Oscar nominations

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Oscar Nominatins went out this morning.

Best Picture
Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Chicago and The Pianist

Best Actor: Adrien Brody, The Pianist; Nicolas Cage, Adaptation; Michael Caine, The Quiet American; Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York; Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt.

Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper, Adaptation; Ed Harris, The Hours; Paul Newman, Road to Perdition; John C. Reilly, Chicago; Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can.

Best Actress: Salma Hayek, Frida; Nicole Kidman, The Hours; Diane Lane, Unfaithful; Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven; Renée Zellweger, Chicago.

Best Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates, About Schmidt; Julianne Moore, The Hours; Queen Latifah, Chicago; Meryl Streep, Adaptation; Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago;

Director: Rob Marshall, Chicago; Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York; Stephen Daldry, The Hours; Roman Polanski, The Pianist; Pedro Almodóvar, Talk To Her.

Adapted Screenplay: About a Boy, Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz; Adaptation, Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman; Chicago, Screenplay by Bill Condon; The Hours, Screenplay by David Hare; The Pianist, Screenplay by Ronald Harwood.
 
Original Screenplay: Far From Heaven, Written by Todd Haynes; Gangs of New York, Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, Story by Jay Cocks; My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Written by Nia Vardalos; Talk To Her, Written by Pedro Almodóvar; Y Tu Mamá También, Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón.

and because we are geeks in an animation forum...

Animated Picture:
Ice Age - Chris Wedge
Lilo & Stitch - Chris Sanders (III)
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi - Hayao Miyazaki
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - Jeffrey Katzenberg
Treasure Planet - Ron Clements

If Spirited Away doesn't win there will be rioting.

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No! They didn't nominate...."Adaptation"!

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I don't know Adaptation didn't leave too much of an impression visually, although it should have gotten a directors nod for the two Cages... It should definitely win for best Screenplay...really deserves it.

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I say that Peter Jackson won't really cash in until next year, when the Academy unloads on Return of the King.

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yuck. what a buch of shitty best picture noms.
what is this, the year of "blockbuster"*


*the video rental store, not the term used to describe big popular movies

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NO! WHERE'S ROBIN WILLIAMS FOR INSOMNIA AND ONE HOUR PHOTO?!?!? AND WHAT ABOUT "ROAD TO PERDITION"?

I HATE how they focus on just the oscar movies that come out two months before the nominations are cast!

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road to perdition came out too early for people to remember it and robin williams probably cancelled out any chance he had at being nominated (not that i personally think he had much chance to begin with)

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Gollum wuz ROBBED!

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Originally posted by VelourFog:
road to perdition came out too early for people to remember it and robin williams probably cancelled out any chance he had at being nominated (not that i personally think he had much chance to begin with)

Not had much of a chance? The guy turned his career around 360 degrees! He completely stunned everyone who thought all he could do was comedy and sappy crap!

Come to think of it, he'd make a hell of a Bond Villain...

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I didn't see what the big deal was. Hanks played a different aspect of the same character he always plays - a guy, who, through the love of his family, is able to transform into a kind-hearted soul. It just so happens that he kills some people while he's at it.

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Chicago. I'm sorry people, but it is really entertaining.

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Ive only seen LOTR:Twin Towers and GNY out of that list so for me BEST FILM: LOTR
BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day Lewis

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I've only seen LOTR out of all the best picture films...though having seen Chicago on the stage, I'm sure the film is just as good

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Give Gollum a new preciousssss shiny gold thing!

The only one I've seen is Two Towers but I've heard good things about Gangs of New York even though everyone in it has a dire Irish accent.

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Originally posted by evan:
I didn't see what the big deal was. Hanks played a different aspect of the same character he always plays - a guy, who, through the love of his family, is able to transform into a kind-hearted soul. It just so happens that he kills some people while he's at it.

are you serious evan? cause i think he was talking about robin williams playing against type, not tom hanks

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I too, have only seen "The Two Towers", but it deserves to win no matter what.

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I just hope that Michael Caine gets the Oscar for the "Quiet American". Aside from that no real surprises for this years nominations.

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My hopes is for Chicago. I thought 8 Mile got a nomination 

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Even though I haven't seen the film, I would like The Pianist to win. But it will probably go to Gangs of New York.

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Originally posted by VelourFog:
 are you serious evan? cause i think he was talking about robin williams playing against type, not tom hanks

Oh. I saw "Road to Perdition" and skimmed through the rest of his post. I agree with him on Robin Williams, though.

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i still disagree on robin williams. sure, his work in both those movies was great, but just because you choose to allow yourself to be typecast into sucky lunatic roles and then finally take a "serious" role... well i just don't think that should automatically equal oscar

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I haven't seen Insomnia, but a movie with Al Pacino as a good guy and Robin Williams as a bad guy can NOT be crap; it's just NOT possible.  Anyway those other movies suck, and if anyone says Gangs of New York is good then they're obviously sleeping with Leonardo Dicapitated (AND HES GAY!)! Oh I meant all the other movies EXCEPT two towers, which should automatically win no matter what, unless the judges are gay and then they'll pick Gangs of New York, which would make them gay, gay with that gay guy.  Oh and Road to Perdition was good too ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHH   

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and who could argue with such insightful comments

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Originally posted by VelourFog:
i still disagree on robin williams. sure, his work in both those movies was great, but just because you choose to allow yourself to be typecast into sucky lunatic roles and then finally take a "serious" role... well i just don't think that should automatically equal oscar

he's done serious before, but it was all sappy serious stuff...like "Patch Adams". No one predicted he'd play a villain...and every review of "One Hour Photo" said he gave the best performance of his career...but to snub him entirely?

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from all this movies,I know only about chicago,because my parents saw it

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Originally posted by SlaytanicMaggot:
 and every review of "One Hour Photo" said he gave the best performance of his career...but to snub him entirely?

but his one (or two) decent jobs in a movie only shine so bright because they are being compared to the rest of the crap that he does (acts in). If you compare his performance to that of the other actors then he doesn't stand out so much.

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There rumors that they ask Eminem to play at this years awards and they asking to cut off his swear words too.

Eminem is thinking about it.

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sell out!

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Rumor is it that Eminem is only going to have one concert this year, in Detroit. Too bad. I used to really like him, too.   

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Originally posted by VelourFog:
sell out!

I think he should do whatever he wants to do. Not people telling him what to do.

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Don't worry Juliet, let's just assume she was talking about the Academy.

But anyway, I just read this thread for the first time, and I'd like to say: winna should be in charge of the Oscars, and also: Robin Williams shouldn't get an oscar, because come on, he's Robin Williams.

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"now on video, patch adams, starring oscar winner Robin Williams"

scary

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Originally posted by evan:
Rumor is it that Eminem is only going to have one concert this year, in Detroit. Too bad. I used to really like him, too.   

He's doing one here in June.

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Originally posted by SlaytanicMaggot:
 Not had much of a chance? The guy turned his career around 360 degrees!

Lol, there's just something wrong with how that was said. In that case, the guy is right back where he was! BTW, G.W. Bush used that same analogy.

I think Chicago has a good chance of getting best picture, even over LOTR. And it has some pretty good numbers, too. The only thing I hate about it is that it was filmed in CANADA! >_<