by Spandau Belly	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:33:01 AM
Massa won't watch.
See Danielcraigisnotbond to read about how by Jugs	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:36:25 AM
Casino Royale is now the ultimate flop because it didn't get nominated for an Oscar! Read about how Daniel Craig's career is now over. Oh My! Mirren and Gosling gotta win!
Little Miss Sunshine was bad by ebolamonkey	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:36:26 AM
bad...bad...bad...bad...bad... bad...bad. OK, maybe it wasn't that bad, but it certainly wasn't good. Gotta love those honest moments like the gay guy who gets caught buying porn in the middle of nowhere by another gay guy who knows him. Gosh, we've all had that happen to us. And then the porn comes in handy because the cop is a letcherous creep - scenes like that make you look deep into your own soul.
jfp2006, about Casino Royale song by Spandau Belly	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:37:13 AM
that song is loved out in the"real world"? I'll have to go there some time if Homeland Security doesn't make too big a deal about my homemade passport (its hot pink leather!) I hope the next Bond outing the get Goldfrapp to do the song.
Peter O'Toole? by riskebiz	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:37:42 AM
Did he get nomintated for being old? I think he's the only one not deserving of being nominated this year. Give him a lifetime achievement Oscar instead.
Domo Arigato, Mr. Headgeeko by PoopAgoose	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:40:25 AM
Thanks for the explanation.
Ian Flemming's 007 Homely Blonde Man with No Charisma by Spandau Belly	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:40:26 AM
Please Clive Owen, reconsinder taking this role. You'd be a great 007 and it would be more worth your time than the garbage you normally waste your talent on (King Arthur, Inside Man, Derailed).
Children of Fucking Men. by Gilkuliehe	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:42:28 AM
Children of Fucking Men.
no Volver? by SantiagoAtez	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:42:42 AM
What the hell? It's not up for best foreign film? That's crazy.
An inconveient truth by CtrlTristan	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:42:54 AM
that truth is that Al Gore is a selfish douche bag who now feels more important and thinks he stop global warming well he can eat my ass because trying to save kids from manbearpig well fuck him!
I don't like these nominations. by riskebiz	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:42:57 AM
Is it me, but are all the Supporting Actors basically except for Jackie Earle Haley playing types that are basically themselves? I've seen each of those actors play the same part in other films. Nothing special in any of the parts nominated (except for Jackie Earle Haley) and I wouldn't bet a penny that Jackie Earle Haley has a chance. Eddie Murphy will win for playing Eddie Murphy and ridiculous.
Kate Winslet by riskebiz	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:43:51 AM
Did you see her in Extras last season? What makes me think of this nomination in that context?
anchorite by Lerkst	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:44:13 AM
--why does Harry care, you ask? Because he doesn't have a choice. It's business; if he doesn't show support, he'll money. Studio's will take their advertizing to Dark Horizons or Coming Attractions. Hell, even Superhero Hype. These are sites that don't show as much opinon (though CA does get out of hand) as Aint it Cool, and the studios don't have to worry as much about negative feedback. This point will be disputed, but it's a simple fact.
Leonardo DiCaprio by riskebiz	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:44:55 AM
Did he get nominated for dropping his accent all the time in Blood Diamond? Or was it for not being believable in the part?
KNOWTHYSELF... by Napolean Solo	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:47:33 AM
No it must come under 2006 because it got nominated for other awards, just none of the other ones it was supposed to; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and even Best Supporting Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor)
Thank God no Jack Nicholson. by Barry Egan	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:49:09 AM
I thought he was absolutely horrible in The Departed. Gald to see Wahlberg get the nomination instead.
Oh And GILKULIEHE by Napolean Solo	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:49:48 AM
CHILDREN OF FUCKING MEN!
Loved Departed BUT COM was the Best Directed Film by Lovecraftfan	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:50:23 AM
Martin Scorcese deserves to win at some point but if were actually going on technichal merits Cuaron blew everyone out of the water with Children Of Men.
Children of Men. by Winterchili	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:58:26 AM
Fuck you. At LEAST give Cuaron the nod. The Queen was BORING and just had one good performance, it was otherwise worthless. Little Miss Sunshine, come on, you gotta be kidding.
Alejandro in the Emperor's New Clothes by subfreq	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:58:45 AM
Babel is a 6/10 movie at best and it only gets that rating thanks to some great performances. Where it failed was story, direction and editing. All at the hand of Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu. It's a great example of what the Oscars really are, recognition based on lobbying and good campaigns.
Scorcesse vs Eastwood, the winner is... by Evil Hobbit	Jan 23rd, 2007 10:59:09 AM
...Paul Greengrass, that's where I'll put my money. Now, bring on that Pan's Labyrinth cleansweep!
i just got off the phone with salma hayek... by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:00:52 AM
apparently the revolution will happen soonand the mexican border will be abolished as mexico becomes the new hollywood... just with less gays and whores..wait a minute...
what shitty movies this year.. by jojo-pimp	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:01:23 AM
like a few of the posters have said, barely seen any of them except The Departed. wow, 2006 was truely a shitty year for films
POTC Best visual effects!!! by Orionsangels	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:02:58 AM
Say what you will about the movie. Davey Jones tenticul face was the most realistic effect of the year. I wanted to eat his face.
Children of Men got robbed by The Ghost of Marcus Brody	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:04:22 AM
that was easily the best picture of the year.
I agre the Oscars are generally crap. by Barry Egan	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:08:47 AM
How do you have a competition for something as subjective as art? When the Superbowl gets played in a couple of weeks you will get to see two teams decide for themselves in a head to head competition who is best, and even that doesn't always work. That's one of the reasons why ESPN having an awards show is so stupid -- athletes have the opportunity to see who is best on the field. They don't need to be handed out a bunch of subjective awards. History will tell us which films are the important ones and which aren't. Is there any doubt in anybody's mind whether Brokeback Mountain will be viewed historically as a better and more significant film than Crash?
2006 was not a shitty year for films. by Winterchili	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:10:55 AM
The Fountain United 93 A Scanner Darkly The Departed Children of Men Borat Casino Royale Brick Volver Pan’s Labyrinth Inland Empire The Science of Sleep Clerks 2 Bad blockbusters though and no good "academy award" type movies.
No Dreamgirls by DarthDooku	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:11:32 AM
"Dreamgirls" got snubbed! Aside from that, the nominations seem pretty ok, "Pan's Labyrinth" for best pic would've been neat. Here's to hoping "Little Miss Sunshine" takes the gold!
riskebiz by Babyshamble	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:15:16 AM
I just saw Venus last night and Peter o' toole is fantastic in it. Charming, funny, sad, it's a really honest performance about how it feels to age. I would have liked to have seen Leslie Philips get a nod as he's equally good.
skimn by mr jones	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:18:29 AM
oh yeah, forgot about that. thought that was eminently average, tho. as least, despite it's source, this one's good.
Dreamgirls snub by CaptainBitchway	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:19:25 AM
Yeah it was pretty surprising considering it got the most nominations, but no BEST PICTURE? Okay, so I didn't think it was one of the top 5 pictures of the year, but it was certainly better than Little Miss Sunshine and it was a far better musical than shitty CHICAGO.
EDITING for Children of Men? by LHombreSiniestro	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:21:56 AM
How can a movie with so many long single takes be nominated for EDITING? Cuaron was robbed of a BEST DIRECTOR nod.
No Paprika nomination??? by Johnno	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:22:55 AM
BOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I just got off the phone with James Bond... by oh_riginal	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:23:28 AM
... and he lost his ability to drink martini's and started drinking 211! He feels angry for being shafted so harshly... take that how you will.
Marcus Brody Nailed it. Children of Men-Robbed Blind by modlight	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:23:40 AM
This list is boring and predictable. Children of Men may or may not be the best film of the year, but at the very least it deserved some more recognition. And I just saw Apocolypto this past weekend... No Foreign Language nod at least!? What cause he got drunk and said stupid shit? Didn't they give Kazan a lifetime achievement? Was he really drunk when he ratted out his friends? I'm perpetually irritated by these awards. I hope at least Departed takes it so Scorcese can win for a good picture. I'm happy the Mexicans did as well as they did though. Although again... No Effects awards for Children of Men? Why cause Clive Owen didn't fly up and turn into a monster? grrrrrr.
EDITing on COM by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:25:14 AM
are you crazy? editing is not just about chopping and changing bits of the film its make the film seamless and interesting, long takes and all
a few thing... by maxwell's hammer	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:29:11 AM
1) Riskebiz, did you actually see Dreamgirls? That performance was a lot more than just "Eddie Murphy playing Eddie Murphy". 2) Leo was FAR better in The Departed than he was in Blood Diamond. But I was thrilled to see Djimon Hounsou get a nomination. He was the strongest thing in that movie. 3) I liked the above posters phrase, "reflexive animosity", as a description for how so many people are suddenly treating Little Miss Sunshine. Fuck the trolls.
no director nom for Cauron?! by Tenenbaum	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:34:04 AM
rediculous
animosity on LMS by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:36:10 AM
it aint a bad film at all, however there were much better more interseting, funnier, heart rendering than it but they were nt independent or had a cute kid to sell it as cute.nothing for V for vendetta either.. touched a nerve with some people maybe hope someone does something outrageous, who is the host by the way?!?1
Mel Gibson by beelkay	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:37:16 AM
He might get a lifetime achievement award someday, but for now, he's still in the doghouse. What a douche.
Brokeback by beelkay	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:38:47 AM
Maybe it'll win this year!
Dreamgirls wasn't that good... by JohnGalt06	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:39:53 AM
But then neither was The Departed. I am actually rooting for Clint Eastwood to beat Scorsese again. Think about it--he'll be in a class all by himself: the only director to lose 6 TIMES!! What a feeling.
DiCaprio hasn't been any good... by Dr Gregory House	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:42:38 AM
...since 'Gilbert Grape'. But then again, can't really call that acting.
Just Be Happy that Rocky Balboa Wasn't Razzie-Worthy by tonagan	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:46:09 AM
Having them say nice things about it is an achievement in itself.
All awards and lists and such by skimn	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:46:43 AM
are totally subjective anyway. What does it matter. "The Fountain was brilliant...no, fuck you it stunk...wheres A Scanner Darkly?....."bla bla bla. The Oscars are heavily promoted because there are certain moviegoers that wil see " fill in the blank" because if its nominated/wins then it must be good...just remember, Raging Bull lost to Ordinary People and Hitchcock was never once nominated for best director....
ust (from what I have seen....) by ripper t. jones	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:48:30 AM
1. Children of Men, 2. Borat, 3. The Queen, 4. Pan's Labyrinth, 5. Casino Royale. Bable bored the everlovin piss outta me. Little Miss Sunshine was cute but not BP worthy. But then again, I'm a rube.
United 93 robbed by donutbreath	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:49:12 AM
The Academy is bullshit.The other best picture noms are good but goddamnit United 93 was as powerful and relentless a film released this year. It doesn't matter what your political leanings are. If you are a film lover the Academy dropped the ball big time and I am done with it.
ellen degenerative brain disease!! gotta eat! by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:53:01 AM
ellen degeneres is host! holy shit might as well put a black female lesbian satanist on stage with a sign saying "we are liberal" at least that will get a laugh. 1 more than what ellen will, hope anne heche is there to talkabout going mental and aliens and stuff, after all she was the "sane" one of the coupling.
Little Miss Sunshine is a very good movie. by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Jan 23rd, 2007 11:57:57 AM
Excellent xreenplay and acting. There's nothing wrong with cute if its got soul as well. Anyway Scorcese for Director, Eddie Murphy for Supporting Actor. The rest I dont really mind
Skimn - Re: Hitchcock by Moa Kaka	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:01:28 PM
Hitchcock was NOMINATED for several Best Director awards; he just never won any. (Rebecca 1940, Lifeboat 1944, Spellbound 1945, Rear Window 1954, and Psycho 1960).
A WRITING nod for Little Miss Sunshine? by ebolamonkey	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:04:05 PM
JEEEEZUS. It should at least be in the Adapted category. Based on NLs Vacation, About a Boy, and Kids do the Darndest Things (cue laugh track).
Hitchcock... by skimn	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:10:08 PM
whoops, I'm an idiot. Got carried away with my anti-Oscar rant.
Djimon Hounsou better win best supporting, the rest.... by The Founder	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:14:51 PM
I'm pleased with and it doesn't matter one way or the other who wins, cause all were good, well not Mark marky mark Wahlberg. He shouldn't have been nominated. Never cared for the guy as a person, and his acting is decent enough, but nothing he's done is Oscar worthy.
There were special fx in Superman Returns? by JohnGalt06	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:14:53 PM
I must have slept through that part. And by "that part", I mean everything after the opening credits.
There were special fx in Superman Returns? by JohnGalt06	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:15:00 PM
I must have slept through that part. And by "that part", I mean everything after the opening credits.
I guess David Lynch and his cow didn't work. by Riley Martin	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:21:36 PM
Oh well, maybe next time!
United 93 Was A Great Work Of Fiction by DarfurOnTheRocks	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:22:09 PM
Executive Decision was more real than that pile of turd.
Bobinnova again / misc. by Vern	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:23:08 PM
Unlike the crazy Golden Globes, the Oscars won't put LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA or APOCALYPTO in the foreign category because they are American movies. And at the same time, nobody ever said that foreign films aren't eligible for best picture, why the hell would that be? Cartoons have been nominated for screenplays and best pictures, foreign films have been nominated for screenplays, CROUCHING TIGER and AMELIE were nominated for best picture. THE PIANIST was nominated for best picture, it's in English but it's a director who's not even allowed inside the US, so why should an American director be disqualified for having the taste to make his movie in the language that was actually spoken in the story? I don't think there's any logic there. And the movie is great by the way, have you seen it? If you didn't think it deserved the nomination that's fine but I don't think the spoken language is relevant. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE animosity: come on dude, of course there's gonna be a backlash. It IS this year's CRASH in that it's the movie that obviously doesn't belong. It's not as flawed as CRASH or as pretentious, on the other hand it's not as ambitious. So it's this year's CRASH, or this year's GHOST, or this year's FULL MONTY. I'm down for them honoring comedies, but if there was a groundbreaking comedy this year it was clearly BORAT. Man, if they put CLERKS 2 or some shit on there are you telling me you wouldn't think it was weird? I got no problem with LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, I enjoyed it, I was glad I saw it, and I forgot it the next day. Now we got people talking like it raised people from the dead and saved babies from a fire and this simply is not the case. You want the real kneejerk reaction, how about the 450 people who every year at Oscar season have to come on here with the earth shattering news that they "could care less about the Oscars" although they took the time to write up the same complaints that everybody has and that don't have to be pointed out. Or the people who say that all these are shitty movies, although they haven't seen any of them. Or that they haven't even heard of them (how the fuck do you read this sight and never heard of all these obvious mainstream choices?) Finally, I would like to say that although my post before was deleted by computers I would still like to congratulate Guillermo Del Toro for BLADE II. And the six Oscar nominations since that is more timely, but mainly BLADE II.
Children of Men is getting more credit than it deserves by Chumkid	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:23:45 PM
Everything that I saw in Children of Men has been done better in the following films: Minority Report, 12 Monkeys, 28 Days Later, Artificial Intelligence, Blade Runner, Brazil, THX 1138 and V for Vendetta. My favorite movies of the year were The Departed, The Prestige, Pan's Labyrinth, Borat and Apocalypto. I hope that these movies lose everything that they're nominated for though, because there is no honor more dubious than an Oscar.
as always by ziondragon	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:24:36 PM
the academy did a lousy job. shouldn't this be about film quality and achievement (as the full name of the award suggests)?? Leo for Blood diamond? Wait a minute... wasn't he waaay better in the departed? wtf? In BD he was rehearsing many already seen similar roles. Uh, I get it, he has an accent in that... oh yeah, now it's clear. He must be better in a movie with an accent, because you see, that's how us stupid douchebags can understand that he's acting! Jokes aside, giving him a nomination for BD and not for The departed is an outrage! I've not been a fan of his for well known reasons, but I admit that he has grown into one of the best actors around in the last few years. He has shaken off the sweet boy image better than anybody in the biz. nowdays and the departed was a personal triumph for him. It's by far the best performance of the year along with Forest's take on Idi Amin and that ugly guy from Apocalypto that calls jaguarpaw "almost" all the time. Now, as much as I'd love to see Leo giving the thaks speech for the billy costigan role, I'll be devastated if he gets it for BD. It's not that he's bad in it, but it's not a career changing role as the departed one was. Let's face it, if there wasn't for the departed BD would be just another Leo DiCaprio movie. Nothing special, just another one. I get it, the academy aknowledged the fact that BD is a message movie, a "important" movie and that the departed was a bunch of macho irish pricks kicking the living shit out of each other and displaying a great knowledge of the english language and the many uses of the word fuck, but by god the made a mistake. Academy awards motivate actors, and giving them those for badass roles means that they'll be searching for more of those. immagine a world with a movie like the departed (and such performances) every once in a while. alas, politics dictate everything. My predictions: best movie - Babel (well deserved by the way), best or.screenplay also Babel (also deserved), best ad. scr.- the departed (the patriot act line and alec's explanation why marriage is important alone deserve it), best director - scorcese (if he doesn't get it this time he never will), best actor - forest (sorry leo, but he's better that you in BD), best actress - hellen mirren (truly a queen), supp. actor - djimon (i'd love that he deserved it for amistad but eddie will teke it), supp.actress - who gives a fuck? (it'll be that annoying abigail little fuck) and so on... last notes, children of men was snobbed as SciFi is always snobbed, the unimmaginative fucks at the academy take that a movie cannot be serious if set in the future. Pan's overrated status is confirmed by six nominations of wich it deserved maybe two. Letters was a bit too much considered (we the academy loove clint... why the fuck didn't you give him the oscar for best role in the unforgiven then, shitheads?). LMS is a piece of crap, period. United deserved more, but it's too soon!!! No Apocalypto? Well, we can't have such a brutal film nominated. Noooooo, a movie that depicts the things as they are, noooo. My, if a jaguar jumps at your face, you think it looks nice and clean? If someone rips your heart out, it looks pretty and feel-good? If a self proclamed prophet kills his own people in the name of some stupid idea, it sounds neat? If the urban development leads to self destruction, it is gloomy and cheerful? Mwaah, it'll be just another year at the Kodak theatre, the academy still hasn't grown the balls to do more.
oh, another thing by ziondragon	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:25:43 PM
vern, you're a god
I didn't see any of the movies mentioned by Toby___Wong	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:26:38 PM
Good for me.
another year for scorscese to get screwed. by JacksonsPole	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:26:46 PM
the nominations are a joke. and, they'll just screw marty in the ass again. when will hollywood recognize their greatest living asset?!!
oh, another thing by ziondragon	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:26:48 PM
Vern, You're a GOD
Snakes on a train!Hoodwinked &Inside man,was robbed!!!! by Snikkar124	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:27:59 PM
Cum on Eilin!!!Hoodwinked was better than those animated shits that got nod`s!!Disney/Pixar blows!!!And what about Inside Man!!!That film was fuckin awesome!
will smith by kwisatzhaderach	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:28:12 PM
as best actor...bizarre.
with all the marvaleus movies out last year.. by Im rich bitch	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:30:31 PM
the Oscars are such a gimmick. Funny how so many people still follow this circus like show. The Fountain got robbed in so many ways, you American made one good movie last year after all.
Why UNITED 93 didn't get nominated, I bet by Vern	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:30:33 PM
Because alot of people don't want to see it. Everybody I've ever heard of seeing it swears it's great, and I believe them. I still don't want to watch it though and I know there are many other people who feel the same. Most people because they just don't want to put themselves through it, some because they still think it's distasteful and exploitative, some who think the official story is bullshit and shouldn't be promoted in quasi-documentary form (please don't debate this, I'm just saying that's one reason for not wanting to see it). I'm sure many of the people who saw it voted for it, that's how it got in best director. But alot more Academy voters saw and enjoyed LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE I guess. It's easier to swallow.
SUPERMAN RETURNS BABY! by apolo_sputnik	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:31:43 PM
One Award nomination. Much more than that dung pile X-men 3. Eat Steven Segal nadds Rattner!
PAN'S LABYRINTH by apolo_sputnik	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:33:23 PM
Should sweep every nomination it was given. Best film of the year. The US films should be lucky it's foreign. It would win best picture too. Although, best foreign picture is good too.
Gordon Jump / Different Strokes by Itchy	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:34:16 PM
Bubba Gillman - hilarious. Nothing in my childhood was more unintentionally hilarious than that particular Different Strokes episode. I was about 13 when it aired and I was just staring at the tv going "WTF ?!?". Shirtless Dudley rocked. Between that episode, the "Kimberly's hair turned green from acid rain" and the Nancy Regan "Just Say No" episode, Different Strokes packed a lot of horrible "Very Special Episodes" into their final season.
BORAT! by apolo_sputnik	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:34:37 PM
Best screenplay. All it was missing was Chuck Norris or Steven Segal.
No Michael Sheen nomination?! by riskebiz	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:35:34 PM
Again, the Supporting Actor list is crap.
Pirates for Effects. Cuaron robbed. by performingmonkey	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:35:38 PM
Fuck you all in the face. Goodbye.
if Click has been nominated.... by samsquanch	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:36:20 PM
Basically that means that every single post in this talkback means absolutely fucking nothing. No one should comment on the Oscars this year, and no one should bother to read any posts on it, including this one.
Penélope Cruz can act? by apolo_sputnik	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:36:50 PM
Was that a typo when I saw she was nominated? If you want further proof the academy is fixed and total BS, you will have SAVING PRIVATE RYAN loose to SHAKESPEAR IN LOVE for best picture. Or nominate Penélope Cruz for her acting. But to really hit home what a farce this is, do both.
Penélope Cruz can act? by apolo_sputnik	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:37:12 PM
Was that a typo when I saw she was nominated? If you want further proof the academy is fixed and total BS, you will have SAVING PRIVATE RYAN loose to SHAKESPEAR IN LOVE for best picture. Or nominate Penélope Cruz for her acting. But to really hit home what a farce this is, do both.
PIRATES FOR EFFECTS? by apolo_sputnik	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:38:42 PM
Uh, you have not seen SUPERMAN RETURNS. Or maybe you are one of those who thought Penélope Cruz can act?
riskebiz by ziondragon	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:40:05 PM
michael sheen? HTF is that :o)
C'mon Fellas, Ladies, Vern by Mr. Winston	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:42:43 PM
This place is one of the few, I'm sure, where there's a backlash over LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. Why? Because apparently it's not cool to like anything on this site that's outside of the Popular Geek Realm of Taste, like PAN'S LABYRINTH or CHILDREN OF MEN. You're like all those bobble-headed, aristocratic music huffers who try to tell you that Led Zepplin was a more revolutionary band than the Beatles because they're so afraid to agree with a notion that's popular. The fact of the matter is that, outside of AICN, I've talked to demonstratively few people who didn't completely dig LMS. And it's not that I think that most of the people on here who now say that they hated LMS are lying - I don't think they are. But I think the vitriol comes from some absurd mini-mob mentality that makes it a vogue concept to deride something that was successful because it was good. It's a predisposition to feign some kind of authority on an I-Know-Better-Than-the-Academy kind of level that's obnoxious and annoying.
Apocalypto by PoopAgoose	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:42:57 PM
an Aussie making a film about the Mayans. non-sense that it isn't in the Foreign Film category. Oy Gavalt!! How long can you hold a grudge?!
I have NEVER seen a worse list of nominees. by scrivener	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:43:34 PM
Jesus fucking christ - this has got to be the worst list of Oscars nominees I have EVER seen. First, Ellen is announced as the host - then, the worst list of nominees in the history of the Academy. What a joke. Babel, The Queen, and Dreamgirls are the three most overrated movies since Mystic River. For the first time in 24 years, I'm not going to bother watching the awards. I wonder if Battlestar Galactica is playing that Sunday?
Little Miss Sunshine by Fing Fang Foom	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:44:52 PM
Meh' Overhyped, unrealistic with good actors - and a Napoleon Dynamite ending. Obesseing about being an airforce pilot and not knowing you can't be if you are color blind, doesn't play with me.
As Far as ROCKY BALBOA by Mr. Winston	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:45:59 PM
Come on. I mean seeing the movie was an incredibly enjoyable experience and I loved it and I'm glad it was made, but getting nominated for an Oscar? Please. It was barely a good movie and there wasn't a single facet of it that could be labeled "great" unless you count the scene where Rocky rips up his son in the street. I'm starting to really worry about the lot of you.
another thing about UNITED 93 by Vern	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:47:48 PM
since it wasn't nominated that means we won't get a hilarious opening where Billy Crystal (special guest cameo) is in footage from the movie saying inappropriate things. Oh well, there's always the next SCARY MOVIE. By the way, I agree that CHILDREN OF MEN should've been nominated for effects, but to say PIRATES doesn't deserve a nomination is to speak complete gibberish. If you're thinking of the porno movie PIRATES that may be where the confusion comes from, those were some pretty basic CGI skeletons. But DEAD MAN'S CHEST had amazing effects on Davey Jones and his crew. An obvious shoo-in. (shoe in? I don't know what shoo in means.) p.s. this black box makes it more obvious when I'm posting too much
Not a bad bunch by Spikey	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:49:02 PM
The 2 biggest ommisions are children of men for best film (and winner) and the biggest is the selection for best animated cause Flushed Away, Ice age 2 and Over The Hedge were all better than Cars and on par with the other 2 noms.
Snakes on a train!!!HOODWINKED!!! by Snikkar124	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:52:12 PM
Come on!!!Also Flushed away.Yes that one should have been in too...
BEST animated feature by rollin2001uk	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:54:55 PM
is it just me but does monster house deserve this outright, cars and happy feet were enjoyable and made a fair bit of money, but in terms of characters and good laughs, MH was great.hope it wins
CGI Skeletons, STOP TRASHING JANINE! by DarfurOnTheRocks	Jan 23rd, 2007 12:57:44 PM
Janine has had a tough time lately! Vern, Fill in the blanks: Pirates is to Janine, what _______ is to Seagal.
Penelope Cruz and Davey Jones can act! by scratcher	Jan 23rd, 2007 01:00:05 PM
I'm sure you'r basing your opinion of Cruz on having seen Volver, right? Obviously not, cause she acted the fuck out of that film. Just because she can't get any real roles in the US doesn't mean she can't act. And Davey Jones is the best piece of VFX in the history of cinema, case closed. Even though I know its CGI when I watch it, I still get the feeling that Bill Nighy is wriggling around and chewing up scenery beneath those tentacles.
Mr. Winston by Vern	Jan 23rd, 2007 01:00:06 PM
This is the third time I'm saying this, but I liked LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. And I agree, I don't know hardly anybody that didn't like it. I also don't know anybody that thinks it's anything great, but obviously those people are out there. Here in Seattle at least it had an endless theatrical run and is hugely popular on video (like NAPOLEON DYNAMITE except it appeals more to older folks instead of teens). CRASH was actually different, the people I know who aren't into movies had never heard of it, and the people who are almost unanimously hated it. Although I laughed uproariously through about half the movie I liked it better (or hated it less, at least) than almost anybody I know. So that one was more out of left of field than this one. Still, I don't get it, that's all I'm saying. I am not some hipster contrarian and I take offense to you accusing me of that. I just don't see what is great or special or memorable about this particular movie. Maybe you could explain the appeal. As far comedies, I think BORAT and even TALLADEGA NIGHTS were way funnier, better executed, more original and had more to say about the world we live in. If BORAT had been nominated I would've been surprised but happy. This one wasn't surprising but I don't think it's worthy. And if I have to explain this a fourth time there will be hell to pay. for somebody. Alan Arkin, maybe.
Gordon Jump / Different Strokes cont ... by vaskark	Jan 23rd, 2007 01:02:59 PM
The best part was when Gordon Jump asked Dudley if he wanted to go in the shower and play 'Neptune: King of the Sea'. Classic. Almost on par with Rudy getting her period on Cosby.
Vern is DEAD on with Little Miss Sunshine by IndustryKiller!	Jan 23rd, 2007 01:05:05 PM
Without questiont he most overrated film of the year. When I ask people who loved it "What was it about?" theya lways respond. "It's about a family coming together int eh face of adversity. And I say "no its not". Unless the plot literally fails to achieve what its supposed to be about. Two cheesy minutes of the family onstage dancing after two hours of hating each other is not a family coming together. The movie is quirky for the sake of being quirky like Napoleon Dynamite and crushingly depressing. I'm not sure where people got the comedy of that movie. They just heap pile after pile of shit on these characters until they are nothing but shells. And when the film ends I get the feeling their problems are just beginning, not starting to turn around
maxwell's hammer by maxwell's hammer	Jan 23rd, 2007 01:05:14 PM
I really liked Little Miss Sunshine, and I'll shake hands and have a cup of coffee with anyone who says they don't think it deserves an Oscar nomination. I've just tired of all the vitriol-spewing hate-mongers who think they'll build up some street-cred by

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