Comments on: 2008 Oscar Nominations

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:15:11 +0000

first of all, i think the simpsons movie was a complete waste of time. It was unoriginal and solely driven to appease the fans of the show. Atonement was decent, but undeserving of a nomination over 3:10 to Yuma. If Atonement were to win anything, I would like it to win original score solely because marianelli was robbed from the pride and prejudice nomination (even though the harmonica was slightly annoying for me).
No country: best picture
DDL: best actor
bardem: best sup. actor
Coen Brothers or PTA: best director, i dont care whom of the two.
the rest i just dont care about

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:42:02 +0000

Marion Cotillard.

Seriously, see La Vie en Rose. It is the best performance I have ever seen. I have never seen a performance (for a biopic) where I felt like I’d seen the real person. Just…astounding. I knew nothing about Edith Piaf before, so I youtubed video’s of her after. Exact.
I really can’t say enough about Cotillard. She should win, but if she doesn’t, I’ll understand. Her performance is too large and grand for Oscar.

By: Drewbacca

Drewbacca — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:40:30 +0000

@Mark

While I don’t agree that Christie’s performance is poor, I do agree that Cotillard is the performance that should win. It is stunning.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:33:05 +0000

I just saw Away From Her.. And I really do not see what the big deal is with Julie Christie.. First off, she is only in about 40% of the movie. And when she is there, no too much said or done.. There are no real touching hard to act moments, and knowing someone with Alzheimer’s her portrayal is not authentic at all. Really not a good moive and nothing noteworthy about her acting either.
I also saw Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose, and you cannot even compare the level of acting. Ms. Cotillard took me to a different place, and her portrayal of over thirty years of the life, heart, soul and pain of Ms. Piaf’s was one of the best ever in movie history. In my opinion it is in a whole other class. I would like to hear from anyone who saw both movies and can honestly say Juile acting was even close to that of Marion’s.. and tell me why.. thanks

By: Movie Gal

Movie Gal — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:01:47 +0000

In terms of Sound Editing I don’t know why there is even any other nominees aside from Transformers. I know many are saying that There will be Blood should take the award however I disagree as there was barely any sound to edit in that film!!! Transformers on the other hand takes the cake as not only a great film but a great example of how a movie can be transformed( haha) with a exceptional sound editor.

By: Drewbacca

Drewbacca — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:14:49 +0000

Just saw Persepolis. Wow. Hope it beats out Ratatouille for best animated. Maybe not technically better, but all the other aspects kick Ratatouille’s @ss.

By: drebin73

drebin73 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:58:06 +0000

norbit got an oscar nomination??

didnt see that one coming!

By: probitionate

probitionate — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:21:11 +0000

People are complaining about who’s been nominated, who hasn’t… At the risk of re-stating something noted elsewhere:

Q:Who votes? Actors for actors? Writers for writers? Who votes for best picture?

A: The academy is broken up into 16 branches. The largest group is actors, with 1,251 voting members. When voting to determine the nominees, each branch nominates in its own category: Actors for actors, writers for writers, etc. Special voting groups within the academy pick the nominees in other categories (documentary, foreign-lingo film, makeup, short films, sound editing, visual effects), with all the voting members nominating best picture. For the actual winners after the nominees have been determined, all members of the academy vote for all the awards (except for three smaller awards).

So it’s kindasorta like ‘American Idol’ or any other phone-in show: the qualifications of the final judges can vary wildly.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:10:25 +0000

It might not be the BEST Doc, but H-wood is pretty liberal, so anything anti-Bush will win. It’ll be Sicko or No End In Sight. I’d vote for Sicko because, as interesting as the subject matter of No End In Sight is(the clusterfuck that is the Iraq war), the presentation is incredibly boring. Just a bunch of talking heads yapping on. I bought it for 5 bucks at Blockbuster after I heard rave reviews, and it almost put me to sleep.

By: oldshell

oldshell — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:45:32 +0000

Sicko is not the best documentary.. In fact if I was a documentary I would find Moore’s abrasive piece an affront to all the good work they do. I couldn’t even finish watching it due to the style of it all. Terrible… FOr me, king of kong should be there, although I also hear In the Shadow of the Moon is sublime