Remember this? So, I was really bored and I decided to list my nominations for their top 15 actors and actresses. Here goes! For every actor/actress, I have only included their 1990s and 2000s work (sorry Jack.).
the gentlemen
philip seymour hoffman
1999 - best supporting actor, magnolia (loses to tom cruise magnolia)
2000 - best supporting actor, almost famous (loses to mark ruffalo you can count on me)
top 10s for capote (2005), top 15s for the talented mr. ripley (1999), 25th hour (2002), and owning mahoney (2003)
edward norton
1996 - best supporting actor, primal fear *
1996 - best supporting actor, the people vs. larry flynt (loses to...himself)
1998 - best actor, american history x (loses to ian mckellen gods and monsters)
2002 - best actor, 25th hour (loses to jack nicholson about schmidt)
top 10s for fight club (1999), top 20s for the painted veil (2006)
sean penn
1993 - best supporting actor, carlito's way (loses to ralph fiennes schindler's list)
1995 - best actor, dead man walking (loses to nicolas cage leaving las vegas)
2003 - best actor, mystic river (loses to bill murray lost in translation)
top 10s for sweet and lowdown (1999) and 21 grams (2003), top 15s for the assassination of richard nixon (2004). and i still haven't seen much of his 80s stuff.
christian bale
2000 - best actor, american psycho *
top 10s for the machinist (2004), top 20s for batman begins (2005), top 30s for the prestige (2006) (last year was really strong for actors, he was quite good)
leonardo dicaprio
1993 - best supporting actor, what's eating gilbert grape? (loses to ralph fiennes schindler's list) 2006 - best actor, the departed (loses to ryan gosling half nelson)
top 10s for catch me if you can (2002), top 15s for the aviator (2004)
johnny depp
none. top 10s for ed wood (1994) - he's great, but i can't imagine taking anyone out of my top 6 (he's #7)
russell crowe
1997 - best actor, l.a. confidential (loses to ian holm the sweet hereafter)
1999 - best actor, the insider (loses to kevin spacey american beauty)
2000 - best actor, gladiator (loses to christian bale american psycho)
2001 - best actor, a beautiful mind *
top 10s for master and commander (2003), top 15s for cinderella man (2005), top 25s for a good year (seriously) (2006)
denzel washington
1992 - best actor, malcolm x *
2001 - best actor, training day (loses to russell crowe a beautiful mind)
top 25s for inside man (2006)
jack nicholson (remember, 1990s and after only)
2002 - best actor, about schmidt *
top 10s for as good as it gets (1997) and the pledge (2001), top 15s for the departed (2006)
joaquin phoenix
none. top 10 for quills (2000) and top 15 for walk the line (2005)
kevin spacey
1995 - best supporting actor, the usual suspects *
1997 - best supporting actor, l.a. confidential *
1999 - best actor, american beauty *
top 10s for henry & june (1990), the ref (1994), a time to kill (1996), hurlyburly (1998), and the life of david gale (2003), top 20s for superman returns (2006)
ralph fiennes
1993 - best supporting actor, schindler's list *
1996 - best actor, the english patient (loses to jeffrey wright basquiat)
2005 - best actor, the constant gardener (loses to heath ledger brokeback mountain)
top 15s for spider (2002) and he's also really good in red dragon, believe it or not...i need to put him in my lineup somewhere
tom hanks
1994 - best actor, forrest gump (loses to paul newman nobody's fool)
2000 - best actor, cast away (loses to christian bale american psycho)
top 10s for philadelphia (1993)
geoffrey rush
1996 - best actor, shine (loses to jeffrey wright basquiat)
top 15s for shakespeare in love and elizabeth (1998), quills (2000), and pirates of the carribbean: the curse of the black pearl (2003)
paul giamatti
2004 - best actor, sideways (loses to clive owen closer)
top 15s for the illusionist (2006), cinderella man (2005), and american splendor (2003)
the ladies
cate blanchett
1998 - best actress, elizabeth (loses to samantha morton under the skin)
2000 - best actress, the gift (loses to ellen burstyn requiem for a dream)
top 10s for oscar and lucinda (1997), heaven (2002), veronica guerin (2003), coffee and cigarettes (2004), and the good german (2006)
nicole kidman
1995 - best actress, to die for (loses to elisabeth shue leaving las vegas)
1999 - best supporting actress, eyes wide shut *
2001 - best actress, moulin rouge! (loses to naomi watts mulholland dr.)
2001 - best actress, the others (yes, nominated twice)
2004 - best actress, dogville (loses to kate winslet eternal sunshine...)
2004 - best actress, birth (yes, nominated twice...again)
top 15 for fur (2006)
kate winslet (and the fangirlyness starts!!!)
1994 - best actress, heavenly creatures (loses to linda fiorentino the last seduction)
1995 - best supporting actress, sense and sensibility *
1996 - best supporting actress, hamlet (loses to frances mcdormand fargo)
1999 - best actress, holy smoke! (loses to hilary swank boys don't cry)
2000 - best supporting actress, quills (loses to jennifer connelly requiem for a dream)
2001 - best supporting actress, iris *
2004 - best actress, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind *
2006 - best actress, little children (loses to meryl streep the devil wears prada)
top 10s for jude (1996) and hideous kinky (1998)
hilary swank
1999 - best actress, boys don't cry *
top 15s for million dollar baby (2004)
reese witherspoon
1996 - best actress, freeway (loses to emily watson breaking the waves)
1999 - best actress, election (loses to hilary swank boys don't cry)
2005 - best actress, walk the line (loses to rachel weisz the constant gardener)
top 10 for man on the moon (1991) and legally blonde (2001), top 15 for vanity fair (2004)
renee zellweger
2000 - best actress, nurse betty (loses to ellen burstyn requiem for a dream)
2001 - best actress, bridget jones' diary (loses to naomi watts mulholland dr.)
2003 - best supporting actress, cold mountain (loses to holly hunter thirteen)
top 10s for jerry maguire (1996) and chicago (2002), top 15s for down with love (2003)
juliette binoche
1991 - best actress, lovers on the bridge (loses to jodie foster silence of the lambs)
1994 - best actress, three colors: blue (loses to holly hunter the piano)
top 10s for the english patient (1996)
jennifer connelly
2000 - best supporting actress, requiem for a dream *
top 10s for house of sand and fog (2003)
rachel weisz
2005 - best actress, the constant gardener *
top 15s for the fountain (2006) (can't decide if she's supporting or leading. currently i have her as lead...in supporting, i would nominate her.)
maggie gyllenhaal
2002 - best actress, secretary (loses to samantha morton morvern callar)
top 10s for sherrybaby (2006) and happy endings (2005), top 20s for stranger than fiction (2006), top 30s for world trade center (2006)
charlize theron
2003 - best actress, monster (loses to uma thurman kill bill and scarjo lost in translation)
rachel mcadams
none. top 10s for mean girls (2004) and red eye (2005)
julianne moore
1993 - best supporting actress, short cuts (loses to gong li farewell, my concubine)
1994 - best supporting actress, vanya on 42nd street (loses to uma thurman pulp fiction)
1995 - best actress, safe (loses to elisabeth shue leaving las vegas)
1997 - best supporting actress, boogie nights (loses to sarah polley the sweet hereafter)
1999 - best actress, the end of the affair (loses to hilary swank boys don't cry)
2002 - best actress, far from heaven (loses to samantha morton morvern callar)
top 10s for the big lebowski (1998), the hours (2002), and children of men (2006)
toni collette
1995 - best actress, muriel's wedding (loses to elisabeth shue leaving las vegas)
1999 - best supporting actress, the sixth sense (loses to nicole kidman eyes wide shut)
2002 - best supporting actress, the hours (maybe, as it's a borderline cameo) (loses to catherine zeta-jones, chicago)
top 10s for about a boy (2002) and little miss sunshine (2006), top 15s for japanese story (2004) and in her shoes (2005)
naomi watts
2001 - best actress, mulholland dr. *
top 10 for the painted veil (2006), top 15 for i heart huckabees (2004)
Saturday, June 30, 2007
another sort of confession
I will watch this movie any time it is on. Yeah, it's mindless...but for mindless, it's actually quite smart. Alicia Silverstone is just fantastic in it (too bad 1995 is so crowded in terms of actresses, she's my #7 for the year. Not bad, especially when you consider that #6 is Susan Sarandon.) and Paul Rudd is so freaking cute (okay, okay, so he's kind of a Baldwin... ;) ). I love Clueless!
Friday, June 29, 2007
aguhhhh
Oh my...wow.
Still, I don't think I ever (even theoretically) could date him. He is prettier than I am (then again, so's the boyf :) ), and apparently kind of an ass (unlike the boyf, happily enough. Jonathan ripped on my girl ScarJo!). I can hardly concentrate on Match Point because he's so flipping hot. I mean, even those who hate that movie have gotta give it props for the creation of that gorgeous cinematic couple.
Still, I don't think I ever (even theoretically) could date him. He is prettier than I am (then again, so's the boyf :) ), and apparently kind of an ass (unlike the boyf, happily enough. Jonathan ripped on my girl ScarJo!). I can hardly concentrate on Match Point because he's so flipping hot. I mean, even those who hate that movie have gotta give it props for the creation of that gorgeous cinematic couple.
GREAT line
"Vanessa Redgrave spends most of Evening dying, and so does Evening." -I think it was the New York Post? Anyway. I know it's gonna suck hard and I guess Glenn ain't gettin' nominated, but I'm still pretty excited to see The Hours: Part II, if only to giggle over how melodramatic it surely will be.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Part Two of the Unfortunate Oscar Losers
don't be ticked-off, Meryl. For once, you actually didn't deserve it.The second part of this not-so-illustrious series will focus on the nominees who I think placed second in the actual Oscar voting. I think I know enough to include screenplays here, too. I don't know why this is really something I felt the need to blog, but...never be afraid to bore 'em, that's my motto.
2000
Best Picture: Traffic
Best Director: Ridley Scott, Gladiator
Best Actor: Tom Hanks, Cast Away
Best Actress: Juliette Binoche, Chocolat (Oscar LOOOOVED Chocolat. They did not LOOOOVE Requiem for a Dream.)
Best Supporting Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Hudson, Almost Famous (I'd love to see this vote tally.......)
Best Original Screenplay: Gladiator
Best Adapted Screenplay: Chocolat
2001
Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Director: Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress: Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
Best Supporting Actor: Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith, Gosford Park (Jennifer probably got every vote though. Gross.)
Best Original Screenplay: Memento (I don't wanna hear that it's too out-there for Oscar. Oscar sometimes goes out there for Original Screenplay. They gave it to Talk to Her!!! And Eternal Sunshine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002
Best Picture: The Pianist
Best Director: Rob Marshall, Chicago
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt (soooo hard to call. I think there was a huge push for Jack, and a huge push for Day-Lewis, and a huge push for Cage, and them splitting the votes caused Adrien to win. I'd love to see the vote tally on this one...)
Best Actress: Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Newman, Road to Perdition (see, it's decisions like this that do give me faith in the Academy. Even though Newman was great, ain't no one touchin' Cooper that year. And any sort of Oscar logic would deem that Paul would win...but he didn't.)
Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep, Adaptation. (love her here. But, see above. This is a stacked year for supporting actress, quality-wise...)
Best Original Screenplay: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (oh THANK YOU Talk to Her)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Hours
2003
Best Picture: Mystic River (Actually, this doesn't apply, because LOTR got every vote.)
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Mystic River (actually, this doesn't apply, because Peter Jackson got every vote.)
Best Actor: Bill Murray, Lost in Translation (actually, this doesn't apply, because Sean Penn got about 90% of votes.)
Best Actress: Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give (actually, this doesn't apply, because Charlize Theron got every vote.)
Best Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro, 21 Grams (actually, this doesn't apply, because Tim Robbins got every vote.)
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April (actually, this doesn't apply, because Renee Zellweger got every vote. Okay, I'll stop pretending I'm clever...2003 was really boring.)
Best Original Screenplay: Finding Nemo ?????
Best Adapted Screenplay: Mystic River
2004
Best Picture: The Aviator
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator (I like how he won an Oscar, so now he is "a hack who sold out to the Hollywood system." Whaaaaa)
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator (much like 2003, though, Jamie got every vote.)
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake (Jesus Christ please tell me it was not Annette.)
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways (this means Clive was third. Dammit.)
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Best Original Screenplay: Hotel Rwanda
Best Adapted Screenplay: Million Dollar Baby (Paul Haggis!!! I'm the only one who loves you, but I do!)
2005
Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain (ooh lordy)
Best Director: uhh...George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Actor: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain (Phil got every vote)
Best Actress: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Best Supporting Actor: Matt Dillon, Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Screenplay: Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Adapted Screenplay: uh Capote?
2006
Best Picture: Little Miss Sunshine (not Babel. Yeah, I know it wasn't nominated for Director or Editing. But Arkin won = way more support than we thought. Babel not winning jack shit but Score = less support than we thought.)
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima (I know, roughly around 25 people saw this movie. But the Academy LOVES CLINT. You know people voted for him without even seeing the movie...)
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole, Venus (On the other hand, I think 20 people saw this movie. But again, I'm sure people voted for him without seeing it)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada (I am roughly 98% sure that Helen Mirren got every single vote, however. Even those of the other nominees.)
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel (thank youuuu Jenny!!!)
Best Original Screenplay: Babel
Best Adapted Screenplay: umm...Children of Men?
What'd we learn here? Basically, that 2003 was really boring and sometimes, the screenplay races are too. Um...right.
2000
Best Picture: Traffic
Best Director: Ridley Scott, Gladiator
Best Actor: Tom Hanks, Cast Away
Best Actress: Juliette Binoche, Chocolat (Oscar LOOOOVED Chocolat. They did not LOOOOVE Requiem for a Dream.)
Best Supporting Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Hudson, Almost Famous (I'd love to see this vote tally.......)
Best Original Screenplay: Gladiator
Best Adapted Screenplay: Chocolat
2001
Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Director: Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind
Best Actress: Sissy Spacek, In the Bedroom
Best Supporting Actor: Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith, Gosford Park (Jennifer probably got every vote though. Gross.)
Best Original Screenplay: Memento (I don't wanna hear that it's too out-there for Oscar. Oscar sometimes goes out there for Original Screenplay. They gave it to Talk to Her!!! And Eternal Sunshine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002
Best Picture: The Pianist
Best Director: Rob Marshall, Chicago
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt (soooo hard to call. I think there was a huge push for Jack, and a huge push for Day-Lewis, and a huge push for Cage, and them splitting the votes caused Adrien to win. I'd love to see the vote tally on this one...)
Best Actress: Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Newman, Road to Perdition (see, it's decisions like this that do give me faith in the Academy. Even though Newman was great, ain't no one touchin' Cooper that year. And any sort of Oscar logic would deem that Paul would win...but he didn't.)
Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep, Adaptation. (love her here. But, see above. This is a stacked year for supporting actress, quality-wise...)
Best Original Screenplay: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (oh THANK YOU Talk to Her)
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Hours
2003
Best Picture: Mystic River (Actually, this doesn't apply, because LOTR got every vote.)
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Mystic River (actually, this doesn't apply, because Peter Jackson got every vote.)
Best Actor: Bill Murray, Lost in Translation (actually, this doesn't apply, because Sean Penn got about 90% of votes.)
Best Actress: Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give (actually, this doesn't apply, because Charlize Theron got every vote.)
Best Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro, 21 Grams (actually, this doesn't apply, because Tim Robbins got every vote.)
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April (actually, this doesn't apply, because Renee Zellweger got every vote. Okay, I'll stop pretending I'm clever...2003 was really boring.)
Best Original Screenplay: Finding Nemo ?????
Best Adapted Screenplay: Mystic River
2004
Best Picture: The Aviator
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator (I like how he won an Oscar, so now he is "a hack who sold out to the Hollywood system." Whaaaaa)
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator (much like 2003, though, Jamie got every vote.)
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake (Jesus Christ please tell me it was not Annette.)
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways (this means Clive was third. Dammit.)
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Best Original Screenplay: Hotel Rwanda
Best Adapted Screenplay: Million Dollar Baby (Paul Haggis!!! I'm the only one who loves you, but I do!)
2005
Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain (ooh lordy)
Best Director: uhh...George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Actor: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain (Phil got every vote)
Best Actress: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Best Supporting Actor: Matt Dillon, Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Screenplay: Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Adapted Screenplay: uh Capote?
2006
Best Picture: Little Miss Sunshine (not Babel. Yeah, I know it wasn't nominated for Director or Editing. But Arkin won = way more support than we thought. Babel not winning jack shit but Score = less support than we thought.)
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima (I know, roughly around 25 people saw this movie. But the Academy LOVES CLINT. You know people voted for him without even seeing the movie...)
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole, Venus (On the other hand, I think 20 people saw this movie. But again, I'm sure people voted for him without seeing it)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada (I am roughly 98% sure that Helen Mirren got every single vote, however. Even those of the other nominees.)
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel (thank youuuu Jenny!!!)
Best Original Screenplay: Babel
Best Adapted Screenplay: umm...Children of Men?
What'd we learn here? Basically, that 2003 was really boring and sometimes, the screenplay races are too. Um...right.
Part One of The Unfortunate Oscar Losers
Uma sees a member of the Academy...So, tonight, cuz I can't think of anything better to do, I'm going to do my list of Unfortunate Oscar Losers of the 2000s onward. This first part is the people who, I believe, were in sixth place every year in certain categories (the majors that aren't the screenplays). I'll have explanations if I find they're necessary. I'm probably really wrong with the early 2000s since I didn't really start following the Oscars until 2005ish...but oh well.
2000
Best Picture: Almost Famous
Best Director: Ed Harris, Pollock (it had popularity among the Academy. Actor turned director)
Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys
Best Actress: Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty
Best Supporting Actor: um. Gary Oldman, The Contender
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Traffic
2001
Best Picture: Shrek
Best Director: Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge! (I don't understand how they liked it enough to nominate it for Best Picture and have it win several awards...and then didn't nominate it for Best Director. What the hell do they think made Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge!????? Some very good movies don't have very distinct direction. This one sure as fuck did!)
Best Actor: Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums
Best Actress: Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr. (um...well...Nicole in The Others probably had more votes but you know what? If enough saw Mulholland Dr. to nominate it for Best Director, enough would have seen Naomi to vote for her as Best Actress. She probably got a lot of #1s.)
Best Supporting Actor: Jude Law, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Best Supporting Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums
2002
Best Picture: um. About Schmidt?
Best Director: Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Actor: Richard Gere, Chicago
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Hours
Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Quaid, Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actress: Cameron Diaz, Gangs of New York (I like Cameron quite a bit as an actress, but lordy I am glad she was snubbed here.)
2003
Best Picture: Cold Mountain
Best Director: Anthony Minghella, Cold Mountain
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, Master and Commander: I Can't Remember the Rest of this Title =/
Best Actress: Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume 1
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
Best Supporting Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation (remember, they were campaigning her supporting? Which is CRAZY TALK.)
2004
Best Picture: Hotel Rwanda
Best Director: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Best Actor: hmmm, I wonder... Paul Giamatti, Sideways (the snub of snubs!)
Best Actress: Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume 2 (poor, poor Uma. She deserved it both years 100%, too.)
Best Supporting Actor: David Carradine, Kill Bill: Volume 2 (let's snub the old guy who's actually good. Let's give the nomination to the old guy who's really boring [that's an insult directed toward Alan Alda, not Morgan Freeman. I luv u Morgan.])
Best Supporting Actress: uhhhh...Kate Winslet, Finding Neverland ????
2005
Best Picture: Walk the Line
Best Director: James Mangold, Walk the Line
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man
Best Actress: Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs of a Geisha (I don't want to hear your silly Joan Allen-ness. Though thank God both of 'em were snubbed.)
Best Supporting Actor: Terrence Howard, Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, A History of Violence (I'm still really confused about how Hurt got in, and she didn't.)
2006
Best Picture: Dreamgirls
Best Director: the peeps who directed Little Miss Sunshine
Best Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat... though I think Leo in The Departed had more votes than him
Best Actress: God only knows, since the same five were repeated all awards season. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada (HA.)
So basically: the Academy's snubs have sometimes left out really bad, overhyped performances and movies (anything that brings Almost Famous and Emily Blunt less glory makes me oh so happy), and sometimes they've left out really amazing performances and movies (THE BRIIIIDE). Not really anything we didn't know.
2000
Best Picture: Almost Famous
Best Director: Ed Harris, Pollock (it had popularity among the Academy. Actor turned director)
Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys
Best Actress: Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty
Best Supporting Actor: um. Gary Oldman, The Contender
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Traffic
2001
Best Picture: Shrek
Best Director: Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge! (I don't understand how they liked it enough to nominate it for Best Picture and have it win several awards...and then didn't nominate it for Best Director. What the hell do they think made Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge!????? Some very good movies don't have very distinct direction. This one sure as fuck did!)
Best Actor: Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums
Best Actress: Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr. (um...well...Nicole in The Others probably had more votes but you know what? If enough saw Mulholland Dr. to nominate it for Best Director, enough would have seen Naomi to vote for her as Best Actress. She probably got a lot of #1s.)
Best Supporting Actor: Jude Law, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Best Supporting Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums
2002
Best Picture: um. About Schmidt?
Best Director: Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Actor: Richard Gere, Chicago
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Hours
Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Quaid, Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actress: Cameron Diaz, Gangs of New York (I like Cameron quite a bit as an actress, but lordy I am glad she was snubbed here.)
2003
Best Picture: Cold Mountain
Best Director: Anthony Minghella, Cold Mountain
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, Master and Commander: I Can't Remember the Rest of this Title =/
Best Actress: Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume 1
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
Best Supporting Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation (remember, they were campaigning her supporting? Which is CRAZY TALK.)
2004
Best Picture: Hotel Rwanda
Best Director: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Best Actor: hmmm, I wonder... Paul Giamatti, Sideways (the snub of snubs!)
Best Actress: Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume 2 (poor, poor Uma. She deserved it both years 100%, too.)
Best Supporting Actor: David Carradine, Kill Bill: Volume 2 (let's snub the old guy who's actually good. Let's give the nomination to the old guy who's really boring [that's an insult directed toward Alan Alda, not Morgan Freeman. I luv u Morgan.])
Best Supporting Actress: uhhhh...Kate Winslet, Finding Neverland ????
2005
Best Picture: Walk the Line
Best Director: James Mangold, Walk the Line
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man
Best Actress: Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs of a Geisha (I don't want to hear your silly Joan Allen-ness. Though thank God both of 'em were snubbed.)
Best Supporting Actor: Terrence Howard, Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, A History of Violence (I'm still really confused about how Hurt got in, and she didn't.)
2006
Best Picture: Dreamgirls
Best Director: the peeps who directed Little Miss Sunshine
Best Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat... though I think Leo in The Departed had more votes than him
Best Actress: God only knows, since the same five were repeated all awards season. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada (HA.)
So basically: the Academy's snubs have sometimes left out really bad, overhyped performances and movies (anything that brings Almost Famous and Emily Blunt less glory makes me oh so happy), and sometimes they've left out really amazing performances and movies (THE BRIIIIDE). Not really anything we didn't know.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
I'M SO BUYING TICKETS RIGHT NOW
I apologize for the caps. BUT THEY ARE COMPLETELY NECESSARY:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109148.html
Spike.
Cliiiiiive.
Stalag 17.
Omigawd omigawd omigawd.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109148.html
Spike.
Cliiiiiive.
Stalag 17.
Omigawd omigawd omigawd.
I love IMDb's "plot keywords"
Plot Keywords:Fart / Fart Scene / Flatulence / Farting Scene / Best Friend more
for All the Real Girls, mind you
for All the Real Girls, mind you
The most annoying characters...
shut up shut up shut up(even though you don't say anything the entire movie)
...of 2006, that immediately come to mind. Late, I know, but it's not like I've seen much from 2007 so I can't really talk about that. Not all bad performances (though I'm not truly fond of any of them), but portrayals of characters so obnoxious you just want to take them by the shoulders and shake them around. A lot. Often, no matter how good the performances are (though I mentioned that not really any of them are good...I guess Nighy was the best, Kikuchi and Blunt are so overrated but okayish I guess, and Hathaway and Thoms were just plain terrible), the characters took away from my enjoyment of the movie because they were so obnoxious (I love this word. I love using it at any opportunity, and putting it in italics whenever I use it).
Emily - The Devil Wears Prada
Meryl was masterful at balancing the bitchy side and the human side. Emily Blunt, not so much. Say what you will about working with women, and I'll say a lot, but they are never this bitchy to your face. It's way more behind your back. I saw this movie in theaters, and when she got hit by the car, people applauded. I hate clapping at movies, but I joined in.
Andy Sachs - The Devil Wears Prada
As a college student, I'm pressured, already, to find a great job right out of graduation. Andy certainly did. Sure, the demands were a little ridiculous. But, the connections, the money... you shut up and take it. Hathaway's "I'm gonna look at you with my giant eyes so that you don't notice I'm not acting" performance wasn't helping at all.
Lily - The Devil Wears Prada
Waaaah I can't deal with my friend's great job! Can you tell I didn't like the characters of Prada very much? That's okay. Miranda Priestly makes up for it. That, and it could not possibly be any worse than the dire, dire novel.
Chieko - Babel
People, when blathering on about how they hate Jennifer Hudson, go on about how she was "making weird faces the entire time." Um...did these people see Babel? Kikuchi was like the queen of weird faces (yeah, I know she was deaf, but even in the stills, she's still making totally bizarre faces, see top). Oh, and put some panties on. I'm hardly a prude, but her character gave me the heebie-jeebies with how friggin' naked she was.
Richard Hart - Notes on a Scandal
SUCH AN ASSHOLE. Yeah, I guess it's understandable, but there were just some scenes where Nighy's facial expressions and vocal sneers were just so...ugh! People were going on about how homophobic this film was, because Barbara was "the villain." We were allowed to feel for Barbara because of how amazing Dench was, and the voiceover. I never felt anything for Richard apart from utter loathing. Asshole. This movie made me hate Bill Nighy! GUH.
Emily - The Devil Wears Prada
Meryl was masterful at balancing the bitchy side and the human side. Emily Blunt, not so much. Say what you will about working with women, and I'll say a lot, but they are never this bitchy to your face. It's way more behind your back. I saw this movie in theaters, and when she got hit by the car, people applauded. I hate clapping at movies, but I joined in.
Andy Sachs - The Devil Wears Prada
As a college student, I'm pressured, already, to find a great job right out of graduation. Andy certainly did. Sure, the demands were a little ridiculous. But, the connections, the money... you shut up and take it. Hathaway's "I'm gonna look at you with my giant eyes so that you don't notice I'm not acting" performance wasn't helping at all.
Lily - The Devil Wears Prada
Waaaah I can't deal with my friend's great job! Can you tell I didn't like the characters of Prada very much? That's okay. Miranda Priestly makes up for it. That, and it could not possibly be any worse than the dire, dire novel.
Chieko - Babel
People, when blathering on about how they hate Jennifer Hudson, go on about how she was "making weird faces the entire time." Um...did these people see Babel? Kikuchi was like the queen of weird faces (yeah, I know she was deaf, but even in the stills, she's still making totally bizarre faces, see top). Oh, and put some panties on. I'm hardly a prude, but her character gave me the heebie-jeebies with how friggin' naked she was.
Richard Hart - Notes on a Scandal
SUCH AN ASSHOLE. Yeah, I guess it's understandable, but there were just some scenes where Nighy's facial expressions and vocal sneers were just so...ugh! People were going on about how homophobic this film was, because Barbara was "the villain." We were allowed to feel for Barbara because of how amazing Dench was, and the voiceover. I never felt anything for Richard apart from utter loathing. Asshole. This movie made me hate Bill Nighy! GUH.
Evening and other assorted thoughts
I'm pretty sure Evening is gonna suck (yet hopefully, I'll still see it this weekend). I mean...movies with that good a cast don't get dumped in July for no reason.
Also, I actually posted on IMDb, for the first time ever. Some post was talking about how there are no good female villain roles and someone was like "but Michelle Pfeiffer is playing two this year alone! OMG she is amazing!!!!" I couldn't help but be like "Velma Von Tussle isn't exactly Lady Macbeth." Here's to many more posts mocking idiot IMDbers!
I'm confused by Hairspray's reception, though. Everyone seems all psyched to love it ahead of time. It's a little like Dreamgirls (only in reverse)... Dreamgirls could have been the best movie ever made and you know there are still people who would hate it.
Also, I actually posted on IMDb, for the first time ever. Some post was talking about how there are no good female villain roles and someone was like "but Michelle Pfeiffer is playing two this year alone! OMG she is amazing!!!!" I couldn't help but be like "Velma Von Tussle isn't exactly Lady Macbeth." Here's to many more posts mocking idiot IMDbers!
I'm confused by Hairspray's reception, though. Everyone seems all psyched to love it ahead of time. It's a little like Dreamgirls (only in reverse)... Dreamgirls could have been the best movie ever made and you know there are still people who would hate it.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
just to continue with the trend of pictures in lieu of actual entries
I consider this to be one of the greatest pictures ever taken. Woody and ScarJo really need to do something in New York...
David Lynch kind of makes me love him in this picture
Don't tell me that's not exactly how you picture David Lynch in real life. Like "yeah...you...I see you...nobody else does...I'M GONNA FREAK YOU OUT!!!!"
happy birthday to a cinema god
P.T. Anderson directed Magnolia and Boogie Nights. That's all I need to love him, forever.
Punch-Drunk Love and Hard Eight ain't shabby either. I cannot wait for There Will Be Blood, though the trailer doesn't have me as orgasmic as some other people are. I'm sure it'll be good or great...though I do prefer P.T. in manic multi-cast mode (and without the kid who was bad in Little Miss Sunshine).
Punch-Drunk Love and Hard Eight ain't shabby either. I cannot wait for There Will Be Blood, though the trailer doesn't have me as orgasmic as some other people are. I'm sure it'll be good or great...though I do prefer P.T. in manic multi-cast mode (and without the kid who was bad in Little Miss Sunshine).
I love you, Jack, you crazy son-of-a-bitch.
"Abandoned by his father in his childhood, he was raised believing his grandmother was his mother and his mother was his older sister. The truth was revealed to him years later when a Time magazine researcher uncovered the truth while preparing a story on the star."
Seriously, that is some Chinatown shit.
Seriously, that is some Chinatown shit.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Can I have a failure, please?
So now they're calling Evan Almighty a failure? Yeah, I see where they're coming from. It was ridiculously expensive. Spider-Man 3 and Pirates 3 and Shrek 3 all opened with obscene amounts of money and Evan Almighty didn't. But if $32 million is a failure...may I please have a failure?
Sunday, June 24, 2007
In praise of Bill Murray
being worshipped by two goddesses as he should be.
I'm not going to pretend that Bill Murray is the greatest actor in the world, but he's probably my favorite. Don't you wish he was your wisecracking uncle? I'd seen him in Rushmore, Lost in Translation, Ghostbusters, Caddyshack, and Groundhog Day and loved him there, but I never realized I liked him so much until The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. The movie is a mess, and has no point at all. Yet, I still really liked it. Why? Yeah, it had really great Costume Design and Art Direction, but I realized: it was the wonderful Bill. I caught up on pretty much the rest of his filmography after that. Yeah, it could be argued he plays the same sad clown in every movie, but I love it. Bill, please keep acting (and omigawd please not in any more Garfield movies, you are so much better than that). You are a total joy and you know you were robbed in '98 and '03.
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