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[apocalypsos]

Before I say anything else, NBC can blow me. Fuck off, Katie Couric.

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett (The Aviator) -- Yay! I though she was perfect as Kate Hepburn, so good for her.
Laura Linney (Kinsey) -- The only acting nomination for Kinsey. Interesting.
Virginia Madsen (Sideways) -- Excellent. She was lovely in that movie.
Sophie Okenedo (Hotel Rwanda) -- Oh, yeah, I definitely have to see this movie this weekend. And I have to bring lots of tissues, because I know I'm going to bawl.
Natile Portman (Closer) -- Well, there's the young ingenue. :)

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Alda (The Aviator) -- Oh, I love this nomination. He was so good in that movie.
Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) -- I did love him in this. He was such a great asshole.
Jamie Foxx (Collateral) -- Good for him. He should get every acting nomination he deserves this year. He had an amazing run of great performances in 2004. (They just said that he's the only actor other than Al Pacino who's ever gotten two acting nominations in the same year. Yay! *flails*)
Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) -- I know he won't win, but I wish he would at least once for something.
Clive Owen (Closer) -- I know I should be saying something about his performance, but mmmm, Clive in a tux.

Best Actress

Annette Bening (Being Julia) -- Haven't seen it yet, but good luck to her, because she's always been great.
Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace) -- I really need to get this on DVD before the Oscars.
Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) -- Woohoo! She's one of those actresses I love seeing on screen, even though she always seems to be in the background.
Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) -- They're talking to her on NBC right now and she's babbling like crazy. It's so cute. :)
Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) -- YAY! I wish it had gotten a Best Picture nod, but yay for Kate.

Best Actor

Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda) -- *happy sigh* God, I love that man.
Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland) -- He's not going to win, but mmm, Johnny in a tux. :)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator) -- Again, not going to win. But it's his second nomination, so good for him.
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) -- You know, if they'd release it in more theaters so that, oh, the unwashed masses could see it, that'd be really, really nice.
Jamie Foxx (Ray) -- *worships* He is such a lock in this category. And I can't wait to see his acceptance speech. *happyflail*

Best Adapted Screenplay

Before Sunset -- That is so incredibly awesome.
Finding Neverland -- I totally agree, because it was such a beautifully written film.
Million Dollar Baby -- *goes back to seething about not being able to find the fucker on a screen around here*
Motorcycle Diaries -- That's cool. :)
Sideways -- It'll probably win this category, and I did love it, so good for them. *g*

Best Original Screenplay

The Aviator -- It'll be really unfair if this wins, because there were parts that really could have been trimmed out. But if it does, since it'll probably win Best Picture, I won't be surprised.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind -- If there is a God on this earth, this will win. Because seriously, come on.
Hotel Rwanda -- Again, have to see this movie. Oh, yes.
Incredibles -- WOOHOO! I wish it had gotten a Best Picture nomination, but it seemed to do pretty well even without one. :)
Vera Drake -- Another one I really need to see before the show.

Best Director

Martin Scorcese (The Aviator) -- Oh, just give one to him already. The acceptance speech (and pretty much guaranteed standing ovation, since Hollywood loves him) will be worth it.
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) -- Scorcese's only competition. I'm really hoping that since he's already got a directing Oscar, the Academy will pass it over to Scorcese.
Taylor Hackford (Ray) -- Yay! Ray was one of my favorite movies last year, but Hackford wasn't one of the expected nominees on any of the lists I've seen. (Of course, directors usually get nominated if their movie gets picked for a Best Picture nomination, so, yeah.)
Alexander Payne (Sideways) -- Good. I like Alexander Payne. :)
Mike Leigh (Vera Drake) -- I'm not always really excited by Leigh's style (then again, it's not about excitement), but I like the fact that his actors improvise rather than work with a real script.

Best Animated Picture

The Incredibles -- Oh, this is so going to win. And it seriously pisses me off that it's supposed to make up for the fact that they didn't nominate it for Best Picture. Urgh.
Shark Tale -- I'm sorry ... what?
Shrek 2 -- You know, I did like it, but it was popcorn compared to The Incredibles.

Best Foreign Picture

As It Is In Heaven (Sweden)
The Chorus (France)
Downfall (Germany)
The Sea Inside (Spain)
Yesterday (South Africa)

Best Picture

The Aviator -- It'll probably win, and since I did like it, I wouldn't have a problem with it. (Even though I like ESotSM, The Incredibles, and Ray better.)
Finding Neverland -- It won't win, but it's nice that it's there.
Million Dollar Baby -- Need to see it. Then again, I don't really like boxing movies, but I'll give it a chance just like I give everything else a chance.
Ray -- *happy sigh* I can't wait until this comes out on DVD next week. That was one of my five favorite movies from last year, and not just for Jamie Foxx's performance.
Sideways -- If it wins, I'd be surprised, because it's a comedy and they usually don't win. But it still wasn't bad.

In other nominations, Series of Unfortunate Events got three nominations (for score, art direction, and costumes, all of which I thought were lovely), Troy got a nomination for costumes (okay, whatever), Phantom of the Opera got two (for art direction and best song), The Passion of the Christ for one for cinematography (not surprised, it was gorgeous) and one for makeup (because that hour-long snuff film was so realistic), House of Flying Daggers got one for cinematography, and because Michael Moore was too arrogant for his own good, Fahrenheit 9/11 didn't get nominated for best documentary, and it might not even have won anyway, because Super-Size Me did get nominated and that's some pretty decent competition.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

so who is this katie. is she good? is she bad? or is she just snarkier than thou? *confuzzled*

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

BUT HOW DID PAUL GIAMATTI NOT GET NOMINATED? *fumes* *bursts into flame* *eeks and jumps into bathtub*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I know. I'm pissed about that myself. Especially since I HAVEN'T FUCKING GOTTEN TO SEE "MILLION DOLLAR BABY" YET BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND THE GODDAMN THING ON A BIG SCREEN. ARRRRRRRRRGH.

If they're going to give away Paul Giamatti's nomination, at the very least, they should let us see why. Jesus.

[phillyexpat.livejournal.com]

It's playing in Georgetown. Am sure it will go wider shortly.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

It had better. I want to see it, but I don't want to have to go all the way to Georgetown to do it. (I'm spoiled. I want it to come to Hoffman Center, damn it. *growls* :))

[phillyexpat.livejournal.com]

LOL-I'm a 20 minute walk from Georgetown, so it's a crime that I haven't seen it.

Side bit of trivia-Sigourney Weaver got two nods in 1988, I believe. Best Supporting Actress for Working Girl and Best Actress for Gorillas in the Mist. So women have done it too.

[lil1pinay.livejournal.com]

*blink* You go to Hoffman? That's my favorite theater! As much as we go to the movies, I'm sure that we passed each other without realizing it at least once or twice.

/random

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Dude, I love the Hoffman. And we probably have passed one another. :)

I'm so going this weekend to catch up on the Oscar nominees I've missed. (First things first is Hotel Rwanda. And yay, looks like Milliom Dollar Baby's now showing at the Hoffman, too. *happy dance*)

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

Preach it, sistah. *taps foot and waits impatiently for supposedly Greatest Thing Since Battleship Potemkin to grace local theaters with its glimmering presence*

How much you wanna bet that after all the hype and nominations, when we finally get to see it we'll all be like, 'Well, that was good, but Ebert must've gotten a blowjob while eating S'mores right before seeing it, because, masterpiece? Not so much. It's a boxing flick.'

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I already think it's going to be crap because it's:

A.) An Eastwood movie, which I usually loathe.
B.) A boxing movie, which I can't stand to watch.

So if it's any good at all, I'll end up liking it. I'm trying not to build it up and instead I'm just focusing on the fact that apparently I'd have to take an annoying amount of time on public transportation to go see it right now.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

I actually like Clint, and I don't think he had a lot to do with all this hype — he tried to open it quietly, and it just got criticgasms all over — but DON'T YOU DARE TAKE BEST DIRECTOR AWAY FROM MY MARTY. *snuggles the perpetually overlooked Eyebrow Man*

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Jesus, give the man an award already. The world is a crazy place when I have the same number of Best Director Oscars as Martin Scorcese.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I actually read the full-length spoiler for MDB at themoviespoiler.com and... it's so not what you think it's going to be. Except that when I found out what it was really about, I was like, "Oh, now I'm REALLY not going to see it."

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

B.) A boxing movie, which I can't stand to watch.

Yeah, I can't stand watching boxing either. I will never watch a Rocky movie! And even Denzel's hotness couldn't get me to watch Hurricane

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Actually, The Hurricane was really good. The boxing was just a sideline thing. It was more of a crime/prison drama than anything else. (It's when the boxing is a main storyline that it gets to me.)

[wer-bin-ich.livejournal.com]

That's what I want to know. :-\

[filmbuff.livejournal.com]

Moore actually pulled Fahrenheit from eligibility in the doc category. Probably didn't want to have to make another movie to justify an acceptance speech.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, I knew about that. But he was focusing all of his time on Best Picture, and I seriously wanted to smack him upside the head and say, "Do you honestly think it's competition against any of these movies?!" I loved Fahrenheit 9/11, but yeah, not a chance.

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

There was clothing in Troy!? *g* I think Jim Carey should have gotten a nod from Enteral Sunshine though

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Finding Neverland over Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? Ray over Kinsey?

*goes after the Academy with a pickaxe*

Or as Bill Simmons would say, I will now set myself on fire. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Or maybe I was just watching completely different movies than everyone else, because I failed to be blown away by Ray, Finding Neverland, or The Aviator. And I'm starting to form an irrational dislike for Clint Eastwood. Hm.

By the way, the masses where I live are so unwashed I had to go to New York City to see all those movies except The Aviator. Thank you, suburban movie theater owners, for making sure I'd get 16 screens of Meet the Fockers and Elektra. Grrr.

-blue, having anger management issues

[phillyexpat.livejournal.com]

I actually found Neverland to be incredibly visionary. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if Marc Forester was actually the "Sixth Man" in terms of noms.

That said, Eternal Sunshine and Kinsey were two of my fave films of 2004.

This was an exceptional year for films. Unfortunately, not everyone can be nominated and the Oscars have a lot of politics behind them (1941-How Green is My Valley beats Citizen Kane, per example). This year will see many movies standing the test of time.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

I forgot to set my alarm! Woeeeeeee.

Is it just me, or is this an exceptionally multicultural group this year? I really thought after the Washington-Berry wins they'd go back to nominating only white people and feel like they'd done their duty. Really, really great spread this year.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Nope, they really did a bang-up job on that count. That's six acting nominations that aren't for white actors and actresses. It's a really good field. :)

[stanharding.livejournal.com]

Morgan Freeman might win - he's certainly owed one by now (he's been nominated for Lead several times, and of course he's marvelous and well respected.)

JF is only the second actor to get double noms? Interesting. I remember that, for a while, for actresses, if you got nominated for both, you won supporting. Then Sigourney Weaver was the first to LOSE both. Then Holly Hunter was the first to win the Lead from a double. (and Emma Thompson became the 2nd to double-lose, in the same year.) No one has won both in the same year (maybe this year?)

I really hope Incredibles wins over Shrek 2. I love them both, but I'm still pissed about the first Shrek beating Monsters, Inc.

[gruyere.livejournal.com]

At least one other actor has been double-nommed: in 1945, Barry Fitzgerald was nominated for both leading and supporting for Going My Way.

(Strange but true.)

[xerne.livejournal.com]

... How on earth do they decide what to nominate for animated film, anyway? I know for a fact that animated movies better than Shark Tale came out in Japan this year.

[teleute12.livejournal.com]

I think it has to have been released in the US.

[opportunemoment.livejournal.com]

I do hope Unfortunate Events wins those things, cause dude it so deserves them. And also they should invent a 'best child actor' category, just for this year, just so the kids playing Sunny can win something.
I haven't seen so many of these things, and probably never will... Ray, Vera Drake, Million Dollar Baby... I haven't even seen Eternal Sunshine. I know. *hangs up film fan hat in shame*

[wufeidragon.livejournal.com]

See Hotel Rwanda. I hope it wins just so that people will go see it. It's amazing. God damn, I cry just thinking about it.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I cry just watching the trailer, so watching the movie will probably break me in two. *sniffle*

[doortje.livejournal.com]

Der Untergang/Dowfall should win best foreign movie. I will eat my hat if it doesn´t.

Even if I still have to get up the courage to go and see it. If fear that if I see it I will not be able to go into Germany for 3 weeks without an attack of white knuckled hate o_O

[gruyere.livejournal.com]

And of what, exactly, is Before Sunset an adpatation?

[hannahrorlove.livejournal.com]

Before Sunrise.

[teleute12.livejournal.com]

Wait, so A Very Long Engagement didn't get nominated in the best foreign picture category? Why the fuck not?

[phillyexpat.livejournal.com]

Possibly because France didn't submit it as it's country's nomination. Yep, just checked, France submitted The Chorus, which did get a nom. The way the foreign film awards work is that each country can submit one film. The films are then screened and five are chosen. The same thing happened with Mexico a few years ago-They submitted El Crimen de Padre Amaro over Y tu Mama Tambien.

[teleute12.livejournal.com]

Huuuuuuuh. I guess that makes sense, sort of in a way maybe.

[gruyere.livejournal.com]

And why this year we have Mar Adentro over La Mala Educación.

[phillyexpat.livejournal.com]

Precisely. I was blown away by Bad Education-tremendous film.

[vampirespider.livejournal.com]

I sometimes wonder what goes on in the heads of the Foreign Language nominators...*beats the danish ones to a pulp*

[sesana]

I have to admit, I laughed like an idiot when I saw that Phantom didn't win best makeup. But I'm a bitter fan, so... God, I hope Lemony Snicket wins everything it was nominated for.

[denial-girl.livejournal.com]

Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) -- I did love him in this. He was such a great asshole.

And further evidence I'm losign my mind -- I thought this said "I did love him in tits." Oy vey.

Phantom Best Song? That song is a piece of shite! It's like a tacky country song stuck on the end of the soundtrack. Stick to acting, Minnie Driver.

I'm surprised Vera Drake got so much. I hoped Imedla would get a nod but I didn't see the others coming.