Tuesday, February 27, 2007
really quick
okay, technically it's wednesday now :( - but a belated happy birthday to two of my very favorite legendary actresses - elizabeth taylor and joanne woodward (who's also got the best husband in showbiz). their performances in, respectively, who's afraid of virginia woolf? and the three faces of eve are among the most deserving oscars and best performances ever.
OSCARS 2007
oscar night's goddessYeah yeah, I know, it's two days later :( but my comments, and there are many. Yay Oscars!!! Thanks to several livebloggers who refreshed my memory on stuff.
- Ellen...was kinda terrible, I thought. She was adorable and charming and the things with Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood and Stephen Spielberg were genius, but as the night went on she kind of became useless and 90% of her jokes kinda went splat. Like, her opening monologue? Bad. That thing where she came out with the Oscar in the baby carrier? Bad. Sorry, Ellen. You know I love you otherwise.
- and of course the most important category first...best dressed. We'll be leaving the gentlemen out as the ones who always look good looked good (Clive, George, Leo, Mark, Djimon, I'm sure I'm forgetting some other lovely men - like Hugh who I barely saw, and did they really call him the Volver-ine when he was presenting with Penelope Cruz? Worst. Pun. Ever.) and the only real disaster was Philip Seymour Hoffman, who I'll get to later...and seriously, it's a tux. Pictures? Uh...maybe eventually.
Best Dressed: #1 of the night is easily the lady pictured above, Helen Mirren. A gorgeous and flawless dress for the ruler of the night. It was simultaneously age-appropriate, yet interesting and sexy (which La Mirren most definitely is!). Loved it.
The Easy Second: Reese Witherspoon, who has been wearing nothing but fucking stunning dress after fucking stunning dress since her divorce. This was only helped by the fact that Ryan Phillippe didn't tuck his shirt in at whatever afterparty he was attending (still really hot, though)
Also Good:
Emily Blunt - I can admit it, that dress was fantastic and sparkly and I covet it, now leave me alone. Her dress was still too tight and made her look like she had a tummy bulge, though it wasn't as noticeable as at the Globes.
Cate Blanchett - grr, two people I (strongly) dislike in a row. Still, anything with glitter makes me screech. Cate takes fashion risks and they usually do not pay off in any way, shape, or form, but this one did. Good for her I guess.
Jennifer Hudson - everyone hated it, but I thought it was fierce. Metallics were kinda big this year and it looked great. She did look better in the dress she changed into, though.
Rinko Kikuchi - amazing, probably the third or fourth best of the night, and she's been looking totally bizarre all season long; I thought she was basically Bjork and that this was going to be something along the lines of the swan dress. Good for her.
Kate Winslet - it's far from the best thing she's ever worn, but she still looked fantastic. It was a risky color but she pulled it off.
Gwyneth Paltrow - many hated it. It was avant-garde couture and...I absolutely loved it.
Diane Keaton - AMAZING!!! She hasn't looked this good in years! Ever!
Rachel Weisz - kind of, good but not as good as at the Globes.
Jessica Biel - It was daring and different, and I loved the color. She's got a great stylist.
Jodie Foster - no real comments, it just looked good. I like how people are like "she looked really uncomfortable wearing a dress!" Oy, people, stop stretching. She might be a lesbian, but does that mean she'd rather be wearing a suit? (Guess I did have some real comments)
Cameron Diaz - though far from, say, Helen's or Reese's, I actually did like it (the bottom was weird), and her face looked great (at the Globes, that entire getup was just so weird).
Ellen Pompeo - at the Vanity Fair afterparty. Bitch is still too skinny, but I did adore her dress and for once she didn't look like death warmed over. Amazing.
Maggie Gyllenhaal - I wasn't crazy about the bottom but who thought black and navy could go this well? Go Maggie!
So my top 10 I guess:
1. Helen Mirren
2. Reese Witherspoon
3. Diane Keaton
4. Rinko Kikuchi
5. Gwyneth Paltrow
6. Emily Blunt
7. Cate Blanchett
8. Jessica Biel
- Ellen...was kinda terrible, I thought. She was adorable and charming and the things with Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood and Stephen Spielberg were genius, but as the night went on she kind of became useless and 90% of her jokes kinda went splat. Like, her opening monologue? Bad. That thing where she came out with the Oscar in the baby carrier? Bad. Sorry, Ellen. You know I love you otherwise.
- and of course the most important category first...best dressed. We'll be leaving the gentlemen out as the ones who always look good looked good (Clive, George, Leo, Mark, Djimon, I'm sure I'm forgetting some other lovely men - like Hugh who I barely saw, and did they really call him the Volver-ine when he was presenting with Penelope Cruz? Worst. Pun. Ever.) and the only real disaster was Philip Seymour Hoffman, who I'll get to later...and seriously, it's a tux. Pictures? Uh...maybe eventually.
Best Dressed: #1 of the night is easily the lady pictured above, Helen Mirren. A gorgeous and flawless dress for the ruler of the night. It was simultaneously age-appropriate, yet interesting and sexy (which La Mirren most definitely is!). Loved it.
The Easy Second: Reese Witherspoon, who has been wearing nothing but fucking stunning dress after fucking stunning dress since her divorce. This was only helped by the fact that Ryan Phillippe didn't tuck his shirt in at whatever afterparty he was attending (still really hot, though)
Also Good:
Emily Blunt - I can admit it, that dress was fantastic and sparkly and I covet it, now leave me alone. Her dress was still too tight and made her look like she had a tummy bulge, though it wasn't as noticeable as at the Globes.
Cate Blanchett - grr, two people I (strongly) dislike in a row. Still, anything with glitter makes me screech. Cate takes fashion risks and they usually do not pay off in any way, shape, or form, but this one did. Good for her I guess.
Jennifer Hudson - everyone hated it, but I thought it was fierce. Metallics were kinda big this year and it looked great. She did look better in the dress she changed into, though.
Rinko Kikuchi - amazing, probably the third or fourth best of the night, and she's been looking totally bizarre all season long; I thought she was basically Bjork and that this was going to be something along the lines of the swan dress. Good for her.
Kate Winslet - it's far from the best thing she's ever worn, but she still looked fantastic. It was a risky color but she pulled it off.
Gwyneth Paltrow - many hated it. It was avant-garde couture and...I absolutely loved it.
Diane Keaton - AMAZING!!! She hasn't looked this good in years! Ever!
Rachel Weisz - kind of, good but not as good as at the Globes.
Jessica Biel - It was daring and different, and I loved the color. She's got a great stylist.
Jodie Foster - no real comments, it just looked good. I like how people are like "she looked really uncomfortable wearing a dress!" Oy, people, stop stretching. She might be a lesbian, but does that mean she'd rather be wearing a suit? (Guess I did have some real comments)
Cameron Diaz - though far from, say, Helen's or Reese's, I actually did like it (the bottom was weird), and her face looked great (at the Globes, that entire getup was just so weird).
Ellen Pompeo - at the Vanity Fair afterparty. Bitch is still too skinny, but I did adore her dress and for once she didn't look like death warmed over. Amazing.
Maggie Gyllenhaal - I wasn't crazy about the bottom but who thought black and navy could go this well? Go Maggie!
So my top 10 I guess:
1. Helen Mirren
2. Reese Witherspoon
3. Diane Keaton
4. Rinko Kikuchi
5. Gwyneth Paltrow
6. Emily Blunt
7. Cate Blanchett
8. Jessica Biel
9. Kate Winslet
10. Jodie Foster
Ew:
Nicole Kidman - this is not so much the dress, which I actually liked, especially when seen from the side. It's what's happened to her. Nicole, Nicole, Nicole. Please lay off the Botox. You're not pretty any more! It's sad to watch Moulin Rouge! and then see you here. Like, you were posing with Abigail Breslin, and I wanted to say "NO ABBY! SHE'S GOING TO TAKE YOUR SOUL!!!" Please, Nicole. For all our mere mortals' sakes, you goddess.
Anne Hathaway - she fucked up an outfit? Bitch may be talentless but she knows how to dress. But what did we learn from this (and to a lesser extent, Nicole this year and Charlize last year, though I liked both their gowns)? Bows fuck shit up.
Naomi Watts - this annoys me for several reasons. a) It had water wings. b) It looked, except for those water wing things, exactly like Cate Blanchett's dress from when she won her Oscar two years ago. This further annoyed me, because not only was it a copycat dress, it reminded me of that extremely undeserved win. c) That said, back in 2004 (well, 2005, but whatever), Cate looked fantastic in her dress. This one was droopy and made Naomi's chest look completely pancaked. d) She clashed with Nicole, who she was with, but who, as you can see, was having enough problems of her own.
Meryl Streep - Meryl, Meryl, Meryl. The necklace? It would have been fine without the necklace. You're still fierce though.
Abigail Breslin - I realize this makes me a horrible person. But she's a little girl, not a cake. Still, she looked adorable.
Penelope Cruz - great on top, but it looked like she was being devoured by tan seaweed on the bottom. People apparently loved this one?!?!
Eva Green - it made her look bizarrely bulky, and she still looks like she's going to suck out my soul. Guys, how do you think she's hot?! I just don't get it! And as opposed to looking crazy, her hair looked like a giant helmet. Um...it's an improvement, I guess.
Jennifer Lopez - she looked puffy and bulky and like Naomi, it pancaked her chest.
Kirsten Dunst - WTF was going on there?
Sally Kirkland - saved toward the end because it was too easy.
Kelly Preston - her too.
- anyway. Preshow! All I can really remember is some guy asked Cate Blanchett about how she likes to belt her clothes and Cate was, rightfully, like "..." Also, I'm pretty sure Isla Fisher was high. Chris Connelly was fucking annoying, as he was the entire show.
- I absolutely loved the opening montage. "You were nominated for Lawrence of Arabia. Why didn't you win?" "Because some other guy did." I loved how it was consistently hilarious and gave all the nominees, famous or not, a chance to shine. God bless Errol Morris, genius.
10. Jodie Foster
Ew:
Nicole Kidman - this is not so much the dress, which I actually liked, especially when seen from the side. It's what's happened to her. Nicole, Nicole, Nicole. Please lay off the Botox. You're not pretty any more! It's sad to watch Moulin Rouge! and then see you here. Like, you were posing with Abigail Breslin, and I wanted to say "NO ABBY! SHE'S GOING TO TAKE YOUR SOUL!!!" Please, Nicole. For all our mere mortals' sakes, you goddess.
Anne Hathaway - she fucked up an outfit? Bitch may be talentless but she knows how to dress. But what did we learn from this (and to a lesser extent, Nicole this year and Charlize last year, though I liked both their gowns)? Bows fuck shit up.
Naomi Watts - this annoys me for several reasons. a) It had water wings. b) It looked, except for those water wing things, exactly like Cate Blanchett's dress from when she won her Oscar two years ago. This further annoyed me, because not only was it a copycat dress, it reminded me of that extremely undeserved win. c) That said, back in 2004 (well, 2005, but whatever), Cate looked fantastic in her dress. This one was droopy and made Naomi's chest look completely pancaked. d) She clashed with Nicole, who she was with, but who, as you can see, was having enough problems of her own.
Meryl Streep - Meryl, Meryl, Meryl. The necklace? It would have been fine without the necklace. You're still fierce though.
Abigail Breslin - I realize this makes me a horrible person. But she's a little girl, not a cake. Still, she looked adorable.
Penelope Cruz - great on top, but it looked like she was being devoured by tan seaweed on the bottom. People apparently loved this one?!?!
Eva Green - it made her look bizarrely bulky, and she still looks like she's going to suck out my soul. Guys, how do you think she's hot?! I just don't get it! And as opposed to looking crazy, her hair looked like a giant helmet. Um...it's an improvement, I guess.
Jennifer Lopez - she looked puffy and bulky and like Naomi, it pancaked her chest.
Kirsten Dunst - WTF was going on there?
Sally Kirkland - saved toward the end because it was too easy.
Kelly Preston - her too.
- anyway. Preshow! All I can really remember is some guy asked Cate Blanchett about how she likes to belt her clothes and Cate was, rightfully, like "..." Also, I'm pretty sure Isla Fisher was high. Chris Connelly was fucking annoying, as he was the entire show.
- I absolutely loved the opening montage. "You were nominated for Lawrence of Arabia. Why didn't you win?" "Because some other guy did." I loved how it was consistently hilarious and gave all the nominees, famous or not, a chance to shine. God bless Errol Morris, genius.
- Something disturbing has happened. I now think Daniel Craig is attractive with his shirt on and without a paper bag over his head with little cutouts for his eyes. Aaah! See what Casino Royale hath wrought?!?!
- The interpretive acrobats were weird, but there was nothing as bad as last year's godawful "In the Deep" performance. I did love the Snakes on a Plane thing, though, but isn't that just so early 2006?
- The comedians' song was absolutely hilarious!! It came too early in the night, though. Wish it had gone later. Still, I loved it, and it was among the best moments of the night. Will Ferrell's got some pipes, too; I keep forgetting from The Producers. Poor Peter O'Toole, though, he looked kinda dead, and "What is this Nickelodeon these silly fools speak of? Are they talking about me?" Also, I can't feel bad about Forest's win (more on that later), but Peter just looked so crushed when he lost.
- The interpretive acrobats were weird, but there was nothing as bad as last year's godawful "In the Deep" performance. I did love the Snakes on a Plane thing, though, but isn't that just so early 2006?
- The comedians' song was absolutely hilarious!! It came too early in the night, though. Wish it had gone later. Still, I loved it, and it was among the best moments of the night. Will Ferrell's got some pipes, too; I keep forgetting from The Producers. Poor Peter O'Toole, though, he looked kinda dead, and "What is this Nickelodeon these silly fools speak of? Are they talking about me?" Also, I can't feel bad about Forest's win (more on that later), but Peter just looked so crushed when he lost.
- I like how Jaden Smith messed up reading and then just kinda shrugged it off. Kid's got his dad's charisma. That said, when him and Abigail Breslin kept presenting the "shorts" I was groaning. Oh, but go West Bank Story. Can't say I've seen it, or any of them, but that looks awesome.
- The sound effects choir was great, and let's face it, people like that rarely get such attention. It's cool to see how it's done.
- Steve Carell and Greg Kinnear? Funny, kind of. And robbed, very.
- Okay...the shortened clips for the nominees annoyed me a lot. Did they really need to read all those lines from the screenplays? Grr. On the other hand, this did allow the Academy to find clips for Alan Arkin and Mark Wahlberg where they weren't like "%)*%)*%)*%$%%$%%$!!!", because any clips for them over about ten seconds would have had to have been, as they like to say, "edited for broadcast." That said, Alan Arkin, grrr. You shouldn't have won that shit. Eddie Murphy was right to make the face he did (we're human. We have emotions. Storming out though was unprofessional). But...I'm over it. That said: Alan, didn't you found some big comedy improv group? So you probably should have been able to come up with a better speech than that.
- Throughout the entire show up to this point, I'd kept thinking, "Who's that fat old bald guy they keep cutting to for no apparent reason?" And now, in the middle of some popcorn (and mixed company), I actually spit it out and screeched "OH MY GOD JACK NICHOLSON SHAVED HIS HEAD!!!" It's for a role, I found out, but seriously. It was a little shocking and bizarre.
- That song from Cars I don't remember, but wow it was awful. "I Need to Wake Up" is an okay song but I hated the Powerpoint What You Can Do To Save The Environment thing behind Melissa.
- Aw, see, guys, Leo is a Serious Actor Who Cares About The Environment And Can Talk With The Former Vice President. I guess. Good job Leo, as long as you keep being pretty and the epitome of class.
- The sound effects choir was great, and let's face it, people like that rarely get such attention. It's cool to see how it's done.
- Steve Carell and Greg Kinnear? Funny, kind of. And robbed, very.
- Okay...the shortened clips for the nominees annoyed me a lot. Did they really need to read all those lines from the screenplays? Grr. On the other hand, this did allow the Academy to find clips for Alan Arkin and Mark Wahlberg where they weren't like "%)*%)*%)*%$%%$%%$!!!", because any clips for them over about ten seconds would have had to have been, as they like to say, "edited for broadcast." That said, Alan Arkin, grrr. You shouldn't have won that shit. Eddie Murphy was right to make the face he did (we're human. We have emotions. Storming out though was unprofessional). But...I'm over it. That said: Alan, didn't you found some big comedy improv group? So you probably should have been able to come up with a better speech than that.
- Throughout the entire show up to this point, I'd kept thinking, "Who's that fat old bald guy they keep cutting to for no apparent reason?" And now, in the middle of some popcorn (and mixed company), I actually spit it out and screeched "OH MY GOD JACK NICHOLSON SHAVED HIS HEAD!!!" It's for a role, I found out, but seriously. It was a little shocking and bizarre.
- That song from Cars I don't remember, but wow it was awful. "I Need to Wake Up" is an okay song but I hated the Powerpoint What You Can Do To Save The Environment thing behind Melissa.
- Aw, see, guys, Leo is a Serious Actor Who Cares About The Environment And Can Talk With The Former Vice President. I guess. Good job Leo, as long as you keep being pretty and the epitome of class.
- Writers' montage. The montages this year were way better than last year but why did it end in the theme to Mission: Impossible? What does that have to do with writing?
- William Monahan wrote an amazing, incredibly intelligent, and, you know, energetic screenplay for The Departed. So, then, WTF was up with his speech?? Worst of the night.
- The fake banter Devil Wears Prada thing between Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt wasn't funny at all because, you know: talentless hos. It's a good thing Meryl saved them with that poker face. She totally sold it. The woman is a national treasure. Anyway, I absolutely LOVED the way they presented costumes!!! Can they do that every year, and also, have a corgi too?? Also I liked that Emily and Anne looked all depressed when they announced the award and it wasn't The Devil Wears Prada. Not that it didn't deserve it, but depressed Anne and Emily equals happy (my name here). It was super awkward when Ms. Marie Antoinette costume designer took like five minutes to get on stage and then the Marie-Antoinettes had to keep clapping politely in character.
- The lady Tom Cruise presented the Oscar too was taller than him, which is kinda funny, but he looked good and he kept the crazy in check. Plus, that random Magnolia clip reminded me of just how freaking robbed he was at the '99 Oscars. Go Tom.
- Here I will quote a blog I read on the winner of Best Cinematography:
"I like them having the cinematographers describe what they did for a selected scene; it gives people a better idea of what cinemaWHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHILDREN OF MEN DIDN'T WIN? FUCK ALL Y'ALL I CUT ALL THE BITCHES. Okay. Okay. I'm here. I'm back. I'm calm."
- William Monahan wrote an amazing, incredibly intelligent, and, you know, energetic screenplay for The Departed. So, then, WTF was up with his speech?? Worst of the night.
- The fake banter Devil Wears Prada thing between Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt wasn't funny at all because, you know: talentless hos. It's a good thing Meryl saved them with that poker face. She totally sold it. The woman is a national treasure. Anyway, I absolutely LOVED the way they presented costumes!!! Can they do that every year, and also, have a corgi too?? Also I liked that Emily and Anne looked all depressed when they announced the award and it wasn't The Devil Wears Prada. Not that it didn't deserve it, but depressed Anne and Emily equals happy (my name here). It was super awkward when Ms. Marie Antoinette costume designer took like five minutes to get on stage and then the Marie-Antoinettes had to keep clapping politely in character.
- The lady Tom Cruise presented the Oscar too was taller than him, which is kinda funny, but he looked good and he kept the crazy in check. Plus, that random Magnolia clip reminded me of just how freaking robbed he was at the '99 Oscars. Go Tom.
- Here I will quote a blog I read on the winner of Best Cinematography:
"I like them having the cinematographers describe what they did for a selected scene; it gives people a better idea of what cinemaWHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHILDREN OF MEN DIDN'T WIN? FUCK ALL Y'ALL I CUT ALL THE BITCHES. Okay. Okay. I'm here. I'm back. I'm calm."
Yeah, how the fuck did Children of Men not win that shit?!?!? It was the frontrunner, it won the guild, and yeah it's not Academy-friendly but neither was anything else in that category. It's not like Pan's Labyrinth had bad cinematography or anything, but Children of Men worked on such a higher level than any other cinematographic job this year (and most of the new millennium, save Girl with a Pearl Earring) that it's not even funny. Grrr. I can't say "worst win of the night," but I can say "worst loss of the night."
- ROBERT DOWNEY JR.!!! And he made one of the best remarks of the night with that mid-90s/drug reference joke. Can someone please cast him in more things, and by more things I mean things that are good, and not A Scanner Darkly? The man deserved an Oscar for that "I Want Love" video. It stays with you. Seriously. Hm...I need to start some kind of awards for Best Actor in a Music Video. Christoper Walken in "Weapon of Choice," Robert Downey Jr. in "I Want Love," and more, but definitely not the hilariously over-the-top Scarlett Johansson in "What Goes Around Comes Around." Oh, ScarJo.
- Gotta love how they got Catherine Deneuve and Ken Watanabe to present the Best Foreign Films montage. The Academy is nothing if not literal-minded. Also, how Eva Green and Gael Garcia Bernal (the most overrated people in the entire world in terms of looks, unite!!!) presented an award together. You know they were just kinda like "yeah foreign people, whatever"
- LFJLSJL%JEO$J%OUJ CLIVE OWEN?!?!?!?!??!!?
- Okay. I'm back. Anyway, he looked EXTREMELY hot and it only made Cate Blanchett more because she got to wear a fabulous sparkling art deco dress and stand next to him. Cate, you bitch!!! ... I'm okay. After robbing poor Children of Men of its Cinematography Oscar, Pan's Labyrinth couldn't even manage to get the Best Foreign Film Oscar? I like how Cate looked all "wha?" when she opened the envelope. Yeah, I know everyone was predicting an upset, but it was just too weird. Oh well. Shows what I know.
- OHHHHH GEORGE CLOONEY. And I am so happy for JHud. She's my girl... and her naysayers are just unnecessarily negative and attack her personally (like my mom, who says she is "wortless, useless, and talentless"... I'll debate you on the acting thing but if you think she's talentless singing-wise... and when have you not found a post insulting her that didn't call her fat? Yup). I liked her speech too. Though I have to say, if the Oscar voting period was two weeks longer like it was last year (I think?), I think someone could have upset. Maybe.
- The Babel Best Picture nominee clip reminded me so much of what a freaking genius Rodrigo Prieto is in the service of mediocre films which he actually elevates, such as Babel, Frida, 8 Mile and, yes, Brokeback Mountain. He also did the cinematography for 25th Hour which looked great but that film didn't really need his help.
- Jerry Seinfeld was so funny. Can he host the Oscars next year? Please? Him and George Clooney. Brilliant!
- Um Celine Dion. Why was she there? Was that necessary? This isn't the mid-90s, she's not important any more! Did she have to make poor Ennio Morricone suffer through that (what a genius he is BTW)? The Ennio Morricone thing was SO SUPER AWKWARD because of the, like, four-minute gap between what he said and what Eastwood translated (was he reading off a Teleprompter? Or does he know Italian? He would, the overachiever).
- Ugh Gustavo Santolalla. Worst win of the night. I can't begrudge you your win last year (but I got tired of that damn score), but the Babel score wasn't effing original (if they didn't allow Moulin Rouge! and The Aviator to be nominated, this shouldn't have been nominated either) and was the worst of the nominees anyway.
- ROBERT DOWNEY JR.!!! And he made one of the best remarks of the night with that mid-90s/drug reference joke. Can someone please cast him in more things, and by more things I mean things that are good, and not A Scanner Darkly? The man deserved an Oscar for that "I Want Love" video. It stays with you. Seriously. Hm...I need to start some kind of awards for Best Actor in a Music Video. Christoper Walken in "Weapon of Choice," Robert Downey Jr. in "I Want Love," and more, but definitely not the hilariously over-the-top Scarlett Johansson in "What Goes Around Comes Around." Oh, ScarJo.
- Gotta love how they got Catherine Deneuve and Ken Watanabe to present the Best Foreign Films montage. The Academy is nothing if not literal-minded. Also, how Eva Green and Gael Garcia Bernal (the most overrated people in the entire world in terms of looks, unite!!!) presented an award together. You know they were just kinda like "yeah foreign people, whatever"
- LFJLSJL%JEO$J%OUJ CLIVE OWEN?!?!?!?!??!!?
- Okay. I'm back. Anyway, he looked EXTREMELY hot and it only made Cate Blanchett more because she got to wear a fabulous sparkling art deco dress and stand next to him. Cate, you bitch!!! ... I'm okay. After robbing poor Children of Men of its Cinematography Oscar, Pan's Labyrinth couldn't even manage to get the Best Foreign Film Oscar? I like how Cate looked all "wha?" when she opened the envelope. Yeah, I know everyone was predicting an upset, but it was just too weird. Oh well. Shows what I know.
- OHHHHH GEORGE CLOONEY. And I am so happy for JHud. She's my girl... and her naysayers are just unnecessarily negative and attack her personally (like my mom, who says she is "wortless, useless, and talentless"... I'll debate you on the acting thing but if you think she's talentless singing-wise... and when have you not found a post insulting her that didn't call her fat? Yup). I liked her speech too. Though I have to say, if the Oscar voting period was two weeks longer like it was last year (I think?), I think someone could have upset. Maybe.
- The Babel Best Picture nominee clip reminded me so much of what a freaking genius Rodrigo Prieto is in the service of mediocre films which he actually elevates, such as Babel, Frida, 8 Mile and, yes, Brokeback Mountain. He also did the cinematography for 25th Hour which looked great but that film didn't really need his help.
- Jerry Seinfeld was so funny. Can he host the Oscars next year? Please? Him and George Clooney. Brilliant!
- Um Celine Dion. Why was she there? Was that necessary? This isn't the mid-90s, she's not important any more! Did she have to make poor Ennio Morricone suffer through that (what a genius he is BTW)? The Ennio Morricone thing was SO SUPER AWKWARD because of the, like, four-minute gap between what he said and what Eastwood translated (was he reading off a Teleprompter? Or does he know Italian? He would, the overachiever).
- Ugh Gustavo Santolalla. Worst win of the night. I can't begrudge you your win last year (but I got tired of that damn score), but the Babel score wasn't effing original (if they didn't allow Moulin Rouge! and The Aviator to be nominated, this shouldn't have been nominated either) and was the worst of the nominees anyway.
- "...and an excellent reason for high-definition television, Jennifer Lopez!"
- I thought the Dreamgirls song montage was fantastic by itself, but between JHud almost falling out of her dress and her and the Beyonce diva-off it was just a whole new level of hilariousness. That said, Best Original Song this year was so weak (it was a weak year for it in general; the Academy's nominations are usually lame but they usually miss all the good songs). I guess I would have voted for "Love You I Do," but I wouldn't have exactly been thrilled about it. It's no "Theme from Shaft" or "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head."
- John Travolta looked awful and it makes me sad that he completely wasted his Pulp Fiction career resurgence. Roles like that only come along once in a lifetime, John!! Hairspray looks terrible too. That said, when is Queen Latifah not fierce?
- The "America" montage was okay, but...what did like half of it have to do with America? Bladerunner? Tom Cruise in Magnolia (so robbed.)?
- At this point I counted that there was only major awards left and then Kate Winslet came out to give Best Editing and I was like "%)*%#)*%)*% THERE ARE ALL THESE STUPID AWARDS I FORGOT ABOUT????" Thankfully, it was the last "minor" award of the night. And, thankfully, it went to The Departed who deserved it 100%. Go Thelma! And Marty's man-tears! (Here was where I knew, for certain, that The Departed would take Best Picture)
- Oh my God Philip Seymour Hoffman. I get that you are A Celebrated Indie Actor And Thus Not Really Into This Whole Hollywood Scene, but YOU COULDN'T BRUSH YOUR HAIR?!?!?!? Helen Mirren's speech was wonderful, she was wonderful in general, and I loved how she was all awkward and dropped her earring and brought her bag up on stage with her, cuz you know, when I win my Oscar (HA), I'll totally do shit like that. I just wish she somehow smuggled a corgi on to the stage. Also, at one point during the speech they cut to The Queen's screenwriter and Clive Owen was sitting next to/near him and I shrieked.
- Okay, when Reese Witherspoon presented Best Actor, I really thought at the last minute it might go to Peter O'Toole because the whole night, he'd been such a big focus of so many speeches/jokes, but yeah, Forest won, and I thought his speech was one of if not the best of the night. I was actually terrified for him, cuz you know, bitch is shy, but I'm so glad he had something written and it was just fantastic. Will Smith was cryin' man-tears! Also, seeing Forest in real life reminds me of just how amazing his performance in The Last King of Scotland was. I mean, 100%, that was not Forest Whitaker.
- When Spielberg, Coppola, and Lucas came out I was like "oh damn...if there's an upset in Best Director, will the winner even live to take the stage?"
- "Why is Frances Ford Coppola wearing a crooked bright blue bow tie? Oh well. He's Frances Ford Coppola. He can probably do whatever he wants at this point." -one of my friends I was watching this with
- I LOVE MARTIN SCORSESE!!! I was so scared he was going to lose (a lot of people were predicting Clint Eastwood last minute???), but he didn't!! It is wonderful that he finally has a (totally deserved) Oscar, and if Forest's speech wasn't the best of the night his was. He was adorable and it was wonderful to see someone so damn excited to get an Oscar and all ferklempt (Spielberg said "mazel tov!" Yay Jews!). I LOVE YOU MARTY!!!
- I also loved Marty and Jack's big manly hug backstage. It was a good day to be old, bald/ing, wearing glasses, and Italian (see also: Ennio Morricone).
- Jack Nicholson presented Best Picture again? And he had a major role in one of them? Oy. And he didn't even get to go "And the Oscar goes to... Crash. Whoah!" like last year. I think Diane Keaton was on drugs or something but she looked so spectacular. Anyway, The Departed is the best Best Picture winner of the new millennium, and props to the Academy for actually recognizing quality in something they normally would not (an incredibly violent remake of an Asian action movie!!!).
- also, I loved how Marty stood in the wings looking incredibly proud, but also unbelievably shocked and dumbfounded. You can't blame the (amazing) man.
- and the top 10 moments of the night:
10. that crazy Dreamgirls song montage/diva-off
9. general Departed love. It 100% deserved its 4 wins.
8. the sound effects choir
7. CLIVE OWEN YOU ARE HOT
6. Robert Downey Jr.'s joke about special effects/his mid-90s drug use
5. Forest's speech
4. the way they presented Costume Design, too bad Emily and Anne were there to give it out
3. opening montage
2. Will Ferrell, Jack Black, and John C. Reilly's "A Comedian at the Oscars" song
1. MARTY!!!!!!!!!!
I don't really have much to say about the whole Let's-all-suck-up-to-Al-Gore thing. Yay saving the environment, though, but An Inconvenient Truth wasn't that good of a movie. Overall it was a pretty darn good ceremony and that's that. Bring on the 2007 film year!!
- I thought the Dreamgirls song montage was fantastic by itself, but between JHud almost falling out of her dress and her and the Beyonce diva-off it was just a whole new level of hilariousness. That said, Best Original Song this year was so weak (it was a weak year for it in general; the Academy's nominations are usually lame but they usually miss all the good songs). I guess I would have voted for "Love You I Do," but I wouldn't have exactly been thrilled about it. It's no "Theme from Shaft" or "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head."
- John Travolta looked awful and it makes me sad that he completely wasted his Pulp Fiction career resurgence. Roles like that only come along once in a lifetime, John!! Hairspray looks terrible too. That said, when is Queen Latifah not fierce?
- The "America" montage was okay, but...what did like half of it have to do with America? Bladerunner? Tom Cruise in Magnolia (so robbed.)?
- At this point I counted that there was only major awards left and then Kate Winslet came out to give Best Editing and I was like "%)*%#)*%)*% THERE ARE ALL THESE STUPID AWARDS I FORGOT ABOUT????" Thankfully, it was the last "minor" award of the night. And, thankfully, it went to The Departed who deserved it 100%. Go Thelma! And Marty's man-tears! (Here was where I knew, for certain, that The Departed would take Best Picture)
- Oh my God Philip Seymour Hoffman. I get that you are A Celebrated Indie Actor And Thus Not Really Into This Whole Hollywood Scene, but YOU COULDN'T BRUSH YOUR HAIR?!?!?!? Helen Mirren's speech was wonderful, she was wonderful in general, and I loved how she was all awkward and dropped her earring and brought her bag up on stage with her, cuz you know, when I win my Oscar (HA), I'll totally do shit like that. I just wish she somehow smuggled a corgi on to the stage. Also, at one point during the speech they cut to The Queen's screenwriter and Clive Owen was sitting next to/near him and I shrieked.
- Okay, when Reese Witherspoon presented Best Actor, I really thought at the last minute it might go to Peter O'Toole because the whole night, he'd been such a big focus of so many speeches/jokes, but yeah, Forest won, and I thought his speech was one of if not the best of the night. I was actually terrified for him, cuz you know, bitch is shy, but I'm so glad he had something written and it was just fantastic. Will Smith was cryin' man-tears! Also, seeing Forest in real life reminds me of just how amazing his performance in The Last King of Scotland was. I mean, 100%, that was not Forest Whitaker.
- When Spielberg, Coppola, and Lucas came out I was like "oh damn...if there's an upset in Best Director, will the winner even live to take the stage?"
- "Why is Frances Ford Coppola wearing a crooked bright blue bow tie? Oh well. He's Frances Ford Coppola. He can probably do whatever he wants at this point." -one of my friends I was watching this with
- I LOVE MARTIN SCORSESE!!! I was so scared he was going to lose (a lot of people were predicting Clint Eastwood last minute???), but he didn't!! It is wonderful that he finally has a (totally deserved) Oscar, and if Forest's speech wasn't the best of the night his was. He was adorable and it was wonderful to see someone so damn excited to get an Oscar and all ferklempt (Spielberg said "mazel tov!" Yay Jews!). I LOVE YOU MARTY!!!
- I also loved Marty and Jack's big manly hug backstage. It was a good day to be old, bald/ing, wearing glasses, and Italian (see also: Ennio Morricone).
- Jack Nicholson presented Best Picture again? And he had a major role in one of them? Oy. And he didn't even get to go "And the Oscar goes to... Crash. Whoah!" like last year. I think Diane Keaton was on drugs or something but she looked so spectacular. Anyway, The Departed is the best Best Picture winner of the new millennium, and props to the Academy for actually recognizing quality in something they normally would not (an incredibly violent remake of an Asian action movie!!!).
- also, I loved how Marty stood in the wings looking incredibly proud, but also unbelievably shocked and dumbfounded. You can't blame the (amazing) man.
- and the top 10 moments of the night:
10. that crazy Dreamgirls song montage/diva-off
9. general Departed love. It 100% deserved its 4 wins.
8. the sound effects choir
7. CLIVE OWEN YOU ARE HOT
6. Robert Downey Jr.'s joke about special effects/his mid-90s drug use
5. Forest's speech
4. the way they presented Costume Design, too bad Emily and Anne were there to give it out
3. opening montage
2. Will Ferrell, Jack Black, and John C. Reilly's "A Comedian at the Oscars" song
1. MARTY!!!!!!!!!!
I don't really have much to say about the whole Let's-all-suck-up-to-Al-Gore thing. Yay saving the environment, though, but An Inconvenient Truth wasn't that good of a movie. Overall it was a pretty darn good ceremony and that's that. Bring on the 2007 film year!!
Monday, February 26, 2007
also...
...anyone else think it's kinda sad poor Kerry Washington got a Razzie before she got an Oscar?
hell yes.
speaks for itself. :)fantastic oscars. well, not really the ceremony itself (though it wasn't awful), but how things turned out. the only thing i really got annoyed about was children of men losing best cinematography and i guess babel getting best score, but other than that? no HUGE complaints, and lots of things to celebrate. go the departed (we have a new best best picture winner of the 2000s)! GO MARTY!!
more later. as for my final predictions: 13/21? ew
also: gotta love IMDb boards.
more later. as for my final predictions: 13/21? ew
also: gotta love IMDb boards.
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
happy birthday...
...to my best friend in the entire world who doesn't even know about the existence of this blog. he is wonderful, not for the least reason that he is a gay man that realized that crash was far better than brokeback mountain.
what, did you think i was going to wish happy birthday to this talentless skank (who couldn't even get in on the IMDb front page even though she's a "big star" now - HA!) or this one (how pissed do you think she is that abigail breslin got the nomination first, or that her sister was in a best picture nominee before her?)? i do want to wish happy birthday to kristin davis. i love her...will someone put her in a movie that doesn't blow?
i'm changing my prediction for best picture one last time. the departed. really.
what, did you think i was going to wish happy birthday to this talentless skank (who couldn't even get in on the IMDb front page even though she's a "big star" now - HA!) or this one (how pissed do you think she is that abigail breslin got the nomination first, or that her sister was in a best picture nominee before her?)? i do want to wish happy birthday to kristin davis. i love her...will someone put her in a movie that doesn't blow?
i'm changing my prediction for best picture one last time. the departed. really.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Independent Spirit Awards
oh yeah, these are happening too. Here are my half-assed guesses as to who will win. Note: haven't seen (this is embarassing) American Gun, The Dead Girl, Stephanie Daley, Steel City, Sorry Haters, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Man Push Cart, Land of Plenty, Sweet Land and all of the documentaries/films nominated for Best Cinematography outside of Pan's Labyrinth.
Best Feature: Little Miss Sunshine
Best Director: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris for Little Miss Sunshine
Best Actor: Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
Best Actress: Shareeka Epps for Half Nelson
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand for Friends with Money
Best Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking
Best First Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Best First Feature: Man Push Cart
Aaand that's all I feel like predicting. Yeah, it's really skewed toward two or so films. But remember, last year they didn't exactly go all that contrary to Oscar...Brokeback Mountain, Crash, and Capote cleaned up well.
Best Feature: Little Miss Sunshine
Best Director: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris for Little Miss Sunshine
Best Actor: Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
Best Actress: Shareeka Epps for Half Nelson
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand for Friends with Money
Best Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking
Best First Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine
Best First Feature: Man Push Cart
Aaand that's all I feel like predicting. Yeah, it's really skewed toward two or so films. But remember, last year they didn't exactly go all that contrary to Oscar...Brokeback Mountain, Crash, and Capote cleaned up well.
I changed Best Supporting Actor '06 again
The year really isn't nearly as empty as most say.
1. Clive Owen for Inside Man
2. Alec Baldwin for The Departed
3. Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
4. Robert Downey Jr. for A Scanner Darkly
5. Steve Carell for Little Miss Sunshine
6. Michael Sheen for The Queen
7. Doug Jones for Pan's Labyrinth
8. Michael Caine for Children of Men
9. Ben Affleck for Hollywoodland
10. Greg Kinnear for Little Miss Sunshine
1. Clive Owen for Inside Man
2. Alec Baldwin for The Departed
3. Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
4. Robert Downey Jr. for A Scanner Darkly
5. Steve Carell for Little Miss Sunshine
6. Michael Sheen for The Queen
7. Doug Jones for Pan's Labyrinth
8. Michael Caine for Children of Men
9. Ben Affleck for Hollywoodland
10. Greg Kinnear for Little Miss Sunshine
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
slow day
happy birthday to alan rickman, one amazing actor. yay die hard, love actually, and sense and sensibility. and i'm counting on you to make sweeney todd not suck cuz god knows the guy playing sweeney ain't gonna do much about that.also, happy birthday to the guy who wore some funny shirts in high school musical. it's a remarkably horrendous movie but hilarious in its badness.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
:(
so... Ray Liotta just got arrested for drunk driving. Ray, Ray, Ray. :( I adore him in Goodfellas (it's HARD to carry a Scorsese picture when you're not Robert DeNiro, and he did it damn well) and Narc, and it's sad to see him just kinda...wasting his life like this.
so...it's Robert Altman's birthday. Or rather, it would have been, if he was still alive. :( RIP Robert.
(also happy birthday Mike Leigh, Sidney Poitier, and Brenda Blethyn. May the first and the last make another Secrets and Lies.)
so...it's Robert Altman's birthday. Or rather, it would have been, if he was still alive. :( RIP Robert.
(also happy birthday Mike Leigh, Sidney Poitier, and Brenda Blethyn. May the first and the last make another Secrets and Lies.)
Monday, February 19, 2007
Eva Green.
seriously guys, this is who you're lusting after...so um what's up with her? She is a mediocre actress (pretty darn good in Casino Royale but her much-heralded turn by silly IMDb people in The Dreamers is nothing and she's downright bad in Kingdom of Heaven), and I am pretty sure I have never seen a picture of her where she did not look intensely stoned and did not need to seriously do something with her hair.
so...
...regina spektor is pretty spectacular.
and it breaks my hea-a-a-a-a-a-rt.
also i need to make a top 10 list of actors/actresses that is not so boring as the one i have now (my favorite actor and actress, according to it, are marlon brando and meryl streep. i am kind of embarassed by how boring i am).
and it breaks my hea-a-a-a-a-a-rt.
also i need to make a top 10 list of actors/actresses that is not so boring as the one i have now (my favorite actor and actress, according to it, are marlon brando and meryl streep. i am kind of embarassed by how boring i am).
Sunday, February 18, 2007
predictions in all categories
Oh boy. And yes, I know all I've talked about for the past few days is this, but uh...I dunno.
Best Picture
Will win: Little Miss Sunshine
Should win: The Departed
Best Director
Will win: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Should win: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Actor
Will win: Forest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland
Should win: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Best Actress
Will win: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Should win: Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Best Supporting Actor
Will win: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Should win: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress
Will win: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Should win: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Best Original Screenplay
Will win: Little Miss Sunshine
Should win: Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay
Will win: The Departed
Should win: The Departed
Best Cinematography
Will win: Children of Men
Should win: Children of Men
Best Art Direction
Will win: Dreamgirls
Should win: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Costume Design
Will win: Dreamgirls
Should win: Marie-Antoinette
Best Editing
Will win: The Departed
Should win: The Departed
Best Score
Will win: The Queen
Should win: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Foreign Film
Will win: Pan's Labyrinth
Should win: Pan's Labyrinth but I've only seen 3 nominees...
Best Sound Mixing
Will win: Dreamgirls
Should win: Apocalypto
Best Sound Editing
Will win: Letters from Iwo Jima
Should win: PotC 2
Best Original Song
Will win: "Listen," Dreamgirls
Should win: "Listen," Dreamgirls
Best Visual Effects
Will win: PotC 2
Should win: PotC 2
Best Makeup
Will win: Pan's Labyrinth
Should win: Pan's Labyrinth (haven't seen Click but I can't imagine it being better)
Best Animated Film
Will win: Cars
Should win: Monster House
Best Documentary
Will win: An Inconvenient Truth
Should win: Jesus Camp (haven't seen Deliver Us from Evil or My Country, My Country)
Best Picture
Will win: Little Miss Sunshine
Should win: The Departed
Best Director
Will win: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Should win: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Actor
Will win: Forest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland
Should win: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Best Actress
Will win: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Should win: Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Best Supporting Actor
Will win: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Should win: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress
Will win: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Should win: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Best Original Screenplay
Will win: Little Miss Sunshine
Should win: Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay
Will win: The Departed
Should win: The Departed
Best Cinematography
Will win: Children of Men
Should win: Children of Men
Best Art Direction
Will win: Dreamgirls
Should win: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Costume Design
Will win: Dreamgirls
Should win: Marie-Antoinette
Best Editing
Will win: The Departed
Should win: The Departed
Best Score
Will win: The Queen
Should win: Pan's Labyrinth
Best Foreign Film
Will win: Pan's Labyrinth
Should win: Pan's Labyrinth but I've only seen 3 nominees...
Best Sound Mixing
Will win: Dreamgirls
Should win: Apocalypto
Best Sound Editing
Will win: Letters from Iwo Jima
Should win: PotC 2
Best Original Song
Will win: "Listen," Dreamgirls
Should win: "Listen," Dreamgirls
Best Visual Effects
Will win: PotC 2
Should win: PotC 2
Best Makeup
Will win: Pan's Labyrinth
Should win: Pan's Labyrinth (haven't seen Click but I can't imagine it being better)
Best Animated Film
Will win: Cars
Should win: Monster House
Best Documentary
Will win: An Inconvenient Truth
Should win: Jesus Camp (haven't seen Deliver Us from Evil or My Country, My Country)
happy birthday mr. genius, again
the face may not be familiar to you, but the movies are. amadeus. one flew over the cuckoo's nest. loves of a blonde. the firemen's ball. the people vs. larry flynt. man on the moon. valmont. and if someone could somehow get a copy of goya's ghosts and secretly get it to me, that would be wonderful. ;) happy birthday to milos forman, a genius and my seventh favorite director.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
more of my awards
...1980-today. I'm so boring. And Meryl Streep was amazing in the '80s (not that she's not today)
1980
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for Raging Bull
Best Actor: Robert DeNiro for Raging Bull
Best Actress: Sissy Spacek for The Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton for Ordinary People
Best Supporting Actress: Charlotte Rampling for Stardust Memories
1981
Best Director: Wolfgang Petersen for Das Boot
Best Actor: Burt Lancaster for Atlantic City
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The French Lieutenant's Woman
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson for Reds
Best Supporting Actress: Jane Fonda for On Golden Pond
1982
Best Director: Stephen Spielberg for E.T.
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman for Tootsie
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Sophie's Choice
Best Supporting Actor: Rutger Hauer for Bladerunner
Best Supporting Actress: Glenn Close for The World According to Garp
1983
Best Director: Brian DePalma for Scarface (if for his sheer balls if nothing else)
Best Actor: Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Silkwood
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson for Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress: Cher for Silkwood
1984
Best Director: Milos Forman for Amadeus
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham for Amadeus
Best Actress: Mia Farrow for Broadway Danny Rose
Best Supporting Actor: Richard Burton for 1984
Best Supporting Actress: Nastassja Kinski for Paris, Texas
1985
Best Director: Akira Kurosawa for Ran
Best Actor: William Hurt for Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Best Actress: Whoopi Goldberg for The Color Purple
Best Supporting Actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer for Out of Africa
Best Supporting Actress: Oprah Winfrey for The Color Purple
1986
Best Director: David Lynch for Blue Velvet
Best Actor: Bob Hoskins for Mona Lisa
Best Actress: Sigourney Weaver for Aliens
Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Hopper for Blue Velvet
Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest for Hannah and Her Sisters
1987
Best Director: Wim Wenders for Wings of Desire
Best Actor: Steve Martin for Roxanne
Best Actress: Glenn Close for Fatal Attraction
Best Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman for Street Smart
Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest for September
1988
Best Director: Errol Morris for The Thin Blue Line
Best Actor: Colin Firth for Apartment Zero
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for A Cry in the Dark
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Rickman for Die Hard
Best Supporting Actress: Geena Davis for The Accidental Tourist
1989
Best Director: Spike Lee for Do the Right Thing
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for My Left Foot
Best Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh for Last Exit to Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor: Ossie Davis for Do the Right Thing
Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Houston for Crimes and Misdemeanors
1990
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for Goodfellas
Best Actor: Jeremy Irons for Reversal of Fortune
Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci for Goodfellas
Best Supporting Actress: Lorraine Brocco for Goodfellas
1991
Best Director: Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actor: River Pheonix for My Own Private Idaho
Best Actress: Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs
Best Supporting Actress: Diane Ladd for Rambling Rose
1992
Best Director: Robert Altman for The Player
Best Actor: Denzel Washington for Malcolm X
Best Actress: Emma Thompson for Howards End
Best Supporting Actor: the ensemble of Glengarry Glen Ross
Best Supporting Actress: Miranda Richardson in Damage
1993
Best Director: Stephen Spielberg in Schindler's List (and Jurassic Park)
Best Actor: Liam Neeson for Schindler's List
Best Actress: Holly Hunter for The Piano
Best Supporting Actor: Ralph Fiennes for Schindler's List
Best Supporting Actress: Gong Li for Farewell, My Concubine
1994
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction
Best Actor: Paul Newman for Nobody's Fool
Best Actress: Linda Fiorentino for The Last Seduction
Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson for Pulp Fiction
Best Supporting Actress: Uma Thurman for Pulp Fiction
1995
Best Director: Bryan Singer for The Usual Suspects
Best Actor: Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas
Best Actress: Elisabeth Shue for Leaving Las Vegas
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet for Sense and Sensibility
1996
Best Director: Anthony Minghella for The English Patient
Best Actor: Jeffrey Wright for Basquiat
Best Actress: Emily Watson for Breaking the Waves
Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton for Primal Fear
Best Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand for Fargo
1997
Best Director: Atom Egoyan for The Sweet Hereafter
Best Actor: Ian Holm for The Sweet Hereafter
Best Actress: Jodie Foster for Contact
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey for L.A. Confidential
Best Supporting Actress: Sarah Polley for The Sweet Hereafter
1998
Best Director: Stephen Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan (oh SHUT IT)
Best Actor: Ian McKellen for Gods and Monsters
Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love (oh SHUT IT again)
Best Supporting Actor: Bill Murray in Rushmore
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Linney for The Truman Show
1999
Best Director: Sam Mendes for American Beauty
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey for American Beauty
Best Actress: Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Cruise for Magnolia
Best Supporting Actress: Nicole Kidman for Boys Don't Cry
2000
Best Director: Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Actor: Christian Bale for American Psycho
Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for a Dream
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo for You Can Count on Me
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly for Requiem for a Dream
2001
Best Director: Baz Luhrmann for Moulin Rouge!
Best Actor: Russell Crowe for A Beautiful Mind (shut. it.)
Best Actress: Naomi Watts for Mulholland Dr.
Best Supporting Actor: Ben Kingsley for Sexy Beast
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet for Iris
2002
Best Director: Spike Lee for 25th Hour
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson for About Schmidt
Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper in Adaptation.
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago
2003
Best Director: Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation
Best Actor: Bill Murray for Lost in Translation
Best Actress: Uma Thurman for Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins for Mystic River
Best Supporting Actress: Renee Zellweger for Cold Mountain (I know, I know...)
2004
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Best Actor: Clive Owen for Closer
Best Actress: Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Supporting Actor: Jude Law for I Heart Huckabees
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen for Sideways
2005
Best Director: David Cronenberg for A History of Violence
Best Actor: Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Pena for Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bello for A History of Violence
2006
Best Director: Darren Aronofsky for The Fountain
Best Actor: Hugh Jackman for The Fountain
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
Best Supporting Actor: Clive Owen for Inside Man
Best Supporting Actress: Mia Kirshner for The Black Dahlia
"...that's all"
1980
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for Raging Bull
Best Actor: Robert DeNiro for Raging Bull
Best Actress: Sissy Spacek for The Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Supporting Actor: Timothy Hutton for Ordinary People
Best Supporting Actress: Charlotte Rampling for Stardust Memories
1981
Best Director: Wolfgang Petersen for Das Boot
Best Actor: Burt Lancaster for Atlantic City
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The French Lieutenant's Woman
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson for Reds
Best Supporting Actress: Jane Fonda for On Golden Pond
1982
Best Director: Stephen Spielberg for E.T.
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman for Tootsie
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Sophie's Choice
Best Supporting Actor: Rutger Hauer for Bladerunner
Best Supporting Actress: Glenn Close for The World According to Garp
1983
Best Director: Brian DePalma for Scarface (if for his sheer balls if nothing else)
Best Actor: Robert Duvall for Tender Mercies
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Silkwood
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson for Terms of Endearment
Best Supporting Actress: Cher for Silkwood
1984
Best Director: Milos Forman for Amadeus
Best Actor: F. Murray Abraham for Amadeus
Best Actress: Mia Farrow for Broadway Danny Rose
Best Supporting Actor: Richard Burton for 1984
Best Supporting Actress: Nastassja Kinski for Paris, Texas
1985
Best Director: Akira Kurosawa for Ran
Best Actor: William Hurt for Kiss of the Spiderwoman
Best Actress: Whoopi Goldberg for The Color Purple
Best Supporting Actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer for Out of Africa
Best Supporting Actress: Oprah Winfrey for The Color Purple
1986
Best Director: David Lynch for Blue Velvet
Best Actor: Bob Hoskins for Mona Lisa
Best Actress: Sigourney Weaver for Aliens
Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Hopper for Blue Velvet
Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest for Hannah and Her Sisters
1987
Best Director: Wim Wenders for Wings of Desire
Best Actor: Steve Martin for Roxanne
Best Actress: Glenn Close for Fatal Attraction
Best Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman for Street Smart
Best Supporting Actress: Dianne Wiest for September
1988
Best Director: Errol Morris for The Thin Blue Line
Best Actor: Colin Firth for Apartment Zero
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for A Cry in the Dark
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Rickman for Die Hard
Best Supporting Actress: Geena Davis for The Accidental Tourist
1989
Best Director: Spike Lee for Do the Right Thing
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for My Left Foot
Best Actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh for Last Exit to Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor: Ossie Davis for Do the Right Thing
Best Supporting Actress: Anjelica Houston for Crimes and Misdemeanors
1990
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for Goodfellas
Best Actor: Jeremy Irons for Reversal of Fortune
Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci for Goodfellas
Best Supporting Actress: Lorraine Brocco for Goodfellas
1991
Best Director: Jonathan Demme for The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actor: River Pheonix for My Own Private Idaho
Best Actress: Jodie Foster for The Silence of the Lambs
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Hopkins for The Silence of the Lambs
Best Supporting Actress: Diane Ladd for Rambling Rose
1992
Best Director: Robert Altman for The Player
Best Actor: Denzel Washington for Malcolm X
Best Actress: Emma Thompson for Howards End
Best Supporting Actor: the ensemble of Glengarry Glen Ross
Best Supporting Actress: Miranda Richardson in Damage
1993
Best Director: Stephen Spielberg in Schindler's List (and Jurassic Park)
Best Actor: Liam Neeson for Schindler's List
Best Actress: Holly Hunter for The Piano
Best Supporting Actor: Ralph Fiennes for Schindler's List
Best Supporting Actress: Gong Li for Farewell, My Concubine
1994
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction
Best Actor: Paul Newman for Nobody's Fool
Best Actress: Linda Fiorentino for The Last Seduction
Best Supporting Actor: Samuel L. Jackson for Pulp Fiction
Best Supporting Actress: Uma Thurman for Pulp Fiction
1995
Best Director: Bryan Singer for The Usual Suspects
Best Actor: Nicolas Cage for Leaving Las Vegas
Best Actress: Elisabeth Shue for Leaving Las Vegas
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey for The Usual Suspects
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet for Sense and Sensibility
1996
Best Director: Anthony Minghella for The English Patient
Best Actor: Jeffrey Wright for Basquiat
Best Actress: Emily Watson for Breaking the Waves
Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton for Primal Fear
Best Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand for Fargo
1997
Best Director: Atom Egoyan for The Sweet Hereafter
Best Actor: Ian Holm for The Sweet Hereafter
Best Actress: Jodie Foster for Contact
Best Supporting Actor: Kevin Spacey for L.A. Confidential
Best Supporting Actress: Sarah Polley for The Sweet Hereafter
1998
Best Director: Stephen Spielberg for Saving Private Ryan (oh SHUT IT)
Best Actor: Ian McKellen for Gods and Monsters
Best Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love (oh SHUT IT again)
Best Supporting Actor: Bill Murray in Rushmore
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Linney for The Truman Show
1999
Best Director: Sam Mendes for American Beauty
Best Actor: Kevin Spacey for American Beauty
Best Actress: Hilary Swank for Boys Don't Cry
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Cruise for Magnolia
Best Supporting Actress: Nicole Kidman for Boys Don't Cry
2000
Best Director: Ang Lee for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Best Actor: Christian Bale for American Psycho
Best Actress: Ellen Burstyn for Requiem for a Dream
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo for You Can Count on Me
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly for Requiem for a Dream
2001
Best Director: Baz Luhrmann for Moulin Rouge!
Best Actor: Russell Crowe for A Beautiful Mind (shut. it.)
Best Actress: Naomi Watts for Mulholland Dr.
Best Supporting Actor: Ben Kingsley for Sexy Beast
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet for Iris
2002
Best Director: Spike Lee for 25th Hour
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson for About Schmidt
Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper in Adaptation.
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago
2003
Best Director: Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation
Best Actor: Bill Murray for Lost in Translation
Best Actress: Uma Thurman for Kill Bill, Vol. 1
Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins for Mystic River
Best Supporting Actress: Renee Zellweger for Cold Mountain (I know, I know...)
2004
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Best Actor: Clive Owen for Closer
Best Actress: Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Supporting Actor: Jude Law for I Heart Huckabees
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen for Sideways
2005
Best Director: David Cronenberg for A History of Violence
Best Actor: Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Pena for Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bello for A History of Violence
2006
Best Director: Darren Aronofsky for The Fountain
Best Actor: Hugh Jackman for The Fountain
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
Best Supporting Actor: Clive Owen for Inside Man
Best Supporting Actress: Mia Kirshner for The Black Dahlia
"...that's all"
Friday, February 16, 2007
more random winners & such
My personal winners for directing and acting, 1950-1979. I'll come back and do the rest later. Very subject to change...
1950
Best Director: Billy Wilder for Sunset Boulevard
Best Actor: William Holden for Sunset Boulevard
Best Actress: Bette Davis for All About Eve
Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders for All About Eve
Best Supporting Actress: Teresa Wright for The Men
1951
Best Director: Elia Kazan for A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actor: Marlon Brando for A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actress: Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Supporting Actor: Karl Malden in A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter in A Streetcar Named Desire
(hey...the year is empty acting-wise besides Streetcar)
1952
Best Director: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly for Singin' in the Rain
Best Actor: Carlo Battisti for Umberto D.
Best Actress: Bette Davis for The Star
Best Supporting Actor: Richard Burton for My Cousin Rachel
Best Supporting Actress: Fay Compton for The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
1953
Best Director: Yasujiro Ozu for Tokyo Story
Best Actor: William Holden for Stalag 17
Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn for Roman Holiday
Best Supporting Actor: Otto Preminger for Stalag 17
Best Supporting Actress: Grace Kelly for Mogambo
1954
Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock for Rear Window
Best Actor: Marlon Brando for On the Waterfront
Best Actress: Judy Garland for A Star Is Born
Best Supporting Actor: William Holden for Sabrina
Best Supporting Actress: Eva Marie Sant for On the Waterfront
1955
Best Director: Robert Aldrich for Kiss Me Deadly
Best Actor: Robert Mitchum for Night of the Hunter
Best Actress: Anna Magnani for The Rose Tattoo
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Lemmon for Mister Roberts
Best Supporting Actress: Katie Johnson for The Ladykillers
1956
Best Director: John Ford for The Searchers
Best Actor: John Wayne for The Searchers
Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman for Anastasia
Best Supporting Actor: Eli Wallach for Baby Doll
Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge for Giant
1957
Best Director: Ingmar Bergman for The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries
Best Actor: Alec Guinness for Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actress: Joanne Woodward for Three Faces of Eve
Best Supporting Actor: Henry Fonda for 12 Angry Men
Best Supporting Actress: Isuzu Yamada for Throne of Blood
1958
Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock for Vertigo
Best Actor: Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones
Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Best Supporting Actor: Burl Ives for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Novak for Vertigo
1959
Best Director: Billy Wilder for Some Like It Hot
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for Some Like It Hot
Best Actress: Marilyn Monroe for Some Like It Hot
Best Supporting Actor: George C. Scott for Anatomy of a Murder
Best Supporting Actress: Juanita Moore for Imitation of Life
1960
Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock for Psycho
Best Actor: Anthony Perkins for Psycho
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine for The Apartment
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov for Spartacus
Best Supporting Actress: Janet Leigh for Psycho
1961
Best Director: Alain Resnais for Last Year at Marienbad
Best Actor: Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn for Breakfast at Tiffany's
Best Supporting Actor: Montgomery Clift for Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno for West Side Story
1962
Best Director: David Lean for Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for Days of Wine and Roses
Best Actress: Bette Davis for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sellers for Lolita
Best Supporting Actress: Angela Lansbury for The Manchurian Candidate
1963
Best Director: Federico Fellini for 8 1/2
Best Actor: Paul Newman for Hud
Best Actress: Natalie Wood for Love with the Proper Stranger
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas for Hud
Best Supporting Actress: Claudia Cardinale for 8 1/2
1964
Best Director: Stanley Kubrick for Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Best Actor: Michael Caine for Zulu
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft for The Pumpkin Eater
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sellers for Dr. Strangelove...
Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1965
Best Director: Roman Polanski for Repulsion
Best Actor: Rod Steiger for The Pawnbroker
Best Actress: Julie Christie for Repulsion
Best Supporting Actor: Oskar Werner for The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith for Othello
1966
Best Director: Ingmar Bergman for Persona
Best Actor: Richard Burton for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Supporting Actor: George Segal for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Blow-up
1967
Best Director: Mike Nichols for The Graduate
Best Actor: Paul Newman for Cool Hand Luke
Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve for Belle du jour
Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy for Cool Hand Luke
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Bancroft for The Graduate
1968
Best Director: Stanley Kubrick for 2001: A Space Odyssey
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole for The Lion in Winter
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Hopkins for The Lion in Winter
Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Gordon for Rosemary's Baby
1969
Best Director: John Schlesinger for Midnight Cowboy (happy b-day and RIP)
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman for Midnight Cowboy
Best Actress: Jane Fonda for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Supporting Actor: Gig Young for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Supporting Actress: Susannah York for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1970
Best Director: Robert Altman for M*A*S*H
Best Actor: George C. Scott for Patton
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson for Women in Love
Best Supporting Actor: John Mills for Ryan's Daughter
Best Supporting Actress: Karen Black for Five Easy Pieces
1971
Best Director: William Friedkin for The French Connection
Best Actor: Gene Hackman for The French Connection
Best Actress: Jane Fonda for Klute
Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges for The Last Picture Show
Best Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman for The Last Picture Show
1972
Best Director: Frances Ford Coppola for The Godfather
Best Actor: Klaus Kinski for Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Best Actress: Liv Ullmann for The Emigrants
Best Supporting Actor: Marlon Brando for The Godfather
Best Supporting Actress: Jeannie Berlin for The Heartbreak Kid
1973
Best Director: William Friedkin for The Exorcist
Best Actor: Marlon Brando for Last Tango in Paris
Best Actress: Liv Ullmann for Scenes from a Marriage
Best Supporting Actor: Robert DeNiro for Mean Streets
Best Supporting Actress: Linda Blair for The Exorcist
1974
Best Director: Frances Ford Coppola for The Conversation and The Godfather Part II
Best Actor: Al Pacino for The Godfather Part II (ridiculously good year)
Best Actress: Gena Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence
Best Supporting Actor: Robert DeNiro for The Godfather Part II
Best Supporting Actress: Madeline Kahn for Blazing Saddles
1975
Best Director: Peter Weir for Picnic at Hanging Rock
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani for The History of Adele H.
Best Supporting Actor: Chris Sarandon for Dog Day Afternoon
Best Supporting Actress: Louise Fletcher in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for Taxi Driver
Best Actor: Robert DeNiro for Taxi Driver
Best Actress: Faye Dunaway for Network
Best Supporting Actor: Lawrence Olivier for Marathon Man
Best Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster for Taxi Driver
1977
Best Director: Woody Allen for Annie Hall
Best Actor: Richard Burton for Equus
Best Actress: Diane Keaton for Annie Hall
Best Supporting Actor: Alec Guinness for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Best Supporting Actress: Sissy Spacek for 3 Women
1978
Best Director: Terrence Malick for Days of Heaven
Best Actor: Robert DeNiro for The Deer Hunter (geez so many Pulpys.)
Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman for Autumn Sonata
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken for The Deer Hunter
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith for California Suite
1979
Best Director: Frances Ford Coppola for Apocalypse Now
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman for Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actress: Sally Field for Norma Rae
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas for Being There
Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep for Kramer vs. Kramer
I'll be back later/eventually to do 1980-present...
1950
Best Director: Billy Wilder for Sunset Boulevard
Best Actor: William Holden for Sunset Boulevard
Best Actress: Bette Davis for All About Eve
Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders for All About Eve
Best Supporting Actress: Teresa Wright for The Men
1951
Best Director: Elia Kazan for A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actor: Marlon Brando for A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actress: Vivien Leigh for A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Supporting Actor: Karl Malden in A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Hunter in A Streetcar Named Desire
(hey...the year is empty acting-wise besides Streetcar)
1952
Best Director: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly for Singin' in the Rain
Best Actor: Carlo Battisti for Umberto D.
Best Actress: Bette Davis for The Star
Best Supporting Actor: Richard Burton for My Cousin Rachel
Best Supporting Actress: Fay Compton for The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
1953
Best Director: Yasujiro Ozu for Tokyo Story
Best Actor: William Holden for Stalag 17
Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn for Roman Holiday
Best Supporting Actor: Otto Preminger for Stalag 17
Best Supporting Actress: Grace Kelly for Mogambo
1954
Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock for Rear Window
Best Actor: Marlon Brando for On the Waterfront
Best Actress: Judy Garland for A Star Is Born
Best Supporting Actor: William Holden for Sabrina
Best Supporting Actress: Eva Marie Sant for On the Waterfront
1955
Best Director: Robert Aldrich for Kiss Me Deadly
Best Actor: Robert Mitchum for Night of the Hunter
Best Actress: Anna Magnani for The Rose Tattoo
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Lemmon for Mister Roberts
Best Supporting Actress: Katie Johnson for The Ladykillers
1956
Best Director: John Ford for The Searchers
Best Actor: John Wayne for The Searchers
Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman for Anastasia
Best Supporting Actor: Eli Wallach for Baby Doll
Best Supporting Actress: Mercedes McCambridge for Giant
1957
Best Director: Ingmar Bergman for The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries
Best Actor: Alec Guinness for Bridge on the River Kwai
Best Actress: Joanne Woodward for Three Faces of Eve
Best Supporting Actor: Henry Fonda for 12 Angry Men
Best Supporting Actress: Isuzu Yamada for Throne of Blood
1958
Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock for Vertigo
Best Actor: Sidney Poitier for The Defiant Ones
Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Best Supporting Actor: Burl Ives for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Novak for Vertigo
1959
Best Director: Billy Wilder for Some Like It Hot
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for Some Like It Hot
Best Actress: Marilyn Monroe for Some Like It Hot
Best Supporting Actor: George C. Scott for Anatomy of a Murder
Best Supporting Actress: Juanita Moore for Imitation of Life
1960
Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock for Psycho
Best Actor: Anthony Perkins for Psycho
Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine for The Apartment
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Ustinov for Spartacus
Best Supporting Actress: Janet Leigh for Psycho
1961
Best Director: Alain Resnais for Last Year at Marienbad
Best Actor: Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Actress: Audrey Hepburn for Breakfast at Tiffany's
Best Supporting Actor: Montgomery Clift for Judgment at Nuremberg
Best Supporting Actress: Rita Moreno for West Side Story
1962
Best Director: David Lean for Lawrence of Arabia
Best Actor: Jack Lemmon for Days of Wine and Roses
Best Actress: Bette Davis for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sellers for Lolita
Best Supporting Actress: Angela Lansbury for The Manchurian Candidate
1963
Best Director: Federico Fellini for 8 1/2
Best Actor: Paul Newman for Hud
Best Actress: Natalie Wood for Love with the Proper Stranger
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas for Hud
Best Supporting Actress: Claudia Cardinale for 8 1/2
1964
Best Director: Stanley Kubrick for Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Best Actor: Michael Caine for Zulu
Best Actress: Anne Bancroft for The Pumpkin Eater
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sellers for Dr. Strangelove...
Best Supporting Actress: Agnes Moorehead for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1965
Best Director: Roman Polanski for Repulsion
Best Actor: Rod Steiger for The Pawnbroker
Best Actress: Julie Christie for Repulsion
Best Supporting Actor: Oskar Werner for The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith for Othello
1966
Best Director: Ingmar Bergman for Persona
Best Actor: Richard Burton for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Supporting Actor: George Segal for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Blow-up
1967
Best Director: Mike Nichols for The Graduate
Best Actor: Paul Newman for Cool Hand Luke
Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve for Belle du jour
Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy for Cool Hand Luke
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Bancroft for The Graduate
1968
Best Director: Stanley Kubrick for 2001: A Space Odyssey
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole for The Lion in Winter
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter
Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Hopkins for The Lion in Winter
Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Gordon for Rosemary's Baby
1969
Best Director: John Schlesinger for Midnight Cowboy (happy b-day and RIP)
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman for Midnight Cowboy
Best Actress: Jane Fonda for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Supporting Actor: Gig Young for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Best Supporting Actress: Susannah York for They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1970
Best Director: Robert Altman for M*A*S*H
Best Actor: George C. Scott for Patton
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson for Women in Love
Best Supporting Actor: John Mills for Ryan's Daughter
Best Supporting Actress: Karen Black for Five Easy Pieces
1971
Best Director: William Friedkin for The French Connection
Best Actor: Gene Hackman for The French Connection
Best Actress: Jane Fonda for Klute
Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges for The Last Picture Show
Best Supporting Actress: Cloris Leachman for The Last Picture Show
1972
Best Director: Frances Ford Coppola for The Godfather
Best Actor: Klaus Kinski for Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Best Actress: Liv Ullmann for The Emigrants
Best Supporting Actor: Marlon Brando for The Godfather
Best Supporting Actress: Jeannie Berlin for The Heartbreak Kid
1973
Best Director: William Friedkin for The Exorcist
Best Actor: Marlon Brando for Last Tango in Paris
Best Actress: Liv Ullmann for Scenes from a Marriage
Best Supporting Actor: Robert DeNiro for Mean Streets
Best Supporting Actress: Linda Blair for The Exorcist
1974
Best Director: Frances Ford Coppola for The Conversation and The Godfather Part II
Best Actor: Al Pacino for The Godfather Part II (ridiculously good year)
Best Actress: Gena Rowlands for A Woman Under the Influence
Best Supporting Actor: Robert DeNiro for The Godfather Part II
Best Supporting Actress: Madeline Kahn for Blazing Saddles
1975
Best Director: Peter Weir for Picnic at Hanging Rock
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani for The History of Adele H.
Best Supporting Actor: Chris Sarandon for Dog Day Afternoon
Best Supporting Actress: Louise Fletcher in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
1976
Best Director: Martin Scorsese for Taxi Driver
Best Actor: Robert DeNiro for Taxi Driver
Best Actress: Faye Dunaway for Network
Best Supporting Actor: Lawrence Olivier for Marathon Man
Best Supporting Actress: Jodie Foster for Taxi Driver
1977
Best Director: Woody Allen for Annie Hall
Best Actor: Richard Burton for Equus
Best Actress: Diane Keaton for Annie Hall
Best Supporting Actor: Alec Guinness for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Best Supporting Actress: Sissy Spacek for 3 Women
1978
Best Director: Terrence Malick for Days of Heaven
Best Actor: Robert DeNiro for The Deer Hunter (geez so many Pulpys.)
Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman for Autumn Sonata
Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken for The Deer Hunter
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith for California Suite
1979
Best Director: Frances Ford Coppola for Apocalypse Now
Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman for Kramer vs. Kramer
Best Actress: Sally Field for Norma Rae
Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas for Being There
Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep for Kramer vs. Kramer
I'll be back later/eventually to do 1980-present...
Thursday, February 15, 2007
the other categories i sort of care about
yawn.
Best Cinematography
My ranking:
1. Children of Men
2. The Illusionist
3. The Black Dahlia
4. Pan's Labyrinth
5. The Prestige
Will win: Children of Men (or maybe Pan's Labyrinth if they really really like it.)
Snubbed: The Fountain, Curse of the Golden Flower, The Good German, Marie-Antoinette, The Departed, The Painted Veil, Babel, Miami Vice, Three Times
Best Art Direction
My ranking:
1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. The Prestige
3. Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest
4. Dreamgirls
5. The Good Shepherd
Will win: Dreamgirls (maybe PotC, and though I hate this movie and would love to see it walk away empty-handed it's not undeserved)
Snubbed: The Science of Sleep, CHILDREN OF MEN WTF WHY IS THE ACADEMY ON CRACK, Marie-Antoinette, The Black Dahlia, The Painted Veil, The Curse of the Golden Flower, The Fountain, Fur
Best Costume Design
My ranking:
1. Marie-Antoinette
2. The Devil Wears Prada
3. Dreamgirls
4. Curse of the Golden Flower
5. The Queen
Will win: Dreamgirls (but ALL OF THESE rock!!!)
Snubbed: The Painted Veil, The Prestige, The Black Dahlia, Volver
Best Score
My ranking:
1. The Good German
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Notes on a Scandal
4. The Queen
5. Babel (Gustavo, you're making me hate you.)
Will win: Pan's Labyrinth (?)
Snubbed: THE FOUNTAIN IS THE ACADEMY ON CRACK AGAIN??!!!, The Painted Veil, Volver, The Black Dahlia, Little Children, Brick
Best Cinematography
My ranking:
1. Children of Men
2. The Illusionist
3. The Black Dahlia
4. Pan's Labyrinth
5. The Prestige
Will win: Children of Men (or maybe Pan's Labyrinth if they really really like it.)
Snubbed: The Fountain, Curse of the Golden Flower, The Good German, Marie-Antoinette, The Departed, The Painted Veil, Babel, Miami Vice, Three Times
Best Art Direction
My ranking:
1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. The Prestige
3. Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest
4. Dreamgirls
5. The Good Shepherd
Will win: Dreamgirls (maybe PotC, and though I hate this movie and would love to see it walk away empty-handed it's not undeserved)
Snubbed: The Science of Sleep, CHILDREN OF MEN WTF WHY IS THE ACADEMY ON CRACK, Marie-Antoinette, The Black Dahlia, The Painted Veil, The Curse of the Golden Flower, The Fountain, Fur
Best Costume Design
My ranking:
1. Marie-Antoinette
2. The Devil Wears Prada
3. Dreamgirls
4. Curse of the Golden Flower
5. The Queen
Will win: Dreamgirls (but ALL OF THESE rock!!!)
Snubbed: The Painted Veil, The Prestige, The Black Dahlia, Volver
Best Score
My ranking:
1. The Good German
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Notes on a Scandal
4. The Queen
5. Babel (Gustavo, you're making me hate you.)
Will win: Pan's Labyrinth (?)
Snubbed: THE FOUNTAIN IS THE ACADEMY ON CRACK AGAIN??!!!, The Painted Veil, Volver, The Black Dahlia, Little Children, Brick
best screenplays?
Best Original Screenplay
My ranking:
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Letters from Iwo Jima (YAY PAUL HAGGIS!)
4. The Queen
5. Babel
Who will win: Little Miss Sunshine unless The Queen has a lot more support than we thought.
Snubbed: Volver, Stranger than Fiction, Inside Man, Half Nelson.
Best Adapted Screenplay
My ranking:
1. The Departed
2. Children of Men
3. Borat
4. Little Children
5. Notes on a Scandal
Who will win: The Departed !!!! But all of these are awesome
Snubbed: The Painted Veil, The Prestige, Dreamgirls
My ranking:
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Letters from Iwo Jima (YAY PAUL HAGGIS!)
4. The Queen
5. Babel
Who will win: Little Miss Sunshine unless The Queen has a lot more support than we thought.
Snubbed: Volver, Stranger than Fiction, Inside Man, Half Nelson.
Best Adapted Screenplay
My ranking:
1. The Departed
2. Children of Men
3. Borat
4. Little Children
5. Notes on a Scandal
Who will win: The Departed !!!! But all of these are awesome
Snubbed: The Painted Veil, The Prestige, Dreamgirls
in honor of live free or die hard...
...actors and actresses I would list among my favorites that many may question me about:
Clive Owen
Kevin Spacey
Jeffrey Wright (not many may question me, but many will go "who's that")
Samuel L. Jackson
Tom Hanks
Russell Crowe
Tom Cruise
BRUCE WILLIS!!
Steve Carell
Vince Vaughn
Scarlett Johansson
Sarah Jessica Parker
Reese Witherspoon (though at this point, if you still doubt her...)
Gwyneth Paltrow
...bored. must. find. something. to. do.
Clive Owen
Kevin Spacey
Jeffrey Wright (not many may question me, but many will go "who's that")
Samuel L. Jackson
Tom Hanks
Russell Crowe
Tom Cruise
BRUCE WILLIS!!
Steve Carell
Vince Vaughn
Scarlett Johansson
Sarah Jessica Parker
Reese Witherspoon (though at this point, if you still doubt her...)
Gwyneth Paltrow
...bored. must. find. something. to. do.
so, this is hilarious.
(watching the actual acceptance speech is not necessary to enjoy this video. also, i'm sorry, i really don't like the dixie chicks' music. man, was "crazy" robbed.)
a. what the hell is he on?
b. why the hell is he at the grammys anyway?
c. he really should stick to directing movies. he's awesome at that. talking, not so much.
d. "aaaaage aaaaaaaaaaaighty!!!!"
e. "you're beautiful! james blunt!" what is he, adam sandler?
f. tony bennett doesn't even look uncomfortable. good for him.
g. oh christ, is that paris hilton in the audience?
h. "CRAAAAAAAAZYYYYYYY!!!!!"
i. seriously, could his forehead be any bigger?
Best Director
Analyzing: Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
My rank among the nominees: 3rd
Pros: He's Clint Eastwood. The movie had more support than we thought. Flags of Our Fathers.
Cons: Not even nominated for the DGA. He may be Clint Eastwood, but will they really want to reward him for a third time? Film was small. No precursors. Not Martin Scorsese.
Any chance of winning?: I like how immediately after the nominations came out everyone was like "OMG WE UNDERESTIMATED HIM!!!!! HE'S TOTALLY WINNING AGAIN!!!" Anyway, he's, yeah, probably not.
Analyzing: Stephen Frears, The Queen
My rank among the nominees: 5th
Pros: The film is well-respected and the director is too. A couple of precursors.
Cons: Not Martin Scorsese. Hasn't gotten any attention at all.
Any chance of winning?: Nope.
Analyzing: Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu, Babel
My rank among the nominees: 4th
Pros: The film got a lot of Oscar support. It's the year of the "three amigos" (him, del Toro, and Cuarón).
Cons: Not Martin Scorsese. No precursors. Divisive directors (notice I didn't say auteurs) can sometimes get in, but hardly ever win.
Any chance of winning?: If they go Babel crazy, maaaybe...but it's very very doubtful.
Analyzing: Paul Greengrass, United 93
My rank among the nominees: 2nd
Pros: Glowing reviews. May be a way to reward the best-reviewed film of the year. Some precursor support.
Cons: Lone director. Not famous/acclaimed enough. No DGA nod. No Globe nod. The film has very little other Oscar support. Not Martin Scorsese.
Any chance of winning?: There's a chance, but it's a teeny little one...
Analyzing: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
My rank among the nominees: 1st
Pros: Arguably the best director working today, and inarguably an incredibly influential legend, has no Oscar, and the sense that his snubs were embarassing. Most precursor awards, including, especially, the DGA and Globe.
Cons: Scorsese v. Eastwood, Round 2 - remember what happened the first time? (Then again, Marty wasn't the extreme frontrunner for The Aviator like he is for The Departed.) The Departed only has one Oscar nomination - less support than we thought?
Any chance of winning?: Hell yes. It's finally Marty's year!!
Analyzing: Best Director as a whole
Who will win: Martin Scorsese! Now I can get the feeling they snubbed him for Gangs of New York or The Aviator because they were waiting for something like this. :D
Who should win: Martin Scorsese...not only because he deserves it after so many years but because of his utterly fantastic job on The Departed.
Unlucky 6th placer: It was probably the Little Miss Sunshine duo (or Bill Condon for Dreamgirls, but Little Miss Sunshine had far more support in the more majorish categories)...I still don't really get what people see in the directing of that film, but okay.
Snubbed: Of the movies that Oscar showed significant support to, Alfonso Cuarón for Children of Men, Bill Condon for Dreamgirls, and Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth. For the movies they didn't, Sofia Coppola for Marie-Antoinette, Darren Aronofsky for The Fountain, Spike Lee for Inside Man, and Christopher Nolan for The Prestige.
Random cool fact about this category: Um...
My rank among the nominees: 3rd
Pros: He's Clint Eastwood. The movie had more support than we thought. Flags of Our Fathers.
Cons: Not even nominated for the DGA. He may be Clint Eastwood, but will they really want to reward him for a third time? Film was small. No precursors. Not Martin Scorsese.
Any chance of winning?: I like how immediately after the nominations came out everyone was like "OMG WE UNDERESTIMATED HIM!!!!! HE'S TOTALLY WINNING AGAIN!!!" Anyway, he's, yeah, probably not.
Analyzing: Stephen Frears, The Queen
My rank among the nominees: 5th
Pros: The film is well-respected and the director is too. A couple of precursors.
Cons: Not Martin Scorsese. Hasn't gotten any attention at all.
Any chance of winning?: Nope.
Analyzing: Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu, Babel
My rank among the nominees: 4th
Pros: The film got a lot of Oscar support. It's the year of the "three amigos" (him, del Toro, and Cuarón).
Cons: Not Martin Scorsese. No precursors. Divisive directors (notice I didn't say auteurs) can sometimes get in, but hardly ever win.
Any chance of winning?: If they go Babel crazy, maaaybe...but it's very very doubtful.
Analyzing: Paul Greengrass, United 93
My rank among the nominees: 2nd
Pros: Glowing reviews. May be a way to reward the best-reviewed film of the year. Some precursor support.
Cons: Lone director. Not famous/acclaimed enough. No DGA nod. No Globe nod. The film has very little other Oscar support. Not Martin Scorsese.
Any chance of winning?: There's a chance, but it's a teeny little one...
Analyzing: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
My rank among the nominees: 1st
Pros: Arguably the best director working today, and inarguably an incredibly influential legend, has no Oscar, and the sense that his snubs were embarassing. Most precursor awards, including, especially, the DGA and Globe.
Cons: Scorsese v. Eastwood, Round 2 - remember what happened the first time? (Then again, Marty wasn't the extreme frontrunner for The Aviator like he is for The Departed.) The Departed only has one Oscar nomination - less support than we thought?
Any chance of winning?: Hell yes. It's finally Marty's year!!
Analyzing: Best Director as a whole
Who will win: Martin Scorsese! Now I can get the feeling they snubbed him for Gangs of New York or The Aviator because they were waiting for something like this. :D
Who should win: Martin Scorsese...not only because he deserves it after so many years but because of his utterly fantastic job on The Departed.
Unlucky 6th placer: It was probably the Little Miss Sunshine duo (or Bill Condon for Dreamgirls, but Little Miss Sunshine had far more support in the more majorish categories)...I still don't really get what people see in the directing of that film, but okay.
Snubbed: Of the movies that Oscar showed significant support to, Alfonso Cuarón for Children of Men, Bill Condon for Dreamgirls, and Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labyrinth. For the movies they didn't, Sofia Coppola for Marie-Antoinette, Darren Aronofsky for The Fountain, Spike Lee for Inside Man, and Christopher Nolan for The Prestige.
Random cool fact about this category: Um...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
surging along. Best Supporting Actress
well, I don't have any homework (and clearly no dates HA), and all my friends do, so...
(sorry about the lack of "tags" for this post. blogger was being silly)
Analyzing: Adriana Barraza, Babel
My rank among the nominees: 4th
How'd she get nominated: Great reviews/performance + Babel support
Pros: Support for Babel. Sympathetic role.
Cons: Not famous. Not Jennifer Hudson. Vote splitting with Rinko.
Basically, does she have a chance of winning?: No.
Analyzing: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
My rank among the nominees: 5th
How'd she get nominated: Cate Blanchett
Pros: The movie has support. Juicy undebtably lead role. Critics awards.
Cons: Just won here 2 years ago (undeservedly, may I add bitchily). Not Jennifer Hudson.
Basically, does she have a chance of winning?: A teeny chance, but no, not really.
Analyzing: Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
My rank among the nominees: 3rd
How'd she get nominated: Adorable, easy-to-support role in a Best Picture contender.
Pros: See "how'd she get nominated." People hate voting against cute little kids.
Cons: Not Jennifer Hudson. No critics awards other than breakthrough stuff. Couldn't even get nominated at the Globes.
Basically, does she have a chance of winning?: Yes, but it's not very big...
Analyzing: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
My rank among the nominees: 1st
How'd she get nominated: "And I Am Telling You..."
Pros: See "how'd she get nominated." Dreamgirls support - you know they did like it (but not as much as we all thought). Tremendous audience reaction to her (when I saw it, the person behind me kept going "UH HUH GIRL"). American Idol reject - a triumph over failure. Hyperbolic reviews and a virtual year of hype. The most critics awards in this category.
Cons: Backlash. That ridiculous question, "since when is good singing good acting?" (Since musical theater has been around and people have had to interpret roles, idiots)
Basically, does she have a chance of winning?: Ummm...no duh
Analyzing: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
My rank among the nominees: 2nd
How'd she get nominated: Baity role
Pros: Baity role. Babel support. Great reviews/critical support. Critics awards.
Cons: Not Jennifer Hudson. Vote splitting with Barraza.
Basically, does she have a chance of winning?: Eh. Teeny but not really.
Analyzing: Best Supporting Actress as a whole
Who will win: Jennifer Hudson. Um...yeah.
Who should win: Jennifer. Now is when I quote the people sitting behind me at Dreamgirls and say UH HUH GIRL.
Unlucky sixth placer: Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada. Hahahahhahaaaaa!!!
Snubbed: I would have loved to see Catherine O'Hara here for For Your Consideration and Toni Collette for Little Miss Sunshine, out of those with any hype/precursors at all. As far as those without any, I loved Mia Kirshner in The Black Dahlia, Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson, Claire Hope-Ashitey in Children of Men, Kerry Washington in Last King of Scotland, Emma Thompson in Stranger than Fiction (yeah her hype died.), Vera Farmiga in Running Scared...
Random cool fact about this category: Well, uh, it has no Emily Blunt in it. That's pretty awesome.
(sorry about the lack of "tags" for this post. blogger was being silly)
Analyzing: Adriana Barraza, Babel
My rank among the nominees: 4th
How'd she get nominated: Great reviews/performance + Babel support
Pros: Support for Babel. Sympathetic role.
Cons: Not famous. Not Jennifer Hudson. Vote splitting with Rinko.
Basically, does she have a chance of winning?: No.
Analyzing: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
My rank among the nominees: 5th
How'd she get nominated: Cate Blanchett
Pros: The movie has support. Juicy undebtably lead role. Critics awards.
Cons: Just won here 2 years ago (undeservedly, may I add bitchily). Not Jennifer Hudson.
Basically, does she have a chance of winning?: A teeny chance, but no, not really.
Analyzing: Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
My rank among the nominees: 3rd
How'd she get nominated: Adorable, easy-to-support role in a Best Picture contender.
Pros: See "how'd she get nominated." People hate voting against cute little kids.
Cons: Not Jennifer Hudson. No critics awards other than breakthrough stuff. Couldn't even get nominated at the Globes.
Basically, does she have a chance of winning?: Yes, but it's not very big...
Analyzing: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
My rank among the nominees: 1st
How'd she get nominated: "And I Am Telling You..."
Pros: See "how'd she get nominated." Dreamgirls support - you know they did like it (but not as much as we all thought). Tremendous audience reaction to her (when I saw it, the person behind me kept going "UH HUH GIRL"). American Idol reject - a triumph over failure. Hyperbolic reviews and a virtual year of hype. The most critics awards in this category.
Cons: Backlash. That ridiculous question, "since when is good singing good acting?" (Since musical theater has been around and people have had to interpret roles, idiots)
Basically, does she have a chance of winning?: Ummm...no duh
Analyzing: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
My rank among the nominees: 2nd
How'd she get nominated: Baity role
Pros: Baity role. Babel support. Great reviews/critical support. Critics awards.
Cons: Not Jennifer Hudson. Vote splitting with Barraza.
Basically, does she have a chance of winning?: Eh. Teeny but not really.
Analyzing: Best Supporting Actress as a whole
Who will win: Jennifer Hudson. Um...yeah.
Who should win: Jennifer. Now is when I quote the people sitting behind me at Dreamgirls and say UH HUH GIRL.
Unlucky sixth placer: Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada. Hahahahhahaaaaa!!!
Snubbed: I would have loved to see Catherine O'Hara here for For Your Consideration and Toni Collette for Little Miss Sunshine, out of those with any hype/precursors at all. As far as those without any, I loved Mia Kirshner in The Black Dahlia, Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson, Claire Hope-Ashitey in Children of Men, Kerry Washington in Last King of Scotland, Emma Thompson in Stranger than Fiction (yeah her hype died.), Vera Farmiga in Running Scared...
Random cool fact about this category: Well, uh, it has no Emily Blunt in it. That's pretty awesome.
I'm on a roll! Best Supporting Actor
Analyzing: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
My rank among the nominees: 4th
How'd he get nominated?: He's got a good role (drug addict! cursin' grandpa!) in an Oscar-supported film.
Pros: A very respected actor who never won an Oscar. AMPAS may go Little Miss Sunshine-crazy.
Cons: Not the frontrunner. I'm still not exactly sure what the hell made him better than Carell or Kinnear, and my guess is many others aren't either. No precursor awards.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Yes, but it's ridiculous that people are predicting him now just because he won the BAFTA. Jake Gyllenhaal won the BAFTA last year when he was clearly the best in his category, and he still couldn't win at the Oscars.
Analyzing: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
My rank among the nominees: 2nd
How'd he get nominated: Critical approval + Kate Winslet's pre-ordained place in the Best Actress race
Pros: Comeback kid. The fact that he could get nominated for this role (and virtually unseen movie) alone is telling. Critical raves. Critics awards.
Cons: Not the frontrunner at all - many weren't even sure if he'd get in. Movie is tiny. Role is (really) unsympathetic.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Only if there's some crazy vote splitting.
Analyzing: Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
My rank among the nominees: 5th
How'd he get nominated: Baity role! Man-tears!
Pros: The kind of role AMPAS loves. Critics awards, including NBR. The movie clearly had more support from AMPAS than we thought.
Cons: Performance often dismissed as just "running and screaming" (it's not, but it's the least of the nominees anyway). Most didn't think he was going to even be nominated.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Again, only if there's some crazy vote splitting.
Analyzing: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
My rank among the nominees: 1st
How'd he get nominated: Comeback kid in a flashy, scene-stealing role in a Best Picture frontrunner (well, we all thought it was, anyway.)!
Pros: See "how'd he get nominated." Scene-stealing = shades of Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago. Relatively baity role (drug addict!). Globe, SAG, and critics awards.
Cons: Backlash - both against him and Dreamgirls in general. Norbit...though it made an assload of money so it wasn't really an embarassment.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Yup. A big one, too.
Analyzing: Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
My rank among the nominees: 3rd
How'd he get nominated: "Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe fuck yourself."
Pros: Support for The Departed. That dialogue! Comeback kid, sorta.
Cons: Um, there's no way he was the best performance in The Departed. He was a surprise nominee - most of these don't win. Still the perception of him as "Marky Mark."
Basically, any chance of winning?: If there's vote splitting between Arkin and Murphy, he's the most likely to benefit (more than Hounsou or Haley). However, it's not all that likely...but it is likely. I guess.
Analyzing: Best Supporting Actor as a whole
Who will win: I'm predicting Eddie Murphy, but Alan Arkin could get this too. And a lot of people are predicting Mark Wahlberg as well, but I just don't see it...
Who should win: For me, Eddie is the true standout in this category.
Unlucky 6th placer: Jack Nicholson for The Departed, but I hardly think he cried to himself about it.
Snubbed: With such an up-in-the-air category, I'm kinda ticked by the fact that boring performances like Arkin and Hounsou got in here. I would have preferred, out of anyone with any hype at all, Sheen in The Queen, Carell in Little Miss Sunshine (the best member of the cast is the only one without any sort of awards nomination? ridiculous), Affleck in Hollywoodland, the aforementioned Nicholson, and even the poor neglected Baldwin in the same movie. Among those with no chance, I enjoyed Caine in both his outings this year (Children of Men and The Prestige), Doug Jones and Sergio Lopez in Pan's Labyrinth, and Robert Downey Jr. in A Scanner Darkly. But, of course, my heart belongs to Clive Owen in Inside Man.
Random cool fact about this category: Um... Djimon Hounsou and Mark Wahlberg are really hot?
My rank among the nominees: 4th
How'd he get nominated?: He's got a good role (drug addict! cursin' grandpa!) in an Oscar-supported film.
Pros: A very respected actor who never won an Oscar. AMPAS may go Little Miss Sunshine-crazy.
Cons: Not the frontrunner. I'm still not exactly sure what the hell made him better than Carell or Kinnear, and my guess is many others aren't either. No precursor awards.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Yes, but it's ridiculous that people are predicting him now just because he won the BAFTA. Jake Gyllenhaal won the BAFTA last year when he was clearly the best in his category, and he still couldn't win at the Oscars.
Analyzing: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
My rank among the nominees: 2nd
How'd he get nominated: Critical approval + Kate Winslet's pre-ordained place in the Best Actress race
Pros: Comeback kid. The fact that he could get nominated for this role (and virtually unseen movie) alone is telling. Critical raves. Critics awards.
Cons: Not the frontrunner at all - many weren't even sure if he'd get in. Movie is tiny. Role is (really) unsympathetic.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Only if there's some crazy vote splitting.
Analyzing: Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
My rank among the nominees: 5th
How'd he get nominated: Baity role! Man-tears!
Pros: The kind of role AMPAS loves. Critics awards, including NBR. The movie clearly had more support from AMPAS than we thought.
Cons: Performance often dismissed as just "running and screaming" (it's not, but it's the least of the nominees anyway). Most didn't think he was going to even be nominated.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Again, only if there's some crazy vote splitting.
Analyzing: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
My rank among the nominees: 1st
How'd he get nominated: Comeback kid in a flashy, scene-stealing role in a Best Picture frontrunner (well, we all thought it was, anyway.)!
Pros: See "how'd he get nominated." Scene-stealing = shades of Catherine Zeta-Jones in Chicago. Relatively baity role (drug addict!). Globe, SAG, and critics awards.
Cons: Backlash - both against him and Dreamgirls in general. Norbit...though it made an assload of money so it wasn't really an embarassment.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Yup. A big one, too.
Analyzing: Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
My rank among the nominees: 3rd
How'd he get nominated: "Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe fuck yourself."
Pros: Support for The Departed. That dialogue! Comeback kid, sorta.
Cons: Um, there's no way he was the best performance in The Departed. He was a surprise nominee - most of these don't win. Still the perception of him as "Marky Mark."
Basically, any chance of winning?: If there's vote splitting between Arkin and Murphy, he's the most likely to benefit (more than Hounsou or Haley). However, it's not all that likely...but it is likely. I guess.
Analyzing: Best Supporting Actor as a whole
Who will win: I'm predicting Eddie Murphy, but Alan Arkin could get this too. And a lot of people are predicting Mark Wahlberg as well, but I just don't see it...
Who should win: For me, Eddie is the true standout in this category.
Unlucky 6th placer: Jack Nicholson for The Departed, but I hardly think he cried to himself about it.
Snubbed: With such an up-in-the-air category, I'm kinda ticked by the fact that boring performances like Arkin and Hounsou got in here. I would have preferred, out of anyone with any hype at all, Sheen in The Queen, Carell in Little Miss Sunshine (the best member of the cast is the only one without any sort of awards nomination? ridiculous), Affleck in Hollywoodland, the aforementioned Nicholson, and even the poor neglected Baldwin in the same movie. Among those with no chance, I enjoyed Caine in both his outings this year (Children of Men and The Prestige), Doug Jones and Sergio Lopez in Pan's Labyrinth, and Robert Downey Jr. in A Scanner Darkly. But, of course, my heart belongs to Clive Owen in Inside Man.
Random cool fact about this category: Um... Djimon Hounsou and Mark Wahlberg are really hot?
Best Actress
Analyzing: Penelope Cruz, Volver
My rank among the nominees: 4th
How'd she get nominated?: Hype building for almost a year combined with the result.
Pros: The fact that she could get in with a subtitled film that didn't get other Academy support says a lot. She's hot.
Cons: They clearly didn't love the film since it was snubbed like all hell. Subtitled. "Oscar winner, Penelope Cruz?" Not Helen Mirren.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Nope. She's coming in dead last here.
Analyzing: Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
My rank among the nominees: 2nd
How'd she get nominated?: She's Judi Dench.
Pros: Judi Dench. Amazing performance backed up by reviews. Film got support from nominations (Blanchett, Score, Adapted Screenplay).
Cons: Not Helen Mirren. Already has an Oscar.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Nope.
Analyzing: Helen Mirren, The Queen
My rank among the nominees: 5th
How'd she get nominated?: A talented actress with no Oscar playing a real-life famous person in a Best Picture nominee prestige pic, backed up by glowing reviews?!
Pros: Virtually every damn critics award. Everyone loves her and recognizes her amazing talent but she's Oscarless. She's in a biopic. Rave, rave, rave reviews.
Cons: Um...backlash? This would have been a bigger factor already, like with Julianne Moore in 2002 with Far from Heaven. A whole bunch of critics awards, and then the Globes came and BAM! Nicole took over.
Basically, any chance of winning?: All the other nominees here have "not Helen Mirren" in their cons section for a reason.
Analyzing: Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
My rank among the nominees: 1st
How'd she get nominated?: Meryl effin' Streep
Pros: Everyone wants to see Meryl win another Oscar...she hasn't since '83! The only American in this category. People have been talking about her non-stop since this movie came out.
Cons: Not Helen Mirren. The movie is fluffy and didn't have much other Oscar support (if she got Blunt in with her, she might have a slightly better chance).
Basically, any chance of winning?: Nope. But she's coming in (a distant) second.
Analyzing: Kate Winslet, Little Children
My rank among the nominees: 3rd
How'd she get nominated?: Kate Winslet. 5 nominations at 31?! They clearly do like her.
Pros: As I just said, 5 nominations must mean they like her, especially in stuff like Little Children which played in like one teeny little hidden theater in LA for half a week and certainly didn't get out there with an FYC campaign. At the beginning of this year, she was considered the frontrunner.
Cons: Not Helen Mirren. Teensy tiny little film.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Nope. Not Helen Mirren.
Analyzing: Best Actress as a whole
Who will win: OH GOD THIS IS SO HARD. Um...just kidding. Helen Mirren has this all sewn (sown?) up.
Who should win: Okay, I know I ranked these ladies, but it might as well be a tie. Almost always, the categories have at least one nominee that makes me go "eh" or "ugh!" Here, not at all. They might as well all be the winners! It's just a shame that in such an amazing year for actresses, the same name kept coming up.
Unlucky sixth placer: Probably Maggie Gyllenhaal in Sherrybaby...but who can tell with this year? Nobody else ever got mentioned besides these five. Ahaaaa.
Snubbed: Many people. Among the most notable/ones I liked the most, Naomi Watts in The Painted Veil, Cate Blanchett in The Good German, Laura Dern in Inland Empire, and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Sherrybaby.
Random cool fact about this category: Meryl Streep has the most nominations ever and Kate Winslet has the most nominations ever for someone her age.
My rank among the nominees: 4th
How'd she get nominated?: Hype building for almost a year combined with the result.
Pros: The fact that she could get in with a subtitled film that didn't get other Academy support says a lot. She's hot.
Cons: They clearly didn't love the film since it was snubbed like all hell. Subtitled. "Oscar winner, Penelope Cruz?" Not Helen Mirren.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Nope. She's coming in dead last here.
Analyzing: Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
My rank among the nominees: 2nd
How'd she get nominated?: She's Judi Dench.
Pros: Judi Dench. Amazing performance backed up by reviews. Film got support from nominations (Blanchett, Score, Adapted Screenplay).
Cons: Not Helen Mirren. Already has an Oscar.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Nope.
Analyzing: Helen Mirren, The Queen
My rank among the nominees: 5th
How'd she get nominated?: A talented actress with no Oscar playing a real-life famous person in a Best Picture nominee prestige pic, backed up by glowing reviews?!
Pros: Virtually every damn critics award. Everyone loves her and recognizes her amazing talent but she's Oscarless. She's in a biopic. Rave, rave, rave reviews.
Cons: Um...backlash? This would have been a bigger factor already, like with Julianne Moore in 2002 with Far from Heaven. A whole bunch of critics awards, and then the Globes came and BAM! Nicole took over.
Basically, any chance of winning?: All the other nominees here have "not Helen Mirren" in their cons section for a reason.
Analyzing: Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
My rank among the nominees: 1st
How'd she get nominated?: Meryl effin' Streep
Pros: Everyone wants to see Meryl win another Oscar...she hasn't since '83! The only American in this category. People have been talking about her non-stop since this movie came out.
Cons: Not Helen Mirren. The movie is fluffy and didn't have much other Oscar support (if she got Blunt in with her, she might have a slightly better chance).
Basically, any chance of winning?: Nope. But she's coming in (a distant) second.
Analyzing: Kate Winslet, Little Children
My rank among the nominees: 3rd
How'd she get nominated?: Kate Winslet. 5 nominations at 31?! They clearly do like her.
Pros: As I just said, 5 nominations must mean they like her, especially in stuff like Little Children which played in like one teeny little hidden theater in LA for half a week and certainly didn't get out there with an FYC campaign. At the beginning of this year, she was considered the frontrunner.
Cons: Not Helen Mirren. Teensy tiny little film.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Nope. Not Helen Mirren.
Analyzing: Best Actress as a whole
Who will win: OH GOD THIS IS SO HARD. Um...just kidding. Helen Mirren has this all sewn (sown?) up.
Who should win: Okay, I know I ranked these ladies, but it might as well be a tie. Almost always, the categories have at least one nominee that makes me go "eh" or "ugh!" Here, not at all. They might as well all be the winners! It's just a shame that in such an amazing year for actresses, the same name kept coming up.
Unlucky sixth placer: Probably Maggie Gyllenhaal in Sherrybaby...but who can tell with this year? Nobody else ever got mentioned besides these five. Ahaaaa.
Snubbed: Many people. Among the most notable/ones I liked the most, Naomi Watts in The Painted Veil, Cate Blanchett in The Good German, Laura Dern in Inland Empire, and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Sherrybaby.
Random cool fact about this category: Meryl Streep has the most nominations ever and Kate Winslet has the most nominations ever for someone her age.
moving on to Best Actor
Analyzing: Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
My rank among the nominees: 5th
How'd he get nominated?: Baity role in a "message" film
Pros: He's got The Departed helping him. He's a huge celebrity - and AMPAS does love famous.
Cons: There is no way this performance is as good as his in The Departed (I fully believe that Leo in The Departed got more votes than Ryan Gosling at least). No precursors.
Basically, any chance of winning?: No. If it was his Departed performance, though...
Analyzing: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
My rank among the nominees: 1st
How'd he get nominated: Purely because of his amazing performance - the film is tiny and came out a while ago, and I don't remember any great FYC campaign for it.
Pros: If enough people saw the movie to vote for him here, how can they not say it's one of the best performances of the year? Got a bunch of "breakthrough" awards.
Cons: Movie was ridiculously small.
Basically, any chance of winning?: No...but as I said, if enough people saw the film to vote for him for a nomination, who's to say they're not going to vote for him for the win? It's still Whitaker's.
Analyzing: Peter O'Toole, Venus
My rank among the nominees: 3rd
How'd he get nominated: Peter O'Toole.
Pros: Peter O'Toole...has yet to win a competitive Oscar. Though he may not have the critics or precursors, think 1986 with Bob Hoskins in Mona Lisa and Paul Newman in The Color of Money.
Cons: No precursors - all taken by Forest Whitaker, his main competitor. I know he's not feeling well and all, but his continued absence at every awards show simply doesn't look good. Film was teeeeeny.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Yes, and a bigger chance than most people think... but I still believe this will go to Whitaker. Then again, after predicting O'Toole again and again and again, $10 says here, where it really counts, I am wrong. =/
Analyzing: Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
My rank among the nominees: 4th
How'd he get nominated: Baity role - when comedians get serious they often love it
Pros: The film made money, probably due to him. Like Leo, super-famous and well-liked.
Cons: Beyond the nomination, he's gotten no traction. No precursors.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Probably not unless Whitaker and O'Toole are really close and split votes.
Analyzing: Forest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland
My rank among the nominees: 2nd
How'd he get nominated: Acclaimed biopic role
Pros: Virtually every precursor award. Critics have been pushing him forever. Sense of past snubs (maybe).
Cons: It's his first nomination, not his eighth. Super awkward acceptance speeches - the guy's shy.
Basically, any chance of winning?: You bet your ass.
Analyzing: Best Actor as a whole
Who will win: Forest Whitaker. It is hard to argue with every precursor award, and the Academy is not as sentimental as they were in the 1980s. Still, I will not be shocked at all if they call Peter O'Toole's name. If his film were bigger, I think he'd be as big a lock as Whitaker here.
Who should win: Ryan Gosling, but Forest was superb as well.
Unlucky sixth placer: As I said, I think Leo in The Departed got more votes than Ryan...but I guess Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat.
Should have been nominated: People with Oscar traction - Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat, Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed. People with no Oscar traction - Hugh Jackman in The Fountain, Clive Owen in Children of Men, Daniel Craig in Casino Royale, Patrick Wilson in Little Children, Heath Ledger in Candy, Jude Law in Breaking and Entering, Ken Watanabe in Letters from Iwo Jima, etc...
Random cool fact: This is the first time in um...a really long time (I think since 1927/1928) that no Best Actor nominees come from Best Picture nominees.
My rank among the nominees: 5th
How'd he get nominated?: Baity role in a "message" film
Pros: He's got The Departed helping him. He's a huge celebrity - and AMPAS does love famous.
Cons: There is no way this performance is as good as his in The Departed (I fully believe that Leo in The Departed got more votes than Ryan Gosling at least). No precursors.
Basically, any chance of winning?: No. If it was his Departed performance, though...
Analyzing: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
My rank among the nominees: 1st
How'd he get nominated: Purely because of his amazing performance - the film is tiny and came out a while ago, and I don't remember any great FYC campaign for it.
Pros: If enough people saw the movie to vote for him here, how can they not say it's one of the best performances of the year? Got a bunch of "breakthrough" awards.
Cons: Movie was ridiculously small.
Basically, any chance of winning?: No...but as I said, if enough people saw the film to vote for him for a nomination, who's to say they're not going to vote for him for the win? It's still Whitaker's.
Analyzing: Peter O'Toole, Venus
My rank among the nominees: 3rd
How'd he get nominated: Peter O'Toole.
Pros: Peter O'Toole...has yet to win a competitive Oscar. Though he may not have the critics or precursors, think 1986 with Bob Hoskins in Mona Lisa and Paul Newman in The Color of Money.
Cons: No precursors - all taken by Forest Whitaker, his main competitor. I know he's not feeling well and all, but his continued absence at every awards show simply doesn't look good. Film was teeeeeny.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Yes, and a bigger chance than most people think... but I still believe this will go to Whitaker. Then again, after predicting O'Toole again and again and again, $10 says here, where it really counts, I am wrong. =/
Analyzing: Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
My rank among the nominees: 4th
How'd he get nominated: Baity role - when comedians get serious they often love it
Pros: The film made money, probably due to him. Like Leo, super-famous and well-liked.
Cons: Beyond the nomination, he's gotten no traction. No precursors.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Probably not unless Whitaker and O'Toole are really close and split votes.
Analyzing: Forest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland
My rank among the nominees: 2nd
How'd he get nominated: Acclaimed biopic role
Pros: Virtually every precursor award. Critics have been pushing him forever. Sense of past snubs (maybe).
Cons: It's his first nomination, not his eighth. Super awkward acceptance speeches - the guy's shy.
Basically, any chance of winning?: You bet your ass.
Analyzing: Best Actor as a whole
Who will win: Forest Whitaker. It is hard to argue with every precursor award, and the Academy is not as sentimental as they were in the 1980s. Still, I will not be shocked at all if they call Peter O'Toole's name. If his film were bigger, I think he'd be as big a lock as Whitaker here.
Who should win: Ryan Gosling, but Forest was superb as well.
Unlucky sixth placer: As I said, I think Leo in The Departed got more votes than Ryan...but I guess Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat.
Should have been nominated: People with Oscar traction - Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat, Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed. People with no Oscar traction - Hugh Jackman in The Fountain, Clive Owen in Children of Men, Daniel Craig in Casino Royale, Patrick Wilson in Little Children, Heath Ledger in Candy, Jude Law in Breaking and Entering, Ken Watanabe in Letters from Iwo Jima, etc...
Random cool fact: This is the first time in um...a really long time (I think since 1927/1928) that no Best Actor nominees come from Best Picture nominees.
oscars, again
I'm going to start talking in depth about the Oscars in the categories I care about (this basically means I don't have to guess shit like Documentary Short and Sound FX and stuff). Yay. Right now, I'll talk about Best Picture...
Analyzing: Babel
My grade: B-
How'd it get nominated, mainly?: It's a modern message film, carrying over from last year's trend.
Pros: People have been calling it "international Crash" and they sure as hell liked the one from last year. It won the Golden Globe for Best Drama. The people who love it really love it. It's got the most nominations out of all the films nominated for Best Picture.
Cons: The people who hate it really hate it. Though it's not impossible, I can't see it winning any of its other categories. Outside of the Globe, no major precursor awards.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Its hype seems to have gone down since the Globes...it seems to have turned into The Departed vs. Little Miss Sunshine. Still, it's not implausible.
Analyzing: The Departed
My grade: A+
How'd it get nominated, mainly?: A massive hit, both with audiences and critics.
Pros: Like I said, a big hit with both audiences and critics. Made a ton of money.
Cons: Might be too violent for the Academy. Scorsese doesn't exactly have a great track record with them. Mark Wahlberg is its only acting nominee = less support than we think?
Basically, any chance of winning?: Yes.
Analyzing: Letters from Iwo Jima
My grade: A-
How'd it get nominated, mainly?: Clint Eastwood.
Pros: Clint Eastwood. WWII drama. Flags of Our Fathers. Extremely critically acclaimed.
Cons: It's subtitled and made very little money.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Probably not. Eastwood is enough to get it in, but probably not enough to give it the win, like Eastwood's last superb movie, Mystic River.
Analyzing: Little Miss Sunshine
My grade: B+
How'd it get nominated, mainly?: Feel-good indie underdog.
Pros: It's hard to root against it, and it's got really enthusiastic fans.
Cons: It's got really enthusiastic and overly vicious haters as well. Sideways was a feel-good indie underdog too, and it got lost in Eastwood v. Scorsese, Round 1 hmmm. May have won the PGA and SAG, but it couldn't win the bigger award - the Golden Globe. Summer release.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Yup, and a pretty high one, too. People really like this movie.
Analyzing: The Queen
My grade: C/C+
How'd it get nominated, mainly?: Helen Mirren.
Pros: Helen Mirren. Smart, critically-acclaimed contemporary drama. Oscar does love their Brits.
Cons: If Little Miss Sunshine is the Sideways of this year, then The Queen is its Capote...
Basically, any chance of winning?: Probably not, but if there's some severe vote-splitting...
Analyzing: Best Picture as a whole
Who will win: It's tough to call...but right now, I guess I'll go for Little Miss Sunshine. If last year taught us anything, it's that, well, anything can happen.
Who should win: The Departed, but it, along with Letters from Iwo Jima and Little Miss Sunshine, are excellent films.
Unlucky 6th placer: Poor Dreamgirls. Not only was I predicting it to get in, once it got in, I was going to predict it to win. Ooops.
Should have been nominated: Among things the Oscars clearly liked, Dreamgirls, Children of Men, and Pan's Labyrinth. Among things they probably didn't, Volver, Marie-Antoinette, The Fountain, Borat, and Inside Man, just to name a few films.
Random cool fact about this category: The Queen is the shortest nominee in length and The Departed is the longest...but when watching them, I felt exactly the opposite. =/
Oh, and happy Valentine's Day! Watch Love Actually.
Analyzing: Babel
My grade: B-
How'd it get nominated, mainly?: It's a modern message film, carrying over from last year's trend.
Pros: People have been calling it "international Crash" and they sure as hell liked the one from last year. It won the Golden Globe for Best Drama. The people who love it really love it. It's got the most nominations out of all the films nominated for Best Picture.
Cons: The people who hate it really hate it. Though it's not impossible, I can't see it winning any of its other categories. Outside of the Globe, no major precursor awards.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Its hype seems to have gone down since the Globes...it seems to have turned into The Departed vs. Little Miss Sunshine. Still, it's not implausible.
Analyzing: The Departed
My grade: A+
How'd it get nominated, mainly?: A massive hit, both with audiences and critics.
Pros: Like I said, a big hit with both audiences and critics. Made a ton of money.
Cons: Might be too violent for the Academy. Scorsese doesn't exactly have a great track record with them. Mark Wahlberg is its only acting nominee = less support than we think?
Basically, any chance of winning?: Yes.
Analyzing: Letters from Iwo Jima
My grade: A-
How'd it get nominated, mainly?: Clint Eastwood.
Pros: Clint Eastwood. WWII drama. Flags of Our Fathers. Extremely critically acclaimed.
Cons: It's subtitled and made very little money.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Probably not. Eastwood is enough to get it in, but probably not enough to give it the win, like Eastwood's last superb movie, Mystic River.
Analyzing: Little Miss Sunshine
My grade: B+
How'd it get nominated, mainly?: Feel-good indie underdog.
Pros: It's hard to root against it, and it's got really enthusiastic fans.
Cons: It's got really enthusiastic and overly vicious haters as well. Sideways was a feel-good indie underdog too, and it got lost in Eastwood v. Scorsese, Round 1 hmmm. May have won the PGA and SAG, but it couldn't win the bigger award - the Golden Globe. Summer release.
Basically, any chance of winning?: Yup, and a pretty high one, too. People really like this movie.
Analyzing: The Queen
My grade: C/C+
How'd it get nominated, mainly?: Helen Mirren.
Pros: Helen Mirren. Smart, critically-acclaimed contemporary drama. Oscar does love their Brits.
Cons: If Little Miss Sunshine is the Sideways of this year, then The Queen is its Capote...
Basically, any chance of winning?: Probably not, but if there's some severe vote-splitting...
Analyzing: Best Picture as a whole
Who will win: It's tough to call...but right now, I guess I'll go for Little Miss Sunshine. If last year taught us anything, it's that, well, anything can happen.
Who should win: The Departed, but it, along with Letters from Iwo Jima and Little Miss Sunshine, are excellent films.
Unlucky 6th placer: Poor Dreamgirls. Not only was I predicting it to get in, once it got in, I was going to predict it to win. Ooops.
Should have been nominated: Among things the Oscars clearly liked, Dreamgirls, Children of Men, and Pan's Labyrinth. Among things they probably didn't, Volver, Marie-Antoinette, The Fountain, Borat, and Inside Man, just to name a few films.
Random cool fact about this category: The Queen is the shortest nominee in length and The Departed is the longest...but when watching them, I felt exactly the opposite. =/
Oh, and happy Valentine's Day! Watch Love Actually.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
fabulous movies out on dvd today
pick up: marie-antoinette and the departed, respectively #8 and 1 (!) on my list of top 10 films of 2006. they're both superb but in very different ways. also, half nelson is out today, a just-miss for my top 10. ryan gosling is amazing, and easily the best of the nominated actors. shareeka epps, tina holmes, anthony mackie...also great.
also: infernal affairs, on which the departed is based. um...to be honest, i've never seen any of them, so i guess i should be first on line to buy those, huh?
also: infernal affairs, on which the departed is based. um...to be honest, i've never seen any of them, so i guess i should be first on line to buy those, huh?
Monday, February 12, 2007
Best Supporting Actor.
ignore the suit.focus on the brilliance.
Okay, so um, where are the great Supporting Actor peformances of the new millennium? Though I love my choice for the best Supporting Actor of the new millennium (Tim Robbins in Mystic River - suck itttt), I doubt he'd even make #10 on my list of the Best Supporting Actors of the 1990s. It's true, this has hindsight helping me, but think about all the incredible supporting male performances we'd had by the beginning of 1997: all the Glengarry Glen Ross boys, Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs, Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction, Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List, Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects (and Se7en - which I haven't seen, and quite frankly, which I refuse to see), Joe Pesci in Goodfellas, Edward Norton in Primal Fear and The People vs. Larry Flynt, Gene Hackman in Unforgiven, Leonardo DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Jack Lemmon in Short Cuts, Martin Landau in Ed Wood, Sean Penn in Carlito's Way, Don Cheadle in Devil in a Blue Dress...
though, if you're willing to deem the movie eligible, Jeffrey Wright and Al Pacino in Angels in America could easily go toe-to-toe with any of those performances...
though, if you're willing to deem the movie eligible, Jeffrey Wright and Al Pacino in Angels in America could easily go toe-to-toe with any of those performances...
happy birthday Darren Aronofsky!
you are a fucking genius. pi was dumb and pretentious, but showed a lot of ambition which i always appreciate. requiem for a dream just blew me away. it's not the most rewatchable of films (to say the least), but you should see it. and as for the fountain...well...see it. it's a remarkably profound and beautiful meditation on life and death.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
The Life of David Gale
Wow, what an awful movie. I think you know a movie's bad when Kate Winslet is in way over her head, and you can tell. D
...that said. It's Kevin Spacey's best post-American Beauty offering (not that that says much, so let me rephrase it: save Superman Returns, it's his only notable post-American Beauty offering), and Laura Linney is just fantastic as always. 2003 was a great year for supporting actresses and Linney gets nominated (if I allowed for multiple performances in one award, she would get the win for this, Love Actually, and Mystic River combined). I'd nominate Kevin as well...I think.
...that said. It's Kevin Spacey's best post-American Beauty offering (not that that says much, so let me rephrase it: save Superman Returns, it's his only notable post-American Beauty offering), and Laura Linney is just fantastic as always. 2003 was a great year for supporting actresses and Linney gets nominated (if I allowed for multiple performances in one award, she would get the win for this, Love Actually, and Mystic River combined). I'd nominate Kevin as well...I think.
BAFTA craziness
Dear BAFTAs,
Grrr. You gave The Queen Best Picture (it was predictable though) and Best Director to anyone that is not Marty (okay, so did I, but Aronofsky never had a chance in awards circles...and yes, Greengrass did a great job). Your screenplay wins confuse me and you gave Alan Arkin the freaking award?!
Still, I will let you live. You gave Children of Men Best Cinematography and Art Direction, which it certainly deserves. J-Hud got Best Supporting Actress from you. And, most importantly, despite two nominations, you didn't give Emily Blunt anything. Thanks!
Sort of love, me
Grrr. You gave The Queen Best Picture (it was predictable though) and Best Director to anyone that is not Marty (okay, so did I, but Aronofsky never had a chance in awards circles...and yes, Greengrass did a great job). Your screenplay wins confuse me and you gave Alan Arkin the freaking award?!
Still, I will let you live. You gave Children of Men Best Cinematography and Art Direction, which it certainly deserves. J-Hud got Best Supporting Actress from you. And, most importantly, despite two nominations, you didn't give Emily Blunt anything. Thanks!
Sort of love, me
Saturday, February 10, 2007
music videos
...because i can't think of anything else to post. and the number one rule of blogging: never be afraid to be boring. i read these people going on and on and on and on, etc, on their blogs, about how hard it is to be a blogger. dude, who the hell else are you doing it for, besides yourself? it's a fucking blog, not a proust novel (except that reference made me think of little miss sunshine and smile). my postings may be frequent and suck, but i'd rather have that than a brilliant post, but only post once every month or something. that's so dumb. umm...anyway
FAVORITE: "weapon of choice" fatboy slim
LEAST FAVORITE: "black hole sun" um...i think it's soundgarden? & "look what you've done" jet (i don't like music videos that scare the crap outta me)
FAVORITE: "weapon of choice" fatboy slim
LEAST FAVORITE: "black hole sun" um...i think it's soundgarden? & "look what you've done" jet (i don't like music videos that scare the crap outta me)
Friday, February 09, 2007
in honor of joe pesci
"you motherfucker! i had him, i almost had him. you stutterin' prick ya!"
happy birthday to the creator of one of cinema's most vivid characters (why do we not have good supporting male roles in the 2000s?). and mia farrow! and ziyi zhang too i guess.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
happy birthday jack lemmon!!!
(edit: DAMMIT, there was an adorable little picture but now it's not working.)
r.i.p. to one of my very favorite actors. watch glengarry glen ross and then the apartment to see two totally different sides of his genius.
oh and john williams!!! 40 oscar nominations speaks for itself. the man's a genius. and yes, he still is today. check out his scores to munich and memoirs of a geisha if you doubt me.
also, last night, my friends and i had a dance party to this song. it's kind of a terrible song but i dare you not to get it stuck in your head.
edit: the video's not working any more. (this entry is falling apart on me) youtube "still not a player..." yeahhh 7th grade style.
oh and john williams!!! 40 oscar nominations speaks for itself. the man's a genius. and yes, he still is today. check out his scores to munich and memoirs of a geisha if you doubt me.
also, last night, my friends and i had a dance party to this song. it's kind of a terrible song but i dare you not to get it stuck in your head.
edit: the video's not working any more. (this entry is falling apart on me) youtube "still not a player..." yeahhh 7th grade style.
cuz all i ask for is instant pleasure
apparently there is a movie called two drifters that concerns, if i may quote one review, "how gay men and straight women often compete for the same objects of lust."
um...holy shit. the synopsis makes it sound kind of boring but still i have to see this movie.
um...holy shit. the synopsis makes it sound kind of boring but still i have to see this movie.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
i don't want to write my essay so
...my most anticipated 2007 movies in no particular order. hopefully it will be a fantastic year.
• grindhouse - quentin tarantino has yet to make a bad movie. i can't say the same for robert rodriguez but sin city gave me a lot of faith. and seriously, LOOK. AT. THE. POSTERS. rose mcgowan with a machine gun for a leg!!!
• my blueberry nights - look at the director. look at the cast. how can this not be the best film ever made.
• there will be blood - p.t. anderson hearts the saw 2 tagline
• charlie wilson's war - based on the cast, the plot, and the release date, could this be any more oscarbaity?? still. mike nichols. he don't make crap.
• margot at the wedding - go nicole!!
• evening - ridiculously brilliant cast
• i'm not there - totally fucking fascinating-sounding
• the golden age - cate blanchett is meh but she was great in elizabeth but honestly who really cares if cate blanchett is in something when CLIVE OWEN is!!!
• spider-man 3 - even with 25082085 villains and new characters or whatever i still have faith in sam raimi.
• 300 - it could be the new sin city + gerard butler
• 28 weeks later - 28 days later was awesome (it's my #10 for '03 if you're not counting angels in america). i really hope this doesn't suck; danny boyle did a great job and this got some random new director.
• american gangster - it could really suck or it could be AMAZING
• evan almighty - i, um, really liked bruce almighty. stop looking at me like that!! steve carell YAY.
• live free or die hard - i have a new bruce willis obsession. what? he's hot. don't judge.
• shrek 3 - i absolutely love the first two even though it is soooo very trendy not to. hopefully this one will be no different.
• youth without youth - does anyone know if this actually is this year? if so. omg. coppola.
not looking forward to at all:
• pirates of the carribbean: at world's end - though at least the series'll be over
• sweeney todd - grrr. one of my very favorite musicals was supposed to be directed by the amazing sam mendes and star russell crowe, if you believe rumors. instead, it's being directed by tim fucking burton and starring johnny fucking depp and helena bonham-fucking-carter. in case you couldn't figure that out, those aren't good "fucking"s either. if this is awesome, i'll be the first to admit it, but i bet it sucks.
• hairspray - god i hope musicals don't die again this year. this looks really, really uninspired, based on stills. but i do love what the director said, something along the lines of: "i know what i'm doing. i'm not christopher columbus directing rent"
• southland tales - much like how my blueberry nights can't be anything but the best movie ever made, this can't be anything but the worst movie ever made.
• harry potter and the order of the pheonix - my absolute least favorite of the books being directed by not-alfonso-cuaron. ugh.
• grindhouse - quentin tarantino has yet to make a bad movie. i can't say the same for robert rodriguez but sin city gave me a lot of faith. and seriously, LOOK. AT. THE. POSTERS. rose mcgowan with a machine gun for a leg!!!
• my blueberry nights - look at the director. look at the cast. how can this not be the best film ever made.
• there will be blood - p.t. anderson hearts the saw 2 tagline
• charlie wilson's war - based on the cast, the plot, and the release date, could this be any more oscarbaity?? still. mike nichols. he don't make crap.
• margot at the wedding - go nicole!!
• evening - ridiculously brilliant cast
• i'm not there - totally fucking fascinating-sounding
• the golden age - cate blanchett is meh but she was great in elizabeth but honestly who really cares if cate blanchett is in something when CLIVE OWEN is!!!
• spider-man 3 - even with 25082085 villains and new characters or whatever i still have faith in sam raimi.
• 300 - it could be the new sin city + gerard butler
• 28 weeks later - 28 days later was awesome (it's my #10 for '03 if you're not counting angels in america). i really hope this doesn't suck; danny boyle did a great job and this got some random new director.
• american gangster - it could really suck or it could be AMAZING
• evan almighty - i, um, really liked bruce almighty. stop looking at me like that!! steve carell YAY.
• live free or die hard - i have a new bruce willis obsession. what? he's hot. don't judge.
• shrek 3 - i absolutely love the first two even though it is soooo very trendy not to. hopefully this one will be no different.
• youth without youth - does anyone know if this actually is this year? if so. omg. coppola.
not looking forward to at all:
• pirates of the carribbean: at world's end - though at least the series'll be over
• sweeney todd - grrr. one of my very favorite musicals was supposed to be directed by the amazing sam mendes and star russell crowe, if you believe rumors. instead, it's being directed by tim fucking burton and starring johnny fucking depp and helena bonham-fucking-carter. in case you couldn't figure that out, those aren't good "fucking"s either. if this is awesome, i'll be the first to admit it, but i bet it sucks.
• hairspray - god i hope musicals don't die again this year. this looks really, really uninspired, based on stills. but i do love what the director said, something along the lines of: "i know what i'm doing. i'm not christopher columbus directing rent"
• southland tales - much like how my blueberry nights can't be anything but the best movie ever made, this can't be anything but the worst movie ever made.
• harry potter and the order of the pheonix - my absolute least favorite of the books being directed by not-alfonso-cuaron. ugh.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
my name is dalton russell.
probably the best opening to a film ever (yeah i'm biased). spike lee is a genius.sorry for "doubting" you clive. you definitely win best supporting actor for me this year.
Monday, February 05, 2007
they shoot pictures, don't they?
...so they recently updated their list of the top 250 films of the new millennium, and i figured i'd show my grades for the movies i've seen (gosh i'm bored). oh, and also, read the little blurb they have for half nelson. it's hilarious. it's like, "now, whenever there's a movie that involves race in some way, we have to go out of our way to find some way to insult crash!!! YES!!!" and no, i'm not really a hard grader. and yes, i have changed some grades from ones i put on the blog already. oh well. and yes, i know there are going to be cineasts sniggering all over my D for inland empire and my F for gerry and me you and everyone we know and yet my A-s for crash and cold mountain, and for that, i'm very sorry. i wasn't aware i was allowed to have different taste and opinions from you all.
1. In the Mood for Love A
2. Muholland Dr. B
3. Far from Heaven A-
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind A+
6. Sideways A-
7. Lost in Translation A+
8. A History of Violence A
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring B+
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon A-
11. Y tu mama tambien A
12. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King B
13. Spirited Away A
14. Talk to Her A
15. Million Dollar Baby B+
16. Before Sunset A-
17. Memento A-
18. Ghost World C-
19. Adaptation. A-
20. The Queen C+
21. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers B-
22. United 93 B+
23. The Squid and the Whale A-/B+
24. The Departed A+
25. American Splendor C-
26. The Royal Tenenbaums B
27. You Can Count on Me A
28. Mystic River A/A+
29. 2046 B-
30. Punch-Drunk Love B-
31. Moulin Rouge! A
32. In the Bedroom A
33. Brokeback Mountain (haha it's only #33) B-
34. Dancer in the Dark B/B-
35. Capturing the Friedmans A
36. Grizzly Man A/A-
37. The Incredibles B
38. Kings and Queen B
39. About Schmidt B
40. Waking Life C+
41. Almost Famous C-
42. Cache B
43. The Pianist B-
44. Finding Nemo A-
46. The Aviator B+
47. AI: Artificial Intelligence B
48. The House of Mirth B+
49. Donnie Darko C-
50. Traffic A
51. Letters from Iwo Jima A-
52. Requiem for a Dream A
53. Dogville A-
54. Borat A
56. Pan's Labyrinth A-
57. Vera Drake B+
58. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner C-
59. Half Nelson A-
60. Good Night, and Good Luck. B+
61. Shrek A (shut up)
62. City of God A-
63. L'Enfant B+
64. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World B
67. Munich B+
68. Elephant B-
70. The Fog of War A
71. Children of Men A/A+ OMG WHY IS THIS NOT HIGHER.
72. Amelie C-
73. Gosford Park A-
74. Amores Perros A-
75. Capote B+
77. Bad Education A
78. House of Flying Daggers B+
81. The Triplets of Belleville B-
82. The Piano Teacher B-
84. Volver A (geez I have an Almodovar fetish.)
86. Wonder Boys A-
87. Sexy Beast A-
89. Kill Bill, Vol. 1 A
90. Inland Empire D
91. Kinsey A- (mmhmm motherfuckers)
93. Gangs of New York C+ (oh, Marty.)
94. Fat Girl D+
96. In America B
99. Erin Brockovich B
100. Little Miss Sunshine B+
101. Spellbound A-
102. Bloody Sunday B
104. Maria Full of Grace B+
105. Last Days D
107. Fahrenheit 9/11 B
108. Kill Bill, Vol. 2 A
109. The Hours B/B+
111. Hotel Rwanda B+
112. Hero B+
113. Chicago A (WHY is this not top 100. GRRRRR)
114. Bowling for Columbine B
115. Together B
116. School of Rock B
119. 21 Grams C-
120. George Washington A-
121. High Fidelity C+
122. A Prairie Home Companion B+
123. Chicken Run B+
127. Flags of Our Fathers C+
128. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit A-
129. demonlover D-
132. The Deep End D+
134. Monsters, Inc. B+
136. Paradise Now B-
137. O Brother, Where Art Thou? B+
138. Spider B
139. About a Boy B
140. Before Night Falls B
141. King Kong C-
142. Gladiator B+
143. Black Hawk Down C-
144. Billy Elliot B
145. Collateral B+
149. Morvern Callar B+
151. Under the Sand B
156. The Five Obstructions C+
157. Monsoon Wedding B+
159. Minority Report A
161. The Man Who Wasn't There B-
162. Three Times B-
163. Syriana B-
164. The New World B-
165. Faithless B
169. Me and You and Everyone We Know F
171. Shattered Glass B+
172. Mysterious Skin B-
173. 25th Hour A (this should be whoah higher, as well.)
174. Broken Flowers B
175. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou B+
176. Chuck & Buck C+
177. Match Point B/B+
179. Brick B
180. Ray C+
181. Lovely and Amazing A-
182. The Motorcycle Diaries B
183. I Heart Huckabees B
184. Cold Mountain A-
186. Junebug B
187. A Scanner Darkly C-
188. Time of the Wolf B+
190. Crash A-
191. Spider-Man B+
192. The Station Agent B
194. Kung Fu Hustle B
195. Spider-Man 2 A-, and way more acclaimed than its prequel
197. Dirty Pretty Things B-
198. Ali B
201. Shaun of the Dead B+
202. The Barbarian Invasions B+
204. The Others B
205. Hedwig and the Angry Inch C- (oh, John Cameron Mitchell. I so want to like your movies, because they're always so ambitious. But then they are always huge freaking messes.)
206. Bamboozled B-
208. Gerry F
209. Solaris C+
211. Bad Santa C
212. Inside Man A (Bamboozled is over this? Uh. Okay.)
213. Little Children B+
214. Babel B-
215. The Quiet American B
216. Casino Royale A-
220. The Constant Gardener A-
221. The Descent B/B+
223. Whale Rider B
224. A Beautiful Mind B-
225. Touching the Void B
226. Thirteen Conversations about One Thing C-
227. Bus 174 D+
229. State and Main B-
230. An Inconvenient Truth B
231. A Very Long Engagement B
235. A Mighty Wind B-
239. Lantana A
240. 8 Mile C- (?!?!?! this list seems to be really hard for any sort of new movies to get on it. there is no way even the divisive films of this year, like the fountain and marie-antoinette, were somehow less praised than this...)
244. The 40-Year-Old Virgin C+
245. The Sea Inside B
246. Howl's Moving Castle B
247. Quills B+
248. The Saddest Music in the World D
films that dropped off the list:
American Psycho B
My Summer of Love C+
Oldboy C+
Pride and Prejudice A-/A
Darwin's Nightmare B
Igby Goes Down D+
With a Friend Like Harry... C-
The Devil's Backbone C+
Sunshine State C+
Closer B-
Catch Me If You Can A-
House of Sand and Fog C+
War of the Worlds C+
Angels in America A+++++++++ (this should be #1, not falling off the list. idiots)
1. In the Mood for Love A
2. Muholland Dr. B
3. Far from Heaven A-
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind A+
6. Sideways A-
7. Lost in Translation A+
8. A History of Violence A
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring B+
10. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon A-
11. Y tu mama tambien A
12. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King B
13. Spirited Away A
14. Talk to Her A
15. Million Dollar Baby B+
16. Before Sunset A-
17. Memento A-
18. Ghost World C-
19. Adaptation. A-
20. The Queen C+
21. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers B-
22. United 93 B+
23. The Squid and the Whale A-/B+
24. The Departed A+
25. American Splendor C-
26. The Royal Tenenbaums B
27. You Can Count on Me A
28. Mystic River A/A+
29. 2046 B-
30. Punch-Drunk Love B-
31. Moulin Rouge! A
32. In the Bedroom A
33. Brokeback Mountain (haha it's only #33) B-
34. Dancer in the Dark B/B-
35. Capturing the Friedmans A
36. Grizzly Man A/A-
37. The Incredibles B
38. Kings and Queen B
39. About Schmidt B
40. Waking Life C+
41. Almost Famous C-
42. Cache B
43. The Pianist B-
44. Finding Nemo A-
46. The Aviator B+
47. AI: Artificial Intelligence B
48. The House of Mirth B+
49. Donnie Darko C-
50. Traffic A
51. Letters from Iwo Jima A-
52. Requiem for a Dream A
53. Dogville A-
54. Borat A
56. Pan's Labyrinth A-
57. Vera Drake B+
58. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner C-
59. Half Nelson A-
60. Good Night, and Good Luck. B+
61. Shrek A (shut up)
62. City of God A-
63. L'Enfant B+
64. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World B
67. Munich B+
68. Elephant B-
70. The Fog of War A
71. Children of Men A/A+ OMG WHY IS THIS NOT HIGHER.
72. Amelie C-
73. Gosford Park A-
74. Amores Perros A-
75. Capote B+
77. Bad Education A
78. House of Flying Daggers B+
81. The Triplets of Belleville B-
82. The Piano Teacher B-
84. Volver A (geez I have an Almodovar fetish.)
86. Wonder Boys A-
87. Sexy Beast A-
89. Kill Bill, Vol. 1 A
90. Inland Empire D
91. Kinsey A- (mmhmm motherfuckers)
93. Gangs of New York C+ (oh, Marty.)
94. Fat Girl D+
96. In America B
99. Erin Brockovich B
100. Little Miss Sunshine B+
101. Spellbound A-
102. Bloody Sunday B
104. Maria Full of Grace B+
105. Last Days D
107. Fahrenheit 9/11 B
108. Kill Bill, Vol. 2 A
109. The Hours B/B+
111. Hotel Rwanda B+
112. Hero B+
113. Chicago A (WHY is this not top 100. GRRRRR)
114. Bowling for Columbine B
115. Together B
116. School of Rock B
119. 21 Grams C-
120. George Washington A-
121. High Fidelity C+
122. A Prairie Home Companion B+
123. Chicken Run B+
127. Flags of Our Fathers C+
128. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit A-
129. demonlover D-
132. The Deep End D+
134. Monsters, Inc. B+
136. Paradise Now B-
137. O Brother, Where Art Thou? B+
138. Spider B
139. About a Boy B
140. Before Night Falls B
141. King Kong C-
142. Gladiator B+
143. Black Hawk Down C-
144. Billy Elliot B
145. Collateral B+
149. Morvern Callar B+
151. Under the Sand B
156. The Five Obstructions C+
157. Monsoon Wedding B+
159. Minority Report A
161. The Man Who Wasn't There B-
162. Three Times B-
163. Syriana B-
164. The New World B-
165. Faithless B
169. Me and You and Everyone We Know F
171. Shattered Glass B+
172. Mysterious Skin B-
173. 25th Hour A (this should be whoah higher, as well.)
174. Broken Flowers B
175. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou B+
176. Chuck & Buck C+
177. Match Point B/B+
179. Brick B
180. Ray C+
181. Lovely and Amazing A-
182. The Motorcycle Diaries B
183. I Heart Huckabees B
184. Cold Mountain A-
186. Junebug B
187. A Scanner Darkly C-
188. Time of the Wolf B+
190. Crash A-
191. Spider-Man B+
192. The Station Agent B
194. Kung Fu Hustle B
195. Spider-Man 2 A-, and way more acclaimed than its prequel
197. Dirty Pretty Things B-
198. Ali B
201. Shaun of the Dead B+
202. The Barbarian Invasions B+
204. The Others B
205. Hedwig and the Angry Inch C- (oh, John Cameron Mitchell. I so want to like your movies, because they're always so ambitious. But then they are always huge freaking messes.)
206. Bamboozled B-
208. Gerry F
209. Solaris C+
211. Bad Santa C
212. Inside Man A (Bamboozled is over this? Uh. Okay.)
213. Little Children B+
214. Babel B-
215. The Quiet American B
216. Casino Royale A-
220. The Constant Gardener A-
221. The Descent B/B+
223. Whale Rider B
224. A Beautiful Mind B-
225. Touching the Void B
226. Thirteen Conversations about One Thing C-
227. Bus 174 D+
229. State and Main B-
230. An Inconvenient Truth B
231. A Very Long Engagement B
235. A Mighty Wind B-
239. Lantana A
240. 8 Mile C- (?!?!?! this list seems to be really hard for any sort of new movies to get on it. there is no way even the divisive films of this year, like the fountain and marie-antoinette, were somehow less praised than this...)
244. The 40-Year-Old Virgin C+
245. The Sea Inside B
246. Howl's Moving Castle B
247. Quills B+
248. The Saddest Music in the World D
films that dropped off the list:
American Psycho B
My Summer of Love C+
Oldboy C+
Pride and Prejudice A-/A
Darwin's Nightmare B
Igby Goes Down D+
With a Friend Like Harry... C-
The Devil's Backbone C+
Sunshine State C+
Closer B-
Catch Me If You Can A-
House of Sand and Fog C+
War of the Worlds C+
Angels in America A+++++++++ (this should be #1, not falling off the list. idiots)
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