Tuesday, June 26, 2007
We come again to that part of the year with which I am strangely obsessed.
Oscar nominations were announced, for those who might care. I'm actually happy with this year's nominations, although I haven't seen as many movies as I'd have liked to. I think the only way I could really be upset would be if Frida didn't win anything good. Or if Eminem actually won the Oscar he's up for this year.And for those who really really loved the latest installment in the LotR series will probably be disappointed to hear that it likely won't win best picture. Traditionally, you don't win Best Picture if you don't have a directing nomination, and the movie with the most overall nominations usually wins Best Picture. The Two Towers has five nominations, compared to Chicago's thirteen.
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Not to mention the simple fact that, while LotR was most definately NOT a bad picture, it was most definately NOT the best picture. Maybe the Return of the King will get a best picture nod seeing as these movies are kind of this generation's Star Wars. But Star Wars didn't get a best picture nod so I doubt it. Then again, I think LotR is considerably better done than Star Wars. Meh. We'll see.
I just thought it was kinda funny, considering how much the nerds complained last year when Fellowship of the Ring didn't win. Peter Jackson wasn't even nominated for directing what is essentially the same movie he was nominated for last year... but I guess if they want to bestow honors on the mega-movie, it makes sense to either do it right off, or wait 'till it's all over.Some people have been complaining that Andy Serkis (Smeagol) wasn't given a Supporting Actor nod, but it'll probably come next year, if at all. Not that voice actors ever get nominated for acting... but when I direct the Muppets in a sweeping epic of love and murder, the Academy will change their tune... but I digress.And actually, Star Wars did get nominated (one of its 11 nominations was for Picture). It lost to Annie Hall, which was a vastly superior film. Though Annie Hall was one of the exceptions to the most-nominations rule. It only had five; won four of them.
People think that Smeagol should've been given a nod for supporting actor?! No offesnse to Mr. Serkis, he did a fine job, but people... honestly! Smeagol/Golum is one of the most one dimensional characters ever. It's not designed to be an oscar worthy role. That'd be like nominating the boy from Waiting for Godot who keeps telling them to wait. He's an important role but the character is as flat as a pancake. Both roles represent a single idea... and nothing more. And Smeagol probably doesn't even represent and idea seeing as Tolkien was very adamant about the LotR series not being metaphorical.Oh well. The fanbois will have their complaints I suppose...Oh yeah. If I ever win the lotto I'll happily fund your muppets epic. =D
I just need to pick a script. In Dramatic Lit, several of us cast Muppets in Street Scene, having just read the script. Kermit and Miss Piggy would be shot dead in a fit of rage in the second act. But perhaps it would be easier to just do Kermit as King Lear... Kermitus Andronicus... Froggio and Piggiette. I've gone too far.
And do you remember when little girls across the country whimpered and cried that Leonardo DiCaprio was pretty much the only person in the cast and crew of Titanic (extras included) who was snubbed at the nominations?
Yeah. That was funny. The man gets overshadowed by every other part, when he's got the male lead, and expects to get a nomination. Snotty little prick. =D
And that reminds me of silly trivia that's only kinda interesting... There's only been twice in the Academy's history that two people have been nominated for playing the same character in the same movie, and Kate Winslet was one of them both times.Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart playing young and old Rose in Titanic, and Kate Winslet and Judi Dench playing young and old Iris in Iris. None of the four nominations resulted in a win.Oh, yeah, and Leonardo Dicaprio sucks.
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