"I want to break into Marion Cotillard's apartment, steal her Oscar, and give it to Laura Linney, who actually deserves it."
It's said in a stupid way, but... can we?
(PS you know if Christie/Page/whoever won, the Cotillard supporters would have said far worse, so let's not gang up too much on Roeper)
Showing posts with label marion cotillard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marion cotillard. Show all posts
Monday, April 21, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
oh IMDb...
Okay, so there's a post: "If Marion Cotillard's film was out last year, would she have beaten Helen Mirren?" And some people are answering "yes," even going so far as to say "definitely."
WHAT.
Did you people not learn that when the question is would any performance in history win at the Oscars vs. Helen Mirren in The Queen, the answer will, 95% of the time, be definitely not? This is especially true of upset wins. By unknown actresses. In foreign language films. With mediocre reviews. Against legendary actresses. Without Oscars. Is that enough? Should I keep going? (Why are you the way that you are?)
WHAT.
Did you people not learn that when the question is would any performance in history win at the Oscars vs. Helen Mirren in The Queen, the answer will, 95% of the time, be definitely not? This is especially true of upset wins. By unknown actresses. In foreign language films. With mediocre reviews. Against legendary actresses. Without Oscars. Is that enough? Should I keep going? (Why are you the way that you are?)
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Interesting list.
The 100 Most Beautiful Women of 2008.
The photos and most of these women are, indeed, gorgeous. #2 should be #1 though :P
I think Anne Hathaway's picture speaks for itself as to why she should not be on the list. Marion Cotillard performs "one of the greatest acting performances ever given on screen"? Sigh. Gotta love what they say about the Winslet though :D What they say about Bryce Dallas Howard is absolutely true, too.
I should make a list of the 100 most gorgeous men in the world. Because I'm not busy enough as is.
The photos and most of these women are, indeed, gorgeous. #2 should be #1 though :P
I think Anne Hathaway's picture speaks for itself as to why she should not be on the list. Marion Cotillard performs "one of the greatest acting performances ever given on screen"? Sigh. Gotta love what they say about the Winslet though :D What they say about Bryce Dallas Howard is absolutely true, too.
I should make a list of the 100 most gorgeous men in the world. Because I'm not busy enough as is.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
An Interview with Miss Laura Linney.
From The New York Times magazine. It's here.
As multiple people have pointed out before, that reviewer is dumb. "WHERE R TEH BOOBIES??? IZ DIS GUNNA GET MORE INTERESTING???? UR NOT AS PERTTYY AS MAREEN COLLITARD!!!!"
And then there's this quote: "Q: What do you think of Marion Cotillard, who just won best actress for her performance as Edith Piaf? A: Of the five of us, that performance was on a whole other level. It just was."
Oh, Laura, honey. When you run to the grocery store to buy some milk and you don't change out of your sweatpants, that's a better performance than Marion Cotillard's in La vie en rose. Laura, please don't slap on seventeen pounds of makeup and play some histrionic real person in a ridiculous performance to get an Oscar. Please?
Also: "There are as many bad independent films as there are bad commercial films." THANK YOU. THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU. That, and you're a really fucking great actress.
As multiple people have pointed out before, that reviewer is dumb. "WHERE R TEH BOOBIES??? IZ DIS GUNNA GET MORE INTERESTING???? UR NOT AS PERTTYY AS MAREEN COLLITARD!!!!"
And then there's this quote: "Q: What do you think of Marion Cotillard, who just won best actress for her performance as Edith Piaf? A: Of the five of us, that performance was on a whole other level. It just was."
Oh, Laura, honey. When you run to the grocery store to buy some milk and you don't change out of your sweatpants, that's a better performance than Marion Cotillard's in La vie en rose. Laura, please don't slap on seventeen pounds of makeup and play some histrionic real person in a ridiculous performance to get an Oscar. Please?
Also: "There are as many bad independent films as there are bad commercial films." THANK YOU. THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU. That, and you're a really fucking great actress.
Monday, March 03, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
In lieu of an actual Oscar post...
Just because. Again. CATE YOU ARE AMAZING.
I'm just going to link to pictures and make snarky comments. Ya'll can just deal. You give me a boring (though far from objectionable) ceremony, Oscar, I give you a boring Oscar wrap-up post!
Firstly, since I'm probably not going to have the opportunity to address this through pictures: yes, Jon Stewart was fantastic again. I hope he hosts next year. As opposed to last year where 90% of the humor was from not the host, this year 90% of the humor was from the host. So many great bits - "Too often, the Academy ignores films that aren't good;" the line about black/women presidents and the asteroids; "staying the course" with Iraq films; Atonement and Yom Kippur (the Jews are right here, Jon!); him playing Wii; "man, that guy is so arrogant" after Glen Hansard's modest and heartfelt speech; Jack and the pregnant ladies; teen pregnancy as comic relief; Away from Her as the feel-good movie of the year; Lawrence of Arabia on his IPod; Cate Blanchett is everywhere; Dennis Hopper; and, of course, how incredibly classy it was when he bought Marketa back out to make her speech. LOVE him.
Many many thanks to IMDb, since this is basically just going to be me linking to their pictures and putting captions under them (too lazy and "I JUST WANNA GET THIS OVER WITH" to upload 'em all). Clever, I am...
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2845873664
Firstly, since I'm probably not going to have the opportunity to address this through pictures: yes, Jon Stewart was fantastic again. I hope he hosts next year. As opposed to last year where 90% of the humor was from not the host, this year 90% of the humor was from the host. So many great bits - "Too often, the Academy ignores films that aren't good;" the line about black/women presidents and the asteroids; "staying the course" with Iraq films; Atonement and Yom Kippur (the Jews are right here, Jon!); him playing Wii; "man, that guy is so arrogant" after Glen Hansard's modest and heartfelt speech; Jack and the pregnant ladies; teen pregnancy as comic relief; Away from Her as the feel-good movie of the year; Lawrence of Arabia on his IPod; Cate Blanchett is everywhere; Dennis Hopper; and, of course, how incredibly classy it was when he bought Marketa back out to make her speech. LOVE him.
Many many thanks to IMDb, since this is basically just going to be me linking to their pictures and putting captions under them (too lazy and "I JUST WANNA GET THIS OVER WITH" to upload 'em all). Clever, I am...
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2845873664
George Clooney is the king of Hollywood. What is he even doing in this picture? I don't know. But...he can do whatever he wants. He's George Clooney. LOVE.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2829096448
I don't like this movie at all and this picture just absolutely warms the cockles of my heart. LOOK HOW CUTE. More on Once and the Oscars later; needless to say, I now feel like a completely heartless ogre for not liking it ;_;
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2862650880
I think Sarah Larson is a Moppet. YOU'RE AT THE OSCARS! WITH GEORGE CLOONEY!!!!! You should show emotion!!! And wear a dress that doesn't look like very expensive curtains!!! Okay, I am terribly jealous and that helps.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3047200256
Amy Ryan looks really pretty but embodies the "OMG it's my first Oscar nomination I'm a stage actress I don't know what to do I'll just play it safe!!!" line of thought. In this particular picture, she also looks younger than Saoirse Ronan.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3013645824
LOL, Paul Haggis. ROCK. I'm surprised, I haven't seen one "OMG PAUL HAGGIS WAS THERE AGAIN HE NEEDS TO DIE!!!!" post.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3147863552
Diablo Cody was probably the worst-dressed on Oscar night, but somehow I would have been disappointed if she wasn't.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2661324288
James McAvoy is so hot without the ratty little beard, but when he has it, like 90% of my attraction to him just evaporates. That's one hot accent, though. And he can repartee with the best of 'em. Still, he just looked like a ratty short dude with bad bad hair on Sunday night. Sorry, James. You were really good in Atonement! And your wife's dress is a pretty pretty color!
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2829096448
I don't like this movie at all and this picture just absolutely warms the cockles of my heart. LOOK HOW CUTE. More on Once and the Oscars later; needless to say, I now feel like a completely heartless ogre for not liking it ;_;
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2862650880
I think Sarah Larson is a Moppet. YOU'RE AT THE OSCARS! WITH GEORGE CLOONEY!!!!! You should show emotion!!! And wear a dress that doesn't look like very expensive curtains!!! Okay, I am terribly jealous and that helps.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3047200256
Amy Ryan looks really pretty but embodies the "OMG it's my first Oscar nomination I'm a stage actress I don't know what to do I'll just play it safe!!!" line of thought. In this particular picture, she also looks younger than Saoirse Ronan.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3013645824
LOL, Paul Haggis. ROCK. I'm surprised, I haven't seen one "OMG PAUL HAGGIS WAS THERE AGAIN HE NEEDS TO DIE!!!!" post.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3147863552
Diablo Cody was probably the worst-dressed on Oscar night, but somehow I would have been disappointed if she wasn't.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2661324288
James McAvoy is so hot without the ratty little beard, but when he has it, like 90% of my attraction to him just evaporates. That's one hot accent, though. And he can repartee with the best of 'em. Still, he just looked like a ratty short dude with bad bad hair on Sunday night. Sorry, James. You were really good in Atonement! And your wife's dress is a pretty pretty color!
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3818952192
"I'm Tommy Lee Jones and I have no chance of winning - not that it matters, I already have one - so I'm just gonna hold on to this pole. It worked for Diablo..."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2577438208
Patrick Dempsey is also hot and I don't care how generic my opinion is in this matter SO THERE.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm4154496512
Laura Linney was just a bucket of smiles and sunshine the entire awards show. She has such a lovely, warm smile. LOVE HER. Not a particularly risky fashion choice, but she makes great acting look easy and she makes looking great look easy as well.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm4037056000
"Guys, I made you a biopic. A musical biopic. And you couldn't even throw me a frickin' Best Original Screenplay nod, just one for the chick as a dude that was guaranteed the day she was cast. I hate you all. But I'm still here."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3483407872
I wonder if they're gonna make out again...
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3600848384
This dress is gorgeous, but Anne can't...quite...pull...it...off for some reason. I'm going to pretend that's for a reason other than I just don't like her, but it's probably not. Fantastic dress, though.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3751843328
Helen Mirren is still totally hot in case you were wondering. Bitch, those sleeves are crystal!
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3667957248
That's gonna be one gorgeous baby. Jessica Alba pulls off that dress even with the weird feathers.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3634402816
Keri Russell is very pretty, and she was very good in Waitress and uh, she was in August Rush too so I guess she had a good year, but she's like basically wearing Marion Cotillard's SAG dress right? Right?
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm648123904
This is right before The Buseying 2008, I believe. I love afterwards on that video clip; Laura Linney is just like "oh, look, another interview..." and she drags Jen Garner off and you see her talking to/comforting Jen in the background. Class act, that Linney.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm564237824
"Worship my hot body. You know if I was ten years older I would have never won!" (The dress is well-played, Miss Marion. I don't know why anyone disliked it.)
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm1017222656
"I'm kind of amazed I'm not dead yet."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm983668224
Oh, Colin. Yes, you are genetically blessed in that you are very good-looking. No, this does not mean you can attend the Oscars with greasy unwashed hair and a severe lack of shaving. Also, on Sunday, whenever any Irish person spoke, I was like "whaaaa?" It's a great accent to be sure, but I needed subtitles.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm950113792
Ladies and gentlemen! Come one, come all! See a man pull off earrings! And weird brown piping on his suit!
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm44144128
Johnny Depp ain't never gonna change. I feel like it is pointless to even acknowledge him at this point.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm60921344
Javier Bardem has to hold off his crowd of newfound adoring female fans. I'm among them. DROOOOOOL.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm211916288
Viggo Mortensen is almost unbearably sexy most of the time, but then sometimes he shows up with like three months' worth of beard and a weirdly glassy look and I'm just like "ooh, even you can't really do this." He is pulling off the coat though, for what it's worth.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm161584640
Cate Blanchett looked amazing on Sunday, plus she has this Cate Blanchett Aura that just knocked me off my chair whenever she was on screen. Plus, she had the greatest moment of the night with that picture at the tippy-top. I think I am a little in love with her now. Stop me! Stop me, before I nominate her for Notes on a Scandal! Or Elizabeth: The Golden Age!
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm144807424
Rebecca Miller thought her dress was okay, but would not be totally complete without a last-minute run to the Arts 'N Crafts store for some bizarrely mismatching red ribbons (a tribute to There Will Be Blood? Maybe?) and a GIANT JEWEL BREASTPLATE FLOWER THING. What the hell?
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm295802368
That's how you pull off a stunning red dress, Hathaway.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm1956746752
I can't decide whether I liked this or not. On one hand, it's very pretty. On the other, it's even more boring than Amy Ryan's. On one hand, OMG SPARKLY. On the other hand, those things were off-center when she was presenting and OH MY GOD, IT DISTRACTED ME.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2124518912
I am hoping that is not Amy Adams' boyfriend. *IMDbs* Oh, it's the guy who wrote The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. I'm...still not sure why Jesus is hangin' all over him.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm1335989760
I always forget that they're together. Harrison looks like he farted and is giggling about it. /maturity
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm1285658112
I LOVE Steve Carell. It just cracks me up that his wife was on The Office and their characters dated, but broke up (boo! Carol was so much better than mean ol' Jan). I'll talk about Steve more later...
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm1268880896
Cameron: HAHAHAHAH SEAN YOU ARE SOOOOO FUNNY!!!! FUNNY!!!! TEEHEE!!!!
P. Diddy or whatever he goes by: Sofia Coppola was so right...
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm1470207488
God, they are a gorgeous couple. How hot is Josh Brolin? *drool*
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm1403098624
ELLEN! Could this dress be any more boring??? Yes you are pretty! Yes you look good in it! BUT IT IS THE OSCARS.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2795607552
The greatest Oscar couple I've ever seen. Spike looks like a pimp, which pleases me enormously. Wesley Snipes is...how did he get in the country? Doesn't matter, really. His suit is bright purple.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3047265792
"My wife's tits are gonna pop out and I still won't smile. You can't make me. My brother got the joy gene."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3030488576
"Keep trying as long as you want, Mr. Photographer Man. Seriously, I can be in the middle of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and I'm still not really smiling. I can be clowning around with awesome Don Cheadle - don't you just love Don Cheadle? - and I'm still not really smiling. For God's sake, even Clooney makes me only look sort of stoned. YOUR OSCARS DO NOT AMUSE ME."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2627835392
I'm not gonna lie: I really don't like Penelope Cruz. And after a semester in Spain, too, I know, the shame ._. Yeah, she was really good in Volver and her other work with Almodovar, but I'm not falling all over myself to nominate her (Streep, Dern, Dench, Watts, Dunst, Weisz, Winslet, Mirren, Gyllenhaal, and Blanchett - German, duh, not Notes - were all better) and her work in English films is so bad it undoes all the good she gained from me for Volver. I don't like this dress either; I think it would have been much better to just cut it off after that layer of fuzzy stuff around her knees-ish, because as is right now it looks like it's demonstrating The Wonders of Puberty.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm3919681024
"I'm fabulous? Sort of? No? Okay I'll just go back to standing here."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm4288779776
I'll say it: Renee Zellweger's dress is gorgeous and flawless. If it was on anyone else, it would be getting raves and best-dressed lists everywhere. Unfortunately, Renee has to apparently have no eyes any more. Gah. I miss Bridget Jones' Diary. ;_; And with both Clooney and Zellweger present, they totally missed an opportunity to invite John Krasinski and promote Leatherheads like they promoted Get Smart.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm4120942080
Juno's BFFL is wearing a really styled garbage bag? Honest to blog? SORRY. COULDN'T RESIST.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2124649984
FIX YOUR BANGS. I say it cuz I love, Jen.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2091095552
This is the lowest-watt Laura Linney's smile was on the entire night.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2107741696
I love Sarah Polley. She should already have an Oscar for her acting in The Sweet Hereafter, but whatever. There was also an amazing picture somewhere of her with Julie Christie.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_arrivals-rm2393150976
OMG WHERE ARE HIS PAJAMAS???? On an unrelated note, I felt so proud of myself because I picked up that Vanity Fair with the Hitchcock photos and one of the headlines was "The Apartment New York Can't Stop Buzzing About" or something like that and I was like "oh, the Schnab's." And I was right.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_press-rm111318528
I enjoy this picture because it looks like Javier is saying something she doesn't understand (en espanol?) and she's just looking at him in a sort of "whatever, I'll indulge you cuz you're hot!" way.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_press-rm228759040
Oh, Tilda. I love her now, sort of. I love how she's like "I'm holding my Oscar up! Oscar! Yay! That's, like, what I'm supposed to do, right? This is so weird, I've never even been to one of these things before..."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_press-rm178427392
Amy seems to dangerously incline against any man put in her vicinity. Or, Oscar is pulling her in because it knows she is its rightful owner. It knows!
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_press-rm3298989568
"I'm so confused.."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_press-rm3332544000
This is what I believe the kids refer to as "fucking hotness."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_press-rm3416430080
I LOVE how these two were accepting their award and they were like "we really feel sympathy for the gay women this documentary portrayed, because we are ABSOLUTELY NOT IN THAT GROUP. WE ARE HETEROSEXUAL MARRIED WOMEN WITH CHILDREN." I sort of love the dress on the one on the left.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_press-rm1537447424
"Oscar! Eet ees so delightful!"
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_press-rm1503892992
"Yay. Oscar. Whoooooo. I'm really excited."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm1654822400
"And then I said, eureka! If I just keep doing solid-to-great supporting work, I'll never be noticed, but if I slap on 75 pounds of makeup to play a real-life person and give a performance more hammy than Easter dinner, I'm a guaranteed Oscar winner! *charming French giggle*"
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm413308416
Oh Javier. You have to be pelvic-thrusting the air in this picture, don't you? Because I just couldn't be any more attracted to you.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm1872926208
Anne Hathaway desperately tries to leach some of Steve Carell's talent by latching on to his arm, but to no avail. As much as I love Jon Stewart, Steve Carell should host the Oscars. Seriously. He is an actor for the all-time comedic pantheon with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, the Marx brothers, Bill Murray, Steve Martin, and Jack Lemmon (and I'm sure some others that will come to mind as soon as I click "publish post." And when he said "SHUT...it..." just like Michael Scott? Hooray!!!
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm1856148992
OMG Owen Wilson was there. Glad to see him looking better. Wish he would have bought the funny.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm1772262912
I don't wanna hear all your squealing, MacAvoy fangirls. Josh is so much hotter than him in this picture it's not even funny.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm1755485696
Perfection? Yeah I think so.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm1990366720
Jonah Hill once again reminded me that he is the bargain-bin Seth Rogen that you only get when Seth Rogen has the better parts in better movies because he is a way better actor with a way less abrasive screen presence.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm1889703424
"You know who should have two of these at home? ME. Come here, Swinton, and I'll show you where you can put this..."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm2695075328
LORD KNOWS I love me some Amy Adams. But this was hella awkward. The songs from Enchanted are all pretty bad save "That's How You Know," but they work in the movie thanks to Adams. She pretty much sold "Happy Working Song" but it was still just incredibly awkward. The others had production numbers. Even Once got the fancy-schmancy lighting. She...stood on a stage. Poor, poor Amy.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm1386386944
I've heard a lot of criticism of the Coen brothers being "rude" at the Oscars, most of it coming from the There Will Be Blood absolute crazies who will not listen to how anything was even close to TWBB this year. Um...except the Coens weren't. They are terribly shy and not particularly loquacious, and I think that came off, but they never came off as not grateful for their awards.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm3533870592
"Yeah, you won that little Oscar, but you also get the ultimate prize: You get to live like me for a day."
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm3584202240
I love how the photographer has to get this random picture of Clooney amongst the chaos. And I don't blame 'im. Ahhhh love.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm2124584448
"Cinenenenenaimatog - IT'S, LIKE, REALLY HARD TO PRONOUNCE, YOU GUYS!!!"
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm2946733568
"That's how you KNNOOOOOoooooOOOOOOooooooOOWWWWW!!!!" God, she sucked, and I love her. They should have just let Amy do it...she captured the magic like nobody else can.
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm2829293056
This was also stupid and they should have just gotten Amy. "So Close" is really a terrible cheesy song, but I'm not gonna lie and pretend I don't have it on my IPod. =/
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/gallery/oscar08_show-rm3651311104
Oh, God, how beautiful was this? And then how amazing were they when they won? There were no hysterical tears, but you could just tell they were so moved and absolutely grateful. And then when Jon bought Marketa back...just amazing. Oh my God, I so wish I loved Once. I am a heartless little harlot for not liking it :( It is pretty amazing, though. I mean, a Best Original Song nominee is about as far as Once was ever going to go, and it was a pretty high expectation for something so small - but it got it. It's great to see people being like "I've never heard of this Once movie, but I wanna see it now!" I wish the Oscars were like that for more films, and at their best, they are.
To finish, I gotta say: LOVE the "Marion Cotillard peed on stage!!!" rumors. And her crying inanely when La vie en rose won Best Makeup. And THE RODERICK JAYNES "photo" HAHA I DIED!!! Needless to say, "Big. Red. Pillow." has been on loop in my head for the last 48ish hours. LOVE LAURA. Finally, to quote the winner of Best Cinematography and Best Leading Actor, "I'm finished!"
"I'm Tommy Lee Jones and I have no chance of winning - not that it matters, I already have one - so I'm just gonna hold on to this pole. It worked for Diablo..."
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Patrick Dempsey is also hot and I don't care how generic my opinion is in this matter SO THERE.
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Laura Linney was just a bucket of smiles and sunshine the entire awards show. She has such a lovely, warm smile. LOVE HER. Not a particularly risky fashion choice, but she makes great acting look easy and she makes looking great look easy as well.
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"Guys, I made you a biopic. A musical biopic. And you couldn't even throw me a frickin' Best Original Screenplay nod, just one for the chick as a dude that was guaranteed the day she was cast. I hate you all. But I'm still here."
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I wonder if they're gonna make out again...
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This dress is gorgeous, but Anne can't...quite...pull...it...off for some reason. I'm going to pretend that's for a reason other than I just don't like her, but it's probably not. Fantastic dress, though.
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Helen Mirren is still totally hot in case you were wondering. Bitch, those sleeves are crystal!
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That's gonna be one gorgeous baby. Jessica Alba pulls off that dress even with the weird feathers.
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Keri Russell is very pretty, and she was very good in Waitress and uh, she was in August Rush too so I guess she had a good year, but she's like basically wearing Marion Cotillard's SAG dress right? Right?
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This is right before The Buseying 2008, I believe. I love afterwards on that video clip; Laura Linney is just like "oh, look, another interview..." and she drags Jen Garner off and you see her talking to/comforting Jen in the background. Class act, that Linney.
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"Worship my hot body. You know if I was ten years older I would have never won!" (The dress is well-played, Miss Marion. I don't know why anyone disliked it.)
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"I'm kind of amazed I'm not dead yet."
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Oh, Colin. Yes, you are genetically blessed in that you are very good-looking. No, this does not mean you can attend the Oscars with greasy unwashed hair and a severe lack of shaving. Also, on Sunday, whenever any Irish person spoke, I was like "whaaaa?" It's a great accent to be sure, but I needed subtitles.
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Ladies and gentlemen! Come one, come all! See a man pull off earrings! And weird brown piping on his suit!
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Johnny Depp ain't never gonna change. I feel like it is pointless to even acknowledge him at this point.
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Javier Bardem has to hold off his crowd of newfound adoring female fans. I'm among them. DROOOOOOL.
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Viggo Mortensen is almost unbearably sexy most of the time, but then sometimes he shows up with like three months' worth of beard and a weirdly glassy look and I'm just like "ooh, even you can't really do this." He is pulling off the coat though, for what it's worth.
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Cate Blanchett looked amazing on Sunday, plus she has this Cate Blanchett Aura that just knocked me off my chair whenever she was on screen. Plus, she had the greatest moment of the night with that picture at the tippy-top. I think I am a little in love with her now. Stop me! Stop me, before I nominate her for Notes on a Scandal! Or Elizabeth: The Golden Age!
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Rebecca Miller thought her dress was okay, but would not be totally complete without a last-minute run to the Arts 'N Crafts store for some bizarrely mismatching red ribbons (a tribute to There Will Be Blood? Maybe?) and a GIANT JEWEL BREASTPLATE FLOWER THING. What the hell?
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That's how you pull off a stunning red dress, Hathaway.
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I can't decide whether I liked this or not. On one hand, it's very pretty. On the other, it's even more boring than Amy Ryan's. On one hand, OMG SPARKLY. On the other hand, those things were off-center when she was presenting and OH MY GOD, IT DISTRACTED ME.
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I am hoping that is not Amy Adams' boyfriend. *IMDbs* Oh, it's the guy who wrote The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. I'm...still not sure why Jesus is hangin' all over him.
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I always forget that they're together. Harrison looks like he farted and is giggling about it. /maturity
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I LOVE Steve Carell. It just cracks me up that his wife was on The Office and their characters dated, but broke up (boo! Carol was so much better than mean ol' Jan). I'll talk about Steve more later...
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Cameron: HAHAHAHAH SEAN YOU ARE SOOOOO FUNNY!!!! FUNNY!!!! TEEHEE!!!!
P. Diddy or whatever he goes by: Sofia Coppola was so right...
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God, they are a gorgeous couple. How hot is Josh Brolin? *drool*
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ELLEN! Could this dress be any more boring??? Yes you are pretty! Yes you look good in it! BUT IT IS THE OSCARS.
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The greatest Oscar couple I've ever seen. Spike looks like a pimp, which pleases me enormously. Wesley Snipes is...how did he get in the country? Doesn't matter, really. His suit is bright purple.
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"My wife's tits are gonna pop out and I still won't smile. You can't make me. My brother got the joy gene."
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"Keep trying as long as you want, Mr. Photographer Man. Seriously, I can be in the middle of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and I'm still not really smiling. I can be clowning around with awesome Don Cheadle - don't you just love Don Cheadle? - and I'm still not really smiling. For God's sake, even Clooney makes me only look sort of stoned. YOUR OSCARS DO NOT AMUSE ME."
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I'm not gonna lie: I really don't like Penelope Cruz. And after a semester in Spain, too, I know, the shame ._. Yeah, she was really good in Volver and her other work with Almodovar, but I'm not falling all over myself to nominate her (Streep, Dern, Dench, Watts, Dunst, Weisz, Winslet, Mirren, Gyllenhaal, and Blanchett - German, duh, not Notes - were all better) and her work in English films is so bad it undoes all the good she gained from me for Volver. I don't like this dress either; I think it would have been much better to just cut it off after that layer of fuzzy stuff around her knees-ish, because as is right now it looks like it's demonstrating The Wonders of Puberty.
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"I'm fabulous? Sort of? No? Okay I'll just go back to standing here."
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I'll say it: Renee Zellweger's dress is gorgeous and flawless. If it was on anyone else, it would be getting raves and best-dressed lists everywhere. Unfortunately, Renee has to apparently have no eyes any more. Gah. I miss Bridget Jones' Diary. ;_; And with both Clooney and Zellweger present, they totally missed an opportunity to invite John Krasinski and promote Leatherheads like they promoted Get Smart.
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Juno's BFFL is wearing a really styled garbage bag? Honest to blog? SORRY. COULDN'T RESIST.
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FIX YOUR BANGS. I say it cuz I love, Jen.
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This is the lowest-watt Laura Linney's smile was on the entire night.
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I love Sarah Polley. She should already have an Oscar for her acting in The Sweet Hereafter, but whatever. There was also an amazing picture somewhere of her with Julie Christie.
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OMG WHERE ARE HIS PAJAMAS???? On an unrelated note, I felt so proud of myself because I picked up that Vanity Fair with the Hitchcock photos and one of the headlines was "The Apartment New York Can't Stop Buzzing About" or something like that and I was like "oh, the Schnab's." And I was right.
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I enjoy this picture because it looks like Javier is saying something she doesn't understand (en espanol?) and she's just looking at him in a sort of "whatever, I'll indulge you cuz you're hot!" way.
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Oh, Tilda. I love her now, sort of. I love how she's like "I'm holding my Oscar up! Oscar! Yay! That's, like, what I'm supposed to do, right? This is so weird, I've never even been to one of these things before..."
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Amy seems to dangerously incline against any man put in her vicinity. Or, Oscar is pulling her in because it knows she is its rightful owner. It knows!
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"I'm so confused.."
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This is what I believe the kids refer to as "fucking hotness."
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I LOVE how these two were accepting their award and they were like "we really feel sympathy for the gay women this documentary portrayed, because we are ABSOLUTELY NOT IN THAT GROUP. WE ARE HETEROSEXUAL MARRIED WOMEN WITH CHILDREN." I sort of love the dress on the one on the left.
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"Oscar! Eet ees so delightful!"
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"Yay. Oscar. Whoooooo. I'm really excited."
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"And then I said, eureka! If I just keep doing solid-to-great supporting work, I'll never be noticed, but if I slap on 75 pounds of makeup to play a real-life person and give a performance more hammy than Easter dinner, I'm a guaranteed Oscar winner! *charming French giggle*"
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Oh Javier. You have to be pelvic-thrusting the air in this picture, don't you? Because I just couldn't be any more attracted to you.
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Anne Hathaway desperately tries to leach some of Steve Carell's talent by latching on to his arm, but to no avail. As much as I love Jon Stewart, Steve Carell should host the Oscars. Seriously. He is an actor for the all-time comedic pantheon with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, the Marx brothers, Bill Murray, Steve Martin, and Jack Lemmon (and I'm sure some others that will come to mind as soon as I click "publish post." And when he said "SHUT...it..." just like Michael Scott? Hooray!!!
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OMG Owen Wilson was there. Glad to see him looking better. Wish he would have bought the funny.
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I don't wanna hear all your squealing, MacAvoy fangirls. Josh is so much hotter than him in this picture it's not even funny.
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Perfection? Yeah I think so.
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Jonah Hill once again reminded me that he is the bargain-bin Seth Rogen that you only get when Seth Rogen has the better parts in better movies because he is a way better actor with a way less abrasive screen presence.
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"You know who should have two of these at home? ME. Come here, Swinton, and I'll show you where you can put this..."
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LORD KNOWS I love me some Amy Adams. But this was hella awkward. The songs from Enchanted are all pretty bad save "That's How You Know," but they work in the movie thanks to Adams. She pretty much sold "Happy Working Song" but it was still just incredibly awkward. The others had production numbers. Even Once got the fancy-schmancy lighting. She...stood on a stage. Poor, poor Amy.
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I've heard a lot of criticism of the Coen brothers being "rude" at the Oscars, most of it coming from the There Will Be Blood absolute crazies who will not listen to how anything was even close to TWBB this year. Um...except the Coens weren't. They are terribly shy and not particularly loquacious, and I think that came off, but they never came off as not grateful for their awards.
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"Yeah, you won that little Oscar, but you also get the ultimate prize: You get to live like me for a day."
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I love how the photographer has to get this random picture of Clooney amongst the chaos. And I don't blame 'im. Ahhhh love.
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"Cinenenenenaimatog - IT'S, LIKE, REALLY HARD TO PRONOUNCE, YOU GUYS!!!"
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"That's how you KNNOOOOOoooooOOOOOOooooooOOWWWWW!!!!" God, she sucked, and I love her. They should have just let Amy do it...she captured the magic like nobody else can.
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This was also stupid and they should have just gotten Amy. "So Close" is really a terrible cheesy song, but I'm not gonna lie and pretend I don't have it on my IPod. =/
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Oh, God, how beautiful was this? And then how amazing were they when they won? There were no hysterical tears, but you could just tell they were so moved and absolutely grateful. And then when Jon bought Marketa back...just amazing. Oh my God, I so wish I loved Once. I am a heartless little harlot for not liking it :( It is pretty amazing, though. I mean, a Best Original Song nominee is about as far as Once was ever going to go, and it was a pretty high expectation for something so small - but it got it. It's great to see people being like "I've never heard of this Once movie, but I wanna see it now!" I wish the Oscars were like that for more films, and at their best, they are.
To finish, I gotta say: LOVE the "Marion Cotillard peed on stage!!!" rumors. And her crying inanely when La vie en rose won Best Makeup. And THE RODERICK JAYNES "photo" HAHA I DIED!!! Needless to say, "Big. Red. Pillow." has been on loop in my head for the last 48ish hours. LOVE LAURA. Finally, to quote the winner of Best Cinematography and Best Leading Actor, "I'm finished!"
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Zzzz.
...that was, like, the most boring Oscars ever, right? Not to say it was bad. Just to say it was boring. I mean, I could be "mad" at Marion Cotillard, but a. isn't that a little retarded and b. it's really hard to be "mad" at someone so lovely.
More thoughts tomorrow!
More thoughts tomorrow!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Analyzing: You guessed it...Best Actress.
Whole lot louder and a whole lot worse (that wasn't intended to describe #5 and #4 on this list, but as it so happens...).
5. Marion Cotillard, La vie en rose.
When I first saw La vie en rose, I thought the movie was terrible but Marion was okay; she had some good scene work but it wasn't cohesive. Then, I took a re-view and - yikes, what was I thinking there? What is the Academy thinking? What are all her fans thinking? This performance is tremendously loud and showy but it brings us - or at least me - absolutely nowhere emotionally. To be fair, it's partially the film's fault, absolutely destroying any chance she had of creating a cohesive character, but she still wasn't any good. Yeah, I guess she "transformed," through about eighty pounds of makeup (to be fair, that nomination was completely deserved). She never, ever bought me into the emotional life of this character. "Bonus" bad points for having the most annoying fans of the year.
Why she might win: Won the Globe and BAFTA. Her fans are very...enthusiastic. She's the one that probably got her film those extra Oscar nominations. Yes, as everyone points out, she's gorgeous and extremely charming in real life. Oscar loves a big showy biopic performance.
Why she might not: Still not the frontrunner, no matter what the Cotillard fans keep friggin' saying. Go away already. In a foreign film. In most direct Christie vs. Cotillard fights, Christie wins (NBR, SAG, BFCA, critics awards - she only got the BAFTA away from Christie, and they do love foreign performances and clearly loved La vie en rose).
4. Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
In my humble opinion, this nomination is purely symbolic. It means that Cate Blanchett is the new Meryl Streep - not in terms of acting ability, but as far as the Academy goes, she will get nominated for anything she does in the future, no matter what the quality. Yikes. Again, what was the Academy thinking? I don't think Blanchett here is as bad as Marion is, though. She's clearly having fun with her totally ridiculous role. I mean, when you're given lines to deliver like "all my bitches wear my collars" (that aren't meant to be ironic) and you sort of pull it off, that takes skill. That said, in the first Elizabeth movie C.Blah totally had nuance and fire. I get where the obsession with her in that movie comes from, even if she's not my personal win. But here? It was totally empty. She screams a lot, and wears fantastic giant outfits, but can't command the screen, nevertheless the wind, and nevertheless - thank God - a win.
Why she might win: She's Cate Blanchett. According to the crazies on her IMDb message board, the Academy "will feel that they owed her for the first Elizabeth movie and reward her for this one." Apparently they also want to "reward Cate Blanchett in lead." The movie basically exists to get her an Oscar nomination.
Why she might not: No precursors. Pretty much universally acknowledged as the worst nominee with the least chances of winning. If they really wanna vote for Cate, they'll vote for her in I'm Not There, which is absolutely without a doubt the better performance.
3. Ellen Page, Juno.
Tremendous jump in quality. I really didn't like Page at all in Hard Candy, in a horrendous role that was both overwritten and underwritten but that she really added nothing to. So when I heard raves about her in Juno, and saw the preview, I wasn't terribly excited. It looked like another Garden State, which I hated for its need to be incredibly hip and its lack of profundity. But then I saw Juno and, miracle of miracles: it was great. And so was Ellen Page. Maybe the reason the film's screenplay works as well as it does is because of her performance. Given bizarre dialogue, she completely pulls it off and sounds totally natural. She doesn't ever mug for attention, like other actors and actresses in comedy often do; she just says the lines pitch-perfectly. And yes, she is hilarious, but at the same time, she somehow manages to get across the idea that, at times, Juno just uses her snarkiness and slang as a defense mechanism. But the best parts of her performance, for me, are her less comedic moments, and more dramatic ones, like when she is in the bed with Paulie toward the end of the film, right after she's had her child. In these scenes, we see Juno's depth - was this what she was using her sarcasm to defend against? Though she's a smart-aleck and kind of an ass, we really feel for her.
Why she might win: Her movie made the most money - by farrrrr (the other movies are fucking small) - of all the nominees in this category. Newcomer who everyone seems to like. Playing the title character in a Best Picture nominee never hurts. Juno had more support than we thought (Director?). Roger Ebert's on her side!
Why she might not: Not the frontrunner. Failed to win the Globe. Juno backlash?
2. Julie Christie, Away from Her.
I am of two minds about Away from Her. First, I'm in awe that someone as young as Sarah Polley could pull off such an incredibly mature, deftly measured film. On the other hand, I'm a wee bit like "Sarah? Are you alive in there? You're not even thirty. Your films are already a wee bit stagnant. Show some passion dammit!" One thing I've never been of two minds about in Away from Her, though, is the magnificent Julie Christie. True, I, like many, may have been drawn in by her mere gloriousness, but I do think it's an absolutely wonderful performance. The mixture of strength, resignation, and utter terror against what she faces is simply fascinating and well-layered. And I don't see how people call her performance "boring" or "staid;" again, maybe it's just because of her magical fairy dust, but Julie Christie just sparkles on screen. She's got it, baby. She's had it for over forty years, and she ain't losing it now. That said - her performance had (way) more to it than that "I'd like you to make love to me, and then I'd like you to leave..." scene. It's the "*plate smash* EVERYTHING!" of 2007. Please show us something different!
Why she might win: Frontrunner. She's Julie Christie, legend and icon. Baity role. You know she got her film that Screenplay nomination.
Why she might not: Marion Cotillard's hype. I really don't think she gives a shit about the Oscars, at all.
1. Laura Linney, The Savages.
Laura Linney doesn't act. She simply is. That's the only excuse I can think of when it comes to her lack of Oscar love. She's just too natural. Oscar loves 'em showy or baity. They need a hook. They don't usually like normal if flawed characters - real characters, like the ones Linney excels at portraying. It's no different in The Savages. She doesn't just know this character, she is this character. I know this sounds stupid and generic, but it's true. The Savages wouldn't work without the psychological insight she (and to be fair, Hoffman and Bosco) provides to her character. And though Wendy Savage is prickly, neurotic, and has self-esteem issues, Linney stops her from being a downer with her wit and perfect comedic timing. Ahhhh, I love her. She is a national treasure.
Why she might win: Um...she's been popping up on those ballots they keep showing us with surprising frequency. She's the only American in this group. She's Laura Linney, dammit!!!
Why she might not: Not the frontrunner, and failed to get any precursors at all (I figured her chances were dead when she missed the Indie Spirit nom). Her nomination was an absolute shock - when the heck is the last time the shock nominee won the Oscar?
Will win: Normally, I'd say Christie. But all those "OMG LOOK AT THE SECRET OSCAR BALLOTS!!!!" things keep coming out, and Cotillard gets mentioned depressingly often (though everyone keeps saying "I don't think she'll win, but I voted for her anyway"). I'm gonna go with Cotillard and hope I'm wrong.
Might win: Christie, though, is probably still the frontrunner for a reason.
Dark horse: I think the money thing (and the Best Picture nomination thing) might come into play for Ellen Page. These other films are teeeeeeeny.
The snubbed: AMY FUCKING ADAMS. If we're going with badly-reviewed movies in Best Actress, Jodie Foster in The Brave One trumps Cate Blanchett times a billion. I didn't love Angelina Jolie but I would have been way happier to see her get nominated than Cate Blanchett. And of course, there are the performances that are so good but that horrify me in their lack of any precursor mentions...
5. Marion Cotillard, La vie en rose.
Why she might win: Won the Globe and BAFTA. Her fans are very...enthusiastic. She's the one that probably got her film those extra Oscar nominations. Yes, as everyone points out, she's gorgeous and extremely charming in real life. Oscar loves a big showy biopic performance.
Why she might not: Still not the frontrunner, no matter what the Cotillard fans keep friggin' saying. Go away already. In a foreign film. In most direct Christie vs. Cotillard fights, Christie wins (NBR, SAG, BFCA, critics awards - she only got the BAFTA away from Christie, and they do love foreign performances and clearly loved La vie en rose).
4. Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
Why she might win: She's Cate Blanchett. According to the crazies on her IMDb message board, the Academy "will feel that they owed her for the first Elizabeth movie and reward her for this one." Apparently they also want to "reward Cate Blanchett in lead." The movie basically exists to get her an Oscar nomination.
Why she might not: No precursors. Pretty much universally acknowledged as the worst nominee with the least chances of winning. If they really wanna vote for Cate, they'll vote for her in I'm Not There, which is absolutely without a doubt the better performance.
3. Ellen Page, Juno.
Why she might win: Her movie made the most money - by farrrrr (the other movies are fucking small) - of all the nominees in this category. Newcomer who everyone seems to like. Playing the title character in a Best Picture nominee never hurts. Juno had more support than we thought (Director?). Roger Ebert's on her side!
Why she might not: Not the frontrunner. Failed to win the Globe. Juno backlash?
2. Julie Christie, Away from Her.
Why she might win: Frontrunner. She's Julie Christie, legend and icon. Baity role. You know she got her film that Screenplay nomination.
Why she might not: Marion Cotillard's hype. I really don't think she gives a shit about the Oscars, at all.
1. Laura Linney, The Savages.
Why she might win: Um...she's been popping up on those ballots they keep showing us with surprising frequency. She's the only American in this group. She's Laura Linney, dammit!!!
Why she might not: Not the frontrunner, and failed to get any precursors at all (I figured her chances were dead when she missed the Indie Spirit nom). Her nomination was an absolute shock - when the heck is the last time the shock nominee won the Oscar?
Will win: Normally, I'd say Christie. But all those "OMG LOOK AT THE SECRET OSCAR BALLOTS!!!!" things keep coming out, and Cotillard gets mentioned depressingly often (though everyone keeps saying "I don't think she'll win, but I voted for her anyway"). I'm gonna go with Cotillard and hope I'm wrong.
Might win: Christie, though, is probably still the frontrunner for a reason.
Dark horse: I think the money thing (and the Best Picture nomination thing) might come into play for Ellen Page. These other films are teeeeeeeny.
The snubbed: AMY FUCKING ADAMS. If we're going with badly-reviewed movies in Best Actress, Jodie Foster in The Brave One trumps Cate Blanchett times a billion. I didn't love Angelina Jolie but I would have been way happier to see her get nominated than Cate Blanchett. And of course, there are the performances that are so good but that horrify me in their lack of any precursor mentions...
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
You know what article is kind of stupid?
This one.
I'm not just saying that because I prefer the "will win" performances to the "might win" performances. It's just...written really stupidly. Michael Clayton is nominated for Best Picture, OMG George Clooney will win!!!! Well...so is There Will Be Blood ._.
I'm not just saying that because I prefer the "will win" performances to the "might win" performances. It's just...written really stupidly. Michael Clayton is nominated for Best Picture, OMG George Clooney will win!!!! Well...so is There Will Be Blood ._.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
You know you want it.
Hey, Academy. Remember that time you gave Jennifer Connelly the Oscar over four performances that completely towered over her, while she was Razzie-worthy? And remember how you didn't give Martin Scorsese an Oscar until 2006? And remember how you didn't give Spike Lee an Oscar ever? And remember how you only gave Lost in Translation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Best Original Screenplay? And remember how Bill Murray didn't win for the former? And how Scarlett Johansson wasn't even nominated? Well, if you do this little favor for me, I will forgive you for all this shit.
PS. Christie will do too.
PPS. Or Page, too. I guess.
PPPS. Please, not Marion. (Though I'm prepared to accept it.)
PPPPS. If Cate Blanchett upsets here, I am officially throwing something at the TV.
PS. Christie will do too.
PPS. Or Page, too. I guess.
PPPS. Please, not Marion. (Though I'm prepared to accept it.)
PPPPS. If Cate Blanchett upsets here, I am officially throwing something at the TV.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Which do you think will be worse?
If Marion Cotillard wins the Oscar or if she loses it? I'm sure at least 10% of the reason I dislike that performance so is her incredibly obnoxious, beyond-disrespectful team of supporters. If you don't think Marion gave the greatest performance of all time, you are SO WRONG. Also, La vie en rose was an AMAZING movie, that has given us an ACTING GENIUS. Also, Marion deserved an Oscar for Love Me If You Dare. Of course! Julie Christie is an absolute hack who does nothing in Away from Her except stare. MARION COTILLARD HAS BEEN IN OVER 35 FILMS!!!!!!! Jesus Christ. I've never met a single non-crazed Marion fan. A lot of Christie and Page fans can admit they liked the other two, they just liked their candidate more. But as for Marion fans - every other performance this year was crap. MARION IS THE CHOSEN ONE!!!!!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
which is worse?
Bitter, overconfident Julie Christie fans or smug, obnoxious Marion Cotillard fans?
TOTALLY MODEST LAURA LINNEY FANS FTW!
TOTALLY MODEST LAURA LINNEY FANS FTW!
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
BFCA thoughts.
- to quote No Country for Old Men, "you can't stop what's coming." And that would be No Country / the Coens / DDL / Christie / Bardem / Ryan (or maybe Blanchett)...
- Why was no one there??? It's like, the one awards show with an actual waiver!
- Daniel Day-Lewis is incredibly charming. He still freaks me out because I've never seen more than one picture of that man where he looked the same.
- Javier Bardem's speeches were probably the best part of the night. He was hilarious, and the fact that he has problems with English makes his performance in No Country even more outstanding.
- The host was horrible.
- As far as the winners go, I have no real complaints. Yes, there were sometimes nominees I preferred over the winners but nothing made me gasp and go "HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!" except maaaybe Best Young Actor. Ed Sanders deserved it about 100000%.
- Enchanted won something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Oh my God, I felt so bad for poor Marion Cotillard. First, she's like, the only Best Actress nominee to actually show up (okay, her and Ellen Page, but at least Ellen Page got to ride a wave of Juno is the best movie evarrrr!!!! love). Then, the stupid red carpet reporter mis-identifies her as Emily Deschanel and she has to talk about things she probably knows absolutely nothing about. Then, she has to sit there while she loses to someone who wasn't even there (okay, Christie's win was deserving). Poor thing. I had no idea she was so pretty, though. My only reference for her looks is La vie en rose, which I keep trying to block out of my mind, and that still from La vie en rose where she looks kind of like she has to...sneeze, or cry weirdly, or something.
- I still have no desire to see The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Yeah, I'm sure it's great, but... I dunno... I guess if it gets the DGA/Oscar Best Director nod, I've gotta see it...
- That girl from Hairspray is adorable.
- Was I the only one that didn't think Leslie Mann was that funny?
- Angelina Jolie made the funniest faces ever.
- Can everyone please stop complaining about how "boring" every award season is? Yes, critics tend to agree on certain movies/directors/actors that go on to win the Oscar. But every award season, people act like this is new. Every year, anew, people declare "this is the most boring awards season ever!" Deal with it.
- Why was no one there??? It's like, the one awards show with an actual waiver!
- Daniel Day-Lewis is incredibly charming. He still freaks me out because I've never seen more than one picture of that man where he looked the same.
- Javier Bardem's speeches were probably the best part of the night. He was hilarious, and the fact that he has problems with English makes his performance in No Country even more outstanding.
- The host was horrible.
- As far as the winners go, I have no real complaints. Yes, there were sometimes nominees I preferred over the winners but nothing made me gasp and go "HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!" except maaaybe Best Young Actor. Ed Sanders deserved it about 100000%.
- Enchanted won something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Oh my God, I felt so bad for poor Marion Cotillard. First, she's like, the only Best Actress nominee to actually show up (okay, her and Ellen Page, but at least Ellen Page got to ride a wave of Juno is the best movie evarrrr!!!! love). Then, the stupid red carpet reporter mis-identifies her as Emily Deschanel and she has to talk about things she probably knows absolutely nothing about. Then, she has to sit there while she loses to someone who wasn't even there (okay, Christie's win was deserving). Poor thing. I had no idea she was so pretty, though. My only reference for her looks is La vie en rose, which I keep trying to block out of my mind, and that still from La vie en rose where she looks kind of like she has to...sneeze, or cry weirdly, or something.
- I still have no desire to see The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Yeah, I'm sure it's great, but... I dunno... I guess if it gets the DGA/Oscar Best Director nod, I've gotta see it...
- That girl from Hairspray is adorable.
- Was I the only one that didn't think Leslie Mann was that funny?
- Angelina Jolie made the funniest faces ever.
- Can everyone please stop complaining about how "boring" every award season is? Yes, critics tend to agree on certain movies/directors/actors that go on to win the Oscar. But every award season, people act like this is new. Every year, anew, people declare "this is the most boring awards season ever!" Deal with it.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends
^ Julie just wants to ignore all the mean things these people are saying about her
Julie Christie.
Marion Cotillard.
Why is it that the supporters of either of these ladies cannot support their respective choice without constantly bashing the other? Look, I know whose side I'm on. In my quest (...) to see all the big movies of 2007, I watched both Away from Her and La vie en rose again. Away from Her holds up just as well as it did in the early part of this year; La vie en rose, while always a horrible movie, now no longer enchants me through its lead performance either. Goodness, Cotillard sure was... trying, wasn't she? But just because I support Christie doesn't mean I'm going to perpetually bash Cotillard all the time.
One thing I don't understand is how both of them are locks for Oscar nominations. When I left for Spain, back on September 1, both their buzz was dead. Oh well. Also, can people stop saying stupid things like "the Academy isn't going to give the Oscar to an old person 2 years in a row"? From 1997 up to and including 2005, they gave the Best Actress Oscar to a (relatively) hot (relatively) young thing. Who's to say they won't give it to a hot old thing two years in a row?
One thing I don't understand is how both of them are locks for Oscar nominations. When I left for Spain, back on September 1, both their buzz was dead. Oh well. Also, can people stop saying stupid things like "the Academy isn't going to give the Oscar to an old person 2 years in a row"? From 1997 up to and including 2005, they gave the Best Actress Oscar to a (relatively) hot (relatively) young thing. Who's to say they won't give it to a hot old thing two years in a row?
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