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Slacker |
Yes, everyone's upset that Dreamgirls didn't get the Best Picture nod. But there are some other snubs this year to consider.
Half Nelson, for one, deserved a nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Shareeka Epps), as well as a nomination for Direction. Marie Antoinette deserved a nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Jason Schwartzman), a nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Rose Byrne), as well as a nomination for Cinematography. And finally, The Queen deserved a nomination for Best Supporting Actor (the guy who played Tony Blair, can't recall his name). Any other snubs I've forgotten? |
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Apprentice Guru |
1. Children of Men (Best Picture and Best actor-Clive Owen)
2. Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) 3. Jack Nicholson & Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed) Last Movie Seen: There Will Be Blood 9/10 Now Playing: COD4 |
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He must not have deserved it much if you can't even remember his name. As for Sacha Baron Cohen, he was amazing but Borat was lucky just to get that screenplay nomination. The academy would never give a nod to such a raunchy, obscene performance, no matter how great the acting is. The ones I found weird were: 1. The choice of Mark Wahlberg over acclaimed actors like Nicholson and DiCaprio in The Departed 2. Little Miss sunshine getting nominated for Best Picture but not Best Director. Seems like those two usually go hand-in-hand. I don't mind this one though, since Paul Greengrass got his much-deserved nomination. 3. Anyone else find it weird that Volver got a Best Actress nod but not Best Foreign Language Film? Come Oscar time, seems like some movies get every nomination (Babel) and some get barely any. Marie Antoinette obviously falls into the second one, so either it didn't actually deserve it or it was overlooked. I'd say either is possible in this case. |
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im afraid the academy has no cojones.
top ten snubbs of '06 hint hint dreamgirls isnt one of them 10. ray winstone- overlooked for both the departed and the proposition 9. matt damon- yeah, i do think he was better than leo in the departed. 8. michael sheen- better than the film hes in actually 7. daniel craig- okay, so he took a naturally one dimensional character and made it real. so what. not. 6.Pan's labyrinth- was a nominaiton for foreign film really enough? 5. volver- foreign film. this film could have acutally made the foreign category a race, rather than just the pan's labyrinth show. 4. thank you for smoking- adapted screenplay- yeah, it got screwed. 3. ben affleck- was anyone else surprised at how good he was. certainly wins my greatest improvement award. 2. sacha baron cohen- talk about being immersed in a character 1. children of men- yes, this film really does deserve it over the queen. |
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Inland Empire for Best Picture, Editing, Photography, Sound, Actress, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, and Director.
Matt Damon for Best Male Pedro Almodovar for Original Screenplay & Director and Film. Still Life for Foreign Film. When The Levees Broke for Documentary. Sharon Stone and Anthony Hopkins for Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Emilio Estevez for Best Director. Robert DeNiro for Best Director. Garrison Keillor for Best Actor & Best Adapted Screenplay. A Scanner Darkly for Best Picture, Editing, Supporting Actor, Screenplay & Director. There are way, way more films. |
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Slacker |
Surprised to see Maggie Gyllenhaal, the mot talented young actress around receive no nods for her outstanding performance in Sherrybaby.
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Slacker |
I forgot about Inland Empire. I haven't seen it, but Laura Dern is always great, and David Lynch is a mastermind. I'm surprised it didn't get at least a nomination for either.
And as to LordSmoogsbottomIII, no I didn't remember his name at first (it's Michael Sheen), but I remembered his performance. And I would argue that we've come upon a time when names actually mean too much too filmgoers and award voters. May I direct your attention to last year's Emmy awards, when Ellen Burnstyn, likely due to the lengendary name, was nominated for a 14-second performance in Mrs. Harris? |
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Slacker |
Also surprised L'Enfant didn't recieve a best foriegn film nod. That won effing Cannes.
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Slacker |
Don't think there aren't nominees I wouldn't take out and kick to the ground. What's more annoying than putting up a list of Oscar snubs or designating a deserving nominee and not knowing their name is commenting that a film you haven't even seen isn't worthy of its nominations.
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here, I want you to read this very VERY closely and I'll pretend you didn't just type that. Did I ever say the Queen didn't desrve a nomination? No. I can't judge it because I haven't seen it. All I said was that at a glance, considering the topic of the movie, I thought it was "a bit surprising" that it got a nomination. Remember now, this is without seeing it so I obviously have no idea what I'm talking about. |
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Slacker First Class |
Honestly, I really think Stephen Frears deserved his nomination. The film's subject matter was handled very well, and the mixture of actual footage and re-enacted scenes worked very well.
I do think, though, that Guillerimo Del Toro deserved a nomination for Pan's Labyrinth though. It was really the best thing I've seen all year, although I do need to check out more. I was wondering what recent biopics that were oscar-worthy didn't receive oscar nominations for best director. Capote received one last year for Bennett Miller, and Martin Scorsese was nominated not too long ago for the Aviator. |
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Slacker First Class |
also, Taylor Hackford for Ray
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He got one. United 93 deserved a best picture nom, Thank You For Smoking deserved one for writing (over Borat, which was barely scripted). |
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Slacker First Class |
He received a nomination, yeah, but what I meant was he deserved one for direction.
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Dammit I messed that up. I guess what i meant to say is that while biopics may or may not get a Best Director nomination, when was the last time a biopic director won? Ex: The Aviator, Ray, Walk the Line (not nominated), Good Night, and Good Luck, Capote, . . . |
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