| come on!! |
dont be so critical! im very happy that these fresh films have been candidated! brokebakc, munic, charly and also star wars! any way certenaly brokback will win 3 oscar i cross my fingers for charly pride and pregiudice and the chronicals! More
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Posted by squinty at 10:12 on 16 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Wow! Good films getting nominations. |
Sadly however most of the results are predictable - brokeback mountain, ang lee, witherspoon and hoffman will win. Regarding the lack of Harvey Weinstein's influence, this is both good and bad. In the past he has helped dross like Chicago win but also helped Shakespeare in Love triumph over the middling Saving Private Ryan (only the action sequences are good).
Speaking of Mr Spielberg, would you please stop letting Ian Freer review his films!!! Hopefully then we will get proper reviews rather More
Posted by mcpish at 15:43 on 15 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Naomi Watts woz robbed |
Am I the only person to think that Naomi Watts performance in King Kong was more deserving of an oscar nomination than most of the actresses on the short list? More
Posted by eraho1971 at 12:04 on 11 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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What??? No 'Serenity'?!?! It's an outrage! I thought at least it might get a nod for 'Visual Effects'... It's been rigged, I tells ya!
Start the petition here:
- Serenity for Best Picture
- Nathan Fillion for Best Actor
- Summer Glau for Best Actress
- Alan Tudyk for Best Supporting Actor
- Joss Whedon for Bets Director and Best Screenplay etc.
Let the flaming begin...! More
Posted by NeoDoug1 at 00:37 on 07 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Terrence Howard |
Oh yeh, one thing I have to say that they did get right was Terrence Howards nomination. He has been a rising star for a long time, very talented actor. It was a suprise to see him nomiated but a very nice suprise. Anyone else seen hustle and flow? agree or disagree? By the way brokeback mountain is a good film, very good film, and I htink Ledger desevres his shout at a nomination too, but im disapointed not to see Ken watanabe up for an oscar (the chairman) also from last samurai. More
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I cant grasp why William Hurt is up for an oscar, it kinda undermines it for me... I think Hurt is a fantasic actor, truly... but what was so great about his turn in history of violnce? Just doesn't seem right.
Oh well ey, just would of been nice to see maybe Ryan Phillip for Crash, or Lorenz Tate getting a nomination. Does anyone else feel that the oscars still get things abit to wrong from time to time? More
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As usual, mostly Bollocks. Brokeback mountain was one of the worst films I have EVER seen. Visual effects for Kong? Did you see the appallingness that was the effects? they were rubbish! Maybe Kong himself was ok (just), but the effects in Star wars were much better. The fact that Narnia has been considered for anything shows how poor these awards have become. More
Posted by ScottyB at 14:40 on 04 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Bad nominations |
I think that some of the nominations are good but for best actress i think for certain that Kate Winslet should of been put up there, and the reason i think this is because she has had some amazing films out recently and they havent even been noticed. How unfair!!. And none of the good films have been put in best film or anything. Nicole Kidman hasnt been mentioned, or Cate Blanchett, or Scarlett Johnasson. The Oscars 2005 were so much better than this years. The people that have been nominated More
Posted by miajay at 08:48 on 04 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Clooneh! |
Big surprise for me with Clooney's nom nod. Though it gives the man mucho credibility, you would think it hard to seperate Clooney the Director from That Gorgeous Guy From E.R. in the minds of The Many.
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Posted by empeekay at 06:36 on 04 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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Yes, I agree Serkis does enable the film-makers and real actors to engage a little more with the monkey as he did with Gollum (which frankly was his best work to date) but we're talking about a Best Supporting Actor nod here!
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I see that John William's score for Munich has been nominated. I haven't heard it, and I'm sure that it's brilliant, but is it really better than the utter masterpiece he produced for Revenge of the Sith? More
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| It's too early for Digital Performances |
It's really only Andy Serkis and WETA that have pioneered the whole 'virtual performance' thing, so it is too early to start honouring it because there would be a huge backlash. I disagree with BenClay2005, it takes a talented actor to bring depth to the performances in LOTR and King Kong, it's not a 'nice little earner'. Case in point, look at the CG capture fro the Mr Hyde character in 'Van Helsing', digitally accurate, but completely devoid of any nuance or personality. Same with the Dobby ch More
Posted by TheMadFatChickKiller at 13:26 on 03 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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Posted by spikespiegel at 10:39 on 03 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| has the world gone crazy! |
did the academy not read our dismay at eveb the suggestion of keira pouty talentless knightley being nominated!
on a happier note its nice to see a nice range of talant within the nominations (knightley excluded) terence howard i am pleased at as well as mr clooney about time! i wil put down the mistake of knightley as a moment of possesion by the devil punishing us all! More
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I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed that Serenity didn't get a single nod, even in the joke catagories like make up. (I mean did you see the reavers?!) even though it wasn't the huge commercial success the fans wanted it to be, it was still rated critically: Got four stars from Empire and was voted BBC Film of the Year.
(Incidently, i haven't personally seen Brokeback Mountin, but my parents said it was 'alright'.. normally my parents rave about films mind you....) More
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| Andy Serkis? What???? |
I cannot believe that ANYONE could possible feel bitter, disappointed or any other similar emotion that Andy Serkis has been "overlooked" in the Best Supporting Actor category.
Until the Academy throw up a (frankly ridiculous) Best Motion Capture for a Virtually Totally CGI Film category, then poor ole Andy will have to wait.
Listen, this is a guy who can't make it as a proper actor, who has found a nice little earner for himself strapped to a million little blue pads in front of More
Posted by BenClay2005 at 18:45 on 02 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Brokeback broke my back |
I can't comment on too many of the films as i've only seen brokeback - i also have the 35 mile drive to a multiplex issue. Blasted English countryside. Anyway, i DO think Heath Ledger deserves his nomination, and good on him if he wins, but it's not the best adaptation ever. The second half dragged on (which was very painful - they don't even have comfy seats!) and it lacked some of the brutal honesty the book conveys. Apart from that i'll have to wait till they're out on DVD. More
Posted by Mantha at 17:22 on 02 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Terrence Howard |
Haven't seen Hustle & Flow, so I'm just reading this nomination based on Crash, and with that in mind, he fully deserves it. More
Posted by classic_schizo at 21:09 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| I liked Brokeback |
I really loved Brokeback Mountain and I'm glad more independant and challenging movies are getting the recognition they deserve, even if it is by the Oscars. More
Posted by velvet_pirate at 18:05 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Six Shooter |
Hope Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix win, as Walk The Line was an amazing movie. Really glad to see Six Shooter nominated, its a dark and funny little movie. More
Posted by Naomh at 14:58 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| A quality year... I think! |
I've only seen Brokeback Mountain out of the major nominated films, and it will probably be the only one of the nominated I see before the Oscars because it's a 35 mile drive to my nearest decent multi-plex. Good to see Hollywood rewarding quality over quantity (i.e. so-called blockbusters) and damned my decision to live in the middle of the English countyside so I can't watch any of them. Boo hoo!!! Ah well, I'm going to have to wait until they are available to rent or buy on dvd in a few month More
Posted by DrDamage75 at 14:28 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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It's always frustrating when nominations are announced, partly because most of these films haven't been released over here yet, so it's hard to have an opinion, but also because at a scandalous £7.60 a time at my local Odeon, I simply can't afford to see as many of these films as I'd like to (not that it would show stuff like Capote anyway), but that's another issue I suppose. Anyone else share my plight? More
Posted by Tits McGee at 14:08 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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Fuck the godamn Oscars. More
Posted by ithomson82 at 13:31 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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...the overlooking of "The Constant Gardener", aside from the utterly deserved nod to Rachel Weisz, is also a grievous error. It easily stands up to any of the Best Picture and Director nominations, and Ralph Fiennes should have been in there for Best Actor. More
Posted by oneslayerlover at 13:25 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Bloody Brokeback |
While I know it's going to clean up, "Brokeback Mountain" in no way deserves half of it's nominations, and is nowhere near one of the top 5 films of the year, not even top 20. The omission of "Walk the Line" from best film and director is criminal, and if either Heath or Jake (much as I like them as actors" win then it'll be a travesty. I can't comment on "Capote" or "Good Night Good Luck", or many of the smaller films that haven't appeared here yet More
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crime against acting if walk the line doesn't clean up. alhough terrence howard winning would be top bollocks. More
Posted by callumcostello at 11:42 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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Being a Steven Spielberg fan (well hello he is the God of Cinema) I think that Mr. Freer said everything that I wanted to say. I only want to add something: I don't believe that Steven Spielberg will win anything although he deserves to get an Oscar for Director and Picture. This year's winners will be Lee, Hoffman, Hufman, Gyllenhaal and Keener. As for the Special Effects unfortunately King Kong.Not that Weta don't deserve it but I'd like War of the Worlds to get it More
Posted by taz_e at 11:19 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| does noone realise Narnia sucks! |
I do not see how Narnia or Kong could win effects. The lion and the gorilla were good but the effects focused so much on these main characters that the rest was shoddy! (the fox in Narnia and the dinosaurs in Kong are awful!). War of the Worlds however, has the best effects I have ever seen and it will be a disgrace to see it lose out on oscar night. Also, Brokeback mountain deserves all of its nominations. I am big rugby playing 'jock' and it still broke my heart. More
Posted by JonnyPitt456 at 10:33 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| CINDERELLA MAN !!!!! Missing Oscar Nods !! |
OK so they gave "Cinderella Man" Oscar nods for editing & make-up, BUT they should have given at least a nod for Director,Actor & Film. IMHO I think this was THE best film of last year (Empire gave it 4 stars) The direction was almost flawless and the acting from Russell Crowe was extremely impressive. Obviously Mr Crowes antics outside the silver screen have obviously influenced the academy voters, but the academy should vote for what's on the silver screen and not let persona More
Posted by Jonathan E at 09:34 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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| fuck the Oscars |
i'll say it again, fuck the oscars. More
Posted by ithomson82 at 09:28 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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Some good choices for best picture. I'm certainly hoping to see Phoenix and Witherspoon receive awards for Walk The Line. Both certainly gave outstanding performances and their singing for the roles is nothing to overlook. Heath Ledger was phenomenal in Brokeback. So, I wouldn't be disappointed to see him walk away with best actor if it fails to go to Phoenix. Memoirs deserves an award in costume design and art direction. What a visually stunning film. Narnia was impressive in its visual effect More
Posted by lulu karma at 04:04 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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I live in the US now (was living in London up until a couple of months ago) and I'm not sure if this is out in the UK yet or not, but The New World smacks the pants off of all of those movies. It should have been nominated in place of Munich which, besides losing its direction and pacing halfway through, ends with the WORST last two scenes in my recent memory. The New World, Terrence Malick and Q'Orianka Kilcher should have been nominated and should have won for best movie, director and actres More
Posted by lucysnowe at 01:05 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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i think that witherspoon should win, she is a great actress who hasnt been allowed to shine until recently because of her tendency to star in chick flick fluff. also i hope jake wins - his role in brokeback mountain wasnt a supporting role, it was a main one, and he was brilliant.
brokeback for best film(kinda goes without saying).
excited already. when and where is it shown on uk television?! More
Posted by stargirl at 00:59 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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Hey, Peeps, Mark here. The were some surprises for the Oscars. Terenace Howard shoud've been mominated for Crash, not Hustle & Flow. As gd a film Brokeback Mountain is I don't see it winning no more than 2 awards. Although I 'm sure they'll be some surprises come Oscar night, Hopefully the right folks will win. More
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Posted by stargirl at 00:53 on 01 February 2006 | Report This Post |
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A few things: Michelle Williams for Best Supporting Actress!
Narnia was Ok effects wise, but Potter 4 ws more consistent in quality. I'm sure King Kong will win it again, just for doing another Gollum.
No Potter 4 for best music ors song? Outrageous.
Does anyone know what channel has it this hear, and the date and time it will be on? It took me ages to disocver it was on Sky last year. I hope the BBC have it again so I can watch it. More
Posted by Pipkin3 at 22:41 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Keira can't act, OK?
There's some good (8 nods for my Brokeback), some bad (Don snubbed, a John Williams ego stroke in the form of Munich) and some ugly (Keira. Who, actually, isn't ugly, and that may have something to do with why she's nominated. Tramp.) More
Posted by Empitomezzo at 22:40 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Why the Narnia hate? I thought the effects in Narnia were much more convincing than King Kong (I also thought Narnia was a much better and more engaging movie than Kong, which may have had something to do with it). The effects in Narnia were incredible, very convincing - even if you didn't like the movie, what was wrong with Mr Tumnus shaking his hooves or the many centaurs charging into battle? The only dodgey effect was the bizarrely blue water, but I don't think that one hitch is worth bachin More
Posted by Juliette at 22:10 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| NO WAY!!!!! |
You can say no if you want to me, but im really dissapointed not to see King Kong up for nomination for best picture. sure it got good nomination in some of the technical awards, but it had other great qualities as well. it is maybe because it got mixed reviews from different people. IM SO ANGRY IT ISNT THERE!!!!!!! IT WAS SUCH A GOOD FILM!!!!!!!!
Also I didnt see any batman begins nominations, although i just glanced through the nominations. anyway Steven Speiberg should win best director!!!!! More
Posted by PhiLdO90 at 21:52 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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When they announce William Hurt's name I thought maybe the film and director might get nods too but alas it didn't happen. More
Posted by Jacks User ID at 21:52 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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well once again the nominations were totally predictable. blah blah blah. i know i'm probably the only one here who thinks that brokeback mountain was a bit overrated. the acting was great though, heath ledger was fantastic, better than jake. i think sometimes its easier to have a showier role, which is why heath gets my vote out of the two. although she is unlikely to win, michelle has done pretty well for herself since she said goodbye to the creek - didn't she die anyway? she had very little More
Posted by ldelroc at 20:06 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Posted by big_al at 19:58 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Just so very pleased to see Munich finally get some recognition. I know in my heart it won't win anything but the noms are most welcome. I would dearly have loved to see Eric Bana and Ciaran Hinds in the mix but we can't have everything I guess. A far better list than our own Baftas and good luck Keira! More
Posted by Big_Pants at 19:40 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Great Year for Film |
Good to see smaller films getting attention for the first time in a long while. I got a feeling Brokeback Mountain wont sweep the Oscars as many are predicting though which will hopefully add some tension during the awards ceremony which has been lacking the last few years.
But I still cannot believe Sith got snubbed for both Kong and Narnia in the special effects category. The Academy were shown 15 minutes from each film to see what the film had to offer. At what point in either film d More
Posted by James2183 at 19:07 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Great Year for Film |
Glad to see Munich pic up some noms finally - this film will stay with me longest out of these and is already a classic imo - one of my fav films. Ofcourse Brokeback will beat it in the categories it's nominated in and deserves to do well being a classic Academy-darling type of film; very solid. Ang deserves the award too (though spielberg's eye was technically better). Its a disgrace that ROTS isnt up for visual effects. Apart from that, I'm glad to see that this is a fine bunch of nominations, More
Posted by spikespiegel at 18:40 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Good on yer |
Who will be staying up all night to watch the ceremony?p;
I guess i'll have to skip any lectures the following day. More
Posted by AndyT at 18:18 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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I'm chuffed that Heath Ledger's been nominated for an Oscar. His performance in Brokeback Mountain completely raises the bar for what is expected of actors nowadays, as far as I'm concerned. BBM deserves best picture and best director aswell, IMO. More
Posted by Spengler at 18:08 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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The snubbing of three great films- King Kong, Sin City and Star Wars Episode III makes me weep a tear of pain at the same-old-snooty-academy. Is it too much to ask for them to embrace films that are a) made by people not on guilds b) just plain fun c) actually, this isn't to do with that- but what the fuck? Narnia is even graced with a nomination?! More
Posted by Keyser_So_So at 17:41 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Michelle Williams' performance in Brokeback Mountain is -IMHO- an absolute MUST win. She was incredible. Come on Academy, just give her the award now.....you know it make sense!
My predictions? BM to win aplenty. Kong for visual effects. A shoe-in Reese Witherspoon will blub uncontrollably.
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Posted by Ant_1971 at 17:12 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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I agree, i really want a marisa tomei or Jack Palance style surprise winner in the supporting categories this year as i think best film, actor and actress are nailed to brokeback, hoffman and witherspoon. I'll be cheering for Jake, Michelle and Matt!
Shame Kong didn't appear more on the list, ditto for Constant Gardener, why did they forget about Ralph, why? It was certainly the performance of the year, 2nd to Heath's in Brokeback.
It annoys me that Phillip Seymour should win this year when h More
Posted by Shopgirl at 16:57 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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A nice mix of niminations I must say. If this was a perfect world A History of Violence will go away empty handed. Well actually if this was aperfect world it would never have been nominated in the first place. What is it with that movie. It is trash pretending to be a hard hitting serious film. Not good!
Visual effects were a surprise. Narnia over Star Wars? No Batman Begins or Harry Potter? I'm going for War of the Worlds! (but guessing it'll be Kong! poo ;-(
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Posted by Tino at 16:43 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| hello mr della rocca if you read this... |
i think its a shame jake gyllenhaal is only up for best supporting actor when he was a lead role, and was just as charismatic and engaging as ledger. glad the film is up for best film though,
jackson unsurprisingly missing from best director though... More
Posted by jodiefoley at 16:21 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Posted by gav the hardcore leg at 16:16 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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I think it was a pretty predictable bunch of nominations. Knightley was a surprise but the Best Actress race is fairly weak this year anyway. William Hurt is a bizarre choice - I'll be gunning for Matt Dillon's revelatory turn in Crash although I think it's going to be the year of The Clooney.
There are so many early frontrunners - Brokeback, PS Hoffman, Witherspoon, that it could be the most boring Oscar ceremony in years. Come on Amy Adams, Felicity Huffman, Matt Dillon and David Straithai More
Posted by dexter at 16:12 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Crash:Dark horse for best picture |
Despite the fact that Brokebank seems to be picking up most awards,i think Crash might just nab best picture its noms certainly seemed to get a positive reation from the people watching the noms being read out, as did Munich which in may eyes is the best of the year.It was also good to see Batman pick up a Cinematography nom More
Posted by BORG at 16:03 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| keira knightley? seriously? |
I can't believe I live in a world where Keira Knightley has an Oscar nomination. Was I the only one who saw P & P?! She was rubbish! Bit disappointed King Kong's been ignored, but I guess it's not surprising. More
Posted by khaaan at 15:53 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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It's nice to see Clooney get recognised in both categorys. He won't win, but it's nice.
As for reaction to Knightley's nomination, without repeating what I said on the thread in the Oscars section, she and Natalie Portman are the same actress: crap. Although I don't think Knightley would give such an sphincter-clenchingly embarassing 'five year old at a birthday party' speech as the one Portman treated us all to at the Globes last year.
It's also nice to see the sterling work of the Pott More
Posted by Fionnuala4000 at 15:41 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Posted by Rock Lobster! at 15:29 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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No Best Adapted Screenplay nom for Sin City? Snobs! :P More
Posted by F_raser at 15:28 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| another day, another box of stolen pens |
most of these nominations were pretty gosh darn obvious, but the thing is with most of them not even released in the uk yet it's hard to know wgether they're accurate. they seem your usual Oscar baiting noms though (a bit like Philaedelphia and The Accused etc) but i support Ledger and Glyenhaal's nominations but the thing about Brokeback Mountain is that it's promoting themes people should know by now! i've never been homophobic so instead of feeling any real tragedy i was sitting saying " More
Posted by Rock Lobster! at 15:27 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Very uninspired. Not sure what else to say really. I'm not impressed. More
Posted by MoBiUGeArSkIn at 15:27 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Very uninspired. Not sure what else to say really. I'm not impressed. More
Posted by MoBiUGeArSkIn at 15:24 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Well, I, for one, am pretty pleased with the nominees this year. Granted, most of them were shoe-ins given the films that were inevitable contenders but it's still nice to have the odd curve-ball in there to keep us all awake into the early hours on the night. It's got a lot of attention, but I really do hope that one of the lads from Brokeback wins. They've got tough competition but they deserve some recognition of their subtle, convincing and underplayed performances with difficult material More
Posted by hywelr at 15:23 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Star Wars snubbed |
While I'm very happy to see Brokeback Mountain nominated eight times - hardly a surprise - and Pride & Prejudice four times, I am very disappointed that SW Episode III only got 1 nomination! Narnia was great, but its CGI was indeed mediocre at some points. You would almost think that films released more than 6 months ago tend to be "forgotten"...Ah well, SW got the People's Choice Awards and GL likes that better anyway! More
Posted by tcamskywalker at 15:10 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Big Block Busters are out, Old School is in |
So it seems that with this year heralds the death of the Block Buster syndrome. The widest nominated film, Brokeback Mountain, although highly praised and receiving good reviews, hardly fits into the pop corn fodder mould. King Kong has been rightfully ignored. It seems that Hollywood is moving back to traditional story telling with films that discuss important social and political issues. Hollywood is going back to it's roots if you will. In 2005 many CGI enhanced films, the kind that used to More
Posted by Memoirs of Maria at 15:03 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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i'm glad to see munich getting the acolades it deserves and war of the worlds for visual effects. I'm very disappointed not see Crowe with a nomination instead of Terrence Howard but its good to see Giamatti getting a nod. William Hurt getting a nod i thought was ridiculous if anyone from AHOV deserved a nod it was Ed Harris. No real shocks really i dont think Crash deserves a Best Pic or Directin nominee a very very good film but its not oscar worthy in those 2 categories especially because Con More
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A great list, but they should have taken a risk and got Christopher Nolan in for his Batman direction. Better than Crash, in my view. More
Posted by paulskinny at 14:57 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Except Keira as BEST Actress. I wasn't surprised to see Kong and Narnia not in the big categories but against each other in the smaller prizes. If Narnia does get the gong for its slip-shod CGI then the whole Academy system needs to be torn down and started from scratch. More
Posted by jpt1976 at 14:54 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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well,, out of the many movies up on the awards list,, i have seen 5. pretty poor movie year for me. More
Posted by delrusso666 at 14:32 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Surprises |
Hugely surprised that Terrance Howard was nominated, considering the academy's usual preferances. also think that Walk the Line was cruelly rejected big time - perhaps because of how similar it is to Ray. - Rock on Wallace And Gromit Though!!!!! More
Posted by tweetypie2005 at 14:30 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Charlize??? |
OK, now I like Charlize Theron and she deserved her Oscar for Monster but what is she doing in this year's nominations?? How was it possible to see past the utter over-worthy tripe that was North Country to see the actual performance???
It's a definite two hander this year - Witherspoon is my preference, but Huffman may swing it! More
Posted by si_waters at 14:29 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Good on her! |
I think it's safe to assume Keira Knightley is not going to win, but good on her for gettin a nomination. It's nice to see some younger nominees this year, Ledger, Phoenix, Witherspoon, Willams, perhaps the acadmey will recognise the new talent More
Posted by sianashleigh at 14:27 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Keira Knightley?!?!? |
You've got to be kidding me? Keira Knightley?!?!? What a laugh!
I'm surprised at Terrence Howard. But that's cool. And Michelle Williams? Long gone are the days of Dawson's Creek. Good for her.
So Wallace and Gromit gonna pick up another Oscar this year too? More
Posted by beebs_ at 14:22 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| A Very Good Year... |
I'm pretty much satisfied with all that. Having just seen - and been thoroughly impressed by - Munich, it was nice to see it finally recieve some recognition. So whether Spielberg or Ang Lee triumphs, I'll be happy. It's a pitty Mortensen wasn't nominated for Violence, but as I didn't expect it to get anything, it's nice to see it pop up a little bit. George Lucas must be gutted though - I bet he thought ROTS was a shoe-in for a visual effects nod. Mind you, Ian McDiarmid's make-up was pretty gr More
Posted by britesparc at 14:21 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| No Ralph Fiennes?! |
His best performance yet in The Constant Gardener.... can't believe he wasn't there for best actor. More
Posted by gavprime@yahoo.co.uk at 14:19 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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Keira Knightley?? Best actress??????? PAH!!!!!! More
Posted by Tits McGee at 14:11 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Oscar Nominations Announced |
Pretty open contest this year, no real standout films though its a shame /i] a frankly awful and insulting film can be nom but of Violencebsp;nothing other than the suprise Hurt nom and screenplay. Also Judi Dench getting a nom is a hoot, considering she was just the same old Judi, I guess the yanks like that sort of thing. More
Posted by CaseyRyback at 14:01 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Full list? |
You're better off going here http://www.oscar.com/nominees/list.html More
Posted by Joliet68 at 13:59 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| How exciting! |
Luckily all the decent films have been nominated for best picture and the same with the other catergories. This year seems alot more exciting as all of the films were great and that's what's important. Knightley won't win though, we're looking at either Huffman or Witherspoon. More
Posted by poliloli at 13:58 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| No Jason Statham! |
I'm boycotting! More
Posted by branniganslaw at 13:58 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| I'd love Strathairn to win. |
A stunning and mesmerising performance. More
Posted by darth statto at 13:55 on 31 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| Actress category remarkably poor |
Dench did nothing new, Knightley (not a bad actress) gave a very bad performance. And no Maria Bello. Straight fight between Huffman and Witherspoon. More
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