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How many Oscars did Slumdog Millionaire actually win?
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i_c_weiner
DOOP Secretary
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That was the biggest surprise of the evening. WALL-E deserved most of the awards it was nominated for. How the hell can't you give the sound awards to it?! And its score! So much better than Slumdog. I think this year was more of a Bollywood fad year and they wanted to get it out of the way so they can return to blockbusters next year. Seriously, 3/13 for Benjamin, 2/8 for Dark Knight, 1/6 for WALL-E, but 8/10 for Slumdog? Frost/Nixon didn't even win anything! And Books, I think you can much more deal with Sean Penn winning, not only because he acknowledge Rourke but also because there was more travesty on the night. I mean, The Incredibles won for Sound Editing over Spider-man 2 and The Polar Express, and that work was nowhere near WALL-E!
And, personally, I would've rather Downey Jr. won Supporting Actor. Heath should've actually been nominated for Lead, like Hannibal Lector who was in less than 20 minutes of Silence of the Lambs. The movie might've been centered around the Jodie Foster detective-work of Batman, but who was the lead in the movie?
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Books
Near Death Star Inhabitant
Urban Legend
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gudbjorg
Liquid Emperor
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And, personally, I would've rather Downey Jr. won Supporting Actor. Heath should've actually been nominated for Lead, like Hannibal Lector who was in less than 20 minutes of Silence of the Lambs. The movie might've been centered around the Jodie Foster detective-work of Batman, but who was the lead in the movie?
I think so too! Books: No, I didn't stay up to watch it, all channels here are too poor this year to show it, and skyone had it on the british channels, which we don't have. I'm gonna change my avatar back.
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i_c_weiner
DOOP Secretary
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« Reply #99 on: 10-21-2009 20:16 »
« Last Edit on: 10-21-2009 20:20 »
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*bump* So it's been a few months since I made that there post, and I've seen some ballin' movies since. Best PictureAvatar An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus The Lovely Bones Nine Precious A Serious Man Up Best DirectorNeill Blomkamp - District 9 James Cameron - Avatar Clint Eastwood - Invictus Terry Gilliam - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds Best ActorGeorge Clooney - Up in the Air Matt Damon - The Informant! Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine Morgan Freeman - Invictus Sam Rockwell - Moon Best ActressAbbie Cornish - Bright Star Helen Mirren - Love Ranch Carey Mulligan - An Education Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia Hilary Swank - Amelia Best Supporting ActorMatt Damon - Invictus Richard Kind - A Serious Man Heath Ledger - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Alfred Molina - An Education Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds Best Supporting ActressPenelope Cruz - Nine Judi Dench - Nine Melanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds Mo'Nique - Precious Rachel Weisz - The Lovely Bones Original ScreenplayAvatar Inglourious Basterds A Serious Man Up Whatever Works Adapted ScreenplayAn Education District 9 Invictus The Lovely Bones Up in the Air Best Animated FeatureCloudy With A Chance of Meatballs Coraline The Fantastic Mr. Fox Ponyo Up Just a few recaps: - Avatar may have some acting noms too, but no idea which until it comes out. It has a strong case in most categories otherwise, especially the effects.
- Up has a strong odds of breaking the Best Picture category wide open. Who knows, it might actually win.
- Clint Eastwood + Morgan Freeman + Nelson Mandela film = sweep?
- I gave some love to Gilliam's film, Parnassus. It has odds of being nominated for some effects categories. I think that the Academy will again nominate Heath Ledger, but Gilliam's nom is up in the air for me.
- District 9 has a strong chance of busting into the party, especially in effects, directing, and screenplay (wasn't sure whether to classify it as adapted or original, went adapted).
- The Coen Brothers could get nominated for direction, but I doubt it with the competition this year. Peter Jackson has a chance also. It's a strong year in direction and I don't know who may get the nominations. Even Wes Anderson and Pete Doctor are possible.
- Best Actor is a lock for Freeman. And I am predicting Damon will get the rare double nomination.
- Best Actress is up in the air. I have no idea what's going on here at all.
- Christoph Waltz is basically a lock for Supporting Actor. Nobody can compete with him. Period.
- On the Supporting Actress side, Mo'Nique has a strong case, but I wouldn't be surprised if one of Nine's actress picked up the prize.
- Original Screenplay seems like there could be some changes. Avatar could change, but I think the Academy will give Woody Allen a nomination.
- Adapted is even crazier.
- Best Animated is a lock for Up, as it was for WALL•E. The interesting thing will be seeing if they up it to 5 nominations this year, as there is a strong case for all the other nominees.
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Ben
Space Pope
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« Reply #101 on: 10-22-2009 02:07 »
« Last Edit on: 10-22-2009 02:09 »
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Best Director Neill Blomkamp - District 9 James Cameron - Avatar Clint Eastwood - Invictus Terry Gilliam - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Ahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Seriously? These are your predictions for the Academy Awards? Have you ever seen the Academy Awards before? Clint Eastwood, maybe, Cameron at a stretch, but the others are no chance. The Oscars are like a southern country club, and they don't let their kind in.
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i_c_weiner
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It's part what I want to be nominated and part what I think will be nominated for some of these. For example, for Director, I more want Blomkamp and Gilliam and I more think Cameron, Eastwood, and Tarantino. And the problem with the "southern country club" theory this year is the Oscar darlings (Spielberg, Scorsese, etc.) don't have anything out. Sure, the Coen Brothers and Peter Jackson have things, but that still means there's going to be one non-traditional nominee.
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